Sean Patrick Flanery Movies
Bearing the kind of golden-skinned, blue-eyed handsomeness that often leads to predictions of superstardom, Sean Patrick Flanery has been acting on screens big and small since the 1980s. Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana on October 11, 1965, Flanery was raised in Houston, Texas. While attending Houston's University of Saint Thomas, he decided to take a drama class in the hopes of pursuing a fellow drama student. Flanery's interest in the girl proved fleeting, but the same could not be said of his interest in the theatre: after getting hooked, he packed up and headed out to Los Angeles, where he had an obligatory stint waiting tables before he found an agent. After eight months of looking for work, Flanery began acting in television commercials, which in turn led to work on various television shows. Although he made his film debut in 1987's A Tiger's Tale, it was his work in the 1992 television series Young Indiana Jones that gave Flanery his first taste of recognition. Although the series was short-lived, it did manage to build up something of a fan base, and Flanery continued to make Young Indy specials until 1996.In 1995, the actor returned to film, appearing in an adaptation of Truman Capote's The Grass Harp and starring in Powder. Unfortunately for Flanery, the latter film was mired in controversy surrounding suspect actions on the part of its director, which obscured the quality of the actor's performance. Flanery continued to appear in a number of films, including 1997's Suicide Kings and the 1998 Drew Barrymore vehicle Best Men. Also in 1998, he could be seen portraying a callous rocker in the independent film Girl. The following year, Flanery starred opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar in the romantic comedy Simply Irresistible. Later that same year, he could be seen giving romance another try in Body Shots, a tale of angst-ridden twenty-somethings in L.A.'s treacherous dating scene. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
Ten Inch Hero follows the love lives of several young adults who work together at a sandwich shop, The Beach City Grill, owned by a child of the sixties who adheres to the surfing lifestyle. The characters include Piper, who searches for the child she gave up for adoption; Tish, a sexually voracious woman who needs to learn about love; Priestly, the guy who dishes out relationship advice to everybody; and Jen, the wallflower who receives counsel from her outgoing workmates. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jensen Ackles, Sean Patrick Flanery, (more)
A southern girl driven to insomnia after suffering multiple miscarriages is torn between her feelings for a handsome new neighbor and her commitment to her husband in this heartfelt drama starring Emily Carpenter and Sean Patrick Flanery. Davie Nance (Carpenter) longs to experience the joy of motherhood, thought it's beginning to appear as if that might never happen. Depressed after yet another miscarriage, Davie spies handsome new neighbor Clay (Flanery) as he moves in with his grandfather across the street. Clay has just come off a failed marriage, and he's looking for a place to nurse his wounds. When Davie and Clay strike up a warm friendship, their gossiping neighbors spread rumors that soon begin to affect Davie's marriage. Meanwhile, as Davie's free-spirited sister Lucy (Karla Droege) finds herself torn between her drug-dealing fiancée and wholesome suitor Alex Grayson (Brandon O'Dell), an unforeseen tragedy prompts Clay to come clean and admit the truth about his divorce. But that revelation only serves to strengthen the bond between the grieving pair, bringing about a bizarre twist of fate that prompts Davie to choose between her longtime desire to start a family and her burgeoning romance with the her sensitive new neighbor. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Emily Carpenter, Sean Patrick Flanery, (more)
- 2006
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A small Texas town is terrorized by an unidentified monstrous force in this installment of Showtime's Masters of Horror series adapted from an Ambrose Bierce story by writer Richard Christian Matheson, and directed by Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre). Sheriff Kevin Reddle (Sean Patrick Flanery) may have had a tragic past, but these days he's just looking to find a little peace by starting a family in a quiet Texas town. Any hope for restfulness is soon obliterated, however, when a terrifying entity begins turning brother against brother and parent against child, and an apocalyptic fight for the survival of the human race gets off to a gruesome start. Ted Raimi and Marisa Coughlan co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sean Patrick Flanery, Marisa Coughlan, (more)
