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Sean Bean (with Viggo Mortensen) in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Sean Bean (1959 -)

Film Deaths[]

  • Caravaggio (1986) [Ranuccio]: Throat slit by Nigel Terry after he confesses to murdering Tilda Swinton.
  • War Requiem (1989) [German Soldier]: Stabbed in the stomach with a bayonet by Nathaniel Parker after the opposing soldiers stumble across each other. There is a subsequent scene of Nathaniel meeting a bandaged Sean, but due to the film's symbolic nature and the absence of dialogue, it's ambiguous whether Sean is still alive and meeting Nathaniel in a military hospital, or whether they're both dead and meeting in the afterlife.
  • The Field (1990) [Tadgh McCabe]: Falls to his death from a cliff while running away from a stampeding herd of cows.
  • Lorna Doone (1990) [Carver Doone]: Drowns in a bog.
  • Patriot Games (1992) [Sean Miller]: Accidentally impaled through the back when he falls onto an anchor during a fight with Harrison Ford on the deck of a burning speedboat; his body is later seen when the burning boat crashes and explodes.
  • GoldenEye (1995) [Alec Trevelyan]: Seemingly killed when Gottfried John shoots him in the head, having captured him during a mission. However, this turns out to have been faked and Sean returns later in the movie. In the climax, Sean is mortally injured when he falls a great distance when Pierce Brosnan drops him from an antenna cradle onto a satellite dish, then he is crushed/burned to death when the burning antenna cradle collapses on him.
  • Airborne (1998) [Dave Toombs]: Shot by Colm Feore when talking to Steve Guttenberg.
  • Essex Boys (2000) [Jason Locke]: Shot in the head with a shotgun by Tom Wilkinson.
  • Don't Say a Word (2001) [Patrick Koster]: Buried alive after Michael Douglas dislodges the supports to a freshly-dug grave that Sean had fallen into, causing the grave to collapse in on itself.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) [Boromir]: Shot three times with arrows by Lawrence Makoare during a battle with the orcs in the woods; he dies shortly afterwards while talking to Viggo Mortensen. His body is later seen on a boat going over a waterfall. (Note: Sean reprised his role in a flashback of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, shown in the extended edition)
  • Equilibrium (2002) [Cleric Errol Partridge]: Shot in the throat by Christian Bale after Sean goads Christian into killing him by preparing to draw his own gun.
  • The Island (2005) [Dr. Merrick]: Hanged when he falls from a platform during a struggle with Ewan McGregor and gets a cord tangled around his neck.
  • The Hitcher (2007) [John Ryder]: Shot in the head with a shotgun by Sophia Bush. (See also Rutger Hauer in the 1986 version.)
  • Outlaw (2007) [Danny Bryant]: Shot in the chest by police in woods.
  • Far North (2007) [Loki]: Presumably freezes to death (off-screen) when he runs naked out into the Arctic tundra in a blind panic after discovering Michelle Yeoh killed Michelle Krusiec and is wearing her face as a mask.
  • Ca$h (2010) [Pyke Kubic/Reese Kubic]: Playing a dual role as twin brothers, "Pyke" is shot in the head during a struggle for a gun between Sean, Chris Hemsworth, and Victoria Profeta in Sean's car. ("Reese" survives the movie.)
  • Black Death (2010) [Ulrich]: Dismembered after his limbs are tied to two horses and Tim McInnerny has the horses run off in different directions.
  • Death Race 2 (2010) [Markus Kane]: Shot in the chest by Triad gangsters.
  • Age of Heroes (2011) [Jones]: Presumably dies (off-screen) after being cornered by soldiers during a battle. We only hear gunshots, implying his death.
  • Silent Hill Revelation (2012) [Harry]: Stabbed and sliced in half by Roberto Campanella in Adelaide Clemens' nightmare; he survives the film in reality.
  • Wicked Blood (Bad Blood) (2014) [Frank Stinson]: Killed in an explosion, in addition to being shot by James Purefoy, when Lew Temple's drug lab explodes from Sean accidentally shooting it in a struggle with Lew.
  • Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016) [Regis Lucis Caelum]: Stabbed in the back by Adrian Bouchet at the end of a battle, while Lena Headey and Aaron Paul look on in shock.
  • Dark River (2017) [Richard Bell]: Dies from illness (off-screen); his death is revealed when his daughter (Ruth Wilson) informs Jonah Russell.
  • Knights of the Zodiac (2023) [Alman Kido]: Presumed dead off-screen after a big explosion in a mansion.

Television Deaths[]

  • Clarissa (1991) [Robert Lovelace]: Stabbed to death by Sean Pertwee in a swordfight.
  • Screen One: Tell Me That You Love Me (1991) [Gabriel Lewis]: Commits suicide by stabbing himself or is stabbed by Judith Scott.
  • Scarlett (1994) [Lord Richard Fenton]: Stabbed to death in his sleep by Tina Kellegher.
  • Henry VIII (2003) [Robert Aske]: Dies of either exposure or starvation (off-screen) after being chained to a gate by Ray Winstone's followers. His death is not shown, but is a foregone conclusion.
  • Red Riding: 1974 (2008) [John Dawson]: Shot to death by Andrew Garfield, after Sean confesses to murdering three young girls.
  • Game of Thrones: Baelor (2011) [Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark]: Beheaded by Wilko Johnson on Jack Gleeson's orders. His severed head is later displayed on a pike atop a wall for everyone to see including his daughter (Sophie Turner).
  • The Frankenstein Chronicles: Lost and Found (2015) [Inspector John Marlott]: Executed by hanging; he is later resurrected by Ed Stoppard.
  • Medici: The Maginificent: Mass (2018) [Jacopo de' Pazzi]: Executed by hanging for having Bradley James assassinated and attempting to have Daniel Sharman assassinated.
  • Curfew: Episode 3 (2019) [General Errol Chambers]: Shot in the head by Rose Williams.
  • Snowpiercer (2022) [Joseph Wilford]: Killed after a gun battle on the Snowpiercer canteen. The death takes part in a dream sequence and Sean survives the episode in actuality.
  • World on Fire: Episode 2.1 (2023) [Douglas Bennett]: Killed offscreen when a bomb falls on his house between series. Sean doesn't appear in the episode but his death is confirmed by another character.

Video Game Deaths[]

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) [Boromir]: Play voice him character from the film that shooting witg many arrows by Lurtz (Don Veca).
  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) [Martin Septim]: Turns into a statue after becoming the avatar of a dragon god in order to defeat a demon.
  • HITMAN 2 (2018) [Mark Faba]: Assassinated by David Bateson in different killing methods depending on the player's choice.

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