Sean Anthony Moran

Acting · Born August 11, 1978 · San Francisco, California, USA

Sean Anthony Moran (born August 11, 1978, San Francisco, California) is an American actor. He has been performing on stage, in television, and in film since the age of twelve. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he is a veteran of Will & Company, a multicultural Shakespearean theatre group, and a long-time performer with Playfair, facilitating a one-man show and college orientation at schools across the country. He has been practicing capoeira for over 20 years and runs two capoeira schools in Los Angeles under the name Professor Chegado. He is married to Brazilian-born Jessica Carla de Lima-Moran. His filmography includes: Sister, Sister (1994–1995, TV); In the House (1996, TV) (LL Cool J, Alfonso Ribeiro); Moesha (1996, TV); Dark Skies (1996, TV); JAG (2002, TV) (Donald Sutherland, Claudia Christian); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2004, TV) (Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T); Waist Deep (2006, dir. Vondie Curtis-Hall) (Meagan Good, Tyrese Gibson); Avatar (2009, dir. James Cameron) (Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington); Dead Man Rising (2016); Beat Dwn (2018, also co-director, writer, and co-producer); Avatar: The Way of Water (2022, dir. Cameron) (Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2024, TV).