Accolades
• COLLAR •
Short Film, 2017
Short Film, 2017
WINNER
• Best Actor, Gold Award
• Best Actor Award
• New York, New York, USA. 2021
WINNER
• Best Actor
• Big Sur Film Festival
• Big Sur, California, USA. 2021
WINNER
• Best Actor
• Sand Dance International Film Festival
• Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India. 2020
WINNER
• Lead Actor in a Short Film, Jury Prize
(Honorable Mention)
• The South Film and Arts Academy Festival
• Rancagua, Chile. 2019
WINNER
• Best Actor, Platinum Award
• Pinnacle Film Awards
• Los Angeles, California, USA. 2019
WINNER
• Award of Excellence for Lead Actor
• Depth of Field International Film Festival Competition
• Nassau, Delaware, USA. 2018
WINNER
• Best Actor
• 6 on Nebraska International Film Festival
• Cape Town, South Africa. 2018
WINNER
• Best Actor, Silver Award
• The European Independent Film Award
• Paris, France. 2018
WINNER
• Best Actor, Bronze Award
• NYC Indie Film Awards
• New York, New York, USA. 2018
WINNER
• Award of Merit for Leading Actor
• Accolade Global Film Competition
• La Jolla, California, USA. 2018
WINNER
• Award of Excellence
for Individual Achievement in Acting
• Southern States Awards
• Roswell, Georgia, USA. 2017
WINNER
• Best Duo, Platinum Award
(With Michael Ray)
• Best Actor Award
• New York, New York, USA. 2021
WINNER
• Best Duo, March Monthly Edition
(With Michael Ray)
• New York International Film Awards
• Manhattan, New York, USA. 2020
WINNER
• Best Acting Duo
(Shared with Michael Ray)
• IndieX Film Festival
• Los Angeles, California, USA. 2019
WINNER
• Best Acting Duo, Platinum Award
(Shared with Michael Ray)
• Independent Shorts Awards
• Los Angeles, California, USA. 2018
NOMINEE
• Best Actor of a Short Film
• Gralha International Monthly Film Awards
• Curitiba, Brazil. 2020
NOMINEE
• Actor Performance
(Shared with Michael Ray)
• X World Short Film Festival
• Rome, Italy. 2019
NOMINEE
• Best Actor, Jury Prize
• Top Indie Film Awards
• Tokyo, Japan. 2019
NOMINEE
• Best Actor in a Short Film
• Action on Film International Film Festival
• Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. 2018
NOMINEE
• Best Actor in a Short Film
• Philadelphia Independent Film Festival
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 2018
NOMINEE
• Best Actor in a Short Film
• Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema
• Idyllwild, California, USA. 2018
NOMINEE
• Best Lead Actor in an English Language Short
• Southern States Indie FanFilmFest
• Biloxi, Mississippi, USA. 2018
NOMINEE
• Supporting Actor in a Short Film, Male
• Bare Bones International Film Festival
• Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA. 2019
NOMINEE
• Best Supporting Actor, February Monthly Edition
• Oniros Film Awards
• Aosta, Italy, Europe. 2018
NOMINEE
• Best Duo
(With Michael Ray)
• Anatolia International Film Festival
• Istanbul, Turkey. 2021
NOMINEE
• Best Ensemble Cast
• KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival
• North Hollywood, California, USA. 2021
NOMINEE
• Best Ensemble Cast in a Short Film
• Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema
• Idyllwild, California, USA. 2018
• Best Actor, Gold Award
• Best Actor Award
• New York, New York, USA. 2021
WINNER
• Best Actor
• Big Sur Film Festival
• Big Sur, California, USA. 2021
WINNER
• Best Actor
• Sand Dance International Film Festival
• Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India. 2020
WINNER
• Lead Actor in a Short Film, Jury Prize
(Honorable Mention)
• The South Film and Arts Academy Festival
• Rancagua, Chile. 2019
WINNER
• Best Actor, Platinum Award
• Pinnacle Film Awards
• Los Angeles, California, USA. 2019
WINNER
• Award of Excellence for Lead Actor
• Depth of Field International Film Festival Competition
• Nassau, Delaware, USA. 2018
WINNER
• Best Actor
• 6 on Nebraska International Film Festival
• Cape Town, South Africa. 2018
WINNER
• Best Actor, Silver Award
• The European Independent Film Award
• Paris, France. 2018
