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Sean Bean

Sean Bean
Shaun Mark Bean was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England on April 17, 1959. His parents are Brian and Rita Bean; he has a younger sister, Lorraine. He is 5'11" and has green eyes and dark blond hair.
Sean left school at 16 with two "O" levels, in Art and English. He had a variety of jobs, including selling cheese in a superMarket, shovelling snow, and working as a welder at his father's steel fabrication shop before he discovered acting while attending an art course at Rotherham College.
Sean auditioned for London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in April 1980. One of 30 successful applicants (out of a field of 11,000) to win a scholarship, Sean began studying at RADA in Spring 1981. He was awarded a silver medal for his graduation performance in Waiting for Godot in Spring 1983.




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  • Sean Bean to star in movie adaptation of Devil's Peak trilogy - 8 May 2012
    -Game Of Thrones star Sean Bean is helping to bring the popular Devil's Peak book trilogy to life on the big screen after landing the lead role in a series of planned movie adaptations.-The actor will portray Detective Benny Griessel in the three forthcoming projec


  • Bean focusing on work after marriage split - 24 October 2010
    -Actor Sean Bean has opened up about his recent marriage breakdown, admitting he has been "concentrating on work" to take his mind off the painful split.- -The GoldenEye star is single again after separating from his fourth wife, Georgina Sutcliffe, over the summer

Sean Bean - what members say


  • Sharpe's Rifles / Sharpe's Eagle
  • Sharpe's Rifles / Sharpe's Eagle review by A customer from Machynlleth
    Rated - 5.0 stars Compelling viewing 2 December 2008
    ... he is commissioned from the ranks, and of course, anything with the delectable Sean Bean is definitely well worth watching! :-) To be sure to get them in the right ord...   Read customer review
  • Sharpe's Honour / Sharpe's Gold
  • Sharpe's Honour / Sharpe's Gold review by Gingeuk from Tamworth, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Good old fashioned action adventure 13 July 2007
    ..., but you can't help but get drawn into this rousing, patriotic action series. Sean Bean is perfect as the common as muck but tough as hob nailed boots hero, Sharpe. T...   Read customer review
  • Sharpe's Mission
  • Sharpe's Mission review by Gingeuk from Tamworth, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars 5 star action ! 13 July 2007
    ..., but you can't help but get drawn into this rousing, patriotic action series. Sean Bean is perfect as the common as muck but tough as hob nailed boots hero, Sharpe. T...   Read customer review

Sean Bean - filmography


  • Mirror Mirror - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Lily Collins,  Armie Hammer
    Director: Tarsem Singh
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Mirror Mirror is a fresh and funny retelling of the Snow White legend, a family adventure for all ages, starring OscarĀ® winner Julia Roberts as the evil Queen who ruthlessly rules her captured kingdom and Lily Collins (The Blind Side) as Snow White, the princess in exile, plus Armie Hammer (The ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 12 members
    Due for release on 30th July 2012
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  • Mirror, Mirror (2011)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Lily Collins,  Armie Hammer
    Director: Tarsem Singh
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Mirror Mirror is a fresh and funny retelling of the Snow White legend, a family adventure for all ages, starring OscarĀ® winner Julia Roberts as the evil Queen who ruthlessly rules her captured kingdom and Lily Collins (The Blind Side) as Snow White, the princess in exile, plus Armie Hammer (The ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 118 members
    Due for release on 30th July 2012
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  • Game Of Thrones (5 discs) on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Harry Lloyd,  Mark Addy,  Alfie Allen
    Director: Thomas McCarthy
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plots, lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; all the way to the frozen north, where an 800-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 5,296 members
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  • Game Of Thrones - Blu-ray (5 discs) (2011)
    Starring: Harry Lloyd,  Mark Addy,  Alfie Allen
    Director: Thomas McCarthy
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plots, lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; all the way to the frozen north, where an 800-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 89% from 2,173 members
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  • Age of Heroes on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Izabella Miko,  Danny Dyer
    Director: Adrian Vitoria
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The true story of the formation of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit, a precursor for the elite forces in the U.K.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 5,333 members
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  • The Lost Future on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Annabelle Wallis,  Sam Claflin
    Director: Mikael Salomon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A group of post-apocalyptic survivors, struggle to survive in a world where jungles and forests and primeval wetlands and deserts have obliterated civilization. They staunchly face genetically mutating beasts and mysterious diseases in an attempt to re-establish the human race as masters of Earth.
