Sean Murray (actor)
Sean Harland Murray (born November 15, 1977) is an American actor known for his role as Special Agent Timothy McGee on the American TV drama "NCIS". He also played Thackery Binx in Disney's Halloween film "Hocus Pocus" and Danny Walden in the military drama series "JAG". Early life. Sean Harland Murray was born on November 15, 1977 in the Bethesda Navy Hospital in Maryland, and grew up on several military bases all over the world including Australia, Singapore, London and the United States. When he was 15, Murray's parents divorced and he and his mother  moved to Los Angeles. Murray's father is a retired Navy Captain Craig Harland Murray (surface warfare) with over 30 years of service, and his Australian mother holds a dual citizenship with the United States. His mother is Vivienne Lee, who would later become the fourth wife of American television producer and screenwriter Donald P. Bellisario, making him Bellisario's stepson. He has one brother, Chad W. Murray ("" producer), and seven stepsiblings, including "Pretty Little Liars" actress Troian Bellisario and "JAG" actor Michael Bellisario. Career. After Murray decided he wanted to be an actor at a young age, he worked  hard to try to land small parts and when he was 11 was able to become an extra in the Steve Martin and Joan Cusack film "My Blue Heaven". Murray's TV credits include a starring role in the UPN sitcom "The Random Years" and a supporting role as teenager Zane Grey Hart in CBS's comedy/western series "Harts of the West", with Beau Bridges as his father and Harley Jane Kozak as his mother. Lloyd Bridges also starred in the series. The program was set on a dude ranch in Nevada. Murray also appeared in several episodes of  JAG and was later cast as Timothy McGee in the show's spin-off, "NCIS". McGee's sister is played by Troian Bellisario, his real-life stepsister. In addition, Murray has appeared in several feature films including "Hocus Pocus" (1993), his first motion picture film appearance, in which he played Thackery Binx. While this is one of his most well-known roles, his voice in the film was dubbed by Jason Marsden. His other film appearances include "This Boy's Life"; and in Todd Field's "Too Romantic". Personal life. Murray and Carrie James, a teacher, met in 2004 at  an event, and they married on November 26, 2005. They had their first child, a daughter (Caitlyn Melissa), in 2007. The couple's second child, a son (River James), was born in Los Angeles in April 2010.