Sean Blakemore Biography

Fast Facts

• Supports the Living Advantage fund, which helps foster children get access to documents like their social security cards and birth certificates
• His portrayal of Ric Jackson in the independent film "Big Ain't Bad" earned him Auds honors at the Hollywood Black Film Festival
• Worked as a model doing print work and runway shows, performed voiceover, appeared in commercials and acted in local theatre before his first film cameo
• Quote: "I like pieces that are totally opposite of you․ It's cool to play a cool guy, but it's a stretch to play a villain․"
• Best known for playing reformed bad boy Shawn Butler on the daytime drama "General Hospital," but before he landed the recurring role, he had small parts on other soap operas such as "Days of our Lives" and "The Young and the Restless․"
• In an interview with "Be Entertained Magazine," he stated that he hopes to one day direct and produce his own projects
• Enjoys creating art featuring African Americans with pastels, and began painting when he was a child