Sean Bean
Highest Rated: 100% The War Requiem (1988)
Lowest Rated: 0% Any Day (2015)
Birthday: Apr 17, 1959
Birthplace: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
A charismatic screen presence who proved equally effective in romantic leads and as a villain, actor Sean Bean carved his path through the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before making a name for himself on British television and in American films. After spending the latter half of the 1980s making smaller films, he made his U.S. feature debut as a vengeance-minded IRA terrorist in the hit spy thriller, "Patriot Games" (1992), which opened the doors for the actor to play a wide range of bad guys. The following year, Bean was featured as a tough 19th century British officer, Richard Sharpe, in the long-running made-for-television movie series "Sharpe" (ITV, 1993-2008) that gave him steady work over the next couple of decades. Meanwhile, he was a former 00 agent-turned-traitor in "GoldenEye" (1995) before playing an inexperienced spy in the thriller "Ronin" (1998). But it was his supporting turn as the proud warrior, Boromir, who falls prey to temptation in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001) that exposed Bean to his biggest audience and turned him into a widely-recognized figure. From there, he had supporting roles in large scale features like "Troy" (2004) and "The Island" (2005), while offering compelling turns in smaller movies such as "North Country" (2005) and "The Hitcher" (2007); displaying a versatility that stood Bean apart from his contemporaries. By the time of his starring role as Ned Stark on "Game of Thrones" (HBO 2011-18) began, Bean was a well-known actor, which made his character's sudden death early in the show's run that much more shocking. Further TV work on crime thriller "Legends" (TNT 2014-15) and "The Frankenstein Chronicles" (ITV Encore 2015- ), as well as roles in films ranging from Ridley Scott's "The Martian" (2015) to notorious flop "Pixels" (2015), kept him in the public eye.
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Sean Bean
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Buffalo Kids | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Buffalo Kids | Outlaw Wilson (Voice) | - | 2024 |
21% |
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Knights of the Zodiac | Alman Kido (Character) | $925.0K | 2023 |
53% |
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Mummies | Pharaoh (Voice) | $4.3M | 2023 |
99% |
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Wolfwalkers | Bill (Voice) | - | 2020 |
94% |
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Possessor: Uncut | John Parse (Character) | $745.8K | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Faster Than Light: The Dream of Interstellar Flight | Narrator | - | 2017 |
82% |
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Dark River | Richard Bell (Character) | $4.2K | 2017 |
27% |
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Drone | Neil Wistin (Character) | - | 2017 |
12% |
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Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV | Regis Lucis Caelum (Voice) | $119.8K | 2016 |
49% |
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The Young Messiah | Severus (Character) | $6.5M | 2016 |
91% |
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The Martian | Mitch Henderson (Character) | $228.4M | 2015 |
0% |
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Any Day | Vian (Character) | - | 2015 |
28% |
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Jupiter Ascending | Stinger Apini (Character) | $47.4M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Snow Queen 2 | Arrog (Voice) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Wicked Blood | Uncle Frank Stinson (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Hooligan | Narrator | - | 2012 |
8% |
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Silent Hill: Revelation | Harry Mason (Character) | $17.5M | 2012 |
53% |
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Cleanskin | Ewan (Character) | - | 2012 |
14% |
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Soldiers of Fortune | Dimidov (Character) | $38.8K | 2012 |
49% |
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Mirror Mirror | The King (Character) | $64.9M | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Wild in the Streets | Narrator | - | 2012 |
40% |
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Age of Heroes | Jones (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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The Lost Future | Amal (Character) | - | 2010 |
17% |
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Death Race 2 | Markus Kane (Character) | - | 2010 |
72% |
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Black Death | Ulric (Character) | $22.0K | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Ca$h |
Pyke Kubic/ |
$46.5K | 2010 |
49% |
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Zeus (Character) | $88.8M | 2010 |
92% |
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Red Riding: 1983 | John Dawson (Character) | - | 2009 |
100% |
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Red Riding: 1974 | John Dawson (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Peril | Sharpe (Character) | - | 2008 |
86% |
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Far North | Loki (Character) | - | 2007 |
21% |
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Outlaw | Danny Bryant (Character) | - | 2007 |
19% |
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The Hitcher | John Ryder (Character) | $16.4M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Challenge | Sharpe (Character) | - | 2006 |
32% |
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Silent Hill | Christopher (Character) | $47.0M | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Revenge | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
40% |
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The Dark | James (Character) | - | 2005 |
70% |
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North Country | Kyle (Character) | $18.3M | 2005 |
37% |
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Flightplan | Captain Rich (Character) | $89.7M | 2005 |
40% |
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The Island | Merrick (Character) | $35.8M | 2005 |
46% |
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National Treasure | Ian Howe (Character) | $173.0M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Pride | Dark (Voice) | - | 2004 |
53% |
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Troy | Odysseus (Character) | $133.2M | 2004 |
