Sean Bean
Actor

Sean Bean

27 Movies
1 TV Shows
28 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 28
Birthday April 17, 1959 (67 years old)
Place of Birth Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known As Shaun Mark Bean
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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.

Filmography (184)

The Isolate Thief 2026
Deep Cover 2025
Watch the Skies 2025
Anemone 2025
The Yellow Tie 2025
World of Westeros Ambient Video 2025
Robin Hood 2025
This City Is Ours 2025
Original Gangsters with Sean Bean 2025
Gladiators 2024
Shardlake 2024
Knights of the Zodiac 2023
Mummies 2023
Marriage 2022
Osprey: Sea Raptor 2021
Time 2021
Possessor 2020
Wolfwalkers 2020
Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life 2020
Snowpiercer 2020
Reunited Apart 2020
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch 2019
Curfew 2019
World on Fire 2019
Taniel 2018
The Oath 2018
Sally4Ever 2018
Dark River 2017
Drone 2017
The Unconquered 2017
Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight 2017
Broken 2017
The Young Messiah 2016
Medici: Masters of Florence 2016
Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth 2016
Wasted 2016
Roman Empire 2016
Jupiter Ascending 2015 The Martian 2015 Pixels 2015
Any Day 2015
Instruments of Darkness 2015
Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced 2015
Sean Bean on Waterloo 2015
The Frankenstein Chronicles 2015
ARES: live 2015
Wicked Blood 2014
Legends 2014
Wild in the Streets 2013
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D 2012
Mirror Mirror 2012
Cleanskin 2012
Soldiers of Fortune 2012
Hooligan 2012
Georgian Fighting Women 2012
Fight Club - A History of Violence 2012
Missing 2012
Age of Heroes 2011
Game of Thrones 2011
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 2010
Ca$h 2010
Black Death 2010
The Lost Future 2010
Death Race 2 2010
Accused 2010
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 2009
Red Riding 2009
Far North 2008
Sharpe's Peril 2008
Crusoe 2008
The Hitcher 2007
Outlaw 2007
Silent Hill 2006
Sharpe's Challenge 2006
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill' 2006
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles 2006
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event 2006
Faceless 2006
The Dark 2005
The Island 2005 Flightplan 2005
North Country 2005
The Reichen Show 2005
D-Day to Berlin 2005
National Treasure 2004 Troy 2004
Pride 2004
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane 2004
D-Day to Berlin 2004
The Making of 'The Return of the King' 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003
The Big Empty 2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition 2003
Henry VIII 2003
Equilibrium 2002
Tom & Thomas 2002
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script 2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth 2002
The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Part 1: From Book to Vision 2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast 2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth 2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On.. 2002
The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Part 2: From Vision to Reality 2002
HypaSpace 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Don't Say a Word 2001
Quest for the Ring 2001
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' 2001
Essex Boys 2000
Bravo Two Zero 1999
Extremely Dangerous 1999
Family Guy 1999
Ronin 1998
Airborne 1998
La Coupe De La Gloire 1998
Anna Karenina 1997
Sharpe's Justice 1997
Sharpe's Waterloo 1997
Sharpe's Revenge 1997
Sharpe: The Legend 1997
When Saturday Comes 1996
Sharpe's Siege 1996
Sharpe's Mission 1996
Sharpe's Regiment 1996
TFI Friday 1996
Decisive Weapons 1996
GoldenEye 1995 Sharpe's Gold 1995 Sharpe's Battle 1995 Sharpe's Sword 1995
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross 1995
Goldeneye: The Secret Files 1995
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast 1995
Soccer AM 1995
The Frank Skinner Show 1995
Jacob 1994 Black Beauty 1994 Shopping 1994 Sharpe's Company 1994 Sharpe's Enemy 1994 Sharpe's Honour 1994
Scarlett 1994
Sharpe's Eagle 1993
Sharpe's Rifles 1993
Sharpe 1993
A Woman's Guide to Adultery 1993
Lady Chatterley 1993
Patriot Games 1992
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery 1992
My Kingdom for a Horse 1991
Tell Me That You Love Me 1991
Prince 1991
Clarissa 1991
The Field 1990
Windprints 1990
Lorna Doone 1990
Wedded 1990
Small Zones 1990
War Requiem 1989
The Fifteen Streets 1989
How to Get Ahead in Advertising 1989
The Jim Henson Hour 1989
Screen One 1989
Stormy Monday 1988
The Storyteller: The True Bride 1988
This Morning 1988
The Storyteller 1988
Troubles 1988
Inspector Morse 1987
Caravaggio 1986
ScreenPlay 1986
Exploits at West Poley 1985
Screen Two 1985
Winter Flight 1984
Punters 1984
Samson and Delilah 1984
The Bill 1984
Natural World 1983
Waiting for Waiting for Godot 1982
The 4th Reich
Rogue Trooper