Shaun Mark Bean born 17 April 1959 is an English actor After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of Romeo and Juliet in 1983 Retaining his Yorkshire accent he first found mainstream success for his portrayal of Richard Sharpe in the ITV series Sharpe which originally ran from 1993 to 1997 Beans film roles include Patriot Games 1992 GoldenEye 1995 Ronin 1998 Dont Say a Word 2001 The Lord of the Rings trilogy 20012003 Equilibrium 2002 National Treasure 2004 Troy 2004 Flightplan 2005 North Country 2005 The Island 2005 Silent Hill 2006 Percy Jackson the Olympians The Lightning Thief 2010 Black Death 2010 Jupiter Ascending 2015 and The Martian 2015 His television roles include the BBC anthology series Accused Broken Game of Thrones and the ITV historical drama series Henry VIII and Legends As a voice actor Bean has been featured in the video games The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Sid Meiers Civilization VI and the feature films Wolfwalkers and Mummies among others Bean has also been the main voice over for O2 and their adverts for over 20 years having originally taken the job in 2002 In 2022 Bean won the British Academy Television Award as Leading Actor in Time a BBC One drama
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