Sean McCann (actor)

Sean McCann (actor)

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name = Sean McCann
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Sean McCann (born September 24, 1935) is one of Canada's most successful character actors and has been in the business for over 40 years. Winner of the prestigious Earle Grey Award for his lifetime achievement in television, Sean McCann has appeared in over 150 movies, television shows and plays.

Notable roles and awards

McCann can be seen in "The Law of Enclosures", with Sarah Polley and Diane Ladd. He has appeared with Meryl Streep ("…First Do No Harm"), Nick Nolte ("Affliction") and "Chris Farley" ("Tommy Boy"). He has shared screen time with Brenda Fricker and Miranda Richardson in Swann (for which McCann received a Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Genie nomination), Nicolas Cage in "Trapped in Paradise", Kevin Bacon in "The Air Up There", Sam Waterston in "A House Divided", Peter Weller and Judy Davis in "Naked Lunch" (which garnered a National Film Critics Society award), "Brooke Shields" and the late "Al Waxman" in "What Makes a Family".

In 1999, he won a Gemini Award for Best Guest Actor in a Series for "Power Play". McCann was twice nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Pre-School Series, for 1999's beloved Noddy. McCann was singled out at the 1987 Gemini Awards with a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his recurring role in "Night Heat". McCann also starred in Robert Lepage's Genie-award winning Possible Worlds, and appeared in the Golden Globe-nominated "Small Sacrifices" with Farrah Fawcett. In addition, McCann has worked with such legendary directors as Sidney Lumet, Ken Russel, David Green, Paul Schraeder and David Cronenberg. In 1988, he took on a role he speaks of most fondly - Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King in "The King Chronicle". Directed by the renowned Canadian documentarian Donald Brittain, the mini-series was a 6-hour CBC and NFB co-production that aired to great popular and critical acclaim. One year later, McCann was to join the ranks of such celebrated performers as Lorne Green, Kate Reid and Gordon Pinsent, when he won the Earl Grey Award.

Other interests

McCann began his adult life with a singular devoutness uncommon to actors of his peer group, studying at St. Peter's Seminary in London, Ontario to prepare himself for the priesthood.

McCann is an Associate Scout for the Toronto Blue Jays, speaks often about baseball to professional organisations, and was recently named to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

McCann ran against Roy McMurtry, one of the most recognizable figures on the Canadian political landscape, in Ontario's 1979 provincial election. Though he lost, and his showing in that race confirmed acting as his primary , it did not dampen his conviction that politicians and political institutions are accountable to the masses.

External links

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