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 · The Yellow Tie as
- 2025 · Original Gangsters with Sean Bean as Presenter
- 2025 · Watch the Skies as (voice)
- 2024 · Gladiators as Narrator
- 2018 · Taniel as Poetry Narrator
- 2017 · Dark River as Richard Bell
- 2017 · The Unconquered as Narrator (English)
- 2017 · Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight as Narrator
- 2016 · Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth as Narrator
- 2016 · The Young Messiah as Severus
- 2014 · Wicked Blood as Uncle Frank Stinson
- 2012 · Fight Club - A History of Violence as Narrator
- 2012 · Hooligan as
- 2012 · Cleanskin as Ewan
- 2010 · Ca$h as Pyke Kubic
- 2009 · Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 as John Dawson
- 2009 · Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 as John Dawson
- 2006 · Sharpe's Challenge as Richard Sharpe
- 2006 · Faceless as
- 2005 · The Dark as James
- 2005 · D-Day to Berlin as Narrator
- 2004 · Pride as Dark (voice)
- 2003 · Celebrity Naked Ambition as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · Tom & Thomas as Paul Sheppard
- 1997 · Sharpe's Revenge as Richard Sharpe
- 1996 · Decisive Weapons as Narator
- 1996 · Sharpe's Siege 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 · Black Beauty as Farmer Grey
- 1994 · Sharpe's Honour as Richard Sharpe
- 1994 · Sharpe's Enemy as Richard Sharpe
- 1993 · A Woman's Guide to Adultery as Paul
- 1993 · Sharpe's Rifles as Richard Sharpe
- 1991 · Clarissa as
- 1990 · Wedded as Man
- 1989 · The Fifteen Streets as Dominic O'Brien
- 1989 · How to Get Ahead in Advertising as Larry Frisk
- 1989 · War Requiem as The German Soldier
- 1985 · Exploits at West Poley as Scarred Man
- 1984 · Winter Flight as Hooker
- 1984 · Punters as Lurch
- Future · The Isolate Thief as
- 2025 · World of Westeros Ambient Video as Ned Stark
- 2025 · Robin Hood as Sheriff of Nottingham
- 2025 · Anemone as Jem Stoker
- 2025 · Deep Cover as Billings
- 2025 · This City Is Ours as Ronnie Phelan
- 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 · The Oath as Tom Hammond
- 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
- 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 · Silent Hill: Revelation 3D as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva
- 2012 · Georgian Fighting Women as Narrator
- 2012 · Soldiers of Fortune as Dimidov
- 2012 · Missing as Paul Winstone
- 2012 · Mirror Mirror as King
- 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 · Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Zeus
- 2009 · Red Riding as John Dawson
- 2008 · Sharpe's Peril as Richard Sharpe
- 2008 · Crusoe as James Crusoe
- 2008 · Far North as Loki
- 2007 · Outlaw as Danny Bryant
- 2007 · The Hitcher as John Ryder
- 2006 · Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill' as Self
- 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 · Flightplan as Captain Rich
- 2005 · The Island as Dr. Bernard Merrick
- 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 · Henry VIII as Robert Aske
- 2003 · The Big Empty as Cowboy
- 2002 · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Boromir (uncredited)
- 2002 · Equilibrium as Errol Partridge
- 2002 · HypaSpace as Self
- 2002 · The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' as Self
- 2001 · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Boromir
- 2001 · Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' as Self
- 2001 · Quest for the Ring 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 · Airborne as Dave Toombs
- 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 · Sharpe's Justice as Richard Sharpe
- 1997 · Anna Karenina as Vronsky
- 1996 · Sharpe's Mission as Richard Sharpe
- 1996 · Sharpe's Regiment as Richard Sharpe
- 1996 · TFI Friday as Self
- 1995 · Goldeneye: The Secret Files as Self
- 1995 · Sharpe's Battle as Richard Sharpe
- 1995 · GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast as Self
- 1994 · Sharpe's Company as Richard Sharpe
- 1993 · Sharpe's Eagle as Richard Sharpe
- Future · The 4th Reich as Sergeant Major Gordon
- 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
- 1994 · Shopping as Venning
- 1994 · Jacob as Esau
- 1994 · Scarlett as Lord Richard Fenton
- 1993 · Lady Chatterley as Oliver 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 · Lorna Doone as Carver Doone
- 1990 · The Field as Tadgh McCabe
- 1990 · Windprints as Anton van Heerden
- 1988 · The Storyteller: The True Bride as Prince
- 1988 · Stormy Monday as Brendan
- Future · Rogue Trooper as
- 1990 · Small Zones as Vic
- 1988 · This Morning as Self - Guest
- 1988 · The Storyteller as Prince
- 1988 · Troubles as Captain Bolton
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Alex Bailey
- 1986 · Caravaggio as Ranuccio
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1984 · Samson and Delilah as Billy
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator