Sean Bean
Acting
1959-04-17 · Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
TheatersThe Isolate Thief
2026 · Movie
TheatersRogue Trooper
2026 · Movie
The Yellow Tie
2025 · Movie
Original Gangsters with Sean Bean
2025 · Series
Robin Hood
2025 · Series
Watch the Skies
2025 · Movie
Anemone
2025 · Movie
Deep Cover
2025 · Movie
This City Is Ours
2025 · Series
Gladiators
2024 · Series
Shardlake
2024 · Series
Knights of the Zodiac
2023 · Movie
Mummies
2023 · Movie
Marriage
2022 · Series
Osprey: Sea Raptor
2021 · Movie
Time
2021 · Series
Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life
2020 · Movie
Wolfwalkers
2020 · Movie
Possessor
2020 · Movie
Snowpiercer
2020 · Series
Reunited Apart
2020 · Series
World on Fire
2019 · Series
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019 · Movie
Curfew
2019 · Series
Britain's Poppies: The First World War Remembered
2018 · Movie
Sally4Ever
2018 · Series
Taniel
2018 · Movie
The Oath
2018 · Series
Dark River
2017 · Movie
The Unconquered
2017 · Movie
Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight
2017 · Movie
Broken
2017 · Series
Drone
2017 · Movie
Roman Empire
2016 · Series
Medici: Masters of Florence
2016 · Series
Wasted
2016 · Series
Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth
2016 · Series
The Young Messiah
2016 · Movie
The Frankenstein Chronicles
2015 · Series
Instruments of Darkness
2015 · Movie
The Martian
2015 · Movie
Pixels
2015 · Movie
Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced
2015 · Movie
Sean Bean on Waterloo
2015 · Movie
ARES: live
2015 · Series
Any Day
2015 · Movie
Jupiter Ascending
2015 · Movie
Legends
2014 · Series
Wicked Blood
2014 · Movie
Wild in the Streets
2013 · Movie
Fight Club - A History of Violence
2012 · Series
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012 · Movie
Georgian Fighting Women
2012 · Movie
Hooligan
2012 · Movie
Soldiers of Fortune
2012 · Movie
Mirror Mirror
2012 · Movie
Missing
2012 · Series
Cleanskin
2012 · Movie
Age of Heroes
2011 · Movie
Game of Thrones
2011 · Series
Accused
2010 · Series
The Lost Future
2010 · Movie
Death Race 2
2010 · Movie
Black Death
2010 · Movie
Ca$h
2010 · Movie
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010 · Movie
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009 · Movie
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009 · Movie
Red Riding
2009 · Series
Sharpe's Peril
2008 · Movie
Crusoe
2008 · Series
Far North
2008 · Movie
Outlaw
2007 · Movie
The Hitcher
2007 · Movie
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2006 · Movie
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2006 · Movie
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
2006 · Movie
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006 · Movie
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
2006 · Movie
Sharpe's Challenge
2006 · Movie
Silent Hill
2006 · Movie
Faceless
2006 · Series
The Reichen Show
2005 · Series
The Dark
2005 · Movie
Flightplan
2005 · Movie
The Island
2005 · Movie
D-Day to Berlin
2005 · Series
North Country
2005 · Movie
National Treasure
2004 · Movie
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004 · Movie
Pride
2004 · Movie
Troy
2004 · Movie
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Movie
Henry VIII
2003 · Series
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003 · Movie
The Big Empty
2003 · Movie
Equilibrium
2002 · Movie
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
2002 · Movie
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
2002 · Movie
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
2002 · Movie
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
2002 · Movie
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..
2002 · Movie
HypaSpace
2002 · Series
Tom & Thomas
2002 · Movie
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Movie
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001 · Movie
Quest for the Ring
2001 · Movie
Don't Say a Word
2001 · Movie
Essex Boys
2000 · Movie
Extremely Dangerous
1999 · Series
Bravo Two Zero
1999 · Movie
Family Guy
1999 · Series
Ronin
1998 · Movie
Airborne
1998 · Movie
La Coupe de la Gloire
1998 · Movie
Sharpe: The Legend
1997 · Movie
Sharpe's Waterloo
1997 · Movie
Sharpe's Justice
1997 · Movie
Sharpe's Revenge
1997 · Movie
Anna Karenina
1997 · Movie
Decisive Weapons
1996 · Series
Sharpe's Mission
1996 · Movie
Sharpe's Siege
1996 · Movie
Sharpe's Regiment
1996 · Movie
When Saturday Comes
1996 · Movie
TFI Friday
1996 · Series
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995 · Movie
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995 · Movie
GoldenEye
1995 · Movie
The Frank Skinner Show
1995 · Series
Soccer AM
1995 · Series
Sharpe's Sword
1995 · Movie
Sharpe's Battle
1995 · Movie
Sharpe's Gold
1995 · Movie
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995 · Movie
Shopping
1994 · Movie
Jacob
1994 · Movie
Scarlett
1994 · Series
Black Beauty
1994 · Movie
Sharpe's Honour
1994 · Movie
Sharpe's Enemy
1994 · Movie
Sharpe's Company
1994 · Movie
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
1993 · Series
Lady Chatterley
1993 · Series
Sharpe's Eagle
1993 · Movie
Sharpe
1993 · Series
Sharpe's Rifles
1993 · Movie
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
1992 · Movie
Patriot Games
1992 · Movie
Clarissa
1991 · Series
Prince
1991 · Movie
Tell Me That You Love Me
1991 · Movie
My Kingdom for a Horse
1991 · Movie
Lorna Doone
1990 · Movie
The Field
1990 · Movie
Wedded
1990 · Movie
He-Play
1990 · Series
Windprints
1990 · Movie
Small Zones
1990 · Movie
4 Play
1989 · Series
Screen One
1989 · Series
The Fifteen Streets
1989 · Movie
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989 · Movie
The Jim Henson Hour
1989 · Series
War Requiem
1989 · Movie
This Morning
1988 · Series
The Storyteller: The True Bride
1988 · Movie
The Storyteller
1988 · Series
Troubles
1988 · Series
Stormy Monday
1988 · Movie
Inspector Morse
1987 · Series
Caravaggio
1986 · Movie
ScreenPlay
1986 · Series
Screen Two
1985 · Series
Exploits at West Poley
1985 · Movie
Winter Flight
1984 · Movie
Punters
1984 · Movie
The Bill
1984 · Series
Samson and Delilah
1984 · Movie
Natural World
1983 · Series
Waiting for Waiting for Godot
1982 · Movie
The 4th Reich
Movie