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Current work Sean Power is an American actor living in London, UK. He has currently taken up the mantle of Peter Vincent, the fearless vampire hunter in the Twentieth Century Fox Fright Night franchise and recently filmed Fright Night 2 in Romania which was  directed by Eduardo Rodriguez.  Currently he can be seen as the shifty and megalomaniacal Colby Brown in E4′s hit mock reality series The Work Experience. Prior to this, UK audiences would know him as co-star Marty in Jack Dee’s Lead Balloon on BBC2 (2006-2011). In 2011 he appeared in Fernando Meirelles fim 360 with Sir Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs) and Rachel Weisz (The Mummy)  which opened the 2011 London Film Festival, Sean also played Charlie Matthews in A Kiss and a Promise opposite Patrick Bergin, Mick Rossi and Natasha Gregson Wagner; an intense drama inspired by true events which premiered at the Dallas Film Festival, and enjoyed a theatrical run in L.A and New York.. Private life The loud, charismatic American actor always seems to be in leather, as he cruises through London on his race bike.  An athlete, Sean trained in Jeet kune Do under Bob Breen for 4 years, Muay Thai for 3 years under Gordon McAdams(nee Master Toddy) and follows a strict no wheat/no dairy diet. Sean is passionate and very serious about his metier, and enjoys being based in Europe. Bio After graduating from the prestigious National Theatre School of Canada, (where he studied under ‘the godfather of independent Canadian cinema’ Pierre Lefebvre) Sean had his professional theatre debut at the Stratford Festival in Canada. This was followed by lead roles in many award winning theatre productions. Sean got the critic’s attention first in Variety for starring in the one man show STUCK in Toronto and subsequently New York and all publications. The show by David Rubinoff received many awards including the CAA Chalmers Literary Award in 1998, Best New Play 1997, Best Actor Toronto Fringe in 1996, Best Actor Dublin Fringe 2001 In New York he performed on most of  the well known stages and companies (his favorite was with the infamous Gorilla Rep) and wrote and directed Lady/Speak/Easy a Billie Holiday musical at the world renowned La MaMa, which enjoyed a sold out run and received rave reviews from The New Yorker and The Globe and Mail. In 1993, Sean starred in his first film Life with Mikey opposite Golden Globe winner Michael J. Fox. Other films include Bad Karma with singer and actress Patsy Kensit (Holby City) and Tara Road with Andie MacDowell (Four Weddings and a Funeral). In Dublin, Sean performed in a number of critically acclaimed productions, including the six month sell out run of 12 Angry Men (as juror number 7). In 2005 he played the lead character Garth O’Hara in Ireland’s soap opera Fair City as well as Vince in the RTE series The Big Bow Wow. In London he acted opposite (and later replaced) Woody Harrelson (Will & Grace) in the West End production of The Night of the Iguana. Since 2006 he has played Marty in BBC’s Lead Balloon, which was called ‘The Best Comedy Offering of 2006’ by the Guardian and was nominated for BritComedy and RTS Awards, and Writers Guild awards 2011.

In Praise of Love

Night of the Iguana

Fool For Love

Mark Walters

Shannon

Eddie

Richard Beecham

Anthony Page

Ronan Wilmot

Royal & Denrgate Theatre

Kenwright Productions/Lyric Theatre

Big Papa Productions

Fright Night 2

360

Honeymoon for One

A Kiss And A Promise

Scelta d'Onore

Lead Balloon(4 Seasons)

Secret Diary of a Callgirl

Taking the Flak

Billie the Kid

Holby City

Doctors

Moving Wallpaper

Tara Road

2:22

Lead Balloon

Played

Fair City

Cowboys and Angels

Peter Vincent

Tom

Renfro

Charlie Matthews

Vincenzo

Marty

Leon

Chip

Dr.Chapman

Vince Linsky

Derek Compton

Richard

John

Rudy

Marty

Nathan

Garth O'Hara

Frankie

Eduardo Rodriguez

Fernando Meirelles

Kevin Connor

Phillip Guzman

Allesio D'Alesandro

Alex Hardcastle

Sam Donovan

Jon Rolph

David Stewart

Richard Platt

Sarah Punshon

Gordon Anderson

Gilles MacKinnon

Phillip Guzman

Alex Hardcastle

Sean Stanek

Pauk Cusack

David Gleeson

20th Century Fox

Revolution Films

Hallmark Channel/Parallel Films

LAb4 Producitons/Moonstone

ZaraFilms

Open Mike/ BBC

Tiger Aspect/ITV

Tira Shubart/ BBC

 John Farren/BBC

BBC ONE

Ella Kelly/ BBC

Jane Featherstone/ITV

Noel Pearson

Lenny Bitondo

Open Mike/BBC

John Daly LAb4/222 Productions

RTE

Wide Eyed Films