Biografia In giovane età si trasferì dal quartiere Brooklyn di New York a Los Angeles per iniziare la sua carriera nel mondo del cinema porno. Le sue specialità furono fin dall'inizio le scene di sesso interrazziale nelle quali veniva coinvolto insieme a celebri pornoattrici di pelle bianca come Nina Hartley, Ashlyn Gere, Moana Pozzi, Chessie Moore, Ginger Lynn e Ilona Staller. Dal 1991 si cimenta anche nella regia di film porno nei quali recita ed è apparso in circa 700 film a luci rosse diventando uno degli attori di colore più celebri del settore. Ha realizzato le serie Up Your Ass #1 - #8 (1996) e We Go Deep (1999) con le quali ha creato la sua propria compagnia di produzione, la Sean Michaels International.
All'inizio della sua carriera Michaels veniva spesso accreditato come il figlio dell'ex attore porno Long Dong Silver (Daniel Arthur Mead) nonostante fosse più vecchio di due anni rispetto a Mead.
Secondo la Adult Film News Web Page, nel 2003, Michaels è stato citato in giudizio dalla World Wrestling Entertainment e diffidato dall'utilizzare il suo nome d'arte ritenuto troppo simile a quello del wrestler WWE Shawn Michaels. La causa non ha però avuto seguito, in quanto, Sean aveva registrato il suo nome d'arte sotto copyright, mentre Shawn Michaels non aveva nessun controllo sul suo ring name.Steve Nelson. "Sean Michaels Sues Sean Michaels" . Adult Industry News, January 23, 2003. Accessed 8 September 2008.
Michaels è membro delle Hall of Fame AVN, e XRCO.Previous Winners and Noms , XRCO. Accessed 8 September 2008.
Riconoscimenti AVN Awards 1995 - Hall of Fame 1996 - Best Group Sex Scene - Video per World Sex Tour 1 con Stephanie Sartori con Erika Bella e Mark Davis 1998 - Best Anal Sex Scene (video) per Butt Banged Naughty Nurses con Careena Collins e Mark Davis 1999 - Best Anal Sex Scene (video) per Tushy Heaven con Alisha Klass e Samantha Stylee 1999 – Best Group Sex Scene (video) per Tushy Heaven con Alisha Klass e Samantha Stylee, Halli Aston e Wendy Knight 2010 – Best Double Penetration Sex Scene per Bobbi Starr & Dana DeArmond's Insatiable Voyage con Bobbi Starr e Mr. Marcus XRCO Award 1994 - Woodsman of the Year 1994 – Best Group Sex Scene per Slave To Love con Brittany O'Connell, Beatrice Valle, Jalynn, Sierra, Kitty Jung, Peter North, Randy Spears e T.T. Boy 1994 – Best Anal Sex Scene per Arabian Nights con Porsche Lynn e Julian St. Jox 1999 XRCO Award – Best Anal/DP Scene per Tushy Heaven con Samantha Stylee e Alisha Klass 2000 - Hall of Fame NightMoves Award 2002 - Best Actor 2003 - Best Director 2007 - Hall of Fame Transgender Erotica Awards
2020 - Best Non TS Male Performer
Filmografia Attore
Blacks and Blondes 15 (1984) Blacks and Blondes 17 (1985) Blacks and Blondes 20 (1985) Men in Control (1988) Between A Rock And A Hot Place (1989) Blackman (1989) Calda Pioggia di Sesso (1989) Easy Way Out (1989) For Your Lips Only (1989) Head Nurse (1989) I Dream of Christy (1989) Little Miss Dangerous (1989) Lonely is The Night (1989) Night Lessons (1989) Savage Fury 2 (1989) Tequila Sunset (1989) Who Shaved Cassie Nova (1989) Wives of the Rich And Famous (1989) Ambushed (1990) American Dream Girls (new) (1990) Anal Angels 2 (1990) Anything Butt Love (1990) Backdoor to Hollywood 13 (1990) Bad Habits (1990) Barbarella e Miss Pomodoro (1990) Black and Gold (1990) Black in the Saddle (1990) Black Jack (1990) Blacks and Blondes: The Movie (1990) Buns 'n Roses (1990) Butt Naked (1990) Candy Ass (1990) Changing Partners (1990) Cheeks 3 (1990) Con Jobs (1990) Crack Of Dawn (1990) Date with the Devil (1990) Depraved (1990) Dong Show 1 (1990) Down 4 Bizness (1990) Earthquake Girls (1990) East L.A. Law (1990) Family Affairs (1990) Farmer's Daughter 2 (1990) Girls of Double D 12 (1990) Girls of Double D 14 (1990) Hardcore Honeys (1990) Have I Got A Girl For You (1990) Hollywood Hustle 1 (1990) Hot