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5	[[caption-width-right:300:By the time you've finished reading this, he'll be dead. [[ChronicallyKilledActor Again]].]]
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7	->''"I learned how to die a long time ago."''
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9	[[MemeticMutation One does]] [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings not simply]] [[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere describe Sean Bean]]. Shaun Mark "Sean" Bean (born 17 April 1959 in Handsworth, Yorkshire, England) is an English actor. He was married to Creator/MelanieHill from 1990 to 1997.
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11	Sean is renowned as a MrFanservice ([[DracoInLeatherPants despite]] or [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys because of]] his many roles as villains). According to Website/TheOtherWiki, he does not mind being considered [[LoveableRogue 'a bit of rough']] by the ladies. Apparently, the ladies are okay with that because he was voted the UK's second sexiest man in 2004.
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13	Sean Bean's StarMakingRole role was the titular [[FieldPromotion field-promoted]] British officer in ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'', and is best known in America for playing Ned Stark in ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Boromir in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'', Alec Trevelyan (006) in ''Film/GoldenEye'' and Mitch Henderson in ''Film/TheMartian''.
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15	He's renowned as a ChronicallyKilledActor. In fact, seeing Sean's name in the credits could almost be considered a spoiler, because it is almost certain that he will be a [[NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize good guy who turns bad]] and then dies -- or even just a major character who dies period. He even died ''twice'' in ''[=GoldenEye=]''! [[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7479843/Sean-Bean-turning-roles-characters-die-killed-onscreen-21-times.html This newspaper article]] lists 23 times he has been killed onscreen (100% spoilers).
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17	Like many other British leading men, he purportedly wanted to become a [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball professional footballer]] before he went into acting. He's a fan of [[UsefulNotes/BritishFootyTeams Sheffield United]], and actually got to play a Sheffield United player in the 1996 film ''When Saturday Comes'' -- the only one of his movies in which he didn't have to cover up his "100% Blade" tattoo.
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19	His personal [[MemeticBadass reputation for badassery]] has greatly benefited from [[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sean-bean-stabbed-in-london-bar-fight/ reports]] of a MajorInjuryUnderreaction after an altercation in a pub.
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21	He also did the voiceover for the ''Train Simulator 2015'' trailer, as well as providing the narration in both ''VideoGame/{{Kholat}}'' and ''VideoGame/CivilizationVI''. He was also made into an Elusive Target in ''VideoGame/Hitman2'', as was even given the title of ''The Undying'', an [=MI5=] agent who has a penchant from coming back from the dead. Very meta indeed.
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23	Nothing to do with Series/MrBean.
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27	!!Roles
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29	[[AC:Animated Films]]
30	* ''Anime/KingsglaiveFinalFantasyXV'': King Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII
31	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'': Bill Goodfellowe
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33	[[AC:Live-Action Films]]
34	* ''Film/BlackDeath'': Ulric
35	* ''Film/{{Caravaggio}}'': Ranuccio
36	* ''Film/{{Cleanskin}}'': Ewan
37	* ''Film/{{The Dark\|2005}}'': James
38	* ''Film/DeathRace 2'': Marcus Kane
39	* ''Film/DontSayAWord'': Patrick Koster
40	* ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'': Errol Partridge
41	* ''Film/{{Flightplan\|2005}}'': Captain Rich
42	* ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}'': Alec Trevelyan (006)
43	* ''Film/TheHitcher'': John Ryder
44	* ''Film/HowToGetAheadInAdvertising'': Larry Frisk
45	* ''Film/{{TheIsland\|2005}}'': Dr. Merrick
46	* ''Film/JupiterAscending'': Stinger Apini
47	* ''Film/KnightsOfTheZodiac'': Allman Kido
48	* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': Boromir
49	* ''Film/TheMartian'': Mitch Henderson
50	* ''Film/MirrorMirror'': The King
51	* ''Film/NationalTreasure'': Ian Howe
52	* ''Film/NorthCountry'': Kyle
53	* ''Film/PatriotGames'': Sean Miller
54	* ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Zeus
55	* ''Film/{{Pixels}}'': Cpl. Hill
56	* ''Film/{{Possessor}}'' John Parse
57	* ''Film/{{Ronin\|1998}}'': Spence
58	* ''Film/{{Shopping}}'': Venning
59	* ''Film/SilentHill'': Christopher 'Chris' [=DaSilva=]
60	** ''Film/SilentHillRevelation3D'': Christopher 'Chris' [=DaSilva=] / Harry Mason
61	* ''Film/{{Troy}}'': Odysseus
62	* ''Film/TheYoungMessiah'': Severus
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64	[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
65	* ''Series/{{Crusoe}}'': James Crusoe
66	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Eddard 'Ned' Stark
67	* ''Series/{{Legends}}'': Martin Odum
68	* ''Series/{{Medici}}'': Jacopo de' Pazzi
69	* ''Series/RedRiding'': John Dawson
70	* ''Series/Sally4Ever'': [[AsHimself Himself]]
71	* ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'': Richard Sharpe
72	* ''Series/{{Snowpiercer}}'': [[spoiler: Mr. Wilford]]
73	* ''Series/TheStoryTeller'': The Prince (episode "The True Bride")
74	* ''Series/{{Time\|2021}}'': Mark Cobden
75	* ''Series/WorldOnFire'': Douglas Bennett
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77	[[AC:Video Games]]
78	* ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} VI'': Narrator
79	* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'': Martin Septim
80	* ''VideoGame/Hitman2'': [[TemporaryOnlineContent Mark]] [[AdamWesting Faba]]
81	* ''VideoGame/{{Kholat}}'': Narrator
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83	!!Other stuff
84	* A fictionalised version of him is the main hero of ''Fanfic/SeanBeanSavesWesteros'', where, after the filming of ''Series/GameOfThrones'''s first season, he ends up in the city of White Harbor on the same day Eddard Stark is killed, so Sean ends up taking over Ned's life and the task of saving the Seven Kingdoms from the threat coming from Beyond the Wall.
