Sean Patrick Flanery

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Biography

Easygoing, all-American and athletic, Sean Patrick Flanery was a natural choice to star in "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (ABC, 1992-93), a role he would reprise over the course of his busy career in a string of made-for-TV and direct-to-video sequels. Despite the controversy surrounding director Victor Salva, Flanery notched his biggest dramatic showcase as a supernaturally gifted, ultra-sensitive albino in "Powder" (1995). Famous to a …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

October 11, 1965

Career Milestones

Acquired a commercial agent

Appeared in another Disney Channel TV movie, "My Life As a Babysitter"

Appeared in three simultaneously running national ads for Kelloggs, McDonald's, and the National Milk Board ("Milk Does a Body Good")

Found an agent and lined up a role as a "football-stud heavy" in "Just Perfect", a TV-movie made for the Disney Channel

Traveled to Los Angeles after leaving the University of St Thomas

Worked as a waiter while appearing in theater and looking for acting jobs

1968

Moved to Houston, Texas at age three (date approximate)

1991

Cast as the 16-year-old Indiana Jones in the TV series "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles"

1991

Flew to London for four months of rehearsal before shooting began

1992

Starred in "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" on ABC-TV

1994

Starred in "Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies", the first of a series of 2-hour Indiana Jones movies on the Family Channel

1995

Feature film debut in the title role of "Powder"

1998

Co-starred in "Suicide Kings"

1999

Had featured role in "Body Shots"

1999

Starred in the short-lived UPN series "The Strip"

2002

Starred in "D-Tox," opposite Sylvester Stallone and Charles S. Dutton

2005

Co-starred with Melina Kanakaredes and JoBeth Williams in "Into the Fire"

Awards

1996

MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance in Powder