Sean Bridgers

ActorProducerWriter Mar 15 (age 58) Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA 1992–2025 (33 year career)

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Biography

Sean MacKenzie Bridgers (born March 15, 1968) is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer, known for his role as Johnny Burns on the HBO series Deadwood and on the SundanceTV original series Rectify as Trey Willis. In addition to many roles in television and film since 1991, Bridgers received acclaim and awards for the independent film Paradise Falls, which he wrote and produced. He received praise for his lead role in Lucky McKee's horror film The Woman and another Modernciné film, Jug Fa…

Known For

Film

Room

Old Nick

Film

The Best of Me

Tommy Cole

Film

The Magnificent Seven

Fanning

Film

Deadwood

Johnny Burns

Film

Trumbo

Jeff Krandall

Film

Bones and All

Barry Cook

Film

Free State of Jones

Sumrall

Film

Midnight Special

Fredrick (Ranch Member)

Filmography

Acting (68)

Movies (44)

The Painted

as Adam Elster

Outlaw Posse

as Mayor

Test Screening

Bones and All

as Barry Cook

The Weird Kidz

as Sheriff (Voice)

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

2019

as Mr. Gardner / Mr. Gardner's Son

Deadwood: The Movie

as Johnny Burns

And Then I Go

as Little Kid's Dad

The Magnificent Seven

as Fanning

Free State of Jones

as Sumrall

The Whole Truth

as Arthur Westin

Midnight Special

as Fredrick (Ranch Member)

6.3

Elsie Hooper

2016

as Ridley Hooper

Room

as Old Nick

Trumbo

as Jeff Krandall

Dark Places

as Runner Day

Blue

as Sheriff Hawkes

Legs

The Best of Me

as Tommy Cole

The Edge of the Woods

2014

as Abe

Jug Face

2013

as Dawai

5.3

The Graveyard Feeder

2013

as Burke Sawyer

The Making of The Woman

2012

as himself

The Woman

as Chris Cleek

Blood On My Name

as Thomas

Witless Protection

as Norm

Jake's Closet

as Peter

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

as Neil Bonnett

Apple Jack

as Les Danyou

Sweet Home Alabama

as Eldon

Clover Bend

as Tyler

After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped

as Robert

ATF

as Smitty

Paradise Falls

as Henry Bancroft

Death in Small Doses

as Mr. Carter

Murderous Intent

as Dennis

Her Deadly Rival

Nell

as Mike Ibarra

Getting In

as Dumpster Hunter

Road-Kill U.S.A.

as Josh

Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice

1992

as Jedediah

4.8

The Trophy King

as Trip Mahoney

Primetime

Red Camellia

Television (24)

Government Cheese

The Thing About Pam

as Mark Hupp

The Underground Railroad

as Fletcher

Your Honor

as Walter Beckwith

The Righteous Gemstones

as Field Surgeon

The Alienist

as Sheriff Early

Get Shorty

as Louis Darnell

Midnight, Texas

as Sheriff Livingstone

7.4

Chicago Med

2015

as Detective Benjamin Gonsiorek

The Blacklist

as Nyle Hatcher

Rectify

as Trey Willis

Hart of Dixie

as Leon Mercy

Justified

as Virgil Corum

Raising Hope

as Jack

The Mentalist

as Ranger Tisdale

True Blood

as Big Bobby

Private Practice

as Frank Dawson

Saving Grace

as Carl Lafong

Bones

as John Collins

Criminal Minds

as James Charles

Deadwood

as Johnny Burns

Deadwood

as Johnny Burns

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Art Schuster

7.6

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

1997

as Martin Spencer (segment "The Prescription")

7.2

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Paradise Falls

1997

Producer

Paradise Falls

1997

Writer