Sean Bean rarely stars. However, this English actor has such a memorable appearance and vivid characters that the audience knows him well. Most often on the screen, Sean appears in the form of courageous knights, valiant warriors, charismatic villains. True, his characters in the course of the plot have to die in almost every film, which is why the actor became the hero of a popular Internet meme.
Biography: early years and education
Sean Mark Bean is an Englishman born in the suburb of Sheffield in South Yorkshire. He was born to Rita and Brian Bean on April 17, 1959. The boy grew up in prosperity. His father owned a production workshop with about 50 employees. Sean's mother worked with her husband, taking on the functions of a secretary, but after the birth of her son and youngest daughter, Lorraine focused on family and children.
The future actor grew up as a bully and a bully. Since childhood, he dreamed of a football career and imagined how he would play for his favorite team, Sheffield United. Once, in a fit of a quarrel with his cousin, Sean broke a glass door, severely injuring his leg with a shrapnel. Since then, a long scar flaunts on his limb, which the actor jokingly explains as a shark attack.
The dreams of football gradually faded as Bean felt the brunt of his training and sports regimen. He decided to remain a fan, and in 1990 he even got a tattoo in honor of his favorite team, which won an important victory.
As a teenager, Sean was a constant participant in showdowns between street gangs, more than once he was detained by the police. He started bad habits early: he smoked cigarettes and weed, drank alcohol. At the age of 15, Bean, following the example of his father, became interested in boxing and slightly revised his lifestyle. At 16, the young man dropped out of school, the most decent marks he had in English and drawing. Sean didn't know what he wanted to do for a long time. He sold cheese in a supermarket, cleared snow, worked as a welder for his father. To study welding technology, Bean attended courses at the Rotherham College of Arts and Technology. Yielding to a spiritual impulse, the young man wanted to change the vector of his professional activity. So he ended up in 1979 in the visual arts course at Rotherham College, and at the same time entered the drama class.
Aspiring actor Sean Bean amazed his mentors with rapid progress, backed by stubbornness and natural talent. He made his stage debut in college, then played at the Rotherham Civic Theater. After just six months of training in 1981, he entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, and also won a scholarship, which allowed him not to worry about the material side of his studies.
Sean received a versatile acting education at the Royal Academy. He has starred in classical and contemporary productions, and won a silver medal for his role as Pozzo in his graduation play Waiting for Godot.
Creativity: a career in theater and cinema
After successfully completing his studies, in 1983 Bean entered the Waterbill Theater as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet. In parallel, for the first time, he was invited to television to shoot an advertisement for non-alcoholic beer. This is followed by small roles in the TV series "Hunters for the Seventies" and the short film "Samson and Delilah". From 1986-1987, Sean was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, performing theater productions throughout England.
The actor performed his first major role on the big screen in the film Stormy Monday (1988). He made a lot of efforts not to get lost against the background of Tommy Lee Jones, Sting, Melanie Griffith. But interest in his person has increased significantly. Sean Bean begins to actively act in films. For five years, the actor's filmography has been replenished with a couple of dozen works, here are just a few of them:
- Trouble (1988);
- How To Succeed In Advertising (1988);
- "Traces of the Wind" (1990);
- "Field" (1990);
- Clarissa (1991);
- "Games of the Patriots" (1992).
Television success came to Sean Bean with the role of the shooter Richard Sharpe - the hero of the novels of Bernard Cornwell. The role was originally intended for actor Paul McGann, but his participation was prevented by an accidental accident. As a result, Sean played in 16 episodes based on Sharpe's adventures, the project lasted from 1993 to 2008. The actor flashed in the role of a villain, starring in the seventeenth Bond film "Golden Eye" (1995), the action movie "Ronin" (1998), the thriller "Don't Tell not a word "(2001). He organically blended into the historical film adaptations of famous novels:
- Lady Chatterley (1993);
- Scarlett (1994);
- Anna Karenina (1997).
The new peak of popularity for Sean was the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the role of the brave Boromir. It is noteworthy that the actors from The Fellowship of the Ring at the end of filming made themselves memorable tattoos with the elven symbol "9". Sean Bean put this mark on his shoulder.
Very soon, the actor's face literally flashed in supporting roles in the largest Hollywood projects:
- Troy (2004);
- National Treasure (2004);
- The Illusion of Flight (2005);
- Silent Hill (2006).
In 2011, the first season of the series "Game of Thrones" started, Sean Bean played Eddard Stark - one of the central characters. According to the established tradition, which amuses the fans of the actor so much, his hero was destined for death. Fans of Bean's creativity have calculated that during his career, he died on the screen more than 20 times. In truth, Sean is not entirely happy with this role. In 2015, he turned down the role in the movie Caesar, because he was tired of playing the death of his characters.
As he approaches his 60th birthday, the actor is still eager to work. For his role in the British TV series The Accused, he received an International Emmy Award in 2013. In 2014-2015 he starred in the crime drama series Legends. In 2015, he was noted for a small role in the acclaimed Hollywood film "The Martian". In 2018, Sean Bean starred in the second season of the historical series Medici: Lords of Florence.
Personal life
A rich acting career did not prevent Sean's turbulent personal life. He went down the aisle five times. The first wife was a friend of her youth, they were married from 1981 to 1988. The second wife, Melanie Hill, studied with Bean at the Royal Academy. She gave birth to the actor two daughters - Lorna (1987) and Molly (1991). The girls have already become mothers themselves, Sean Bean has two grandchildren.
The reason for the collapse of his marriages lies in constant infidelity. From all his wives, the loving actor left for new passions. After divorcing Melanie Hill in August 1997, he married actress Abigail Cruttenden just a couple of months later. In November 1998, she gave birth to Sean's third daughter, Evie Natasha. Already in 2000, the couple filed for divorce.
Bean went down the aisle for the fourth time in 2008, after two years of romance with actress Georgina Sutcliffe. In 2009, his wife accused him of domestic violence. During particularly violent quarrels, the police came to their house three times. The divorce took place in 2010. The fifth wife of the actor, Ashley Moore, is 26 years younger than her chosen one. Their marriage was registered on June 30, 2017. Only 40 guests attended the modest ceremony in England. But this did not stop the newlyweds from donning traditional wedding dresses. Judging by the photo, the actor celebrated his fifth marriage with a bottle of his favorite beer instead of the traditional champagne.
