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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. Bean's film roles include Patriot Games (1992), GoldenEye (1995), Ronin (1998), Don't Say a Word (2001), The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003), 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 Meier's 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.

Sean Bean

Derek Powers/Blight
for Derek Powers/Blight in BATMAN BEYOND
Suggested by seanbrewer

2040, it has been over twenty years since Gotham City's legendary costumed vigilante defender the Batman or any of his accomplices have been sighted, the city has since grown into a new enhanced technological age but its crime rate is now much worse than ever, every day for the city's inhabitants is an intense fight for survival, among these, is troubled teen Terry McGinnis who after causing trouble for a violent street gang known as the “Jokerz”, stumbles upon the almost abandoned residence of the now elderly former billionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne, and learning the old man's life-long secret, that he was indeed Batman. But Terry's recent problems with the Jokerz has resulted in his father's murder, so he steals a new high-tech version of the batsuit in an attempt to seek vengeance against the Jokerz. But realizing there's something much bigger and more sinister at play, Bruce, though burdened by a soul-crushing mistake that caused his exile, reluctantly decides to train Terry to become the new generation of the Batman.



