Sean Gunn
Biography
Sean Gunn is an American actor who built a career in television and in his brother's blockbusters. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, and the younger brother of director James Gunn, in whose productions he often appears, he studied at The Theatre School at DePaul University, graduating in 1996. After a part in Tromeo and Juliet in 1995, he played the eccentric Kirk Gleason on Gilmore Girls, becoming a regular from 2002 until the series ended in 2007. He is known for Kraglin Obfonteri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), and he did performance capture for Rocket. He played Weasel and Calendar Man in The Suicide Squad (2021) and earned a co-producer credit on The Specials (2000).
52years old
Turns 53 on May 22in 193 days
- Born St. Louis
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 23 years2000 to 2023
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First role
Gunn first appeared on Gilmore Girls as Mick, a DSL cable installer, in the show's second episode, then returned as the recurring Kirk Gleason.
Behind the camera
Gunn has had several film roles, and his most substantial one was as "Alien Orphan/Doug" in The Specials, a film for which he also got a co-producer credit.
Sean Gunn movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 32023 Action, Adventure, Comedyas Kraglin / Young Rocketvoice
IMDb rating 7.9488K votes
- Guardians of the Galaxy2014 Action, Adventure, Comedyas Kraglin / On Set Rocket
IMDb rating 8.01.4M votes
Most often with
James Gunn directed five of these films, Lee Kirk two. Six actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Michael Rooker's page
Bradley Cooper's page
Dave Bautista's page
Chris Pratt's page
Vin Diesel's page
Karen Gillan's page
All films by James Gunn
Lee KirkDirector, 2 films, 2012 to 2016
All films by Lee Kirk
Box office
What Sean Gunn's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$3.3 billion
7 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 7 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$864M26.5% of the total
- 2$846M26.0% of the total
- 3$773M23.7% of the total
- 4$761M23.4% of the total
- 5$12M0.4% of the total
- 6$1.2M0.0% of the total
- 7$13K0.0% of the total