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 2,044 members
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  • Root of All Evil (2010)
    Starring: Glenn Plummer,  Sean Bean,  Mike Starr
    Director: Steve Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    "Root of All Evil" revolves around three early twenty-somethings -- two brothers and a brother's girlfriend -- who, while vacationing in the Hamptons, come upon a cache of money. They get embroiled in an increasingly complex plan to divide it up and elude the money's true owners, who are pursuing them.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 2 members
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  • The Lost Future - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Annabelle Wallis,  Sam Claflin
    Director: Mikael Salomon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A group of post-apocalyptic survivors, struggle to survive in a world where jungles and forests and primeval wetlands and deserts have obliterated civilization. They staunchly face genetically mutating beasts and mysterious diseases in an attempt to re-establish the human race as masters of Earth.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1,016 member
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  • Black Death on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Eddie Redmayne,  Carice van Houten
    Director: Christopher Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In a plague-ridden medieval England, Osmund (Eddie Redmayne), a young monk, is charged in leading the fearsome knight Ulric (Sean Bean) and his group of mercenaries to a remote village where the inhabitants are unaffected by the deadly pestilence. Their quest is to hunt down a necromancer - someone ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 18,377 members
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  • Ca$h on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Chris Hemsworth,  Victoria Profeta
    Director: Steve Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    If a bundle of money suddenly fell into your lap--no questions asked--what would you do? That's the dilemma a young, cash-strapped couple are faced with in the psychological thriller CASH. When Sam Phelan (Chris Hemsworth) and his wife Leslie (Victoria Profeta) come across a briefcase full of money,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,752 member
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  • Death Race 2 (2010)
    Starring: Danny Trejo,  Sean Bean,  Ving Rhames
    Director: Roel ReinĆ©,  Roel Reine
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Get ready for the drive of your life with Death Race 2, the adrenaline pumping, car crunching, action packed prequel to Death Race (2008), starring Luke Goss (Tekken, Hell Boy II: The Golden Army), Sean Bean (Lord Of The Rings, Red Riding) and Ving Rhames (Mission Impossible Trilogy, Piranha 3D). ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 94 members
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  • Black Death - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Eddie Redmayne,  Carice van Houten
    Director: Christopher Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In a plague-ridden medieval England, Osmund (Eddie Redmayne), a young monk, is charged in leading the fearsome knight Ulric (Sean Bean) and his group of mercenaries to a remote village where the inhabitants are unaffected by the deadly pestilence. Their quest is to hunt down a necromancer - someone ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 5,852 members
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  • Death Race 2 - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Danny Trejo,  Sean Bean,  Ving Rhames
    Director: Roel ReinƩ
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Get ready for the drive of your life with Death Race 2, the adrenaline pumping, car crunching, action packed prequel to Death Race (2008), starring Luke Goss (Tekken, Hell Boy II: The Golden Army), Sean Bean (Lord Of The Rings, Red Riding) and Ving Rhames (Mission Impossible Trilogy, Piranha 3D). ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 67% from 36 members
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  • Far North on DVD (2008)
    Starring: HĆ„kan Niva,  Espen Prestbakmo,  Michelle Yeoh
    Director: Asif Kapadia
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Venture into the harsh wilderness of the Arctic Circle in this stylish crime drama, starring Sean Bean (GAME OF THRONES, GOLDENEYE) and Michelle Yeoh (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON). Two women living a nomadic remote life on the Arctic wasteland are forced to change their solitary existence ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,244 member
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  • Sharpe's Peril on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Daragh O'Malley,  Michael Cochrane
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The award-winning series Sharpe, starring Sean Bean, returns for another action-packed adventure. It's India, 1818 and Lt Col Richard Sharpe and Sergeant Major Patrick Harper are travelling across India, escorting the beautiful Marie-Angelique Bonnet to meet her fiancee. While in bandit-plagued ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,396 member
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  • Sharpe's Peril - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Daragh O'Malley,  Michael Cochrane
