Sean Cameron Michael

Sean Cameron Michael

actor, writer, producer

Sean Cameron Michael was born on Dec 24, 1969 in South Africa. Sean Cameron Michael's big-screen debut came with The Gospel According to Matthew directed by Regardt van den Bergh in 1993, strarring Thomas (as Sean Michaels). Sean Cameron Michael is known for The Cars That Made the World directed by Ritesh Gupta, Kieran O'Brien stars as Narrator and H.W. Brands as Self - Professor of History University of Texas. Sean Cameron Michael has got 7 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award Sean Cameron Michael achieved is South Film and Arts Academy Festival. The upcoming new tvshow Sean Cameron Michael plays is Ludik - Season 1 which will be released on Aug 26, 2022.

Versatile character actor Sean Cameron Michael is today regarded as one of South Africa's most successful exports to Hollywood. Having consistently worked professionally over the past four decades, Michael has performed in over one hundred TV and film productions and recently received a 2022 SAFTA (South African Oscars) nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film for his work on the multi-award winning Fried Barry (2020).Michael's breakout performance was back in 2008 as controversial French UN worker Charles Solenz in Fox's multi-Emmy and Golden Globe nominated feature 24: Redemption (2008). Over 12 million viewers tuned in for the premiere.The actor has continually held his own opposite industry heavyweights including the late Oscar-winner William Hurt in BBC Films' award-winning feature The Challenger (2013) and Mads Mikkelsen in Universal's western The Salvation (2014). The film premiered at Cannes to a ten minute standing ovation.Michael is perhaps best known for playing series regular Richard Guthrie in two season's of Michael Bay's hit pirate series Black Sails (2014). He was considered for an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, as well as a SAG award, two years in a row for his portrayal.After being awarded an extraordinary ability green card in 2015, Michael relocated to Los Angeles and became a permanent US resident. Since then he has guest starred opposite Gary Sinise in Esprits criminels: Unité sans frontières (2016) (CBS), Of Kings and Prophets (2016) (ABC), as well as the lead villain role of Shane Copley in CBS' Scorpion (2014) opposite Robert Patrick.Michael won Best Performance by an Actor at the Boston Sci-fi Film Festival for his lead protagonist role of Sam in the feature film Broken Darkness (2017). He recurred on the Mark Wahlberg produced Shooter (2016), Blood Drive (2017) and MacGyver (2016), whilst on the big screen he starred in Universal's reboot of La momie (2017) (opposite Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe) grossing over $450M worldwide. Michael also narrated Nicholas Sparks ' ( N'oublie jamais (2004), Une bouteille à la mer (1999) ) #1 New York Times bestselling audio-book Every Breath.In 2019 he played the lead in the multi award-winning political thriller The Last Victims (2019) which premiered at PAFF in Los Angeles. He went on to win Best Actor at the South Film and Arts Festival in Chile for his portrayal. He then recurred on Deep State (2018), Vagrant Queen (2020) and played a supporting role in the Netflix Original The Last Days of American Crime (2020) opposite Michael Pitt and Edgar Ramirez.In 2020 he starred in Triggered (2020) (Samuel Goldwyn Films) and recurred on History's The Cars That Made the World (2020).Recent work includes Catch Me A Killer (2022), "FDR" and Theodore Roosevelt (2022) produced by Leonardo DiCaprio; as a series regular on Die Byl (2016), Stay Safe (2021) (which won him Best Supporting Actor at the South Film and Arts Festival in Chile); opposite David Tennant in Le Tour du monde en 80 jours (2021) and as a series regular on the Netflix Original Ludik (2022).Michael is attached as a lead in the A.S.T. film franchise, Bloody Proposal and also serves as a screenwriter and exec producer on the Netflix Original feature Colisión (2022).He is a proud member and regular judge for the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences (Emmys) and the International Emmy Awards.

  • Birthday

    Dec 24, 1969
  • Place of Birth

    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Also known

    Sean Michaels, Sean C. Michael, Sean Michael

Known For

Awards

7 wins & 3 nominations

South Film and Arts Academy Festival
2021
Best Supporting Actor
Winner - Short Film Award
Stay Safe (2021)
2019
Best Lead Actor In A Feature Film
Winner - Feature Film Cast and Crew Award
2019
Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film
Winner - Feature Film Cast and Crew Award
BeFilm - The Underground Film Festival (BTUFF)
2017
Best Actor
Winner - Jury Award
Tears in the Rain (2017)
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