Digital Social Hour - From Boxer to Actor: Sean Kerrigan’s Inspiring Journey | Sean Carrigan DSH #1337

Episode Date: April 18, 2025

From boxer to actor, Sean Kerrigan’s incredible journey is nothing short of inspiring! 🥊🎭 In this episode of the Digital Social Hour Podcast, Sean Kelly dives into Sean Kerrigan’s transformation from chasing wrestling and boxing dreams to landing on TV screens as a talented actor. 🌟 Don’t miss his stories of determination, family struggles, and breaking into Hollywood, including his role in the gripping film "GracePoint," now streaming on Amazon and Apple TV! 🍿✨ Tune in now for insights into Sean’s mindset, the pivotal moments that shaped his path, and the lessons he learned in the ring that prepared him for life in front of the camera. 🎬💪 Packed with valuable insights and real talk, this episode is one you can’t afford to miss. 📺 Watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets! 🚀 Join the conversation and get inspired by Sean Kerrigan’s story of perseverance, passion, and purpose. 🔥 CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:27 - Grace and Grit: Resilience and Strength 02:52 - Boxing Career: Journey and Challenges 06:49 - High School Wrestling Career: Foundations of Success 09:45 - Overcoming Fear: Conquering Challenges 15:01 - Your First Fight: Preparing for Battle 18:18 - Adrenaline: The Thrill of Competition 19:30 - Your Brothers: Family and Support 22:00 - Your Movie, Grace Point: Behind the Scenes 23:42 - Saving Your Brother from a Crack House: A Personal Story 28:43 - Transition to Acting: New Beginnings 33:15 - Parents: Influences and Inspiration 34:30 - Where to Find Sean: Social Media and Updates 34:34 - What’s Next for Sean: Future Projects and Goals APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [e-mail] GUEST: Sean Carrigan https://www.instagram.com/therealseancarrigan SPONSORS: AIRES TECH:  https://airestech.com/ LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ The views and opinions expressed by guests on Digital Social Hour are solely those of the individuals appearing on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the host, Sean Kelly, or the Digital Social Hour team. While we encourage open and honest conversations, Sean Kelly is not legally responsible for any statements, claims, or opinions made by guests during the show. Listeners are encouraged to form their own opinions and consult professionals for advice where appropriate. Content on this podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only and should not be considered legal, medical, financial, or professional advice. #motivation #motivationalvideo #motivationalspeech #biographydocumentary #motivational

these movies and I think she knew at that point that I wanted to be an actor but you know when I was in high school I had these athletic goals that I wanted to try to hit I wanted to go to division one program wrestling division you know division one try to be an all-american and then I also wanted to have have an amateur career more of an amateur career and then turn pro and fight professionally and fight professionally. All right guys, fellow Sean here today. Got an actor and a new release, right? Grace Point.

That's right, Grace Point. Yeah, just came, comes out, it's out already, but. It's out on Amazon and Apple TV. I love it, man. And so. Was that your most recent film? Yeah, yo, actually I just shot something called Demonetized, it's coming out in April, but yeah.

Grace Point, you know, we've been working Rory carp the guy who directed it he's been working on this film putting getting this film together for a long time and And we got a great cast and we shot it a few years ago and it's finally coming out and yeah You know and we're happy it's getting the attention it deserves Yeah, must be tough these days to make make a top selling movie, right? You know, I think so. I mean, you know, it's a tough time, you know a lot of like going on with you know streaming and you know

Movies it's just you know, and plus there's like so many distractions in the world Yeah, I mean, so it's a tarf get people to sit down for a whole film But our you know, our movie's good and you know, hopefully people watch it. Yeah Yeah, I feel like there's a power shift towards the streaming platforms now. It seems like they're having a lot of power. Yeah, they are. I mean, you know, that's the way the world goes. I've had a lot of documentary filmmakers on the podcast and they have numerous stories of how they can't even get on Netflix because they said certain things in the documentary.

