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| Name: Sean Bean Birth Name: Shaun Mark Bean Date of Birth: April 17, 1959 Home Town: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Height: 5'11' Eyes: Green Hair: Blond Children: 3 daughters; Lorna, Molly and Evie Marital Status: Currently single, divorced 3 times Favorite Football Team: Sheffield United Blades Sean has a '100% Blade' tatoo on his left shoulder, in honor of his favorite football team |
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| Biography: |
| Shaun Mark Bean was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England on April 17, 1959. His parents are Brian and Rita Bean. He has a younger sister Lorriane Sean left school at age 16 with two 'O' levels in Art and English. He had a varity of jobs, including selling cheese in a supermarket, shovelling snow and working as a welder at his father's steel fabrication shop before he discovered acting while attending an art course at Rotherham College. Sean aditioned for London' Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in April 1980. One of 30 succesfull applicants (out of a field of 11.00) to win a scholarship, Sean being studying at RADA in Spring 1981. He was awarded a silver medal for his graduation performence in 'Waiting for Godot' in Spring 1983. |
| Sean's professional acting debut was a Tybalt in the Watermill Theatre (Newburry) producting of 'Romeo and Juliet' in May 1983. He appeared on stage in London's West End in a number of productions, including 'The Fair Maid of the West', 'Romeo and |
| Juliet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' for the Royal Shakespeare Company. More recently Sean's career has focused on film and TV. Although best known in North America for his "Bad Guy" roles in 'Patriot Games', 'Clarissa' and 'GoldenEye', Sean has earned a solid reputation as a "heart-throb" on British television playing Richard Sharpe, the 19th century soldier in the tv serie 'Sharpe'. Sean's most recent films are 'Ronin', 'The Lord of the Rings (the Fellowship of the Ring)'' sci-fi flick 'Equilibrium', suspense thriller 'Dont Say a Word', children's film 'Tom & Thomas' and 'The Big Empty' an independet film directed bij Steve Anderson. From October 2002 until March 2003 Sean |
| appearing onstage in United Kingdom in MacBeth. |
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| Never one to shy away from doing his own stunts, Sean carries a souvenier from his appearens in 'Patriot Games'; During the climatic fight scene Harrison Ford accedentally cut him above his left eye with a boat hook, an injury which recuired 8 stitches to close. Sean's other "distinguishing marks" are a black "100% Blade" tatoo on his left shoulder - a reference to his favorite football team; Sheffield United. And a tatoo on his right shoulder which reads "Nine" in Elvisch - A reference to the nine members the Fellowship in Lord of the Rings, all of whom have similar tattoos. |
| A longlife supporter of the Sheffield United Football Club, Sean recently agreed to become a member of the club's Board of Directors. Sean is divorced from his third wife, actress Abigail Cruttenden, who played Jane Sharpe in the Sharpe television series. Sean and Abigail married on November 22, 1997 at the Hendon Registry Office in London, with a blessing the following day, November 23, at St.Andrew's Church, Totteridge. Their daughter Evie Natasha was born on Friday November 6, 1998 Sean also has two daughters, Lorna (1987) and Molly (1991) from his second marriage, to actress Melanie Hill. Sean and Melanie were married on 27 February 1990 at the Haringey Civic Centre in North London. They divorced in August 1997. Sean's first marriage was on 11 April 1981 to hairdresser Debra James, his childhood sweetheart in Sheffield. |