Sean Bean
Acting
🎂 1959-04-17
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.
Cast credits(164)
Lord Eddard 'Ned' Stark
2011
Portrait Griffin (voice)
1999
Narrator
1983
Self
1995
Self
1996
Billings
2025
Self
2005
Self
1995
Joseph Wilford
2020
2016
Lord Fenton
1994
Boromir
2001
Prince
1988
Robert Aske
2003
Mark Cobden
2021
Narrateur
2016
Alex Bailey
1987
Martin Odum
2014
Boromir
2003
Tom Hammond
2018
Ronnie Phelan
2025
Thomas Cromwell
2024
John Dawson
2009
The General
2019
Richard Sharpe
1993
John Marlott
2015
Odysseus
2004
Self
2020
Ian
2022
Douglas Bennett
2019
1984
Simon Gaskell / Tracie Tremarco
2010
Mellors
1993
James Crusoe
2008
Father Michael Kerrigan
2017
Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)
2015
Mitch Henderson
2015
Zeus
2010
Christopher Da Silva
2006
Paul Winstone
2012
Stinger Apini
2015
Ian Howe
2004
Narrator
2024
Alec Trevelyan
1995
Alman Kido
2023
Narator
1996
Dr. Bernard Merrick
2005
Narrator
2012
Narrator
2016
King
2012
Sean Bean
2016
Errol Partridge
2002
Spence
1998
Markus Kane
2010
Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva
2012
Narrator
2005
Captain Rich
2005
Kyle
2005
Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice)
2020
Sean Miller
1992
Self
2002
John Parse
2020
Captain Bolton
1988
John Ryder
2007
Self
2019
Patrick Koster
2001
Farmer Grey
1994
Vronsky
1997
Ulric
2010
Ewan
2012
Mitch Henderson
2015
Self - Guest
1988
James
2005
Neil
2017
2006
1991
Paul
1993
Severus
2016
Amal
2010
Ranuccio
1986
Pyke Kubic
2010
Richard Sharpe
1997
Uncle Frank Stinson
2014
Maj. Jack Jones
2011
Danny Bryant
2007
Self
2006
Dimidov
2012
Larry Frisk
1989
Venning
1994
John Dawson
2009
Esau
1994
Neil Byrne
1999
John Dawson
2009
Narrator
2017
Andy McNab
1999
Tadgh McCabe
1990
Jimmy Muir
1996
Cowboy
2003
Richard Bell
2017
Richard Sharpe
1993
Dark (voice)
2004
Richard Sharpe
1993
2025
Sheriff of Nottingham
Brendan
1988
Richard Sharpe
2008
2012
Loki
2008
Richard Sharpe
1997
Micky McAvoy
1992
Richard Sharpe
1994
Jason Locke
2000
Richard Sharpe
1997
Richard Sharpe
1996
Carver Doone
1990
Richard Sharpe
1995
Dominic O'Brien
1989
Jack Morgan
1991
Self
2004
Richard Sharpe
1994
Dave Toombs
1998
Self
1995
Richard Sharpe
2006
Richard Sharpe
1994
2020
Richard Sharpe
1995
Sergeant Major Gordon
Self
2002
The German Soldier
1989
Self
1995
Richard Sharpe
1996
Paul Sheppard
2002
Vian
2015
Richard Sharpe
1995
Alec Trevelyan
1995
Self - Narrator (voice)
1998
(voice)
Richard Sharpe
1997
Self
2001
Scarred Man
1985
Richard Sharpe
1996
Self
2001
Hooker
1984
Anton van Heerden
1990
Macbeth
2015
Vic
1990
2006
Self
2004
Man
1990
2006
Narrator (voice)
2004
Narrator
2012
Gabriel Lewis
1991
Steve Deakin
1991
Poetry Narrator
2018
Narrator (English)
2017
Himself/narrator
2015
Self
2015
Lurch
1984
Narrator
2013
Narrator
2021