Oh, right, yeah. I mean, look, at the end of the day, people just trying to get their stuff made and get it seen and, you know, I think the platform has gotten bigger for that, but now it's just getting flooded. And so, you know, and I don't know what You know sponsorships people have with other you know

You know with with stuff, you know stuff on their site and why they won't air movies and stuff like that Like I'm just an actor. Yeah. Yeah, it's cool doll. You're seeing alternative routes Andrew Schultz Who's a comedian ended up launching a special on his own site and it crushed it. Yeah, so there's other route He's other routes. He's super funny. Yeah, I love that guy. Have you seen him in a performance, live performance? I haven't seen Andrew Schultz, but I bounce around the comedy store quite a bit

and I see a lot of guys. Theo Vonn's crushing her now, shout out to Theo. There's some good comedians these days, man. It's a new era. Yeah, Dean Del Rey, he does a lot of work with Bill Burr. I'm a big fan of Dean Del Rey. And Bill Burr is obviously the king. Yeah, it's hard to beat that, man.

I wanna talk about your boxing career. So you said you started at 16. So yeah, man, I was little growing up and my parents got divorced when I was really young. So I moved down to Miami, Florida and started living down there with my mom and I would go up and visit my dad all the time up in DC, live right outside DC, Northern Virginia and he'd start training fighters and that's when you know I just kind of fell in love with it. Watched him you train at fighters. I was around a gym and being that I was little,

I had moments when I was a kid where I felt like powerless and I wanted to have a sense of power and being able to defend myself and stand up to people. And being around a boxing gym seemed like the way to go and so my dad my dad was all about you know being Irish and you know boxer fighting Irish but yeah that's it and so my me and my brothers my dad trained me and my brothers and so I would spend all my summers and winters up there and and then you know eventually I lived up there after college and and that's when I like you when I had a lot of my amateur fights.

I fought all over the country. Every other weekend, we'd be going off somewhere. He would find fights that were going off in Roanoke or West Virginia or up in New Jersey. He would just find fights for all of us to go to. I mean, one time we went to Boston. Ever thought about how much new methane radiation your body is exposed to every single day from smartphones to Wi Fi modern technology never stop submitting invisible stressors that could disrupt the brain function hormone balance and cellular health.

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Protect yourself with Aries today. Click the link below to learn more Uh to fight in Brockton, I mean it was just like my dad was always trying to get his son's fights. Wow Yeah, I mean when we were really young Uh, i've even got a picture of it. Uh Uh, my brother my brother's three and a half years older than me and my dad laced this up when I was like nine. My brother was 12 and he's just, he's like about to, they caught the phone right as he's about to land a right hand right on my head. Yeah. Yeah. So you were scrapping with your brother. Yeah. Yeah. But that's one thing. My dad, like he loved like, you know, putting gloves on the kids and

We'd all like get out in the yard and get after it. So he has some tough love to him That's I think that's I mean, that's what you know, when he was when he was coming up he grew up in Alcoa, Tennessee and you know his uncles were prize fighters and and and they would they would lace up all the cousins and put gloves on them and and and they would they would lace up all the cousins and put gloves on them and then and Then you know, they'd they'd all go to you know, go to battle out in the backyard and my dad was like, you know He was he was one of the better ones. Yeah, that's all was back in the day, man My dad grew up on a farm and he was scrapping all the time. Yeah

Yeah, you could lay hands on people in school even back then but now you get immediately suspended Yeah, it's a lot. I think there's a lot of fight stories back then. Yeah, it's not a different era now people fight online. Yeah Cyber bullying or whatever. Yeah, it's a much different era, but at the same time mental health's worse So you kind of start to wonder like which one was better? Yeah, I mean I'm an it's a toss-up. Yeah, you would rather get physically beat up or mentally assaulted on the internet, I guess. Oh I'll take an ass kicking Yeah, I'll take a physical ass kicking man, man. So that was kind of your destiny from a young age then fighting

uh, well, I you know look man, you know, I wasn't very good when like it's interesting because um, I was real small and I wanted to wrestle in box. Those are my two sports and I Started out wrestling in high school and I just I was terrible. It wasn't very good It was weak and small and I think I started at 119 my my wow my sophomore year and then I went up to 130 my junior year. I never even made it to the regional tournament in Dade County. And so I didn't even make it to regions, man, regionals. And right before my senior year, I wrestled freestyle

and then I went off to a summer camp. I went to J Robinson intensive wrestling camp in Minnesota, University of Minnesota before my senior year in high school and I wrestled with the guy who was a state runner-up in Michigan. I wrestled with him every day for 28 days and it was just me and him became pals and then and then you just wrestled. They had you working out at J-Rob. They had you wrestling you know a couple became pals and then you just wrestled. They had you working out at J-Rob. They had you wrestling, uh, you know, a couple of times a day. Then you were doing, you were doing runs in the morning, you're doing weight

lifting, and then they had you write out all your goals. I came back my senior year and, and just destroying everybody. And one of the best wrestlers in, in Florida, my senior year. So I had a good, I had a good senior year, but I'd never even wrest year. I'd never even wrestled in a regional tournament. And, you know, went to state championships, didn't do as well as I wanted to, but, you know, got to go off to college and I wrestled D1 in college.

