
Sean Bean
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
Credits
- 2025 · Deep Cover as
- 2025 · This City Is Ours as Ronnie Phelan
- 2024 · Gladiators as Narrator
- 2024 · Shardlake as Thomas Cromwell
- 2023 · Knights of the Zodiac as Alman Kido
- 2022 · Marriage as Ian
- 2017 · Dark River as Richard Bell
- 2017 · The Unconquered as Narrator (English)
- 2015 · Any Day as Vian
- 2014 · Wicked Blood as Uncle Frank Stinson
- 2011 · Age of Heroes as Maj. Jack Jones
- 2010 · Ca$h as Pyke Kubic
- 2009 · Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 as John Dawson
- 2008 · Sharpe's Peril as Richard Sharpe
- 2008 · Far North as Loki
- 2006 · Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill' as Self
- 2006 · Sharpe's Challenge as Richard Sharpe
- 2006 · Faceless as
- 2004 · Pride as Dark (voice)
- 2004 · The Making of the Return of the King as Self
- 2003 · The Big Empty as Cowboy
- 2002 · The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring as Self
- 2002 · Tom & Thomas as Paul Sheppard
- 2001 · A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' as Self
- 2001 · Quest for the Ring as Self
- 2000 · Essex Boys as Jason Locke
- 1999 · Bravo Two Zero as Andy McNab
- 1998 · Airborne as Dave Toombs
- 1997 · Sharpe: The Legend as Richard Sharpe
- 1997 · Sharpe's Justice as Richard Sharpe
- 1996 · Sharpe's Regiment as Richard Sharpe
- 1996 · When Saturday Comes as Jimmy Muir
- 1995 · Sharpe's Sword as Richard Sharpe
- 1995 · Sharpe's Gold as Richard Sharpe
- 1994 · Shopping as Venning
- 1994 · Sharpe's Honour as Richard Sharpe
- 1994 · Sharpe's Enemy as Richard Sharpe
- 1993 · Sharpe's Eagle as Richard Sharpe
- 1993 · Sharpe's Rifles as Richard Sharpe
- 1988 · Stormy Monday as Brendan
- Future · The Yellow Tie as
- Future · Watch the Skies as (voice)
- 1991 · Clarissa as
- 1990 · Lorna Doone as Carver Doone
- 1989 · The Fifteen Streets as Dominic O'Brien
- Future · Rogue Trooper as
- Future · The 4th Reich as Sergeant Major Gordon
- Future · Anemone as
- 2021 · Osprey: Sea Raptor as Narrator
- 2021 · Time as Mark Cobden
- 2020 · Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life as
- 2020 · Wolfwalkers as Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice)
- 2020 · Possessor as John Parse
- 2020 · Snowpiercer as Joseph Wilford
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2019 · World on Fire as Douglas Bennett
- 2019 · Game of Thrones: The Last Watch as Self
- 2019 · Curfew as The General
- 2018 · Taniel as Poetry Narrator
- 2018 · The Oath as Tom Hammond
- 2017 · Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight as Narrator
- 2017 · Broken as Father Michael Kerrigan
- 2017 · Drone as Neil
- 2016 · Roman Empire as Narrateur
- 2016 · Medici: Masters of Florence as
- 2016 · Wasted as Sean Bean
- 2016 · Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth as Narrator
- 2016 · The Young Messiah as Severus
- 2015 · The Frankenstein Chronicles as John Marlott
- 2015 · Instruments of Darkness as Macbeth
- 2015 · The Martian as Mitch Henderson
- 2015 · Pixels as Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)
- 2015 · Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced as Self
- 2015 · Sean Bean on Waterloo as Himself/narrator
- 2015 · ARES: live as Mitch Henderson
- 2015 · Jupiter Ascending as Stinger Apini
- 2014 · Legends as Martin Odum
- 2013 · Wild in the Streets as Narrator
- 2012 · Fight Club - A History of Violence as Narrator
- 2012 · Silent Hill: Revelation 3D as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva
- 2012 · Georgian Fighting Women as Narrator
