Sean Bean
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.
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The Isolate Thief
Rogue Trooper
The Yellow Tie
Watch the Skies
Anemone
Deep Cover
Knights of the Zodiac
Mummies
Osprey: Sea Raptor
Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life
Wolfwalkers
Possessor
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch- BRBritain's Poppies: The First World War Remembered
Taniel
Dark River
The Unconquered
Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight
Drone
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
The Young Messiah
Instruments of Darkness
The Martian
Pixels- JUJupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced
Sean Bean on Waterloo
Jupiter Ascending
Any Day
Wicked Blood
Wild in the Streets
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
Georgian Fighting Women
Soldiers of Fortune
Mirror Mirror
Cleanskin
Hooligan
Age of Heroes
The Lost Future
Death Race 2
Black Death
Ca$h
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
Sharpe's Peril
Outlaw
The Hitcher
Far North
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'- DIDirecting Bond: The Martin Chronicles
- THThe Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
Sharpe's Challenge
Silent Hill
The Dark
Flightplan
The Island
North Country
National Treasure
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
Pride
Troy
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Celebrity Naked Ambition
The Big Empty
Equilibrium
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast- The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
- The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..
- The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
Tom & Thomas
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Quest for the Ring
Don't Say a Word
Essex Boys
Bravo Two Zero
Ronin
Airborne
La Coupe De La Gloire: The Official Film of the 1998 FIFA World Cup
Sharpe: The Legend
Sharpe's Waterloo
Sharpe's Justice
Sharpe's Revenge
Anna Karenina
Sharpe's Mission
Sharpe's Siege
Sharpe's Regiment
When Saturday Comes
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
GoldenEye
Sharpe's Sword
Sharpe's Battle
Sharpe's Gold- GOGoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Shopping
Jacob
Black Beauty
Sharpe's Honour
Sharpe's Enemy
Sharpe's Company
Sharpe's Eagle
Sharpe's Rifles
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
Patriot Games
Prince
Tell Me That You Love Me
My Kingdom for a Horse
Lorna Doone
The Field
Wedded
Windprints
Small Zones
The Fifteen Streets
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
War Requiem
The Storyteller: The True Bride
Stormy Monday
Caravaggio
Winter Flight
Punters- SASamson and Delilah
Waiting for Waiting for Godot- THThe 4th Reich