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Sean Bean

Sean Bean (born Shaun Mark Bean; 17 April 1959) is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he made his professional debut in a production of Romeo and Juliet in 1983 at The Watermill Theatre.[1] 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.

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Filmography

Game of Thrones

2011
as Ned Stark

Snowpiercer

2020
as Joseph Wilford

The Martian

2015
as Mitch Henderson

Jupiter Ascending

2015
as Stinger Apini

Troy

2004
as Odysseus

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001
as Boromir

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003
as Boromir

National Treasure

2004
as Ian Howe

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002
as Boromir (extended edition)

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

2010
as Zeus

Knights of the Zodiac

2023
as Alman Kido

Silent Hill

2006
as Christopher Da Silva

Wolfwalkers

2020
as Bill Goodfellowe

GoldenEye

1995
as Alec Trevelyan

Time

2021
as Mark Cobden

Medici

2016
as Jacopo de’ Pazzi

The Island

2005
as Dr. Bernard Merrick

Flightplan

2005
as Captain Rich

Mirror Mirror

2012
as King

Pixels

2015
as Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)

Death Race 2

2010
as Markus Kane

Equilibrium

2002
as Errol Partridge

The Hitcher

2007
as John "The Hitcher" Ryder

Mummies

2023
as Pharaoh

World on Fire

2019
as Douglas Bennet

The Frankenstein Chronicles

2015
as John Marlott

Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV

2016
as Regis Lucis Caelum (voice)

Roman Empire

2016
as Storyteller

Silent Hill: Revelation

2012
as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva

Ronin

1998
as Spence

Legends (2014)

2014
as Martin Odum

Missing (2012)

2012
as Paul Winstone

The Oath

2018
as Tom Hammond

The Young Messiah

2016
as Severus

Sharpe's Peril

2008
as Sharpe

Sharpe's Sword

1995
as Richard Sharpe

Tom & Thomas

2002
as Paul Sheppard

Sharpe's Rifles

1993
as Richard Sharpe

Sharpe's Mission

1996
as Richard Sharpe

Faceless

2006

Bravo Two Zero

1999
as Andy McNab

Scarlett

1994
as Richard Fenton

Anna Karenina

1997
as Vronsky

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross

1995
as Alec Trevelyan

Sharpe's Regiment

1996
as Richard Sharpe

Deep Cover

2025

Henry VIII

2003
as Robert Aske

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

1992
as Micky McAvoy

Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'

2006
as Self

Wild in the Streets

2013
as Narrator

Lady Chatterley

1993
as Mellors

Sharpe's Waterloo

1997
as Richard Sharpe

The Video Diaries of Rifleman Harris

1995
as Self

Don't Say a Word

2001
as Patrick Koster

Stormy Monday

1988
as Brendan

Black Beauty

1994
as Farmer Grey

The 4th Reich

as Sergeant Major Gordon

Drone

2017
as Neil

From Book to Script

2002
as Self - Boromir

Sharpe's Revenge

1997
as Richard Sharpe

Airborne

1998
as Dave Toombs

Exploits at West Poley

1985
as Scarred Man

Jacob

1994
as Esau

Cleanskin

2012
as Ewan

The Fifteen Streets

1989
as Dominic O'Brien

The Field

1990
as Tadgh McCabe

War Requiem

1989
as The German Soldier

Gladiators (UK)

2024
as Narrator

Shopping

1994
as Venning

The Dark

2005
as James

Caravaggio

1986
as Ranuccio

Decisive Weapons

1996
as Narrator

D-Day to Berlin

2005
as Narrator

Sharpe's Battle

1995
as Richard Sharpe

The Unconquered

2017
as Narrator (English)

Quest for the Ring

2001
as Himself

Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974

2009
as John Dawson

Sharpe's Siege

1996
as Richard Sharpe

Extremely Dangerous

1999
as Neil Byrne

Robin Hood (2025)

2025
as Sheriff of Nottingham

Warriors of the Third Age

2003
as Sean Bean

The Snow Queen 2: Refreeze

2014
as General Arrog (voice)

Clarissa

1991
as Lovelace

Curfew

2019
as General

Essex Boys

2000
as Jason Locke

Dark River

2018
as Richard Bell

Sharpe: The Legend

1997
as Richard Sharpe

Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983

2009
as John Dawson

This City Is Ours

2025
as Ronnie Phelan

Far North

2008
as Loki

Ares III: Refocused

2016
as Mitch Henderson

Shardlake

2024
as Thomas Cromwell

1998 FIFA World Cup Official Film: La Coupe De La Gloire

1998
as Narrator

A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'

2001
as Himself

North Country

2005
as Kyle

Age of Heroes

2011
as Maj. Jack Jones

Any Day

2015
as Vian

Sharpe's Challenge

2006
as Richard Sharpe

Anemone

2025

Sean Bean on Waterloo

2015
as Host

Broken

2017
as Michael Kerrigan

Sharpe's Gold

1995
as Richard Sharpe

Hooligan

2012

Red Riding

2009
as John Dawson

The Big Empty

2003
as Cowboy

Wicked Blood

2014
as Uncle Frank Stinson

Sharpe's Justice

1997
as Richard Sharpe

Marriage

2022
as Ian

Sharpe's Eagle

1993
as Lieutenant–Colonel Richard Sharpe

The Fellowship of the Cast

2002
as Self - Boromir

Outlaw

2007
as Danny Bryant

The Lost Future

2010
as Amal

Ca$h

2010
as Pyke Kubic

Windprints

1990
as Anton van Heerden

When Saturday Comes

1996
as Jimmy Muir

Goldeneye: The Secret Files

1995
as Sean Bean

Black Death

2010
as Ulric

Sharpe's Enemy

1994
as Richard Sharpe

Wasted (2016)

2016
as Sean Bean

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

1989
as Larry Frisk

Prince

1991

Possessor

2020
as John Parse

Sharpe's Company

1994
as Sharpe

Winter Flight

1984
as Hooker

Watch the Skies

as (voice)

Lorna Doone

1990
as Carver Doone

Sharpe's Honour

1994
as Richard Sharpe

Soldiers of Fortune

2012
as Dimidov

Pride

2004
as Dark (voice)

Sharpe

1993
as Richard Sharpe

Patriot Games

1992
as Sean Miller

Guest Star

Episode Jim Henson's The Storyteller
The True Bride 		1988
Episode The Vicar of Dibley
Spring 		1999
Episode Natural World
Flight of the Rhino 		2013
Episode Reunited Apart
One Zoom to Rule Them All (Lord of the Rings) 		2020
Episode Crusoe
Rum 		2008
Episode Screen Two
Small Zones 		1990
Episode The Jonathan Ross Show
Sean Bean, Michelle Keegan, Rose Matafeo, Liam Gallagher 		2019
Episode Screen One
Tell Me That You Love Me 		1991
Episode Today
August 12, 2014 		2014
Episode Robot Chicken
Catdog on a Stick 		2014
Episode Crusoe
Bad Blood 		2008
Episode The Canterbury Tales
Leaving London 		1998
Episode Accused
Tracie's Story 		2012
Episode The Bill
Long Odds 		1984
Episode ITV Documentaries
World Cup Rock & Goal Years 		1998
Episode Fantasy Football League
Sean Bean 		1995
Episode Fantasy Football League
Sean Bean 		1994
Episode Revealed
How England Won the World Cup 		2006
Episode Decisive Weapons
T34: The Queen of Tanks 		1996