WINNER
• Best Actor, Bronze Award
• NYC Indie Film Awards
• New York, New York, USA. 2018
WINNER
• Award of Merit for Leading Actor
• Accolade Global Film Competition
• La Jolla, California, USA. 2018
WINNER
• Award of Excellence
for Individual Achievement in Acting
• Southern States Awards
• Roswell, Georgia, USA. 2017
WINNER
• Best Duo, Platinum Award
(With Michael Ray)
• Best Actor Award
• New York, New York, USA. 2021
WINNER
• Best Duo, March Monthly Edition
(With Michael Ray)
• New York International Film Awards
• Manhattan, New York, USA. 2020
WINNER
• Best Acting Duo
(Shared with Michael Ray)
• IndieX Film Festival
• Los Angeles, California, USA. 2019
WINNER
• Best Acting Duo, Platinum Award
(Shared with Michael Ray)
• Independent Shorts Awards
• Los Angeles, California, USA. 2018
NOMINEE
• Best Actor of a Short Film
• Gralha International Monthly Film Awards
• Curitiba, Brazil. 2020
NOMINEE
• Actor Performance
(Shared with Michael Ray)
• X World Short Film Festival
• Rome, Italy. 2019
NOMINEE
• Best Actor, Jury Prize
• Top Indie Film Awards
• Tokyo, Japan. 2019
NOMINEE
• Best Actor in a Short Film
• Action on Film International Film Festival
• Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. 2018
NOMINEE
• Best Actor in a Short Film
• Philadelphia Independent Film Festival
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 2018
NOMINEE
• Best Actor in a Short Film
• Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema
• Idyllwild, California, USA. 2018
NOMINEE
• Best Lead Actor in an English Language Short
• Southern States Indie FanFilmFest
• Biloxi, Mississippi, USA. 2018
NOMINEE
• Supporting Actor in a Short Film, Male
• Bare Bones International Film Festival
• Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA. 2019
NOMINEE
• Best Supporting Actor, February Monthly Edition
• Oniros Film Awards
• Aosta, Italy, Europe. 2018
NOMINEE
• Best Duo
(With Michael Ray)
• Anatolia International Film Festival
• Istanbul, Turkey. 2021
NOMINEE
• Best Ensemble Cast
• KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival
• North Hollywood, California, USA. 2021
NOMINEE
• Best Ensemble Cast in a Short Film
• Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema
• Idyllwild, California, USA. 2018
• JOURNEY'S END •
Theatre Production, 2014
Theatre Production, 2014
WINNER
• Best Ensemble
• The SFBATCC Excellence in Theatre Awards
• San Francisco, California, USA. Mar, 2015
NOMINEE
• Outstanding Performance by the Ensemble of a Play
• The Theatre Bay Area Awards
• San Francisco, California, USA. Nov, 2014
• Best Ensemble
• The SFBATCC Excellence in Theatre Awards
• San Francisco, California, USA. Mar, 2015
NOMINEE
• Outstanding Performance by the Ensemble of a Play
• The Theatre Bay Area Awards
• San Francisco, California, USA. Nov, 2014
• THE BIRTHDAY •
Short Film, 2014
Short Film, 2014
WINNER
• Best Actor in a Short Film
• Epidemic Film Festival
• San Francisco, California, USA. May, 2014
NOMINEE
• Best Actor
• Sanford Meisner Film Festival
• San Francisco, California, USA. Dec, 2014
• Best Actor in a Short Film
• Epidemic Film Festival
• San Francisco, California, USA. May, 2014
NOMINEE
• Best Actor
• Sanford Meisner Film Festival
• San Francisco, California, USA. Dec, 2014
• APARTMENT 14 •
Short Film, 2018
Short Film, 2018
NOMINEE
• Best Lead Actor in an English Language Short
• Southern States Indie FanFilmFest
• Biloxi, Mississippi, USA. Jan, 2019
• Best Lead Actor in an English Language Short
• Southern States Indie FanFilmFest
• Biloxi, Mississippi, USA. Jan, 2019
• LARKIN •
Short Film, 2011
Short Film, 2011
WINNER
• Best Actor in a Short Film
• Epidemic Film Festival
• San Francisco, California, USA. May, 2011
• Best Actor in a Short Film
• Epidemic Film Festival
• San Francisco, California, USA. May, 2011
Reviews
• COLLAR •
Short Film, 2017
Short Film, 2017
"Gunnell delivers the goods with a deliberate fierceness as the tall man...Gunnell absolutely soars as this spiteful antagonist."