Amazing. That's a great story of just being in the right environment, right? Cause you had the feel inside you, you just needed someone to help bring that out. Yeah, and you know, that camp camp j Robinson intensive camp was you know They we had us we had a shirt that that we would all wear said I'm going to heaven because I've been through hell J Robinson intensive has some camp I love it and so I don't know what I do with that shirt

But I wish I could find it. Yeah, that's legendary sure. I love that quote though Yeah, you got to go through some tough stuff if you wanna make it to the top. You do. And what was great about that camp was, they had us right now goals and just doing things that pushing you farther than you realized you could go. And so I came back that year, my senior year and pre-season tournaments, I would wrestle 145 and 152 are going

I'd like I'd register in two weight classes and then I'd be in the finals in both and That's hard to do. Yeah, and so Yeah, man, so that was uh, you know, it was uh It was it was a good it was a good it was a good career, you know in high school and and you know Did something that's why I love the mental side of sports actually, which is why I don't know if you watch basketball But I think Phil Jackson's the goat. Yeah, cuz he just had the mental side of a sport on lock Yeah, make the players meditate right out goals. Like you're saying Yeah, I think that's kind of what separates the best athletes from like everyone else the mental side

You know, man, I, I think you're right. It's just a matter of just working, working, working. For me, I've always kind of fell in my face quite a bit. It seems like I fall down 10 times before I actually succeed. And it was the same thing of boxing. There was a guy in the gym when I was younger, when I first started, he'd been boxing since he was five years old.

And he was just better than me because he'd been boxing so long. I was just starting. And he would just beat my ass all the time, all the time. And my dad on the drives, you know, we'd be driving home and my dad would just be like, just keep working, just keep working, just keep working. And he's like, one of these days it's going to be like, you know, a light bulb goes off. It's like a window is going to open and all of a sudden you're going to see, you're going to see the punches.

You're going to see things coming at you and it's just going to like get easier. He said, you just got to keep working. So I Listened to it. I'd go back to the gym and again, you know, we box with spar beat my ass again and My dad would just say just keep working. Just keep working. Just keep working. You work harder you work hard and so and then next thing, you know He was my dad was right. It was like, all of a sudden, one day it was just like, you know, it's like the window open and I was like, Oh wait a second. I'm like, I see everything. I like, you know, I started seeing

punches coming at me. I was like, Oh, no way, no way. You know, and then that, that guy, that, that guy, that kid, he never, he never beat me after that. Oh really? It was like an overnight thing for you? Yeah, it was just like my dad said, it was like one day the light went off. But that comes with hard work. Yeah.

And it's the same thing in wrestling. It's just hard work, hard work, hard work. So I was just lucky to do two sports that, that, you know, that just spoke to me, you know, and really gave me a sense of identity because I kind of felt lost most of my high school career until my senior year. You felt lost like just overall?

Just felt like unseen, you know, just didn't really have a sense of identity. That's the thing I love about sports is working hard at something gives you character and then all of a sudden you know you start having some success and you start to like feel okay this is like I am here, I'm seeing this hard work pay off. And it was valuable for me. Absolutely. I attribute, I was a track runner in high school

and that helped me find myself and learn mental discipline too. But like you, I was lost in high school, man. My identity, I was pretending to be someone I wasn't for sure. Yeah, it was tough, man. I just, I think you know I was smaller and you know I didn't really have the right direction and you know I found wrestling and boxing and it changed my life. So you really tied a lot of your identity to your height and size? I think so. I

think I did because you know I felt like everybody was bigger than me. Was that intimidating to you? Yeah, I think especially in junior high. Junior high was rough. And then ninth and tenth grade, you just, you know, you want to be taken seriously. And you know, you just, yeah, you know, it was just, when you, when you, I attributed, I attributed like, being, not being able to like stand up to, being scared. Okay, I'll give you an example. Give you an example of what I'm saying.

When I was in junior high, there were, there was a big fight, right? Out in the yard. And a couple of my friends were outnumbered. And a bunch of guys jumped in. And I went to go help, and I froze. I froze because I was scared. And I felt like I froze because I was scared and I Felt like I just I like I literally couldn't make myself. I couldn't make like cuz I'm scared. Yeah, I couldn't make myself go help

Now a bunch of other my friends jumped in and like, you know, they got out of the situation but it's still like that feeling of of like Being scared and frozen. I was like like dude I can't I can't live my life like this I don't want to live my life like that and that's why you know I think I turned to wrestling and when I turned to boxing and there's nothing like you know Rory my my buddy Rory Carpfooze on here and he's a director and you know Rory my buddy Rory Carp was on here and he's director and you know he said he always wanted to have the one fight you want to know what that's like when you're

walking out to you know taking that that walk out to the ring and he wanted to know like you know what that feels like and I wanted to know what that felt like. I wanted to know that I can conquer being scared and frozen. And that's why I did it. And when you first walk out, that first fight that I had, I fought a guy named Leonard Johnson from Alexander Boxing Club at the Olympia Boxing Club in Falls Church, Virginia, and it was a big smoker event and I You know walking out to that ring

Was one of the one of the scariest moments of my life because I was like, why am I doing this? Why am I doing this? Why am I doing this? You know and and you your party who wants to chicken out. And then I just force myself, I was like, you have to, you have to, you have to. And then you get in there and then you start mixing it up and you're like, all right, I can, I can do this, I can do this. And conquering your fears, and I think that's what it is.

The thing about boxing and wrestling is you learn to conquer your fears. Learn to really stand up and fight for yourself. There was an interesting thing that happened in that fight. My first fight, between rounds two and three, you know, me and this guy had been going at it. We had been going at it, and I was doing really well. And Jim Ed Jones, who was my trainer at the time

with my dad, Jim Ed Jones said to me in the middle of round two and three, he goes, hey, this next round, this next round ain't about boxing. This next round is about heart. It's about how much heart you got. You go out there and you give it everything. This round is about heart. It's about what you got inside. You get out there and you get it. You take it. You take it right now. And I've never forgotten that. Wow. And I went out there and just like, bruh-la, bruh-la, bruh-la, you know, just, you know, put it on the guy. And it was one of the greatest moments of my life.

And I'll never forget that advice. Wow. And go ahead, where you saw it. It sounds like a really pivotal moment in your life. You remembered every single word and like. Yeah, yeah. And I remember him like standing there looking at me because it because you're I was gassed I was so gassed was you know was exhausted and you get on when you have your first fight You know and the amateurs you you're exhausted Because you don't know how to pace yourself. Yeah. No, I mean, it's just you know, it's exhausting and and you know

There's so much, there's so much going, there's so much adrenaline pumping through you because you're also nervous and scared. But, and then you get in there and you know, it's just, you know, you're, you're probably going at a faster pace than you would, you know, as, as time goes on. I mean, as the years went on, you know, the fights got easier, you know, you, you manage those emotions better, but nothing like a, that first, that first match. I love it, man. Yeah. That's why I love sports and especially fighting sports. It builds

your confidence, right? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, uh, you know, I was, I was boxing and wrestling way before, uh, MMA became a thing. I kind of missed the MMA window. Um, but I always, I always loved, uh, you know, feeling like, you know, I could defend it. I can defend the takedown and, you know, also defend myself with my hands. So it's good life skill to have, you know, you never know when you'll need to throw hands with someone at the bar or something. Yeah. But just that confidence, knowing you can defend yourself. You could defend your girl your friends. I mean that's really the only reason I

started boxing wrestling is I wanted to be able to defend myself and then I just as the years went on I did it more And more and then my dad was such a proponent of it that you know Just to end up having a career longer than I ever anticipated But that was the main reason I started, was just to be able to defend myself. Yeah, did your brother get to the pro level too? Yeah, both my brothers, I've got a bunch of brothers and sisters, but two of my brothers fought.

