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Sean Bean
Known for: ActingShaun 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.
Filmography 75
Jupiter Ascending
as Stinger Apini 
The Martian
as Mitch Henderson 
Roman Empire
as Narrateur 
Troy
as Odysseus 
Equilibrium
as Errol Partridge 
Pixels
as Corporal Hill (SAS Officer) 
The Island
as Dr. Bernard Merrick 
Deep Cover
as Billings 
Lady Chatterley
as Oliver Mellors 
National Treasure
as Ian Howe 
Mummies
as Pharaoh (voice) 
Legends
as Martin Odum 
Sharpe
as Richard Sharpe 
Silent Hill
as Christopher Da Silva 
Patriot Games
as Sean Miller 
Robin Hood
as Sheriff of Nottingham 
The Hitcher
as John Ryder 
GoldenEye
as Alec Trevelyan 
Knights of the Zodiac
as Alman Kido 
Mirror Mirror
as King 
Wolfwalkers
as Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice) 
The Isolate Thief
as "Fiddler" John Good 
Don't Say a Word
as Patrick Koster 
Death Race 2
as Markus Kane 
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva 
The Frankenstein Chronicles
as John Marlott 
Marriage
as Ian 
Drone
as Neil 
Curfew
as The General 
Ronin
as Spence 
North Country
as Kyle 
Black Death
as Ulric 
Possessor
as John Parse 
Flightplan
as Captain Rich 
Anemone
as Jem Stoker 
Crusoe
as James Crusoe 
Black Beauty
as Farmer Grey 
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
as Lucis Caelum (voice) 
The Big Empty
as Cowboy 
The Lost Future
as Amal 
Troubles
as Captain Bolton 
The Young Messiah
as Severus 
Broken
as Father Michael Kerrigan 
Caravaggio
as Ranuccio 
Anna Karenina
as Vronsky 
Age of Heroes
as Maj. Jack Jones 
Extremely Dangerous
as Neil Byrne 
War Requiem
as The German Soldier 
Ca$h
as Pyke Kubic 
Outlaw
as Danny Bryant 
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
as John Dawson 
Wasted
as Sean Bean 
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
as John Dawson 
The Dark
as James 
Cleanskin
as Ewan 
Soldiers of Fortune
as Dimidov 
Stormy Monday
as Brendan 
Jacob
as Esau 
The Field
as Tadgh McCabe 
Shopping
as Venning 
When Saturday Comes
as Jimmy Muir 
Essex Boys
as Jason Locke 
Dark River
as Richard Bell 
Lorna Doone
as Carver Doone 
Wicked Blood
as Uncle Frank Stinson 
Far North
as Loki 
The Fifteen Streets
as Dominic O'Brien 
Bravo Two Zero
as Andy McNab 
Watch the Skies
as (voice) 
Tom & Thomas
as Paul Sheppard 