# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sean-whalen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:27:09.019Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sean-whalen"
name: "Sean Whalen"
slug: "sean-whalen"
description: "Sean Whalen is an American actor, writer and director. He is known for his work in numerous TV shows, including Unfabulous and Lost, as well as movies, including The People Under the Stairs and Twister. He is also known for appearing as a hapless history buff in the first \"Got Milk?\" commercial, directed by Michael Bay, which aired in 1993. He also directed, starred in and crowd funded the movie Crust."
tagline: "American actor"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1964-05-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.5
  momentum:             15.77527688460164
  historical:           12.234304
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923490/"
    handle:    "nm0923490"
sources:
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    title: "شان وہیلن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sean Whalen"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sean Whalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Whalen"
    title: "Sean Whalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Whalen"
    title: "Sean Whalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86"
    title: "شان والن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Whalen"
    title: "Sean Whalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Whalen"
    title: "Sean Whalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ons_Veilens"
    title: "Šons Veilens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A8%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Уэйлен, Шон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump