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.
as Sergeant Major Gordon
as "Fiddler" John Good
as (voice)
as Demostene Celibidache
as Presenter(4 eps)
as Sheriff of Nottingham(10 eps)
as (voice)
as Jem Stoker
as Billings
as Ronnie Phelan(3 eps)
as Narrator(4 eps)
as Thomas Cromwell(2 eps)
as Alman Kido
as Pharaoh (voice)
as Ian(4 eps)
as Narrator
as Mark Cobden(3 eps)
as Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice)
as John Parse
as Joseph Wilford(23 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Douglas Bennett(7 eps)
as The General(8 eps)
as Self- Narrator
as Sean Bean(1 ep)
as Poetry Narrator
as Tom Hammond(10 eps)
as Richard Bell
as Narrator (English)
as Father Michael Kerrigan(6 eps)
as Neil
as Narrateur(15 eps)
as Sean Bean(6 eps)
as Lucis Caelum (voice)
as Narrator(2 eps)
as Severus
as John Marlott(12 eps)
as Macbeth
as Mitch Henderson
as Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)
as Self - Presenter
as Mitch Henderson(6 eps)
as Vian
as Stinger Apini
as Martin Odum(20 eps)
as Uncle Frank Stinson
as Narrator
as Narrator(1 ep)
as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva
as Narrator
as Dimidov
as King
as Paul Winstone(8 eps)
as Ewan
as Maj. Jack Jones
as Lord Eddard 'Ned' Stark(10 eps)
as Simon Gaskell / Tracie Tremarco(1 ep)
as Amal
as Markus Kane
as Ulric
as Pyke Kubic
as John Dawson
as John Dawson
as John Dawson(2 eps)
as Richard Sharpe
as James Crusoe(13 eps)
as Loki
as Danny Bryant
as John Ryder
as Richard Sharpe
as Christopher Da Silva
as Self(1 ep)
as James
as Captain Rich
as Dr. Bernard Merrick
as Narrator(3 eps)
as Kyle
as Ian Howe
as Dark (voice)
as Odysseus
as Robert Aske(2 eps)
as Self (archive footage)
as Cowboy
as Errol Partridge
as Self(1 ep)
as Paul Sheppard
as Baralgin
as Self
as Patrick Koster
as Jason Locke
as Neil Byrne(4 eps)
as Andy McNab
as Portrait Griffin (voice)(1 ep)
as Spence
as Dave Toombs
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Richard Sharpe
as Lieutenant Colonel Richard Sharpe
as Major Richard Sharpe
as Major Richard Sharpe
as Vronsky
as Narator(1 ep)
as Major Richard Sharpe
as Major Richard Sharpe
as Major Richard Sharpe
as Jimmy Muir
as Self(1 ep)
as Self
as Alec Trevelyan
as Alec Trevelyan
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Major Richard Sharpe
as Major Richard Sharpe
as Major Richard Sharpe
as Venning
as Esau
as Lord Richard Fenton(3 eps)
as Farmer Grey
as Major Richard Sharpe
as Major Richard Sharpe
as Captain Richard Sharpe
as Paul(3 eps)
as Oliver Mellors(4 eps)
as Captain Richard Sharpe
as Lieutenant Richard Sharpe
as Richard Sharpe(18 eps)
as Micky McAvoy
as Sean Miller
as Lovelace(4 eps)
as Jack Morgan
as Gabriel Lewis
as Steve Deakin
as Carver Doone
as Tadgh McCabe
as Man
as Rod(1 ep)
as Anton van Heerden
as Vic
as Smith(1 ep)
as Gabriel Lewis(1 ep)
as Jack Morgan(1 ep)
as Dominic O'Brien
as Larry Frisk
as The Prince (archive footage)(1 ep)
as The German Soldier
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Prince
as Prince(1 ep)
as Brendan
as Captain Bolton(2 eps)
as Alex Bailey(1 ep)
as Ranuccio
as Man(1 ep)
as Vic(1 ep)
as Scarred Man
as Hooker
as Lurch
as Billy
as Narrator(2 eps)