Sean MacKenzie Bridgers (born March 15, 1968) is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer, known for his role as Johnny Burns on the HBO series Deadwood and on the SundanceTV original series Rectify as Trey Willis. In addition to many roles in television and film since 1991, Bridgers received acclaim and awards for the independent film Paradise Falls, which he wrote and produced. He received praise for his lead role in Lucky McKee's horror film The Woman and another Modernciné film, Jug Face, as well as notable roles in Sweet Home Alabama and Nell. He played Old Nick in the 2015 film Room.

Filmography

• 2026Primetime — Lloyd
• 2026The Weird Kidz — Sheriff (Voice)
• Government Cheese
• 2024Outlaw Posse — Mayor
• 2024Test Screening
• 2024The Painted — Adam Elster
• Tracker — Father Ammon
• 2022Bones and All — Barry Cook
• The Thing About Pam — Mark Hupp
• The Underground Railroad — Fletcher
• Your Honor — Walter Beckwith
• 2019Deadwood: The Movie — Johnny Burns
• 2019Deathcember — Uninjured
• 2019The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot — Mr. Gardner / Mr. Gardner's Son
• The Righteous Gemstones — Field Surgeon
• The Alienist — Sheriff Early
• 2017And Then I Go — Little Kid's Dad
• Get Shorty — Louis Darnell
• Midnight, Texas — Sheriff Livingstone
• 2016Elsie Hooper — Ridley Hooper
• 2016Free State of Jones — Sumrall
• 2016Midnight Special — Fredrick (Ranch Member)
• 2016The Magnificent Seven — Fanning
• 2016The Whole Truth — Arthur Westin
• 2015Blue — Sheriff Hawkes
• Chicago Med — Detective Benjamin Gonsiorek
• 2015Dark Places — Runner Day
• 2015Legs
• 2015Room — Old Nick
• 2015Trumbo — Jeff Krandall
• 2014The Best of Me — Tommy Cole
• 2014The Edge of the Woods — Abe
• 2013Jug Face — Dawai
• Rectify — Trey Willis
• The Blacklist — Nyle Hatcher
• 2013The Graveyard Feeder — Burke Sawyer
• 2011Blood On My Name — Thomas
• Hart of Dixie — Leon Mercy
• 2011The Woman — Chris Cleek
• Justified — Virgil Corum
• Raising Hope — Jack
• Lie to Me — Harold Clark
• The Mentalist — Ranger Tisdale
• True Blood — Big Bobby
• 2008Witless Protection — Norm
• 2007Jake's Closet — Peter
• Private Practice — Frank Dawson
• Saving Grace — Carl Lafong
• Bones — John Collins
• Criminal Minds — James Charles
• 20043: The Dale Earnhardt Story — Neil Bonnett
• Deadwood — Johnny Burns
• 2003Apple Jack — Les Danyou
• 2002Clover Bend — Tyler
• 2002Sweet Home Alabama — Eldon
• 2000After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped — Robert
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Art Schuster
• 1999ATF — Smitty
• Legacy — William Winters
• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Martin Spencer (segment "The Prescription")
• 1997Paradise Falls — Henry Bancroft, Writer, Producer
• 1997The Killing Secret — Aaron Clemens
• 1995Death in Small Doses — Mr. Carter
• 1995Her Deadly Rival
• 1995Murderous Intent — Dennis
• 1994Getting In — Dumpster Hunter
• 1994Nell — Mike Ibarra
• 1993Road-Kill U.S.A. — Josh
• 1992Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice — Jedediah
• 1991Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story — Ralph Welch
• Iron Dan — Carl Whitman
• Red Camellia
• The Trophy King — Trip Mahoney

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2012The Making of The Woman — himself