FrameThrower · Actors · Sean Bean
Sean Bean
15 films · 1,173 frames · top-billed in 7 · 1986–2023
Born 17 April 1959 · Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Shaun Mark Bean 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),…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 15 films · 1,173 frames · top-billed in 7 · 1986–2023
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture2004
- honorary doctor of the University of Sheffield2007
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast2003
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,173 frames from the 15 films we hold. This is the look of the work Sean takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 15 films we hold, 45% of their frames are night, 42% low key — the look of the work Sean takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Wolfwalkers
2020 · Robyn's Father, Bill Goodfellowe (voice)
Dark River
2017 · Richard Bell
Jupiter Ascending
2015 · Stinger Apini
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012 · Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva
Don't Say a Word
2001 · Patrick Koster
GoldenEye
1995 · Alec Trevelyan
Caravaggio
1986 · Ranuccio
Mummies
2023 · Pharaoh (voice)
Possessor
2020 · John Parse
The Martian
2015 · Mitch Henderson
Mirror Mirror
2012 · King
The Island
2005 · Dr. Bernard Merrick
Troy
2004 · Odysseus
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Boromir
War Requiem
1989 · The German Soldier
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,173 frames from Sean Bean's 15 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.