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Sean Patrick Thomas
Born	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Education	University of Virginia (BA) New York University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Aonika Laurent (m. 2006)
Children	2

Sean Patrick Thomas is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Derek Reynolds in the 2001 film Save the Last Dance and as Jimmy James in Barbershop (2002), Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004), and Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016), as well as his television role as Detective Temple Page in The District and as Professor Macalester in Vixen (2015–2016).

Early life

Thomas was born in Washington, D.C., the son of emigrants from Guyana. He was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, the son of Cheryl, a financial analyst for DuPont, and Carlton Thomas, an engineer who also worked for DuPont.^[1]^[2]

Thomas, who has two younger siblings, graduated from Brandywine High School in Delaware and attended the University of Virginia. He originally intended to study law, but upon successfully auditioning for a role in the play A Raisin in the Sun, Thomas changed directions and decided to attend New York University's prestigious Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1995.^[3]

Career

Thomas began appearing in screen roles in the mid-1990s, and had minor roles in several films, including Conspiracy Theory (1997), Can't Hardly Wait (1998), and Cruel Intentions (1999). His first leading role was in the teen romance Save the Last Dance, in which he starred opposite Julia Stiles. The film opened in January 2001 and became successful among teen audiences, grossing over $90 million domestically. Subsequently, Thomas appeared in supporting roles in the films Barbershop and Halloween: Resurrection, both of which were released in 2002. Thomas was a cast member on The District, a television crime drama that aired on CBS from 2000 to 2004.

Thomas played recurring character Alan Townsend on Reaper. He originated the recurring character of Karl Dupree on Lie to Me. In 2009, he took to the stage, playing the title role in Othello for the Theatre for a New Audience in New York. This production moved to the Intiman Theatre in Seattle for the summer. In 2012, he worked with Ioan Gruffudd and Sarah Michelle Gellar in Ringer. He was originally cast as Cyborg for Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, replacing Shemar Moore from Justice League: War, who was initially not available to reprise his role. But after Sean Patrick Thomas recorded the role, Shemar Moore was available again so Andrea Romano, for the sake of continuity, recast Thomas with Shemar Moore who lip synced to the earlier performance of Thomas.^[4]

Thomas portrayed Dr. Michael Cayle in the horror film Deep in the Darkness, based on the Michael Laimo novel with the same name.^[5] In The Boys spinoff Gen V, he portrayed former superhero Polarity.^[6] In 2024, Thomas will be portraying Professor Chadwick in a TV adaptation of Cruel Intentions. Thomas portrayed the character of Ronald Clifford in the 1999 film of the same name.^[7]

Personal life

Thomas married actress Aonika Laurent in New Orleans on Saturday, April 22, 2006. Their original wedding date had been Saturday, November 5, 2005, but had to be postponed due to Hurricane Katrina. The couple met at a party thrown by Barbershop director Tim Story.^[8] The couple have two children.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	Courage Under Fire	Sergeant Thompson
1997	Picture Perfect	Ad Agency Researcher No. 2
1997	Conspiracy Theory	Surveillance Operator
1998	Can't Hardly Wait	Ben, Jock No. 2
1999	Cruel Intentions	Ronald Clifford
	The Sterling Chase	Darren
	Graham's Diner	-
2000	Herschel Hopper: New York Rabbit	Mo	Voice
2000	Dracula 2000	Trick
2001	Save the Last Dance	Derek Reynolds
2001	Not Another Teen Movie	The Other Token Black Guy
2002	Barbershop	Jimmy James
2002	Halloween: Resurrection	Rudy Grimes
2003	Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman	Additional Voices	Voice, direct-to-video
2004	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	Jimmy James
2006	The Fountain	Antonio
2007	Honeydripper	Dex
2008	A Raisin in the Sun	George Murchison	Television film
2008	The Burrowers	Walnut Callaghan
2012	Murder on the 13th Floor	Jordan Braxton	Television film
2012	The Selection	Sylvan Santos	Television film
2013	Finding Neighbors	Paul
2014	Deep in the Darkness	Dr. Michael Cayle
2015	The Murder Pact	Detective Dakoulas	Television film
2016	Barbershop: The Next Cut	Jimmy James
	My B.F.F.	Dr. LeBlanc
	Merry Ex-Mas	Mitchell	Television film
2017	Vixen	Professor Adam Macalester	Voice, direct-to-video
2018	Rent-an-Elf	Liam	Television film
2018	Union	Justin	Short
2019	The Curse of La Llorona	Detective Cooper
	Lying and Stealing	Trey Walker
	Christmas Hotel	Connor	Television film
2020	Influence	Jeffrey Bowen
2021	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Monteith
2021	Horror Noire	Mr. Clay
2022	Trophy Wife	Marc Carter
2022	Till	Gene Mobley
2024	Kemba	Gus Smith

