Sean Dillingham

Before appearing in more than 95 films, 30 TV series and over 200 numerous commercials, actor Sean Dillingham began his career by making people laugh. He was a featured finalist on "America's Funniest People" (ABC, 1990-1994), during which producer Stephanie Keane compared him to legendary funnyman Robin Williams. Dillingham's comedy chops were further honed at several well-known improvisation troupes, including The Second City, The Groundlings, Upright Citizens Brigade, and iO West (formerly ImprovOlympic West). He also studied acting with both the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. His on-screen career began in the TV movie "Sunstroke" (1992), cast as a groundskeeper in the drama. A string of movie roles followed, including in "The Catcher" (1998), "News Traveler" (1998) and "How to Become Famous" (1999). He then acted in a variety of roles in the TV series "I Pranked My Parents" (DreamWorksTV, 2014- 17), leading to guest turns in "Longmire" (A&E Network/Netflix, 2012- 17), "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Fox/NBC, 2013- ), "This Is Us" (NBC, 2016- ), "Buried in the Backyard " (Oxygen/ 2018- ), "Yellowstone" (Paramount Network, 2018- ) and "Better Call Saul" (AMC, 2015- ). More recently, Dillingham has had roles in "Walker: Independence" (CW, 2022) and "A Murder at the End of the World" (Hulu, 2023). Throughout Dillingham's varied career he shared screen and stage with Jane Seymour, Kevin Costner, Tony Danza, Patrick Duffy, Stacy Keach, John O'Hurley, Andre Braugher, Andy Samberg, America Ferrera, B.J. Novak, Ashton Kutcher, Sam Elliot, Laurence Fishburne, Kristen Wiig, Alec Baldwin and others. More recently, Dillingham is an acting instructor and authored "The Book on Acting."