Sean Bean
Acting
- Born:
- 1959-04-17
- Place of birth:
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Isolate Thief
Rogue Trooper
The Yellow Tie
Original Gangsters with Sean Bean
Robin Hood
Watch the Skies
Anemone
Deep Cover
This City Is Ours
Gladiators
Shardlake
Knights of the Zodiac
Mummies
Marriage
Osprey: Sea Raptor
Time
Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life
Wolfwalkers
Possessor
Snowpiercer
Reunited Apart
World on Fire
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Curfew
Britain's Poppies: The First World War Remembered
Sally4Ever
Taniel
The Oath
Dark River
The Unconquered
Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight
Broken
Drone
Roman Empire
Medici: Masters of Florence
Wasted
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth
The Young Messiah
The Frankenstein Chronicles
Instruments of Darkness
The Martian
Pixels
Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced
Sean Bean on Waterloo
ARES: live
Any Day
Jupiter Ascending
Legends
Wicked Blood
Wild in the Streets
Fight Club - A History of Violence
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
Georgian Fighting Women
Hooligan
Soldiers of Fortune
Mirror Mirror
Missing
Cleanskin
Age of Heroes
Game of Thrones
Accused
The Lost Future
Death Race 2
Black Death
Ca$h
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
Red Riding
Sharpe's Peril
Crusoe
Far North
Outlaw
The Hitcher
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
Sharpe's Challenge
Silent Hill
Faceless
The Reichen Show
The Dark
Flightplan
The Island
D-Day to Berlin
North Country
National Treasure
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
Pride
Troy
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Henry VIII
Celebrity Naked Ambition
The Big Empty
Equilibrium
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..
HypaSpace
Tom & Thomas
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Quest for the Ring
Don't Say a Word
Essex Boys
Extremely Dangerous
Bravo Two Zero
Family Guy
Ronin
Airborne
La Coupe de la Gloire
Sharpe: The Legend
Sharpe's Waterloo
Sharpe's Justice
Sharpe's Revenge
Anna Karenina
Decisive Weapons
Sharpe's Mission
Sharpe's Siege
Sharpe's Regiment
When Saturday Comes
TFI Friday
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
GoldenEye
The Frank Skinner Show
Soccer AM
Sharpe's Sword
Sharpe's Battle
Sharpe's Gold
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Shopping
Jacob
Scarlett
Black Beauty
Sharpe's Honour
Sharpe's Enemy
Sharpe's Company
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
Lady Chatterley
Sharpe's Eagle
Sharpe's Rifles
Sharpe
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
Patriot Games
Clarissa
Prince
Tell Me That You Love Me
My Kingdom for a Horse
Lorna Doone
The Field
Wedded
He-Play
Windprints
Small Zones
4 Play
Screen One
The Fifteen Streets
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
The Jim Henson Hour
War Requiem
This Morning
The Storyteller: The True Bride
The Storyteller
Stormy Monday
Troubles
Inspector Morse
Caravaggio
ScreenPlay
Screen Two
Exploits at West Poley
Winter Flight
Punters
The Bill
Samson and Delilah
Natural World
Waiting for Waiting for Godot
The 4th Reich