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Bio
Sean Michael Bradley is an Actor, Fight Director, Stunt Performer, Writer and Director based in New York City. He is a member of both SAG-AFTRA and AEA. He holds a Master of Arts in Drama and Performance Studies with First Class Honors from University College Dublin IRE, and a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Theater Arts from The University of the Arts.
Sean began his passion for performance at the age of 4, studying Tap, Ballet and Jazz Dance. Pursuing theater in High School, Sean caught the Acting bug when he landed his first role in his first ever audition; George Gibbs in “Our Town”.
University productions ranged from Classical, American Classics to Contemporary plays, in productions such as “‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore”, “The Cider House Rules”, “The Philadelphia Story”, “Roger and Miriam” and “Venus”, among others.
Post grad, Sean worked regularly as an Actor in the Greater Philadelphia area, at theaters including Theatre Exile (Lost Girls), The Arden (Macbeth, Metamorphoses), Act 2 Playhouse (The Glass Menagerie), Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre (Hamlet, As You Like It), Delaware Shakespeare Festival (The Winter’s Tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Delaware Theatre Company (Saint Joan), and Quintessence Theatre Group (Hamlet, Antigone, The Merchant of Venice, The Wind in the Willows, and many more), among others. He has also worked concurrently as a Fight Director for theatre productions since undergrad.
Sean was a founding member of Revolution Shakespeare and Fight Directed numerous productions, including a serial production of Orson Welles’ “Five Kings” in conjunction with The Philadelphia Museum of Art, featured in American Theatre Magazine, where he also appeared as Hotspur.
During his time in Ireland at UCD, he Co-Adapted, Co-Directed and Fight Directed an original production of “The Taín”, an account of The Cattle Raid at Cooley from Irish Mythology, featuring the hero Cú Chulainn.
After returning to the states, the pull of New York became too strong to ignore, and he began to work in a new field; Stunts for Film and TV. Credits include Happy Gilmore 2, Bros, Law and Order OC, FBI Most Wanted, The Equalizer, The Blacklist, among others.
His passion for filmmaking has also increased throughout his experiences on set, leading him to write and direct his first, award winning, short film, Whatever It Takes, which premiered in festivals in LA, London, Toronto, and New York.
He greatly enjoys the outdoors, dancing under the stars, camping, cycling (both motor and manual), martial arts practice, and jamming as a percussionist on Drum Kit, Spoons, Irish Bodhrán, Cajon and Washboard whenever he gets a chance.