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Sean Bean

Also known as Shaun Mark Bean

British actor

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Sean Bean is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre. He is notable for appearing in major productions across multiple genres and has become a recognizable figure in British and international entertainment.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1959-04-17
Works: 2

Top works

National Treasure [WS] WSE DD5.1
The hitcher

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Film & TV

Acting · 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…

Known for

The Isolate Thief2026
Deep Cover — Billings2025
Watch the Skies — (voice)2025
Anemone — Jem Stoker2025
The Yellow Tie — Demostene Celibidache2025
World of Westeros Ambient Video — Ned Stark2025
Robin Hood — Sheriff of Nottingham2025
This City Is Ours — Ronnie Phelan2025
Original Gangsters with Sean Bean — Presenter2025
Gladiators — Narrator2024

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United Kingdom
Active from: 1959

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 187
Total plays: 1,673

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge
· 2015 · cited 30,133x
The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,735x
Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,953x
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,514x
A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,368x

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Commons category: Sean Bean
date of birth: 1959-04-17
start of work period: 1984-00-00
name in native language: Shaun Mark Bean
short name: Shaun Bean
pseudonym: Sean Bean

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Article

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. 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 made his film debut in the historical drama Caravaggio (1986) and received further attention for his roles in Stormy Monday (1988) and Patriot Games (1992). He played the main antagonist Alec Trevelyan in the James Bond film GoldenEye (1995) and had a supporting role in the action thriller Ronin (1998). Bean achieved international recognition for portraying Boromir in the fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003). Following the success of Lord of the Rings, Bean appeared in a variety of films, including in the science fiction Equilibrium (2002), the heist National Treasure (2004), Odysseus in the historical war epic Troy (2004), the mystery thriller Flightplan (2005), Harry Mason in the films Silent Hill (2006) and Silent Hill: Revelation (2012), the action horror Black Death (2010), and the science fiction film The Martian (2015).