Sean Bean

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Shaun Mark Bean, credited professionally as Sean 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.

Birth Name

Shaun Mark Bean

Born

Friday, 17 April 1959

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Watch the Skies	(voice)	2021
Possessor Uncut	John Parse	2020
Wolfwalkers	Bill (voice) / Bill Goodfellowe (voice)	2020
Reunited Apart	Self	2020
World on Fire	Douglas Bennett	2019
There's Something About Movies	Self - Panellist	2019
Curfew	The General	2019
Sally4Ever	Self	2018
The Oath	Tom Hammond	2018
Dark River	Richard Bell	2018

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Watch the Skies	(voice)	2021
Possessor Uncut	John Parse	2020
Wolfwalkers	Bill (voice) / Bill Goodfellowe (voice)	2020
Reunited Apart	Self	2020
World on Fire	Douglas Bennett	2019
There's Something About Movies	Self - Panellist	2019
Curfew	The General	2019
Sally4Ever	Self	2018
The Oath	Tom Hammond	2018
Dark River	Richard Bell	2018
78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene	Eddard Stark (archive footage)	2017
Broken	Father Michael Kerrigan	2017
Drone	Neil Wistin	2017
Roman Empire	Narrator / Self - Narrator (voice)	2016
Medici	Jacopo de' Pazzi	2016
Wasted	Sean Bean	2016
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV	Regis Lucis Caelum (voice)	2016
Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth	Narrator (voice)	2016
The Young Messiah	Severus	2016
Ares III: The Untold Story	Mitch Henderson	2016
The Frankenstein Chronicles	John Marlott	2015
The Martian	Mitch Henderson	2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	2015
Pixels	Corporal Hill	2015
Any Day	Vian	2015
Jupiter Ascending	Stinger Apini	2015
Drew Pearson Live	Himself - Special Guest	2015
The Snow Queen 2	General Arrog (voice)	2014
Legends	Martin Odum	2014
Wicked Blood	Frank Stinson	2014
Instruments of Darkness	Macbeth	2014
All Access Pass	Himself	2014
Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters		2013
Wild In The Streets	Narrator	2013
Silent Hill: Revelation	Harry	2012
Hooligan	Narrator (voice)	2012
Larry King Now	Himself - Guest	2012
Soldiers Of Fortune	Dimidov	2012
Mirror Mirror	King	2012
Missing	Paul Winstone	2012
Cleanskin	Ewan	2012
The Jonathan Ross Show	Self - Guest	2011
Age of Heroes	Jones	2011
Game of Thrones	Eddard 'Ned' Stark / Ned Stark, Eddard 'Ned' Stark (credit only) / Ned Stark	2011
Accused	Simon Gaskell	2010
The Lost Future	Amal	2010
Death Race 2	Markus Kane	2010
Black Death	Ulrich	2010
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief	Zeus	2010
Ca$h	Pyke Kubic / Reese Kubic	2010
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974	John Dawson	2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983	John Dawson	2009
Sharpe's Peril	Sharpe	2008
The Story of the Costume Drama	Himself	2008
Crusoe	James Crusoe	2008
Far North	Loki	2008
Outlaw	Danny Bryant	2007
The Hitcher	John Ryder	2007
The One Show	Himself - Guest	2006
Sharpe's Challenge	Richard Sharpe	2006
Silent Hill	Christopher Da Silva	2006
Made in Hollywood	Self	2005
Flightplan	Captain Rich	2005
The Island	Dr. Bernard Merrick	2005
The Dark	James	2005
Robot Chicken	North / Heathcliff (voice)	2005
North Country	Kyle	2005
National Treasure	Ian Howe	2004
Pride	Dark (voice)	2004
Troy	Odysseus	2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Boromir	2003
The Big Empty	Cowboy	2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Boromir (extended edition)	2002
Equilibrium	Partridge	2002
HypaSpace	Himself	2002
Tom & Thomas	Paul Sheppard	2002
Lord of the Piercing	Boromir (archive footage)	2002
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring	Boromir	2001
Don't Say A Word	Patrick Koster	2001
The Book That Wrote Itself	Himself	2000
Essex Boys	Jason Locke	2000
Bravo Two Zero	Andy McNab	1999
Family Guy	Portrait Griffin (voice)	1999
The Canterbury Tales	The Nun's Priest (voice)	1998
Ronin	Spence	1998
Airborne	Dave Toombs	1998
Sharpe: The Legend	Richard Sharpe	1997
Sharpe's Waterloo	Richard Sharpe	1997
Anna Karenina	Vronsky	1997
Decisive Weapons	Himself - Narrator, Narrator (voice)	1996
Sharpe's Regiment	Sharpe	1996
When Saturday Comes	Jimmy Muir	1996
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross	Alec Trevelyan	1995
GoldenEye	Alec Trevelyan	1995
The Frank Skinner Show	Himself	1995
Jacob	Esau	1994
Scarlett	Lord Richard Fenton, Lord Fenton	1994
The Vicar of Dibley	Sean Bean	1994
Black Beauty	Farmer Grey	1994
Shopping	Venning	1994
Lady Chatterley	Mellors	1993
Patriot Games	Sean Miller	1992
Clarissa	Lovelace	1991
The Field	Tadgh McCabe	1990
Lorna Doone	Carver Doone	1990
Screen One	Gabriel Lewis, Jack Morgan	1989
How To Get Ahead In Advertising	Larry Frisk	1989
The Jim Henson Hour	Prince	1989
Troldspejlet	Himself	1989
War Requiem	The German Soldier	1989
The Fifteen Streets	Dominic O'Brien	1989
The Storyteller	Prince	1987
Stormy Monday	Brendan	1988
Inspector Morse	Alex Bailey	1987
Caravaggio	Ranuccio	1986
Screen Two	Vic	1985
Winter Flight	Hooker	1984
Natural World	Narrator (voice)	1983