
Sean Bean
Known for Acting · 177 credits
- Born
- 1959-04-17 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Shaun Mark Bean
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.
Known For

Game of Thrones
2011
as Lord Eddard 'Ned' Stark

Family Guy
1999
as Portrait Griffin (voice)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
as Boromir

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
as Boromir

Natural World
1983
as Narrator

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
as Boromir (uncredited)
TV Shows (53)

Game of Thrones
2011
as Lord Eddard 'Ned' Stark

Family Guy
1999
as Portrait Griffin (voice)

Natural World
1983
as Narrator

Snowpiercer
2020
as Joseph Wilford

The Bill
1984

Screen Two
1985
as Vic

Inspector Morse
1987
as Alex Bailey

The Reichen Show
2005
as Self

Robin Hood
2025
as Sheriff of Nottingham

Lady Chatterley
1993
as Oliver Mellors

Soccer AM
1995
as Self

Legends
2014
as Martin Odum

Medici: Masters of Florence
2016

Sharpe
1993
as Richard Sharpe

ScreenPlay
1986
as Man

Reunited Apart
2020
as Self

Screen One
1989
as Gabriel Lewis / Jack Morgan

The Oath
2018
as Tom Hammond

The Storyteller
1988
as Prince

The Frank Skinner Show
1995
as Self

Accused
2010
as Simon Gaskell / Tracie Tremarco

Time
2021
as Mark Cobden

World on Fire
2019
as Douglas Bennett

The Jim Henson Hour
1989
as The Prince (archive footage)

Roman Empire
2016
as Narrateur

Scarlett
1994
as Lord Richard Fenton

TFI Friday
1996
as Self

Missing
2012
as Paul Winstone

The Frankenstein Chronicles
2015
as John Marlott

This City Is Ours
2025
as Ronnie Phelan

Crusoe
2008
as James Crusoe
HypaSpace
2002
as Self

Henry VIII
2003
as Robert Aske

Red Riding
2009
as John Dawson

Curfew
2019
as The General

Shardlake
2024
as Thomas Cromwell

Broken
2017
as Father Michael Kerrigan

ARES: live
2015
as Mitch Henderson

Sally4Ever
2018
as Sean Bean

This Morning
1988
as Self - Guest

Troubles
1988
as Captain Bolton

Extremely Dangerous
1999
as Neil Byrne

Marriage
2022
as Ian

A Woman's Guide to Adultery
1993
as Paul

Wasted
2016
as Sean Bean

Gladiators
2024
as Narrator
Faceless
2006

Clarissa
1991

Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth
2016
as Narrator

D-Day to Berlin
2005
as Narrator

Decisive Weapons
1996
as Narator
Fight Club - A History of Violence
2012
as Narrator

Original Gangsters with Sean Bean
2025
as Presenter
Movies (124)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
as Boromir

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
as Boromir

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
as Boromir (uncredited)

Troy
2004
as Odysseus

The Martian
2015
as Mitch Henderson

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
as Zeus

Pixels
2015
as Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)

GoldenEye
1995
as Alec Trevelyan

Silent Hill
2006
as Christopher Da Silva

Jupiter Ascending
2015
as Stinger Apini

The Island
2005
as Dr. Bernard Merrick

National Treasure
2004
as Ian Howe

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012
as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva

Deep Cover
2025
as Billings

Knights of the Zodiac
2023
as Alman Kido

Equilibrium
2002
as Errol Partridge

Wolfwalkers
2020
as Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice)

Anemone
2025
as Jem Stoker

Death Race 2
2010
as Markus Kane

Flightplan
2005
as Captain Rich

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
as Self

Mirror Mirror
2012
as King

Patriot Games
1992
as Sean Miller

Ronin
1998
as Spence

Possessor
2020
as John Parse

North Country
2005
as Kyle

Mummies
2023
as Pharaoh (voice)

Don't Say a Word
2001
as Patrick Koster

Cleanskin
2012
as Ewan

Black Death
2010
as Ulric

The Hitcher
2007
as John Ryder

Caravaggio
1986
as Ranuccio

The Lost Future
2010
as Amal

Black Beauty
1994
as Farmer Grey

Jacob
1994
as Esau

Ca$h
2010
as Pyke Kubic

Drone
2017
as Neil

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009
as John Dawson

The Field
1990
as Tadgh McCabe

Outlaw
2007
as Danny Bryant

The Dark
2005
as James

Pride
2004
as Dark (voice)

