Bean, Sean (Shaun Mark «Sean» Bean). Filmography, personal life, photo

Today the hero of our story will be the most popular English actor Bean Sean. For spectators all over the world, and in our country, he is known for his roles in The Lord of the Rings (Boromir), the television series The Game of Thrones (Ed Stark) and The Adventures of the Royal Sharp Shooter (Richard Sharp). Attention deserves a number of other films with the participation of Bean. In addition, this talented actor participated in the scoring of computer games.

Sean Bean: photo, biography of one of the most popular actors of our time

The future world-famous actor was born in 1959, April 17, in a town called Sheffield, UK. At birth, the boy was given the name Sean Mark Bin. The father of the future celebrity - Brian - was a welder, and his mother - Rita - worked as a secretary, but after the birth of her son and daughter became a housewife. Sister Shawn's name is Lorraine. Subsequently, Brian Bin, together with a friend, opened their metalwork shop. Business went well, and at its enterprise worked as many as 50 people. Despite the fact that the Bean family became more than wealthy, Brian and Rita chose not to move to a fashionable area, but remained in their old neighborhood to be closer to their family and friends.

Childhood and youth of the actor

From the earliest years Bin Sean was very keen on football. It is possible that he could well have made a successful career in professional sports. However, as a child, he broke a glass door, as a result of which the splinter got stuck in his leg, severely damaging it. The boy was stitched several times, and the wound still has an effect to this day. In this regard, Sean Bin was not destined to become a professional football player.

Since the boy was always more interested in sports (namely football) than studying, in 1975 he graduated from school without any outstanding success. After that, the future famous actor Sean Bean worked for a while as a janitor and a salesman in a supermarket, and then began to help his father in his welding shop. At the same time, the young man decided to enter a dramatic course at the Rotherham College of Arts and Technology. As a college student and having played several productions, Bin Sean received a scholarship to study at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. It happened in 1981.

Theater

Sean really enjoyed studying at the academy. He tried very hard and was able to show himself brilliantly. So, for his thesis role in the play "Waiting for Godot" he was awarded a silver medal. This happened in 1983. In the same year, Behn's debut as a professional actor took place. He played Tybalt in the classical play "Romeo and Juliet" at the Watermill Theater. Later, the actor appeared more than once in front of the audience in various Shakespeare plays.

Career in cinema

The first steps in the cinema Bin Sean did as an actor in television productions. On the big screen, he made his debut in 1984. This was an episodic role in the picture of a British production called "The Law". More serious work of Sean was the participation in the film "Caravaggio" in 1986. The plot was based on the life story of a famous Italian artist named Caravaggio. The picture told of a love triangle, in which the painter (performed by Nigel Terry), Lena (Tilda Sweiton) and Ranuccio (Sean Bean) was hit. The director of the picture was Derek Jarman, and the script for it was written by Suzo Cheky D'Amico.

Further work in the cinema

In the following years, films with Sean Bean's participation began to regularly appear on the screens. So, in the late 80's he took part in the work on such telekartinami, as "Inspector Morse" and "Nuisance". A really bright young actor declared himself playing the main character named Brendan in the criminal melodrama "Stormy Monday", which was released in 1988. The director and screenwriter of this picture was Mike Figgis. And the company Bina on the set made such eminent actors as Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, as well as the famous singer Sting. 1989 was remembered by spectators and fans for two small, but very bright roles of Sean. It's about the films "How to succeed in advertising" and "Requiem for War."

The 1990s

Sean Bean, whose filmography was supplemented every year with two or three new talented works, was literally snapped up by directors and producers. So, 1990 and 1991 were remembered for the fans of the actor thanks to his participation in such films as "Field", "Lorna Dun" and "Clarissa". The following year Sean Bean found and great fame in North America. Here he was called just "bad guy" from the film directed by Phillip Noyes called "Patriots' Games." Company Sean on the set made such celebrities as Harrison Ford, Ann Archer, Samuel L. Jackson and Patrick Berjin.

"The Adventures of the Royal Sharpe Shooter"

In his homeland, in the UK, Sean Bean became very popular in 1990. At this time on the television came a series, narrating about the adventures of the royal arrow Sharpe. This project directed by Tom Clegg was a film adaptation of the famous work of Bernard Cornwell. The main character of the series was Richard Sharpe, who served as a rifleman at the royal court. It can be called a kind of James Bond, however, who lived in the XIX century.

