Name
Sean Bridgers
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1968-03-15 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Biography
Sean MacKenzie Bridgers (born March 15, 1968) is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer, known for his role as Johnny Burns on the HBO series Deadwood and on the SundanceTV original series Rectify as Trey Willis. In addition to many roles in television and film since 1991, Bridgers received acclaim and awards for the independent film Paradise Falls, which he wrote and produced.
He received praise for his lead role in Lucky McKee's horror film The Woman and another Modernciné film, Jug Face, as well as notable roles in Sweet Home Alabama and Nell. He played Old Nick in the 2015 film Room.
Known For
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Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the back...
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- 2007 Jake's Closet as Peter
- 2002 Clover Bend as Tyler
- 2011 Blood On My Name as Thomas
- 2011 The Woman as Chris Cleek
- 1993 Road-Kill U.S.A. as Josh
- 2013 Jug Face as Dawai
- 2015 Legs
- 2014 The Edge of the Woods as Abe
- 2022 Bones and All as Barry Cook
- 2014 The Best of Me as Tommy Cole
- 2022 The Weird Kidz as Sheriff (Voice)
- 2015 Dark Places as Runner Day
- 2016 Free State of Jones as Sumrall
- 1995 Her Deadly Rival
- 2024 The Painted as Adam Elster
- 2024 Outlaw Posse as Mayor
- 2015 Room as Old Nick
- 2016 Midnight Special as Fredrick (Ranch Member)
- 1999 ATF as Smitty
- 2016 The Magnificent Seven as Fanning
- 2016 The Whole Truth as Arthur Westin
- 2004 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story as Neil Bonnett
- 1994 Nell as Mike Ibarra
- 2003 Apple Jack as Les Danyou
- 1995 Death in Small Doses as Mr. Carter
- 2015 Blue as Sheriff Hawkes
- 2002 Sweet Home Alabama as Eldon
- 2017 And Then I Go as Little Kid's Dad
- 2019 The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot as Mr. Gardner / Mr. Gardner's Son
- 2019 Deadwood: The Movie as Johnny Burns
- 2016 Elsie Hooper as Ridley Hooper
- 1997 Paradise Falls as Henry Bancroft
- 2000 After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped as Robert
- 2012 The Making of The Woman as himself
- 2015 Trumbo as Jeff Krandall
- 2008 Witless Protection as Norm
- 1995 Murderous Intent as Dennis
- 1994 Getting In as Dumpster Hunter
- 2024 Test Screening
- 1992 Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice as Jedediah
- Soon Red Camellia
- 2026 Primetime
- Soon The Trophy King as Trip Mahoney
- 2013 The Graveyard Feeder as Burke Sawyer
- 2019 Deathcember as Uninjured
- 1991 Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story as Ralph Welch
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as Art Schuster
- 2004 Deadwood ( 36 episodes ) as Johnny Burns
- 2021 The Underground Railroad ( 1 episode ) as Fletcher
- 2008 The Mentalist ( 1 episode ) as Ranger Tisdale
- 2017 Get Shorty ( 27 episodes ) as Louis Darnell
- 2017 Midnight, Texas ( 2 episodes ) as Sheriff Livingstone
- 2013 Rectify ( 17 episodes ) as Trey Willis
- 2022 The Thing About Pam ( 6 episodes ) as Mark Hupp
- 2010 Justified ( 1 episode ) as Virgil Corum
- 2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as James Charles
- 2008 True Blood ( 1 episode ) as Big Bobby
- 2005 Bones ( 1 episode ) as John Collins
- 2011 Hart of Dixie ( 1 episode ) as Leon Mercy
- 1997 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction ( 1 episode ) as Martin Spencer (segment "The Prescription")
- 2020 Your Honor ( 1 episode ) as Walter Beckwith
- 2013 The Blacklist ( 1 episode ) as Nyle Hatcher
- 2018 The Alienist ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Early
- 2007 Private Practice ( 2 episodes ) as Frank Dawson
- 2010 Raising Hope ( 2 episodes ) as Jack
- 2019 The Righteous Gemstones ( 1 episode ) as Field Surgeon
- 2025 Government Cheese ( 2 episodes )
- 2007 Saving Grace ( 1 episode ) as Carl Lafong
- 2015 Chicago Med ( 1 episode ) as Detective Benjamin Gonsiorek
- 2009 Lie to Me ( 1 episode ) as Harold Clark
- 2024 Tracker ( 1 episode ) as Father Ammon
- 1998 Legacy ( 13 episodes ) as William Winters
