Trivia

He nearly died in 1988 from injuries suffered making The Karate Kid Part III (1989).

In 1995, six years after making The Karate Kid Part III (1989) (in which he performed most of his own stuntwork), he made a public appearance at the Eagle Rock Plaza in Southern California. The first person in Kanan's autograph line asked him to sign "Mike Barnes," following Sean's own name. Kanan happily obliged; according to himself, it was the first time he had ever been asked for an "autograph" from his KK3 character.

Laughingly refers to Mike Barnes, his character from The Karate Kid Part III (1989), as "Johnny to the Tenth Power".

Sean is extremely well known in Italy and speaks Italian.

He is of mostly Russian Jewish and Lithuanian Jewish descent.

Collects baseball cards from the 1940s and 1950s.

During Christmas 1999, he accompanied Christie Brinkley and Al Franken as guests of Secretary of Defense William Cohen, to Bosnia and Kosovo where they entertained U.S. troops.

He is related to former on-screen brother, Steve Burton, by marriage.

Has a daughter, Simone Andrea Kanan (b. late 2001), with former co-star on The Bold and the Beautiful (1987), Gladise Jiminez. Simone lives with her mother, but Sean is very much a part of her life.

Sean has a degree in Political Science from UCLA.

Was a bouncer at Father's, a bar in Boston.

Authored "Success Factor X" which was named one of the twenty best inspirational books of the last two decade by Book Authority.

Graduated Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, 1985; school also attended by James Stewart, 1927-1928.

Attended Boston University where he majored in Political Science.

Authored "The Modern Gentleman: Cooking and Entertaining with Sean Kanan.

Has a black mini pug. Her name is Charli Kanan and has appeared in several onscreen projects with Sean.

Attended Boston University for two years before graduating from UCLA with a B.A. in political science.

Former brother-in-law of Alanna Ubach.

Born on the same day as David Schwimmer.