
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 · Anemone as
- 2025 · Deep Cover as Billings
- 2025 · This City Is Ours as Ronnie Phelan
- 2017 · Dark River as Richard Bell
- 2016 · Wasted as Sean Bean
- 2016 · Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth as Narrator
- 2014 · Wicked Blood as Uncle Frank Stinson
- 2011 · Age of Heroes as Maj. Jack Jones
- 2008 · Sharpe's Peril as Richard Sharpe
- 2006 · Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill' as Self
- 2006 · Sharpe's Challenge as Richard Sharpe
- 2006 · Faceless as
- 2004 · Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
- 2004 · Pride as Dark (voice)
- 2002 · Lord of the Piercing as Boromir (archive footage)
- 2002 · The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring as Self
- 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'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
- 1996 · When Saturday Comes as Jimmy Muir
- 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 · Sharpe's Eagle as Richard Sharpe
- 1992 · Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery as Micky McAvoy
- 1990 · Lorna Doone as Carver Doone
- 1989 · War Requiem as The German Soldier
- 1989 · The Fifteen Streets as Dominic O'Brien
- 1988 · Stormy Monday as Brendan
- 1988 · Troubles as Captain Bolton
- 1984 · Winter Flight as Hooker
- Future · Rogue Trooper as
- Future · The Yellow Tie as
- 2024 · Gladiators as Narrator
- 2024 · Shardlake as Thomas Cromwell
- 2023 · Knights of the Zodiac as Alman Kido
- 2022 · Marriage as Ian
- 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 · The Unconquered as Narrator (English)
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 2009 · Red Riding as John Dawson
- 2008 · Crusoe as James Crusoe
- 2008 · Far North as Loki
- 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
- 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 · 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 · Henry VIII as Robert Aske
- 2003 · The Big Empty as Cowboy
- 2002 · Equilibrium as Errol Partridge
- 2002 · HypaSpace as Self
- 2002 · Tom & Thomas as Paul Sheppard
- 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: The Legend as Richard Sharpe
- 1997 · Sharpe's Waterloo as Richard Sharpe
- 1997 · Anna Karenina as Vronsky
- 1996 · Decisive Weapons as Narator
- 1995 · In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross as Alec Trevelyan
- 1995 · Sharpe's Battle as Richard Sharpe
- 1993 · Sharpe's Rifles as Richard Sharpe
- 1991 · Tell Me That You Love Me as Gabriel Lewis
- Future · Watch the Skies as (voice)
- 1991 · Clarissa as
- 1991 · Prince as Jack Morgan
- 1991 · My Kingdom for a Horse as Steve Deakin
- 1990 · Wedded as Man
- 1990 · Windprints as Anton van Heerden
- 1990 · Small Zones as Vic
- 1985 · Exploits at West Poley as Scarred Man
- Future · The 4th Reich as Sergeant Major Gordon
- 1996 · Sharpe's Mission as Richard Sharpe
- 1996 · TFI Friday as Self
- 1995 · GoldenEye as Alec Trevelyan
- 1995 · The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- 1995 · Soccer AM as Self
- 1994 · Shopping as Venning
- 1994 · Jacob as Esau
- 1994 · Scarlett as Lord Fenton
- 1993 · A Woman's Guide to Adultery as Paul
- 1993 · Lady Chatterley as Mellors
- 1993 · Sharpe as Richard Sharpe
- 1992 · Patriot Games as Sean Miller
- 1990 · The Field as Tadgh McCabe
- 1989 · How to Get Ahead in Advertising as Larry Frisk
- 1988 · This Morning as Self - Guest
- 1988 · The Storyteller as Prince
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Alex Bailey
- 1986 · Caravaggio as Ranuccio
- 1984 · Punters as Lurch
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- Future · Robin Hood as Sheriff of Nottingham
- Future · The Isolate Thief as