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.
128 movies · 55 shows
The Isolate Thief
2026·0.0
Rogue Trooper
2026·0.0
The Yellow Tie
2025·8.4
Watch the Skies
2025·0.0
Anemone
2025·5.9
Deep Cover
2025·6.7
Shardlake
2024·0.0
Knights of the Zodiac
2023·6.3
Mummies
2023·6.9
Osprey: Sea Raptor
2021·0.0
Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life
2020·0.0
Wolfwalkers
2020·8.2
Possessor
2020·6.4
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019·7.0
Britain's Poppies: The First World War Remembered
2018·0.0
Taniel
2018·0.0
Dark River
2017·5.6
The Unconquered
2017·8.1
Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight
2017·6.4
Drone
2017·5.3
The Young Messiah
2016·6.4
Instruments of Darkness
2015·8.0
The Martian
2015·7.7
Pixels
2015·5.8
Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced
2015·0.0
Sean Bean on Waterloo
2015·0.0
Any Day
2015·5.1
Jupiter Ascending
2015·5.5
Wicked Blood
2014·5.5
Wild in the Streets
2013·6.0
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012·5.5
Georgian Fighting Women
2012·0.0
Hooligan
2012·6.2
Soldiers of Fortune
2012·4.8
Mirror Mirror
2012·5.9
Cleanskin
2012·5.6
Age of Heroes
2011·5.4
The Lost Future
2010·4.9
Death Race 2
2010·5.8
Black Death
2010·6.1
Ca$h
2010·5.9
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010·6.2
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009·7.0
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009·6.7
Sharpe's Peril
2008·6.7
Far North
2008·6.0
Outlaw
2007·5.4
The Hitcher
2007·5.9
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2006·8.8
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2006·8.9
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
2006·5.9
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006·6.0
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
2006·5.5
Sharpe's Challenge
2006·6.2
Silent Hill
2006·6.6
The Dark
2005·5.7
Flightplan
2005·6.4
The Island
2005·6.7
North Country
2005·7.2
National Treasure
2004·6.7
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004·0.0
Pride
2004·6.1
Troy
2004·7.2
D-Day to Berlin
2004·6.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003·8.5
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003·5.0
The Big Empty
2003·6.1
Equilibrium
2002·7.1
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
2002·0.0
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
2002·0.0
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
2002·0.0
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
2002·0.0
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..
2002·0.0
Tom & Thomas
2002·6.7
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001·8.4
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001·8.0
Quest for the Ring
2001·5.7
Don't Say a Word
2001·6.3
Essex Boys
2000·5.7
Bravo Two Zero
1999·5.8
Ronin
1998·7.0
Airborne
1998·3.3
La Coupe de la Gloire
1998·6.8
Sharpe: The Legend
1997·6.1
Sharpe's Waterloo
1997·7.3
Sharpe's Justice
1997·7.1
Sharpe's Revenge
1997·7.2
Anna Karenina
1997·6.1
Sharpe's Mission
1996·6.9
Sharpe's Siege
1996·7.2
Sharpe's Regiment
1996·7.0
When Saturday Comes
1996·5.7
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995·6.0
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995·4.7
GoldenEye
1995·6.9
Sharpe's Sword
1995·7.3
Sharpe's Battle
1995·6.9
Sharpe's Gold
1995·6.7
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995·6.0
Shopping
1994·5.4
Jacob
1994·6.7
Black Beauty
1994·6.7
Sharpe's Honour
1994·6.7
Sharpe's Enemy
1994·6.8
Sharpe's Company
1994·6.8
Sharpe's Eagle
1993·7.2
Sharpe's Rifles
1993·6.8
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
1992·7.0
Patriot Games
1992·6.7
Prince
1991·8.0
Tell Me That You Love Me
1991·9.0
My Kingdom for a Horse
1991·9.0
Lorna Doone
1990·6.2
The Field
1990·7.0
Wedded
1990·7.0
Windprints
1990·6.5
Small Zones
1990·9.0
The Fifteen Streets
1989·6.4
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989·6.3
War Requiem
1989·6.3
The Storyteller: The True Bride
1988·0.0
Stormy Monday
1988·5.7
Caravaggio
1986·6.1
Exploits at West Poley
1985·5.8
Winter Flight
1984·6.3
Punters
1984·7.0
Samson and Delilah
1984·0.0
Waiting for Waiting for Godot
1982·10.0