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Sean Bean

Sean Bean

Acting

Born April 17, 1959, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (27)
  • Reunited Apart — Self
  • 2019Game of Thrones: The Last Watch — Self
  • 2018Britain's Poppies: The First World War Remembered — Self- Narrator
  • 2015Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced — Self
  • 2015Sean Bean on Waterloo — Self - Presenter
  • 2006Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill' — Self
  • 2006The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' — Self
  • 2006The Making of 'The Return of the King' — Self
  • The Reichen Show — Self
  • 2004Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane — Self
  • 2003Celebrity Naked Ambition — Self (archive footage)
  • HypaSpace — Self
  • 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth — Self
  • 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design — Self
  • 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script — Self
  • 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast — Self
  • 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On.. — Self
  • 2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' — Self
  • 2001Quest for the Ring — Self
  • 1998La Coupe de la Gloire — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • TFI Friday — Self
  • 1995GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast — Self
  • 1995Goldeneye: The Secret Files — Self
  • Soccer AM — Self
  • The Frank Skinner Show — Self
  • This Morning — Self - Guest
  • 1982Waiting for Waiting for Godot — Self
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