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Bean graduated from RADA in 1983, making his professional acting debut later that year as [[Tybalt]] in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' at the [[Watermill Theatre]] in [[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]].<ref name="Tiscali bio" /> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Barbican Ad|url=http://www.compleatseanbean.com/barbican.html|date=26 December 1999|accessdate=24 September 2006}}</ref> Between 1986 and 1988, he was a member of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], appearing in productions of ''Romeo and Juliet'', ''[[The Fair Maid of the West]]'', and ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''.<ref>Trowbridge, Simon. ''The Company: A Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company'', Oxford: Editions Albert Creed (2010) ISBN 978-0-9559830-2-3</ref><ref>[http://www.stratfordians.org.uk/ The Company: A Biographical Dictionary of the RSC: Supplementary Material]</ref> He appeared in his first film, [[Derek Jarman]]'s ''[[Caravaggio (film)|Caravaggio]]'' (1986), playing Ranuccio Tomassoni, followed in the same director's ''[[War Requiem (film)|War Requiem]]'' (1988). In 1989, he starred as the evil Dominic O'Brien in ''The Fifteen Streets'', where he gained a dedicated following. |
Bean graduated from RADA in 1983, making his professional acting debut later that year as [[Tybalt]] in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' at the [[Watermill Theatre]] in [[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]].<ref name="Tiscali bio" /> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Barbican Ad|url=http://www.compleatseanbean.com/barbican.html|date=26 December 1999|accessdate=24 September 2006}}</ref> Between 1986 and 1988, he was a member of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], appearing in productions of ''Romeo and Juliet'', ''[[The Fair Maid of the West]]'', and ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''.<ref>Trowbridge, Simon. ''The Company: A Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company'', Oxford: Editions Albert Creed (2010) ISBN 978-0-9559830-2-3</ref><ref>[http://www.stratfordians.org.uk/ The Company: A Biographical Dictionary of the RSC: Supplementary Material]</ref> He appeared in his first film, [[Derek Jarman]]'s ''[[Caravaggio (film)|Caravaggio]]'' (1986), playing Ranuccio Tomassoni, followed in the same director's ''[[War Requiem (film)|War Requiem]]'' (1988). In 1989, he starred as the evil Dominic O'Brien in ''The Fifteen Streets'', where he gained a dedicated following. |
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During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Bean became an established actor on British television.<ref name="msn">{{cite web|title=MSN Movies|url=http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/sean-bean/|publisher=Microsoft|accessdate=14 September 2006}}</ref> He appeared in the [[BBC]] productions ''[[Clarissa]]'' and ''[[Lady Chatterley (1993 film)|Lady Chatterley]]'', and his role in the latter became noted for his sex scenes with [[Joely Richardson]].<ref name="Sharpe still cuts it">{{cite news|title=Sharpe still cuts it|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article706738.ece|publisher=The Times|date=22 April 2006|accessdate=14 September 2006 | location=London}}</ref> In 1990, Bean starred in [[Jim Sheridan]]'s adaption of the [[John B. Keane]] play ''[[The Field (film)|The Field]]''. Also in 1990, his role as the journalist Anton in ''Windprints'' examined the difficult problems of [[apartheid]] in South Africa. In 1996, he combined his love of football with his career to finally achieve his childhood dream of playing for [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]], as Jimmy Muir in the film ''[[When Saturday Comes (film)|When Saturday Comes]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=When Saturday Comes|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/136095/When-Saturday-Comes/overview}}</ref> Although the film was not critically acclaimed, Bean received credit for a good performance.<ref>{{cite web|title=When Saturday Comes review|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/when_saturday_comes/articles/814231/despite_being_stuffed_with_cliches_when_saturday_comes_is_emotionally_rewarding_experience_and_not_only_for_those_viewers_who_are_in_love_with_the_most_popular_sport_in_the_world|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=14 September 2006 |