A timid salesman tracks down a beautiful female vampire and finds himself faced with a curious crisis of conscience in this semi-romantic tale of immortal bloodlust starring Sean Patrick Flannery, Michael Beihn, and Charlotte Ayanna. Harry Balbo (Flannery) has just witnessed a brutal murder, yet no one he talks to will believe his gruesome tale of death and dismemberment. Desperate to prove himself right, Harry soon sets out to capture the bloodthirsty seductress and strike down the skeptics. But the beauty of Harry's target holds a strange power over the wannabe vampire slayer, and instead of killing the creature he locks her up in his basement for further research. What Harry doesn't seem to realize is that in order to survive a vampire needs blood, and since she's unable to attain it herself it's now up to her captor to ensure that she is well fed. Realizing the value of his find but unable to simply kill her, Harry must now decide whether to go out hunting humans, or simply stand by and watch the alluring creature dies of starvation. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sean Patrick Flanery
Planet Earth has been rendered inhabitable due to decades of toxic pollution and ecological disaster, and as a brave team of scientists venture out into space in search of a new home, they discover that the only habitable planet in range is home to a carnivorous, man-eating mutant. Mankind has abused their planet beyond the point of no repair, and now Mother Nature is wheezing out her final, strained death rattle. Perhaps if space explorers could just find a planet with a similar atmosphere to Earth, there would be hope for mankind yet. Upon landing on a planet lush with abundant foliage, it appears as if the human race will indeed continue on. But the deadly secret lurking just beneath this otherworldly paradise is enough to make their scorched home planet look like an island resort. Suddenly forced to choose between returning to a dying planet or fighting for their lives in the farthest reaches of space, the crew struggles to make a decision as the ranks begin to thin and hope starts to dwindle. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sean Patrick Flanery, David Sparrow, (more)
In this satirically witty look at the entertainment industry, Cole (Sean Patrick Flanery) is a record company executive who makes a wager with one of his colleagues that he can take anyone off the street and turn him or her into a star. Enter Maggie Moreno (Camille Guaty), an attractive woman with no outwardly visible talent who becomes the subject of Cole's experiment. In less than a month, he subjects her to music lessons, dance lessons, and a makeover so she'll seem "more Latin" while setting the hype machine in action to make the world aware of the emergence of a new star. But Maggie becomes increasingly unsure if she wants to be a star, especially at the expense of her own identity, while Cole has misgivings of his own when he begins to fall for Maggie. 30 Days Until I'm Famous also features Udo Kier and Alanna Ubach; Scott Stapp and Carmen Electra have cameo roles as themselves. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 2003
The authorities want to find out the connection between psychic Johnny Smith (Anthony Michael Hall) and the injuries sustained by a beautiful young woman (Niesha Trout). The whole affair is connected with Johnny's vision of an attempted hit on mob boss Cathan Donnegal (William MacDonald). As a result of this prophecy, Johnny finds himself an accessory after the fact to the murder of the would-be hitman. Complication piles upon complication when an Indian casino initiative opposed by Johnny's congressional nemesis Greg Stillson (Sean Patrick Flanery) becomes part of the scenario. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John L. Adams, Nicole deBoer, (more)
Daniel Millican's thriller A Promise Kept features Sean Patrick Flanery as police detective Ben Simms. After his wife his murdered by a serial killer, Simms partners with a rookie (Joey Lauren Adams) and together they chase down someone who is killing criminals who have yet to be apprehended by the police. Their job becomes more difficult when Simms realizes their prey is hunting down the person responsible for his wife's death. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sean Patrick Flanery, Joey Lauren Adams, (more)
- 2002
Having escaped from a magic mirror stored in a safe haven for fairy-tale artifacts, an evil witch (Natalija Nogulich) schemes to vanquish her present "good witch" competition -- namely, Piper (Holly Marie Combs), Phoebe (Alyssa Milano), and Paige (Rose McGowan). The witch utilizes the other fairy-tale props in a twisted, perverted fashion, exposing the Charmed Ones to such perils as the Big Bad Wolf and the inevitable poisoned apple. In other developments, Piper receives angelic advice about her unborn child, and Phoebe faces the possibility of unemployment when her newspaper is put up for sale. Danny Woodburn, the diminutive Mickey Abbott of Seinfeld fame, is typecast in this episode as one of the Seven Dwarfs. ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Brian Krause, Julian McMahon, (more)
