
Sean Bean
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

The Dark
2005

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003

Silent Hill
2006

National Treasure
2004

Troy
2004

When Saturday Comes
1996

GoldenEye
1995

The Island
2005

My Kingdom for a Horse
1991

Knights of the Zodiac
2023

Jacob
1994

Caravaggio
1986

Equilibrium
2002

The Hitcher
2007

The Field
1990

Ronin
1998

Far North
2008

Don't Say a Word
2001

Stormy Monday
1988

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010

Ca$h
2010

Flightplan
2005

Patriot Games
1992

North Country
2005

Outlaw
2007

Black Death
2010

Black Beauty
1994

War Requiem
1989

Airborne
1998

The Big Empty
2003

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012

Mirror Mirror
2012

Age of Heroes
2011

Tell Me That You Love Me
1991

Shopping
1994

Pride
2004

Tom & Thomas
2002

Essex Boys
2000

The Lost Future
2010

Sharpe's Eagle
1993

Death Race 2
2010

Sharpe's Rifles
1993

Anna Karenina
1997

Sharpe's Company
1994

Sharpe's Enemy
1994

Sharpe's Honour
1994

Sharpe's Siege
1996

Sharpe's Battle
1995

Sharpe's Sword
1995

Sharpe's Regiment
1996

Sharpe's Mission
1996

Sharpe's Gold
1995

Sharpe's Waterloo
1997

Sharpe's Justice
1997

Sharpe's Challenge
2006

Jupiter Ascending
2015

Cleanskin
2012

Sharpe's Peril
2008

Windprints
1990

Sharpe's Revenge
1997

Soldiers of Fortune
2012

Hooligan
2012

Lorna Doone
1990

The Fifteen Streets
1989

Bravo Two Zero
1999

Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004

The 4th Reich
—

Wild in the Streets
2013

Wicked Blood
2014

Sharpe: The Legend
1997

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995

Taniel
2018

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009

The Martian
2015

Pixels
2015

Rogue Trooper
—

Deep Cover
2025

Prince
1991

Any Day
2015

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009

The Young Messiah
2016

Instruments of Darkness
2015

Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
1992

Wedded
1990

Small Zones
1990

Winter Flight
1984

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989

D-Day to Berlin
2004

Punters
1984

Dark River
2017

Quest for the Ring
2001

Drone
2017

Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001

The Unconquered
2017

Watch the Skies
2025

La Coupe De La Gloire
1998

Georgian Fighting Women
2012

Possessor
2020

Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
2006

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019

Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced
2015

Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight
2017

Sean Bean on Waterloo
2015

Wolfwalkers
2020

Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006

The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
2006

Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995

GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995

Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life
2020

The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002

Exploits at West Poley
1985

Anemone
2025

The Yellow Tie
2025

Osprey: Sea Raptor
2021

The Isolate Thief
—

The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002

Samson and Delilah
1984

Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003

The Storyteller: The True Bride
1988

World of Westeros Ambient Video
2025

Waiting for Waiting for Godot
1982

This Morning
1988

Sharpe
1993

Soccer AM
1995

The Bill
1984

Snowpiercer
2020

HypaSpace
2002

TFI Friday
1996

Inspector Morse
1987

The Storyteller
1988

Time
2021

The Frank Skinner Show
1995

Extremely Dangerous
1999

Faceless
2006

Red Riding
2009

A Woman's Guide to Adultery
1993

Clarissa
1991

Legends
2014

Natural World
1983

Medici: Masters of Florence
2016

The Frankenstein Chronicles
2015

Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth
2016

Wasted
2016

Broken
2017

Game of Thrones
2011

Marriage
2022

Roman Empire
2016

Lady Chatterley
1993

Troubles
1988

The Oath
2018

ARES: live
2015

Curfew
2019

The Reichen Show
2005

Fight Club - A History of Violence
2012

D-Day to Berlin
2005

Crusoe
2008

Accused
2010

Henry VIII
2003

Family Guy
1999

Reunited Apart
2020

Gladiators
2024

World on Fire
2019

Decisive Weapons
1996

Robin Hood
2025

Missing
2012

This City Is Ours
2025

Shardlake
2024

Original Gangsters with Sean Bean
2025

Scarlett
1994