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Bean became an established actor on British television.<ref name="msn">{{cite web|title=MSN Movies|url=http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/sean-bean/|publisher=Microsoft|accessdate=14 September 2006}}</ref> He appeared in the [[BBC]] productions ''[[Clarissa]]'' and ''[[Lady Chatterley (1993 film)|Lady Chatterley]]'', and his role in the latter became noted for his sex scenes with [[Joely Richardson]].<ref name="Sharpe still cuts it">{{cite news|title=Sharpe still cuts it|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article706738.ece|publisher=The Times|date=22 April 2006|accessdate=14 September 2006 | location=London}}</ref> In 1990, Bean starred in [[Jim Sheridan]]'s adaption of the [[John B. Keane]] play ''[[The Field (film)|The Field]]''. Also in 1990, his role as the journalist Anton in ''Windprints'' examined the difficult problems of [[apartheid]] in South Africa. In 1996, he combined his love of football with his career to finally achieve his childhood dream of playing for [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]], as Jimmy Muir in the film ''[[When Saturday Comes (film)|When Saturday Comes]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=When Saturday Comes|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/136095/When-Saturday-Comes/overview}}</ref> Although the film was not critically acclaimed, Bean received credit for a good performance.<ref>{{cite web|title=When Saturday Comes review|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/when_saturday_comes/articles/814231/despite_being_stuffed_with_cliches_when_saturday_comes_is_emotionally_rewarding_experience_and_not_only_for_those_viewers_who_are_in_love_with_the_most_popular_sport_in_the_world|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=14 September 2006 |= |=}}</ref> In August 1997, Bean appeared in what became a famous [[Sky Sports]] commercial for the upcoming 1997-98 [[Premier League]] season.<ref>{{cite news|title=A look back at the best Sky ads from the past 20 years|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2009/feb/04/rupertmurdoch-bskyb|agency=The Guardian|date=23 June 2015}}</ref> His football related work continued in 1998 when he narrated [[List of official FIFA World Cup films|''La Coupe de la Gloire'']], the official film of the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] held in France.<ref>[http://www.fifafilms.com/fileadmin/fifafilms/user_upload/pdf/FIFAFilms_Factsheet_March_2012_very_low_res.pdf "FIFA World Cup and Official FIFA Events: Programming"]. FIFA Films. Retrieved 28 January 2013</ref> |
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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 (fictional character)|Richard Sharpe]], the maverick [[Napoleonic Wars]] rifleman in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] television series ''[[Sharpe (TV 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 [[95th Rifles]]. Starting with ''[[Sharpe's Rifles (TV programme)|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'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 (fictional character)|Richard Sharpe]], the maverick [[Napoleonic Wars]] rifleman in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] television series ''[[Sharpe (TV 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 [[95th Rifles]]. Starting with ''[[Sharpe's Rifles (TV programme)|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]]. |
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Other roles gave more scope for his acting abilities. In 1999's ''[[Extremely Dangerous]]'', his character walked a fine line between villain and hero.<ref name="Hollywood">{{cite web|title=Sean Bean Biography|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/fulldetail/id/188770|publisher=Hollywood Media Corporation|accessdate=14 September 2006}}{{dead link|date=September 2015}}</ref> He became a repentant, poetry-reading Grammaton cleric who succumbs to his emotions in 2002's ''[[Equilibrium (film)|Equilibrium]]'', a quirky alien cowboy in 2003's ''[[The Big Empty (2003 film)|The Big Empty]]'', and a sympathetic and cunning [[Odysseus]] in the 2004 film ''[[Troy (film)|Troy]]''. He appeared with other Hollywood stars in [[Moby]]'s music video "[[We Are All Made of Stars]]" in February 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=We are all made of Stars|url=http://www.full-of-beans.net/media/moby-video/index.htm|accessdate=24 September 2006}}{{dead link|date=September 2015}}</ref> In the same year, he returned to the stage in London performing in ''[[Macbeth]]''.<ref name="Compleat Bean">{{cite web|title=The Compleat Sean Bean|url=http://www.compleatseanbean.com|accessdate=18 September 2006}}</ref> Due to popular demand, the production ran until March 2003. |
Other roles gave more scope for his acting abilities. In 1999's ''[[Extremely Dangerous]]'', his character walked a fine line between villain and hero.<ref name="Hollywood">{{cite web|title=Sean Bean Biography|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/fulldetail/id/188770|publisher=Hollywood Media Corporation|accessdate=14 September 2006}}{{dead link|date=September 2015}}</ref> He became a repentant, poetry-reading Grammaton cleric who succumbs to his emotions in 2002's ''[[Equilibrium (film)|Equilibrium]]'', a quirky alien cowboy in 2003's ''[[The Big Empty (2003 film)|The Big Empty]]'', and a sympathetic and cunning [[Odysseus]] in the 2004 film ''[[Troy (film)|Troy]]''. He appeared with other Hollywood stars in [[Moby]]'s music video "[[We Are All Made of Stars]]" in February 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=We are all made of Stars|url=http://www.full-of-beans.net/media/moby-video/index.htm|accessdate=24 September 2006}}{{dead link|date=September 2015}}</ref> In the same year, he returned to the stage in London performing in ''[[Macbeth]]''.<ref name="Compleat Bean">{{cite web|title=The Compleat Sean Bean|url=http://www.compleatseanbean.com|accessdate=18 September 2006}}</ref> Due to popular demand, the production ran until March 2003. |
