Sean Bean
Acting
Born 1959-04-17
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
58 credits
Game of Thrones
Family Guy
The Isolate Thief
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Troy
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Martian
Snowpiercer
Natural World
Inspector Morse
Screen Two
Lady Chatterley
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Soccer AM
TFI Friday
The Reichen Show
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Pixels
Robin Hood
The Island
Deep Cover
Sharpe
National Treasure
ScreenPlay
Jupiter Ascending
Legends
Silent Hill
GoldenEye
The Storyteller
Roman Empire
Equilibrium
Mirror Mirror
Screen One
Patriot Games
Time
Death Race 2
Accused
Mummies
The Oath
The Field
The Frank Skinner Show
Reunited Apart
Wolfwalkers
Knights of the Zodiac
The Frankenstein Chronicles
This City Is Ours
The Jim Henson Hour
World on Fire
Don't Say a Word
Flightplan
Scarlett
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
Missing
Ronin
Anemone
Crusoe
Shardlake
North Country
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