Cast & creator
Sean Hayes
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sean Patrick Hayes (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and producer. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he gained acclaim for his role as Jack McFarland on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also received nominations for six Golden Globe Awards and two Tony Awards, winning one. He also runs a television production company called Hazy Mills Productions, which produces shows such as Grimm, Hot in Cleveland, The Soul Man, and Hollywood Game Night. He portrayed Jerry Lewis in the CBS film Martin and Lewis (2002). He is known for his appearances in films such as Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998), Cats & Dogs (2001), Pieces of April (2003), The Cat in the Hat (2003), Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004), The Bucket List (2007), Igor (2008), The Three Stooges (2012), Monsters University (2013), and Am I OK? (2022). Since July 2020, he has co-hosted the comedy podcast SmartLess alongside Jason Bateman and Will Arnett. Hayes made his Broadway debut playing Chuck Baxter in the musical revival Promises, Promises in 2010, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. He portrayed God in the comedy An Act of God from 2015 to 2016. Oscar Levant in the Doug Wright play Good Night, Oscar in 2022, the latter of which earned him the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play. He hosted the 64th Tony Awards in 2010, for which he was awarded a Primetime Emmy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Hayes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Sean P. Hayes, Sean Patrick Hayes, شان هيس
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film credits
71
television credits
100
1944–2026 · acting roles
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average across scored titles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (115)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
American Dad!
Foster (voice)
2005
Conan
Self
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host
2003
Grimm
Producer
2011
Scrubs
Nick
2001
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Christopher Mantle
2000
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Guest
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Parks and Recreation
Buddy Wood
2009
30 Rock
Jesse Parcell
2006
Will & Grace
Jack McFarland
1998
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956
Hot in Cleveland
Chad
2010Hot in Cleveland
Self
2010Hot in Cleveland
Executive Producer
2010
The Morning Show
Wyatt
2019
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Silk Stalkings
1991The Reichen Show
Self
2005
The Cat in the Hat
Mr. Humberfloob / Fish (voice)
2003
Stars in the House
Self - Special Guest
2020Stars in the House
Self
2020
The Running Man
Gary Greenbacks
2025
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
Portlandia
Sean
2011
Will & Grace
Jack McFarland
2017
Monsters University
Terri (voice)
2013
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Pete the Guard (voice)
2017
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975
Rachael Ray
2006
Smash
Terry Falls
2012
The Soul Man
Producer
2012
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2010
Up All Night
Walter
2011
Hollywood Game Night
Self
2013Hollywood Game Night
Creator
2013
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Tour Guide (voice)
2004
The Millers
Kip Finkle
2013
Billy on the Street
Self
2011
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
Wilbur Wright
2026
The Emoji Movie
'Devil' Steven (voice)
2017
Head Case
Self
2007
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
1996
Crowded
Executive Producer
2016
The Bucket List
Thomas
2007
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Mr. Tinkles (voice)
2010
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2005
Sean Saves the World
Sean
2013
The Nineties
Self
2017
Is This Thing On?
Stephen
2025
Cats & Dogs
Mr. Tinkles (voice)
2001
Tangled: Before Ever After
Pete the Guard (voice)
2017
Lovespring International
2006
The Three Stooges
Larry
2012
Campus Ladies
2006
Q-Force
Steve Maryweather (voice)
2021Q-Force
Executive Producer
2021
SmartLess: On the Road
Self
2023SmartLess: On the Road
Executive Producer
2023SmartLess: On the Road
Creator
2023
Igor
Brain (voice)
2008Weekends at the D.L.
2005
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
Brain Pod #13 (voice)
2000Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular
1998
MADtv
Self
1995
Party Central
Terri (voice)
2014
Am I OK?
Stu
2024
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Executive Producer
2025
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Richard Levy the Shameless
2004
Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery
Johnny Blaze
2022
"Sr."
Self
2022
Hit & Run
Sandy Osterman
2012Eight Days a Week
Producer
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
Executive Producer
2021
Pieces of April
Wayne
2003
Hairspray Live!
Mr. Pinky
2016
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
2016
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
2002
Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin
Self
2019
Soul Men
Danny Epstein
2008
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Mr. Lorenzo
2019
Dinner for Five
2001So Close
Executive Producer
2018
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
Clerk (archive footage)
2002
The Maya Rudolph Show
Self
2014
Jackie's Back!
Sean Hayes
1999
How Murray Saved Christmas
Edison Elf (voice)
2014
Dancing on the Moon
Young man
1997
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
Self
2020
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Self
2020
Lazy Susan
Susan
2020Lazy Susan
Writer
2020
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
Billy Collier
1998
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
Self
2016A & P
Sammy
1996
The Unknown
Elliott
2026
The Tracker
Punk Nikolai
2001
Martin and Lewis
Jerry Lewis
2002St. Donatus
Executive Producer
Roberto the Insect Architect
Narrator (voice)
2005Untitled Grimm Reboot Film
Executive Producer