Sean Bean
Born 1959
Known for Game of Thrones, The Martian, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
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.
Movie Credits
Watch the Skies (2025)
Drone (2017)
Any Day (2015)
Cleanskin (2012)
Hooligan (2012)
Age of Heroes (2011)
Black Death (2010)
Ca$h (2010)
The Lost Future (2010)
Sharpe's Peril (2008)
Outlaw (2007)
The Hitcher (2007)
Sharpe's Challenge (2006)
Essex Boys (2000)
Bravo Two Zero (1999)
Sharpe's Justice (1997)
Sharpe's Revenge (1997)
Sharpe's Waterloo (1997)
Sharpe's Mission (1996)
Sharpe's Regiment (1996)
Sharpe's Siege (1996)
When Saturday Comes (1996)
Sharpe's Battle (1995)
Sharpe's Gold (1995)
Sharpe's Sword (1995)
Sharpe's Company (1994)
Sharpe's Enemy (1994)
Sharpe's Honour (1994)
Sharpe's Eagle (1993)
Sharpe's Rifles (1993)
The 4th Reich (1969)
Anemone (2025)
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012)
Silent Hill (2006)
The Dark (2005)
Tom & Thomas (2002)
Don't Say a Word (2001)
Airborne (1998)
Anna Karenina (1997)
GoldenEye (1995)
The Fifteen Streets (1989)
Caravaggio (1986)
The Isolate Thief (2026)
The Yellow Tie (2025)
Wolfwalkers (2020)
Dark River (2017)
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Wicked Blood (2014)
Death Race 2 (2010)
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)
Far North (2007)
Black Beauty (1994)
Jacob (1994)
Lorna Doone (1990)
The Field (1990)
The Isolate Thief (2026)
Possessor (2020)
The Young Messiah (2016)
Soldiers of Fortune (2012)
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill' (2006)
North Country (2005)
The Island (2005)
National Treasure (2004)
Patriot Games (1992)
Stormy Monday (1988)
Winter Flight (1984)
Troy (2004)
Equilibrium (2002)
Shopping (1994)
The Martian (2015)
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
The Big Empty (2003)
Deep Cover (2025)
Knights of the Zodiac (2023)
Mirror Mirror (2012)
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009)
Flightplan (2005)
Ronin (1998)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
