Sean Bean
Acting
🎂 1959-04-17
Shaun Mark Bean 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(165)
Lord Eddard 'Ned' Stark
2011
Portrait Griffin (voice)
1999
Boromir
2001
Boromir
2003
Billings
2025
Joseph Wilford
2020
Mitch Henderson
2015
Odysseus
2004
Narrator
1983
1984
Alex Bailey
1987
Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)
2015
Zeus
2010
Self
2005
2016
Alec Trevelyan
1995
Stinger Apini
2015
Dr. Bernard Merrick
2005
Martin Odum
2014
Christopher Da Silva
2006
Ian Howe
2004
Errol Partridge
2002
Ronnie Phelan
2025
Prince
1988
Richard Sharpe
1993
Captain Rich
2005
Self
1995
Markus Kane
2010
Alman Kido
2023
Lord Fenton
1994
Thomas Cromwell
2024
Self
1995
King
2012
Self
2020
Sean Miller
1992
Narrateur
2016
Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva
2012
Spence
1998
The German Soldier
1989
Mark Cobden
2021
Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice)
2020
Tom Hammond
2018
Simon Gaskell / Tracie Tremarco
2010
2006
Micky McAvoy
1992
Narrator
2017
Self
2019
Patrick Koster
2001
Mellors
1993
Douglas Bennett
2019
Kyle
2005
John Parse
2020
John Marlott
2015
Severus
2016
John Ryder
2007
John Dawson
2009
Cowboy
2003
Robert Aske
2003
Ewan
2012
Anton van Heerden
1990
Scarred Man
1985
Neil
2017
Ulric
2010
Self
1996
Paul Winstone
2012
Amal
2010
James Crusoe
2008
Richard Sharpe
2006
Ranuccio
1986
James
2005
Farmer Grey
1994
Self
2006
2025
Dimidov
2012
2020
Sergeant Major Gordon
Vronsky
1997
Pyke Kubic
2010
Vian
2015
Gabriel Lewis
1991
Hooker
1984
2012
Self
2002
Self
2015
Father Michael Kerrigan
2017
Danny Bryant
2007
The General
2019
Richard Sharpe
1993
Esau
1994
Self
2001
Richard Sharpe
1997
Narrator (voice)
2004
Loki
2008
John Dawson
2009
Richard Sharpe
1996
Narrator
2021
Dark (voice)
2004
Vic
1990
Richard Sharpe
1995
Narrator
2012
Self - Narrator (voice)
1998
Himself/narrator
2015
Richard Sharpe
2008
Jason Locke
2000
Self
1995
Richard Bell
2017
Maj. Jack Jones
2011
Uncle Frank Stinson
2014
John Dawson
2009
Richard Sharpe
1993
Self
2001
Andy McNab
1999
Richard Sharpe
1997
Paul Sheppard
2002
Carver Doone
1990
Poetry Narrator
2018
Self
2004
Richard Sharpe
1996
Ian
2022
Richard Sharpe
1996
Narrator
2013
Richard Sharpe
1995
Jack Morgan
1991
Man
1990
Jimmy Muir
1996
Brendan
1988
Self
2002
Richard Sharpe
1994
Dominic O'Brien
1989
Richard Sharpe
1994
Self
1995
Steve Deakin
1991
Paul
1993
Richard Sharpe
1994
Mitch Henderson
2015
Larry Frisk
1989
Lurch
1984
Richard Sharpe
1995
Venning
1994
Sean Bean
2016
Narrator (English)
2017
Self
2004
Captain Bolton
1988
Richard Sharpe
1997
Self - Guest
1988
Tadgh McCabe
1990
2006
(voice)
Dave Toombs
1998
Richard Sharpe
1997
Neil Byrne
1999
Narrator
2012
Lord Eddard ‘Ned’ Stark
2009
1991
Macbeth
2015
Sheriff of Nottingham
Narrator
2024
Narrator
2005
Narrator
2016
Narator
1996
Alec Trevelyan
1995
2006