Sean Bean
- Acting
- April 17, 1959 · 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 · "Fiddler" John Good
- Rogue Trooper · Voice
- The Yellow Tie · Demostene Celibidache
- Original Gangsters with Sean Bean · Presenter
- Robin Hood · Sheriff of Nottingham
- Watch the Skies · Voice
- Anemone · Jem Stoker
- Deep Cover · Billings
- This City Is Ours · Ronnie Phelan
- Gladiators · Narrator
- Shardlake · Thomas Cromwell
- Knights of the Zodiac · Alman Kido
- Mummies · Pharaoh (Voice)
- Marriage · Ian
- Osprey: Sea Raptor · Narrator
- Time · Mark Cobden, Executive producer
- Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life
- Wolfwalkers · Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (Voice)
- Possessor · John Parse
- Snowpiercer · Joseph Wilford
- Reunited Apart · Self
- World on Fire · Douglas Bennett
- Game of Thrones: The Last Watch · Self
- Curfew · The General
- Britain's Poppies: The First World War Remembered · Self
- Sally4Ever · Sean Bean
- Taniel · Poetry Narrator
- The Oath · Tom Hammond
- Dark River · Richard Bell
- The Unconquered · Narrator (English)
- Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight · Narrator
- Broken · Father Michael Kerrigan
- Drone · Neil
- Roman Empire · Narrateur
- Medici: Masters of Florence
- Wasted · Sean Bean
- Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV · Lucis Caelum (Voice)
- Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth · Narrator
- The Young Messiah · Severus
- The Frankenstein Chronicles · John Marlott
- Instruments of Darkness · Macbeth
- The Martian · Mitch Henderson
- Pixels · Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)
- Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced · Self
- Sean Bean on Waterloo · Self
- ARES: live · Mitch Henderson
- Any Day · Vian
- Jupiter Ascending · Stinger Apini
- Legends · Martin Odum, Producer
- Wicked Blood · Uncle Frank Stinson
- Wild in the Streets · Narrator
- Fight Club - A History of Violence · Narrator
- Silent Hill: Revelation 3D · Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva
- Georgian Fighting Women · Narrator
- Hooligan
- Soldiers of Fortune · Dimidov
- Mirror Mirror · King
- Missing · Paul Winstone
- Cleanskin · Ewan
- Age of Heroes · Maj. Jack Jones
- Game of Thrones · Lord Eddard 'Ned' Stark
- Accused · Simon Gaskell / Tracie Tremarco
- The Lost Future · Amal
- Death Race 2 · Markus Kane
- Black Death · Ulric
- Ca$h · Pyke Kubic
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief · Zeus
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 · John Dawson
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 · John Dawson
- Red Riding · John Dawson
- Sharpe's Peril · Richard Sharpe
- Crusoe · James Crusoe
- Far North · Loki
- Outlaw · Danny Bryant
- The Hitcher · John Ryder
- The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' · Self
- The Making of 'The Return of the King' · Self
- Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill' · Self
- Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
- The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event