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	One Life to Live	Tico	Episode: "Episode #1.6955"
1996	New York Undercover	Russell	Episode: "The Enforcers"
1998	Push	-	Episode: "Pilot"
2000–04	The District	Officer/Detective Temple Page	Main cast
2002	The Agency	Det. Temple Page	Episode: "Doublecrossover"
2003	Static Shock	Marcus Reed, Dante	Voice, 2 episodes
2009	Reaper	Alan Townsend	Recurring role (season 2)
2009	Lie to Me	Karl Dupree	Recurring role (season 1)
2010	Army Wives	Staff Sgt. Tyrell Sallers	Episode: "Change of Station"
2011	Reed Between the Lines	Kenneth	Episode: "Let's Talk About Ms. Helen's Son, Part 1 & 2"
2012	Ringer	Solomon Vessida	Recurring cast
2012	American Horror Story: Asylum	Terry	Episode: "Dark Cousin"
2015	Bones	Dr. John Cruz	Episode: "The Resurrection in the Remains"
2015–16	Vixen	Professor Macalester	Main cast
2016	NCIS: New Orleans	Lieutenant Commander Mark Jacoby	Episode: "No Man's Land"
2017	Criminal Minds	Agent Terry Richardson	Episode: "Killer App"
2017	Kevin (Probably) Saves the World	Rick Thomas	Episode: "Brutal Acts of Kindness"
2018	Madam Secretary	President Claude Galbert	Episode: "The Courage to Continue"
2019	NCIS	Ian Rackham	Episode: "Crossing the Line"
	The Good Fight	Geoffrey Payton	Recurring role (season 3)
	Middle School Moguls	Mr. Pierre	Voice, recurring role
2020	Ghost Tape	Luke Dixon	Recurring role
2020	S.W.A.T.	Bishop Miller	Episode: "Hopeless Sinner"
2021	Invincible	Guard #2	Voice, episode: "It's About Time"
2021	Insecure	Taurean's Brother	Episode: "Everything Gonna Be, Okay?!"
2022–2024	For All Mankind	Corey Johnson	Recurring role (seasons 3–4)
2022	The Boys Presents: Diabolical	Reporter #1, Male Hostage	Voice, episode: "One Plus One Equals Two"
2022	Reasonable Doubt	Brayden Miller	Main cast
2023	Gen V	Polarity	Recurring role
2024	Cruel Intentions	Professor Chadwick

References

^ "Sean Patrick Thomas profile". Film Reference. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
^ Sean Patrick Thomas profile Archived May 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, movies.msn.com; accessed June 18, 2009.
^ "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
^ Justice League
^ Deep in the Darkness
^ Club, Comic Book (October 1, 2023). "What Are Polarity's Powers On Gen V?". Comic Book Club. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
^ Rahman, Abid (October 24, 2024). "Amazon's 'Cruel Intentions' Series Gets First Trailer, Release Date". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
^ "Main – Discover AOL". People.aol.com. Retrieved August 11, 2011.