My younger brother, he started fighting when he was like, you know, he was like six. Wow. Yeah, he was hot as fjall. Yeah, he was like, you know, he was like six. He was hot as a hunk. Yeah, he was just scrapping it out. Seeing little kids fight at that age is ridiculous. He had tons of fights. Had a very long amateur career. My older brother had a

amateur career too and then he turned pro and I think he had like maybe my brother had like maybe four pro fights, same thing with my younger brother. Okay. And then you know, but they had my little brother he started boxing at a very young age, fought in all kinds of national championship tournaments and did really well for a long time. And he was even a better wrestler than he was a boxer. But there's no money in that, right?

No, I mean, no, but I mean, now he would be MMA, you know, but back then he had the most single season wins as a freshman in his high school. He had the most single season wins as a freshman. And he could have been, I mean he could have done really, he went to the state championships a couple times and then he just got, he got in a little bit of trouble. He followed my other brother, was in and out of jail. Both my brothers have been in and out of jail.

Yeah. They both kind of, you know, I think they were selling drugs at one point and, you know, getting in all kinds of trouble and then they did some time. I mean, I get it, man. I was a little weed dealer in college, you know? Yeah. You guys broke. I mean, yeah, but yeah, they were they were they you know They got messed they got messed up. But my my little brother's cleaned himself up pretty well my older brother's doing alright and But they were actually both of them. What's a funny story. They were both in Fairfax County jail for about a year and a half

Around that time they were both in in that jail, on different floors, when I was on The Young and the Restless. And both of them got in fights in the TV rec room over somebody trying to change the channel when I was on The Young and the Restless. Both of them at different times. And so, that's, you know. That's cool that you could provide them some hope while they were in there though.

Yeah, and then my one brother's like, that's my brother! It's like, no, it ain't, it's like, yeah it is, that's my brother! Yeah, a lot of them, man. Sounds actually tight with your brothers, that's cool. Yeah, we're all really tight. Tight with all my brothers and my sisters. Yeah, I grew up an only child so I can't relate, but when I have kids I want them to have siblings. I think that's important.

Yeah, it was good. I mean, you know, we came from a rough and tumble family. Some of my brothers and sisters, they struggled with addiction. I think that that's why this movie that we did, Grace Point, it's been so important to me. You know, the main character struggles with addiction and you know, and he goes on this journey

and it's about a father and a son and a son trying to find his father. You know, it's like an inspirational thriller and a heartwarming thriller. And so I think, you know, that's why I related to the script and why I wanted to do it. sound like family. I think everyone can relate to addiction, whether it's themselves or the family members. I saw my dad with alcoholism, that rectum. Sure.

I think it's a problem everywhere, addiction. Yeah, it really is. And it's commercialized too. Alcohol, be out, you know, you know, and, you know, beer commercials, everything, everything. Drug commercials on every television network, you know? Yeah.

I mean, it's crazy. So easy to get access to this stuff, too. Yeah. You really got to have the right people around you to break you out. Yeah. I had to break my brother out of a crack house one time. Damn. Yeah, yeah, straight out of the movie, The Fighter, I swear to God, I saw that movie.

I was like, Jesus, man, that's me and my older brother. So those actually exist, those crack house. Yeah, he was in some like, you know, some like, like, just this worn out house that, you know, everybody went and did drugs at and he called me one day and he goes hey man hey man you gotta you gotta come get me man these bikers are coming to jump me man these bikers are coming to jump me and so i was wrestling at george mason university at the time and i you know i was there and i was at a i think i was like, I forget where I was, but a couple of my other wrestler buddies were with me and I said, hey man, I gotta go rescue my brother, man.

He's at this drug house and I don't know, I just gotta go and they were like, hey, we're coming with you. And I was like, yeah, I don't know what I'm walking into, man. So just letting you guys know that and so They're like we're coming. So my buddies

Mark and Ty you know, they're guys are wrestling on my wrestling team with me We went and we got there and we pulled this house and I go. All right I don't know how this is gonna go But what I'm gonna do is I'm just gonna go kick that front door in and start yelling where you know where's Michael Kerrigan where's Toby Kerrigan where's he at and so you guys you know Ty you go around the back you can kill him here you come with me or you get however you want to do so Ty went around the back I went in the

front you know Keir was with me I just kicked the door in was like yeah where the yeah, where the fuck is Michael Kerrigan? Where the fuck is Toby Kerrigan? He also goes by Toby. That's his nickname. And I said, where the fuck is he? Where is he? And I'm like, you know, people were like, ah, he's over there. He's over there. I was like, I was like, hey, hey. You say, oh, hey man, hey man. And I grabbed him, got him out of there, and then, you say, oh, amen, amen. And I grabbed him, got him out of there. And then, you know, saved him, saved him, I think. I don't know. And that was your older brother?

