Sean Bean
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-04-17 (66 years old)
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.
Known For
Acting
Watch the Skies
as (voice)
The 4th Reich
as Sergeant Major Gordon
(2025)
(2023)
Knights of the Zodiac
as Alman Kido
(2021)
Osprey: Sea Raptor
as Narrator
(2020)
Possessor
as John Parse
(2020)
Wolfwalkers
as Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice)
(2020)
(2019)
(2018)
Taniel
as Poetry Narrator
(2017)
Drone
as Neil
(2017)
(2017)
Dark River
as Richard Bell
(2017)
The Unconquered
as Narrator (English)
(2016)
The Young Messiah
as Severus
(2015)
The Martian
as Mitch Henderson
(2015)
Pixels
as Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)
(2015)
Jupiter Ascending
as Stinger Apini
(2015)
Any Day
as Vian
(2015)
Instruments of Darkness
as Macbeth
(2015)
(2015)
Sean Bean on Waterloo
as Himself/narrator
(2014)
Wicked Blood
as Uncle Frank Stinson
(2013)
Wild in the Streets
as Narrator
(2012)
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva
(2012)
Mirror Mirror
as King
(2012)
Cleanskin
as Ewan
(2012)
Soldiers of Fortune
as Dimidov
(2012)
(2012)
Georgian Fighting Women
as Narrator
(2011)
Age of Heroes
as Maj. Jack Jones
(2010)
(2010)
Death Race 2
as Markus Kane
(2010)
Black Death
as Ulric
(2010)
Ca$h
as Pyke Kubic
(2010)
The Lost Future
as Amal
(2009)
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
as John Dawson
(2009)
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
as John Dawson
(2008)
Far North
as Loki
(2008)
Sharpe's Peril
as Richard Sharpe
(2007)
The Hitcher
as John Ryder
(2007)
Outlaw
as Danny Bryant
(2006)
Silent Hill
as Christopher Da Silva
(2006)
(2006)
Sharpe's Challenge
as Richard Sharpe
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
The Island
as Dr. Bernard Merrick
(2005)
Flightplan
as Captain Rich
(2005)
North Country
as Kyle
(2005)
The Dark
as James
(2004)
Troy
as Odysseus
(2004)
National Treasure
as Ian Howe
(2004)
(2004)
Pride
as Dark (voice)
(2004)
D-Day to Berlin
as Narrator (voice)
(2004)
(2003)
(2003)
The Big Empty
as Cowboy
(2002)
Equilibrium
as Errol Partridge
(2002)
Tom & Thomas
as Paul Sheppard
(2002)
(2002)
Lord of the Piercing
as Boromir (archive footage)
(2001)
(2001)
Don't Say a Word
as Patrick Koster
(2001)
Quest for the Ring
as Self
(2001)
(2000)
Essex Boys
as Jason Locke
(1999)
Bravo Two Zero
as Andy McNab
(1998)
Ronin
as Spence
(1998)
Airborne
as Dave Toombs
(1998)
La Coupe De La Gloire
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1997)
Anna Karenina
as Vronsky
(1997)
Sharpe: The Legend
as Richard Sharpe
(1997)
Sharpe's Justice
as Richard Sharpe
(1997)
Sharpe's Waterloo
as Richard Sharpe
(1997)
Sharpe's Revenge
as Richard Sharpe
(1996)
When Saturday Comes
as Jimmy Muir
(1996)
Sharpe's Regiment
as Richard Sharpe
(1996)
Sharpe's Mission
as Richard Sharpe
(1996)
Sharpe's Siege
as Richard Sharpe
(1995)
GoldenEye
as Alec Trevelyan
(1995)
Sharpe's Battle
as Richard Sharpe
(1995)
Sharpe's Gold
as Richard Sharpe
(1995)
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
as Self
(1995)
Sharpe's Sword
as Richard Sharpe
(1995)
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
as Alec Trevelyan
(1995)
(1994)
Black Beauty
as Farmer Grey
(1994)
Jacob
as Esau
(1994)
Shopping
as Venning
(1994)
Sharpe's Enemy
as Richard Sharpe
(1994)
Sharpe's Company
as Richard Sharpe
(1994)
Sharpe's Honour
as Richard Sharpe
(1993)
Sharpe's Rifles
as Richard Sharpe
(1993)
Sharpe's Eagle
as Richard Sharpe
(1992)
Patriot Games
as Sean Miller
(1992)
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
as Micky McAvoy
(1991)
Tell Me That You Love Me
as Gabriel Lewis
(1991)
Prince
as Jack Morgan
(1991)
My Kingdom for a Horse
as Steve Deakin
(1990)
The Field
as Tadgh McCabe
(1990)
Lorna Doone
as Carver Doone
(1990)
Windprints
as Anton van Heerden
(1990)
Wedded
as Man
(1990)
Small Zones
as Vic
(1989)
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
as Larry Frisk
(1989)
The Fifteen Streets
as Dominic O'Brien
(1989)
War Requiem
as The German Soldier
(1988)
Stormy Monday
as Brendan
(1986)
Caravaggio
as Ranuccio
(1985)
Exploits at West Poley
as Scarred Man
(1984)
Winter Flight
as Hooker
(1984)
Punters
as Lurch