Between 19, he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in productions of Romeo and Juliet, The Fair Maid of the West, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 1984, he starred in David and Jonathan by William Douglas-Home at the Redgrave Theatre in Farnham. His first national exposure came in an advert for non-alcoholic lager. As an actor, he adopted the Irish spelling of his first name. His early career involved a mixture of stage and screen work. īean graduated from RADA in 1983, making his professional acting debut later that year as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury. After some college plays and one at Rotherham Civic Theatre, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), starting a seven-term course in January 1981. After attending courses at two other colleges, one for half a day and the other for less than a week, he returned to Rotherham College, where he enrolled in a drama course. While at college, he came upon an art class, and decided to pursue his interest in art. Once a week, on day release, he attended Rotherham College of Arts and Technology to study welding. After a job at a supermarket and another for the local council, he started work at his father's firm. In 1975, Bean left Brook Comprehensive School with O levels in Art and English. This prevented him from pursuing his ambition of playing football professionally. As a child, Bean smashed a glass door during an argument, which left a piece of glass embedded in his leg that briefly impeded his walking, and left a large scar. 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. His paternal grandfather, Harold Bean Jr. Shaun Mark Bean was born on 17 April 1959 in Handsworth, a suburb of Sheffield, which was then part of West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of Rita ( née Tuckwood) and Brian K. 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 several others. Other TV roles include the BBC anthology series Accused, Game of Thrones and the ITV historical drama series Henry VIII. Retaining his Yorkshire accent, he first found mainstream success for his portrayal of Richard Sharpe in the ITV series Sharpe.įurther roles followed, including Patriot Games (1992), GoldenEye (1995), Ronin (1998), The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003), Equilibrium (2002), National Treasure (2004), Odysseus in Troy (2004), Flightplan (2005), North Country (2005), The Island (2005), Silent Hill (2006), Black Death (2010), Jupiter Ascending (2015) and The Martian (2015). After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of Romeo and Juliet in 1983. Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959), credited professionally as Sean Bean (/ˈʃɔːn ˈbiːn/), is an English actor.
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