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Sean Bridgers

Known for acting · Born 15 March 1968 · 58 · Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

75 credits

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 Face, as well as notable roles in Sweet Home Alabama and Nell. He played Old Nick in the 2015 film Room.

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Known for

Deadwood

2004

Room

2015

The Woman

2011

Free State of Jones

2016

Rectify

2013

Get Shorty

2017

Jug Face

2013

The Best of Me

2014

The Painted

2024

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

2019

The Thing About Pam

2022

Legacy

1998

Acting (74)

2026PrimetimeLloydFilm
2026The Weird KidzSheriff (Voice)Film
2025Government Cheese · 2 episodesSeries
2024TrackerFather AmmonSeries
2024The PaintedAdam ElsterFilm
2024Outlaw PosseMayorFilm
2024Test ScreeningFilm
2022Bones and AllBarry CookFilm
2022The Thing About PamMark Hupp · 6 episodesSeries
2021The Underground RailroadFletcherSeries
2020Your HonorWalter BeckwithSeries
2019The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the BigfootMr. Gardner / Mr. Gardner's SonFilm
2019Deadwood: The MovieJohnny BurnsFilm
2019The Righteous GemstonesField SurgeonSeries
2019DeathcemberUninjuredFilm
2018The AlienistSheriff EarlySeries
2017Midnight, TexasSheriff Livingstone · 2 episodesSeries
2017Get ShortyLouis Darnell · 27 episodesSeries
2017And Then I GoLittle Kid's DadFilm
2016The Magnificent SevenFanningFilm
2016Midnight SpecialFredrick (Ranch Member)Film
2016Free State of JonesSumrallFilm
2016The Whole TruthArthur WestinFilm
2016Elsie HooperRidley HooperFilm
2015RoomOld NickFilm
2015TrumboJeff KrandallFilm
2015Dark PlacesRunner DayFilm
2015Chicago MedDetective Benjamin GonsiorekSeries
2015BlueSheriff HawkesFilm
2015LegsFilm
2014The Best of MeTommy ColeFilm
2014The Edge of the WoodsAbeFilm
2013The BlacklistNyle HatcherSeries
2013RectifyTrey Willis · 17 episodesSeries
2013Jug FaceDawaiFilm
2013The Graveyard FeederBurke SawyerFilm
2012The Making of The WomanhimselfFilm
2011The WomanChris CleekFilm
2011Hart of DixieLeon MercySeries
2011Blood On My NameThomasFilm
2010JustifiedVirgil CorumSeries
2010Raising HopeJack · 2 episodesSeries
2009Lie to MeHarold ClarkSeries
2008The MentalistRanger TisdaleSeries
2008True BloodBig BobbySeries
2008Witless ProtectionNormFilm
2007Private PracticeFrank Dawson · 2 episodesSeries
2007Saving GraceCarl LafongSeries
2007Jake's ClosetPeterFilm
2005Criminal MindsJames CharlesSeries
2005BonesJohn CollinsSeries
2004DeadwoodJohnny Burns · 36 episodesSeries
20043: The Dale Earnhardt StoryNeil BonnettFilm
2003Apple JackLes DanyouFilm
2002Sweet Home AlabamaEldonFilm
2002Clover BendTylerFilm
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationArt SchusterSeries
2000After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter StoppedRobertFilm
1999ATFSmittyFilm
1998LegacyWilliam Winters · 13 episodesSeries
1997Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionMartin Spencer (segment "The Prescription")Series
1997The Killing SecretAaron ClemensFilm
1997Paradise FallsHenry BancroftFilm
1995Her Deadly RivalFilm
1995Death in Small DosesMr. CarterFilm
1995Murderous IntentDennisFilm
1994NellMike IbarraFilm
1994Getting InDumpster HunterFilm
1993Road-Kill U.S.A.JoshFilm
1992Children of the Corn II: The Final SacrificeJedediahFilm
1991Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart StoryRalph WelchFilm
—Red CamelliaFilm
—The Trophy KingTrip MahoneyFilm
—Iron DanCarl WhitmanFilm

Writing (1)

1997Paradise FallsWriter, ProducerFilm