Sean Hankinson is an American actor who is known for his role as Ethan Blaine on the television soap Days of our Lives and as series regular Ben Simmons on the Emmy Nominated internet series Prom Queen. Hankinson was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, living briefly in Albuquerque, New Mexico before moving to Los Angeles, California. He attended Tucson High Magnet School, a performing arts public school. During college, he won an OC Weekly award for the title role in Equus, a performance the Los Angeles Times called "both intricate and thorough". In 2008, Hankinson landed the principal recurring role of Ethan Blaine on the NBC daytime soap, Days of our Lives, as well as a new web series for MTV, a feature film Tarzana with Beth Broderick, and a pilot for The History Channel. Additional roles include a guest-starring role as Brett Maxwell on the TLC cult favorite series, Untold Stories of the ER on the episode "Romeo & Juliet" and the independent feature film, Cougar Club starring Faye Dunaway, Carrie Fisher and Joe Mantegna. In 2011 Hankinson is featured in the web series Foodies. In 2012, Sean lends his voice for the role of Ken in the web series Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse. 

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