Kirk Fernwood
(One Film Fan)
FULL REVIEW
"It wouldn’t be fair to leave out the actors in this short. They pulled off believable characters."
Warren Workman
(The Utah Film Festival and Awards)
FULL REVIEW
"...A very competent cast and a directional effort that gets the most out of the very limiting set help make this one a really tight film."
Mike Haberfelner
([Re]Search My Trash)
FULL REVIEW
"Collar was done very, very well. The actors were all good."
Film Patron
(First Glance Film Festival, Short Online Contest)
FULL REVIEW
"Very powerful script, acting and ending."
User Review
(IMDb)
FULL REVIEW
Kirk Fernwood
(One Film Fan)
FULL REVIEW
"It wouldn’t be fair to leave out the actors in this short. They pulled off believable characters."
Warren Workman
(The Utah Film Festival and Awards)
FULL REVIEW
"...A very competent cast and a directional effort that gets the most out of the very limiting set help make this one a really tight film."
Mike Haberfelner
([Re]Search My Trash)
FULL REVIEW
"Collar was done very, very well. The actors were all good."
Film Patron
(First Glance Film Festival, Short Online Contest)
FULL REVIEW
"Very powerful script, acting and ending."
User Review
(IMDb)
FULL REVIEW
• JOURNEY'S END •
Theatre Production, 2014
Theatre Production, 2014
"Young Sean Gunnell also does a fine job in an important role...He puts me in mind of a young Michael Palin."
Patrick Thomas
(Talkin' Broadway)
FULL REVIEW
"Sean Gunnell gives a really charming performance as the good-natured Private Mason."
Mitchell Field
(The Field Trip, Radio Sausalito)
FULL REVIEW
"A hilarious Sean Gunnell."
David Templeton
(North Bay Bohemian)
FULL REVIEW
"The rest of the all-male cast also is convincing... Sean Gunnell as Pvt. Mason, comic relief."
Woody Weingarten
(For All Events)
FULL REVIEW
Patrick Thomas
(Talkin' Broadway)
FULL REVIEW
"Sean Gunnell gives a really charming performance as the good-natured Private Mason."
Mitchell Field
(The Field Trip, Radio Sausalito)
FULL REVIEW
"A hilarious Sean Gunnell."
David Templeton
(North Bay Bohemian)
FULL REVIEW
"The rest of the all-male cast also is convincing... Sean Gunnell as Pvt. Mason, comic relief."
Woody Weingarten
(For All Events)
FULL REVIEW
• CABARET •
Musical Theatre Production, 2017
Musical Theatre Production, 2017
"As the show begins, Cliff Bradshaw, an aspiring American novelist, arrives in Berlin, typewriter in hand...attractively played by Sean Gunnell."
Cary Ginell
(Simi Valley Acorn)
FULL REVIEW
"Sean Gunnell - excellent."
Charles Foster Carmichael
(The Community Link News)
"Two standout male singers in calmer but not less fraught roles are John Dantona as Herr Schultz and Sean Gunnell as Clifford Bradshaw... Gunnell’s Cliff is central to the plot...when he lifts his voice in “Perfectly Marvelous” and in a few other moments, it makes very pleasant listening."
Rita Moran
(Ventura County Star, Part of the USA Today Network)
FULL REVIEW
Cary Ginell
(Simi Valley Acorn)
FULL REVIEW
"Sean Gunnell - excellent."
Charles Foster Carmichael
(The Community Link News)
"Two standout male singers in calmer but not less fraught roles are John Dantona as Herr Schultz and Sean Gunnell as Clifford Bradshaw... Gunnell’s Cliff is central to the plot...when he lifts his voice in “Perfectly Marvelous” and in a few other moments, it makes very pleasant listening."
