Sean Bean

Known for ActingBorn 1959-04-17 (age 67)Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Waiting for Waiting for Godot

Instruments of Darkness

Extremely Dangerous

My Kingdom for a Horse

Tell Me That You Love Me

Small Zones

Troubles

The Making of 'The Return of the King'

The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'

The Jim Henson Hour

The Yellow Tie

Game of Thrones

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Wolfwalkers

The Unconquered

Accused

The Storyteller

Celebrity Naked Ambition

Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'

Decisive Weapons

Sharpe

Prince

Medici: Masters of Florence

The Martian

Time

Inspector Morse

Robin Hood

World on Fire

Snowpiercer

This City Is Ours

The Frank Skinner Show

Family Guy

North Country

Sharpe's Waterloo

Sharpe's Sword

D-Day to Berlin

Original Gangsters with Sean Bean

Troy

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

Natural World

Sharpe's Revenge

Sharpe's Siege

Mummies

The Frankenstein Chronicles

Sharpe's Eagle

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