
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

Snowpiercer
2020
as Joseph Wilford

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)

Snowpiercer
2020
as Joseph Wilford

Natural World
1983
as Narrator

Inspector Morse
1987
as Alex Bailey

The Bill
1984

The Reichen Show
2005
as Self

Screen Two
1985
as Vic

Legends
2014
as Martin Odum

Lady Chatterley
1993
as Oliver Mellors

Medici: Masters of Florence
2016

Soccer AM
1995
as Self

Robin Hood
2025
as Sheriff of Nottingham

Sharpe
1993
as Richard Sharpe

The Storyteller
1988
as Prince

Reunited Apart
2020
as Self

The Oath
2018
as Tom Hammond

ScreenPlay
1986
as Man

World on Fire
2019
as Douglas Bennett

Accused
2010
as Simon Gaskell / Tracie Tremarco

Time
2021
as Mark Cobden

The Frank Skinner Show
1995
as Self

Screen One
1989
as Gabriel Lewis / Jack Morgan

The Frankenstein Chronicles
2015
as John Marlott

Scarlett
1994
as Lord Richard Fenton

Missing
2012
as Paul Winstone

Roman Empire
2016
as Narrateur

TFI Friday
1996
as Self

Crusoe
2008
as James Crusoe

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

This City Is Ours
2025
as Ronnie Phelan

Red Riding
2009
as John Dawson

Sally4Ever
2018
as Sean Bean

Henry VIII
2003
as Robert Aske
HypaSpace
2002
as Self

Broken
2017
as Father Michael Kerrigan

Curfew
2019
as The General

Shardlake
2024
as Thomas Cromwell

ARES: live
2015
as Mitch Henderson

This Morning
1988
as Self - Guest

Marriage
2022
as Ian

Troubles
1988
as Captain Bolton

Wasted
2016
as Sean Bean
Faceless
2006

Extremely Dangerous
1999
as Neil Byrne

Gladiators
2024
as Narrator

A Woman's Guide to Adultery
1993
as Paul

Clarissa
1991

Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth
2016
as Narrator
Fight Club - A History of Violence
2012
as Narrator

Decisive Weapons
1996
as Narator

D-Day to Berlin
2005
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)

Jupiter Ascending
2015
as Stinger Apini

Silent Hill
2006
as Christopher Da Silva

National Treasure
2004
as Ian Howe

GoldenEye
1995
as Alec Trevelyan

The Island
2005
as Dr. Bernard Merrick

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

Ronin
1998
as Spence

Deep Cover
2025
as Billings

Equilibrium
2002
as Errol Partridge

Anemone
2025
as Jem Stoker

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

Death Race 2
2010
as Markus Kane

Knights of the Zodiac
2023
as Alman Kido

Patriot Games
1992
as Sean Miller

Flightplan
2005
as Captain Rich

North Country
2005
as Kyle

Mirror Mirror
2012
as King

The Hitcher
2007
as John Ryder

Mummies
2023
as Pharaoh (voice)

Possessor
2020
as John Parse

Don't Say a Word
2001
as Patrick Koster

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
as Self

Ca$h
2010
as Pyke Kubic

Black Beauty
1994
as Farmer Grey

The Young Messiah
2016
as Severus

Black Death
2010
as Ulric

Cleanskin
2012
as Ewan

The Lost Future
2010
as Amal

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

Anna Karenina
1997
as Vronsky

Caravaggio
1986
as Ranuccio

Drone
2017
as Neil

Jacob
1994
as Esau

The Dark
2005
as James

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

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

Pride
2004
as Dark (voice)

The Field
1990
as Tadgh McCabe

Shopping
1994
as Venning

The Yellow Tie
2025

Outlaw
2007
as Danny Bryant

Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
as Self (archive footage)

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989
as Larry Frisk

The Big Empty
2003
as Cowboy

Sharpe: The Legend
1997
as Richard Sharpe

Age of Heroes
2011
as Maj. Jack Jones

Quest for the Ring
2001
as Self

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

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

Far North
2008
as Loki

Watch the Skies
2025
as (voice)

Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004
as Self

Soldiers of Fortune
2012
as Dimidov

Rogue Trooper
as (voice)

Sharpe's Enemy
1994
as Major Richard Sharpe

When Saturday Comes
1996
as Jimmy Muir

The Fifteen Streets
1989
as Dominic O'Brien

Sharpe's Siege
1996
as Major Richard Sharpe

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

Sharpe's Revenge
1997
as Major Richard Sharpe

Sharpe's Peril
2008
as Richard Sharpe

Sharpe's Rifles
1993
as Lieutenant Richard Sharpe

Dark River
2017
as Richard Bell

Sharpe's Eagle
1993
as Captain Richard Sharpe

World of Westeros Ambient Video
2025
as Ned Stark

Stormy Monday
1988
as Brendan

Sharpe's Challenge
2006
as Richard Sharpe

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

Sharpe's Honour
1994
as Major Richard Sharpe

Any Day
2015
as Vian

Instruments of Darkness
2015
as Macbeth

Bravo Two Zero
1999
as Andy McNab

War Requiem
1989
as The German Soldier

Airborne
1998
as Dave Toombs

Sharpe's Sword
1995
as Major Richard Sharpe

Tom & Thomas
2002
as Paul Sheppard
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995
as Self

Sharpe's Justice
1997
as Major Richard Sharpe

Essex Boys
2000
as Jason Locke

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

Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
as Self
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006

Sharpe's Waterloo
1997
as Lieutenant Colonel Richard Sharpe

Wicked Blood
2014
as Uncle Frank Stinson

Windprints
1990
as Anton van Heerden
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
2006

Sharpe's Gold
1995
as Major Richard Sharpe
The Isolate Thief
2026

Sharpe's Mission
1996
as Major Richard Sharpe

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

Lorna Doone
1990
as Carver Doone

Winter Flight
1984
as Hooker

Sharpe's Company
1994
as Captain Richard Sharpe

Sharpe's Regiment
1996
as Major Richard Sharpe

Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life
2020
The 4th Reich
as Sergeant Major Gordon

Tell Me That You Love Me
1991
as Gabriel Lewis
Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced
2015
as Self

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

Sharpe's Battle
1995
as Major Richard Sharpe

Hooligan
2012

Exploits at West Poley
1985
as Scarred Man

Prince
1991
as Jack Morgan

My Kingdom for a Horse
1991
as Steve Deakin

The Unconquered
2017
as Narrator (English)

Osprey: Sea Raptor
2021
as Narrator

D-Day to Berlin
2004
as Narrator (voice)

Georgian Fighting Women
2012
as Narrator
Wild in the Streets
2013
as Narrator

Wedded
1990
as Man
Samson and Delilah
1984
as Billy

Sean Bean on Waterloo
2015
as Himself/narrator

Taniel
2018
as Poetry Narrator
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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