Sean Bean

Male

Sean Bean(b. 17 Apr. 1959) is an English actor whose first starring film role was asMelanie Griffith's lover inStormy Monday(1988). In the 1990's, he came to international attention as Sean Miller, the lead villain ofPatriot Games(1992), oppositeHarrison Ford, and Alec Trevelyan, the main antagonist toPierce Brosnan'sJames BondinGoldeneye(1995). In 1993, Bean landed what is arguably his best-known role, NapoleonicRifleofficer Richard Sharpe, in the television miniseries based on Bernard Cornwell's novels (he replacedPaul McGann, who was originally cast). The originalSharpeseries concluded in 1997, but a revamped series was filmed between 2006 and 2008, meaning Bean has played the character for a total of fifteen years. In the U.K. he became so identified with the character that Cornwell admitted that he modified his portrayal of Sharpe in later novels to fit Bean's performance. In 2015, he hosted History Channel's documentarySean Bean On Waterloo, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. He also had appeared as Boromir inThe Lord of the Ringsfilm trilogy (2001-2003), Errol Partridge inEquilibrium(2002), Odysseus inTroy(2004), the eponymous villain in the 2007 remake ofThe Hitcher(a role he took over fromthe original'sRutger Hauer), and Eddard "Ned" Stark in the first season ofGame of Thrones(2011). Sean Bean can be seen using the following weapons in the following films and television series:

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