Biography
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 tri...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Anemone
2025
Family bonds between fathers, sons, and brothers are explored as complex relationships unfold through personal journeys and generational conflicts.

Deep Cover
2025
as Billings
Kat is an improv comedy teacher beginning to question if she’s missed her shot at success. When an undercover cop offers her the role of a lifetime, s...

Knights of the Zodiac
2023
as Alman Kido
When a headstrong street orphan, Seiya, in search of his abducted sister unwittingly taps into hidden powers, he discovers he might be the only person...

Osprey: Sea Raptor
2021
as Narrator
A veteran pair of osprey return home to a Connecticut saltmarsh. Over one summer they must battle their enemies, withstand the elements, and hunt hund...

Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life
2020
The cast and crew talk about the core themes of the film and the seeds of the film.

Wolfwalkers
2020
as Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice)
In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with h...

Possessor
2020
as John Parse
Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As s...

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
as Self
For a year, acclaimed British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay was embedded on the set of the hit HBO series “Game of Thrones,” chronicling the creation of the...

Taniel
2018
as Poetry Narrator
"Taniel" looks at the last months of poet Taniel Varoujan's life, who was murdered in the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The film's narrative is heard in ...

Dark River
2017
as Richard Bell
After her father dies, a young woman returns to her Yorkshire village for the first time in 15 years to claim the family farm she believes is hers.

The Unconquered
2017
as Narrator (English)
The Institute of National Remembrance, Fish Ladder and Juice present “The Unconquered” – an animated film that shows the fight of Poles for freedom, f...

Faster Than Light: the Dream of Interstellar Flight
2017
as Narrator
“Faster Than Light” explores the longstanding quest to develop spacecraft with enough power and speed to reach the stars. The film asks: What will it ...

Drone
2017
as Neil
Ideologies collide with fatal results when a military drone contractor meets an enigmatic Pakistani businessman.

The Young Messiah
2016
as Severus
Tells the story of Jesus Christ at age seven as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to Nazareth. Told from his childhood perspective, it fol...

Instruments of Darkness
2015
as Macbeth
A war hero and the lure of ambition and descent into hell. An adaptation of Macbeth.

The Martian
2015
as Mitch Henderson
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and ...

Pixels
2015
as Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
Jupiter Ascending Genetically Spliced
2015
as Self
Talking Heads short discussing the creature design of splices from Jupiter Ascending.

Sean Bean on Waterloo
2015
as Himself/narrator
Hollywood star Sean Bean investigates the story of one of history's bloodiest battles.

Any Day
2015
as Vian
Following his release from prison, an ex-fighter meets a woman who helps him put his life back together.

Jupiter Ascending
2015
as Stinger Apini
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers an...

Wicked Blood
2014
as Uncle Frank Stinson
Hannah and Amber Baker are trapped in a dark Southern underworld of violence, drugs and bikers. Both live in fear of their "Uncle Frank" Stinson, the ...
Wild in the Streets
2013
as Narrator
An ancient football game is the lifeblood of an English market town and the origin of soccer, rugby and American football.

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012
as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva
Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn't fully understand. Now on the eve of her ...

Georgian Fighting Women
2012
as Narrator
Bare-knuckle boxing, blood-spattered horrific tales of 100-round bouts. Between women. An episode of the four-part series "Fight Club: a History of Vi...

Hooligan
2012
Aiming to be an in-depth study of hooliganism (both in act and in what it is to be one), director Donal MacIntyre, a former undercover journalist who ...

Soldiers of Fortune
2012
as Dimidov
Wealthy thrill-seekers pay huge premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only this time things don't go exactly to plan.

Mirror Mirror
2012
as King
After she spends all her money, an evil enchantress queen schemes to marry a handsome, wealthy prince. There's just one problem - he's in love with a ...

Cleanskin
2012
as Ewan
While working undercover as a bodyguard to arms dealer Harry, former-soldier-turned-secret-service-agent Ewan survives a bloody shootout with a member...

Age of Heroes
2011
as Maj. Jack Jones
The true story of the formation of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit, a precursor for the elite forces in the U.K.

The Lost Future
2010
as Amal
A group of post-apocalyptic survivors, struggle to survive in a world where jungles and forests and primeval wetlands and deserts have obliterated civ...

Death Race 2
2010
as Markus Kane
In the world's most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die. When r...

Black Death
2010
as Ulric
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village a...

Ca$h
2010
as Pyke Kubic
A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinist...

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
as Zeus
Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must ma...

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009
as John Dawson
Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and t...

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009
as John Dawson
Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for ...

Sharpe's Peril
2008
as Richard Sharpe
Our story begins at the end of Sharpe's Challenge. Sharpe and Harper are en route to Madras when they encounter a baggage train from the East India Co...

Far North
2008
as Loki
In the arctic, as Saiva is being born, a shaman declares that she is evil and will bring harm to all who become involved with her. Saiva is cast out o...

Outlaw
2007
as Danny Bryant
A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they ...

The Hitcher
2007
as John Ryder
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchh...

Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
2006
as Self
6 part behind the scenes feature on making 'Silent Hill'.
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006
Martin Campbell directs Goldeneye.
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
2006
A short documentary about the press of GoldenEye.

Sharpe's Challenge
2006
as Richard Sharpe
Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe's Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan, India. Two years ...

Silent Hill
2006
as Christopher Da Silva
Rose, a desperate mother takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car ...

The Dark
2005
as James
In an attempt to pull her family together, Adèlle travels with her young daughter Sarah to Wales to visit her father. The morning after they arrive, S...

Flightplan
2005
as Captain Rich
Flying at 40,000 feet in a state-of-the art aircraft that she helped design, Kyle Pratt's 6-year-old daughter Julia vanishes without a trace. Or did s...

The Island
2005
as Dr. Bernard Merrick
In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled envi...

North Country
2005
as Kyle
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States — Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endure...

National Treasure
2004
as Ian Howe
Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas J...

Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004
as Self
A behind-the-scenes featurette that focuses on John Frankenheimer's approach to the 1998 film "Ronin."

Pride
2004
as Dark (voice)
The story of Suki, a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her Pride to mate with an unsuitable lion from the other side of the river.

Troy
2004
as Odysseus
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leav...

The Making of the Return of the King
2004
as Self
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selecte...

D-Day to Berlin
2004
as Narrator (voice)
The collective military operations from D-Day to the final assault on Germany represent one of the greatest military offensives ever. D-Day to Berlin ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
as Boromir
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outc...

The Big Empty
2003
as Cowboy
Struggling actor John Person agrees to drive a blue suitcase from Los Angeles to the small town of Baker, Calif., and hand it over to a mysterious cow...

Equilibrium
2002
as Errol Partridge
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A ...

The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring
2002
as Self
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally sel...

Tom & Thomas
2002
as Paul Sheppard
A young boy thinks he's got a lookalike around him, but nobody believes him. Then, he meets Thomas and they switch homes.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
as Boromir
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the han...

A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'
2001
as Self
The making of Peter Jackson's adaptation of Tolkien's classic work.

Quest for the Ring
2001
as Self

Don't Say a Word
2001
as Patrick Koster
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a young woman, su...

Essex Boys
2000
as Jason Locke
Billy has just scored an entry-level position with the local crime cartel. His first job is to mind Jason, a newly released thug with a vicious temper...

Bravo Two Zero
1999
as Andy McNab
When an elite eight-man British SAS team is dropped behind enemy lines, their mission is clear: take out Saddam Hussein's SCUD missile systems. But wh...

Ronin
1998
as Spence
A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembl...

Airborne
1998
as Dave Toombs
A gang of thieves break into a top secret government research centre and steal a deadly virus. Mach 1, a top secret special operations team, is called...

La Coupe De La Gloire
1998
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The French team —on home soil— was always going to be in contention for the title of World Champion. It did not disappoint its fans. France '98 was no...

Sharpe: The Legend
1997
as Richard Sharpe
Several years after the battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London inn reminiscing about the brave and determined officer ...

Sharpe's Waterloo
1997
as Richard Sharpe
Based on the novel by Bernard Cornwell, "Sharpe's Waterloo" brings maverick British officer Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe to his last fight against the Fren...

Sharpe's Justice
1997
as Richard Sharpe
Napoleon has been exiled to Elba, the English have returned from the wars, and Major Richard Sharpe finds himself in a sort of exile to lead a company...

Sharpe's Revenge
1997
as Richard Sharpe
Sharpe is framed as the thief who stole Napolean's gold, and he must clear his name to avoid execution. Meanwhile his wife Jane - urged on by a friend...

Anna Karenina
1997
as Vronsky
Anna Karenina, the wife of a Russian imperial minister, creates a high-society scandal by an affair with Count Vronsky, a dashing cavalry officer in 1...

Sharpe's Mission
1996
as Richard Sharpe
Sharpe is teamed with a Colonel he helped promote and they are tasked to destroy a powder magazine, but an alliance with the French may threaten their...

Sharpe's Siege
1996
as Richard Sharpe
Sharpe, with his new commanding officer, is sent to capture a castle when news comes of locals who will rise against Bonaparte. However, he is somewha...

Sharpe's Regiment
1996
as Richard Sharpe
Told his battalion is to be split up due to lack of recruits at home, Sharpe and Harper return to England to investigate. What should have been a simp...

When Saturday Comes
1996
as Jimmy Muir
Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other idea...

Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
as Self
Made for TV documentary including interview and behind the scenes footage from the James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995).

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995
as Alec Trevelyan
Jonathan Ross delves into the world of James Bond and meets with new and former cast members who reveal humorous stories and anecdotes in a series of ...

GoldenEye
1995
as Alec Trevelyan
When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of Alec Trevelyan, AKA Agent 006, a former ally-turned-enemy, only James Bond can save the world...

Sharpe's Sword
1995
as Richard Sharpe
Sharpe is tasked to protect the most important spy in Lord Wellington's network, but domestic issues, a traumatized young girl, and possible French sp...