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Bean has done voice-over work, mostly in the British advertising industry.<ref>{{cite news|title=Voice that's earning a bean or two...|url=http://www.compleatseanbean.com/mainfeatures-61.html|publisher=Sheffield Today|format=reprint|date=11 November 2003|accessdate=24 September 2006}}</ref> He has featured in television adverts for [[O2 plc|O2]], [[Morrisons]] and [[Barnardos]] as well as for [[Acuvue]] and the [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci-Fi Channel]] in the United States. He also does the voice over for the [[National Blood Service]]'s television and radio campaign. For the role playing video game, ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]'', he voiced Martin Septim.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bethesda Softworks Taps Hollywood Voice Talent|url=http://www.xbox365.com/news.cgi?id=GGuLdLLrGH09300940|publisher=Bethesda Softworks|accessdate=24 September 2006 |
Bean has done voice-over work, mostly in the British advertising industry.<ref>{{cite news|title=Voice that's earning a bean or two...|url=http://www.compleatseanbean.com/mainfeatures-61.html|publisher=Sheffield Today|format=reprint|date=11 November 2003|accessdate=24 September 2006}}</ref> He has featured in television adverts for [[O2 plc|O2]], [[Morrisons]] and [[Barnardos]] as well as for [[Acuvue]] and the [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci-Fi Channel]] in the United States. He also does the voice over for the [[National Blood Service]]'s television and radio campaign. For the role playing video game, ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]'', he voiced Martin Septim.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bethesda Softworks Taps Hollywood Voice Talent|url=http://www.xbox365.com/news.cgi?id=GGuLdLLrGH09300940|publisher=Bethesda Softworks|accessdate=24 September 2006 |= }}</ref> Bean's distinctive voice has also been used in the intro and outro segments of the [[BBC]] [[Formula One|Formula 1]] racing coverage for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000293/filmoseries#tt1540109 "Filmography by TV series for Sean Bean"]. IMDb.com. Retrieved 12 April 2013</ref> |
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Bean completed a one-hour pilot, ''Faceless'', for US television. He has also appeared in ''[[Outlaw (2007 film)|Outlaw]]'', an independent British production, and a [[The Hitcher (2007 film)|remake]] of 1986 horror film, ''[[The Hitcher (1986 film)|The Hitcher]]'' (released in January 2007); here he used an American accent again. In 2009, he appeared in the ''[[Red Riding]]'' trilogy as the malevolent John Dawson. He also appeared in ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief]]'' (2010), playing the role of [[Zeus]], the king of [[Mount Olympus]] and god of the sky, thunder, and lightning. Also that year, Bean starred in ''[[Cash (2010 film)|CA$H]]'', playing the lead role of Pyke Kubic, a dangerous man determined to recover his wealth in a bad economy. ''CA$H'' explored the role money plays in today's hard economic times. Bean also played the villain's twin brother, Reese. |
Bean completed a one-hour pilot, ''Faceless'', for US television. He has also appeared in ''[[Outlaw (2007 film)|Outlaw]]'', an independent British production, and a [[The Hitcher (2007 film)|remake]] of 1986 horror film, ''[[The Hitcher (1986 film)|The Hitcher]]'' (released in January 2007); here he used an American accent again. In 2009, he appeared in the ''[[Red Riding]]'' trilogy as the malevolent John Dawson. He also appeared in ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief]]'' (2010), playing the role of [[Zeus]], the king of [[Mount Olympus]] and god of the sky, thunder, and lightning. Also that year, Bean starred in ''[[Cash (2010 film)|CA$H]]'', playing the lead role of Pyke Kubic, a dangerous man determined to recover his wealth in a bad economy. ''CA$H'' explored the role money plays in today's hard economic times. Bean also played the villain's twin brother, Reese. |
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Sean Bean | |
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![]() Bean at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival. | |
Born | Shaun Mark Bean[1] 17 April 1959 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1983–present |
Spouse(s) |
Debra James (m. 1981–1988)Georgina Sutcliffe
(m. 2008–2010) |
Children | 3 |
Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959), 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 1983. Retaining his distinctive 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 HBO epic fantasy series Game of Thrones, as well as roles in the BBC anthology series Accused and the ITV historical drama series Henry VIII. His most prominent film role was Boromir in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003).
Other roles include Alec Trevelyan in the James Bond film GoldenEye (1995) and Odysseus in Troy (2004), as well as roles in Patriot Games (1992), Ronin (1998), National Treasure (2004), North Country (2005), The Island (2005), Silent Hill (2006), Black Death (2010), and Jupiter Ascending (2015). As a voice actor, Bean has been featured in the video game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 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]
Early life
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 1974). He is the son of Rita (née Tuckwood) and Brian Bean.[3] He has a younger sister named Lorraine. His father owned a fabrication shop which employed 50 people, including Bean's mother, who worked as a secretary. Despite becoming relatively wealthy (his father owned a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow), the family never moved away from the council estate as they preferred to remain close to friends and family.[4] 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.[3] This prevented him from pursuing his dream of playing football professionally.
In 1975, Bean left Brook Comprehensive School with O Levels in Art and English.[5] 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.[6] 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 on 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 1981.[3]
Career
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Bean graduated from RADA in 1983, making his professional acting debut later that year as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury.[3] 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.[7] Between 1986 and 1988, he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in productions of Romeo and Juliet, The Fair Maid of the West, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.[8][9] He appeared in his first film, Derek Jarman's Caravaggio (1986), playing Ranuccio Tomassoni, followed in the same director's War Requiem (1988). In 1989, he starred as the evil Dominic O'Brien in The Fifteen Streets, where he gained a dedicated following.
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Bean became an established actor on British television.[10] He appeared in the BBC productions Clarissa and Lady Chatterley, and his role in the latter became noted for his sex scenes with Joely Richardson.[11] In 1990, Bean starred in Jim Sheridan's adaption of the John B. Keane play The Field. Also in 1990, his role as the journalist Anton in Windprints examined the difficult problems of apartheid in South Africa. In 1996, 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.[12] Although the film was not critically acclaimed, Bean received credit for a good performance.[13] In August 1997, Bean appeared in what became a famous Sky Sports commercial for the upcoming 1997-98 Premier League season.[14] His football related work continued in 1998 when he narrated La Coupe de la Gloire, the official film of the 1998 FIFA World Cup held in France.[15]
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 95th 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 McGann 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 1993 to 1997, with three episodes produced each year. 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 2006, and Sharpe's Peril, which aired in autumn 2008 and was later released on DVD.[16] Both of these were released as two cinema-length 90 minute episodes per series.[17] 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 republican terrorist in the 1992 film adaptation of 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.[18]
In the 1995 film GoldenEye, Bean portrayed James Bond's nemesis Alec Trevelyan (MI6's 006).[19] He played the weak-stomached Spence in Ronin (1998), a wife-beating ex-con in Essex Boys (2000), and a malevolent kidnapper/jewel thief in Don't Say a Word (2001). He was also widely recognised as villainous treasure hunter Ian Howe in National Treasure, and played a villainous scientist in The Island (2005). 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'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.[20]
Other roles gave more scope for his acting abilities. In 1999's Extremely Dangerous, his character walked a fine line between villain and hero.[21] He became a repentant, poetry-reading Grammaton cleric who succumbs to his emotions in 2002's Equilibrium, a quirky alien cowboy in 2003's The Big Empty, and a sympathetic and cunning Odysseus in the 2004 film Troy. He appeared with other Hollywood stars in Moby's music video "We Are All Made of Stars" in February 2002.[22] In the same year, he returned to the stage in London performing in Macbeth.[23] Due to popular demand, the production ran until March 2003.
