Sean Teale

Sean Teale
Teale at the 2017 New York Comic Con
Born (1992-06-18) 18 June 1992 (age 32)
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present

Sean Teale (born 18 June 1992) is a British actor, known for his roles as Prince Condé in Reign, Nick Levan in Skins,[1] and Ben Larson in the Syfy series Incorporated. He also co-starred in the Fox sci-fi/drama series The Gifted.

Early life

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Teale grew up in Putney, London. He is of Venezuelan, Spanish, and Welsh descent.[2][3] His father, Noel, is an IT consultant and his mother, Fini, works at a design advertising agency. Teale attended Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith where he played rugby and football and took drama.

His performance in a school play was spotted by an agent in the audience. Teale decided to switch his focus from sports to drama after his agents advised him to renounce for fear of damaging his looks.[4] He began auditions as he was preparing for his A-levels in History, Drama and Economics. He has deferred his place at the University of Manchester studying History and Economics to pursue his acting career.[5]

Career

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In January 2010, Teale played Derek in the short film Sergeant Slaughter, My Big Brother directed by Greg Williams and starring Tom Hardy. Winner of Best Direction at the Chicago Short Film Fest 2010, the film was released into the film festival circuit in 2011.[6] In the same year, he played a werewolf in Nickelodeon's Summer in Transylvania.

Teale gained popularity in 2011, when he landed a lead role as Nick Levan in the fifth and sixth series of E4 BAFTA-winning drama Skins,[7] after originally auditioning for Rider, a minor role.[8] Subsequently he appeared in the History Channel's The Bible, a 10-hour docudrama created by Mark Burnett,[9] and played regular roles in the second series of the period dramas Mr Selfridge and Reign.[10][11]

In 2012, he was cast in Abominable Snowman (originally called Deadly Descent), a horror TV film directed by Marko Mäkilaakso and released on the American channel Syfy.[12][13] In March 2012 he filmed, in Birmingham, We Are the Freaks, a teen comedy directed by Justin Edgar[14] first screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013[15] and released in cinemas in 2014.

In 2015, he was in James McTeigue's thriller film Survivor[16] and The Red Tent, a biblical television series filmed in Morocco. He starred in the short-lived USA Network TV series Incorporated in 2016.[17]

Beginning in autumn 2017, Teale began his new role as Marcos Diaz, also known by his handle of "Eclipse," in Atlanta's barely-futuristic mutant world of mostly young people with special powers—where they are now hunted as criminals—in the new Fox sci-fi/drama series The Gifted.[18] Although based on the Marvel Comics' X-Men feature film series, The Gifted takes place in an alternate timeline where all of The X-Men are missing. Eclipse can manipulate photons. Diaz grew up parentless, starting out as a younger man running drugs between Mexico and the U.S., leading to his current passion of trafficking at-risk hunted mutants to relative safety.

In 2021, Teale plays Dario in Rosaline, an adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet seen through the eyes of Romeo's previous lover.[19]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Sergeant Slaughter, My Big Brother Derek Short film
2013 We Are the Freaks Chunks
2015 Survivor Alvin Murdoch
Graduation Afternoon Bruce Hope Short film
2016 The Dark Side of the Sun Logan Short film
2017 B&B Fred
2020 Spanish Pigeon Richie Short film
2021 League of Legends: Absolution Viego (voice) Short film
2022 Rosaline Dario
2024 Mother of the Bride RJ

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Summer in Transylvania Brad Episode: "The Date with Two Faces"
2011–2012 Skins Nick Levan Main role (series 5–6); 18 episodes
2013 Abominable Snowman Erlander Television film (Syfy)
The Bible Young Ramses Miniseries; episode: "Exodus"
2014 Mr Selfridge Franco Main role (series 2); 10 episodes
The Red Tent Prince Shalem Miniseries
2014–2015 Reign Louis de Condé Main role (season 2); 22 episodes
2016–2017 Incorporated Ben Larson 10 episodes
2017–2018 Voltron: Legendary Defender King Alfor Voice role; 4 episodes
2017–2019 The Gifted Marcos Diaz/Eclipse 29 episodes
2020 Little Voice Ethan 9 episodes
2023 Who Is Erin Carter? Jordi 6 episodes[20]
2024 Doctor Odyssey Nurse Tristan Silva Main role

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 League of Legends Viego Voice role
2020 Legends of Runeterra Viego Voice role
2021 Ruined King: A League of Legends Story Viego, Ruined King Voice role
2022 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Bolearis Voice role

References

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  1. ^ "Skins 5 cast revealed". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Sean Teale about his ethnic origins". Twitter. 5 August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  3. ^ Martinez, Kiko. "Sean Teale On Playing a Spanish-Speaking Mutant in Marvel's 'The Gifted'". Remezcla. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  4. ^ Jury, Louise (25 January 2011). "Sean Teale: My leap from the school play to Skins 'alpha male'". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Meet Sean Teale". ScreenTerrier. 24 September 2010. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Tom Hardy: Sergeant Slaughter My Big Brother". Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  7. ^ thisislondon.co.uk Sean Teale interview Archived 21 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Sean Teale ('Skins') interview". Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  9. ^ Ng, Philiana (17 December 2012). "History's 'Bible' Miniseries From Mark Burnett to Debut in March". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  10. ^ "New series Mr Selfridge ITV Studios goes production". ITV. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  11. ^ Rodriguez, Stephanie (25 July 2014). "'Skins' alum Sean Teale joins the cast of The CW's 'Reign'". Young Adult Hollywood. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  12. ^ "Cinemarx Deadly Descent". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  13. ^ "Syfy Sets January 2013 Premiere Dates for Tasmanian Devil and Abominable Snowman". Dread Central. 10 December 2012. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  14. ^ "We Are The Freaks". Screenterrier. 10 March 2012. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  15. ^ "We Are The Freaks". Edinburgh Film Festival. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  16. ^ Carnevale, Rob. "Mr Selfridge – Sean Teale interview". Indie London. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  17. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (1 March 2017). "Sean Teale To Co-Star In Fox Marvel Pilot As Newly Created Mutant Character". Deadline. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Sean Teale On Playing a Spanish-Speaking Mutant in Marvel's 'The Gifted'". Remezcla. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  19. ^ Tauer, Kristen (13 October 2022). "Sean Teale Introduces Dario to the World of Romeo and Juliet". WWD. Archived from the original on 7 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  20. ^ Netflix https://www.netflix.com/search?q=erin%20&jbv=81476887 retrieved 12 August 2023
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