Sean Maher Bio - Sean Maher Biography

Sean Maher: Biography

Sean was born in Westchester, New York, on April 16, 1975. He became interested in acting after performing in a play at summer camp. Sean graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama.

Sean's first television series was the Fox series entitled Ryan Caulfield: Year One. It was canceled after the first two episodes. Despite the failure of the show, Sean received favorable reviews and was cast in a recurring role on Party of Five in 2000 as Julia Salinger's love interest. After his work on Party of Five, Sean co-starred in The $treet as an ex Nay Seal turned Wall Street trader. The show was not successful. In 2001, he starred in the ABC/Disney remake of Brian's Song.

In 2002, Sean accepted the role of Simon Tam on the Joss Whedon series, Firefly. The series was canceled after only 11 of 13 episodes were aired.

Sean made his feature film debut in 2004 starring in the independent film, Living 'Til the End. In 2005, he reprised the role of Simon Tam in the Joss Whedon's film, Serenity.

Sean is single and splits his time between living in New York and Los Angeles.

Sean: (On his favorite memory of Firefly and Serenity director, Joss Whedon) My favorite moment � and he wasn't on the set - but we were shooting the series and I just remember the time when his first child was born. That's probably � that sort of epitomizes to me how much of a family I feel with these people. To just be on set and get word that Joss had his first child and how moving that was.(edit)
Nathan Fillion: (Firefly co-star) We call him The Bod. Sean The Bod Maher. The guy has 0% body fat.(edit)
Sean Maher: (about Joss Whedon) He's one of the most amazing people I've ever met in my life. He's a genius.(edit)
Sean Maher: (about making Serenity) There was a wonderful feeling of redemption, because we've come back with these people, this great reunion, and there was a wonderful energy.(edit)
Sean Maher: (comparing Serenity to Firefly) It stands on its own, but it also embodies everything that the show had.(edit)
Sean Maher: Initially, I was turned off by the idea of [being in a science fiction project] because I wouldn't want to do science fiction. But it's not really science fiction. It's Joss's version. It almost feels like a post-apocalyptic Western.(edit)

Sean's theater credits include the following productions: Doors, Yerma, Berlin, Berlin, Over the Tavern, Part II, Book of the Night, Severity's Mistress, and Into the Woods.(edit)
In 2005, Sean appeared at Comic Con International with Joss Whedon and fellow cast members to promote Serenity.(edit)
Initially, Sean was hesitant to accept a role on the Firefly series because he was not interested in working on a science fiction project.(edit)
Sean is 5' 10" (1.78 m) tall.(edit)
Sean attended high school with fellow actors Eddie Cahill and Eyal Podell.(edit)
While filming for the TV series Firefly, Sean was notorious for calling actress Summer Glau (who played his sister, River Tam) by her real first name rather than by her character's name.(edit)
Sean graduated from Byram Hills High School. He graduated from New York University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama.(edit)