Meat (1990) Hustler (1990) I Vizi Trans Di Moana (1990) Images Of Desire (1990) Intimate Affairs (1990) Jailhouse Blues (1990) Jonny Lovesome: Sexy Spies (1990) Jonny Lovesome: The Revenge (1990) Laze (1990) Lifeguard (1990) Lottery (1990) Love Ghost (1990) Love Shack (1990) Love Thirsty (1990) Midnight Fire (1990) Mummy Dearest 1 (1990) Nasty as She Wants to Be (1990) Nasty Girls (1990) Nasty Girls 2 (1990) Nasty Girls 3 (II) (1990) Naughty Nineties (1990) Oh What A Night (1990) Oral Support (1990) Passionate Lovers (1990) Pleasure Principle (1990) Public Enemy (1990) Saki's House Party (1990) Sea Of Love (1990) Sea Of Lust (1990) Secret Obsession (1990) Sex and Crime (1990) Sex And Other Games (1990) Sexy Hookers Society (1990) Sexy Nurses on and off Duty (1990) Shadow Dancers 1 (1990) Shadow Dancers 2 (1990) Shake Well Before Using (1990) Shaving (1990) Smart Ass Enquirer (1990) Some Like It Hot (1990) Sporting Illustrated (1990) Straight To Bed 1 (1990) Summer Dreams (1990) Swedish Erotica Featurettes 5 (1990) Tail of the Scorpion (1990) Things Mommy Taught Me (1990) Touch Of Gold (1990) Wanda Does Transylvania (1990) Wanda Whips the Dragon Lady (1990) Who Reamed Rosie Rabbit 2 (1990) Wild Side (1990) World Cup (1990) 40 the Hard Way (1991) All American Girl (1991) All Inside Eva (1991) Amateur Hours 48 (1991) Anal Attack (1991) Anal Climax 1 (1991) Anal Encounters 3 (1991) Anal Fury (1991) Anal Revolution (1991) Anal Starlets (1991) Anus Family (1991) Babes (1991) Back Doors (1991) Backdoor Service (1991) Backpackers 3 (1991) Bianca Trump's Tower (1991) Black and Blue (1991) Black Balled (1991) Black in the Saddle Again (1991) Black Jack City 1 (1991) Black Mariah (1991) Black Obsession (1991) Black und Lecker (1991) Black Vibrations (1991) Blazing Butts (1991) Blond Temptation (1991) Body Triple (1991) Breast Things In Life Are Free (1991) Caught from Behind 14 (1991) Caught from Behind 15 (1991) Cock Tale (1991) College Girl (1991) Danger Zone (1991) Deep Cheeks (1991) Dirty Little Movies (1991) Dream Girl (1991) Dream Lover (1991) Euro Flesh 14: Rocco Unleashed (1991) Fanny Annie (1991) Ferien Sex in Budapest (1991) Foreign Bodies (1991) Girlz n the Hood 1 (1991) Hardcore Restaurant (1991) Hate To See You Go (1991) Heartbreaker (1991) Heavy Petting (1991) Home But Not Alone (1991) Hot Meat (new) (1991) Hurts So Good (1991) Into the Blue (1991) Italian Inferno (1991) Jewel of the Orient (1991) Juicy Treats (1991) Lascivious Ladies of Dr. Lipo (1991) Lonely is The Night (new) (1991) Malibu Spice (1991) Maltese Phallus (1991) Memories of Dolly 1 (1991) Miss Adventures (new) (1991) Model (1991) Mr. Peepers Nastiest 5 (1991) Mr. Peepers' Amateur Home Videos 13: Backdoor Doctor (1991) Naked Bun 2 1/2 (1991) Nasty Calendar (1991) Night Cruising (1991) Nothing Personal (1991) Obsession (1991) Oral Madness 1 (1991) Oral Madness 2 (1991) Other Side of Debbie (1991) Outlaw (1991) Pasadena Pool-Party (1991) Perfect Girl (1991) Potere (1991) Private Affairs 1 (1991) Private Affairs 2 (1991) Private Affairs 3 (1991) Queen Of Hearts 2 (1991) Quodoushka (1991) Raunch 4 (1991) Realities 1 (1991) Robin Head (1991) Sandwich Party (1991) Secret Dreams (1991) Sex Pistol (1991) Sex She Wrote (1991) Sex Symbol (1991) Shameless (1991) Sins of Tami Monroe (1991) Sound of Sex (1991) Step To The Rear (1991) Summer's End (1991) Sunny After Dark (1991) Tequila Sunset (new) (1991) Titillation 3 (1991) Twilight (1991) Unersattlichen 1 (1991) Unersattlichen 2 (1991) Untamed Passion (1991) Valley of the Sluts (1991) Visions of Sex (1991) Wild and Hard (1991) Wild Goose Chase (1991) Will And Ed's Excellent Boner Christmas (1991) With Love From Ashlyn (1991) Wives of the Rich And Famous (new) (1991) Wizzard of Dolls (1991) Wonder Rears (1991) You Can Touch This (1991) 2 Hung 2 Tongue (1992) 900 Desert Strip (1992) Adult