Background
Flanery was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and was raised in Houston, Texas. His mother, Genie (née LeDoux), is a real estate broker, and his father, Paul Flanery, is a medical equipment salesman.
Flanery was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and was raised in Houston, Texas. His mother, Genie (née LeDoux), is a real estate broker, and his father, Paul Flanery, is a medical equipment salesman.
After attending Awty International School, Flanery graduated from Dulles High School in Sugar Land, and attended the University of Saint Thomas in Houston.
He is also known for his role as Sam Gibson on The Young and the Restless in 2011. He starred in Devil"s Carnival, a short film which was screened on tour beginning in April, 2012. His ancestry includes Irish, Cajun (French), and English.
Flanery started acting in college after he joined an acting class to meet a girl on whom he had a crush.
He later moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue his acting career. Since 1988 he has appeared in over 53 films, including Powder, Simply Irresistible and Doctorate-Tox.
He is best known, however, for playing Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints and Indiana Jones in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. He had a brief role as the ascended being, Orlin, in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Ascension".
He appeared on the television show The Dead Zone in the role of Vice-President, Greg Stillson, until its cancellation.
Flanery also appeared in an installment of Showtime"s Masters of Horror playing a town sheriff who later became one of the antagonistic entity"s possessed hosts in the episode "The Damned Thing". In March 2010 he was cast in the lead role in the sci-fi horror film Mongolian Death Worm. He also had a supporting role in 2010"s Saw 3D. Flanery appeared in The Black Keys" music video "Howlin" Foreign You", which was released on February 10, 2011.
In April 2011 Flanery headed to the Columbia Broadcasting System soap The Young and the Restless, playing the part of Sam, Sharon Newman"s boyfriend from New Mexico.
He has a dog named Donut who is named after the donuts he devoured shortly after being adopted by Flanery. Flanery is also a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which he teaches.