Sharpe's Battle
1995
as Richard Sharpe
When Sharpe is ordered to whip the King of Spain's Irish Royal Brigade into shape, he faces dissent from the men who believe the British are slaughter...

Sharpe's Gold
1995
as Richard Sharpe
Sharpe is sent on a mission to exchange rifles for deserters with a strange band of Spanish guerillas. He also has to chaperone two women looking for ...
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995
as Self
A short documentary about the cast of GoldenEye.

Shopping
1994
as Venning
A dark, hip, urban story of a barren and anonymous city where the underclass' sport of choice is ram-raiding. An exciting game in which stolen cars ar...

Jacob
1994
as Esau
Isaac's son Jacob deprives his brother Esau of his birthright and has to flee for his life. He finds shelter with his uncle Laban, but is himself dece...

Black Beauty
1994
as Farmer Grey
The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.

Sharpe's Honour
1994
as Richard Sharpe
1813. Major Sharpe's old enemy, Major Ducos manipulates a beautiful young marquesa into falsely accusing Sharpe of rape. Her husband calls Sharpe out ...

Sharpe's Enemy
1994
as Richard Sharpe
Portugal 1813. A band of deserters, including Sharpe's old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured two women, one the wife of a high-ranking English o...

Sharpe's Company
1994
as Richard Sharpe
Spain 1812 The Duke of Wellington plans to lay siege to Badajoz. A murderous figure from Sharpe's past uses a beautiful woman revenge himself on Sharp...

Sharpe's Eagle
1993
as Richard Sharpe
Sharpe is a Captain saddled with the South Essex, a battalion run by incompetents and filled with soldiers who have never been in battle. When the Sou...

Sharpe's Rifles
1993
as Richard Sharpe
During the Peninsular War in Spain against the French, Sergeant Richard Sharpe saves the life of Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington and i...

Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
1992
as Micky McAvoy
A dramatized speculation of what happened in November 1983 when Micky McAvoy and some of his mates planned a heist and were surprised when they discov...

Patriot Games
1992
as Sean Miller
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

Prince
1991
as Jack Morgan
Story of how a family is affected very greatly by their Alsation dog Prince

Tell Me That You Love Me
1991
as Gabriel Lewis
Laura Simms has an exciting job as a top magazine editor, but her love life's a disaster. Her luck seems to change when she meets Gabriel, a handsome ...

My Kingdom for a Horse
1991
as Steve Deakin
Steve Deakin teaches history and is a foot soldier in the Sealed Knot Society. In a fortnight between two English Civil War battles he finds he faces ...

Lorna Doone
1990
as Carver Doone
A feisty 17th-century Scotswoman falls in love with a despised landowner, to the dismay of her father.

The Field
1990
as Tadgh McCabe
"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell...

Wedded
1990
as Man
A husband drives throughout the night on a voyage of self-discovery, while his wife waits at home, raking over the ashes of their marriage as their ch...

Windprints
1990
as Anton van Heerden
A South African journalist is sent to Namibia to investigate a serial killer.

Small Zones
1990
as Vic
Intertwined story of the lives of two women; an Englishwoman suffering abuse from her violent husband, and a Russian poet serving hard labour because ...

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989
as Larry Frisk
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.

War Requiem
1989
as The German Soldier
During World War I, British soldier Owen is mortified by the examples of cruelty that surround him in the trenches. He combats these terrifying images...

The Fifteen Streets
1989
as Dominic O'Brien
In northern England around 1900, the worker John O'Brien lives near poverty in a small house in the worker's district. He falls in love with Mary, the...

Stormy Monday
1988
as Brendan
When a corrupt American businessman tries to strong arm his way into businesses in Newcastle, England, he is thwarted by a club attendant and his wait...

Caravaggio
1986
as Ranuccio
A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous pai...

Exploits at West Poley
1985
as Scarred Man
Somerset 1850. Two boys exploring an underground cave, divert the course of a river and drastically change the lives of the people of two villages.

Winter Flight
1984
as Hooker
As the Falklands War looms, an RAF recruit falls for a young barmaid, but their romance is quickly complicated with some surprising news.

Punters
1984
as Lurch
What is the secret of Joey and Spansky's success at the races?
The 4th Reich
N/A
as Sergeant Major Gordon
The chilling realities of Hitler's true intentions are exposed, to create a force that can never be beaten, a 4th Reich - The New World Order. A team ...

Rogue Trooper
N/A
Rogue is a "Genetic Infantryman", a genetically-engineered, blue-skinned, manufactured super soldier who, alongside his three comrades, is searching f...

Watch the Skies
N/A
as (voice)
When a small starship crashes to earth, it is not a monster or alien overlord that emerges, but a teenage boy who has run away from home - a home on t...

The Yellow Tie
N/A
The extraordinary life of Sergiu Celibidache, from his childhood in Romania to his exile in pursuit of a career in music, his struggle for survival in...
The Isolate Thief
N/A
A young woman struggles to conceal the gold she stole from a group of violent outlaws who have seized control of her remote outpost.