
Sean Bean
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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

Family Guy

Inspector Morse

Soccer AM

The Frank Skinner Show

The Storyteller

This City Is Ours

Crusoe

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

Medici: Masters of Florence

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Mirror Mirror

Snowpiercer

World on Fire

Pixels

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

War Requiem

Flightplan

Knights of the Zodiac

Punters

Deep Cover

Ronin

The Martian

Scarlett

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Accused

Mummies

Troy

Equilibrium

Possessor

Patriot Games

National Treasure

Death Race 2

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

Game of Thrones

Shardlake

Pride

Roman Empire

Jupiter Ascending

Wolfwalkers

GoldenEye

Small Zones

Tell Me That You Love Me

Lady Chatterley

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

Silent Hill

Drone

Sharpe: The Legend

Marriage

Sharpe

Time

Curfew

D-Day to Berlin

The Frankenstein Chronicles

The Lost Future

Broken

Swamp Thing

Prince
Production Credits
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