Portrait of Sean Bean

Acting

Sean Bean

Career

Active from 1984 to 2026, busiest in 1994 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
91
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Wolfwalkers
Wolfwalkers
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 107 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sean Bean Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.6, average 2.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.1, average 2.0
  • Cringe Humor
    1.2, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 8
  • Gritty Realism 7
  • Moral Ambiguity 7
  • Sean Bean Performance 6
  • Visual Spectacle 6
  • Psychological Thriller 5
  • Political Intrigue 5
  • Gritty Crime Thriller 4
  • Historical Adventure 4
  • Period Drama 4
  • Napoleonic War Drama 4
  • Psychological Tension 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

153
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
The 4th Reich
The 4th Reich

as Sergeant Major Gordon

2020s

19 titles · average score 70
The Isolate Thief
The Isolate Thief (2026)
GoodWatch score 62

as "Fiddler" John Good

Anemone
Anemone (2025)
GoodWatch score 53

as Jem Stoker

The Yellow Tie
The Yellow Tie (2025)
GoodWatch score 81

as Demostene Celibidache

Deep Cover
Deep Cover (2025)
GoodWatch score 73

as Billings

Watch the Skies
Watch the Skies (2025)
GoodWatch score 73

as (voice)

Gladiators
Gladiators (2024)

TV show · as Narrator

Knights of the Zodiac
Knights of the Zodiac (2023)
GoodWatch score 36

as Alman Kido

Mummies
Mummies (2023)
GoodWatch score 57

as Pharaoh (voice)

Marriage
Marriage (2022)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Ian

Time
Time (2021)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Mark Cobden

Wolfwalkers
Wolfwalkers (2020)
GoodWatch score 88

as Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice)

Possessor
Possessor (2020)
GoodWatch score 75

as John Parse

2010s

41 titles · average score 57
Broken
Broken (2017)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Father Michael Kerrigan

Roman Empire
Roman Empire (2016)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Narrateur

Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)
GoodWatch score 46

as Lucis Caelum (voice)

Jupiter Ascending
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
GoodWatch score 40

as Stinger Apini

The Frankenstein Chronicles
The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as John Marlott

The Martian
The Martian (2015)
GoodWatch score 83

as Mitch Henderson

Legends
Legends (2014)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Martin Odum

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012)
GoodWatch score 28

as Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva

Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones (2011)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Lord Eddard 'Ned' Stark

Death Race 2
Death Race 2 (2010)
GoodWatch score 33

as Markus Kane

Black Death
Black Death (2010)
GoodWatch score 65

as Ulric

The Lost Future
The Lost Future (2010)
GoodWatch score 41

as Amal

2000s

27 titles · average score 61
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)
GoodWatch score 84

as John Dawson

The Hitcher
The Hitcher (2007)
GoodWatch score 42

as John Ryder

Outlaw
Outlaw (2007)
GoodWatch score 43

as Danny Bryant

Silent Hill
Silent Hill (2006)
GoodWatch score 49

as Christopher Da Silva

The Dark
The Dark (2005)
GoodWatch score 43

as James

The Island
The Island (2005)
GoodWatch score 57

as Dr. Bernard Merrick

Flightplan
Flightplan (2005)
GoodWatch score 52

as Captain Rich

Troy
Troy (2004)
GoodWatch score 63

as Odysseus

National Treasure
National Treasure (2004)
GoodWatch score 56

as Ian Howe

Equilibrium
Equilibrium (2002)
GoodWatch score 54

as Errol Partridge

Don't Say a Word
Don't Say a Word (2001)
GoodWatch score 44

as Patrick Koster

Essex Boys
Essex Boys (2000)
GoodWatch score 38

as Jason Locke

1990s

45 titles · average score 67
Ronin
Ronin (1998)
GoodWatch score 70

as Spence

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1997)
GoodWatch score 44

as Vronsky

Sharpe's Revenge
Sharpe's Revenge (1997)
GoodWatch score 74

as Major Richard Sharpe

Sharpe's Waterloo
Sharpe's Waterloo (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

as Lieutenant Colonel Richard Sharpe

Sharpe's Regiment
Sharpe's Regiment (1996)
GoodWatch score 74

as Major Richard Sharpe

GoldenEye
GoldenEye (1995)
GoodWatch score 73

as Alec Trevelyan

Black Beauty
Black Beauty (1994)
GoodWatch score 71

as Farmer Grey

Sharpe
Sharpe (1993)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Richard Sharpe

Lady Chatterley
Lady Chatterley (1993)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Oliver Mellors

Sharpe's Rifles
Sharpe's Rifles (1993)
GoodWatch score 75

as Lieutenant Richard Sharpe

Patriot Games
Patriot Games (1992)
GoodWatch score 68

as Sean Miller

The Field
The Field (1990)
GoodWatch score 59

as Tadgh McCabe

1980s

20 titles · average score 74
The Fifteen Streets
The Fifteen Streets (1989)
GoodWatch score 66

as Dominic O'Brien

The Jim Henson Hour
The Jim Henson Hour (1989)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as The Prince (archive footage)

Stormy Monday
Stormy Monday (1988)
GoodWatch score 67

as Brendan

Troubles
Troubles (1988)

TV show · as Captain Bolton

The Storyteller
The Storyteller (1988)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Prince

Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse (1987)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Alex Bailey

Caravaggio
Caravaggio (1986)
GoodWatch score 67

as Ranuccio

ScreenPlay
ScreenPlay (1986)

TV show · as Man

Screen Two
Screen Two (1985)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Vic

The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

Winter Flight
Winter Flight (1984)

as Hooker

Natural World
Natural World (1983)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Narrator