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Sean Whalen Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1964-05-19

Birthplace:
Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Credits:
123 Total Roles

Sean Whalen

Acting

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Biography

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Sean M. Whalen (born May 19, 1964) is an American film, television, and stage actor. Whalen was born in Washington D.C. in 1964, the youngest of four children, he was raised in Silver Spring/Olney, Maryland. He attended Sherwood High School and graduated from UCLA. He worked as a waiter while studying and performing at The Groundlings Theater. He appeared in commercials and in 1991, his first film, The People Under the Stairs. Whalen may be best known for the first "Got Milk?" commercial, in which his character tries in vain, after taking a large bite of a peanut butter sandwich, to answer a radio host's question about the famous Burr-Hamilton duel. Whalen also starred in a DiGiorno pizza commercial, in which his character and a friend enjoy a Chicago-style pizza in Tucson, Arizona, as well as the short-lived 2001 television program, Special Unit 2.

Whalen has appeared in several television shows, including The Suite Life of Zack and Cody as a radio station host, Hannah Montana as a worker at a Make A Moose store in a Moose Costume, Scrubs as an X-ray technician. He appeared in the film, The Last Day of Summer and as a ghost on a Wizards of Waverly Place episode called "Halloween". Whalen also played Neil, also known as "Frogurt", one of the plane crash survivors, in a mobisode and three episodes of Lost.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 Traumatika MOVIE Steve
2025 A Blind Bargain MOVIE Troy
2025 Finding Nicole MOVIE Cameron
2024 Wizards Beyond Waverly Place TV Mantooth
2024 I Don't Know MOVIE Trenton
2024 Getting LOST MOVIE Self
2024 Crust MOVIE Vegas
2023 The Bermuda Triangle Project MOVIE Jerry Niles
2023 Beneath Us All MOVIE Todd Gibbs
2023 The Furry Fortune MOVIE Uncle Fred

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