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. 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.
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Careerīean 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 subsequently enrolled in a drama course. While there, he stumbled into an art class and decided to pursue his interest in art. After a job at a supermarket and another for the local council, he started working for his father's firm with a day release at Rotherham College of Arts and Technology to take a welding course. In 1975, Bean left Brook Comprehensive School with O Levels in Art and English. This prevented him from pursuing his dream 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 shop that employed 50 people, including Bean's mother, who worked as a secretary.
He is the son of Rita (née Tuckwood) and Brian Bean. Sean Bean is known for his fictional deaths, which have earned him status as an internet meme.īean was born in Handsworth, a suburb of Sheffield, which was then part of West Riding of Yorkshire (the County of South Yorkshire was created in 1974). He has also been nominated for a BAFTA and Saturn Award. He has received several awards during his career and won an International Emmy for Best Actor. 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 roles include Alec Trevelyan in the James Bond film GoldenEye (1995) and Odysseus in Troy (2004), as well as roles in Patriot Games (1992), Ronin (1998), National Treasure (2004), North Country (2005), The Island (2005), Silent Hill (2006), Black Death (2010), Jupiter Ascending (2015) and The Martian (2015). His most prominent film role was Boromir in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03).
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Bean has since garnered further recognition for his performance as Ned Stark in the HBO epic fantasy series Game of Thrones, as well as roles in the BBC anthology series Accused 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. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he made his professional debut in a theatre production of Romeo and Juliet in 1983.
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