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The award-winning series Sharpe, starring Sean Bean, returns for another action-packed adventure. It's India, 1818 and Lt Col Richard Sharpe and Sergeant Major Patrick Harper are travelling across India, escorting the beautiful Marie-Angelique Bonnet to meet her fiancee. While in bandit-plagued ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 174 members
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  • Outlaw on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Danny Dyer,  Lennie James
    Director: Nick Love
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 25,492 members
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  • The Hitcher - HD (2007)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Sophia Bush,  Zachary Knighton
    Director: Dave Meyers
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The open highway becomes a terrifying battleground of blood, metal, fear and murder when a young couple Grace and Jim (Sophia Bush and Zachary Knighton) hit the road and encounter the mysterious hitchhiker John Ryder (Sean Bean) during a violent storm. The initial encounters with Ryder escalate ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 472 members
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  • Outlaw - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Danny Dyer,  Bob Hoskins
    Director: Nick Love
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A group of disillusioned citizens who have been the victims of crime decide to organise and take the law into their own hands. After returning to England after fighting in Iraq, Bryant (Sean Bean, THE LORD OF THE RINGS Ā– THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING) relocates to London. He finds that the area he has ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 994 members
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  • The Hitcher on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Sophia Bush,  Neal McDonough
    Director: Dave Meyers
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The open highway becomes a terrifying battleground of blood, metal, fear and murder when a young couple Grace and Jim (Sophia Bush and Zachary Knighton) hit the road and encounter the mysterious hitchhiker John Ryder (Sean Bean) during a violent storm. The initial encounters with Ryder escalate ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 18,279 members
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  • Sharpe's Challenge on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Daragh O'Malley,  Toby Stephens
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Wellington sends Sharpe to India following the news of unrest in the country. Sharpe finds himself tasked with saving a general's daughter and keeping a beautiful scheming woman at arms length.
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 3,527 members
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  • Silent Hill on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Radha Mitchell,  Sean Bean,  Laurie Holden
    Director: Christophe Gans
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Radha Mitchell (PITCH BLACK) stars as Rose Da Silva, a young mother whose adopted daughter Sharon speaks of the eponymous West Virginia mining town as she sleepwalks. Rose decides to take Sharon there in an attempt to discover why it haunts her dreams--but Silent Hill has been a ghost town since a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 32,638 members
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  • Silent Hill - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Radha Mitchell,  Sean Bean,  Laurie Holden
    Director: Christophe Gans
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Rose Da Silva is a young mother whose adopted daughter Sharon speaks of the West Virginia mining town of Silent Hill as she sleepwalks. Rose decides to take Sharon there in an attempt to discover why it haunts her dreams but Silent Hill has been a ghost town since a series of underground coal fires ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,292 member
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  • The Island - HD (2005)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Scarlett Johansson,  Djimon Hounsou
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    In this action thriller from director Michael Bay (PEARL HARBOR, ARMAGEDDON), survivors of global contamination live in a sterile, self-contained world where their every move is monitored. The rules are easy: be pleasant, refrain from asking questions, and don't rock the boat. Everything they need ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 735 members
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  • Flightplan on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jodie Foster,  Peter Sarsgaard,  Erika Christensen
    Director: Robert Schwentke
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    After 2002's Panic Room, Jodie Foster took a three year break before deciding to take another leading role in a major motion picture. Three years is a lifetime in Hollywood, but Foster is one of the few stars who can afford to take such a lengthy hiatus from the industry and still command major ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 71,758 members
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  • The Dark on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Maria Bello,  Richard Elfyn
    Director: John Fawcett
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In mourning over the tragic drowning of their daughter Sarah (Stuckey), James (Bean) and Adele (Bello) are visited by Ebrill (Stone), a young girl who claims she died 60 years ago ... and bares a startling resemblance to Sarah...
