Sean Patrick Flanery (born October 11, 1965) is an American actor, author, and martial artist. He is known for playing Connor MacManus in ''

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'' (1999) and its sequel '' The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day'' (2009), Greg Stillson in the

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television series '' The Dead Zone'', Jeremy "Powder" Reed in ''

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'' (1995),

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in the ABC television series ''

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'', as well as Bobby Dagen in '' Saw: The Final Chapter'' (2010). He is also known for his role as Sam Gibson on the CBS

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'' 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

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drawing inspiration from his own childhood and early experiences.

Early life

Flanery was born on October 11, 1965 in Lake Charles,

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, and was raised in

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. His mother, Genie (née LeDoux), is a real estate broker, and his father, Paul Flanery, is a medical equipment salesman. His ancestry includes Irish, Cajun (French), and English. After attending

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, Flanery graduated from

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, and attended the University of St. Thomas in Houston.

Acting 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

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, to pursue his acting career. Since 1988 he has appeared in over 53 films, including ''

'', '' Simply Irresistible'', and '' D-Tox''. He is best known, however, for playing the Indiana Jones in ''

'' and Connor MacManus ''in

''. He had a brief role as the ascended being, Orlin, in the ''

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'' episode " Ascension". He appeared on the TV show '' The Dead Zone'' in the role of

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, Greg Stillson, until its cancellation. Flanery also appeared in an installment of Showtime's ''

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'' 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 ''

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''. He also had a supporting role in 2010's ''

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''. Flanery appeared in

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' music video "Howlin' For You", which was released on February 10, 2011. In April 2011 Flanery headed to the CBS soap ''

,'' playing the part of Sam, Sharon Newman's boyfriend from New Mexico. 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.''

Personal life

He once had a dog named Donut who is named after the donuts she devoured shortly after being adopted by Flanery. Flanery won the 1997 Toyota Pro-Celebrity Race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach as the celebrity driver; the "

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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. Flanery is also a 3rd degree black belt in

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, which he teaches. He placed first in the Master 1/ Blue/ Male/ Light division at the 2003 American National IBJJF Jiu-jitsu Championship and the 2003 Pan Jiu-jitsu IBJJF Championship by the

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. Flanery indicated in an interview that, at one point, he considered competing in

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, saying "If it didn’t come around so late in my life, that would’ve 100 percent been my trajectory."

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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