#Sean bean game of thrones professional#
#Sean bean game of thrones series#

Despite becoming relatively wealthy, the family never moved away from the council estate as they preferred to remain close to friends and family. His father owned a fabrication company that employed 50 people, including Bean's mother, who worked as a secretary. (1914–2001), served in the Royal Navy in the Second World War and was a stud mill labourer who later became a pacifist. His paternal grandfather, Harold Bean Jr. Shaun Mark Bean was born on 17 April 1959 in Handsworth, a suburb of Sheffield, the son of Rita ( née Tuckwood) and Brian K. Sheffield Legends plaque in Bean's home city of Sheffield, England In 2022, Bean won the British Academy Television Award as Leading Actor in Time, a BBC One drama. Bean has also been the main voice over for O2 and their adverts for over 20 years having originally taken the job in 2002. 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 others.

#Sean bean game of thrones series#

His television roles include the BBC anthology series Accused, Broken, Game of Thrones, and the ITV historical drama series Henry VIII and Legends.

īean'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). In 2020, Bean is also narrator of the BBC Radio 4 series Legacy of War, exploring the impact of the Second World War on subsequent generations through interviews and oral history. 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.

#Sean bean game of thrones professional#

After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of Romeo and Juliet in 1983. Sean Bean (born Shaun Mark Bean on 17 April 1959) is an English actor.