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 15,482 members
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  • Flightplan - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Jodie Foster,  Peter Sarsgaard,  Sean Bean
    Director: Robert Schwentke
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    After 2002's Panic Room, Jodie Foster took a three year break before deciding to take another leading role in a major motion picture. Three years is a lifetime in Hollywood, but Foster is one of the few stars who can afford to take such a lengthy hiatus from the industry and still command major ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 2,663 members
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  • North Country on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Charlize Theron,  Frances McDormand,  Woody Harrelson
    Director: Niki Caro
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This melodrama for the modern age is based on the true story of the first successful sexual harassment case in America. Niki Caro's (WHALE RIDER) inspirational tale traces one woman's determined struggle for independence and equality in a male-dominated environment, a struggle that set a precedent ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 11,211 members
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  • The Island on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Scarlett Johansson,  Djimon Hounsou
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In this action thriller from director Michael Bay (Pearl Harbour, Armageddon), survivors of global contamination live in a sterile, self-contained world where their every move is monitored. The rules are easy: be pleasant, refrain from asking questions, and don't rock the boat. Everything they need ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 104,092 members
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  • The Island - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Scarlett Johansson,  Djimon Hounsou
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In this action thriller from director Michael Bay (PEARL HARBOR, ARMAGEDDON), survivors of global contamination live in a sterile, self-contained world where their every move is monitored. The rules are easy: be pleasant, refrain from asking questions, and don't rock the boat. Everything they need ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 4,231 members
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  • The Big Empty on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Jon Favreau,  Joey Lauren Adams,  Bud Cort
    Director: Steve Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It's an easy gig - low risk, big pay out. Just deliver a blue suitcase to a trucker named Cowboy at a lonely little spot called Baker, out in the desert near Vegas. Hand over the suitcase, get $27,000 cold, hard dollars in return. For struggling, street-bound 30 something actor John Pearson it's ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 1,251 member
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  • Troy on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Orlando Bloom,  Sean Bean,  Brian Cox
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    With soaring photography that circles from above then swoops in for the action, TROY is Wolfgang Petersen's majestic presentation of the classic Greek legend. It tells the story of an epic battle over Helen (Diane Kruger), the queen of Sparta, who is kidnapped by her lover Paris (Orlando Bloom), ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 80,666 members
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  • National Treasure on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Diane Kruger,  Sean Bean
    Director: Jon Turteltaub
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A treasure hunter is in hot pursuit of a mythical treasure that has been passed down for centuries, while his employer- turned enemy, is onto the same path that he's on.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 96,115 members
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  • Rugby World Cup 2003 - England's Story (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Sean Bean
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The full story of the English Rugby Union squad who went to the 2003 World Cup Championship in Australia and came back the winners.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 326 members
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  • Equilibrium on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Emily Watson,  Angus Macfadyen
    Director: Kurt Wimmer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In a futuristic society where the government requires the people to stay tranquil and submissive by taking a psychological drug, people no longer have emotions. Because of this, there are no more wars. But when one of the enforcement agents realizes that maybe peaceful oblivion is not the answer, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 25,236 members
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  • Equilibrium - Blu-ray (2002)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Emily Watson,  Angus Macfadyen
    Director: Kurt Wimmer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In a futuristic society where the government requires the people to stay tranquil and submissive by taking a psychological drug, people no longer have emotions. Because of this, there are no more wars. But when one of the enforcement agents realizes that maybe peaceful oblivion is not the answer, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,603 members
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  • Don't Say A Word (2001)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Sean Bean,  Brittany Murphy
    Director: Gary Fleder
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When psychiatrist Nathan Conrad discovers that his daughter has been kidnapped, the only way he can get her back is to pry critical information from the mind of a seriously disturbed teenager (Brittany Murphy) with a secret stuck deep in a blocked memory. The Conrads are the prototypical happy ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 6,142 members
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  • Essex Boys on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Alex Kingston,  Charlie Creed-Miles
    Director: Terry Winsor
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Locke (Sean Bean) is a crime boss just released from prison and planning to regain his former position on top of Essex's criminal underworld. He meets up with Billy, a cabbie who becomes intrigued by the power and thrills of a life of crime. Together they plan a deal with the local drug boss with ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,304 members