A let's-pretend villain becomes a real-life hero in this action drama. John (Sean Patrick Flanery) is a down-on-his-luck actor who is playing a black-hatted cowboy in an "Old West" show at an Arizona tourist trap. When a gang of violent bikers roars through the town, John is one of the few people willing to stand up to the invaders, and after the motorcycle gang decides to stick around for a while, John and a handful of his fellow cowboys find themselves joining forces with the police to protect the town after many of the locals turn tail and flee. Lone Hero also features Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Forster, and Mark Metcalf. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lou Diamond Phillips, Sean Patrick Flanery, (more)
Those nasty Russians are at it again: This time a band of escaped Ruskie convicts lead by the evil General Siminoff (Arnold Vosloo) is trying to smuggle stolen Saran nerve gas through Alaska. Their deadly terroristic plan would have worked, but they weren't counting on Customs Agent Shawn Brooks (Sean Patrick Flanery) to be in charge of the border. Brooks would have had a far easier job of seizing the cargo if it hadn't been for the surprise arrival of lovely Kremlin secret agent Natalya Batalova (Ursula Karven), who has a personal vendetta against Siminoff. But Siminoff keeps getting away before any of them can bring him to justice, and that load of deadly nerve gas is now on a runaway train -- with the entire cast in hot pursuit. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sean Patrick Flanery, Arnold Vosloo, (more)
New England native Vanessa Parise makes her directorial debut with the Italian-American wedding movie Kiss the Bride. Danni Sposato (Amanda Detmer) embarks on her wedding plans aided by her mother, Irena (Talia Shire), and grandmother Julia (Frances Bay). Danni's three sisters return home to Rhode Island for the wedding: oldest Niki (Brooke Langton) is the Hollywood star of a TV show, who brings along her rude boyfriend/manager Marty (Johnny Whitworth); icy Chrissy (played by director Parise) is a wealthy New York City businesswoman with no romantic prospects; and youngest Toni (Monet Mazur) drives a motorcycle and brings along her girlfriend Amy (Alyssa Milano). Also starring Burt Young and Sean Patrick Flanery. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Amanda Detmer, Sean Patrick Flanery, (more)
William A. Graham directs the medical thriller Acceptable Risk, a made-for-cable adaptation of a story from Coma writer Robin Cook. A scientist (Chad Lowe) discovers a mold in the spooky old house he lives in with his wife (Kelly Rutherford). In order to test his theory that the discovery could help fight many different brain disorders, the scientist injects himself with the mold. The man undergoes some strange changes, which may or may not have something to do with the house's previous owner, a woman who was hung under suspicion of being a witch. Sean Patrick Flanery, Patty McCormack, and Danielle von Zerneck round out the cast of this film that premiered October 21, 2001, on WTBS. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
A checkered past full of deception and anger threatens to bring both a family and a diamond empire crashing to the ground in this absorbing mini-series starring Roy Scheider, Alyssa Milano, and Sean Patrick Flanery. Abandoned by his powerful father Jacob (Scheider) nearly twenty years ago, diamond hunter Johnny Lance (Flanery) returns to South Africa's Emerald Coast to confront a past that continues to haunt him. As simmering tensions quickly swell to a furious boil, Johnny must struggle not only to regain the empire he risked losing two decades ago, but to escape with his own life in a desperate attempt to impress Jacob and elude the vengeful wrath of his half-brother Benedict (Michael Easton). ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 2001
Posing as an author, Monica (Roma Downey) is granted an interview with Daniel Lee Corbitt (Sean Patrick Flanery), an unrepentant, publicity-hungry Death Row inmate. In the course of events, Monica and her fellow angels unearth some long-buried truths about Daniel's victim (his abusive stepfather) and his estranged mother Shirlee (Veronica Cartwright). The Angels' mission will fail unless Daniel can find forgiveness in his heart for his mother's past indiscretions--but how can this possibly happen when he is to be executed in 36 hours, with absolutely no hope for a last-minute reprieve? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Joanne Whalley stars in this drama set during WWII about three people on the home front whose lives have been changed by events overseas. Ruby (Whalley) is a housewife who is trying to raise her daughter and mind the family farm on her own, as her husband has been declared Missing In Action while serving in Europe. Tom (Sean Patrick Flanery) is a young man who is drifting from one town to the next while struggling to avoid the draft in accordance with his pacifist ideals; he happens by the farm and accepts an offer from Ruby to help her work in the fields. Run the Wild Fields was Paul A. Kaufman's first feature as a director after establishing himself as a producer and actor; it was scripted by Rodney Patrick Vaccaro, based on his play. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Joanne Whalley, Sean Patrick Flanery, (more)
- 1999
