Sean 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

Family Guy

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Snowpiercer

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Bill

Lady Chatterley
All Movies (128)
- The Isolate Thief2026
- Rogue Trooper2026 · as (voice)
- The Yellow Tie2025 · as Demostene Celibidache
- Watch the Skies2025 · as (voice)
- Anemone2025 · as Jem Stoker
- Deep Cover2025 · as Billings
- Knights of the Zodiac2023 · as Alman Kido
- Mummies2023 · as Pharaoh (voice)
- Osprey: Sea Raptor2021 · as Narrator
- Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life2020
- Wolfwalkers2020 · as Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice)
- Possessor2020 · as John Parse
- Game of Thrones: The Last Watch2019 · as Self
- Taniel2018 · as Poetry Narrator
- Dark River2017 · as Richard Bell
- The Unconquered2017 · as Narrator (English)
- Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight2017 · as Narrator
- Drone2017 · as Neil
- The Young Messiah2016 · as Severus
- Instruments of Darkness2015 · as Macbeth
- The Martian2015 · as Mitch Henderson
- Pixels2015 · as Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)
- Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced2015 · as Self
- Sean Bean on Waterloo2015 · as Himself/narrator
- Any Day2015 · as Vian
- Jupiter Ascending2015 · as Stinger Apini
- Wicked Blood2014 · as Uncle Frank Stinson
- Wild in the Streets2013 · as Narrator
- Silent Hill: Revelation 3D2012 · as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva
- Georgian Fighting Women2012 · as Narrator
- Hooligan2012
- Soldiers of Fortune2012 · as Dimidov
- Mirror Mirror2012 · as King
- Cleanskin2012 · as Ewan
- Age of Heroes2011 · as Maj. Jack Jones
- The Lost Future2010 · as Amal
- Death Race 22010 · as Markus Kane
- Black Death2010 · as Ulric
- Ca$h2010 · as Pyke Kubic
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief2010 · as Zeus
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 19832009 · as John Dawson
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 19742009 · as John Dawson
- Sharpe's Peril2008 · as Richard Sharpe
- Far North2008 · as Loki
- Outlaw2007 · as Danny Bryant
- The Hitcher2007 · as John Ryder
- Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'2006 · as Self
- Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles2006
- The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event2006
- Sharpe's Challenge2006 · as Richard Sharpe
- Silent Hill2006 · as Christopher Da Silva
- The Dark2005 · as James
- Flightplan2005 · as Captain Rich
- The Island2005 · as Dr. Bernard Merrick
- North Country2005 · as Kyle
- National Treasure2004 · as Ian Howe
- Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane2004 · as Self
- Pride2004 · as Dark (voice)
- Troy2004 · as Odysseus
- The Making of 'The Return of the King'2004 · as Self
- D-Day to Berlin2004 · as Narrator (voice)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003 · as Boromir
- Celebrity Naked Ambition2003 · as Self (archive footage)
- The Big Empty2003 · as Cowboy
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002 · as Boromir (uncredited)
- Equilibrium2002 · as Errol Partridge
- The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script2002 · as Self
- The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design2002 · as Self
- The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast2002 · as Self
- The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth2002 · as Self
- The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..2002 · as Self
- The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'2002 · as Self
- Tom & Thomas2002 · as Paul Sheppard
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001 · as Boromir
- Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'2001 · as Self
- Quest for the Ring2001 · as Self
- Don't Say a Word2001 · as Patrick Koster
- Essex Boys2000 · as Jason Locke
- Bravo Two Zero1999 · as Andy McNab
- Ronin1998 · as Spence
- Airborne1998 · as Dave Toombs
