Sean Maher

Appearing Sat,Sun

Sean Maher is well known to television and film audiences for his role as ‘Dr. Simon Tam’ in Joss Whedon’s feature “Serenity”. The film was based on the critically acclaimed series “Firefly”.nnMaher was born and raised in New York where he attended the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. He moved to Los Angeles after landing the coveted title role in the FOX drama “Ryan Caufield: Year One.” Upon the cancellation of that series, Maher secured a holding deal with FOX and collaborated with the network on the well-loved series “Party Of Five” as well as Darren Star’s “The $treet”.nnHe starred as Brain Piccolo in Disney’s remake of the beloved movie “Brian’s Song.” Maher portrayed Piccolo alongside Mekhi Phifer as Gale Sayers. The movie was produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. Maher then reunited with Zadan and Meron for the movie “Wedding Wars” opposite John Stamos and again for Lifetime’s “Drop Dead Diva.”nnWith the birth of his daughter in 2007, Maher took a few years off from acting to be a stay at home dad.nnAdditional TV credits include “The Mentalist”, “Human Target”, “Ghost Whisperer”, and “Warehouse 13”.nnIn 2011 while playing closeted gay man ‘Sean Beasely’ in 1960s Chicago on NBC’s provocative “The Playboy Club” Maher used the role as a platform to come out publicly as a gay man himself. Entertainment Weekly graciously covered the story and Maher regards that decision as one of the highlights of his professional career.nnSean appeared in the Season 2 finale of “Looking” for HBO, directed by Andrew Haigh. Additionally, he was seen recurring as Mark Scheffer¹ (aka Shrapnel) on the hit series “Arrow” for The CW. Maher won praise for his portrayal of ‘Don John’ in Joss Whedon’s feature film adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” and starred in the indie sci-fi feature “ISRA-88” as well as the feature “People You May Know.” He starred opposite Academy Award Nominee June Squibb in the short film “The Visit.”nnMaher reunited with many of his Firefly colleagues for the series “Con Man.”nnHe is also the voice of ‘Nightwing’ for the Warner Bros / DC Comics animated universe.nnMaher is a yoga enthusiast and LGBT advocate. He currently lives in Michigan with his husband and their two children.