In this made-for-TV adventure, the youthful Indiana Jones (Sean Patrick Flanery) is serving as a French intelligence agent during World War I when he's sent to Istanbul to investigate the murder of French spies by Turkish assassins. While danger lurks around every corner in Istanbul, a more powerful evil awaits Indy in Transylvania, where his adventures bring him face to face with the infamous Vlad the Impaler (Bob Peck). Young Indiana Jones and the Masks of Evil also stars Zuhal Olcay and Ahmet Levendoglu; it was edited from two episodes of the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (one of the original episodes was directed by noted British filmmaker Mike Newell). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sean Patrick Flanery
- 1999
This made-for-TV movie compiled from episodes of the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles follows the young adventurer's military career during World War I. While fighting with Allied forces in Eastern Africa in 1916, Indiana Jones (Sean Patrick Flanery) and his platoon are escorting a shipment of weapons and ammo when they roll into a village that has been devastated by malaria. Finding only one small child who has survived, Indy has to face the difficult choice of bringing a child into battle, or leaving him behind to certain death. As Indy and his platoon advance into the Congo, the young soldier is emotionally shattered by the horrors of war, but learns a valuable lesson about human compassion when he encounters the jungle hospital of Albert Schweitzer (Friedrich von Thun). Young Indiana Jones and Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life was edited from two episodes of the show: "German East Africa, December 1916" and "Congo, January 1917." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, (more)
- 1999
Most students on spring break don't want to do much more than drink some beer and work on their tan, but you just know that young Indiana Jones would have different ideas, and this made-for-TV movie, compiled from episodes of the TV series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, has him finding adventure between semesters at school. It's 1916, and Indy (Sean Patrick Flanery) is dating Nancy Stratemeyer (Robyn Lively), whose father, Edward (Lee Lively), has written several successful books about teenage detectives. Indy and Nancy visit the laboratory of Thomas A. Edison (Richard K. Olsen), and soon discover German spies are trying to uncover the secrets of Edison's latest invention. After Indy's dangerous run-in with the Germans, he's sent on a restful visit with his aunt in New Mexico, but once again, adventure comes looking for him; he's captured by Pancho Villa (Mike Moroff) and his men during the height of the Mexican revolution, and U.S. forces are called in to rescue him, leading to a meeting between Indy and a young George S. Patton (Stuart Milligan). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1999
In this made-for-TV adventure, young Indiana Jones (Sean Patrick Flanery) joins the Belgian Army during World War I, where his compatriots include Siegfried Sassoon (Stevan Rimkus) and Robert Graves (Jamie Glover). After surviving a skirmish in Flanders, Jones and his platoon are sent to fight in the bloody Battle of the Somme. Indy and several of his fellow soldiers are taken captive by the Germans, and after attempting to escape for a prison camp, he's locked away in a maximum security facility, where he makes the acquaintance of Charles DeGaulle (Herve Pauchon). Young Indiana Jones and the Trenches of Hell was re-edited from several episodes of the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, which aired in 1992. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sean Patrick Flanery
- 1999
Young Indiana Jones finds danger, adventure, and romance in this made-for-TV movie, adapted from the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Indy (Sean Patrick Flanery) is in Palestine in 1917, helping British military forces advancing upon the town of Beersheba. Sent on an undercover reconnaissance mission, Indy is teamed up with a beautiful female agent (Catherine Zeta-Jones), who is posing as a belly dancer. They learn that Turkish troops plan to destroy Beersheba's water system, and they must act quickly before the bombs go off. Along the way, Indy also meets up with the famous T.E. Lawrence (Dougie Henshall) -- better known as Lawrence of Arabia -- and Richard Meinertzhagen (Julian Firth). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Featuring a real granny knot of a complex plot, this violently hip, hyper-stylish crime thriller follows the exploits of Louis and Dody, two petty unemployed gangsters who get into deep trouble after they steal a job from a crime lord's cousin, whom they have already killed and stashed in the trunk of their car. They start out in Montreal but end up in Toronto to do the assignment. Louis pretends to be the dead man, while another cohort hires the two to kill a one-armed, nutzoid crime lord. En route to their hit, Louis and Dody pick up an old friend to assist them. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