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Awards for Sean Patrick Thomas

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series

Don Cheadle (2000)
T. K. Carter (2001)
Roger Guenveur Smith (2002)
Harry Lennix (2003)
Forest Whitaker (2004)
Jamie Foxx (2005)
Michael Ealy (2006)
Andre Braugher (2007)
Idris Elba (2012)
Sean Patrick Thomas (2013)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (2014)
Larenz Tate (2015)
David Oyelowo (2016)
Courtney B. Vance (2017)
Woody McClain (2017)
Michael B. Jordan (2018)
Jharrel Jerome (2019)
Blair Underwood (2020)
Leslie Odom Jr. (2021)
Samuel L. Jackson (2022)

v t e MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
Breakthrough Performance (1992–1998, 2006–2008, 2012–2016, 2018–present)	Edward Furlong – Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1992) Marisa Tomei – My Cousin Vinny (1993) Alicia Silverstone – The Crush (1994) Kirsten Dunst – Interview with the Vampire (1995) George Clooney – From Dusk till Dawn (1996) Matthew McConaughey – A Time to Kill (1997) Heather Graham – Boogie Nights (1998) Isla Fisher – Wedding Crashers (2006) Jaden Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness (2007) Zac Efron – Hairspray (2008) Shailene Woodley – The Descendants (2012) Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect (2013) Will Poulter – We're the Millers (2014) Dylan O'Brien – The Maze Runner (2015) Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016) Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip (2018) Noah Centineo – To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2019) No Award (2020) Regé-Jean Page – Bridgerton (2021) Sophia Di Martino – Loki (2022) Joseph Quinn – Stranger Things (2023)
Breakthrough Male (1999–2005, 2009)	James Van Der Beek – Varsity Blues (1999) Haley Joel Osment – The Sixth Sense (2000) Sean Patrick Thomas – Save the Last Dance (2001) Orlando Bloom – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002) Eminem – 8 Mile (2003) Shawn Ashmore – X2 (2004) Jon Heder – Napoleon Dynamite (2005) Robert Pattinson – Twilight (2009)
Breakthrough Female (1999–2005, 2009)	Katie Holmes – Disturbing Behavior (1999) Julia Stiles – 10 Things I Hate About You (2000) Erika Christensen – Traffic (2001) Mandy Moore – A Walk to Remember (2002) Jennifer Garner – Daredevil (2003) Lindsay Lohan – Freaky Friday (2004) Rachel McAdams – Mean Girls (2005) Ashley Tisdale – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2009)
Breakout Star (2010–2011)	Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air (2010) Chloë Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass (2011)
Next Generation (2017)	Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out (2017)

v t e MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Kiss
1990s	Anna Chlumsky & Macaulay Culkin in My Girl (1992) Christian Slater & Marisa Tomei in Untamed Heart (1993) Demi Moore & Woody Harrelson in Indecent Proposal (1994) Jim Carrey & Lauren Holly in Dumb and Dumber (1995) Natasha Henstridge & Anthony Guidera in Species (1996) Will Smith & Vivica A. Fox in Independence Day (1997) Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore in The Wedding Singer (1998) Gwyneth Paltrow & Joseph Fiennes in Shakespeare in Love (1999)
2000s	Sarah Michelle Gellar & Selma Blair in Cruel Intentions (2000) Julia Stiles & Sean Patrick Thomas in Save the Last Dance (2001) Jason Biggs & Seann William Scott in American Pie 2 (2002) Tobey Maguire & Kirsten Dunst in Spider-Man (2003) Owen Wilson, Carmen Electra & Amy Smart in Starsky & Hutch (2004) Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams in The Notebook (2005) Heath Ledger & Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2006) Will Ferrell & Sacha Baron Cohen in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2007) Briana Evigan & Robert Hoffman in Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart in Twilight (2009)
2010s	Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2010) Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2011) Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2012) Jennifer Lawrence & Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook (2013) Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston & Will Poulter in We're the Millers (2014) Ansel Elgort & Shailene Woodley in The Fault in Our Stars (2015) Rebel Wilson & Adam DeVine in Pitch Perfect 2 (2016) Ashton Sanders & Jharrel Jerome in Moonlight (2017) Nick Robinson & Keiynan Lonsdale in Love, Simon (2018) Noah Centineo & Lana Condor in To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2019)
2020s	No award (2020) Chase Stokes & Madelyn Cline in Outer Banks (2021) Poopies & the Snake in Jackass Forever (2022) Madison Bailey & Rudy Pankow in Outer Banks (2023)

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