Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 17, 1959
Place of Birth
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Credits
184 titles
Sean Bean
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
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
Shardlake
Thomas Cromwell
Knights of the Zodiac
Alman Kido
Mummies
Pharaoh (voice)
Marriage
Ian
Osprey: Sea Raptor
Narrator
Time
Mark Cobden
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- Narrator
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
Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth
Narrator
The Young Messiah
Severus
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
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
Himself/narrator
ARES: live
Mitch Henderson
Any Day
Vian
Jupiter Ascending
Stinger Apini
Legends
Martin Odum