ACTOR

Sean Bean

1959 - Today

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Sean Bean (born Shaun Mark Bean; 17 April 1959) is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he made his professional debut in a production of Romeo and Juliet in 1983 at The Watermill Theatre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sean Bean has received more than 18,711,566 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Sean Bean is the 526th most popular actor (down from 432nd in 2019), the 664th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 584th in 2019) and the 81st most popular British Actor.

Sean Bean is most famous for his role as Boromir in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sean Bean ranks 526 out of 13,578. Before him are Melanie Griffith, Geena Davis, Michel Galabru, Barbara Stanwyck, Claudia Mori, and Desmond Llewelyn. After him are Mickey Rooney, Michèle Morgan, Richard E. Grant, George Gaynes, Totò, and John Cassavetes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Sean Bean ranks 22. Before him are Maurizio Sarri, Bryan Adams, Magic Johnson, Bernd Schuster, Mauricio Macri, and Ali Bongo Ondimba. After him are Ken Watanabe, János Áder, Mike Pence, Benny Gantz, Milorad Dodik, and Robert Knepper.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sean Bean ranks 664 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902), Patrick Blackett (1897), Bernard Lewis (1916), Philip Pullman (1946), Desmond Llewelyn (1914), and Karl Pearson (1857). After him are John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924), John Snow (1813), Edgar Adrian (1889), Leslie Howard (1893), Bill Wyman (1936), and Oliver Smithies (1925).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Sean Bean ranks 81. Before him are Jonathan Pryce (1947), Joan Collins (1933), Robert Carlyle (1961), Tilda Swinton (1960), Charles Laughton (1899), and Desmond Llewelyn (1914). After him are Leslie Howard (1893), Brian Cox (1946), Jessica Tandy (1909), Peter Finch (1916), Jim Broadbent (1949), and Oliver Reed (1938).

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