- 2012 · Hooligan as
- 2012 · Soldiers of Fortune as Dimidov
- 2012 · Mirror Mirror as King
- 2012 · Missing as Paul Winstone
- 2012 · Cleanskin as Ewan
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Lord Eddard 'Ned' Stark
- 2010 · Accused as Simon Gaskell / Tracie Tremarco
- 2010 · The Lost Future as Amal
- 2010 · Death Race 2 as Markus Kane
- 2010 · Black Death as Ulric
- 2010 · Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Zeus
- 2009 · Red Riding as John Dawson
- 2009 · Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 as John Dawson
- 2008 · Crusoe as James Crusoe
- 2007 · Outlaw as Danny Bryant
- 2007 · The Hitcher as John Ryder
- 2006 · The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event as
- 2006 · Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles as
- 2006 · Silent Hill as Christopher Da Silva
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self
- 2005 · The Dark as James
- 2005 · Flightplan as Captain Rich
- 2005 · The Island as Dr. Bernard Merrick
- 2005 · D-Day to Berlin as Narrator
- 2005 · North Country as Kyle
- 2004 · National Treasure as Ian Howe
- 2004 · Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
- 2004 · Troy as Odysseus
- 2004 · D-Day to Berlin as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Boromir
- 2003 · Henry VIII as Robert Aske
- 2002 · Equilibrium as Errol Partridge
- 2002 · Lord of the Piercing as Boromir (archive footage)
- 2002 · HypaSpace as Self
- 2001 · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Boromir
- 2001 · Don't Say a Word as Patrick Koster
- 1999 · Extremely Dangerous as Neil Byrne
- 1999 · Family Guy as Portrait Griffin (voice)
- 1998 · Ronin as Spence
- 1998 · La Coupe De La Gloire as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Sharpe's Waterloo as Richard Sharpe
- 1997 · Sharpe's Revenge as Richard Sharpe
- 1997 · Anna Karenina as Vronsky
- 1996 · Decisive Weapons as Narator
- 1996 · Sharpe's Mission as Richard Sharpe
- 1996 · Sharpe's Siege as Richard Sharpe
- 1996 · TFI Friday as Self
- 1995 · Goldeneye: The Secret Files as Self
- 1995 · In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross as Alec Trevelyan
- 1995 · GoldenEye as Alec Trevelyan
- 1995 · The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- 1995 · Soccer AM as Self
- 1995 · Sharpe's Battle as Richard Sharpe
- 1995 · GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast as Self
- 1994 · Jacob as Esau
- 1994 · Scarlett as Lord Fenton
- 1994 · Black Beauty as Farmer Grey
- 1994 · Sharpe's Company as Richard Sharpe
- 1993 · A Woman's Guide to Adultery as Paul
- 1993 · Lady Chatterley as Mellors
- 1993 · Sharpe as Richard Sharpe
- 1992 · Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery as Micky McAvoy
- 1992 · Patriot Games as Sean Miller
- 1991 · Prince as Jack Morgan
- 1991 · Tell Me That You Love Me as Gabriel Lewis
- 1991 · My Kingdom for a Horse as Steve Deakin
- 1990 · The Field as Tadgh McCabe
- 1990 · Wedded as Man
- 1990 · Windprints as Anton van Heerden
- 1990 · Small Zones as Vic
- 1989 · How to Get Ahead in Advertising as Larry Frisk
- 1989 · War Requiem as The German Soldier
- 1988 · This Morning as Self - Guest
- 1988 · The Storyteller as
- 1988 · Troubles as Captain Bolton
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Alex Bailey
- 1986 · Caravaggio as Ranuccio
- 1985 · Exploits at West Poley as Scarred Man
- 1984 · Winter Flight as Hooker
- Future · Robin Hood as Sheriff of Nottingham
- Future · The Isolate Thief as
- 1984 · Punters as Lurch
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator