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Sean Bean

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.

Highest rated movies

100% 76% Red Riding: 1974
100% 62% The War Requiem
94% 59% Possessor: Uncut 94% 86% The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
92% 76% Red Riding: 1983
92% 95% The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 91% 91% The Martian
86% 46% Far North

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Buffalo Kids Unknown (Voice) - 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Buffalo Kids Outlaw Wilson (Voice) - 2024
21% 60% Knights of the Zodiac Alman Kido (Character) $925.0K 2023
53% 88% Mummies Pharaoh (Voice) $4.3M 2023
99% 98% Wolfwalkers Bill (Voice) - 2020
94% 59% 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% 60% Dark River Richard Bell (Character) $4.2K 2017
27% 27% Drone Neil Wistin (Character) - 2017
12% 69% Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV Regis Lucis Caelum (Voice) $119.8K 2016
49% 65% The Young Messiah Severus (Character) $6.5M 2016
91% 91% The Martian Mitch Henderson (Character) $228.4M 2015
0% 25% Any Day Vian (Character) - 2015
28% 38% Jupiter Ascending Stinger Apini (Character) $47.4M 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Snow Queen 2 Arrog (Voice) - 2014
No Score Yet 23% Wicked Blood Uncle Frank Stinson (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 38% Hooligan Narrator - 2012
8% 35% Silent Hill: Revelation Harry Mason (Character) $17.5M 2012
53% 65% Cleanskin Ewan (Character) - 2012
14% 10% Soldiers of Fortune Dimidov (Character) $38.8K 2012
49% 45% Mirror Mirror The King (Character) $64.9M 2012
No Score Yet 71% Wild in the Streets Narrator - 2012
40% 23% Age of Heroes Jones (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 16% The Lost Future Amal (Character) - 2010
17% 37% Death Race 2 Markus Kane (Character) - 2010
72% 49% Black Death Ulric (Character) $22.0K 2010
No Score Yet 31% Ca$h Pyke Kubic/Reese Kubic (Character) $46.5K 2010
49% 53% Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Zeus (Character) $88.8M 2010
92% 76% Red Riding: 1983 John Dawson (Character) - 2009
100% 76% Red Riding: 1974 John Dawson (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 62% Sharpe's Peril Sharpe (Character) - 2008
86% 46% Far North Loki (Character) - 2007
21% 52% Outlaw Danny Bryant (Character) - 2007
19% 52% The Hitcher John Ryder (Character) $16.4M 2007
No Score Yet 70% Sharpe's Challenge Sharpe (Character) - 2006
32% 63% Silent Hill Christopher (Character) $47.0M 2006
No Score Yet 88% Sharpe's Revenge Unknown (Character) - 2006
40% 32% The Dark James (Character) - 2005
70% 76% North Country Kyle (Character) $18.3M 2005
37% 48% Flightplan Captain Rich (Character) $89.7M 2005
40% 63% The Island Merrick (Character) $35.8M 2005
46% 76% National Treasure Ian Howe (Character) $173.0M 2004
No Score Yet 70% Pride Dark (Voice) - 2004
53% 73% Troy Odysseus (Character) $133.2M 2004
67% 48% The Big Empty Cowboy (Character) - 2003
94% 86% 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% 81% Equilibrium Partridge (Character) $1.2M 2002
No Score Yet 54% Tom & Thomas Paul Sheppard (Character) - 2002
92% 95% The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Boromir (Character) $315.5M 2001
24% 49% Don't Say a Word Patrick B. Koster (Character) $55.0M 2001
17% 61% Essex Boys Jason Locke (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 69% Extremely Dangerous Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 18% Airborne Dave Toombs (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 77% Bravo Two Zero Andy McNab (Character) - 1998
70% 80% Ronin Bean (Character) $41.6M 1998
26% 66% Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina Vronsky (Character) $791.8K 1997
No Score Yet 80% Sharpe's Waterloo Richard Sharpe (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 84% Sharpe's Justice Richard Sharpe (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sharpe's Revenge Richard Sharpe (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 80% Sharpe's Mission Richard Sharpe (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 89% Sharpe's Siege Major Richard Sharpe (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sharpe's Regiment Sharpe (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 65% When Saturday Comes Jimmy Muir (Character) - 1995
80% 83% GoldenEye Alec Trevalyan (Character) $106.0M 1995
No Score Yet 89% Sharpe's Honour Sharpe (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 49% Shopping Venning (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 75% Jacob Esau (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 82% Sharpe's Enemy Sharpe (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 76% Sharpe's Gold Sharpe (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 90% Sharpe's Sword Sharpe (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 88% Sharpe's Battle Maj. Richard Sharpe (Character) - 1994
74% 76% Black Beauty Farmer Grey (Character) $4.2M 1994
No Score Yet 33% A Woman's Guide to Adultery Paul (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 84% Sharpe's Company Sharpe (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 83% Sharpe's Rifles Sharpe (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 84% Sharpe's Eagle Sharpe (Character) - 1993
72% 72% 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 67% The Fifteen Streets Dominic O'Brien (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Windprints Anton van Heerden (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 12% Lorna Doone Carver Doone (Character) - 1990
43% 82% The Field Tadgh McCabe (Character) $168.2K 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Small Zones Vic (Character) - 1990
78% 49% Stormy Monday Brendan (Character) $255.9K 1988
100% 62% The War Requiem The German Soldier/German Soldier (Character) - 1988
82% 68% Caravaggio Ranuccio (Character) $3.2K 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Winter Flight Hooker (Character) - 1984

TV

Credit
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/Tracie (Character) 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