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  • Extremely Dangerous on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Juliet Aubrey,  Anthony Booth
    Director: Sallie Aprahamian
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sean Bean stars as Neil Byrne, a man who has been convicted of murdering his wife and daughter. Professing his innocence and seemingly unaware that he is a pawn in a conspiracy much larger than the police, Byrne escapes custody to find who killed his family and why. However, once news of his escape ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,216 members
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  • Andy McNab's Bravo Two Zero on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Sean Bean
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on Andy McNab's memoir, BRAVO TWO ZERO is the story of the eight man SAS team who, during the Gulf War, were dropped behind enemy lines with 210 pounds strapped to their backs and orders to destroy Saddam's scud alley. Unfortunately, within 24 hours, the team's radios were dead and they found ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2,804 members
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  • Ronin - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Jean Reno,  Jonathan Pryce
    Director: John Frankenheimer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    David Mamet wrote this screenplay under the name Richard Weisz, as a gun for hire, much like the masterless samurai of the film's title, who roamed Japan in the 19th century, loyal only to themselves. A group of men with highly developed skills are called to a meeting in a deserted warehouse in ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 3,131 members
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  • Ronin on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Jean Reno,  Jonathan Pryce
    Director: John Frankenheimer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    David Mamet wrote this screenplay under the name Richard Weisz, as a gun for hire, much like the masterless samurai of the film's title, who roamed Japan in the 19th century, loyal only to themselves. A group of men with highly developed skills are called to a meeting in a deserted warehouse in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 22,472 members
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  • Sharpe's Revenge on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Daragh O'Malley,  Abigail Cruttenden
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Sean Bean is swashbuckling British officer Richard Sharpe in the visually stunning film, Sharpe's Revenge. After the last battle has been fought, the Peninsula war is finally over for Britain and its allies, but the action does not end here for Sharpe. He is set up once again by his long-time ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 3,160 members
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  • Sharpe The Legend on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Daragh O'Malley,  Elizabeth Hurley
    Director: Paul Whilmshurst,  Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Several years after the Battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London Inn reminiscing about the brave and determined officer who took him to hell and back. The narrator is Rifleman Cooper (Michael Mears)and the officer whose fame he recalls is legendary Richard Sharpe...
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,840 member
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  • Anna Karenina (1997)
    Starring: Sophie Marceau,  Sean Bean,  Alfred Molina
    Director: Bernard Rose
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Anna is a young and elegant wife of Mr. Karenin, who is wealthy and old. She meets the handsome Count Vronsky. Anna and Vronsky fall in love with each other, and he comes to be with her in St. Petersburg. They are very happy together and make a great looking couple, but soon their happiness gets ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 25 members
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  • Sharpe's Mission on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Daragh O'Malley,  Abigail Cruttenden
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sean Bean stars as the courageous Major Richard Sharpe. In Sharpe's Mission, Wellington orders Sharpe to join the dashing Colonel Brand on a hazardous journey behind French enemy line with the aim of blowing up an ammunition store. Sharpe's wife Jane becomes disillusioned with Sharpe's frequent ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 3,554 members
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  • Sharpe's Battle / Sharpe's Sword (2 discs) on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Daragh O'Malley,  Allie Byrne
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This collection includes two Sharpe tales: SHARPE'S BATTLE and SHARPE'S SWORD. In SHARPE'S BATTLE, British officer Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean, of course) is charged with preparing the Royal Irish Company, a largely ceremonial outfit led by Lord Kiely (Jason Durr), for their first battle. Sharpe, ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 4,639 members
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  • When Saturday Comes - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Emily Lloyd,  Pete Postlethwaite
    Director: Maria Giese
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this sports drama, an aspiring football player (Sean Bean) struggles against intense pressure from his mates at the pub and his adoring wife while being forced to decide if his passions lie on the pitch or in his personal life. In addition to Bean, the film also features Pete Postlethwaite and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 81 members
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  • GoldenEye on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Sean Bean,  Famke Janssen
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Pierce Brosnan made his first appearance as James Bond in this action thriller, the 17th in the series (excluding the 1967 Casino Royale and the 1983 Never Say Never Again) featuring the suave British super-agent. As the story begins, Agent 007 and his partner, Agent 006 (Sean Bean), pull a daring ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 26,241 members
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  • When Saturday Comes on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Emily Lloyd,  Pete Postlethwaite
    Director: Maria Giese
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this sports drama, an aspiring British football player (Sean Bean) struggles against intense pressure from his mates at the pub and his adoring wife while being forced to decide if his passions lie on the pitch or in his personal life. In addition to Bean, the film also features Pete ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,388 member
