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Name
Sean Bean

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1959-04-17 (67 years old)

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

Movies

Tv Shows

2005 The Dark as James
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Boromir
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Boromir
2006 Silent Hill as Christopher Da Silva
2004 National Treasure as Ian Howe
2004 Troy as Odysseus
1996 When Saturday Comes as Jimmy Muir
1995 GoldenEye as Alec Trevelyan
2005 The Island as Dr. Bernard Merrick
1991 My Kingdom for a Horse as Steve Deakin
2023 Knights of the Zodiac as Alman Kido
1994 Jacob as Esau
1986 Caravaggio as Ranuccio
2002 Equilibrium as Errol Partridge
2007 The Hitcher as John Ryder
1990 The Field as Tadgh McCabe
1998 Ronin as Spence
2008 Far North as Loki
2001 Don't Say a Word as Patrick Koster
1988 Stormy Monday as Brendan
2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Zeus
2010 Ca$h as Pyke Kubic
2005 Flightplan as Captain Rich
1992 Patriot Games as Sean Miller
2005 North Country as Kyle
2007 Outlaw as Danny Bryant
2010 Black Death as Ulric
1994 Black Beauty as Farmer Grey
1989 War Requiem as The German Soldier
1998 Airborne as Dave Toombs
2003 The Big Empty as Cowboy
2012 Silent Hill: Revelation 3D as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva
2012 Mirror Mirror as King
2011 Age of Heroes as Maj. Jack Jones
1991 Tell Me That You Love Me as Gabriel Lewis
1994 Shopping as Venning
2004 Pride as Dark (voice)
2002 Tom & Thomas as Paul Sheppard
2000 Essex Boys as Jason Locke
2010 The Lost Future as Amal
1993 Sharpe's Eagle as Captain Richard Sharpe
2010 Death Race 2 as Markus Kane
1993 Sharpe's Rifles as Lieutenant Richard Sharpe
1997 Anna Karenina as Vronsky
1994 Sharpe's Company as Captain Richard Sharpe
1994 Sharpe's Enemy as Major Richard Sharpe
1994 Sharpe's Honour as Major Richard Sharpe
1996 Sharpe's Siege as Major Richard Sharpe
1995 Sharpe's Gold as Major Richard Sharpe
1996 Sharpe's Mission as Major Richard Sharpe
1995 Sharpe's Battle as Major Richard Sharpe
1995 Sharpe's Sword as Major Richard Sharpe
1996 Sharpe's Regiment as Major Richard Sharpe
1997 Sharpe's Justice as Major Richard Sharpe
1997 Sharpe's Waterloo as Lieutenant Colonel Richard Sharpe
2006 Sharpe's Challenge as Richard Sharpe
2015 Jupiter Ascending as Stinger Apini
2012 Cleanskin as Ewan
2008 Sharpe's Peril as Richard Sharpe
1990 Windprints as Anton van Heerden
1997 Sharpe's Revenge as Major Richard Sharpe
2012 Soldiers of Fortune as Dimidov
2012 Hooligan
1990 Lorna Doone as Carver Doone
1989 The Fifteen Streets as Dominic O'Brien
1999 Bravo Two Zero as Andy McNab
2004 Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
Soon The 4th Reich as Sergeant Major Gordon
2013 Wild in the Streets as Narrator
2014 Wicked Blood as Uncle Frank Stinson
1997 Sharpe: The Legend as Richard Sharpe
1995 In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross as Alec Trevelyan
2018 Taniel as Poetry Narrator
2009 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 as John Dawson
2015 The Martian as Mitch Henderson
2015 Pixels as Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)
2026 Rogue Trooper as (voice)
2025 Deep Cover as Billings
1991 Prince as Jack Morgan
2015 Any Day as Vian
2009 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 as John Dawson
2016 The Young Messiah as Severus
2015 Instruments of Darkness as Macbeth
1992 Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery as Micky McAvoy
1990 Wedded as Man
1990 Small Zones as Vic
1984 Winter Flight as Hooker
1989 How to Get Ahead in Advertising as Larry Frisk
1984 Punters as Lurch
2017 Dark River as Richard Bell
2001 Quest for the Ring as Self
2017 Drone as Neil
2001 Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' as Self
2017 The Unconquered as Narrator (English)
2025 Watch the Skies as (voice)
1998 La Coupe de la Gloire as Self - Narrator (voice)
2012 Georgian Fighting Women as Narrator
2020 Possessor as John Parse
2006 Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill' as Self
2019 Game of Thrones: The Last Watch as Self
2015 Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced as Self
2017 Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight as Narrator
2015 Sean Bean on Waterloo as Himself/narrator
2020 Wolfwalkers as Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice)
2006 Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006 The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
1995 Goldeneye: The Secret Files as Self
1995 GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast as Self
2020 Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life
2006 The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' as Self
1985 Exploits at West Poley as Scarred Man
2025 Anemone as Jem Stoker
2025 The Yellow Tie as Demostene Celibidache
2021 Osprey: Sea Raptor as Narrator
2026 The Isolate Thief as "Fiddler" John Good
2006 The Making of 'The Return of the King' as Self
1984 Samson and Delilah as Billy
2003 Celebrity Naked Ambition as Self (archive footage)
1988 The Storyteller: The True Bride as Prince
1982 Waiting for Waiting for Godot as Self
2023 Mummies as Pharaoh (voice)
2002 The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script as Self
2002 The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design as Self
2002 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast as Self
2002 The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth as Self
2002 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On.. as Self
2018 Britain's Poppies: The First World War Remembered as Self- Narrator

