Sean Bean
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-04-17
Place of Birth
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
Also Known For
The Dark
Sep 28, 2005
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Dec 18, 2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Dec 17, 2003
Silent Hill
Apr 21, 2006
National Treasure
Nov 19, 2004
Troy
May 13, 2004
When Saturday Comes
Mar 01, 1996
GoldenEye
Nov 16, 1995
The Island
Jul 21, 2005
My Kingdom for a Horse
Mar 12, 1991
Knights of the Zodiac
Apr 27, 2023
Jacob
Dec 04, 1994
Caravaggio
Aug 29, 1986
Equilibrium
Dec 06, 2002
The Hitcher
Jan 19, 2007
The Field
Sep 21, 1990
Ronin
Sep 25, 1998
Far North
Oct 09, 2008
Don't Say a Word
Sep 28, 2001
Stormy Monday
May 01, 1988
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Feb 01, 2010
Ca$h
Mar 01, 2010
Flightplan
Sep 22, 2005
Patriot Games
Jun 04, 1992
North Country
Feb 12, 2005
Outlaw
Mar 09, 2007
Black Death
Jun 07, 2010
Black Beauty
Jul 29, 1994
War Requiem
Jan 06, 1989
Airborne
Jul 23, 1998
The Big Empty
May 16, 2003
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
Oct 10, 2012
Mirror Mirror
Mar 15, 2012
Age of Heroes
May 19, 2011
Tell Me That You Love Me
Sep 08, 1991
Shopping
Dec 06, 1994
Pride
Jun 21, 2004
Tom & Thomas
Jan 23, 2002
Essex Boys
Jul 14, 2000
The Lost Future
Nov 13, 2010
Sharpe's Eagle
May 12, 1993
Death Race 2
Nov 12, 2010
Sharpe's Rifles
May 05, 1993
Anna Karenina
Apr 04, 1997
Sharpe's Company
May 25, 1994
Sharpe's Enemy
Jun 01, 1994
Sharpe's Honour
Jun 08, 1994
Sharpe's Siege
May 08, 1996
Sharpe's Gold
Apr 01, 1995
Sharpe's Mission
May 15, 1996
Sharpe's Battle
Apr 19, 1995
Sharpe's Sword
Apr 26, 1995
Sharpe's Regiment
May 01, 1996
Sharpe's Justice
May 14, 1997
Sharpe's Waterloo
May 27, 1997
Sharpe's Challenge
Apr 23, 2006
Jupiter Ascending
Feb 04, 2015
Cleanskin
Mar 08, 2012
Sharpe's Peril
Nov 02, 2008
Windprints
Jun 29, 1990
Sharpe's Revenge
May 07, 1997
Soldiers of Fortune
Jun 07, 2012
Hooligan
Aug 20, 2012
Lorna Doone
Dec 26, 1990
The Fifteen Streets
Jan 01, 1989
Bravo Two Zero
Oct 07, 1999
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
Oct 11, 2004
The 4th Reich
Wild in the Streets
Apr 23, 2013
Wicked Blood
Mar 04, 2014
Sharpe: The Legend
Oct 13, 1997
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Dec 10, 1995
Taniel
Mar 29, 2018
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
Nov 11, 2009
The Martian
Sep 30, 2015
Pixels
Jul 16, 2015
Rogue Trooper
Deep Cover
Jun 12, 2025
Prince
Oct 06, 1991
Any Day
Mar 27, 2015
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
Nov 11, 2009
The Young Messiah
Mar 10, 2016
Instruments of Darkness
Nov 10, 2015
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
Nov 14, 1992
Wedded
Aug 29, 1990
Small Zones
Mar 04, 1990
Winter Flight
Dec 20, 1984
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
May 05, 1989
D-Day to Berlin
Jan 01, 2004
Punters
Nov 27, 1984
Dark River
Oct 07, 2017
Quest for the Ring
Nov 29, 2001
Drone
May 26, 2017
A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'
Dec 09, 2001
The Unconquered
Sep 15, 2017
Watch the Skies
La Coupe De La Gloire
Jun 25, 1998
Georgian Fighting Women
Oct 01, 2012
Possessor
Oct 02, 2020
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
Aug 22, 2006
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
May 26, 2019
Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced
Jun 24, 2015
Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight
Jun 07, 2017
Sean Bean on Waterloo
Jun 18, 2015
Wolfwalkers
Oct 26, 2020
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
Jul 17, 2006
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
Jul 17, 2006
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Dec 26, 1995
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Jan 01, 1995
Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life
Dec 08, 2020
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring
Apr 01, 2002
Exploits at West Poley
Jan 01, 1985
Anemone
Oct 03, 2025
The Yellow Tie
Osprey: Sea Raptor
Nov 01, 2021
The Isolate Thief
The Making of the Return of the King
Apr 01, 2004
This Morning
Oct 03, 1988
Sharpe
May 05, 1993
Soccer AM
Aug 12, 1995
The Bill
Oct 16, 1984
Snowpiercer
May 17, 2020
HypaSpace
May 13, 2002
TFI Friday
Feb 09, 1996
Inspector Morse
Jan 06, 1987
The Storyteller
May 15, 1988
Time
Jun 06, 2021
The Frank Skinner Show
Sep 10, 1995
Extremely Dangerous
Nov 11, 1999
Scarlett
Nov 13, 1994
Faceless
Mar 22, 2006
Red Riding
Mar 05, 2009
Shardlake
May 01, 2024
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
Nov 29, 1993
Clarissa
Nov 27, 1991
Legends
Aug 13, 2014
Natural World
Oct 30, 1983
Medici: Masters of Florence
Oct 18, 2016
The Frankenstein Chronicles
Nov 11, 2015
Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth
Jul 06, 2016
Wasted
Jul 26, 2016
Broken
May 30, 2017
Game of Thrones
Apr 17, 2011
Marriage
Aug 14, 2022
Roman Empire
Nov 11, 2016
Lady Chatterley
Jun 06, 1993
Troubles
May 01, 1988
The Oath
Mar 08, 2018
ARES: live
Jun 07, 2015
Curfew
Feb 22, 2019
The Reichen Show
Nov 11, 2005
Fight Club - A History of Violence
Oct 17, 2012
D-Day to Berlin
Apr 20, 2005
Crusoe
Oct 17, 2008
Accused
Nov 15, 2010
Henry VIII
Oct 12, 2003
Family Guy
Jan 31, 1999
Reunited Apart
Apr 27, 2020
Gladiators
Aug 04, 2024
World on Fire
Sep 29, 2019
Decisive Weapons
Sep 18, 1996
Robin Hood
Missing
Mar 15, 2012