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86	!![[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing One does not simply list all tropes associated with Sean Bean]]:
87	* AdamWesting: His role in Hitman 2 as [[InkSuitActor Mark Faba]] is a parody of his role in the James Bond movies as well as his status as a ChronicallyKilledActor, including several {{Shout Out}}s. Heck, [[TheDanza the character's name itself is a reference to his last name]][[labelnote:Explanation]]"Faba" is Latin for "bean", making his name Mark ''Bean''. As in ''Sean'' Mark Bean[[/labelnote]]. The character himself has faked his death several times over and earned the epithet of "The Undying" as a result. It takes Agent 47 ''two'' attempts to put him down for good.
88	* AwesomeMcCoolName: An interesting case. The reason why he changed the spelling of his first name from Shaun to Sean was because ''he'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsHpj5FJXjI&feature=youtu.be&t=9m38s thought it was cooler]] when he was graduating from drama school. Admittedly he's sort of regretting it now with the sheer number of people [[SpellMyNameWithAnS misreading his name]].
89	* ChronicallyKilledActor: One of the most well-known examples[[note]]And yet far from the example who's died the most (over 25). Creator/ChristopherLee (who also appears in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and dies in it) got killed over 80 times[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEhtsgu6bJg having died in over two dozen of the films and shows he's appeared in]]. So much so that part of the promotional campaign for ''Series/{{Legends}}'' involved him asking fans to not let him die. According to him, his favorite death is [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Boromir's]]. It's lampshaded in ''VideoGame/Hitman2'', where his character has earned a reputation for faking his own death and is nicknamed "The Undying"
90	* FakeNationality: Played FakeIrish characters in ''Film/TheField'' and ''Film/PatriotGames'', both opposite genuine Irishman Creator/RichardHarris.
91	* TheDanza: As explained under AdamWesting, his character of the Undying in ''VideoGame/Hitman2'' is named after himself, disguised as a clever BilingualBonus pun.
92	* ManlyGay: Sean Bean's role in British series ''Accused'' showed him as an incredibly straight gay man, who escapes on weekends into an alternate persona as a flamboyant, but incredibly unconvincing, woman. The role was positively reviewed as [[PlayingWithCharacterType departure for Sean Bean himself given his manly persona]].
93	* MrFanservice: Most spectacularly in the 1993 film adaptation of ''Literature/LadyChatterleysLover'', in which he [[spoiler: not only doesn't get killed, but ends up with Creator/JoelyRichardson.]]
94	* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Sean pretty much sticks with his native OopNorth. He doesn't have to bother for ''Series/GameOfThrones''. There, it's just perfect. This is not, by the way, to say that he can't do a Northern Irish accent [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJNalQUKhxo very well.]]
95	* OopNorth: He's from Yorkshire and keeps his accent in almost all of his roles to varying levels.
96	* PlayingAgainstType: Whenever he's not a rough good guy (such as Sharpe or Odysseus) or a straight-up bad guy. One such case was ''Film/{{Flightplan\|2005}}'', where the producers cast Bean as the plane's captain to [[RedHerring misdirect the audience into thinking he is part of some villainous plot.]]
97	* RhymingNames: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. While his name is spelled as "Sean Bean", it's pronounced "Shaun Bean".
98	* SelfDeprecation: He's well aware of his reputation for dying in films and has no issue laughing along with everyone else about it.
99	* SilverFox: He's still ruggedly handsome and charming in his sixties.
100	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: You'd be surprised how many people mispronounce his name even in this day and age. The proper reading is how his name was originally given, "Shaun Bean".
101	* StageNames: His birth name is Shaun, but he picked the Irish spelling.
102	* TypeCasting: Apart from ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'', ''Film/{{Troy}}'', ''Film/{{Flightplan\|2005}}'', ''Film/JupiterAscending'' and ''Film/TheMartian'', most of his roles are either villainous/suspicious or someone who dies. Or both.
103	* WalkingSpoiler: Meta example. Due to his history of being a ChronicallyKilledActor, he eventually began to turn down roles where his character is planned to die down the line, partly due to him wanting to break out of the rut, but also because he finds it to be far too predictable and obvious.

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