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.
177 acting credits
Acting · 177
Game of Thrones
2011
Family Guy
1999
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
Snowpiercer
2020
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
Natural World
1983
Troy
2004
Inspector Morse
1987
The Martian
2015
The Bill
1984
Screen Two
1985
The Reichen Show
2005
Legends
2014
Lady Chatterley
1993
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
Medici: Masters of Florence
2016
Pixels
2015
Soccer AM
1995
The Storyteller
1988
Robin Hood
2025
Silent Hill
2006
Sharpe
1993
Reunited Apart
2020
The Oath
2018
GoldenEye
1995
Jupiter Ascending
2015
National Treasure
2004
Accused
2010
ScreenPlay
1986
World on Fire
2019
The Island
2005
Time
2021
Screen One
1989
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
The Frankenstein Chronicles
2015
Equilibrium
2002
Ronin
1998
Roman Empire
2016
The Jim Henson Hour
1989
Deep Cover
2025
Scarlett
1994
This City Is Ours
2025
Missing
2012
Wolfwalkers
2020
TFI Friday
1996
Crusoe
2008
Red Riding
2009
Death Race 2
2010
Knights of the Zodiac
2023
Anemone
2025
HypaSpace
2002
Patriot Games
1992
Sally4Ever
2018
Henry VIII
2003
Flightplan
2005
Mirror Mirror
2012
Curfew
2019
Broken
2017
The Hitcher
2007
Shardlake
2024
North Country
2005
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
Mummies
2023
Don't Say a Word
2001
Possessor
2020
ARES: live
2015
Black Death
2010
Black Beauty
1994
Marriage
2022
Troubles
1988
This Morning
1988
Faceless
2006
The Young Messiah
2016
The Lost Future
2010
Caravaggio
1986
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009
Ca$h
2010
Wasted
2016
Jacob
1994
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009
Anna Karenina
1997
Cleanskin
2012
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002
Extremely Dangerous
1999
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004
The Big Empty
2003
The Field
1990
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
1993
Gladiators
2024
The Dark
2005
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
Clarissa
1991
The Yellow Tie
2025
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
Drone
2017
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989
Rogue Trooper
—
Outlaw
2007
Age of Heroes
2011
Quest for the Ring
2001
Soldiers of Fortune
2012
Shopping
1994
Pride
2004
Watch the Skies
2025
Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth
2016
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995
Far North
2008
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004
Sharpe's Enemy
1994
When Saturday Comes
1996
Sharpe's Revenge
1997
Fight Club - A History of Violence
2012
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
Stormy Monday
1988
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
2006
Dark River
2017
Decisive Weapons
1996
Tom & Thomas
2002
D-Day to Berlin
2005
War Requiem
1989
Instruments of Darkness
2015
Any Day
2015
Sharpe's Honour
1994
World of Westeros Ambient Video
2025
Sharpe's Rifles
1993
Sharpe's Eagle
1993
Essex Boys
2000
The Fifteen Streets
1989
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
2006
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995
Sharpe's Mission
1996
Airborne
1998
Sharpe's Siege
1996
Wicked Blood
2014
Sharpe's Peril
2008
Sharpe's Justice
1997
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
1992
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
Bravo Two Zero
1999
Sharpe's Gold
1995
Winter Flight
1984
The Isolate Thief
2026
Sharpe's Challenge
2006
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006
Sharpe's Waterloo
1997
Lorna Doone
1990
Sharpe's Sword
1995
La Coupe De La Gloire
1998
Sharpe's Regiment
1996
Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight
2017
Original Gangsters with Sean Bean
2025
The 4th Reich
—
Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life
2020
Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced
2015
Sharpe's Company
1994
Wedded
1990
Windprints
1990
The Unconquered
2017
Prince
1991
Samson and Delilah
1984
Exploits at West Poley
1985
Taniel
2018
My Kingdom for a Horse
1991
Sharpe's Battle
1995
Small Zones
1990
Hooligan
2012
Osprey: Sea Raptor
2021
Georgian Fighting Women
2012
Tell Me That You Love Me
1991
Wild in the Streets
2013
The Storyteller: The True Bride
1988
Waiting for Waiting for Godot
1982
Sean Bean on Waterloo
2015
D-Day to Berlin
2004
Punters
1984