He's my older brother. Yeah, he's struggled with addiction over the years. So you kind of had to grow up quick then. You had to be responsible for your older brother. You know, he's, like I like to say, he's my older little brother. I love that so but but he's always you know, look we had different moms and You know, he had he had a rougher upbringing than I did really and so, you know same same thing with my other

older brothers and sisters and So I take that into account, you know You know it's I guess we're a victim of our environment sometimes when we're growing up yeah and you know I just just try to be as much help to my brothers and sisters as I can and you know families families meant so much to me over the years that I'll do anything for them. I love that man. They're not in my blood.

Yeah. Yeah, family's important for sure. I saw, so I grew up mixed. I'm half Irish, half Asian, so it's such a different lifestyle with family on the two sides. So I got to experience both, you know. Wow, man. So now I kind of know what the best of each and I'm gonna have a good family one of these days, you know? Yeah, are you gonna have kids?

Yeah, and I didn't want kids when I was younger, but now I do, you know? Should I talk about? I just, my girl and I, we decided to have kids. Oh, nice. And we just found out that we uh, we're having twins. Dude. Yeah.

And I called it too. I called it by the way. Two for one, baby. Yeah. I told her, I actually told her before and I was like, Hey, listen, we need, we need two for one. Am I getting any younger? You manifest.

Yeah. And so, uh, so we're pretty excited about it. That's cool, man. You held off. Yeah. You know, Hey, what was the deciding moment to have them? When I met her. Wow.

I just, I hadn't met anyone that checked all the boxes like that for me. And it made me, she's such a good mom. She has, she has two kids from previous marriage and just, she's just the most wonderful person and mother. That's a beautiful dad. And I just met her wonderful person and mother. That's a good Aspore. And I just met her at the right time. And we known each other for a long time,

but we never really started dating until back in May. Is she an actress as well? No, no. She's a government worker. She runs the water department over in the city of Oxnard. Total opposite personality, it sounds like. Yeah, yeah. I always tease her. I'm like, you like the movie Chinatown you run the water

Sometimes you need that balance man. The opposite attract like it's it's cool. It's she's but she's amazing and she's super supportive with my my career and So I'm just lucky. I love that man I want to hear about your transition to acting because that's not an easy space to penetrate, right? Getting acting gigs. No, you know man, when I was a kid, I knew I wanted to be an actor. And you know, one of my favorite movies is Star Wars.

You know? Classic. Yeah, and you know, then Return of the Jedi came out or star Empire Strikes Back and returning the Jedi and like, you know When I was a kid, I'd see these movies and I like come home and I just like act them out to my mom And then you know Luke Skywalker did this and I'm not solid did this and my poor mom, you know She's like, you know, I'm working all day she's like sitting there trying to like listen to me describe all these different scenes of these movies. And I think she knew at that point that I wanted to be an actor.

But you know, when I was in high school, I had, you know, especially after, you know, my, especially my senior year was like, you know, going into my senior year, I had, I had these athletic goals that I wanted to try to hit. I wanted to, I wanted to go to, you I wanted to go to a Division I program, wrestle in Division I, try to be an All-American. And then I also wanted to have more of an amateur career and then turn pro and fight professionally for a couple years. I only wanted to have like, my goal was to have like five pro fights, ended up having eight. And so I just wanted to have like, my goal was to have like five pro fights, I ended up having eight. And so, I just, I wanted to, but I wanted to, you know, do those things.

And then I used to tell people my senior, I was in drama my senior year, I used to tell people in my class, I'd be like, I'm gonna go to college, I'm gonna try to be an All-American in wrestling, I'm gonna have a brief pro career in boxing, and then I'm gonna become an actor. Wow. You called it.