Bean has done voice-over work, mostly in the British advertising industry.[24] He has featured in television adverts for O2, Morrisons and Barnardos as well as for Acuvue and the Sci-Fi Channel in the United States. He also does the voice over for the National Blood Service's television and radio campaign. For the role playing video game, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, he voiced Martin Septim.[25] Bean's distinctive voice has also been used in the intro and outro segments of the BBC Formula 1 racing coverage for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.[26]
Bean completed a one-hour pilot, Faceless, for US television. He has also appeared in Outlaw, an independent British production, and a remake of 1986 horror film, The Hitcher (released in January 2007); here he used an American accent again. In 2009, he appeared in the Red Riding trilogy as the malevolent John Dawson. He also appeared in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), playing the role of Zeus, the king of Mount Olympus and god of the sky, thunder, and lightning. Also that year, Bean starred in CA$H, playing the lead role of Pyke Kubic, a dangerous man determined to recover his wealth in a bad economy. CA$H explored the role money plays in today's hard economic times. Bean also played the villain's twin brother, Reese.
Bean starred in the first season of Game of Thrones, HBO's adaptation of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R.R. Martin, playing the part of Lord Eddard Stark.[27] Bean and Peter Dinklage were the two actors whose inclusion show runners David Benioff and Dan Weiss considered necessary for the show to become a success, and for whose roles no other actors were considered. His nuanced portrayal of what could have been a stereotypical "noble leader" character won him critical praise; as the A.V. Club's reviewer put it, he "portrayed Ned as a man who knew he lived in the muck but hoped for better and assumed everyone else would come along for the ride."[28] HBO's promotional efforts focused on Bean as the show's leading man and best-known actor. The photograph of him as Ned sitting on the Iron Throne holding his greatsword was used for promotional posters and on the cover of the first season's DVD box set as well as the cover of a tie-in reedition of the novel A Game of Thrones.
In August 2012, Bean appeared as cross-dressing teacher Simon in the opening episode of the second season of UK television series Accused, a role which would earn him a Royal Television Society best actor award. He starred in Soldiers of Fortune and the 2012 film Cleanskin, in which he plays a secret service agent faced with the task of pursuing and eliminating a suicide bomber and his terrorist cell.
