Biography

Sean Gunnell

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Born
July 8, 1988 · San Francisco, California, USA
Birth name
Sean Alexander Gunnell
Nickname
- Moose
Height
6′ 4″ (1.93 m)

Mini bio

Sean is an award-winning, professionally trained screen and stage actor, hailing from San Francisco, CA, and raised in Mill Valley, CA. He is known for his performances in "Dangerous Medicine," "Drone Wars," "Reflections of a Broken Memory," "The Billionaire CEO's Secret Obsession," "Collar" (15x winner for Best Actor), and Netflix's "Monsters" (featured as Robert Kardashian). Look for him in upcoming sixth season of the Oxygen Network's "Buried in the Backyard," as well as his co-starring role in "In Sunshine and in Shadow," circulating the festival circuit and already netting him several Best Actor accolades and nominations.

Sean grew up in a nurturing and harmonic environment of artistic curiosity and logical practicality. His mother, Kathleen McCoy, launched her first company, Bella Notte Linens, out of their home garage in 1995, and it became quality and global high-end business, renowned and cultivated by celebrities and popular TV shows alike. His father, Bob Gunnell, worked consistently in carpentry in the 70s and 80s before establishing and running his own Bay Area-based construction company from 1985-2000, before becoming a business partner of Bella Notte.

The qualities of emotional optimism and mental adaptability is what Sean has always appreciated about his life growing up. Implementing integrity in his artistry, vision, and intuition, plus working well at considering all solutions to outcomes, maintaining good health, and practicing consistent follow-through have all always been ingrained in the pursuit of his craft. Since the age of four, Sean has been purposefully walking his path, staying in his lane, passionately forging his career in terms of longevity and spiritual exultancy, and has nothing but viscerally full intentionality of forging his dreams into reality each and every day. Acting is his creative fire, and it's the flame he chooses to keep on roaring for his entire existence.
- IMDb mini biography by: Sean Gunnell

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Gender / Gender identity
Male
Race / Ethnicity
White
Nationality / Religious or Ethnic identity
American, Mexican, Scottish

Trademarks

Vulnerable and emotionally intense performances, primarily in dramatic films.
Natural salt and pepper hair.

Trivia

Studied screen and stage acting and graduated with a BFA from the Academy of Art University (program originally headed and founded by Diane Baker), and two years worth of Meisner Technique at The Meisner Technique Studio (trained by Jim Jarrett, Sanford Meisner's last teaching protege). Both institutions are based in San Francisco, CA.
Last name pronounced "Guh-Nell," like Shanell.
Surname was supposed to be Lassiter. Bob Gunnell (father) never met his father, Pete Lassiter, so he adopted the last name of his stepfather instead. Gunnell is of Old Norse origin, meaning "Battlestrife.".
Moved to Los Angeles on July 1, 2014 to pursue a professional acting career.
Most inspired by the actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christian Bale, Benedict Cumberbatch, Viola Davis, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Fassbender, Ralph Fiennes, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Frances McDormand, Guy Pearce, Joaquin Phoenix, Florence Pugh, Margot Robbie, Michael Shannon, Maggie Smith, Antony Starr, Denzel Washington, Robin Williams, and Kate Winslet.