My Take
I've got a soft spot for Sean Murray because he pulled off something genuinely difficult: playing the "tech nerd" character on a long-running procedural without ever becoming a punchline. McGee on NCIS started out as the butt of DiNozzo's jokes, and Murray leaned into that vulnerability just enough to make it endearing rather than pathetic. Over two-plus decades on that show, he quietly grew the character from rookie punching bag to a fully-realized agent and father — and the audience grew with him. Most people remember him first from Hocus Pocus as the kid who gets turned into a cat, which is a pretty iconic bit of Halloween nostalgia from 1993. That range — from Disney spooky kid to CBS procedural anchor — says something real about his staying power. He's not flashy, but he doesn't need to be.
Overview
Sean Harland Murray (born November 15, 1977) is an American actor known for his role as Special Agent Timothy McGee on the American TV drama NCIS, Thackery Binx in Disney's Halloween film Hocus Pocus and Danny Walden in the military drama series JAG.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sean Murray
- Name (Japanese)
- ショーン・マーレイ
- Reading
- しょーん・まーれい
- Born
- November 15, 1977 (age 48)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Snake
- Origin
- Bethesda, Maryland, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Bonita Vista High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.