Sean Patrick Flanery

Sean Patrick Flanery
Flanery in 2014
Born (1965-10-11) October 11, 1965 (age 59)
Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, author
Years active1987–present
SpouseLauren Michelle Hill
Children3, including Lola Flanery

Sean Patrick Flanery (born October 11, 1965) is an American actor. He is known for playing Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints (1999) and its sequel The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009), Greg Stillson in the television series The Dead Zone, Jeremy "Powder" Reed in Powder (1995), Indiana Jones in the George Lucas television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, as well as Bobby Dagen in Saw 3D (2010). He is also known for his role as Sam Gibson on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless in 2011. He starred in Devil's Carnival, a short film which was screened on tour beginning in April 2012.

In 2016, he published his first novel, Jane Two, a coming-of-age story drawing inspiration from his own childhood and early experiences.

Early life

Flanery was born on October 11, 1965, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and was raised in Houston, Texas.[1] His mother, Genie (née LeDoux), is a real estate broker, and his father, Paul Flanery, is a medical equipment salesman.[2][3][4] His ancestry includes Irish, Cajun (French), 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.[5]

Acting career

Flanery started acting in college at University of St. Thomas,[6] after he joined an acting class to meet a girl on whom he had a crush.[7] After graduating college, he decided to move to Los Angeles, California to pursue his career in screenwriting.[6] Beginning his career as a playwright, while working as a server at TGI Fridays, Flanery was eventually discovered while acting in a play by Natalie Rossan who approached him to appear in television commercials before being offered roles in television and film.[6]

Since 1988 he has appeared in over 53 films, including Powder, Simply Irresistible, and D-Tox. He is best known, however, for playing Indiana Jones in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints and The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. He had a brief role as the ascended being, Orlin, in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Ascension". 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 role in the sci-fi horror film Mongolian Death Worm.[8] He also had a supporting role in 2010's Saw 3D.[9]

In 2010 he played Bobby Dagen in Saw 3D.[10]

Flanery 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 part of Sam, Sharon Newman's boyfriend from New Mexico.[11]

In March 2024, Thunder Road Films, Dragonfly Films and Impossible Dream Entertainment announced a "reimagining" of The Boondock Saints, with Flanery and co-star Norman Reedus reprising their roles from the first two films and serving as executive producers, although Troy Duffy would not return as director for the third film; instead he plans to write a series of novels.[12]

Other activities

In 2016, he published his first novel, Jane Two, a coming-of-age story drawing inspiration from his own childhood and early experiences.[citation needed]

Awards

Flanery won the award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Digital Daytime Drama Series at the 46th Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards for his role as Ty Garrett on The Bay.[13]

Personal life

Flanery is married to model and actress Lauren Michelle Hill.[14] He is a close friend with actor Norman Reedus, with whom he co-starred in The Boondock Saints and its sequel.[15]

Flanery won the 1997 Toyota Pro-Celebrity Race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach as the celebrity driver;[16] the "Alfonso Ribeiro rule" (whereby if a celebrity wins, he must be classified as a professional the next time) forced him to "defend" his title as a professional driver under TGPLB rules, and he won the 1998 race as a professional driver.[17]

Flanery is also a 4th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which he teaches.[18] He placed first in the Master 1/ Blue/ Male/ Light division at the 2003 American National IBJJF Jiu-jitsu Championship[19] and the 2003 Pan Jiu-jitsu IBJJF Championship[20] by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation. Flanery indicated in an interview that, at one point, he considered competing in mixed martial arts, saying "If it didn't come around so late in my life, that would've 100 percent been my trajectory."[21]

Flanery is a Christian and attributes his role as a father to his convictions in his beliefs, stating: "I meet a lot of friends that they say, 'Well, I don't believe, because I can't explain it.' For me, that's exactly why I believe, because I can't explain it."[22] He is conservative in expressing his firm beliefs in the importance of preserving the Constitution of the United States and the family unit, and the associated risks of modern criticism of the US and its foundation.[6]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

