
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

Accused

The Storyteller

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

Knights of the Zodiac

Flightplan

Ronin

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Scarlett

The Martian

Crusoe

Equilibrium

Troy

Mummies

Possessor

Patriot Games

National Treasure

Wolfwalkers

Deep Cover

Jupiter Ascending

Game of Thrones

Death Race 2

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

Roman Empire

Shardlake

Lady Chatterley

Silent Hill

GoldenEye

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

Sharpe: The Legend

Time

The Frankenstein Chronicles

Sharpe

Swamp Thing

The Lost Future

Broken

Drone

Curfew
Production Credits
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