Shawn Hatosy

Shawn Hatosy is one of those actors who's been quietly excellent for nearly three decades while the spotlight keeps landing on everyone around him — and honestly, that's kind of his superpower. I first noticed him in The Faculty back in 1998, where he played a jock with a surprising amount of vulnerability, and I remember thinking this guy is going to be everywhere. He wasn't, not in a blockbuster sense, but the work he kept putting out — The Cooler, Alpha Dog, Anywhere but Here — showed a real commitment to lived-in, unglamorous truth. Then Animal Kingdom came along and gave him the career-defining showcase he deserved: as the haunted, volatile Pope, he was genuinely chilling scene after scene. A Maryland kid who never chased the flashy path and ended up more interesting because of it.

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Name (English)

Shawn Hatosy

Name (Japanese)

ショーン・ハトシー

Reading

しょーん・はとしー

Born

December 29, 1975 (age 50)

Origin

Frederick, Maryland, United States

Occupation

television actor / film actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rabbit

High school

Linganore High School

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn%20Hatosy
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%88%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q723027

Tags

• Maryland
• television actor
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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