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Sean Haroy¹ Faris (born March 25, 1982)² is an American model and actor.

Biography

Early life

Faris was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Katherine Irene Ann (née Miller) and Warren Stephen Faris.³ He moved from Houston to Parma, Ohio, at age 12, with his mother after his parents' divorce. He attended Padua Franciscan High School and graduated with honors in March of 2000. Faris played football, soccer, baseball, basketball, and swimming during high school.

Career

Faris decided to become an actor at the age of 17. He began his acting and modeling career in Cleveland at Barbizon, and later moved to the International Model and Talent Association with Stone Model & Talent. He was named to Junior Male Model of the Year at the International Model and Talent Association in 1999 but eventually gave up on modeling to focus on acting. Three weeks after high school graduation, Faris moved to California. Faris was cast in the role of Danny's gunner in Michael Bay's blockbuster war film Pearl Harbor alongside well-known stars Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett.

Faris has starred in many different projects, including two television shows, Life As We Know It, and Reunion, both canceled before the end of their first season. He also played William Beardsley in Yours, Mine and Ours.

Faris has also starred in Sleepover with Alexa Vega in 2004. In 2007, Faris returned to work on three back-to-back films, Forever Strong, Never Back Down, and Brooklyn to Manhattan. Never Back Down was released on March 14th, 2008, with the other two films also opening in 2008. Currently, Faris is starring in and producing The Glass Eye with his manager Dino May.

In 2008, he stripped for UK Cosmopolitan magazine for a good cause, benefiting his choice of awareness of pancreatic cancer.⁴ The same year, he produced and starred in a short film called Manifest Destiny.⁵⁶

Filmography

Film

• Twisted (2001) - Fernando Castillo
• The Brotherhood II: Young Warlocks (V) (2001) - John van Owen
• Sleepover (2004) - Steve Phillips
• Yours, Mine and Ours (2005) - William Beardsley
• Never Back Down (2008) - Jake Tyler
• Forever Strong (2008) - Rick Penning
• Brooklyn to Manhattan (2008) - Logan
• Manifest Destiny (2008) -
• Ghost Machine (2008)- Tom
• The Glass Eye (2008) - Danny

Television

• Undressed (2001-2001) - Darren
• Even Stevens (2002) - Scott Brooks - Where in the World Is Pookie Stevens?
• House Blend (2002) - Chris Reed
• Maybe It's Me (2002) - n/a - The Prom Episode
• Smallville (2002) - Byron Moore - Nocturne
• Eve (2003) - Chip - Player Down
• One Tree Hill (2003) - High School Guy - The Search For Something More
• Boston Public (2004) - Troy Mooney - Chapter Seventy-Nine
• Life As We Know It (2004-2005) - Dino Whitman
• Reunion (2005-2005) - Craig Brewster

Guest

• Jimmy Kimmel Live (2004) - Himself - Representing Life As We Know It
• Teen Choice Awards 2005 (2005) - Himself - Presenter for the V-Cast Award with Reunion castmates
• TRL (March 12, 2008)- Himself- Representing Never Back Down with co-star Amber Heard

Producer

• Manifest Destiny⁵ (2008)
• The Glass Eye (2008)

Awards

Won

• 2008: MTV Movie Award - Never Back Down (Best Fight along with Cam Gigandet)
• 2007: Young Hollywood Award - The One To Watch
• 2005: Young Hollywood Award⁷

Nominated

• 2005: Young Artist Award - Sleepover (Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast along with Mika Boorem, Eileen April Boylan, Kallie Flynn Childress, Scout Taylor-Compton, Brie Larson, Hunter Parrish, Sara Paxton, Evan Peters, Katija Pevec, Ryan Slattery, and Douglas Smith)

References

External links

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Sean Faris

• Sean Faris at the Internet Movie Database
• Sean Faris at MySpace
• Sean Faris at Facebook
• Official Site

Articles

• Yours, Mine and Ours (2005 film) iFilm interview along with Drake Bell and Katija Pevec.
• "Sleepover's Big Crush" Sean Faris: Sleepover Girls’ Big Crush (July 9, 2004)
• Sean Faris and Evan Peters Interview Hollywood Movies (2004)
• 411mania interview with Sean Faris (February 2008)
• "Actor Out To Prove He Is More Than Just Another Look-Alike" The Hurricane Online (March 6, 2008)
• Exclusive Interview with Sean Faris (March 10, 2008)
• Sean Faris: Never Back Down TeenHollywood.com (March 10, 2008)
• "Sean Faris Never Backs Down From A Challenge" Orlando Sentinel (March 11, 2008)
• Scripps News (March 12, 2008)
• Free Times- Friday Night Lights- Never Back Down: A Martial Arts Movie With A Mixed Message (March 12, 2008)
• Sean Faris Won't Back Down The Deadbolt (2008)
• Variety Q + A (March 14, 2008)
• Gettin' Dirty with Sean Faris - Young Hollywood (July 2008)
• Sean Faris Not Baring All - AM New York (September 25, 2008)