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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Yellow Tie as
- 2025 · Robin Hood as Sheriff of Nottingham
- 2025 · Anemone as Jem Stoker
- 2025 · Deep Cover as Billings
- 2020 · Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life as
- 2020 · Possessor as John Parse
- 2020 · Snowpiercer as Joseph Wilford
- 2016 · Medici: Masters of Florence as
- 2015 · The Martian as Mitch Henderson
- 2015 · Pixels as Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)
- 2015 · Jupiter Ascending as Stinger Apini
- 2014 · Legends as Martin Odum
- 2012 · Silent Hill: Revelation 3D as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva
- 2012 · Mirror Mirror as King
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Lord Eddard 'Ned' Stark
- 2010 · Accused as Simon Gaskell / Tracie Tremarco
- 2010 · Ca$h as Pyke Kubic
- 2010 · Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Zeus
- 2006 · Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill' as Self
- 2006 · Silent Hill as Christopher Da Silva
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self
- 2005 · The Dark as James
- 2005 · Flightplan as Captain Rich
- 2005 · The Island as Dr. Bernard Merrick
- 2004 · National Treasure as Ian Howe
- 2004 · Troy as Odysseus
- 2003 · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Boromir
- 2002 · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Boromir (uncredited)
- 2002 · Equilibrium as Errol Partridge
- 2001 · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Boromir
- 1999 · Family Guy as Portrait Griffin (voice)
- 1998 · Ronin as Spence
- 1996 · TFI Friday as Self
- 1995 · GoldenEye as Alec Trevelyan
- 1995 · The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- 1995 · Soccer AM as Self
- 1992 · Patriot Games as Sean Miller
- 1989 · How to Get Ahead in Advertising as Larry Frisk
- 1988 · The Storyteller as Prince
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Alex Bailey
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- Future · The Isolate Thief as
- 2024 · Gladiators as Narrator
- 2022 · Marriage as Ian
- 2017 · The Unconquered as Narrator (English)
- 2017 · Drone as Neil
- 2016 · Wasted as Sean Bean
- 2016 · The Young Messiah as Severus
- 2015 · Instruments of Darkness as Macbeth
- 2014 · Wicked Blood as Uncle Frank Stinson
- 2012 · Soldiers of Fortune as Dimidov
- 2011 · Age of Heroes as Maj. Jack Jones
- 2010 · The Lost Future as Amal
- 2008 · Sharpe's Peril as Richard Sharpe
- 2008 · Far North as Loki
- 2007 · Outlaw as Danny Bryant
- 2006 · Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles as
- 2006 · Faceless as
- 2005 · D-Day to Berlin as Narrator
- 2004 · Pride as Dark (voice)
- 2004 · The Making of 'The Return of the King' as Self
- 2004 · D-Day to Berlin as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · The Big Empty as Cowboy
- 2001 · Quest for the Ring as Self
- 2000 · Essex Boys as Jason Locke
- 1999 · Extremely Dangerous as Neil Byrne
- 1999 · Bravo Two Zero as Andy McNab
- 1997 · Sharpe: The Legend as Richard Sharpe
- 1997 · Anna Karenina as Vronsky
- 1996 · Sharpe's Mission as Richard Sharpe
- 1996 · Sharpe's Siege as Richard Sharpe
- 1994 · Shopping as Venning
- 1994 · Jacob as Esau
- 1994 · Sharpe's Honour as Richard Sharpe
- 1994 · Sharpe's Enemy as Richard Sharpe
- 1993 · A Woman's Guide to Adultery as Paul
- 1993 · Sharpe's Eagle as Richard Sharpe
- 1993 · Sharpe's Rifles as Richard Sharpe
- 1992 · Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery as Micky McAvoy
- 1991 · Clarissa as
- 1989 · War Requiem as The German Soldier
- 1988 · Troubles as Captain Bolton
- 1986 · Caravaggio as Ranuccio
- 1985 · Exploits at West Poley as Scarred Man
- Future · Rogue Trooper as
- 2025 · World of Westeros Ambient Video as Ned Stark
