Rogue Trooper
2026 · Movie
as (voice)
Sean Bean
1959-04-17
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
The Isolate Thief
2026 · Movie
as "Fiddler" John Good
Deep Cover
2025 · Movie
as Billings
Watch the Skies
2025 · Movie
as (voice)
Anemone
2025 · Movie
as Jem Stoker
The Yellow Tie
2025 · Movie
as Demostene Celibidache
Robin Hood
2025 · TV Show
as Sheriff of Nottingham
This City Is Ours
2025 · TV Show
as Ronnie Phelan
Original Gangsters with Sean Bean
2025 · TV Show
as Presenter
Gladiators
2024 · TV Show
as Narrator
Shardlake
2024 · TV Show
as Thomas Cromwell
Knights of the Zodiac
2023 · Movie
as Alman Kido
Mummies
2023 · Movie
as Pharaoh (voice)
Marriage
2022 · TV Show
as Ian
Osprey: Sea Raptor
2021 · Movie
as Narrator
Time
2021 · TV Show
as Mark Cobden
Possessor
2020 · Movie
as John Parse
Wolfwalkers
2020 · Movie
as Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice)
Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life
2020 · Movie
Snowpiercer
2020 · TV Show
as Joseph Wilford
Reunited Apart
2020 · TV Show
as Self
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019 · Movie
as Self
Curfew
2019 · TV Show
as The General
World on Fire
2019 · TV Show
as Douglas Bennett
Taniel
2018 · Movie
as Poetry Narrator
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Britain's Poppies: The First World War Remembered
2018 · Movie
as Self- Narrator
The Oath
2018 · TV Show
as Tom Hammond
Sally4Ever
2018 · TV Show
as Sean Bean
Dark River
2017 · Movie
as Richard Bell
Drone
2017 · Movie
as Neil
The Unconquered
2017 · Movie
as Narrator (English)
Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight
2017 · Movie
as Narrator
Broken
2017 · TV Show
as Father Michael Kerrigan
The Young Messiah
2016 · Movie
as Severus
Medici: Masters of Florence
2016 · TV Show
Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth
2016 · TV Show
as Narrator
Wasted
2016 · TV Show
as Sean Bean
Roman Empire
2016 · TV Show
as Narrateur
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Jupiter Ascending
2015 · Movie
as Stinger Apini
The Martian
2015 · Movie
as Mitch Henderson
Pixels
2015 · Movie
as Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)
Any Day
2015 · Movie
as Vian
Instruments of Darkness
2015 · Movie
as Macbeth
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Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced
2015 · Movie
as Self
Sean Bean on Waterloo
2015 · Movie
as Himself/narrator
The Frankenstein Chronicles
2015 · TV Show
as John Marlott
ARES: live
2015 · TV Show
as Mitch Henderson
Wicked Blood
2014 · Movie
as Uncle Frank Stinson
Legends
2014 · TV Show
as Martin Odum
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Wild in the Streets
2013 · Movie
as Narrator
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012 · Movie
as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva
Mirror Mirror
2012 · Movie
as King
Cleanskin
2012 · Movie
as Ewan
Soldiers of Fortune
2012 · Movie
as Dimidov
Hooligan
2012 · Movie
Georgian Fighting Women
2012 · Movie
as Narrator
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Fight Club - A History of Violence
2012 · TV Show
as Narrator
Missing
2012 · TV Show
as Paul Winstone
Age of Heroes
2011 · Movie
as Maj. Jack Jones
Game of Thrones
2011 · TV Show
as Lord Eddard 'Ned' Stark
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010 · Movie
as Zeus
Ca$h
2010 · Movie
as Pyke Kubic
Black Death
2010 · Movie
as Ulric
The Lost Future
2010 · Movie
as Amal
Death Race 2
2010 · Movie
as Markus Kane
Accused
2010 · TV Show
as Simon Gaskell / Tracie Tremarco
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009 · Movie
as John Dawson
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009 · Movie
as John Dawson
Red Riding
2009 · TV Show
as John Dawson
Far North
2008 · Movie
as Loki
Sharpe's Peril
2008 · Movie
as Richard Sharpe
Crusoe
2008 · TV Show
as James Crusoe
The Hitcher
2007 · Movie
as John Ryder
Outlaw
2007 · Movie
as Danny Bryant
Silent Hill
2006 · Movie
as Christopher Da Silva
Sharpe's Challenge
2006 · Movie
as Richard Sharpe
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
2006 · Movie
as Self
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Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006 · Movie
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The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
2006 · Movie
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2006 · Movie
as Self
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2006 · Movie
as Self
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Faceless
2006 · TV Show
The Dark
2005 · Movie
as James
The Island
2005 · Movie
as Dr. Bernard Merrick
Flightplan
2005 · Movie
as Captain Rich
North Country
2005 · Movie
as Kyle
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The Reichen Show
2005 · TV Show
as Self
D-Day to Berlin
2005 · TV Show
as Narrator
National Treasure
2004 · Movie
as Ian Howe
Troy
2004 · Movie
as Odysseus
Pride
2004 · Movie
as Dark (voice)
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004 · Movie
as Self
D-Day to Berlin
2004 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Movie
as Boromir
The Big Empty
2003 · Movie
as Cowboy
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Henry VIII
2003 · TV Show
as Robert Aske
Equilibrium
2002 · Movie
as Errol Partridge
Tom & Thomas
2002 · Movie
as Paul Sheppard
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
2002 · Movie
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
2002 · Movie
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
2002 · Movie
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
2002 · Movie
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..
