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Flanery is also a 4th degree black belt in [[Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu]], which he teaches.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/01/health/la-he-five-questions-flanery-20130601|title=For 'Dexter' actor Sean Patrick Flanery, jiujitsu is an unbeatable workout|last=Chelin|first=Pamela|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=2013-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929072037/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/01/health/la-he-five-questions-flanery-20130601|access-date=2013-12-31|archive-date=2013-09-29}}</ref> He placed first in the Master 1/ Blue/ Male/ Light division at the 2003 American National IBJJF Jiu-jitsu Championship<ref>{{cite web |title=American National IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2003 |url=https://ibjjf.com/events/results/2003-american-national-ibjjf-jiu-jitsu-championship |website=IBJJF |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> and the 2003 Pan Jiu-jitsu IBJJF Championship<ref>{{cite web |title=Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2003 |url=https://ibjjf.com/events/results/2003-pan-jiu-jitsu-ibjjf-championship |website=IBJJF |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tall |first1=Kevin |title=Sean Patrick Flanery Says He'd Have Pursued MMA If Sport Emerged Sooner, Offers Hope For 'Boondock Saints 3' |url=https://www.inquisitr.com/interview/6419303/sean-patrick-flanery-bjj-mma-boondock-saints-3/ |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=The Inquisitr |date=18 January 2021}}</ref>
Flanery is also a 4th degree black belt in [[Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu]], which he teaches.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/01/health/la-he-five-questions-flanery-20130601|title=For 'Dexter' actor Sean Patrick Flanery, jiujitsu is an unbeatable workout|last=Chelin|first=Pamela|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=2013-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929072037/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/01/health/la-he-five-questions-flanery-20130601|access-date=2013-12-31|archive-date=2013-09-29}}</ref> He placed first in the Master 1/ Blue/ Male/ Light division at the 2003 American National IBJJF Jiu-jitsu Championship<ref>{{cite web |title=American National IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2003 |url=https://ibjjf.com/events/results/2003-american-national-ibjjf-jiu-jitsu-championship |website=IBJJF |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> and the 2003 Pan Jiu-jitsu IBJJF Championship<ref>{{cite web |title=Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2003 |url=https://ibjjf.com/events/results/2003-pan-jiu-jitsu-ibjjf-championship |website=IBJJF |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tall |first1=Kevin |title=Sean Patrick Flanery Says He'd Have Pursued MMA If Sport Emerged Sooner, Offers Hope For 'Boondock Saints 3' |url=https://www.inquisitr.com/interview/6419303/sean-patrick-flanery-bjj-mma-boondock-saints-3/ |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=The Inquisitr |date=18 January 2021}}</ref>


Flanery is a [[Christianity|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.”<ref name="Christian_FW">{{cite web|url=https://www.faithwire.com/2023/04/20/nefarious-actor-who-plays-demon-possessed-inmate-delivers-powerful-response-to-skeptics-who-dont-believe-because-they-cant-explain-it/|work=Faith Wire|title=‘Nefarious’ Actor Who Plays Demon-Possessed Inmate Delivers Powerful Response to Skeptics Who ‘Don’t Believe’ Because They Can’t ‘Explain It’|author=Hallowell, Billy|date=April 20, 2023|accessdate=January 27, 2024}}</ref>
Flanery is a [[Christianity|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.”<ref name="Christian_FW">{{cite web|url=https://www.faithwire.com/2023/04/20/nefarious-actor-who-plays-demon-possessed-inmate-delivers-powerful-response-to-skeptics-who-dont-believe-because-they-cant-explain-it/|work=Faith Wire|title=‘Nefarious’ Actor Who Plays Demon-Possessed Inmate Delivers Powerful Response to Skeptics Who ‘Don’t Believe’ Because They Can’t ‘Explain It’|author=Hallowell, Billy|date=April 20, 2023|accessdate=January 27, 2024}}</ref> He is [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] in expressing his firm beliefs in the importance of preserving the [[Constitution of the United States]] and the [[Nuclear family|family unit]], and the associated risks of modern-criticism of the [[United States|United States of America]] and its foundation.<ref name="Flanery_TRV" />


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

Revision as of 02:43, 28 January 2024

Sean Patrick Flanery
Flanery at the Chiller Theatre Expo in April 2014.
Born (1965-10-11) October 11, 1965 (age 59)
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: The Final Chapter (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. 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: The Final Chapter.[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]

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.[12]

Personal life

Flannery is married to model and actress Lauren Michelle Hill.[13] He is a close friend with actor Norman Reedus, with whom he co-starred in The Boondock Saints and its sequel.[14]

Flanery won the 1997 Toyota Pro-Celebrity Race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach as the celebrity driver;[15] 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.[16]

