1993
Sharpe
Richard Sharpe
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BEAN
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From Sharpe to Middle-earth
The English actor has worked across historical drama, fantasy, film and television.
Sheffield, England
A career across stage and screen
Sean Bean was born in Sheffield, England, on 17 April 1959. Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he has worked in theatre, television and film.
His role as Richard Sharpe in the television adaptations of Bernard Cornwell’s novels brought him broad recognition in Britain. The stories follow a soldier during the Napoleonic Wars.
In The Lord of the Rings, Bean played Boromir, a warrior of Gondor who joins the Fellowship. His loyalties and vulnerability to the Ring give the character an important place in the journey.
His television work includes Eddard Stark in Game of Thrones and Mark Cobden in Time. Bean won a BAFTA leading actor award for Time.
The films below are those currently available on FLM.RED, not a complete list of his work.
Selected roles
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Boromir
2011
Game of Thrones
Eddard Stark
2015
The Martian
Mitch Henderson
2021
Time
Mark Cobden
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.