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Sean Bean
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 Rome…
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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.
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2026
The Isolate Thief
Movie "Fiddler" John Good
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2026
Rogue Trooper
Movie (voice)
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2025
The Yellow Tie
Movie Demostene Celibidache
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2025
Original Gangsters with Sean Bean
TV show Presenter
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2025
Robin Hood
TV show Sheriff of Nottingham
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2025
Watch the Skies
Movie (voice)
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2025
Anemone
Movie Jem Stoker
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2025
Deep Cover
Movie Billings
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2025
This City Is Ours
TV show Ronnie Phelan
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2024
Gladiators
TV show Narrator
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2024
Shardlake
TV show Thomas Cromwell
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2023
Knights of the Zodiac
Movie Alman Kido
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2023
Mummies
Movie Pharaoh (voice)
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2022
Marriage
TV show Ian
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2021
Osprey: Sea Raptor
Movie Narrator
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2021
Time
TV show Mark Cobden
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2020
Wolfwalkers
Movie Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice)
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2020
Possessor
Movie John Parse
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2020
Snowpiercer
TV show Joseph Wilford
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2020
Reunited Apart
TV show Self
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2019
World on Fire
TV show Douglas Bennett
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2019
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Movie Self
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2019
Curfew
TV show The General
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2018
Britain's Poppies: The First World War Remembered
Movie Self- Narrator
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2018
Sally4Ever
TV show Sean Bean
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2018
Taniel
Movie Poetry Narrator
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2018
The Oath
TV show Tom Hammond
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2017
Dark River
Movie Richard Bell
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2017
The Unconquered
Movie Narrator (English)
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2017
Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight
Movie Narrator
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2017
Broken
TV show Father Michael Kerrigan
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2017
Drone
Movie Neil
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2016
Roman Empire
TV show Narrateur
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2016
Medici: Masters of Florence
TV show
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2016
Wasted
TV show Sean Bean
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2016
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
Movie Lucis Caelum (Voice: English version)
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2016
Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth
TV show Narrator
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2016
The Young Messiah
Movie Severus
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2015
The Frankenstein Chronicles
TV show John Marlott
