Seán Gleeson

For other persons named Sean Gleeson, see Sean Gleeson (disambiguation).

Seán Gleeson
Born
London, England
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • producer
Television
Spouse
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(m. 2009)​
Children3

Seán Gleeson (born in London)[1] is an English actor, director and producer, known for his roles as Conor Flaherty in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Ronnie Woodson in the BBC soap opera Doctors. As well as acting, Gleeson also works as a director and producer, with credits on Doctors, Casualty and Holby City.

Life and career

In 1997, Gleeson began portraying the role of Conor Flaherty in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He stayed in the role until 1999, and in 2003, he joined the cast of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Ronnie Woodson.[2] While on Doctors, he began a relationship with co-star Stirling Gallacher, who portrayed the role of George Woodson, his on-screen wife.[3] The pair won the British Soap Award for Best On-Screen Partnership in 2007.[4] Gleeson lives in Gloucestershire with Gallacher,[1] and the pair were married in 2009, also having a son in the same year.[3]

Whilst appearing on Doctors, Gleeson directed several episodes. After making the decision to stop portraying the role of Ronnie in 2009, he continued to direct episodes of Doctors until 2013.[5] He then began directing episodes of the BBC medical drama Casualty, and later became a producer of the series in 2020.[2] In March 2021, he was named as the new series producer of Casualty's sister series Holby City. On the role, he commented: "This is obviously an exciting opportunity. I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in and working with the crews, cast and whole Holby family on consolidating and reinvigorating this firm favourite for an even wider audience."[6]

Filmography

As actor

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Pie in the Sky Luke Kelly Episode: "Irish Stew"
1996 The Bill Keith Boey Episode: "Opportunity Costs"
1997 Underworld Policeman Two Recurring role
1997 The Woman in White Glyde's Servant Television film
1997–1999 EastEnders Conor Flaherty Series regular
2000 Burnside Mark Evans 2 episodes
2000 Holby City Griff Griffiths Episode: "The Trouble with the Truth"
2001 Dalziel and Pascoe Julian Beeson Episode: "Walls of Silence"
2002 The Safe House Danny Hyde Television film
2003 Cold Mountain Pistol Film
2003–2009 Doctors Ronnie Woodson Series regular; 839 episodes[3]
2010 Casualty Michael Macintoch Episode: "Hands On"
2010–2011 Hardy Bucks Garda 2 episodes
2012 Public Enemies Group Leader Episode #1.2
2013 The Café Father MacKenzie Episode: "Reap What You Say"
2016 Midsomer Murders Rod Barkham Episode: "Harvest of Souls"
2017 The Foreigner Billy Mahre Film
2018 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Ron Greevdale Episode: "Ill Met by Moonlight"
2018 The Last Witness Court Officer Film
2018 Dark Justice Brad Smith Film
2018 No Shebert James Short film
2021 Deer Woman Child Blacksmith Film

As crew member

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Betrayal of the Dove Medical consultant
2007–2013 Doctors Director 48 episodes
2011 Letting Go Director Short film
2013–2017 Casualty Director 11 episodes
2018 River City Director 1 episode
2020–2021 Casualty Producer
2021 Holby City Series producer

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2007 The British Soap Awards Best Actor Doctors Longlisted [4]
2007 The British Soap Awards Best On-Screen Partnership
(with Stirling Gallacher) 		Doctors Won [4]
2007 The British Soap Awards Sexiest Male Doctors Longlisted [4]
2008 The British Soap Awards Best Actor Doctors Longlisted [7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Seán Gleeson". BBC. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Holby City confirms new showrunner following Jane Wallbank departure". Digital Spy. 11 March 2021. Archived from the original on 11 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Coronation Street's Paula actress Stirling Gallacher: Inside star's family life with famous husband away from soap as her character becomes Sophie Webster's love interest". OK!. 3 October 2018. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "The British Soap Awards 2007: The Winners". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Sean Gleeson is new Holby City series producer". Female First. 11 March 2021. Archived from the original on 11 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Former Casualty boss takes over Holby City as series producer". Metro. 11 March 2021. Archived from the original on 11 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  7. ^ Hilton, Beth; Green, Kris (4 May 2008). "The British Soap Awards 2008: The Winners". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.