
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
- 2022 · Marriage as Ian
- 2017 · Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight as Narrator
- 2014 · Wicked Blood as Uncle Frank Stinson
- 2009 · Red Riding 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
- 2004 · Pride as Dark (voice)
- 2003 · Henry VIII as Robert Aske
- 2002 · Lord of the Piercing as Boromir (archive footage)
- 2002 · HypaSpace as Self
- 2002 · The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring as Self
- 2002 · Tom & Thomas as Paul Sheppard
- 2001 · Quest for the Ring as Self
- 1998 · Airborne as Dave Toombs
- 1997 · Sharpe's Waterloo as Richard Sharpe
- 1997 · Sharpe's Justice as Richard Sharpe
- 1997 · Sharpe's Revenge as Richard Sharpe
- 1996 · Sharpe's Siege as Richard Sharpe
- 1996 · Sharpe's Regiment as Richard Sharpe
- 1995 · Goldeneye: The Secret Files as Self
- 1995 · Sharpe's Sword as Richard Sharpe
- 1995 · Sharpe's Gold as Richard Sharpe
- 1995 · GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast as Self
- 1994 · Black Beauty as Farmer Grey
- 1994 · Sharpe's Honour as Richard Sharpe
- 1994 · Sharpe's Enemy as Richard Sharpe
- 1994 · Sharpe's Company as Richard Sharpe
- 1993 · A Woman's Guide to Adultery as Paul
- 1993 · Sharpe's Eagle as Richard Sharpe
- 1993 · Sharpe's Rifles as Richard Sharpe
- 1991 · My Kingdom for a Horse as Steve Deakin
- 1990 · Lorna Doone as Carver Doone
- 1990 · Windprints as Anton van Heerden
- 1990 · Small Zones as Vic
- 1989 · The Fifteen Streets as Dominic O'Brien
- 1984 · Winter Flight as Hooker
- Future · The Yellow Tie as
- Future · Anemone as
- Future · The 4th Reich as Sergeant Major Gordon
- 2024 · Gladiators as Narrator
- 2024 · Shardlake as Thomas Cromwell
- 2023 · Knights of the Zodiac as Alman Kido
- 2021 · Osprey: Sea Raptor as Narrator
- 2021 · Time as Mark Cobden
- 2016 · Wasted as Sean Bean
- 2005 · The Dark as James
- Future · Rogue Trooper as
- 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 · Dark River as Richard Bell
- 2017 · The Unconquered as Narrator (English)
- 2017 · Broken as Father Michael Kerrigan
- 2017 · Drone as Neil
- 2016 · Roman Empire as Narrateur
- 2016 · Medici: Masters of Florence as
- 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 · Any Day as Vian
- 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 · Age of Heroes as Maj. Jack Jones
- 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 · Ca$h as Pyke Kubic
- 2010 · Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Zeus
- 2009 · Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 as John Dawson
- 2009 · Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 as John Dawson
- 2008 · Crusoe as James Crusoe
- 2007 · Outlaw as Danny Bryant
- 2007 · The Hitcher as John Ryder
- 2006 · Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles as
- 2006 · The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event as
- 2006 · Silent Hill as Christopher Da Silva
- 2006 · Faceless as
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self
- 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 · The Making of the Return of the King as Self
- 2004 · D-Day to Berlin as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Boromir
- 2003 · The Big Empty as Cowboy
- 2002 · Equilibrium as Errol Partridge
- 2001 · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Boromir
- 2001 · A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' as Self
- 2001 · Don't Say a Word as Patrick Koster
- 2000 · Essex Boys as Jason Locke
- 1999 · Extremely Dangerous as Neil Byrne
- 1999 · Bravo Two Zero as Andy McNab
- 1999 · Family Guy as Portrait Griffin (voice)
- 1998 · Ronin as Spence
- 1998 · La Coupe De La Gloire as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Sharpe: The Legend as Richard Sharpe
- 1997 · Anna Karenina as Vronsky
- 1996 · Decisive Weapons as Narator
- 1996 · Sharpe's Mission as Richard Sharpe
- 1996 · When Saturday Comes as Jimmy Muir
- 1996 · TFI Friday 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
- 1994 · Shopping as Venning
- 1994 · Jacob as Esau
- 1994 · Scarlett as Lord Fenton
- 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
- 1990 · Wedded as Man
- 1985 · Exploits at West Poley as Scarred Man
- Future · Watch the Skies as (voice)
- Future · Robin Hood as Sheriff of Nottingham
- 1991 · Clarissa as
- 1990 · The Field as Tadgh McCabe
- 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 Prince
- 1988 · Stormy Monday as Brendan
- 1988 · Troubles as Captain Bolton
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Alex Bailey
- 1986 · Caravaggio as Ranuccio
- 1984 · Punters as Lurch
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- Future · The Isolate Thief as