- Born
- Birth nameSean Alexander Gunnell
- Nickname
- Moose
- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- Sean is a SAG-AFTRA, professionally trained screen and stage actor, hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area. For as long as he can remember, Sean has grown up surrounded by a nurturing harmony of pursuing artistic creativity and implementing logical practicality. His mother, Kathleen McCoy, put her design skills to work and launched her own company, Bella Notte Linens, out of the family's home garage in 1995. As of today, it is a quality high-end business, renowned and cultivated around the world for its luxurious products. His father, Bob Gunnell, worked consistently in carpentry in the 70s and 80s before establishing and managing a Bay Area-based construction company from 1985-2000. In that final year, he moved his business on to his eldest son, Michael, in order to become the business partner of Bella Notte (a position he held until 2015). The qualities of emotional optimism and mental preparation is what Sean has always appreciated about his life growing up. A loving and supportive household of inherent artistry, vision, positivity, and intuition, harmonized by the logical importance of working well, understanding and considering all possible outcomes, maintaining good health, and practicing consistent followthrough have all always been engrained in his pursuit of a professional acting career. Since the age of four, Sean has known exactly what he wants to do with his life, and, over 25 years later, he has been staying in his lane, passionately forging his path for career longevity and spiritual exultancy, and has no intention of ever stopping in the forging of his dreams into reality. On the contrary, Sean has no other plans but to keep his creative fire eternally roaring.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Sean Gunnell
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Nationality / Religious or Ethnic identityAmerican, Mexican, Scottish
- Vulnerable and emotionally intense performances, primarily in dramatic films.
- Natural salt and pepper hair.
- Studied screen and stage acting at the Academy of Art University (guided by Diane Baker), and Meisner Technique at The Meisner Technique Studio (trained by Sanford Meisner's last teaching protege, Jim Jarrett). Both institutions are based in San Francisco, California.
- Last name pronounced "Guh-Nell".
- Real surname was supposed to be Lassiter. Bob Gunnell (father) never met his dad, and so he adopted the last name of his stepfather as his own. Gunnell is of Old Norse origin, meaning "battle strife.".
- Moved to Los Angeles on July 1, 2014 to pursue a professional acting career.
- Most inspired by the actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christian Bale, Javier Bardem, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Viola Davis, Benicio Del Toro, Judi Dench, Michael Fassbender, Katherine Hepburn, Heath Ledger, James McAvoy, Peter O'Toole, Guy Pearce, Joaquin Phoenix, Saoirse Ronan, Michael Shannon, Maggie Smith, Matt Smith, Emma Thompson, and Kate Winslet.
- I do not fear going into the storm. I fear the regret of choosing not to.
- Dangerous Medicine (2021) - $800 ($200/day)
- Collar (2017) - $250 ($125/day)
- Drone Wars (2016) - $750 ($150/day)
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