Flanery is also a 4th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which he teaches.[17] He placed first in the Master 1/ Blue/ Male/ Light division at the 2003 American National IBJJF Jiu-jitsu Championship[18] and the 2003 Pan Jiu-jitsu IBJJF Championship[19] 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."[20]

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.”[21] 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 United States of America and its foundation.[6]

Filmography

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
1995 Raging Angels Chris
1995 Powder Jeremy 'Powder' Reed
1996 Just Your Luck Ray Direct-to-video
1996 The Method Christian Also executive producer
1996 Eden Dave Edgerton
1997 Pale Saints Louis
1997 Suicide Kings Max Minot
1997 Best Men Billy Phillips
1998 Girl Todd Sparrow
1998 Zack and Reba Zack Blanton
1999 Simply Irresistible Tom Bartlett
1999 The Boondock Saints Connor MacManus
1999 Body Shots Rick Hamilton
2002 Kiss the Bride Tom Terranova
2002 Con Express Alex Brooks Direct-to-video
2002 D-Tox Conner
2002 Lone Hero John
2002 Borderline Ed Baikman
2004 The Gunman Ben Simms
2004 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
2007 Ten Inch Hero Noah
2008 Crystal River Clay Arrendal
2009 Deadly Impact Tom Armstrong
2009 The Whole Truth Gary Langston
2009 The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Connor MacManus
2010 Sinners & Saints Colin Direct-to-video
2009 Citizen Jane
2010 Scavengers Captain Jekel
2010 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
2016 Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich Capt. Evan Blackburn
2016 My First Miracle Charlie
2016 Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word District Attorney Danny Hill
2017 Trafficked Simon
2017 The Evil Within John
2017 Flashburn Wes Nolan
2017 Kepler's Dream Walt
2017 Furthest Witness The Florist
2018 Unhinged Steve Walsh
2018 Lasso Ennis
2018 Howlers Bob Barlow
2019 100 Yards Ray
2019 2177: The San Francisco Love Hacker Crimes Burnett Adams
2019 American Fighter Duke
2019 Acceleration Kane
2019 The Outsider Chris King
2020 The Orchard Martin Ellsbury
2020 Lady Driver Tim Lansing
2021 Born a Champion Mickey Kelley Also writer and producer
2021 Assault on VA-33 Jason Hill
2021 Insight Wallace Jackson
2021 All I Want for Christmas Hank
2022 Love Hurts Detective Holden
2022 Frank and Penelope Club Manager Also writer and director
2023 The Weapon U.S. Marshall Antano
2023 Nefarious Edward Wayne Brady
and Nefariamus / "Nefarious"

Television

List of television appearances and roles
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Just Perfect Television film
1990 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
1994 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
1995 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)
1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service Indiana Jones (age 17) Re-edited series (with new connecting segments)
1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert Indiana Jones (age 18) Re-edited series (with new scenes)
1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence Indiana Jones (age 18) Re-edited series (with new scenes)
1999 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)
2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons Of Deception Indiana Jones (age 17) Re-edited series (with new connecting segments)
2000 Run the Wild Fields Tom Walker Television film
2000 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)
2001 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change Indiana Jones (age 19) Re-edited series (with new scenes)
2001 The Diamond Hunters Johnny Lance unknown episodes
2001 Acceptable Risk Bobby Television film
2001 Stargate SG-1 Orlin Episode: "Ascension"
2001 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
2003 The Twilight Zone Dr. Paul Thorson Episode: "Cold Fusion"
2004 Dead Lawyers Jimmy Blake Television film
2004 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
2006 Secrets of a Small Town Jimmy Lee Daniels Pilot episode
2006 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation The Big Hombre Episode: "Double Cross"
2006 Masters of Horror Sheriff Kevin Reddle Episode: "The Damned Thing"
2007 KAW Wayne Syfy film
2007 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
2011 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.
  3. ^ Camp, Todd (November 8, 1995). "'Powder' star says he learned how society values beauty Sean Patrick Flanery knows how it feels to be 'aesthetically displeasing.'". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  4. ^ Pinsker, Beth (October 28, 1995). "'Powder' Puts A New Face on Career". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  5. ^ Schaefer, Stephen (April 16, 1998). "Flanery gives life to 'Suicide'". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
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  8. ^ Foy, Scott (April 13, 2010). "Syfy Sneaks a Peek at Mongolian Death Worm". Dread Central. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
  9. ^ Miska, Brad (July 7, 2010). "Sean Patrick Flanery Talks 'Saw VII' 3D and Twist". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
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  16. ^ Kupper, Mike (April 5, 1998). "Winning Pro-Celebrity Race in Rain Is No Act for Flanery". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
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  19. ^ "Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2003". IBJJF. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
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