Biography
Sean Anders (born June 19, 1969) is an American film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He co-wrote and directed the 2005 film Never Been Thawed, the 2008 film Sex Drive, the 2014 film Horrible Bosses 2, the 2015 film Daddy's Home, the 2017 sequel Daddy's Home 2, the 2018 film Instant Family based on his own history, and the 2022 holiday film Spirited. He also directed the 2012 comedy That's My Boy. He is the brother of actress Andrea Anders.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Spirited
2022
Writer, Director, Producer
Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the ...
Countdown
2019
Producer
A young nurse downloads an app that tells her she only has three days to live. With time ticking away and a mysterious figure haunting her, she must f...
Instant Family
2018
Director, Writer, Producer
When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they ...
Daddy's Home 2
2017
Writer, Director
Brad and Dusty must deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.
Daddy's Home
2015
Director, Executive Producer
The story of a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when thei...
Horrible Bosses 2
2014
Director, Screenplay, Story
Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a ha...
Dumb and Dumber To
2014
Writer
20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption.
We're the Millers
2013
Screenplay
A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
That's My Boy
2012
Director
While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for ...
Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011
Screenplay
Tom Popper is a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins...
Hot Tub Time Machine
2010
Screenplay
Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Nick is a henpecked husband, and Jacob does noth...
She's Out of My League
2010
Screenplay
When he starts dating drop-dead gorgeous Molly, insecure airport security agent Kirk can't believe it. As his friends and family share their doubts ab...
Sex Drive
2008
Screenplay, Director
A high school senior drives cross-country with his best friends to hook up with a babe he met online.
Never Been Thawed
2005
as Shawn
A hilarious mockumentary about the delicious hobby of frozen food collecting and Christian rock band, The Christers. The film follows the Mesa Frozen ...
Never Been Thawed
2005
Director, Writer
A hilarious mockumentary about the delicious hobby of frozen food collecting and Christian rock band, The Christers. The film follows the Mesa Frozen ...