
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.

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as Demostene Celibidache

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as Jem Stoker

as Billings

as Alman Kido

as Pharaoh (voice)

as Narrator

as Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice)

as John Parse

as Self- Narrator

as Poetry Narrator

as Richard Bell

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as Neil

as Lucis Caelum (voice)

as Severus

as Macbeth

as Mitch Henderson

as Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)

as Self - Presenter

as Vian

as Stinger Apini

as Uncle Frank Stinson

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as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva

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as Dimidov

as King

as Ewan

as Maj. Jack Jones

as Amal

as Markus Kane

as Ulric

as Pyke Kubic

as John Dawson

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as Richard Sharpe

as Loki

as Danny Bryant

as John Ryder

as Richard Sharpe

as Christopher Da Silva

as James

as Captain Rich

as Dr. Bernard Merrick

as Kyle

as Ian Howe

as Dark (voice)

as Odysseus

as Self (archive footage)

as Cowboy

as Errol Partridge

as Paul Sheppard

as Self

as Patrick Koster

as Jason Locke

as Andy McNab

as Spence

as Dave Toombs

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as Richard Sharpe

as Lieutenant Colonel Richard Sharpe

as Major Richard Sharpe

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as Vronsky

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as Jimmy Muir

as Self

as Alec Trevelyan

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as Major Richard Sharpe

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as Micky McAvoy

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as Jack Morgan

as Gabriel Lewis

as Steve Deakin

as Carver Doone

as Tadgh McCabe

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as Dominic O'Brien

as Larry Frisk

as The German Soldier

as Prince

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as Ranuccio

as Scarred Man

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as Billy

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