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Sean Bean
Actor, Producer
Born April 17, 1959 (65 years)
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.
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.
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Filmography
| 2024 | Buffalo Kids · as Outlaw Wilson |
| 2024 | Shardlake (TV Series) · as Thomas Cromwell |
| 2023 | Knights of the Zodiac · as Alman Kido |
| 2023 | Mummies · as Pharaoh (voice) |
| 2022 | Marriage (TV Series) · as Ian |
| 2021 | Time (2021) (TV Series) · as Mark Cobden |
| 2021 | Osprey: Sea Raptor · as Narrator |
| 2020 | Wolfwalkers · as Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice) |
| 2020 | Possessor · as John Parse |
| 2020 | Snowpiercer (TV Series) · as Joseph Wilford |
| 2019 | World on Fire (TV Series) · as Douglas Bennett |
| 2019 | Curfew (TV Series) · as The General |
| 2018 | The Oath (TV Series) · as Tom Hammond |
| 2017 | Dark River · as Richard Bell |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Broken (TV Series) · as Father Michael Kerrigan |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Roman Empire (TV Series) · as Narrateur |
| 2016 | Medici (TV Series) |
| 2016 | Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV · as Regis Lucis Caelum |
| 2016 | Life Inside Jail - Hell on Earth (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2016 | The Young Messiah · as Severus |
| 2016 | Ares III: The Untold Story · as Mitch Henderson - Hermes Flight Director, Nasa |
| 2015 | The Frankenstein Chronicles (TV Series) · as John Marlott |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | The Martian · as Mitch Henderson |
| 2015 | Pixels · as Corporal Hill (sas Officer) |
| 2015 | Jupiter Ascending · as Stinger Apini |
| 2014 | The Snow Queen 2 · as General Arrog |
| 2014 | Legends (2014) (TV Series) · as Martin Odum |
| 2014 | Wicked Blood · as Uncle Frank Stinson |
| 2012 | Wild in the Streets · as Narrator |
| 2012 | Silent Hill: Revelation · as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva |
| 2012 | Fight Club - A History of Violence (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Soldiers of Fortune · as Dimidov |
| 2012 | Mirror Mirror · as King |
| 2012 | Missing (2012) (TV Series) · as Paul Winstone |
| 2012 | Cleanskin · as Ewan |
| 2011 | Age of Heroes · as Maj. Jack Jones |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones (TV Series) · as Lord Eddard 'ned' Stark |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones: Inside the Night's Watch · as Eddard 'ned' Stark |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones: Costumes · as Eddard 'ned' Stark |
| 2010 | Death Race 2 · as Markus Kane |
| 2010 | Accused (TV Series) · as Simon Gaskell / Tracie Tremarco |
| 2010 | The Lost Future · as Amal |
| 2010 | Black Death · as Ulric |
| 2010 | Ca$h · as Pyke Kubic |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 · as John Dawson |
| 2009 | Red Riding (TV Series) · as John Dawson |
| 2009 | Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 · as John Dawson |
| 2008 | Sharpe's Peril · as Richard Sharpe |
| 2008 | Crusoe (TV Series) · as James Crusoe |
| 2007 | Far North · as Loki |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | The Hitcher · as John Ryder |
| 2006 | Sharpe's Challenge · as Richard Sharpe |
| 2006 | Silent Hill · as Christopher Da Silva |
| 2006 | Faceless (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Faceless · as Eddie Prey |
| 2005 | North Country · as Kyle |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Flightplan · as Captain Rich |
| 2005 | The Island · as Dr. Bernard Merrick |
| 2005 | D-Day to Berlin · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2005 | D-Day to Berlin (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2004 | National Treasure · as Ian Howe |
| 2004 | Pride · as Dark (voice) |
| 2004 | Troy · as Odysseus |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King · as Boromir |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Henry VIII · as Robert Aske |
| 2003 | Henry VIII (TV Series) · as Robert Aske |
| 2003 | Celebrity Naked Ambition · as Cast |
| 2003 | The Big Empty · as Cowboy |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers · as Boromir |
| 2002 | Equilibrium · as Errol Partridge |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Lord of the Piercing · as Boromir |
| 2002 | Tom & Thomas · as Paul Sheppard |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · as Boromir |
| 2001 | Don't Say a Word · as Patrick Koster |
| 2001 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Dr. Doom |
| 2000 | Essex Boys · as Jason Locke |
| 1999 | Extremely Dangerous (TV Series) · as Neil Byrne |
| 1999 | The Book That Wrote Itself · as Mr. Bean |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Portrait Griffin (voice) |
| 1999 | Bravo Two Zero · as Andy Mcnab |
| 1998 | The Canterbury Tales (TV Series) · as The Nun's Priest |
| 1998 | Ronin · as Spence |
| 1998 | Airborne · as Dave Toombs |
| 1997 | Sharpe: The Legend · as Richard Sharpe |
| 1997 | Sharpe's Waterloo · as Richard Sharpe |
| 1997 | Sharpe's Justice · as Richard Sharpe |
| 1997 | Sharpe's Revenge · as Richard Sharpe |
| 1997 | Anna Karenina · as Vronsky |
| 1996 | Decisive Weapons (TV Series) · as Narator |
| 1996 | Sharpe's Mission · as Richard Sharpe |
| 1996 | Sharpe's Siege · as Richard Sharpe |
| 1996 | Sharpe's Regiment · as Richard Sharpe |
| 1996 | When Saturday Comes · as Jimmy Muir |
| 1995 | In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross · as Alec Trevelyan |
| 1995 | GoldenEye · as Alec Trevelyan |
| 1995 | Tina Turner: GoldenEye · as Alec Trevelyan |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Sword · as Richard Sharpe |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Battle · as Richard Sharpe |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Gold · as Richard Sharpe |
| 1994 | Jacob · as Esau |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 | Black Beauty · as Farmer Grey |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Honour · as Richard Sharpe |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Enemy · as Richard Sharpe |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Company · as Richard Sharpe |
| 1994 | Trouble on the Terraces · as Narrator |
| 1993 | A Woman's Guide To Adultery (TV Series) · as Paul |
| 1993 | Lady Chatterley (TV Series) · as Mellors |
| 1993 | Sharpe's Eagle · as Richard Sharpe |
| 1993 | Sharpe's Rifles · as Richard Sharpe |
| 1993 | Sharpe (TV Series) · as Richard Sharpe |
| 1993 | Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery · as Micky Mcavoy |
| 1992 | Patriot Games · as Sean Miller |
| 1991 | Clarissa (TV Series) |
| 1990 | Lorna Doone · as Carver Doone |
| 1990 | The Field · as Tadgh Mccabe |
| 1989 | Windprints · as Anton Van Heerden |
| 1989 | The Fifteen Streets · as Dominic O'brien |
| 1989 | How to Get Ahead in Advertising · as Larry Frisk |
| 1989 | War Requiem · as The German Soldier |
| 1988 | Stormy Monday · as Brendan |
| 1988 | Troubles (TV Series) · as Captain Bolton |
| 1987 | The Jim Henson Hour (TV Series) · as Prince |
| 1987 | Jim Henson's The Storyteller (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as Alex Bailey |
| 1986 | Caravaggio · as Ranuccio |
| 1986 | Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Man |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) · as Gabriel Lewis |
| 1985 | Exploits at West Poley · as Scarred Man |
| 1985 | Samson and Delilah · as Billy |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Vic |
| 1984 | Winter Flight · as Hooker |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Natural World (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1961 | Survival (TV Series) · as Narrator |