Sean Blakemore


Sean Blakemore is an American actor who is portraying Shawn Butler on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital, a role he began playing on January 21, 2011 on a recurring basis. On April 6, 2011, he signed a contract with ABC to continue his role full-time.
Blakemore was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role on General Hospital in 2012 and won the award in 2016.
During seasons 4 and 5 of OWN's Greenleaf, he portrayed Phillip Demars, who works for Harmony & Hope, the church that took over Cavalry.

Early life

Blakemore was born on August 10, 1967, the fifth of seven children from a single parent household, in St. Louis, Missouri. He has one brother, Ronnell, and five sisters, Kim, Sharon, Yvonne, Yvette, and Rechelle. He attended Hazelwood East High School in his hometown of St. Louis. Blakemore was a successful model, then moved to Los Angeles on July 19, 1998, to follow his dream of acting.

Career

Blakemore has appeared on episodes on such series as ER, Monk, The Shield, Cold Case, NCIS and Bones. He won Auds honors at the Hollywood Black Film Festival for his portrayal of Ric Jackson in the independent romantic drama Big Ain't Bad.
Blakemore also appeared in the 2002 film Dahmer, and TV movies Motives 2: Retribution, and Blackout. From 2011–15 he was in the contract role of Shawn Butler on General Hospital. Blakemore returned for one day on November 19, 2015.
The week of April 4, 2016, he returned to General Hospital for one day.

Personal life

Blakemore married Nadyia Jones on June 19, 2010. In late March 2013, it was announced that the couple were having their first baby. In May 2013, the Blakemores had a daughter.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video

Awards and nominations