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  • Sharpe's Honour / Sharpe's Gold (2 discs) on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Michael Byrne,  Hugh Fraser
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Sharpe's Honour Sinister forces are at work when false accusations of adultery propel Sharpe into a duel over a woman he has never even met. Duels are forbidden in Wellington's army, and it is only the wily Major Nairn that keeps Sharpe from a court martial. However, when Sharpe's Spanish opponent ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 4,282 members
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  • Sharpe's Company / Sharpe's Enemy (2 discs) on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Michael Byrne,  Clive Francis
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Sharpe's Company With the arrival of new officers from England, Sharpe finds himself relieved of his captaincy. To make matters worse, his sworn enemy - the evil Sgt. Obediah Hakeswill (Pete Postlethwaite) - is among the arrivals and is out to destroy Sharpe. Sharpe's Enemy Dangerous forces are ..read more »
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  • Trouble On The Terraces on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Sean Bean
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This film presents a return to the not-so-glorious past as Sean Bean narrates a 90-minute documentary that claims to analyse the causes of football violence, through the use of archive footage and interviews with hooligans, psychologists, police, and others who have been involved or affected.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 368 members
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  • Black Beauty on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Andrew Knott,  David Thewlis
    Director: Caroline Thompson
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    This fifth feature adaptation of Anna Sewell's classic 1877 novel comes to life, told from the point of view of Black Beauty himself -- who narrates the film. Set in England, Black Beauty (who has a British accent) tells us the details surrounding his birth, his "colt-hood", and his perception of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,893 member
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  • Shopping on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Sadie Frost,  Jude Law,  Sean Pertwee
    Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Writer/Director Paul Anderson (MORTAL KOMBAT) has created this dark, hip, urban story of a barren and anonymous city where the homeless underclass' sport of choice is ram-raiding. An exciting game in which stolen cars are driven through shop windows to aid large-scale looting before the police ..read more »
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  • Lady Chatterley (2 discs) on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Joely Richardson,  Shirley Ann Field
    Director: Ken Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Another of writer/director Ken Russell's D.H. Lawrence adaptations, LADY CHATTERLEY is drawn from the author's unexpurgated novel, as well as the two previously published drafts of the story, 'The First Lady Chatterley' and 'John Thomas and Lady Jane'. In recounting the familiar details of young, ..read more »
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  • Sharpe's Rifles / Sharpe's Eagle (2 discs) on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Brian Cox,  Daragh O'Malley
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two thrilling adventures based on Bernard Cornwell's best selling novels. Sean Bean plays maverick British officer Richard Sharpe who has risen through the ranks of Wellington's army by his courageous and daring exploits. He and his men operate behind French lines, risking their lives to undermine ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 5,668 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Deadly Slumber on DVD (1993)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Samantha Bond,  Adrian Dunbar
    Director: Stuart Orme
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Dr. Mathew Brewster's suicide takes a particular twist when the pathologist determines that he had also been bound and gagged. The Brewsters, both medical doctors, ran a private clinic and their son John, who lived at home, is doctoral candidate in philosophy. One possible suspect is Michael ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,132 member
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  • Inspector Morse - Dead on Time on DVD (1992)
    Starring: David Haig,  Richard Pasco,  John Thaw
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Henry Fallon, who is wheelchair bound and is suffering from a neurological disorder, apparently commits suicide and Morse has mixed feelings working on this case as he was once engaged to the dead man's wife, Susan Fallon. The body was found by his son-in-law Peter Rhodes, a local antiques dealer ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 992 members
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  • Patriot Games - Blu-ray (1992)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Anne Archer,  Sean Bean
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    His days as a CIA analyst behind him, Jack Ryan travels to London to vacation with his family. Outside Buckingham Palace, he is caught in the middle of an attack on a member of the royal family but manages to foil the attempt and dispatch one of the terrorists. The Irish terrorists vow revenge. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 191 members
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  • Patriot Games on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Anne Archer,  Sean Bean
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    His days as a CIA analyst behind him, Jack Ryan travels to London to vacation with his family. Outside Buckingham Palace, he is caught in the middle of an attack on a member of the royal family but manages to foil the attempt and dispatch one of the terrorists. The Irish terrorists vow revenge. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 13,912 members
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  • Clarissa (1991)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Saskia Wickham,  Lynsey Baxter
    Director: Robert Bierman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Clarissa tells of a young heiress who leaves her family after they insist that she marry an undesirable individual for his money. Unfortunately she runs into a rake who only wants to get her into bed where he finally rapes her...
