Sean Bridgers

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Sean MacKenzie Bridgers (born March 15, 1968 in Chapel Hill , North Carolina ) is an American actor . He became famous for the role of Johnny Burns on the HBO series Deadwood . In addition, he has also appeared as a producer and screenwriter .

life and career

Sean Bridgers was born in the city of Chapel Hill , North Carolina . His father Ben was a lawyer who u. a. for the Cherokee campaigned, his mother Sue was a writer . Bridgers graduated from Western Carolina University and decided to become an actor and screenwriter. He himself states that his favorite author Mark Twain and the actor Robert Duvall , through his portrayal in Comeback der Liebe , inspired him for this career path.

Bridgers has been an actor since 1991. He was first seen in films such as Children of Wrath 2 - Deadly Harvest , before taking on the role of William Winters on Legacy in 1998 . In 1997, Bridgers wrote and produced the independent film Paradise Falls and played the role of Henry Bancroft . From 2004 to 2006 he worked as Johnny Burns in the series Deadwood , for which he and his colleagues were nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award in the category Best Acting Company in a Television Series - Drama .

As a result, Bridgers was mainly seen as a guest actor in series such as Criminal Minds , CSI: Vegas , Cold Case - No Victim Is Ever Forgotten , Private Practice , Bones , Lie to Me or The Mentalist . He made further film appearances in Jug Face , Dark Places - Dangerous Memory , Trumbo , Raum or Die Glorichen Sieben in 2016. Since 2017 he can be seen as Louis in the series Get Shorty .

Sean Bridgers has three children, two of whom each appeared in small roles in their father's productions.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sue Ellen Bridger's profile . Western Carolina University. January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  2. ^ John McEntire: Interview with: Arkansas Traveler Filmmakers . In: Featured Filmmakers of the Month . The Oxford American. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 17, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oxfordamerican.org
personal data
SURNAME Bridgers, Sean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bridgers, Sean Mackenzie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Chapel Hill , North Carolina , USA