Video News Awards 1992 (1992) Adventures of Seymore Butts (1992) Amateur Home Video 15: That's the Way (1992) Ambitious Blondes (1992) Anal Analysis (1992) Anal Delights 2 (1992) Anal International (1992) Anal Kitten (1992) Anal Obsession (1992) Anal Rampage 1 (1992) Anal Rookies 1 (1992) Anal Savage (1992) Anal Sluts And Sweethearts 1 (1992) Anal Thrills (1992) Anal Versuch (1992) Anale Wahnsinn (1992) Analverkehrsschule (1992) Ass Capades (1992) Baby Nata per Godere (1992) Backdoor Black 1 (1992) Behind the Scenes (1992) Black By Popular Demand (1992) Black Jack City 2 (1992) Black Studies (1992) Black Velvet (1992) Blowjob Bonnie (1992) Bubbles (II) (1992) Bunz Eye (1992) Butt's Up Doc 1 (1992) Butt's Up Doc 3 (1992) Buttman Versus Buttwoman (1992) Buttman's Revenge (1992) Can't Touch This (1992) China Black (1992) Dark Justice (1992) Devil Made Her Do It (1992) Dirty Girls (1992) Dirty Woman 3 (1992) Dirty Woman 4 (1992) Donna di Cuori (1992) Double Penetration 4 (1992) Drivin' Miss Daisy Crazy Again (1992) Ebony Love (1992) Erotica (1992) Feuchte Begierde (1992) Feuchte Traume (1992) Freche Teenies treiben's wild (1992) Fresh Tits Of Bel Air (1992) Full Blown (1992) Gang Bang Fury 1 (1992) Gang Bang Pussycat (1992) Gang Bang Thrills (1992) Gangbang Girl 5 (1992) Gangbang Girl 6 (1992) Gangbang Girl 7 (1992) Gangbang Girl 8 (1992) Girlz n the Hood 2 (1992) Gruppensex Total 1 (1992) Heisse Hausfrauen (1992) Hot Sweet And Sticky (1992) House Pet (1992) Im Reich der Lust (1992) In Loving Color 1 (1992) In Loving Color 2 (1992) In Loving Color 3 (1992) In Your Face 1 (1992) Jugsy (II) (1992) Jungle Beaver (1992) Jungle Jive (1992) Keep On Fucking (1992) Last Girl Scout (1992) Lustguru (1992) Manbait 2 (1992) Mo' Booty (1992) Moon Goddesses (1992) Night Creatures (1992) Nightmare on Dyke Street (1992) On Trial 3 (1992) On Trial 4 (1992) Oral Majority 9 (1992) Oral Support (new) (1992) Oriental Temptations (1992) Parties Culieres a Las Vegas 1 (1992) Phallus in Pussyland (1992) Potenz (1992) Prelude (1992) Principles Of Lust (1992) Private Affairs 6 (1992) Private Affairs 7 (1992) Private Fantasies 8 (1992) Private Moments 2: The Story Continues (1992) Private Moments 3 (1992) Read My Lips (1992) Ready Willing And Anal (1992) Ride 'em Hard (1992) Rock Her (1992) Roman Goddess (1992) Sarah - The Young One 3 (1992) Sarah - The Young One 4 (1992) Sarah Young Collection 6 (1992) Sarah Young's Private Fantasies 10 (1992) Sarah Young's Private Fantasies 12 (1992) Sarah Young's Private Fantasies 7 (1992) Sarah Young's Private Fantasies 9 (1992) Sex Hypnosis (1992) Sex Service (1992) Sex Symphony (1992) Sex-Therapie (1992) Sexluder aus der 10B (1992) Sexwahn (1992) Silver Seduction (1992) Slipping It In (1992) Sperminator Cums Again 1 (1992) Street Angels (1992) Sweet as Honey (1992) Taken From Behind 3 (1992) Tight Pucker (1992) Two Sisters (1992) Unersattliche Generation (1992) Versaute Huhner (1992) Waterbabies 2 (1992) White Men Can't Hump (1992) Women's Penitentiary (1992) 2 Of A Kind (1993) 9 1/2 Days 1 (1993) 9 1/2 Days 2 (1993) 9 1/2 Days 3 (1993) 9 1/2 Days 5 (1993) America's Raunchiest Home Videos 63 (1993) Anal Climax 3 (1993) Anal Co-ed (1993) Anal Diary of Misty Rain (1993) Anal Sensations (1993) Anal Siege (1993) Anal Sluts And Sweethearts 2 (1993) Anal Team (1993) Anal Thunder 1 (1993) Anal Virgin (1993) Anal Vision 13 (1993) Anal Vision 9 (1993) Anal With An Oriental Slant (1993) Anus and Andy (1993) Arabian Nights (1993) Asian Appetite (1993) Backdoor Black 2 (1993) Bananen Sandwich (1993) Best Of Black Anal (1993) Best of Bloopers (1993) Between A Rock And A Hot Place (new) (1993) Bigger They Come (1993) Black Booty (1993) Black Buttman 1 (1993) Black For More (1993) Black Velvet 2 (1993) Blues (1993) Body of Innocence (1993) Booby Prize (1993) Brother Act (1993) Butts Afire (1993)