Sean Bean

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-04-17 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

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 (...

Acting

2005

The Dark

as James

2006

Silent Hill

as Christopher Da Silva

2004

2004

Troy

as Odysseus

1996

When Saturday Comes

as Jimmy Muir

1995

GoldenEye

as Alec Trevelyan

2005

The Island

as Dr. Bernard Merrick

1991

My Kingdom for a Horse

as Steve Deakin

2023

1994

Jacob

as Esau

1986

Caravaggio

as Ranuccio

2002

Equilibrium

as Errol Partridge

2007

The Hitcher

as John Ryder

1990

The Field

as Tadgh McCabe

1998

Ronin

as Spence

2008

Far North

as Loki

2001

Don't Say a Word

as Patrick Koster

1988

Stormy Monday

as Brendan

2010

Ca$h

as Pyke Kubic

2005

Flightplan

as Captain Rich

1992

Patriot Games

as Sean Miller

2005

2007

Outlaw

as Danny Bryant

2010

Black Death

as Ulric

1994

Black Beauty

as Farmer Grey

1989

War Requiem

as The German Soldier

2003

The Big Empty

as Cowboy

1998

Airborne

as Dave Toombs

2012

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva

2012

2011

Age of Heroes

as Maj. Jack Jones

1991

Tell Me That You Love Me

as Gabriel Lewis

1994

Shopping

as Venning

2004

Pride

as Dark (voice)

2002

Tom & Thomas

as Paul Sheppard

2000

Essex Boys

as Jason Locke

2010

1993

Sharpe's Eagle

as Richard Sharpe

2010

Death Race 2

as Markus Kane

1993

Sharpe's Rifles

as Richard Sharpe

1997

Anna Karenina

as Vronsky

1994

Sharpe's Company

as Richard Sharpe

1994

Sharpe's Enemy

as Richard Sharpe

1994

Sharpe's Honour

as Richard Sharpe

1995

Sharpe's Gold

as Richard Sharpe

1995

Sharpe's Battle

as Richard Sharpe

1995

Sharpe's Sword

as Richard Sharpe

1996

Sharpe's Regiment

as Richard Sharpe

1996

Sharpe's Siege

as Richard Sharpe

1996

Sharpe's Mission

as Richard Sharpe

1997

Sharpe's Justice

as Richard Sharpe

1997

Sharpe's Waterloo

as Richard Sharpe

2006

Sharpe's Challenge

as Richard Sharpe

2015

Jupiter Ascending

as Stinger Apini

2012

Cleanskin

as Ewan

2008

Sharpe's Peril

as Richard Sharpe

1990

Windprints

as Anton van Heerden

1997

Sharpe's Revenge

as Richard Sharpe

2012

1990

Lorna Doone

as Carver Doone

1989

The Fifteen Streets

as Dominic O'Brien

1999

Bravo Two Zero

as Andy McNab

-

The 4th Reich

as Sergeant Major Gordon

2013

2014

Wicked Blood

as Uncle Frank Stinson

1997

Sharpe: The Legend

as Richard Sharpe

2018

Taniel

as Poetry Narrator

2015

The Martian

as Mitch Henderson

2015

Pixels

as Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)

2025

Deep Cover

as Billings

1991

Prince

as Jack Morgan

2015

Any Day

as Vian

2016

1990

Wedded

as Man

1990

1984

Winter Flight

as Hooker

2004

D-Day to Berlin

as Narrator (voice)

1984

Punters

as Lurch

2017

Dark River

as Richard Bell

2017

Drone

as Neil

2017

The Unconquered

as Narrator (English)

-

Watch the Skies

as (voice)

1998

La Coupe De La Gloire

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2020

Possessor

as John Parse

2015

Sean Bean on Waterloo

as Himself/narrator

2020

Wolfwalkers

as Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice)

1985

2021

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