
Sean Bean
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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

Family Guy

Inspector Morse

Soccer AM

The Frank Skinner Show

The Storyteller

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

Medici: Masters of Florence

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Game of Thrones

Mirror Mirror

Snowpiercer

World on Fire

Pixels

War Requiem

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Knights of the Zodiac

Punters

Ronin

Flightplan

Deep Cover

Scarlett

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

The Martian

Troy

Equilibrium

Accused

Mummies

Crusoe

Possessor

National Treasure

Patriot Games

Death Race 2

Pride

Game of Thrones

Wolfwalkers

Roman Empire

Jupiter Ascending

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

Shardlake

Silent Hill

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

GoldenEye

Lady Chatterley

Small Zones

Tell Me That You Love Me

This City Is Ours

Broken

Marriage

Curfew

D-Day to Berlin

Drone

Swamp Thing

The Lost Future

Sharpe

Sharpe: The Legend

The Frankenstein Chronicles

Prince

Time
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