He appeared in Tarsem Singh's Snow White film, Mirror Mirror, which was released in the U.S. in March 2012.[29] Bean reprised his role as Christopher Da Silva in the Silent Hill film sequel Silent Hill: Revelation 3D.[30] He co-starred in the ABC drama series Missing, which premiered in early 2012.[31] Bean is slated to star in Pan, a modern-day spin on J.M. Barrie's tale of Peter Pan, where Pan is a villain being hunted by a police captain named Hook.[32]
Bean currently stars in the espionage television series Legends as Martin Odum, an FBI agent who takes on various fabricated identities to go undercover. An intensive viral marketing campaign was centered around the hashtag #DontKillSeanBean, focusing on the various deaths of his past characters and promising his character in Legends would not suffer the same fate.[33] The campaign culminated with a Funny or Die exclusive video featuring Bean filming a scene for the show where he's become so accustomed to dying on screen that he expects his character to die a bizarrely gruesome death despite the simplicity of the scene.[34]
Image
Often described as "down to earth", Bean has retained his Yorkshire accent despite now living in London.[11] Partly because of his role as Sharpe, he is also described as a sex symbol. He was voted the UK's second sexiest man in 2004, placing just behind his Lord of the Rings co-star Orlando Bloom.[35] He admits he does not mind being considered as a "bit of rough" by women.[36] In addition to his image as a sex symbol and an admitted "bit of rough", he has developed a reputation as a loner, a label he considers unfair.[11] He has described himself instead as quiet, and interviewers confirm that he is a "man of few words",[37] with one interviewer calling him "surprisingly shy".[38] Although he admits he can be a workaholic, he relaxes with a book or listens to music in his spare time, and is a talented pianist. He is also a keen gardener, welder, and sketcher.[39]
Acting style
Despite being professionally trained, Bean adopts an instinctive style of acting that some say makes him especially well-suited to portraying his characters' depths.[40] He has said that the most difficult part is at the start of filming when trying to understand the character.[41] After achieving this, he can snap in and out of character instantly. This ability to go from the quiet man on set to the warrior Boromir "amazed" Sean Astin during filming of The Fellowship of the Ring.[42] Other fans include directors Mike Figgis and Wolfgang Petersen, who described working with Bean as a "beautiful thing".[40]
Personal life
Bean has been married and divorced four times. He married his secondary school sweetheart Debra James on 11 April 1981. The marriage ended in divorce in 1988. Bean met actress Melanie Hill at RADA, and they married on 27 February 1990. The couple's first daughter, Lorna, was born in October 1987; their second, Molly, was born in September 1991. Bean and Hill's marriage ended in divorce in August 1997. During the filming of Sharpe, Bean met actress Abigail Cruttenden, and they married on 22 November 1997. Their daughter, Evie Natasha, was born in November 1998. Bean and Cruttenden divorced in July 2000.
Bean began dating actress Georgina Sutcliffe in 2006. After cancelling their planned January 2008 wedding on the eve of the ceremony for "personal reasons", he married Sutcliffe at the Marylebone Register Office in London on 19 February 2008. During allegations that Bean physically abused Sutcliffe in 2009,[38] domestic disturbances resulted in the police being called to their home in Belsize Park on three occasions. Bean and Sutcliffe's separation was announced on 6 August 2010,[43][44] and the divorce was finalised on 21 December 2010.[45] On 9 May 2012, Bean was arrested over claims he made harassing phone calls and sent abusive text messages to Sutcliffe and was later released on bail.[46][47] All charges were subsequently dropped.[48]
In June 2011, Bean was involved in an altercation with a man at a pub near his London residence. The man had made disparaging comments about model April Summers, who was with Bean that evening.[49][50] Bean began a relationship with actress Ashley Moore during the summer of 2013.[51]
Bean has been a fan of Sheffield United FC since he was eight years old, and has a tattoo on his left shoulder that reads "100% Blade".[52][53] He opened their hall of fame in 2001 and, after making a six-figure contribution to the club's finances, was on their board of directors between 2002 and 2007 to help raise the profile of the club. He stepped down in 2007 to "go back to being an ordinary supporter" where he feels at home.[54] During his time there, he had some issues with Neil Warnock, former manager of Sheffield United, after Warnock claimed that Bean stormed into his office and shouted at him in front of his wife and daughter when the club had just been relegated from the Premier League. Bean denies it, calling Warnock "bitter" and "hypocritical".[55] He wrote the foreword and helped to promote a book of anecdotes called Sheffield United: The Biography.[56] He also follows Yorkshire County Cricket Club.[57]