So, like, people, like, you know, they'd be like, you're gonna do what? You're gonna do what? Oh, and then you're gonna do what? Yeah, okay, pal. You know, that's not the path that everybody takes. Yeah. But I was just, I had it in my mind. And so when I was boxing, I was, you know,

I turned pro in 98 and I was, you know, fought professionally until April 2000. And after that fight, I got cast in a UPN pilot that was shooting in Baltimore. I got my SAG card from it. Once I got my SAG card, I was like, all right, well, I'm gonna go to New York, I'm gonna go to LA, I'm gonna give up my boxing career. It's time, it's time. My dad, he was pissed, right? he was so mad he said hey man you're gonna be driving cabs the rest of your life. I go hey pop I'll

show you that one of these days you're gonna see me on the big screen he's like hey I'll be dead and gone before that ever happens and then I went off I went off to New York I was having no luck up in New York. I was bouncing at the China Club in New York for like six months, having no luck. And then I ran into Michael Rappaport and he goes, he was at the club and I go, hey man, when you made it in film, or when you made it in acting, did you make it here in New York?

Or did you make it in LA? He goes, what kind of acting do you wanna do? You wanna do TV and film? And I go, yeah, he goes, did you make it in LA? He goes, what kind of acting do you want to do? You want to do TV and film? And I go, yeah. He goes, then you've got to go to LA, man. And so next thing you know, I was in my truck, driving out to LA and I've been here for 24 years. Wow, shout out to Michael.

Yeah. Does he know that story by the way? No, I mean, I've never, I've never read it. I'm gonna let him know he's coming on the podcast. Is that right? Yeah, I'll tell him about it. Yeah, that's cool, man. And so, yeah, I love that guy never ran into him. No, he's coming on the podcast. Is that right? Yeah, I'll tell him about it Yeah, that's cool, man. And so uh, yeah, I love that guy. I love he's hilarious yeah, and he's a great actor and and

He said that to me right there and I was I was bouncing at the China Club I was like, you know, and he and cuz I he was cool too cuz as he was walking I was like, hey man, you mind if I asked you something, you know, and and he was he was very forthcoming man he was a good dude I was like, hey man, you mind if I ask you something? And he was very forthcoming, man. He was a good dude. But anyway, so fast forward years later, I'm sitting with my dad, we're at a DC film festival, we're about to watch this movie I did on the big screen, and my old man's sitting right next to me,

and I go, hey, hey, Pop, remember how you said that you'd be dead and gone before you saw me on the big screen? Guess what, you're about to watch me on the big screen. He's like, you son of a bitch. You remember everything, god damn it. And so it was good. Sometimes your biggest haters are your biggest motivators. Yeah, he became one of my biggest fans though. He was a child to my mother, you know, skeptical at first, you know, coming from China.

Academics is everything, education, getting good grades. That's how she escaped poverty. So why not apply it to me, but different path, you know? Sure. So we used to butt heads all the time about it. But now she watches every single episode. She's like my biggest fan. Of course. Yeah, it's funny how that works.

My dad at the end of, you know, when in his older years, he would hang out at like the Moose Lodge and the American Legion. And he'd be like hanging out with all these You know, like you're hanging out with different women and stuff and he and all of a sudden I get a call And he and I go hey, what's up? He go hey tell this girl that you play Stitch on Young and the Restless, you know The girl go your dad says you Stitch. I don't believe. And I'm like, oh yeah, yeah, yeah. And she's like, prove it.

And I go, all right, well, I was with Victoria. I left Victoria. I got with her stepmom, Ashley. And then I left Ashley. And then I got with Ashley's daughter, Abby. And then I was in a love triangle between Ashley and Abby. And she was like, oh my god, it is Stitch. And then my dad grabbed the phone.

And he's like, all right, hey, thanks, man. Appreciate it. Used it to get girls. This was before FaceTime. you know, man times have changed. That's money, man Yeah, well, dude, this has been really fun. What are you working on next? Where people keep up with you? I'm on Instagram follow me on the real Sean Carrigan and You know do us a favor go out and buy or rent grace point. Yeah below yeah yeah it's on Amazon and Apple you know we worked really hard in the movie and in it's got

a great twist at the end and people get a lot of great feedback from it yeah guys after you're done watching beast games check out grace point it's on the same platform let's do it. Alright guys, see you next time. Thanks. you you