Sean Bean
Shaun Mark "Sean" Bean (born 17 April 1959) is an English actor of stage and screen. Bean is known for playing Boromir in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Eddard Stark in the HBO television series Game of Thrones and fictional British Colonel Richard Sharpe in the ITV television series Sharpe. He is also known for his film work playing such roles as Alec Trevelyan in GoldenEye, Jason Locke in Essex Boys, Odysseus in Troy, Ian Howe in National Treasure and Andy McNab in Bravo Two Zero.
Bean has also acted in a number of television productions and character roles such as playing Robert Aske in Henry VIII and Eddard Stark in HBO's Game of Thrones. He has also performed voice work for video games, including Martin Septim in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Bean normally speaks with a distinctive Yorkshire accent in his acting roles. Fans have noted that the characters he portrays are usually killed off.
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