Bean has a tattoo of the number nine on his shoulder, written using Tengwar, in reference to his involvement in the Lord of the Rings films and the fact that his character was one of the original nine companions of the Fellowship of the Ring. The other actors of "The Fellowship" (Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, and Viggo Mortensen) have the same tattoo. John Rhys-Davies, whose character was also one of the original nine companions, arranged for his stunt double to get the tattoo instead.[58]
Bean often gets fan mail intended for Rowan Atkinson, who played Mr. Bean.[59]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1984 | Winter Flight | Hooker | |
1986 | Caravaggio | Ranuccio | |
1988 | Stormy Monday | Brendan | |
1989 | How to Get Ahead in Advertising | Larry Frisk | |
1989 | The Fifteen Streets | Dominic O'Brien | |
1989 | War Requiem | German Soldier | |
1990 | Windprints | Anton | |
1990 | The Field | Tadgh McCabe | |
1992 | Patriot Games | Sean Miller | |
1994 | Shopping | Venning | |
1994 | Black Beauty | Farmer Grey | |
1995 | GoldenEye | Alec Trevelyan / Janus | |
1996 | When Saturday Comes | Jimmy Muir | |
1997 | Anna Karenina | Vronsky | |
1998 | Ronin | Spence | |
1998 | Airborn | Dave Toombs | |
2000 | Essex Boys | Jason Locke | |
2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Boromir | Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated—Empire Award for Best British Actor Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
2001 | Don't Say a Word | Patrick Koster | |
2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Boromir | Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated—DVDX Award for Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD) (shared with others) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Extended Edition only |
2002 | Equilibrium | Errol Partridge | |
2002 | Tom and Thomas | Paul Shepherd | |
2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Boromir | Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast National Board of Review Award for Best Cast Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast |
2003 | The Big Empty | Cowboy | |
2004 | National Treasure | Ian Howe | |
2004 | Troy | Odysseus | |
2005 | North Country | Kyle | |
2005 | Flightplan | Captain Marcus Rich | |
2005 | The Island | Dr. Merrick | |
2006 | The Dark | James | |
2006 | Silent Hill | Chris Da Silva | |
2007 | The Hitcher | John Ryder | |
2007 | Outlaw | Danny Bryant | |
2007 | Far North | Loki | |
2010 | Black Death | Ulric | Screamfest Horror Film Festival Trophy for Best Actor Nominated—Chainsaw Award for Best Actor |
2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Zeus | |
2010 | Ca$h | Pyke Kubic Reese Kubic |
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2011 | Death Race 2 | Markus Kane | |
2011 | Age of Heroes | Jones | |
2012 | Cleanskin | Ewan | |
2012 | Soldiers of Fortune | Dimidov | |
2012 | Mirror Mirror | The King | |
2012 | Silent Hill: Revelation 3D | Christopher Da Silva / Harry Mason | |
2014 | Wicked Blood | Frank Stinson | |
2015 | The Snow Queen: Magic of the Ice Mirror | Arrog | Voice |
2015 | Any Day | Vian | |
2015 | Jupiter Ascending | Stinger Apini | |
2015 | Pixels | Corporal Hill | |
2015 | The Martian | Mitch Henderson | |
2016 | The Young Messiah | Severus |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1984 | The Bill | Horace Clark | Episode: "Long Odds" |
1984 | Punters | Lurch | Television film |
1985 | Exploits at West Poley | Scarred Man | Television film |
1986 | The Practice | 2 episodes | |
1988 | The Storyteller | The Prince | Episode: "The True Bride" |
1988 | Troubles | Capt. Bolton | Television film |
1989 | The Jim Henson Hour | Prince | Episode: "Musicians" |
1990 | Screen Two | Vic | Episode: "Small Vones" |
1990 | Lorna Doone | Carver Doone | Television film |
1990 | Wedded | Man | Television film |
1991 | 4 Play | Smith | Episode: "In the Border Country" |
1991 | Screen One | Gabriel Lewis / Jack Morgan | 2 episodes |
1991 | Clarissa | Lovelace | 4 episodes |
1992 | Inspector Morse | Alex Bailey | Episode: "Absolute Conviction" |
1992 | Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery | Micky McAvoy | Television film |
1992 | My Kingdom for a Horse | Steve | Miniseries |
