Why Beyond the Gates' cast celebrated Sean Freeman this week

Sean Freeman is Andre Richardson on Beyond the Gates | Image: Paramount Press
Sean Freeman is Andre Richardson on Beyond the Gates | Image: Paramount Press

Beyond the Gates actor Sean Freeman has been receiving rave reviews for his portrayal of Andre Richardson and has publicly expressed his gratitude for all the love he's received. This week, he has even more reason to celebrate.

Beyond the Gates cast celebrates with Sean Freeman

Jen Jacob shared photos and videos of Sean Freeman's birthday celebration | Image: Instagram
Jen Jacob shared photos and videos of Sean Freeman's birthday celebration | Image: Instagram

Sean Freeman (Andre Richardson) celebrated his birthday yesterday, May 5th. Freeman took to social media to share the occasion as he and his co-stars celebrated.

Joyous celebratory comments poured in for him from cast members such as Ambyr Michelle (Eva), Karla Mosley (Dani), Daphnée Duplaix (Nicole), Jibre Hordges (Jacob), Colby Muhammad (Kat), Marquita Goings (Hayley), and Karan Kendrick (Mona). Freeman also shared love from his family, friends, and fans on his Instagram stories. Jen Jacob (Ashley) also shared pictures and videos of Freeman and their castmates. They had cake and ice cream, sang "Happy Birthday," and did some dancing.

Sean Freeman on Beyond the Gates

Ted and Andre on BTG | Image: Paramount Press
Ted and Andre on BTG | Image: Paramount Press

According to his IMDb profile, Freeman is originally from Alabama and studied at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts before deciding to pursue acting professionally. Freeman's list of works besides Beyond the Gates include No Perfect Love (2024), Finding Happy (2022), Boxed In and Boxed In 2 (2022 and 2023, respectively), and New Year, New Us and New Year, New Us 2: #LoveGoals (2019 and 2023, respectively).

Freeman, who is represented by STW (Susan Tolar Walters) Talent Agency, has a very active online presence, interacting with fans through Facebook and Instagram, while also promoting Beyond the Gates and giving the audience some glimpses into his daily life. Freeman was recently chosen as Soap Central's Performer of the Week for his portrayal of Andre.

Sean Freeman as Andre Richardson

After some cake and ice cream, the cast & crew danced | Images: Instagram
After some cake and ice cream, the cast & crew danced | Images: Instagram

While Freeman's character, Andre, may not be in any trouble of his own (at the moment), he was sure in the midst of his uncle Ted (Maurice Johnson) and Nicole's (Daphnée Duplaix) disaster of an anniversary party. That celebration ended with Leslie (Trisha Mann-Grant) finally spilling the proverbial tea about her and Ted's affair, which resulted in a child, Eva (Ambyr Michelle).

Andre has his own thing going with Dani (Karla Mosley), and they were almost ready to tell others, until the anniversary party, then they decided to push that to the back burner to be there for their family. But, it does beg the question, are Dani and Andre a serious item? Will they tell their families? And, also, what will happen when they tell their families? After all, Dani is Andre's aunt-in-law, though, they're not technically related by blood. So, that could very well ruffle a few feathers and cause some in-family tension, or, perhaps, not.

Tune in to Beyond the Gates weekdays on CBS and Paramount Plus to find out.

Happy birthday wishes to Sean Freeman from everyone at Soap Central, and we’re looking forward to another exciting year!

Edited by Erin Goldsby