Sean Bean - Wikipedia. Shaun Mark Bean (born 1. April 1. 95. 9), known professionally as Sean Bean, is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he made his professional debut in a theatre production of Romeo and Juliet in 1. Retaining his Yorkshire accent, he first found mainstream success for his portrayal of Richard Sharpe in the ITV series Sharpe. Bean has since garnered further recognition for his performance as Ned Stark in the HBOepic fantasy series Game of Thrones, as well as roles in the BBCanthology series. Accused and the ITVhistorical drama series Henry VIII.

His most prominent film role was Boromir in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2. Other roles include Alec Trevelyan in the James Bond film Golden. Eye (1. 99. 5) and Odysseus in Troy (2.

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Silent Hill (2. 00. Black Death (2. 01. Jupiter Ascending (2. The Martian (2. 01. As a voice actor, Bean has been featured in the video games The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, and the drama The Canterbury Tales, among several others. He has received several awards during his career and won an International Emmy for Best Actor.

He has also been nominated for a BAFTA and Saturn Award.[2]Renowned for dying frequently in his films and TV shows, Bean's fictional deaths have earned him status as an internet meme.[3]Early life[edit]Bean was born in Handsworth, a suburb of Sheffield, which was then part of West Riding of Yorkshire (the County of South Yorkshire was created in 1. He is the son of Rita (née Tuckwood) and Brian Bean.[4] He has a younger sister named Lorraine. His father owned a fabrication shop that employed 5. Bean's mother, who worked as a secretary.

Despite becoming relatively wealthy, the family never moved away from the council estate as they preferred to remain close to friends and family.[5] As a child, Bean smashed a glass door during an argument, which left a piece of glass embedded in his leg that briefly impeded his walking and left a large scar.[4] This prevented him from pursuing his dream of playing football professionally. In 1. 97. 5, Bean left Brook Comprehensive School with O Levels in Art and English.[6] After a job at a supermarket and another for the local council, he started working for his father's firm with a day release at Rotherham College of Arts and Technology to take a welding course.[7] While there, he stumbled into an art class and decided to pursue his interest in art. After attending courses at two other colleges, one for half a day and the other for less than a week, he returned to Rotherham College, where he subsequently enrolled in a drama course. After some college plays and one at Rotherham Civic Theatre, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), starting a seven- term course in January 1. Bean graduated from RADA in 1. Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury.[4] His early career involved a mixture of stage and screen work.

As an actor, he adopted the Irish spelling of his first name. His first national exposure came in an advert for non- alcoholic lager.[8] Between 1. Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in productions of Romeo and Juliet, The Fair Maid of the West, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.[9][1. He appeared in his first film, Derek Jarman's Caravaggio (1. Tilda Swinton, playing Ranuccio Tomassoni, followed in the same director's War Requiem (1. In 1. 98. 9, he starred as the evil Dominic O'Brien in The Fifteen Streets, where he gained a dedicated following.

During the late 1. Bean became an established actor on British television.[1. He appeared in the BBC productions Clarissa and Lady Chatterley (1. Joely Richardson.[1. In 1. 99. 0, Bean starred in Jim Sheridan's adaption of the John B.

Keane play The Field. Also in 1. 99. 0, his role as the journalist Anton in Windprints examined the difficult problems of apartheid in South Africa. In 1. 99. 6, he combined his love of football with his career to finally achieve his childhood dream of playing for Sheffield United, as Jimmy Muir in the film When Saturday Comes.[1. Although the film was not critically acclaimed, Bean received credit for a good performance.[1. In August 1. 99. 7, Bean appeared in what became a famous Sky Sports commercial for the upcoming 1. Premier League season.[1.

His football related work continued in 1. La Coupe de la Gloire, the official film of the 1.

FIFA World Cup held in France.[1. Bean's critical successes in Caravaggio and Lady Chatterley contributed to his emerging image as a sex symbol, but he became most closely associated with the character of Richard Sharpe, the maverick Napoleonic Wars rifleman in the ITV television series Sharpe. The series was based on Bernard Cornwell's novels about the Peninsular War, and the fictional experiences of a band of soldiers in the famed 9.

Rifles. Starting with Sharpe's Rifles, the series followed the fortunes and misfortunes of Richard Sharpe as he rose from the ranks as a Sergeant, promoted to Lieutenant in Portugal, to Lieutenant Colonel by the time of the Battle of Waterloo. Bean was not the first actor to be chosen to play Sharpe. As Paul Mc. Gann was injured while playing football two days into filming, the producers initially tried to work around his injury, but it proved impossible and Bean replaced him. The series ran continuously from 1. It was filmed under challenging conditions, first in Ukraine and later in Portugal. After several years of rumours, more episodes were produced: Sharpe's Challenge, which aired in April 2. Sharpe's Peril, which aired in autumn 2.

DVD.[1. 7] Both of these were released as two cinema- length 9. With a role as enigmatic Lord Richard Fenton in the TV miniseries Scarlett, Bean made the transition to Hollywood feature films. His first notable Hollywood appearance was that of an Irish republicanterrorist in the 1. Showtime Full Deadwood Park Online Free.

Patriot Games. While filming his death scene, Harrison Ford hit him with a boat hook, giving him a permanent scar. Bean's rough- cut looks made him a patent choice for a villain, and his role in Patriot Games was the first of several villains that he would portray, all of whom die in gruesome ways.[1. In the 1. 99. 5 film Golden.

Eye, Bean portrayed James Bond's nemesis. Alec Trevelyan (MI6's 0. He played the weak- stomached Spence in Ronin (1. Watch The Ghost Of St. Michael`S Online Facebook.

Essex Boys (2. 00. Don't Say a Word (2. He was also widely recognised as villainous treasure hunter Ian Howe in National Treasure, and played a villainous scientist in The Island (2. In the independent film. Far North, he plays a Russian mercenary who gets lost in the tundra and is rescued by an Inuit woman and her daughter, whom he later pits against one another. Bean at a press conference for Ridley Scott's The Martian, 2. Toronto Film Festival.

Bean's most prominent role was as Boromir in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. His major screen time occurs in the first installment, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

He appears briefly in flashbacks in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, as well as in a scene from the extended edition of The Two Towers. Before casting finished, rumours circulated that Jackson had considered Bean for the role of Aragorn, but neither Bean nor Jackson confirmed this in subsequent interviews. Bean's fear of flying in helicopters caused him difficulties in mountainous New Zealand, where the trilogy was filmed. After a particularly rough ride, he vowed not to fly to a location again; in one instance, he chose to take a ski lift into the mountains while wearing his full costume (complete with shield, armour, and sword) and then hike the final few miles.[2. Other roles gave more scope for his acting abilities.

In 1. 99. 9's Extremely Dangerous, his character walked a fine line between villain and hero.[2. He became a repentant, poetry- reading Grammaton cleric who succumbs to his emotions in 2.