1993 | Sharpe's Rifles | Sergeant/Lieutenant Richard Sharpe | Television film |
1993 | Sharpe's Eagle | Captain Richard Sharpe | Television film |
1993 | Lady Chatterley | Mellors | Miniseries |
1993 | A Woman's Guide to Adultery | Paul | Miniseries |
1994 | Jacob | Esau | Television film |
1994 | Sharpe's Company | Captain Richard Sharpe | Television film |
1994 | Sharpe's Enemy | Major Richard Sharpe | Television film |
1994 | Sharpe's Honour | Major Richard Sharpe | Television film |
1994 | Scarlett | Lord Richard Fenton | Miniseries |
1995 | Sharpe's Gold | Major Richard Sharpe | Television film |
1995 | Sharpe's Battle | Major Richard Sharpe | Television film |
1995 | Sharpe's Sword | Major Richard Sharpe | Television film |
1996 | Decisive Weapons | Narrator | Documentary |
1996 | Sharpe's Regiment | Major Richard Sharpe | Television film |
1996 | Sharpe's Siege | Major Richard Sharpe | Television film |
1996 | Sharpe's Mission | Major Richard Sharpe | Television film |
1997 | Sharpe's Revenge | Major Richard Sharpe | Television film |
1997 | Sharpe's Justice | Major Richard Sharpe | Television film |
1997 | Sharpe's Waterloo | Lieutenant Colonel Richard Sharpe | Television film |
1998 | The Canterbury Tales | The Nun's Priest | Voice Episode: "Leaving London" |
1999 | Bravo Two Zero | Andy McNab | Television film |
1999 | Extremely Dangerous | Niel Bryne | Miniseries |
1999 | The Vicar of Dibley | Himself | Episode: "Spring" |
2003 | Henry VIII | Robert Aske | Television film |
2004 | Pride | Dark | Voice Television film |
2006 | Faceless | Eddie Prey | Unaired pilot |
2006 | Sharpe's Challenge | Lt Col Richard Sharpe | Television film |
2007 | Once Upon a Time in Iran | Narrator | Documentary[60] |
2008–2010 | Crusoe | James Crusoe | 5 episodes |
2008 | Sharpe's Peril | Lt Col Richard Sharpe | Television film |
2009 | Red Riding | John Dawson | Miniseries |
2010 | The Lost Future | Amal | Television film |
2011 | Game of Thrones | Eddard "Ned" Stark | 10 episodes Portal Award for Best Actor (Television) Nominated—EWwy Awards for Best Actor Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television Nominated—Scream Award for Best Fantasy Actor Nominated—Scream Award for Best Ensemble Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series |
2012 | Missing | Paul Winstone | 8 episodes |
2012 | Accused | Simon / Tracie | Episode: "Tracie's Story" International Emmy Award for Best Actor Royal Television Society Best Actor Award Nominated—BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor |
2013 | Family Guy | Portrait Griffen | Voice Episode: "No Country Club for Old Men" |
2014 | Robot Chicken | Walder Frey | Voice Episode: "Catdog on a Stick" |
2014–present | Legends | Martin Odum | Nominated—People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Actor |
2015 | The Frankenstein Chronicles | John Marlott | 6 episodes |
2016 | The Untamed | The Stranger | Voice 26 episodes |
Video games
Year | Title | Role |
---|---|---|
2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Boromir |
2006 | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | Martin Septim |
2012 | Lego The Lord of the Rings | Boromir |
2013 | Papa Sangre II | Narrator/Guide |
2015 | Kholat | Narrator |
Music videos
Year | Artist | Title | Role |
---|---|---|---|
2002 | Moby | "We Are All Made of Stars" | Himself |
Awards and honours
In 2013, Bean was named best actor at the Royal Television Society awards and won an International Emmy Award for his role in Accused.[61] He received three separate awards in 2004 as part of the ensemble cast in The Return of the King[62] from the Screen Actors Guild, the National Board of Review, and the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
In his home city of Sheffield, he has received several honours and acclaims, including an honorary doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University in 1997 and a Doctor of Letters in English Literature from the University of Sheffield in July 2007.[62][63] He was selected as one of the inaugural members of Sheffield Legends (the Sheffield equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame) and a plaque in his honour has been placed in front of Sheffield Town Hall.[64] Bean commented: "I did get a doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University about 11 or 12 years ago so now I'm a double doctor. But this was wonderful, especially from my home city."[62][63]
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Further reading
- Trowbridge, Simon: The Company: A Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Oxford: Editions Albert Creed (2010) ISBN 978-0-9559830-2-3
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