Bio - SEAN GUNNELL

HELLO AND WELCOME

A gentle giant living by empathy, kindness, passion, and vision, SEAN GUNNELL enjoys the simple things in life, such as making french roast coffee in the morning, ocean swimming in the afternoon, and a movie at night. He also absorbs and relishes in the unusual thrills, like designing and building haunted houses, and cliff jumping from 50+ foot heights into lakes. Harmony and balance is Sean's mantra, especially regarding the importance of living instinctually and logically, both of which help him forge his career as an actor.

Sean is professionally trained for the screen and stage, and has been based in Los Angeles since 2014. His major principal screen credits have been two feature films: Drone Wars (a movie that aired on SyFy International channels, and is available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Vudu), and Dangerous Medicine (a TV movie that premiered on the Lifetime Movie Network in 2021, also available on Prime and Vudu). He has leading, supporting, and featured credits in four indie features that have released and are releasing in 2022 and 2023, including his first co-starring role in the thriller Laugh Now, Cry Later. In 2017, Sean starred in the short film Collar, which has been officially selected by nearly 200 film and awards festivals worldwide, and of which he has been nominated for over 25 Best Actor accolades, proudly winning 14 of them. Regional and local theatre credits include Private Mason in Ross Valley Players' critically acclaimed Journey's End (Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle winner for Best Ensemble), Patrick Wojtowicz in Pop Up Theatre Inc.'s original production The Gypsy Machine, and Clifford Bradshaw in Simi Valley Cultural Art Center's Cabaret.

Sean trained in San Francisco at the Academy of Art University, receiving his BFA in Acting under the guidance of the School of Acting's department founder, Diane Baker. His creative toolkit includes stage acting and Shakespearean performance (instructor Andrew Hurteau), Meisner Technique (Jim Jarrett, Sanford Meisner's last teaching protege), on-camera acting (Eduardo Rufeisen, Waris Hussein, and Todd Patrick Breaugh), audition technique (Anthony Meindl and James DuMont), and stage combat (Durand Garcia), rounding Sean out to be adaptive, seasoned, and prepared for every stage of his craft.

In August of 2021, Sean joined SAG-AFTRA and secured managerial representation with Torque Entertainment (based in Santa Monica, CA) and in July of 2022 he signed with two agencies: Dream Team Talent for theatrical and commercial representation (based in Los Angeles) and Stars Talent Studio for theatrical (based in Lehi, Utah). His current goals are guest starring roles on a few television shows, principal roles on several union and indie features, and working cinematically in multiple states. Strategically, Sean is about setting intentions that are realistic to his current career standing, while making sure to never plateau his vision. Everything that Sean does professionally is about being true to his vision, ascending his artistic Everest, and stoking his spark of passionate madness on the daily. These qualities will forever be the fuels to his creative fire; they are harmony and integrity, the keys to Sean's kingdom. Let's play!

Recent Endeavors

Screen,
Stage,
And Other Media