2002 · Movie
as Self
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HypaSpace
2002 · TV Show
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Movie
as Boromir
Don't Say a Word
2001 · Movie
as Patrick Koster
Quest for the Ring
2001 · Movie
as Self
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001 · Movie
as Self
Essex Boys
2000 · Movie
as Jason Locke
Bravo Two Zero
1999 · Movie
as Andy McNab
Extremely Dangerous
1999 · TV Show
as Neil Byrne
Family Guy
1999 · TV Show
as Portrait Griffin (voice)
Ronin
1998 · Movie
as Spence
Airborne
1998 · Movie
as Dave Toombs
La Coupe de la Gloire
1998 · Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Anna Karenina
1997 · Movie
as Vronsky
Sharpe's Waterloo
1997 · Movie
as Lieutenant Colonel Richard Sharpe
Sharpe's Justice
1997 · Movie
as Major Richard Sharpe
Sharpe's Revenge
1997 · Movie
as Major Richard Sharpe
Sharpe: The Legend
1997 · Movie
as Richard Sharpe
When Saturday Comes
1996 · Movie
as Jimmy Muir
Sharpe's Siege
1996 · Movie
as Major Richard Sharpe
Sharpe's Regiment
1996 · Movie
as Major Richard Sharpe
Sharpe's Mission
1996 · Movie
as Major Richard Sharpe
TFI Friday
1996 · TV Show
as Self
Decisive Weapons
1996 · TV Show
as Narator
GoldenEye
1995 · Movie
as Alec Trevelyan
Sharpe's Battle
1995 · Movie
as Major Richard Sharpe
Sharpe's Sword
1995 · Movie
as Major Richard Sharpe
Sharpe's Gold
1995 · Movie
as Major Richard Sharpe
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995 · Movie
as Alec Trevelyan
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995 · Movie
as Self
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GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995 · Movie
as Self
Soccer AM
1995 · TV Show
as Self
The Frank Skinner Show
1995 · TV Show
as Self
Jacob
1994 · Movie
as Esau
Black Beauty
1994 · Movie
as Farmer Grey
Shopping
1994 · Movie
as Venning
Sharpe's Company
1994 · Movie
as Captain Richard Sharpe
Sharpe's Enemy
1994 · Movie
as Major Richard Sharpe
Sharpe's Honour
1994 · Movie
as Major Richard Sharpe
Scarlett
1994 · TV Show
as Lord Richard Fenton
Sharpe's Eagle
1993 · Movie
as Captain Richard Sharpe
Sharpe's Rifles
1993 · Movie
as Lieutenant Richard Sharpe
Sharpe
1993 · TV Show
as Richard Sharpe
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
1993 · TV Show
as Paul
Lady Chatterley
1993 · TV Show
as Oliver Mellors
Patriot Games
1992 · Movie
as Sean Miller
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
1992 · Movie
as Micky McAvoy
My Kingdom for a Horse
1991 · Movie
as Steve Deakin
Tell Me That You Love Me
1991 · Movie
as Gabriel Lewis
Prince
1991 · Movie
as Jack Morgan
Clarissa
1991 · TV Show
The Field
1990 · Movie
as Tadgh McCabe
Windprints
1990 · Movie
as Anton van Heerden
Lorna Doone
1990 · Movie
as Carver Doone
Wedded
1990 · Movie
as Man
Small Zones
1990 · Movie
as Vic
War Requiem
1989 · Movie
as The German Soldier
The Fifteen Streets
1989 · Movie
as Dominic O'Brien
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989 · Movie
as Larry Frisk
The Jim Henson Hour
1989 · TV Show
as The Prince (archive footage)
Screen One
1989 · TV Show
as Gabriel Lewis, Jack Morgan
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4 Play
1989 · TV Show
as Smith
Stormy Monday
1988 · Movie
as Brendan
The Storyteller: The True Bride
1988 · Movie
as Prince
This Morning
1988 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Storyteller
1988 · TV Show
as Prince
Troubles
1988 · TV Show
as Captain Bolton
Inspector Morse
1987 · TV Show
as Alex Bailey
Caravaggio
1986 · Movie
as Ranuccio
ScreenPlay
1986 · TV Show
as Man
Exploits at West Poley
1985 · Movie
as Scarred Man
Screen Two
1985 · TV Show
as Vic
Winter Flight
1984 · Movie
as Hooker
Punters
1984 · Movie
as Lurch
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Samson and Delilah
1984 · Movie
as Billy
The Bill
1984 · TV Show
Natural World
1983 · TV Show
as Narrator
Waiting for Waiting for Godot
1982 · Movie
as Self
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The 4th Reich
· Movie
as Sergeant Major Gordon
