Actor and writer Sean Gunn is known globally for his role as Kraglin in the Marvel Universe Guardians of the Galaxy films. In addition to portraying Kraglin, Sean provided motion reference for Rocket Raccoon for the Guardians trilogy, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame and Thor: Love and Thunder. Putting his motion reference talents to work again, Sean brought the character Weasel to life in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. Sean reprised the Weasel role for DC’s animated series Creature Commandos, where he also voiced the popular character G.I. Robot.
In 2025, he debuted as Maxwell Lord in DC’s summer blockbuster Superman and played the same role in season two of the HBO series Peacemaker alongside John Cena.
Sean’s first role was in Troma Films’ Tromeo and Juliet where he played Sammy Capulet. He has worked alongside his brother, writer and director James Gunn, on The Specials, Super, the video game Lollipop Chainsaw and The Belko Experiment in addition to the Guardians films. Other film credits include Stricken, Pearl Harbor, Jesus, Mary and Joey, Pants on Fire, The Giant Mechanical Man, Who the F is Buddy Applebaum, and The Education of Eddie and Mortimer. Sean also has had many television roles, most endearingly as the quirky Kirk Gleason on Gilmore Girls and the Netflix original Gilmore Girls Revival. He has also appeared on Any Day Now, DAG, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Bunheads, Bones, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Good Doctor and many more.
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