Sean Keenan

Sean Martyn Rex Keenan (born 18 January 1993) is an Australian actor, best known for his titular role in the children's television series Lockie Leonard and for his role as Gary Hennessey in the television series Puberty Blues.

Early life Keenan was born and grew up in the Western Australian town of Busselton. He was in grade seven, when his school sent him to audition for Lockie Leonard, with no prior on-screen experience – a role he won. After this, he secured an agent, finished school, took a year off, and then relocated to Sydney to further his acting career.

Career Keenan's breakthrough role came in the form of the title character in television series Lockie Leonard from 2007 to 2010.

In 2011, Keenan appeared in several recurring television roles, including Cloudstreet (2011) as Ted Pickles and Dance Academy (2013) as Jamie. He held a regular role as Gary Hennessey in the television reimagining of Puberty Blues from 2012 to 2014. Another regular role as Charlie on Glitch followed from 2015 to 2019.

He played Justin Morrison in 2016 series Shit Creek, a young Paul Hogan in miniseries Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story and Johnny Allbright in miniseries Newton's Law (both 2017). Keenan played the lead role of teacher John Grant in the 2017 miniseries reimagining of cult hit thriller film Wake in Fright, which garnered him an AACTA nomination.

Further miniseries credits include Barons (2022), Bali 2002 (2022) and Exposure (2024) as well as mystery thriller series No Escape (2023).

Keenan has also appeared in numerous films, including 2013 surf drama Drift as Young Andy Kelly (opposite Sam Worthington), 2015 mystery thriller Strangerland as Steve (alongside Nicole Kidman) and 2019 bushranger film True History of the Kelly Gang as Joe Byrne (opposite Russell Crowe). He played Jamie in multi-award-winning 2021 film Nitram, based on mass-shooter Martin Bryant and the Port Arthur Massacre. That same year, he played Sven in Academy Award-winning film The Power of the Dog.

Personal life Keenan has a twin sister, Lily.

Filmography

Theatre Year Title Role Notes 2019 Cosi Lewis MTC / STC 2023 Death of a Salesman Happy Loman 5 Minute Call Pty Ltd

Film Year Title Role Notes 2013 Drift Young Andy Kelly Breathe Rowan Short 2015 Strangerland Steve Robertson Is This the Real World Mark 2016 Hard Target 2 Tobias Zimling Direct-to-video 2017 Australia Day Dean Patterson 2019 True History of the Kelly Gang Joe Byrne 2020 Jake's 7th Birthday Jake Short 2021 The Power of the Dog Sven Nitram Jamie 2025 One More Shot Joe TBA Play Dead Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes Ref 2007–2010 Lockie Leonard Lachlan 'Lockie' Leonard Main role, 52 episodes 2011 Cloudstreet Ted Pickles Miniseries, 3 episodes 2012–2014 Puberty Blues Gary Hennessey Main role, 17 episodes 2013 Dance Academy Jamie Recurring role, 5 episodes 2015–2019 Glitch Charlie Thompson Main role, 18 episodes 2015 Shit Creek Justin Morrison Miniseries 2016 Hunters Pablo Episode: "Pretending to See the Future" Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story Young Paul Hogan Miniseries, 1 episode 2017 Newton's Law Johnny Allbright Miniseries, supporting role, 8 episodes Wake in Fright John Grant Miniseries, main role, 2 episodes 2022 Barons Bill 'Trotter' Dwyer Miniseries, main role, 8 episodes Bali 2002 Jason McCartney Miniseries, 4 episodes 2023 No Escape Denny 7 episodes 2024 Exposure Raffa Miniseries, 5 episodes