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.
1999 • TV
2011 • TV
2003 • Movie
2001 • Movie
2025 • TV
2020 • TV
as Boromir
as Boromir
as Christopher Da Silva
as Odysseus
as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva
as Errol Partridge
as Zeus
as Spence
as Vronsky
as Dr. Bernard Merrick
as Dave Toombs
as Esau
as Kyle
as Ranuccio
as Alec Trevelyan
as Danny Bryant
as Ian Howe
as Richard Sharpe
as Maj. Jack Jones
as Venning
as Portrait Griffin (voice)
1 episodes
as Lord Eddard 'Ned' Stark
10 episodes
as Sheriff of Nottingham
10 episodes
as Joseph Wilford
23 episodes
as Alex Bailey
1 episodes
as Narrator
2 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
8 episodes
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Narrateur
15 episodes
as Prince
1 episodes
as Ronnie Phelan
3 episodes
as Martin Odum
20 episodes
as Richard Sharpe
18 episodes
as Simon Gaskell / Tracie Tremarco
1 episodes
as John Marlott
12 episodes
as Mark Cobden
3 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
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