- La Coupe De La Gloire1998 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Sharpe: The Legend1997 · as Richard Sharpe
- Sharpe's Waterloo1997 · as Lieutenant Colonel Richard Sharpe
- Sharpe's Justice1997 · as Major Richard Sharpe
- Sharpe's Revenge1997 · as Major Richard Sharpe
- Anna Karenina1997 · as Vronsky
- Sharpe's Mission1996 · as Major Richard Sharpe
- Sharpe's Siege1996 · as Major Richard Sharpe
- Sharpe's Regiment1996 · as Major Richard Sharpe
- When Saturday Comes1996 · as Jimmy Muir
- Goldeneye: The Secret Files1995 · as Self
- In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross1995 · as Alec Trevelyan
- GoldenEye1995 · as Alec Trevelyan
- Sharpe's Sword1995 · as Major Richard Sharpe
- Sharpe's Battle1995 · as Major Richard Sharpe
- Sharpe's Gold1995 · as Major Richard Sharpe
- GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast1995 · as Self
- Shopping1994 · as Venning
- Jacob1994 · as Esau
- Black Beauty1994 · as Farmer Grey
- Sharpe's Honour1994 · as Major Richard Sharpe
- Sharpe's Enemy1994 · as Major Richard Sharpe
- Sharpe's Company1994 · as Captain Richard Sharpe
- Sharpe's Eagle1993 · as Captain Richard Sharpe
- Sharpe's Rifles1993 · as Lieutenant Richard Sharpe
- Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery1992 · as Micky McAvoy
- Patriot Games1992 · as Sean Miller
- Prince1991 · as Jack Morgan
- Tell Me That You Love Me1991 · as Gabriel Lewis
- My Kingdom for a Horse1991 · as Steve Deakin
- Lorna Doone1990 · as Carver Doone
- The Field1990 · as Tadgh McCabe
- Wedded1990 · as Man
- Windprints1990 · as Anton van Heerden
- Small Zones1990 · as Vic
- The Fifteen Streets1989 · as Dominic O'Brien
- How to Get Ahead in Advertising1989 · as Larry Frisk
- War Requiem1989 · as The German Soldier
- The Storyteller: The True Bride1988 · as Prince
- Stormy Monday1988 · as Brendan
- Caravaggio1986 · as Ranuccio
- Exploits at West Poley1985 · as Scarred Man
- Winter Flight1984 · as Hooker
- Punters1984 · as Lurch
- Samson and Delilah1984 · as Billy
- Waiting for Waiting for Godot1982 · as Self
- The 4th Reich— · as Sergeant Major Gordon
All TV Shows (54)
- Original Gangsters with Sean Bean2025 · as Presenter
- Robin Hood2025 · as Sheriff of Nottingham
- This City Is Ours2025 · as Ronnie Phelan
- Gladiators2024 · as Narrator
- Shardlake2024 · as Thomas Cromwell
- Marriage2022 · as Ian
- Time2021 · as Mark Cobden
- Snowpiercer2020 · as Joseph Wilford
- Reunited Apart2020 · as Self
- World on Fire2019 · as Douglas Bennett
- Curfew2019 · as The General
- Sally4Ever2018 · as Sean Bean
- The Oath2018 · as Tom Hammond
- Broken2017 · as Father Michael Kerrigan
- Roman Empire2016 · as Narrateur
- Medici: Masters of Florence2016
- Wasted2016 · as Sean Bean
- Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth2016 · as Narrator
- The Frankenstein Chronicles2015 · as John Marlott
- ARES: live2015 · as Mitch Henderson
- Legends2014 · as Martin Odum
- Fight Club - A History of Violence2012 · as Narrator
- Missing2012 · as Paul Winstone
- Game of Thrones2011 · as Lord Eddard 'Ned' Stark
- Accused2010 · as Simon Gaskell / Tracie Tremarco
- Red Riding2009 · as John Dawson
- Crusoe2008 · as James Crusoe
- Faceless2006
- The Reichen Show2005 · as Self
- D-Day to Berlin2005 · as Narrator
- Henry VIII2003 · as Robert Aske
- HypaSpace2002 · as Self
- Extremely Dangerous1999 · as Neil Byrne
- Family Guy1999 · as Portrait Griffin (voice)
- Decisive Weapons1996 · as Narator
- TFI Friday1996 · as Self
- The Frank Skinner Show1995 · as Self
- Soccer AM1995 · as Self
- Scarlett1994 · as Lord Richard Fenton
- A Woman's Guide to Adultery1993 · as Paul
- Lady Chatterley1993 · as Oliver Mellors
- Sharpe1993 · as Richard Sharpe
- Clarissa1991
- Screen One1989 · as Gabriel Lewis
- Screen One1989 · as Jack Morgan
- The Jim Henson Hour1989 · as The Prince (archive footage)
- This Morning1988 · as Self - Guest
- The Storyteller1988 · as Prince
- Troubles1988 · as Captain Bolton
- Inspector Morse1987 · as Alex Bailey
- ScreenPlay1986 · as Man
- Screen Two1985 · as Vic
- The Bill1984
- Natural World1983 · as Narrator