Sean Sloan
Biography
Sean trained at Mountview Theatre School. Theatre work includes Marat/Sade at the Peacock, Dublin, Romeo for Solent People’s Theatre, Robin of Sherwood at the Liverpool Playhouse, Lock Up Your Daughters at Chichester, The Government Inspector at The Watermill and Dick Barton – Special Agent at Croydon. TV includes Health and Efficiency, Pilgrims Rest and 2 Point 4 Children for the BBC, Beyond Reason, Strange But True and The Bill. More recently a series of commercials for Bass Ireland and Shergar for Bluerider Films.
Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Philip's Father
Amidst the political conflict of Northern Ireland in the 1990s, five secondary school students square off with the universal challenges of being a teenager.
Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes • as Sean
They're just your average family. Stressed mum Bill, daft dad Ben, and two troublesome teens. Plus just a few crazy ideas, escapades and mishaps. The classic 90s sitcom.
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Pat's Solicitor
Northern Irish police officer DCI Tom Brannick connects a suicide note with an infamous cold case with enormous personal significance.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Politician
When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed "low life scum" Naoise and Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip-hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Golfer
John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for Michael, determined to shield him from the terrible reality of the situation.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Jimmy
The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local Mr. Big, she's forced into taking drastic action to protect her children, evolving from downtrodden submissive to take-charge vigilante.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as PC Tommy
When mother Marie mysteriously leaves the family home, the repercussions are enormous.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Detective Lavery
A middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when the old lady is murdered.
Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • as Inspector Stewart
In a misguided attempt to protect his family and pay back gambling debts to the local Mobster, Jimbo robs a fish market, which is coincidentally owned by the same Mobster. On the run, Jimbo is cornered in a local curio shop, where he takes hostage an assortment of colourful characters, including a man who may be his illegitimate father. Surrounded by the Police, the SAS and the Mobster's crew, the young man must find a way out of his precarious predicament with the help of his oddball captives.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Newsagent
After a bank robber dressed as Santa Claus holds up a bank, a child disillusioned with Christmas encounters a man in the woods who, also dressed as Santa, claims to have fallen out of his sleigh. The pair strike up a friendship and go on an adventure.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Tommy
A Belfast housing project simmers with resentment at an influx of Polish immigrants. But Iris is too busy for "them and us." She pulls pints and struggles to raise her nephew's baby. Jamie has turned to drugs and lost his job after his ex Anna went back to Poland. Now Anna wants her baby back. Jamie vents his rage on the Poles he once worked with, and Iris must choose a side as her family is ripped apart.