- 2025 · Original Gangsters with Sean Bean as Presenter
- 2025 · Watch the Skies as (voice)
- 2025 · This City Is Ours as Ronnie Phelan
- 2024 · Shardlake as Thomas Cromwell
- 2023 · Knights of the Zodiac as Alman Kido
- 2021 · Osprey: Sea Raptor as Narrator
- 2021 · Time as Mark Cobden
- 2020 · Wolfwalkers as Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice)
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2019 · World on Fire as Douglas Bennett
- 2019 · Game of Thrones: The Last Watch as Self
- 2019 · Curfew as The General
- 2018 · Taniel as Poetry Narrator
- 2018 · The Oath as Tom Hammond
- 2017 · Dark River as Richard Bell
- 2017 · Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight as Narrator
- 2017 · Broken as Father Michael Kerrigan
- 2016 · Roman Empire as Narrateur
- 2016 · Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth as Narrator
- 2015 · The Frankenstein Chronicles as John Marlott
- 2015 · Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced as Self
- 2015 · Sean Bean on Waterloo as Himself/narrator
- 2015 · ARES: live as Mitch Henderson
- 2015 · Any Day as Vian
- 2013 · Wild in the Streets as Narrator
- 2012 · Fight Club - A History of Violence as Narrator
- 2012 · Georgian Fighting Women as Narrator
- 2012 · Hooligan as
- 2012 · Missing as Paul Winstone
- 2012 · Cleanskin as Ewan
- 2010 · Death Race 2 as Markus Kane
- 2010 · Black Death as Ulric
- 2009 · Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 as John Dawson
- 2009 · Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 as John Dawson
- 2009 · Red Riding as John Dawson
- 2008 · Crusoe as James Crusoe
- 2007 · The Hitcher as John Ryder
- 2006 · The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event as
- 2006 · Sharpe's Challenge as Richard Sharpe
- 2005 · North Country as Kyle
- 2004 · Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
- 2003 · Henry VIII as Robert Aske
- 2003 · Celebrity Naked Ambition as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · HypaSpace as Self
- 2002 · The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' as Self
- 2002 · Tom & Thomas as Paul Sheppard
- 2001 · Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' as Self
- 2001 · Don't Say a Word as Patrick Koster
- 1998 · Airborne as Dave Toombs
- 1998 · La Coupe De La Gloire as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Sharpe's Waterloo as Richard Sharpe
- 1997 · Sharpe's Justice as Richard Sharpe
- 1997 · Sharpe's Revenge as Richard Sharpe
- 1996 · Decisive Weapons as Narator
- 1996 · Sharpe's Regiment as Richard Sharpe
- 1996 · When Saturday Comes as Jimmy Muir
- 1995 · Goldeneye: The Secret Files as Self
- 1995 · In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross as Alec Trevelyan
- 1995 · Sharpe's Sword as Richard Sharpe
- 1995 · Sharpe's Battle as Richard Sharpe
- 1995 · Sharpe's Gold as Richard Sharpe
- 1995 · GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast as Self
- 1994 · Scarlett as Lord Richard Fenton
- 1994 · Black Beauty as Farmer Grey
- 1994 · Sharpe's Company as Richard Sharpe
- 1993 · Lady Chatterley as Oliver Mellors
- 1993 · Sharpe as Richard Sharpe
- 1991 · Prince as Jack Morgan
- 1991 · Tell Me That You Love Me as Gabriel Lewis
- 1991 · My Kingdom for a Horse as Steve Deakin
- 1990 · Lorna Doone as Carver Doone
- 1990 · The Field as Tadgh McCabe
- 1990 · Wedded as Man
- 1990 · Windprints as Anton van Heerden
- 1990 · Small Zones as Vic
- 1989 · The Fifteen Streets as Dominic O'Brien
- 1988 · This Morning as Self - Guest
- 1988 · Stormy Monday as Brendan
- 1984 · Winter Flight as Hooker
- Future · The 4th Reich as Sergeant Major Gordon
- 1988 · The Storyteller: The True Bride as Prince
- 1984 · Punters as Lurch
- 1984 · Samson and Delilah as Billy