Sean Tully is a fictional character from the British soap opera Coronation Street, played by Antony Cotton.

Karl's ex-boyfriend Todd Grimshaw (Bruno Langley) recognises Sean and takes him for a drink at The Rovers.

When Todd's mother Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver) meets Sean, she likes him and offers him a place to stay.

Sean gets a job at Underworld, where he makes friends with Fiz Brown (Jennie McAlpine) and Kelly Crabtree (Tupele Dorgu).

Sean becomes close friends with Tom Kerrigan (Philip McGinley), a business partner of his boss, Carla Connor (Alison King) and begins to develop feelings for him.

However, Sean is left disappointed when it turns out that Leon is actually interested in Jason and "doesn't fancy camp men".

Sean finds Violet via a social networking site, and sets up a page using Liz McDonald's (Beverley Callard) identity.

The issue eventually drives the pair apart, with Sean later horrified to discover Marcus has begun a relationship with his close friend Maria Connor (Samia Ghadie), despite him having shown no interest in women before.

Depressed at being alone, Sean goes on a night out to Manchester's gay village with his colleague Sinead Tinker (Katie McGlynn), and meets Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank).

The two exchange phone numbers, and meet again, but Sean is shocked when Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire) introduces Billy as the new local vicar a few days later.

Sean later accompanies the Underworld staff to an awards ceremony, but events take a nasty turn when a group of racers cause the minibus driver, Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson), to swerve and crash the vehicle, which is now narrowly balancing on the edge of a quarry.

Sean is one of the first people to awaken from unconsciousness and he, Steve and Julie Carp (Katy Cavanagh) escape the wreckage.

Steve flees as he comes to terms with the events, while Julie re-enters the vehicle to retrieve the trapped passengers.

Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) risks her life to save Carla, and nearly falls to her own death when the wreckage begins to slide off the edge of the quarry, but she leaps out just in time.

"[2] In January 2011, it was confirmed that Charlie Condou, who played Sean's ex-boyfriend Marcus Dent between 2007 and 2008, would return to the serial.

A Coronation Street spokesperson teased the upcoming reunion: "There are eventful times ahead for Sean as his old flame Marcus Dent returns to the cobbles.

"[3] In September 2014, it was revealed that Sean would begin a relationship with a vicar named Billy portrayed by Daniel Brocklebank.

"[4] In January 2015, Cotton revealed in an interview that he was surprised by the positive response to Sean's relationship with Billy storyline.