Rita Moran
(Ventura County Star, Part of the USA Today Network)
FULL REVIEW
• A CONVERSATION •
Short Film, 2019
Short Film, 2019
"Gunnell delivers a character that is as much filled with an arrogance as it is rife with a combination of hesitant apathy, confusion, regret, and his own sense of loss via the role as the man, one who initially seems on nothing but the receiving end of some direct attacks against his nature, even as he returns fire with such a beautifully delivered, quiet yet somewhat carelessly presented 'I’m not at fault here, take a look in the mirror' demeanor that may or may not end up being his ultimate undoing as more and more comes out in the course of this tete-a-tete. It really becomes about how his reactions to her statements further the course of their talk’s direction and the secrets that arise from it, and it is a total credit to Gunnell’s wonderfully subdued performance that sells us on the character and his role in the proceedings, a big credit to Gunnell’s acting chops for me and another testament to the simmering undertones the story carries."
Kirk Fernwood
(One Film Fan)
FULL REVIEW
"The performances are passionate, yet subtle in all of the right ways...I consider this film a great success and the cast and crew should be very proud for bringing a unique and moving piece of art to audiences."
User Review
(IMDb)
FULL REVIEW
Kirk Fernwood
(One Film Fan)
FULL REVIEW
"The performances are passionate, yet subtle in all of the right ways...I consider this film a great success and the cast and crew should be very proud for bringing a unique and moving piece of art to audiences."
User Review
(IMDb)
FULL REVIEW
• I HATE HAMLET •
Theatre Production, 2012
Theatre Production, 2012
"Sean Gunnell inarguably stole the show, as they say, with his sweeping arm gestures, boisterous voice, and sardonic expressions. He also managed to expertly fade his 6’5” frame into the background, as apparitions do. Delivering hilarious quips about sex and fame, and regretful monologues about a latter life consumed with alcoholism and failed attempts, Gunnell’s range of emotion was a joy to watch."
Michelle Koffler
(Patron/Blog Critic)
FULL REVIEW
Michelle Koffler
(Patron/Blog Critic)
FULL REVIEW
• DANCING AT LUGHNASA •
Theatre Production, 2007
Theatre Production, 2007
"Gerry, Michael's ne'er-do-well father, is perfectly cast with COM newcomer Sean Gunnell, who manages to make this bounder likable."
Mark Langton
(Marin Independent Journal)
FULL REVIEW
Mark Langton
(Marin Independent Journal)
FULL REVIEW
Testimonials
"Sean was a wonderful student who always showed extra appreciation for the opportunities he received. He's approaching his career the right way, with patience, hard work, and appreciation."
Diane Baker
The Silence of the Lambs, Marnie, House M.D., The Diary of Anne Frank
Former Executive Director of the School of Acting, Academy of Art University
Diane Baker
The Silence of the Lambs, Marnie, House M.D., The Diary of Anne Frank
Former Executive Director of the School of Acting, Academy of Art University
"I've been directing nearly 30 years and have worked with a multitude of young talent. But Sean is that rare exception - versatility, overwhelming enthusiasm, and genuine quirk. I spotted him when he was still a student, and the first chance I got to cast him, (on a SyFy channel original movie), I jumped at it. Needless to say, he was a total pro, killed it, and turned what would have been an ordinary stock part into a 3-dimensional, alive character. I whole-heartedly recommend him to anyone lucky enough to cast him."
Jack Perez
Director, Drone Wars
Jack Perez
Director, Drone Wars
"Sean was a pleasure to direct on my film "Collar". He took direction very well and was open to adjustments when necessary. He has since won several acting awards for his performance in my film, and rightfully so. For myself as a director, it's always less stressful to work with actors who are friendly and down to earth, and Sean is such a person. To any casting directors out there, Sean is someone who can fit into any role, and I highly recommend him as such."
Russ Emanuel
Director/Producer, Collar
Russ Emanuel
Director/Producer, Collar
"I have worked with Sean on several projects over the past couple of years. On every set, he has been a pleasure to work with. He's everything I look for when I hire an actor. Obviously I want great actors, but I also look for great people. Sean is both, and I highly recommend him to anyone who is considering casting him."
Troy Gabaldon
Writer/Producer, Collar
Troy Gabaldon
Writer/Producer, Collar
"He's very fun to work with. He's an audience pleaser, and his sense of pacing and timing are excellent. His character, (Mason), is designed to liven things up and make things a little lighter. He does a great job with it."
Stephen Dietz
Actor/Sound Designer, Journey's End
Stephen Dietz
Actor/Sound Designer, Journey's End
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