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 163 members
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  • The Field (1990)
    Starring: Richard Harris,  Tom Berenger,  John Hurt
    Director: Jim Sheridan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Richard Harris was nominated for several awards (including the Oscar and Golden Globe) for his performance in The Field. The time is the mid-1930s; the place, western Ireland. For many years rugged individualist Bull McCabe (Harris) has been cultivating a small plot of rented land, nurturing it ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 660 members
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  • Lorna Doone - The Complete Series (1990)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Clive Owen,  Polly Walker
    Director: Andrew Grieve
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    One of the great love stories of English literature is retold in this powerful television adaptation, directed by Andrew Grieve (Hornblower) and starring Clive Owen (Children of Men), Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings), Polly Walker (Rome) and Billie Whitelaw (Napoleon and Love). Based on R.D. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 44 members
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  • War Requiem on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Nathaniel Parker,  Tilda Swinton,  Claire Davenport
    Director: Derek Jarman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The late great Derek Jarman's film of Benjamin Britten's unique choral work. Faced with the task of creating a visual equivalent to Britten's work, and using only the words Britten used (the poems of Wilfred Owen and the Latin Mass for the Dead), Jarman cast Tilda Swinton as the nurse looking after ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 227 members
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  • Troubles (1988)
    Starring: Ian Charleson,  Ian Richardson,  Emer Gillespie
    Director: Christopher Morahan
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A grand hotel fallen into decay, two women with secrets and a dangerous political situation about to boil over - these intriguing elements all combine in this gripping drama from the producer of the hit mini-series, The Irish R.M. In 1919, Major Brendan Archer arrives in Ireland to reunite with his ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 7 members
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  • Caravaggio on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Nigel Terry,  Noam Almaz,  Robbie Coltrane
    Director: Derek Jarman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A powerful meditation on sexuality, criminality and art, 'Caravaggio' brings together Derek Jarman's twin worlds of film and painting.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,795 member
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  • Troy - HD
    Starring: Orlando Bloom,  Sean Bean,  Brian Cox
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In 1193B.C. the dandy Trojan prince Paris (Bloom) irresponsibly spirits away the unhappy wife of Menelaus (Gleeson), the Spartan king. Demanding the return of Helen, the Greeks launch a thousand ships and lay siege to Troy. Under the command of Agamemnon (Cox), revered warrior Achilles (Pitt) leads ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,006 member
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Sean Bean facts

5 most recent films

Cleanskin - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Age of Heroes - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Cleanskin - 3.0 stars
Mirror Mirror - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Mirror, Mirror - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy - Extended Editions - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Box Set - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Game Of Thrones - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring - Extended Version - 4.5 stars
Game Of Thrones - 4.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Root of All Evil - 2.0 stars
Troubles - 2.5 stars
Fool's Gold - The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery - 3.0 stars
Lorna Doone - The Complete Series - 3.0 stars
Cleanskin - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Daragh O'Malley - 37 times - show films
Hugh Fraser - 30 times - show films
Samantha Bond - 27 times - show films
Michael Kitchen - 27 times - show films
Abigail Cruttenden - 26 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Tom Clegg - 39 times - show films
Peter Jackson - 10 times - show films
Thomas McCarthy - 7 times - show films
Wolfgang Petersen - 7 times - show films
Alex Chapple - 6 times - show films