Sean Maher is well known to television and film audiences for his role as 'Dr. Simon Tam' in Joss Whedon's feature "Serenity". The film was based on the critically acclaimed series "Firefly". Maher was born and raised in New York where he attended the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. He moved to Los Angeles after landing the coveted title role in the FOX drama "Ryan Caufield: Year One." Upon the cancellation of that series Maher secured a holding deal with FOX and collaborated with the network on the well loved series "Party Of Five" as well as Darren Star's "The $treet". With the birth of his daughter in 2007 Maher took a few years off from acting to be a stay at home dad. Additional TV credits include "The Mentalist", "Human Target," and "Warehouse 13". In 2011 while playing closeted gay man 'Sean Beasely' in 1960s Chicago on NBC's provocative "The Playboy Club" Maher used the role as a platform to come out publicly as a gay man himself. Entertainment Weekly graciously covered the story and Maher regards that decision as one of the highlights of his professional career. Sean appeared in the Season 2 finale of "Looking" for HBO, directed by Andrew Haigh. Additionally, he was seen recurring as Mark Scheffer on the hit series "Arrow" for The CW. Maher won praise for his portrayal of 'Don John' in Joss Whedon's feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" and starred in the indie sci-fi feature "ISRA-88" as well as the feature "People You May Know." He starred opposite Academy Award Nominee June Squibb in the short film "The Visit." Maher reunited with many of his Firefly colleagues for the series "Con Man." He is also the voice of 'Nightwing' for the Warner Bros / DC Comics animated universe. Maher is a yoga enthusiast and LGBT advocate. In 2016, he married his partner of 10 years, Paul. He has two children.
Graduated from NYU in 1997 with a drama degree.
Graduated from Byram Hills High School
Was notorious on the "Firefly" set for calling his characters sister her real name (Summer) instead of her characters name (River).
Graduated from Byram Hills High School in Armonk, New York, which he attended at the same time as actors Eddie Cahill and Eyal Podell.
Attended the Playwrights Horizons Theatre School, a studio in New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts.
Irish-American.
Sean and his husband, Paul, have two adopted children - Sophia Rose (b. 2007) and Liam Xavier.
Maher told an interviewer from afterelton.com that he took two years off from his career after the birth of his daughter to be a stay-at-home dad.
His partner between 2001 and 2004 was Sheryl Sutherland.
Joss Whedon offered him the role of Don John in Much Ado About Nothing after learning he had never played a villain before.
