Sean Blakemore

Sean Blakemore
Born (1967-08-10) August 10, 1967 (age 57)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present
Spouse
Nadyia Jones
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(m. 2010)​
Children1

Sean Blakemore (born August 10, 1967) is an American actor who is portraying Shawn Butler on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital, a role he began playing on January 21, 2011 on a recurring basis. Blakemore was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role on General Hospital in 2012 and won the award in 2016. On April 6, 2011, he signed a contract with ABC to continue his role full-time.[1][2]

Early life

Blakemore was born on August 10, 1967, the fifth of seven children (five girls and two boys) from a single parent household, in St. Louis, Missouri.[3] He has one brother, Ronnell, and five sisters, Kim, Sharon, Yvonne, Yvette, and Rechelle.[4]

He attended Hazelwood East High School in his hometown of St. Louis. Blakemore was a successful model, then moved to Los Angeles on July 19, 1998, to become an actor.[3]

Career

Blakemore has appeared on episodes on such series as ER, Monk, The Shield, Cold Case, NCIS and Bones. He won Auds honors at the Hollywood Black Film Festival for his portrayal of Ric Jackson in the independent romantic drama Big Ain't Bad.

Blakemore also appeared in the 2002 film Dahmer, and TV movies Motives 2: Retribution, and Blackout.[5]

In 2011, Blakemore joined the cast of General Hospital in the role of Shawn Butler.[6][7] In 2015, he exited the role;[8] he later reprised the role for guest appearances in November 2015 and April 2016.[9][10] Blakemore returned to the role in April 2021.[11]

Personal life

Blakemore married Nadyia Jones on June 19, 2010.[12] In late March 2013, it was announced that the couple were having their first baby.[13] In May 2013, the Blakemores had a daughter.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Soul of the Game Grace's husband TV movie
2000 The Playaz Court Officer Jones
Playing with Fire Eric Konadu TV movie [14]
2001 Can't Let Go David Short
2002 Big Ain't Bad Ric [15]
Dahmer Corliss
2003 Keepin' It Real Richard
Momentum Floor Cop #2 TV movie [16]
2004 Woman Thou Art Loosed Pervis [17]
Motives Brandon Video
2006 Restraining Order Dontae McNeil
Hot Tamale Dewayne Longfellow [18]
2007 Motives 2 Brandon Collier [19] Video
Young Cesar -
Blackout James [20]
2008 Columbus Day Officer Walters
The Porter Arthur Dodd Short
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club Police Photographer Video
The Inspiration of Barack Derek Short
2010 Butterfly Rising Jacob
2011 Church Girl Jacob [21]
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness Klingon [22]
2014 The Fright Night Files Lockwood Masters TV movie [23]
2015 Fear Files Lockwood Masters TV movie [23]
2016 Pet Detective Meara
Cursed Angel John Washington TV movie
Diva Diaries Derrick
2018 Spinning Man Killian
One Crazy Christmas Glen
2019 Lethalz David Claude Short
Ad Astra Willie Levant
2020 Close Up Sheriff Griff TV movie

