Sean Bean

Sean Bean

Date of Birth:

Apr 17, 1959

Place of Birth:

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

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.

filmography:

Pixels Pixels

2015

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

2012

The Young Messiah The Young Messiah

2016

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

2009

Winter Flight Winter Flight

1984

Small Zones Small Zones

1990

Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery

1992

Drone Drone

2017

A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'

2001

Quest for the Ring Quest for the Ring

2001

Dark River Dark River

2018

How to Get Ahead in Advertising How to Get Ahead in Advertising

1989

Any Day Any Day

2015

The Martian The Martian

2015

The Fifteen Streets The Fifteen Streets

1989

Bravo Two Zero Bravo Two Zero

1999

Hooligan Hooligan

2012

Soldiers of Fortune Soldiers of Fortune

2012

Lorna Doone Lorna Doone

1990

The 4th Reich The 4th Reich

1970

Wild in the Streets Wild in the Streets

2013

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross

1995

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

2009

Prince Prince

1991

Wicked Blood Wicked Blood

2014

Sharpe: The Legend Sharpe: The Legend

1997

The Unconquered The Unconquered

2017

La Coupe De La Gloire La Coupe De La Gloire

1998

Tell Me That You Love Me Tell Me That You Love Me

1991

Taniel Taniel

2018

Knights of the Zodiac Knights of the Zodiac

2023

Exploits at West Poley Exploits at West Poley

1985

The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring

2002

Wedded Wedded

1990

My Kingdom for a Horse My Kingdom for a Horse

1991

Deep Cover Deep Cover

1970

Instruments of Darkness Instruments of Darkness

2015

Rogue Trooper Rogue Trooper

1970

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002

Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane

2004

Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life

2020

GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast

1995

Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill' Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'

2006

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

2019

Possessor Possessor

2020

Georgian Fighting Women Georgian Fighting Women

2012

Watch the Skies Watch the Skies

1970

Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced

2015

Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight

2017

The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event

2006

Goldeneye: The Secret Files Goldeneye: The Secret Files

1995

Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles

2006

Wolfwalkers Wolfwalkers

2020

Sean Bean on Waterloo Sean Bean on Waterloo

2015

Sharpe's Revenge Sharpe's Revenge

1997

Windprints Windprints

1990

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

2010

Flightplan Flightplan

2005

Stormy Monday Stormy Monday

1988

Don't Say a Word Don't Say a Word

2001

Far North Far North

2008

North Country North Country

2005

Ca$h Ca$h

2010

War Requiem War Requiem

1989

Black Beauty Black Beauty

1994

Black Death Black Death

2010

Outlaw Outlaw

2007

Patriot Games Patriot Games

1992

The Hitcher The Hitcher

2007

Ronin Ronin

1998

Troy Troy

2004

GoldenEye GoldenEye

1995

Silent Hill Silent Hill

2006

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001

The Island The Island

2005

When Saturday Comes When Saturday Comes

1996

Equilibrium Equilibrium

2002

The Field The Field

1990

Caravaggio Caravaggio

1986

Jacob Jacob

1994

National Treasure National Treasure

2004

The Big Empty The Big Empty

2003

Airborne Airborne

1998

Sharpe's Mission Sharpe's Mission

1996

Sharpe's Sword Sharpe's Sword

1995

Sharpe's Siege Sharpe's Siege

1996

Sharpe's Battle Sharpe's Battle

1995

Sharpe's Enemy Sharpe's Enemy

1994

Sharpe's Justice Sharpe's Justice

1997

Sharpe's Regiment Sharpe's Regiment

1996

Cleanskin Cleanskin

2012

Sharpe's Peril Sharpe's Peril

2008

Jupiter Ascending Jupiter Ascending

2015

Sharpe's Challenge Sharpe's Challenge

2006

Sharpe's Waterloo Sharpe's Waterloo

1997

Sharpe's Gold Sharpe's Gold

1995

Sharpe's Honour Sharpe's Honour

1994

Pride Pride

2004

Tom & Thomas Tom & Thomas

2002

Shopping Shopping

1994

Age of Heroes Age of Heroes

2011

Mirror Mirror Mirror Mirror

2012

Essex Boys Essex Boys

2000

Anna Karenina Anna Karenina

1997

Death Race 2 Death Race 2

2010

Sharpe's Company Sharpe's Company

1994

Sharpe's Rifles Sharpe's Rifles

1993

Sharpe's Eagle Sharpe's Eagle

1993

The Lost Future The Lost Future

2010

The Dark The Dark

2005

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