Three years later, Sean again appeared before the British audience in the image of a hero he already loved, in new series, narrating about the adventures of Sharpe. In the same year, another picture with his participation came out on the screens, entitled "The Love Story of Lady Chatterley".

Continuation of career

Very busy for Sean was 1994. During this period several pictures with his participation appeared on the screen: "Black handsome", "Shopping", "Scarlett", "Jacob" and "Vicar from Dible". And all the roles of Bean were very diverse, which allowed him to discover new aspects of his acting talent. Then came Sean's films like The Golden Eye (1995), The Penalty (1996), Anna Karenina (1997), The Air Strike (1998), The Book That She Written ( 1999) and the Desert Storm (1999). In addition, until 1997, all the new series of the project about the adventures of Sharp's arrow with Bean in the title role regularly appeared on the screens.

2000s

A new wave of popularity came to Sean with the beginning of the new millennium. This was due to his participation in the filming of the famous film trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" directed by Peter Jackson, which had a huge success with the audience. The actor brilliantly performed the role of warrior and ruler of Boromir in all three parts of this large-scale film project.

Sean Bean, whose films have always been admirably accepted by the viewer, in 2002 starred in the science fiction film "Balance" (the role of Errol). In 2004, the actor was offered a role in the new large-scale Hollywood project directed by Wolfgang Peterson "Troy". Bean played in this film Odyssey. Company Shawn on the set were such eminent actors as Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, Brian Cox and Diane Kruger. In the same year in the rental went one more tape with the participation of Bina. It was a picture of "Treasures of the Nation", where Sean played the role of a character named Ian.

I remember very much the film with the participation of Bean in 2006 under the name "Silent Hill". Despite the fact that the genre was a "horror", the character of Sean looked very beautiful and even grotesque. He played a monster with a pyramid instead of a head.

He did not disappoint the fans of the actor and the 2007 thriller "The Hitcher". In it, Bin, along with Zekari Knight and Sophia Bush, played one of the main roles. The subsequent works of the actor were also successful: "Far North" (2007), "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief" (2010), "Black Death" (2010), "Death Race 2" (2010), "Heroes Epoch" (2011) . In addition, Sean shone on television in the series "Crusoe" (2008-2010).

Sean Bean: "The Game of Thrones" and other recent works

Despite the fact that the hero of our today's narration has long been one of the most successful and popular actors of our time, in 2011 he managed to rise in his career one more step. This happened thanks to the brilliant performance of Bean's role of Ed Stark in the television series "The Game of Thrones" - a film adaptation of the famous novel by George Martin called "The Song of Ice and Fire." Despite the fact that Sean's character dies at the end of the first season, his image, superbly embodied on the screen by the most talented actor, still fascinates viewers.

In recent years, Bean has participated in projects such as "Soldiers of Fortune" (2012), "Snow White: Revenge of the Dwarfs" (2012), "The Fourth Reich" (2013), "Shadows from the Sky" (2013), "Enemy Man "(2014)," The Evil Blood "(2014) and others. Next year, two more films are expected to be released, in which Sean played one of the main roles. This is "Caesar" and "Climbing Jupiter".

Personal life of the actor

For the first time, Sean married early in 1981. This happened during his studies at the Academy of Dramatic Art. Sean's wife was Debra James. However, after a while the couple decided to divorce due to the fact that the couple were forced to live in different cities. Subsequently, Bean began to live with Melanie Hill, who in 1987 gave birth to the actor daughter Lorna. Three years after the birth of the child, the couple decided to formalize their relationship. In 1991, the couple has a second daughter, who was named Molly. In 1997, Sean divorced Melanie, despite the fact that together they lived almost 15 years. And after just a couple of months after the formal dissolution of the marriage, Bean again marries. This time, her chosen one was actress Abigail Krattenden. In November 1998, Evi Natasha's daughter was born to her spouses. However, this marriage also disintegrates in a few years.

Sean Bean, whose personal life, as we see, was quite stormy, and after three unsuccessful marriages left no hope of creating a strong family. And in 2008 he decided to marry for the fourth time. The chosen 49-year-old actor was Jojina Sutcliffe, who was 20 years younger than her husband. A few months after the wedding, the media began to appear information about the constant quarrels between the spouses. As a result, at the end of 2010 the couple filed for divorce.