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.
Movies (116)
World of Westeros Ambient Video
2025
The Yellow Tie
2025
Watch the Skies
2025
Anemone
2025
Deep Cover
2025
Knights of the Zodiac
2023
Mummies
2023
Osprey: Sea Raptor
2021
Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life
2020
Wolfwalkers
2020
Possessor
2020
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
Taniel
2018
Dark River
2017
The Unconquered
2017
Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight
2017
Drone
2017
The Young Messiah
2016
Instruments of Darkness
2015
The Martian
2015
Pixels
2015
Sean Bean on Waterloo
2015
Any Day
2015
Jupiter Ascending
2015
Wicked Blood
2014
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012
Georgian Fighting Women
2012
Hooligan
2012
Soldiers of Fortune
2012
Mirror Mirror
2012
Cleanskin
2012
Age of Heroes
2011
The Lost Future
2010
Death Race 2
2010
Black Death
2010
Ca$h
2010
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009
Sharpe's Peril
2008
Far North
2008
Outlaw
2007
The Hitcher
2007
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
2006
Sharpe's Challenge
2006
Silent Hill
2006
The Dark
2005
Flightplan
2005
The Island
2005
North Country
2005
National Treasure
2004
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004
Pride
2004
Troy
2004
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004
D-Day to Berlin
2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
The Big Empty
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
Equilibrium
2002
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002
Tom & Thomas
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
Quest for the Ring
2001
Don't Say a Word
2001
Essex Boys
2000
Bravo Two Zero
1999
Ronin
1998
Airborne
1998
La Coupe De La Gloire
1998
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
Sharpe's Waterloo
1997
Sharpe's Justice
1997
Sharpe's Revenge
1997
Anna Karenina
1997
Sharpe's Mission
1996
Sharpe's Siege
1996
Sharpe's Regiment
1996
When Saturday Comes
1996
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995
GoldenEye
1995
Sharpe's Sword
1995
Sharpe's Battle
1995
Sharpe's Gold
1995
Shopping
1994
Jacob
1994
Black Beauty
1994
Sharpe's Honour
1994
Sharpe's Enemy
1994
Sharpe's Company
1994
Sharpe's Eagle
1993
Sharpe's Rifles
1993
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
1992
Patriot Games
1992
Prince
1991
Tell Me That You Love Me
1991
My Kingdom for a Horse
1991
Lorna Doone
1990
The Field
1990
Wedded
1990
Windprints
1990
Small Zones
1990
The Fifteen Streets
1989
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989
War Requiem
1989
The Storyteller: The True Bride
1988
Stormy Monday
1988
Caravaggio
1986
Exploits at West Poley
1985
Winter Flight
1984
Punters
1984
Waiting for Waiting for Godot
1982
Rogue Trooper
TV Shows (46)
Original Gangsters with Sean Bean
2025
Robin Hood
2025
This City Is Ours
2025
Gladiators
2024
Shardlake
2024
Marriage
2022
Time
2021
Snowpiercer
2020
Reunited Apart
2020
World on Fire
2019
Curfew
2019
Sally4Ever
2018
The Oath
2018
Broken
2017
Roman Empire
2016
Medici: Masters of Florence
2016
Wasted
2016
Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth
2016
The Frankenstein Chronicles
2015
ARES: live
2015
Legends
2014
Missing
2012
Game of Thrones
2011
Accused
2010
Red Riding
2009
Crusoe
2008
The Reichen Show
2005
D-Day to Berlin
2005
Henry VIII
2003
Extremely Dangerous
1999
Family Guy
1999
Decisive Weapons
1996
TFI Friday
1996
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
Soccer AM
1995
Scarlett
1994
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
1993
Lady Chatterley
1993
Sharpe
1993
Clarissa
1991
This Morning
1988
The Storyteller
1988
Troubles
1988
Inspector Morse
1987
The Bill
1984
Natural World
1983