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Sean Stone
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Stone in 2012
Born
Sean Christopher Stone

(1984-12-29) December 29, 1984 (age 39)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names Sean C. Stone
Occupation
  • Actor
  • filmmaker
Years active 1986–present
Parent(s)

Sean Christopher Stone (December 29, 1984) is an American actor, filmmaker, and television host. Stone hosted a show on the Russian state-funded network RT America until the network was shut down in 2022 after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

In his last episode on RT America, Stone criticized celebrities for speaking out against Russia's invasion, and claimed that Oprah Winfrey had banned Tolstoy's War and Peace from her book club, and said it was wrong to characterize Russian leader Vladimir Putin as "some kind of dictator".

Biography

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Stone with a necklace with Zulfiqar (the sword of Ali), a symbol of Shia Islam. Stone was a convert to that religion.

Stone was born in New York City. He is the son of Elizabeth Burkit Cox and film director Oliver Stone and has appeared in several of his father's films. His paternal grandmother was French.

A convert to Shia Islam in 2012, in an interview with CNN, Stone said that he accepted Muhammad as the seal of the prophets. Speaking to Bill O'Reilly, he claimed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statements about Israel had been misunderstood.

Stone is a member of the Board of Advisors for the company MindShare Ventures Group based in New York City.

Filmography

Actor

  • Salvador (1986) as Boyle's Baby
  • Wall Street (1987) as Rudy Gekko
  • Born on the Fourth of July (1989) as Young Jimmy Kovic
  • JFK (1991) as Jasper Garrison
  • The Doors (1991) as Young Jim Morrison
  • Heaven & Earth (1993)
  • Natural Born Killers (1994) as Kevin
  • Nixon (1995) as Donald Nixon
  • U Turn (1997)
  • Any Given Sunday (1999)
  • Fighting Against Time: Oliver Stone's Alexander (2005) himself as narrator
  • Resurrecting Alexander (2005) himself as narrator
  • Perfect Is the Enemy of Good (2005) as narrator
  • W. (2008)
  • Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
  • Nevo (2011) as Stephan
  • Greystone Park (2011) as Sean
  • American Road (2011) as Jack Kerouac
  • Don't Pass Me By (2012) as Josh Malek
  • Night Walk (2019) as Frank

Director, producer, cinematographer, or screenwriter

  • Fighting Against Time: Oliver Stone's Alexander (2005) (as writer, producer, director, cinematographer)
  • The Death of Alexander (2005) (as producer, director, cinematographer)
  • Resurrecting Alexander (2005) (as producer, director, cinematographer)
  • Perfect Is the Enemy of Good (2005) (as producer, director, cinematographer)
  • Nuremberg: A Vision Restored (2007) (as producer, director, cinematographer)
  • Singularity (2008) (as writer, producer, director)
  • Greystone Park (2011) (as writer, director)
  • A Child's Night Dream (upcoming) (as writer, producer, director)
  • A Thousand Pieces (2020) (as narrator), Documentary about CIA and FBI corruption.
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