67% |
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The Big Empty | Cowboy (Character) | - | 2003 |
94% |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Boromir (Character) | $377.8M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lord of Rings 3 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
40% |
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Equilibrium | Partridge (Character) | $1.2M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Tom & Thomas | Paul Sheppard (Character) | - | 2002 |
92% |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Boromir (Character) | $315.5M | 2001 |
24% |
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Don't Say a Word | Patrick B. Koster (Character) | $55.0M | 2001 |
17% |
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Essex Boys | Jason Locke (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Extremely Dangerous | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Airborne | Dave Toombs (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Bravo Two Zero | Andy McNab (Character) | - | 1998 |
70% |
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Ronin | Bean (Character) | $41.6M | 1998 |
26% |
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Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina | Vronsky (Character) | $791.8K | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Waterloo | Richard Sharpe (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Justice | Richard Sharpe (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sharpe's Revenge | Richard Sharpe (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Mission | Richard Sharpe (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Siege | Major Richard Sharpe (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sharpe's Regiment | Sharpe (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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When Saturday Comes | Jimmy Muir (Character) | - | 1995 |
80% |
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GoldenEye | Alec Trevalyan (Character) | $106.0M | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Honour | Sharpe (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Shopping | Venning (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Jacob | Esau (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Enemy | Sharpe (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Gold | Sharpe (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Sword | Sharpe (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Battle | Maj. Richard Sharpe (Character) | - | 1994 |
74% |
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Black Beauty | Farmer Grey (Character) | $4.2M | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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A Woman's Guide to Adultery | Paul (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Company | Sharpe (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Rifles | Sharpe (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Eagle | Sharpe (Character) | - | 1993 |
72% |
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Patriot Games | Sean Miller (Character) | $82.7M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brinks-Mat Robbery | Micky McAvoy (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inspector Morse: Absolute Conviction | Alex Bailey (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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The Fifteen Streets | Dominic O'Brien (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Windprints | Anton van Heerden (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Lorna Doone | Carver Doone (Character) | - | 1990 |
43% |
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The Field | Tadgh McCabe (Character) | $168.2K | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Small Zones | Vic (Character) | - | 1990 |
78% |
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Stormy Monday | Brendan (Character) | $255.9K | 1988 |
100% |
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The War Requiem |
The German Soldier/ |
- | 1988 |
82% |
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Caravaggio | Ranuccio (Character) | $3.2K | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Winter Flight | Hooker (Character) | - | 1984 |
TV
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75% | 65% | Snowpiercer | Joseph Wilford (Character) | 2021-2022 2024 |
81% | 79% | Shardlake | Thomas Cromwell (Character) | 2024 |
95% | 45% | Marriage | Ian (Character) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Time | Mark Cobden (Character) | 2021 |
96% | 88% | Time | Mark Cobden (Character) | 2021 |
92% | 52% | World on Fire | Douglas Bennett (Character) | 2019 |
88% | 87% | Curfew | The General (Character) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Oath | Tom Hammond (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 87% | The Frankenstein Chronicles | John Marlott (Character) | 2015 2017 |
85% | 95% | Broken |
Father Michael Kerrigan (Character), Executive Producer |
2017 |
No Score Yet | 68% | Roman Empire | Narrator | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wasted | Unknown (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 78% | Legends | Martin Odum (Character) | 2014-2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Family Guy | Portrait Griffin (Guest Voice) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Remembering World War I | Self | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Accused |
Simon/ |
2010 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Missing | Paul Winstone (Character) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2012 |
89% | 85% | Game of Thrones | Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark (Character) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Red Riding | Unknown (Character) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Real Prison Breaks | Narrator | 2008 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Classic | Unknown (Character) | 2010 |
49% | No Score Yet | Crusoe | James Crusoe (Guest Star) | 2008-2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | D-Day to Berlin | Narrator | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Decisive Weapons | Narrator | 2000 2003 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Vicar of Dibley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Extremely Dangerous | Neil Byrne (Character) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scarlett | Lord Richard Fenton (Character) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lady Chatterley | Unknown (Character) | 1993 |