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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-04-17
Place of birth
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
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Cast
The Dark
2005
5.71
Silent Hill
2006
6.58
National Treasure
2004
6.64
Troy
2004
7.16
When Saturday Comes
1996
5.90
GoldenEye
1995
6.89
The Island
2005
6.67
My Kingdom for a Horse
1991
0.00
Knights of the Zodiac
2023
6.35
Jacob
1994
6.65
Caravaggio
1986
6.10
Equilibrium
2002
7.04
The Hitcher
2007
5.90
The Field
1990
7.00
Ronin
1998
6.97
Far North
2008
6.10
Don't Say a Word
2001
6.24
Stormy Monday
1988
5.80
Ca$h
2010
5.90
Flightplan
2005
6.46
Patriot Games
1992
6.68
North Country
2005
7.25
Outlaw
2007
5.33
Black Death
2010
6.06
Black Beauty
1994
6.70
War Requiem
1989
6.70
The Big Empty
2003
6.20
Airborne
1998
2.90
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012
5.54
Mirror Mirror
2012
5.92
Age of Heroes
2011
5.50
Tell Me That You Love Me
1991
0.00
Shopping
1994
5.50
Pride
2004
6.20
Tom & Thomas
2002
6.70
Essex Boys
2000
5.60
The Lost Future
2010
4.90
Sharpe's Eagle
1993
7.10
Death Race 2
2010
5.81
Sharpe's Rifles
1993
6.60
Anna Karenina
1997
6.00
Sharpe's Company
1994
6.80
Sharpe's Enemy
1994
6.90
Sharpe's Honour
1994
6.60
Sharpe's Gold
1995
6.50
Sharpe's Battle
1995
6.80
Sharpe's Sword
1995
7.20
Sharpe's Regiment
1996
6.90
Sharpe's Siege
1996
7.20
Sharpe's Mission
1996
6.80
Sharpe's Justice
1997
7.00
Sharpe's Waterloo
1997
7.30
Sharpe's Challenge
2006
6.30
Jupiter Ascending
2015
5.46
Cleanskin
2012
5.67
Sharpe's Peril
2008
6.70
Windprints
1990
6.50
Sharpe's Revenge
1997
7.10
Soldiers of Fortune
2012
4.90
Hooligan
2012
6.50
Lorna Doone
1990
6.00
The Fifteen Streets
1989
6.70
Bravo Two Zero
1999
5.80
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004
0.00
The 4th Reich
0.00
Wild in the Streets
2013
6.00
Wicked Blood
2014
5.40
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
6.00
Taniel
2018
0.00
The Martian
2015
7.69
Pixels
2015
5.74
Rogue Trooper
0.00
Deep Cover
2025
0.00
Prince
1991
0.00
Any Day
2015
5.30
The Young Messiah
2016
6.38
Instruments of Darkness
2015
10.00
Wedded
1990
0.00
Small Zones
1990
0.00
Winter Flight
1984
10.00
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989
6.26
D-Day to Berlin
2004
6.70
Punters
1984
0.00
Dark River
2017
5.70
Quest for the Ring
2001
5.60
Drone
2017
5.30
The Unconquered
2017
8.40
Watch the Skies
0.00
La Coupe De La Gloire
1998
6.80
Georgian Fighting Women
2012
0.00
Possessor
2020
6.36
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
7.08
Sean Bean on Waterloo
2015
0.00
Wolfwalkers
2020
8.21
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
6.00
Exploits at West Poley
1985
6.00
Anemone
0.00
The Yellow Tie
0.00
Osprey: Sea Raptor
2021
0.00
Lord of the Piercing
2002
6.50