List of films and roles
Year Title Role Notes
1987 A Tiger's Tale Buddy
1993 Kingdom Come Direct-to-video
1994 Frank & Jesse Zack Murphy
1995 The Grass Harp Riley Henderson
Raging Angels Chris
Powder Jeremy 'Powder' Reed
1996 Just Your Luck Ray Direct-to-video
The Method Christian Also executive producer
Eden Dave Edgerton
1997 Pale Saints Louis
Suicide Kings Max Minot
Best Men Billy Phillips
1998 Girl Todd Sparrow
Zack and Reba Zack Blanton
1999 Simply Irresistible Tom Bartlett
The Boondock Saints Connor MacManus
Body Shots Rick Hamilton
2002 Kiss the Bride Tom Terranova
Con Express Alex Brooks Direct-to-video
D-Tox Conner
Lone Hero John
Borderline Ed Baikman
2004 The Gunman Ben Simms
30 Days Until I'm Famous
2005 Demon Hunter Jake Greyman
2006 The Insatiable Harry Balbo Direct-to-video
2007 Veritas, Prince of Truth Veritas
Ten Inch Hero Noah
2008 Crystal River Clay Arrendal
2009 Deadly Impact Tom Armstrong
The Whole Truth Gary Langston
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Connor MacManus
Citizen Jane
2010 Sinners & Saints Colin Direct-to-video
Scavengers Captain Jekel
Saw 3D Bobby Dagen
2011 InSight Detective Peter Rafferty
2012 The Devil's Carnival John Short film
2013 Phantom Tyrtov
2015 Broken Horses Ignacio
2016 Gibby Frank
Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich Capt. Evan Blackburn
My First Miracle Charlie
Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word District Attorney Danny Hill
2017 Trafficked Simon
The Evil Within John
Flashburn Wes Nolan
Kepler's Dream Walt
Furthest Witness The Florist
2018 Unhinged Steve Walsh
Lasso Ennis
Howlers Bob Barlow
2019 100 Yards Ray
2177: The San Francisco Love Hacker Crimes Burnett Adams
American Fighter Duke
Acceleration Kane
The Outsider Chris King
2020 The Orchard Martin Ellsbury
Lady Driver Tim Lansing
2021 Born a Champion Mickey Kelley Also writer and producer
Assault on VA-33 Jason Hill
Insight Wallace Jackson
All I Want for Christmas Hank
2022 Love Hurts Detective Holden
Frank and Penelope Club Manager Also writer and director
2023 The Weapon U.S. Marshall Antano
Nefarious Edward Wayne Brady
and Nefariamus / "Nefarious"
TBA Killing Mary Sue † TBA Post-production[23]

Television

List of television appearances and roles
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Just Perfect Television film
My Life as a Babysitter Television film
1992–
1993 		The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Indiana Jones (age 16–21) 22 episodes
1993 The Accident The Driver Television film
1994 Guinevere King Arthur Television film
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies Indiana Jones (age 21) Television film
1995 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye Indiana Jones (age 19) Television film
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen Indiana Jones (age 17) Television film
1996 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father Indiana Jones (age 19) Television film
1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure Indiana Jones (age 16) Re-edited series (with new connecting segments)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service Indiana Jones (age 17) Re-edited series (with new connecting segments)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert Indiana Jones (age 18) Re-edited series (with new scenes)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence Indiana Jones (age 18) Re-edited series (with new scenes)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil Indiana Jones (age 19) Re-edited series (with new connecting segments)
1999–
2000 		The Strip Elvis Ford 10 episodes
2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song Indiana Jones (age 16) Re-edited series (with new connecting segments)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons Of Deception Indiana Jones (age 17) Re-edited series (with new connecting segments)
Run the Wild Fields Tom Walker Television film
The Outer Limits Eric Episode: "Stasis"
2001 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades Indiana Jones (age 18) Re-edited series (with new connecting segments)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change Indiana Jones (age 19) Re-edited series (with new scenes)
The Diamond Hunters Johnny Lance unknown episodes
Acceptable Risk Bobby Television film
Stargate SG-1 Orlin Episode: "Ascension"
Touched by an Angel Daniel Lee Corbitt Episode: "Famous Last Words"
2002 Charmed Adam Episode: "Happily Ever After"
2002–
2007 		Stephen King's Dead Zone Greg Stillson / Vice President Greg Stillson 19 episodes
2003 Then Came Jones Sheriff Ben Jones Television film
The Twilight Zone Dr. Paul Thorson Episode: "Cold Fusion"
2004 Dead Lawyers Jimmy Blake Television film
30 Days Until I'm Famous Cole Thompson Television film
2005 Into the Fire Walter Harwig Jr. Television film
2006 Savage Planet Randall Cain Television film
Secrets of a Small Town Jimmy Lee Daniels Pilot episode
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation The Big Hombre Episode: "Double Cross"
Masters of Horror Sheriff Kevin Reddle Episode: "The Damned Thing"
2007 KAW Wayne Syfy Television film
Numb3rs Jeff Upchurch Episode: "Tabu"
2008 No Game Devlin Television film; also director and executive producer
2009 Criminal Minds Darrin Call Episode: "Haunted"
2010 Mongolian Death Worm Daniel Television film
2011 The Young and the Restless Sam Gibson Soap opera; April 18 - November 4
A Crush on You Ben Martin Hallmark TV Film
2013 Dexter Jacob Elway Season 8
2018 The Bay Ty Garrett 3 episodes
2022 The Boys Gunpowder Episode: "The Only Man In The Sky"

References

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  2. ^ "George Lucas Takes It Easy with Indy Chronicles". New Straits Times. February 2, 1993. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
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