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Sean Bean Biography

Birth Name:
Shaun Mark Bean
Birth Place:
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Profession
Actor

Fast Facts

  • Dropped out of school at 16 and spent some time working at his father's welding business
  • Attended art school for two years before deciding he wanted to be an actor
  • Joined the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986, playing the title role in the company's production of Romeo and Juliet
  • Rose to fame in England portraying Lt
  • Richard Sharpe in a series of made-for-TV historical dramas
  • Breakthrough Hollywood role was terrorist Sean Miller in 1992's Patriot Games
  • International profile was raised by Peter Jackson's fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), in which he played the treacherous Boromir

Awards

  • 2018BAFTA Television Awards-Best Actor: winner
  • 2011Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2004Critics' Choice Awards-Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
  • 2003Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: winner
  • 2001Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated

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