Sean Patrick Flanery (born October 11, 1965) is an American actor, known for his portrayals of Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints, Greg Stillson in The Dead Zone and Indiana Jones in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
He played Bobby Dagen in Saw 3D.
Early Life
Sean Patrick Flanery was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and was raised in Houston, Texas. His mother, Genie, is a real estate broker, while his father, Paul Flanery, is a medical equipment salesman. His ancestry includes Irish, Cajun and English. After attending Awty International School, Flanery graduated from Dulles High School in Sugar Land and attended the University of St. Thomas in Houston.
Career
Flanery started acting in college after he joined an acting class to meet a girl on whom he had a crush. He later moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue his acting career. Since 1988, he has appeared in numerous films, including Powder, Simply Irresistible and D-Tox. He is best known, however, for playing Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints and Indiana Jones in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. He had a brief role as the ascended being, Orlin, in the Stargate SG-1 episode Ascension. Furthermore, he appeared on the TV show The Dead Zone in the role of Vice President Greg Stillson until its cancellation. Flanery also appeared in an installment of Showtime's Masters of Horror, playing a town sheriff who later became one of the antagonistic entity's possessed hosts in the episode The Damned Thing. In March 2010, he was cast in the lead roles in both the sci-fi horror film Mongolian Death Worm and the seventh installment in the Saw franchise, Saw 3D. Flanery also appeared in The Black Keys' music video Howlin' For You, which was released on February 10, 2011. In April 2011, Flanery headed to the CBS soap The Young and the Restless, playing the role of Sam, Sharon Newman's boyfriend from New Mexico.
Personal Life
He is married to Playboy model and actress Lauren Michelle Hill and has two sons as well as a daughter from a previous relationship.
Flanery won the 1997 Toyota Pro-Celebrity Race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach as the celebrity driver. The "Alfonso Ribeiro rule" forced him to "defend" his title as a professional driver under TGPLB rules and he won the 1998 race as a professional driver. Flanery also holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which he teaches.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | A Tiger's Tale | Buddy |
| 1990 | Just Perfect | |
| My Life as a Babysitter | ||
| 1993 | The Accident | The Driver |
| Kingdom Come | ||
| 1994 | Guinevere | King Arthur |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies | Young Indiana Jones | |
| 1995 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye | Indiana Jones |
| The Grass Harp | Riley Henderson | |
| Raging Angels | Chris | |
| Powder | Jeremy 'Powder' Reed | |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen | Indiana Jones | |
| Frank & Jesse | Zack Murphy | |
| 1996 | The Method | Christian |
| Eden | Dave Edgerton | |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father | Indiana Jones (age 20) | |
| Just Your Luck | Ray | |
| 1997 | Pale Saints | Louis |
| Suicide Kings | Max Minot | |
| Best Men | Billy | |
| 1998 | Girl | Todd Sparrow |
| Zack and Reba | Zack Blanton | |
| 1999 | Simply Irresistible | Tom Bartlett |
| The Boondock Saints | Connor MacManus | |
| Body Shots | Rick Hamilton | |
| 2000 | Run the Wild Fields | Tom Walker |
| 2001 | Acceptable Risk | Bobby |
| 2002 | D-Tox | Conner |
| Lone Hero | John | |
| Con Express | Alex Brooks | |
| Kiss the Bride | Tom Terranova | |
| Borderline | Ed Baikman | |
| 2003 | Then Came Jones | Sheriff Ben Jones |
| 2004 | Dead Lawyers | Jimmy Blake |
| The Gunman | Ben Simms | |
| 30 Days Until I'm Famous | Cole Thompson | |
| 2005 | Demon Hunter | Jake Greyman |
| Into the Fire | Walter Harwig, Jr. | |
| 2006 | The Insatiable | Harry Balbo |
| 2007 | Kaw | Wayne |
| Veritas, Prince of Truth | Veritas | |
| Ten Inch Hero | Noah | |
| Savage Planet | Randall Cain | |
| 2008 | No Game | Devlin |
| Crystal River | Clay Arrendal | |
| 2009 | The Whole Truth | Gary Langston |
| Citizen Jane | Tom O'Donnell | |
| The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Connor MacManus | |
| 2010 | Deadly Impact | Tom |
| Mongolian Death Worm | Daniel | |
| Sinners and Saints | Colin | |
| Saw 3D | Bobby Dagen | |
| 2011 | The Black Keys: Howlin' for You | Kennedy |
| InSight | Det. Peter Rafferty | |
| A Crush on You | Ben Martin | |
| Tranny Trainer | Forrestal Lloyd | |
| 2012 | The Devil's Carnival | John |
| Lake Effects | Mark Futterman | |
| 12 Dogs of Christmas: Great Puppy Rescue | Finneas James | |
| 2013 | Cold Spring | Roy |
| Line of Duty | The Captain | |
| Phantom | Tyrtov | |
| Scavengers | Captain Jekel | |
| Dark Power | John Archer | |
| Hidden Away | Brett | |
| 2015 | Broken Horses | Ignacio Riley |
| 2016 | When the Starlight Ends | Ralph |
| Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word | Danny Hill | |
| Gibby | Frank | |
| Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich | Captain Evan Blackburn | |
| My First Miracle | Charlie | |
| 2017 | Lasso | Ennis |
| Furthest Witness | The Florist | |
| The Evil Within | John | |
| Unhinged | Steve Walsh | |
| Flashburn | Wes Nolan | |
| Trafficked | Simon | |
| Kepler's Dream | Walt | |
| 100 Yards | Ray | |
| 2018 | Unhinged | Steve Walsh |
| Howlers | Bob Barlow |
Television
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992-1993 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Indiana Jones |
| 1999-2000 | The Strip | Elvis Ford |
| 2000 | The Outer Limits | Eric Waters |
| 2001 | The Diamond Hunters | Johnny Lance |
| Stargate SG-1 | Orlin | |
| Touched by an Angel | Daniel Lee Corbitt | |
| 2002-2007 | The Dead Zone | Vice President Greg Stillson |
| 2002 | Charmed | Adam |
| 2003 | The Twilight Zone | Dr. Paul Thorson |
| 2006 | Secrets of a Small Town | Jimmy Lee Daniels |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | The Big Hombre | |
| masters of Horror | Sheriff Kevin Reddle | |
| 2007 | Numb3rs | Jeff Upchurch |
| 2009 | Criminal Minds | Darrin Call |
| 2011 | The Young and the Restless | Sam Gibson |
| 2012 | Blackout | Jim Strickland |
| Breaking In | Mr. Jones | |
| 2013 | Dexter | Jacob Elway |
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