Sean Bean was first seen in the 1984 British TV film ‘Winter Flight’ directed by Roy Battersby. Following his debut, he went on to star in films like ‘Caravaggio’ (1986), ‘Stormy Monday’ (1988), ‘How to Get Ahead in Advertising’ (1989), ‘The Fifteen Streets’ (1989), ‘War Requiem’ (1989), and ‘The Field’ (1990). In 1992, he starred as ‘Sean Miller’ in the American action thriller film ‘Patriot Games,’ directed by Phillip Noyce. The film opened to mostly positive reviews and was a major box office success, grossing over $178 million on a budget of $45 million. He played the role of ‘Alec Trevelyan / Janus’ in the 1995 spy film ‘GoldenEye,’ the seventeenth in the ‘James Bond' series. The film received positive reviews upon release and was a phenomenal box office success.Â
After appearing in films like ‘When Saturday Comes’ (1996), ‘Anna Karenina’ (1997), ‘Ronin’ (1998), ‘Bravo Two Zero’ (1999), ‘Essex Boys’ (2000), and ‘Don't Say a Word’ (2001), Bean got his breakthrough role as ‘Boromir’ in the 2001 epic fantasy adventure film ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.’ The film opened to wide universal acclaim and was a massive box office success, grossing over $897.7 million against a budget of $93 million. He reprised his role as ‘Boromir’ in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers’ in 2002. That same year, he starred as ‘Errol Partridge’ in the science fiction action film ‘Equilibrium’ directed by Kurt Wimmer. The film received negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb.Â
In 2003, he returned to play ‘Boromir’ in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,’ the final entry in the ‘Lord of the Rings trilogy.’ The film was a massive critical and commercial success and is often regarded as one of the best films ever made. Bean earned the ‘Screen Actors Guild Award’ for his performance in the film. He next acted in ‘National Treasure’ (2004), ‘Troy’ (2004), ‘North Country’ (2005), ‘Silent Hill’ (2006), ‘The Hitcher’ (2007), and ‘Black Death’ (2010). In 2011, he joined the cast of the American fantasy drama television series ‘Game of Thrones.’ He played the role of Eddard "Ned" Stark for which he won the ‘Portal Award’ and ‘IGN Summer Movie Award.’ He starred in 9 episodes of the series. The following year, he bagged the ‘International Emmy Award’ for his performance in the British television anthology series ‘Accused.’ He next starred in ‘Wicked Blood’ (2014), ‘The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King’ (2015), ‘The Young Messiah’ (2016), ‘Dark River’ (2017), and ‘Wolfwalkers’ (2020).Â
Sean will be next seen in the upcoming film ‘Knights of the Zodiac’ where he will play the role of ‘Alman Kiddo (Mitsumasa Kido).’