Sean Blakemore

Sean Blakemore
Born	August 10, 1967 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Spouse(s)	Nadyia Jones (m. 2010)
Children	1

Sean Blakemore (born August 10, 1967), originally from St. Louis, 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. On April 6, 2011 Blakemore signed a contract with ABC to continue his role full-time.^[1] 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 2016.

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.^[2] He has one brother, Ronnell, and five sisters, Kim, Sharon, Yvonne, Yvette, and Rechelle.^[3] 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 follow his dream of acting^[2]

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.^[4] From 2011–15 he was in the contract role of Shawn Butler on General Hospital. Blakemore returned for one day on November 19, 2015.^[5] The week of April 4, 2016, he returned to General Hospital for one day.^[6]

Personal life

Blakemore married Nadyia Jones on June 19, 2010.^[7] In late March 2013, it was announced that the couple were having their first baby.^[8] In May 2013, the Blakemores had a daughter named Jersey.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Can't Let Go	David	Short film directed and written by Shandra L. McDonald.
2002	Big Ain't Bad	Ric	Drama film directed by Ray Culpepper.[9]
	Dahmer	Corliss	Biographical film–crime-drama film directed by David Jacobson.
2003	Keepin' It Real	Richard	Comedy–crime–romantic film directed and co-written Brian Cox.
2004	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Pervis	Drama film directed by Michael Schultz.[10]
2006	Restraining Order	Dontae McNeil	Drama film directed and written by Reggie Gaskins.
	Hot Tamale	Dewayne Longfellow	Action–comedy–crime film directed by Michael Damian.[11]
2007	Young Cesar	Unknown	Crime–drama film directed by Sheldon Candis.
	Blackout	James	Drama film directed by Jerry Lamothe.[12]
2008	Columbus Day	Officer Walters	Crime–drama–thriller film directed and written by Charles Burmeister.
	The Porter	Arthur Dodd	Short film directed and written by Vincent Singleton.
2010	Butterfly Rising	Jacob	Drama film directed and written by Tanya Wright.
2011	Church Girl	Jacob	Drama film directed by Reuben Yabuku.[13]
2013	Star Trek Into Darkness	Klingon	Science fiction film directed by J.J. Abrams.[14]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Soul of the Game	Grace's husband	Made-for-TV-Movie directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan. Uncredited
2000	Playing with Fire	Eric Konadu	Made-for-TV-Movie directed by Roy Campanella.[15]
2002	The District	Achmed Ali	Episode: "Free-Fire Zone" (S 3:Ep 8)
2003	Momentum	Floor Cop #2	Made-for-TV-Movie directed by James Seale.[16]
2004	Monk	Spyder Cell Guard	Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to Jail" (S 2:Ep 16)
	The Young and the Restless	Ben	Episodes: Episode #1.7961 (S 31) Episode #1.7964 (S 31) Episode #1.7967 (S 31) Episode #1.7968 (S 31)
2005	Cold Case	Clyde	Episode: "Strange Fruit" (S 2:Ep 19)
	The Shield	John Sullivan	Episode:"Hurt" (S 4:Ep 7)
	Into the West	Ben Franklin	Miniseries directed by Robert Dornhelm. Simon Wincer, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Michael W. Watkins, Timothy Van Patten, and Jeremy Podeswa.
	The O.C.	Trauma Doctor	Episode: "The Aftermath" (S 3:Ep 1)
2006	The Unit	African Soldier	Episode: "Stress" (S 1:Ep 2)
	Invasion	Coast Guard Lt.	Episode: "Re-Evolution" (S 1:Ep 18)
	CSI: NY	Nick Davis	Episode: "Raising Shane" (S 3:Ep 11)
2007	ER	Mario	Episode: "From Here to Paternity" (S 13:Ep 17)
	K-Ville	Ken	Episode: "AKA" (S 1:Ep 6)
2008	Bones	Grayson Barasa	Episodes: * "The End in the Beginning"
	Days of Our Lives	Barney Bateman	Episode: :#1.10818 (S 43)
2009	Bones	Grayson Barasa	Episode: "The Yanks in the U.K.: Parts 1 and 2"
	Days of Our Lives	Peter	Episodes: Episode #1.11108 (S 44) Episode #1.11109 (S 44)
	Lie to Me	FBI Agent Irving	Episode: "Tractor Man" (S 2:Ep 10)
2010	Stargate Universe	Reginald Greer	Episodes: "Pain" (S 1:Ep 15) "Lost" (S 1:Ep 17)
2011	NCIS	Navy Chief Petty Officer Jerome Carr	Episode: "Recruited" (S 8:Ep 12)
	General Hospital	Shawn Butler	Contract role from 2011–15; 2016
2014	The Fright Night Files	Lockwood Masters	Made-for-TV-Movie directed by R. L. Scott and Russ Parr.[17]
2015	For the Love of Lockwood Too		Miniseries
	Fear Files		Made-for-TV-Movie directed by Russ Parr.[18]
2015–16	CSI: Cyber	Director Silver	Recurring

Video

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Motives	Brandon
2007	Motives 2	Brandon Collier.[19]
2008	Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club	Police Photographer
	The Inspiration of Barack	Derek

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	[20]
2016	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	General Hospital	Won	[21][22]

References

1. "GH Casting News". Soap Opera Digest. April 8, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
2. SOD. "Sean Blakemore". Soap Opera Digest (United States). American Media, inc. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
3. "GH Actors' Birthdays". The Official General Hospital Fan Club. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
4. "Sean Blakemore". TVGuide.com. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
5. "General Hospital Comings and Goings". Soaps She Knows (United States). November 19, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
6. SOD (March 28, 2016). "SEAN BLAKEMORE BACK TO GH". Soap Opera Digest (United States). American Media, Inc. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
7. "Sean Blakemore Bio". Soap Opera Digest. United States. American Media, Inc. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
8. 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.
9. "Big Ain't Bad'". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
10. "Woman Thou Art Loosed". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
11. "Hot Tamale". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
12. "Blackout". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
13. "Church Girl". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
14. "Star Trek Into Darkness". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
15. "Playing with Fire". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
16. "Momentum". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
17. "The Fright Night Files". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
18. "Fear Files". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
19. "Motives 2". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
20. "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 June 28, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
21. "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 2, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
22. "The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). New York: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. March 24, 2016. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2016.

External links

• "Interview with Sean Blakemore", Screenplayers
• Sean Blakemore at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.screenplayers.net/blakemore.html retrieved on 9/11/12