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2002 The District Achmed Ali Episode: "Free-Fire Zone"
2003 General Hospital Chase Wright Episode: "Episode #1.10396" & "Episode #1.10400"
2004 Monk Spyder Cell Guard Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to Jail"
The Young and the Restless Ben Regular Cast
2005 Cold Case Clyde (63) Episode: "Strange Fruit"
The Shield John Sullivan Episode: "Hurt"
Into the West Ben Franklin Episode: "Wheel to the Stars"
The O.C. Trauma Doctor Episode: "The Aftermath"
2006 The Unit African Soldier Episode: "Stress"
Invasion Coast Guard Lt. Episode: "Re-Evolution"
CSI: NY Nick Davis Episode: "Raising Shane"
2007 ER Mario Episode: "From Here to Paternity"
K-Ville Ken Episode: "AKA"
2008–09 Bones Grayson Barasa Recurring cast: season 4
Days of Our Lives Peter/Barney Bateman Regular Cast
2009 Lie to Me FBI Agent Irving Episode: "Tractor Man"
2010 Stargate Universe Reginald Greer Episode: "Lost" & "Pain"
2011 NCIS Navy Chief Petty Officer Jerome Carr Episode: "Recruited"
2011–22 General Hospital Shawn Butler Regular Cast
2014 The Rickey Smiley Show Charles Episode: "Go Home, Sister Bernice"
2015–16 CSI: Cyber Director Marcus Silver Recurring cast: Season 2
2016 Bosch Captain John Felton Recurring cast: season 2
Devious Maids Reverend James Hamilton Recurring cast: Season 4
Hawaii Five-0 Supervisor Keith Harlan Episode: "Ka makuahine a me ke keikikane"
2017 American Crime Reggie Pollard Recurring cast: season 3
2017–18 The Quad Eugene Hardwick Main cast, 17 episodes
2018 Saints & Sinners Pastor Daniel Byrd Episode: "Buried Secrets"
Scorpion Captain Dan Drake Episode: "Kenny and the Jet"
13 Reasons Why Mr. Cole Episode: "The Drunk Slut" & "The Second Polaroid"
American Horror Story: Apocalypse Cooperative Agent Episode: "The End"
2018–20 Greenleaf Phillip "Phil" DeMars Guest: season 3, recurring cast: season 4-5
2019 Lethal Weapon Barrett Episode: "Dial M for Murtaugh"
The Bay Tony Foster Episode: "The Getaway"
2020 MacGyver President Danny Linson Episode: "Loyalty + Family + Rogue + Hellfire"
Two Degrees Sean Episode: "DATING MYself"
2022–23 All Rise André Armstrong Recurring cast: season 3
2023 Cruel Summer Sheriff Jack Myer Main cast: season 2
2024 S.W.A.T. Elijah Leonard Episode: "SNAFU"

Awards and nominations

List of acting awards and nominations
Year Award Category Title Result Ref.
2012
 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series General Hospital Nominated
[24]
2016
 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series General Hospital Won
[25][26]

References

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  2. ^ "Interview with Sean Blakemore". www.screenplayers.net. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  3. ^ a b SOD. "Sean Blakemore". Soap Opera Digest. United States. American Media, inc. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "GH Actors' Birthdays". The Official General Hospital Fan Club. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  5. ^ "Sean Blakemore". TVGuide.com. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
  6. ^ "GH Casting News". Soap Opera Digest. soapoperadigest.com. April 8, 2011. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
  7. ^ "Sean Blakemore upped to contract status on GH! | Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps | Daytime Soap Interviews, News, Updates and Previews, Video and Audio Interviews". Michaelfairmansoaps.com. April 7, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  8. ^ Fairman, Michael (May 18, 2015). "Sean Blakemore Done at General Hospital!". Michael Fairman TV. United States: The Michael Fairman Company. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  9. ^ SOD (November 19, 2015). "Blakemore Returns to GH". Soap Opera Digest. United States: American Media, Inc. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  10. ^ SOD (April 4, 2016). "Sean Blakemore on GH Return". Soap Opera Digest. United States: American Media, Inc. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  11. ^ "Who's Coming". Comings and Goings. Soap Opera Digest. Vol. 46, no. 17. United States: American Media, Inc. (published April 19, 2021). April 26, 2021. p. 12.
  12. ^ "Sean Blakemore Bio". Soap Opera Digest. United States. American Media, Inc. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
  13. ^ Eades, Chris (March 25, 2013). "GH's Shawn Is Gonna Be A Dad!". ABC Soaps In Depth. United States. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  14. ^ "Playing with Fire". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  15. ^ "Big Ain't Bad'". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  16. ^ "Momentum". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  17. ^ "Woman Thou Art Loosed". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  18. ^ "Hot Tamale". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  19. ^ "Motives 2". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  20. ^ "Blackout". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  21. ^ "Church Girl". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  22. ^ "Star Trek Into Darkness". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  23. ^ a b "The Fright Night Files". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  24. ^ "The 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Nominations". emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. May 9, 2013. Archived from the original on October 10, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  25. ^ "Daytime Emmy Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. New York City: Prometheus Global Media. May 1, 2016. Archived from the original on May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  26. ^ "The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). New York City: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. March 24, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 17, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2016.