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Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959) is an English film and stage actor. Bean has also acted in a number of television productions as well as performing voice work for computer games and television adverts. As an actor, he adopted the Irish/Scottish spelling "Sean" of his first name.

Bean is best known for his role as Boromir in the The Lord of the Rings films and as James Bond's adversary Alec Trevelyan in Goldeneye. His portrayal as Richard Sharpe in the television series Sharpe has also earned him high acclaim in the United Kingdom. (read more . . . )