1988 This Morning ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
1993 Sharpe ( 18 episodes ) as Richard Sharpe
1995 Soccer AM ( 1 episode ) as Self
1984 The Bill ( 1 episode )
2020 Snowpiercer ( 23 episodes ) as Joseph Wilford
2002 HypaSpace ( 1 episode ) as Self
1996 TFI Friday ( 1 episode ) as Self
1987 Inspector Morse ( 1 episode ) as Alex Bailey
1988 The Storyteller ( 1 episode ) as Prince
2021 Time ( 3 episodes ) as Mark Cobden
1995 The Frank Skinner Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1999 Extremely Dangerous ( 4 episodes ) as Neil Byrne
2006 Faceless ( 1 episode )
2009 Red Riding ( 2 episodes ) as John Dawson
1993 A Woman's Guide to Adultery ( 3 episodes ) as Paul
1991 Clarissa ( 4 episodes )
2014 Legends ( 20 episodes ) as Martin Odum
1983 Natural World ( 2 episodes ) as Narrator
2016 Medici: Masters of Florence ( 8 episodes )
2015 The Frankenstein Chronicles ( 12 episodes ) as John Marlott
2016 Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth ( 2 episodes ) as Narrator
2016 Wasted ( 6 episodes ) as Sean Bean
2017 Broken ( 6 episodes ) as Father Michael Kerrigan
2011 Game of Thrones ( 10 episodes ) as Lord Eddard 'Ned' Stark
2022 Marriage ( 4 episodes ) as Ian
2016 Roman Empire ( 15 episodes ) as Narrateur
1993 Lady Chatterley ( 4 episodes ) as Oliver Mellors
1988 Troubles ( 2 episodes ) as Captain Bolton
2018 The Oath ( 10 episodes ) as Tom Hammond
2015 ARES: live ( 6 episodes ) as Mitch Henderson
2019 Curfew ( 8 episodes ) as The General
2005 The Reichen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2012 Fight Club - A History of Violence ( 1 episode ) as Narrator
2005 D-Day to Berlin ( 3 episodes ) as Narrator
2008 Crusoe ( 13 episodes ) as James Crusoe
2010 Accused ( 1 episode ) as Simon Gaskell / Tracie Tremarco
2003 Henry VIII ( 2 episodes ) as Robert Aske
1999 Family Guy ( 1 episode ) as Portrait Griffin (voice)
2020 Reunited Apart ( 1 episode ) as Self
2024 Gladiators ( 4 episodes ) as Narrator
2019 World on Fire ( 7 episodes ) as Douglas Bennett
1996 Decisive Weapons ( 1 episode ) as Narator
2025 Robin Hood ( 10 episodes ) as Sheriff of Nottingham
2012 Missing ( 8 episodes ) as Paul Winstone
2025 This City Is Ours ( 3 episodes ) as Ronnie Phelan
2024 Shardlake ( 2 episodes ) as Thomas Cromwell
2025 Original Gangsters with Sean Bean ( 4 episodes ) as Presenter
1994 Scarlett ( 3 episodes ) as Lord Richard Fenton
2018 Sally4Ever ( 1 episode ) as Sean Bean
1989 The Jim Henson Hour ( 1 episode ) as The Prince (archive footage)
1986 ScreenPlay ( 1 episode ) as Man
1989 Screen One ( 1 episode ) as Gabriel Lewis
1989 Screen One ( 1 episode ) as Jack Morgan
1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Vic
1989 4 Play ( 1 episode ) as Smith
1996 TFI Friday ( 1 episode )
1990 He-Play ( 1 episode ) as Rod

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