The Young Messiah
2016
as Severus

Anna Karenina
1997
as Vronsky

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009
as John Dawson

Sharpe's Regiment
1996
as Major Richard Sharpe

The Yellow Tie
2025
as Demostene Celibidache
The Isolate Thief
2026

Sharpe: The Legend
1997
as Richard Sharpe

Watch the Skies
2025
as (voice)

Rogue Trooper
as (voice)

Sharpe's Enemy
1994
as Major Richard Sharpe

Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
as Self (archive footage)

Any Day
2015
as Vian

Age of Heroes
2011
as Maj. Jack Jones

Shopping
1994
as Venning

The Big Empty
2003
as Cowboy

Soldiers of Fortune
2012
as Dimidov

Sharpe's Peril
2008
as Richard Sharpe

Sharpe's Rifles
1993
as Lieutenant Richard Sharpe

Sharpe's Challenge
2006
as Richard Sharpe

The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002
as Self

The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004
as Self

Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
1992
as Micky McAvoy

Stormy Monday
1988
as Brendan

Sharpe's Siege
1996
as Major Richard Sharpe

Dark River
2017
as Richard Bell

World of Westeros Ambient Video
2025
as Ned Stark

Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004
as Self

Sharpe's Gold
1995
as Major Richard Sharpe

Essex Boys
2000
as Jason Locke

Bravo Two Zero
1999
as Andy McNab

Wicked Blood
2014
as Uncle Frank Stinson

Sharpe's Revenge
1997
as Major Richard Sharpe

Sharpe's Honour
1994
as Major Richard Sharpe

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989
as Larry Frisk

The Fifteen Streets
1989
as Dominic O'Brien

Sharpe's Waterloo
1997
as Lieutenant Colonel Richard Sharpe

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995
as Alec Trevelyan

Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
as Self

Far North
2008
as Loki

Sharpe's Eagle
1993
as Captain Richard Sharpe

When Saturday Comes
1996
as Jimmy Muir

Sharpe's Company
1994
as Captain Richard Sharpe

Sharpe's Mission
1996
as Major Richard Sharpe

Sharpe's Justice
1997
as Major Richard Sharpe

Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
2006
as Self

Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
as Self

War Requiem
1989
as The German Soldier

Airborne
1998
as Dave Toombs

Tom & Thomas
2002
as Paul Sheppard

Georgian Fighting Women
2012
as Narrator

Instruments of Darkness
2015
as Macbeth
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006

Sharpe's Sword
1995
as Major Richard Sharpe

Quest for the Ring
2001
as Self

Lorna Doone
1990
as Carver Doone

Exploits at West Poley
1985
as Scarred Man

Wedded
1990
as Man

The Storyteller: The True Bride
1988
as Prince
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
2006

Sharpe's Battle
1995
as Major Richard Sharpe

My Kingdom for a Horse
1991
as Steve Deakin

D-Day to Berlin
2004
as Narrator (voice)

La Coupe De La Gloire
1998
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Winter Flight
1984
as Hooker

Hooligan
2012

Windprints
1990
as Anton van Heerden
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995
as Self

Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life
2020

Taniel
2018
as Poetry Narrator

Osprey: Sea Raptor
2021
as Narrator

The Unconquered
2017
as Narrator (English)
Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced
2015
as Self

Prince
1991
as Jack Morgan

Tell Me That You Love Me
1991
as Gabriel Lewis
Wild in the Streets
2013
as Narrator

Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight
2017
as Narrator

Small Zones
1990
as Vic
The 4th Reich
as Sergeant Major Gordon
About 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 Tre… With 177 credits spanning from 1982 to 2026, Sean Bean has appeared in 124 films and 53 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sean Bean Movies
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) — as Boromir
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) — as Boromir
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) — as Boromir (uncredited)
- Troy (2004) — as Odysseus
- The Martian (2015) — as Mitch Henderson
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