
Acting
Born April 17, 1959 · 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.

World of Westeros Ambient Video
2025

The Yellow Tie
2025

Watch the Skies
2025

Deep Cover
2025

Anemone
2025

Knights of the Zodiac
2023

Osprey: Sea Raptor
2021

Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life
2020

Wolfwalkers
2020

Possessor
2020

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019

Taniel
2018

Dark River
2017

The Unconquered
2017

Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight
2017

Drone
2017

The Young Messiah
2016

Instruments of Darkness
2015

The Martian
2015

Pixels
2015
Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced
2015

Sean Bean on Waterloo
2015

Any Day
2015

Jupiter Ascending
2015

Wicked Blood
2014
Wild in the Streets
2013

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012

Georgian Fighting Women
2012

Hooligan
2012

Soldiers of Fortune
2012

Mirror Mirror
2012

Cleanskin
2012

Age of Heroes
2011

The Lost Future
2010

Death Race 2
2010

Black Death
2010

Ca$h
2010

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009

Sharpe's Peril
2008

Far North
2008

Outlaw
2007

The Hitcher
2007

Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
2006
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
2006

Sharpe's Challenge
2006

Silent Hill
2006

The Dark
2005

Flightplan
2005

The Island
2005

North Country
2005

National Treasure
2004

Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004

Pride
2004

Troy
2004

The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004

D-Day to Berlin
2004

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003

Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003

The Big Empty
2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002

Equilibrium
2002

The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002

Tom & Thomas
2002

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001

Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001

Quest for the Ring
2001

Don't Say a Word
2001

Essex Boys
2000

Bravo Two Zero
1999

Ronin
1998

Airborne
1998

La Coupe De La Gloire
1998

Sharpe: The Legend
1997

Sharpe's Waterloo
1997

Sharpe's Justice
1997

Sharpe's Revenge
1997

Anna Karenina
1997

Sharpe's Mission
1996

Sharpe's Siege
1996

Sharpe's Regiment
1996

When Saturday Comes
1996

Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995

GoldenEye
1995

Sharpe's Sword
1995

Sharpe's Battle
1995

Sharpe's Gold
1995
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995

Shopping
1994

Jacob
1994

Black Beauty
1994

Sharpe's Honour
1994

Sharpe's Enemy
1994

Sharpe's Company
1994

Sharpe's Eagle
1993

Sharpe's Rifles
1993

Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
1992

Patriot Games
1992

Prince
1991

Tell Me That You Love Me
1991

My Kingdom for a Horse
1991

Lorna Doone
1990

The Field
1990

Wedded
1990

Windprints
1990

Small Zones
1990

The Fifteen Streets
1989

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989

War Requiem
1989

The Storyteller: The True Bride
1988

Stormy Monday
1988

Caravaggio
1986

Exploits at West Poley
1985

Winter Flight
1984

Punters
1984
Samson and Delilah
1984

Waiting for Waiting for Godot
1982