Sean Bean
Biography
Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959) is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of Romeo and Juliet in 1983. Retaining his Yorkshire accent, he first found mainstream success for his portrayal of Richard Sharpe in the ITV series Sharpe, which originally ran from 1993 to 1997.
Bean's film roles include Patriot Games (1992), GoldenEye (1995), Ronin (1998), Don't Say a Word (2001), The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003), Equilibrium (2002), National Treasure (2004), Troy (2004), Flightplan (2005), North Country (2005), The Island (2005), Silent Hill (2006), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Black Death (2010), Jupiter Ascending (2015), and The Martian (2015).
His television roles include the BBC anthology series Accused, Broken, Game of Thrones, and the ITV historical drama series Henry VIII and Legends. As a voice actor, Bean has been featured in the video games The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, and the feature films Wolfwalkers and Mummies among others. Bean has also been the main voice over for O2 and their adverts for over 20 years having originally taken the job in 2002.
In 2022, Bean won the British Academy Television Award as Leading Actor in Time, a BBC One drama.
Acting (109 movies)
The Dark
2005
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
Silent Hill
2006
National Treasure
2004
Troy
2004
When Saturday Comes
1996
GoldenEye
1995
The Island
2005
My Kingdom for a Horse
1991
Knights of the Zodiac
2023
Jacob
1994
Caravaggio
1986
Equilibrium
2002
The Hitcher
2007
The Field
1990
Ronin
1998
Far North
2008
Don't Say a Word
2001
Stormy Monday
1988
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
Ca$h
2010
Flightplan
2005
Patriot Games
1992
North Country
2005
Outlaw
2007
Black Death
2010
Black Beauty
1994
War Requiem
1989
Airborne
1998
The Big Empty
2003
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012
Mirror Mirror
2012
Age of Heroes
2011
Tell Me That You Love Me
1991
Shopping
1994
Pride
2004
Tom & Thomas
2002
Essex Boys
2000
The Lost Future
2010
Sharpe's Eagle
1993
Death Race 2
2010
Sharpe's Rifles
1993
Anna Karenina
1997
Sharpe's Company
1994
Sharpe's Enemy
1994
Sharpe's Honour
1994
Sharpe's Siege
1996
Sharpe's Gold
1995
Sharpe's Mission
1996
Sharpe's Battle
1995
Sharpe's Sword
1995
Sharpe's Regiment
1996
Sharpe's Justice
1997
Sharpe's Waterloo
1997
Sharpe's Challenge
2006
Jupiter Ascending
2015
Cleanskin
2012
Sharpe's Peril
2008
Windprints
1990
Sharpe's Revenge
1997
Soldiers of Fortune
2012
Hooligan
2012
Lorna Doone
1990
The Fifteen Streets
1989
Bravo Two Zero
1999
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004
Wicked Blood
2014
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995
Taniel
2018
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009
The Martian
2015
Pixels
2015
Deep Cover
2025
Prince
1991
Any Day
2015
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009
The Young Messiah
2016
Instruments of Darkness
2015
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
1992
Wedded
1990
Small Zones
1990
Winter Flight
1984
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989
D-Day to Berlin
2004
Punters
1984
Dark River
2017
Quest for the Ring
2001
Drone
2017
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
The Unconquered
2017
La Coupe De La Gloire
1998
Georgian Fighting Women
2012
Possessor
2020
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
2006
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight
2017
Sean Bean on Waterloo
2015
Wolfwalkers
2020
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