2003 BAFTAs

Henry VIII

2002 SAG Awards

Troy

Tom & Thomas

Don't Say a Word

Scarlett

Golden Eye

Equilibrium

Bean Facts

Sean auditioned for London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in April 1980. One of 30 successful applicants (out of a field of 11,000) to win a scholarship, Sean began studying at RADA in Spring 1981. He was awarded a silver medal for his graduation performance in Waiting for Godot in Spring 1983.

From October 2002 until March 2003, Sean is appearing onstage in the UK in Macbeth.

Never one to shy away from doing his own stunts, Sean carries a souvenir from his appearance in Patriot Games: during the climactic fight scene Harrison Ford accidentally cut him above his left eye with a boat hook, an injury which required 8 stitches to close.

Sean's first marriage was on 11 April 1981 to hairdresser Debra James, his childhood sweetheart in Sheffield.

Sean has two daughters, Lorna (born in October 1987) and Molly (born in September 1991) from his second marriage, to actress Melanie Hill. Sean and Melanie were married on 27 February 1990 and they divorced in August 1997.

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. They had one daughter, Evie Natasha, who was born on Friday, November 6, 1998.

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Sharpe's Waterloo

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In 1986's Caravaggio Sean Bean appeared along with Robbie Coltrane of From Hell and Tilda Swinton of Young Adam (which stars Ewan McGregor). In Stromy Monday Sean Bean acted with James Cosmo of Troy (which Sean also starred in along with Orlando Bloom), Emma (with Ewan McGregor and Jeremy Northam), Tranispotting (which also stars Ewanas well as Jonny Lee Miller, Kelly MacDonald of Gosford Park, and Kevin McKidd of Hideous Kinky), and Braveheart (which starred Sophie Marceau and Catherine McCormack). In 1990 Sean Bean played Carver Doone alongside Clive Owen (of King Arthur, Beyind Borders, and Gosford Park) and Polly Walker (who will appear in 2005 in "ROME" along with James Purefoy, whom she acted with in the Mayor of Casterbridge, she also appeared in Emma and Patriot Games with Sean). In Lady Chatterly Sean appeared with James Wilby of Gosford Park and Howard's End which starred Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter. Sean Bean played one of his best roles as Vronsky in Anna Karenina with Sophie Marceau of Braveheart (which also featured Catherine McCormack), A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Firelight. Of Course Sean played Boromir in the first installment of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring. In LOTR Sean appeared with Viggo Mortensen (of Portrait of a Lady), Cate Blanchett (of An Ideal Husband,The Shipping News, Charlotte Gray, Elizabeth and The Man Who Cried), Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom (of Black Hawk Down with Ewan McGregor and Pirates of the Caribbean with Johnny Depp and Geoffery Rush), David Wenham (of Moulin Rouge), Ian Holm (of From Hell) and Hugo Weaving (of Bedroom & Hallways). In his upcoming film, Troy, Sean will be appearing with Orlando Bloom, Brian Cox of The Boxer (with Emily Watson), and Brad Pitt (of Interview with the Vampire and Spy Game (with Catherine McCormack). In Pride Sean will provide a voice along with Kate Winslet.