"Sean Bean Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959), known professionally as Sean Bean (), is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of ""Romeo and Juliet"" in 1983. Retaining his Yorkshire accent, he first found mainstream success for his portrayal of Richard Sharpe in the ITV series ""Sharpe"". Bean subsequently gained further recognition for his performance as Ned Stark in the HBO epic fantasy series ""Game of Thrones"", and won both a BAFTA and an International Emmy, both for Best Actor. He has also been"
"sergeant who dislikes Sharpe. Julian Fellowes played Major Warren Dunnett in ""Sharpe's Rifles"" and also the Prince Regent in ""Sharpe's Regiment"". Tony Haygarth was ""Marshal"" Pot-au-Feu in ""Sharpe's Enemy"" and Sir Willoughby Parfitt in ""Sharpe's Justice"". There are some differences between the series and the novels. For instance, in the books, Sharpe was said to be unusually tall (over 6 ft), was born in Wapping in London and has dark hair with a very noticeable scar on his face. Sean Bean is shorter, blond and, being from Sheffield, he speaks with a pronounced Yorkshire accent. Sharpe is revealed to have"
"back story, Bernard Cornwell made the actor Sean Bean's Yorkshire accent part of the canon of the series). It is possible that Sharpe learned to play cricket in Yorkshire, as in Sharpe's Waterloo the Duke of Wellington attests that ""Sharpe bowls fiendish"". He also played while training with the Rifles at Shorncliffe Redoubt, (Sharpe's Fury). Within six months of his arrival in Yorkshire, Sharpe kills a second man, the landlord of the tavern where he is working, in a fight over a local girl. To avoid arrest, Sharpe takes the ""King's shilling"", joining the 33rd Foot, as a result of"
"Sharpe's Honour (TV programme) Sharpe's Honour is a 1994 British television drama, the fifth of a series screened on the ITV network that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. It is based on the novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell. In 1813, Napoleon is reeling from his disastrous invasion of Russia the year before, and Lord Wellington is preparing to drive the French out of Spain. Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) is mourning the death of his wife Teresa. Sharpe's archenemy, French Major Ducos (Feodor Atkine), proposes a plan to his"
"Daragh O'Malley Daragh Gerard Marion O'Malley (born 25 May 1954) is an Irish actor, director, producer. He was born in Limerick, Ireland. Among a multitude of TV appearances O'Malley is known for his portrayal of Patrick Harper in the long-running [1993-2009] ""Sharpe"" TV series with Sean Bean. O'Malley first appeared in roles in the films ""The Long Good Friday"" and ""Withnail and I"", leading guest roles in many UK television series including ""Tales of the Unexpected"", ""Waking The Dead"", ""Wire in the Blood"", ""Silent Witness"" and ""Vera"", and roles in ""Longitude"", ""Cleopatra"" for ABC and ""The Magnificent Seven"" for CBS"
"Street Children later that year. Daragh O'Malley Daragh Gerard Marion O'Malley (born 25 May 1954) is an Irish actor, director, producer. He was born in Limerick, Ireland. Among a multitude of TV appearances O'Malley is known for his portrayal of Patrick Harper in the long-running [1993-2009] ""Sharpe"" TV series with Sean Bean. O'Malley first appeared in roles in the films ""The Long Good Friday"" and ""Withnail and I"", leading guest roles in many UK television series including ""Tales of the Unexpected"", ""Waking The Dead"", ""Wire in the Blood"", ""Silent Witness"" and ""Vera"", and roles in ""Longitude"", ""Cleopatra"" for ABC and"
"Sharpe (Sean Kanan). At the time, Deacon was married to Hope's half-sister, Bridget Forrester. Hope was born at the Big Bear Cabin. Deacon signed over his paternal rights in 2007 to Ridge Forrester when RJ and Hope were taken from Brooke when she was proven to be an unfit mother by Social Services, reported by Stephanie Forrester (Susan Flannery). Nick Marone (Jack Wagner) was also a father figure for Hope when he was married to Brooke. After the character was dramatically aged (SORASed), Hope is almost raped by a photographer, Graham Derros. but she is saved by Nick and Aggie"
"""Alien 3"" was originally larger, but much of it was edited out of the final print. The cut footage can be seen in the extended version of the film. In 1992, he was cast as Richard Sharpe, the lead character in the Sharpe series of made-for-TV films based on Bernard Cornwell's novels, however he injured his knee while playing football just days into filming ""Sharpe's Rifles"" in Ukraine. He was replaced by Sean Bean and the role effectively kick-started Bean's career and is the one that he is most closely identified with. Paul McGann played the eighth incarnation of the"
"in India The series originally ran from 1993 to 1997. In 2006, ITV premiered ""Sharpe's Challenge"", a two-part adventure loosely based on his time in India, with Sean Bean continuing his role as Sharpe; part one premiered on 23 April, with part two being shown the following night. With more gore than earlier episodes, the show was broadcast by BBC America in September 2006. Filming of ""Sharpe's Peril"", produced by Celtic Film/Picture Palace, began on 3 March 2008 in India. The first part was broadcast on ITV and UTV on 2 November 2008, with the second part shown a week"
"Sharpe's Waterloo (TV programme) Sharpe's Waterloo is a British television drama, the 14th and final part of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. The adaptation is based on the novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell. In 1815, war breaks out once more as Napoleon returns to France from exile on Elba. Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) cannot resist the chance to finally see his enemy and breaks his promise to his French lover Lucille (Cécile Paoli) to fight no more. However, unlike his adulterous wife Jane (Abigail Cruttenden),"
"Sharpe's Battle (TV programme) Sharpe's Battle is a 1995 British television drama, the seventh of a series screened on the ITV network that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. It is somewhat based on the novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell, though the film is set in 1813 on the Spanish-French border, rather than in 1811 on the border with Portugal. While on patrol, Sharpe (Sean Bean) and his men rout some French soldiers who have raped and murdered the inhabitants of a Spanish village. Two are captured alive. Their"
"Sharpe's Justice Sharpe's Justice is a British television drama, the 13th of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. Unlike most of the other installments of the series, this episode was not based on a novel by Bernard Cornwell. A key scene in the story is based on the Peterloo Massacre of 1819, reset here to Keighley in Yorkshire, in 1814. It is 1814. There is peace in Europe as a defeated Napoleon is sent into exile on the island of Elba. Major Sharpe (Sean Bean) is assigned to head"
"luck; he and Zara become engaged. Sharpe's Mission Sharpe's Mission is a British television drama, the 11th of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. Unlike most of the other installments of the series, this episode was not based on a novel by Bernard Cornwell. After a prologue set in 1810, which introduces Major Brand (Mark Strong), a British officer serving with Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean), the plot fast-forwards to present-day 1813, where France is losing the war. Major Sharpe is teamed with Brand, now a Colonel renowned for leading a"
"company interested in making television adaptations of the first eight books of his Sharpe series. They asked him to write a background novel to give them a starting point to the series, and they also requested that the story feature a large role for Spanish characters in order to secure co-funding from Spain. The result was ""Sharpe's Rifles"", published in 1987 and set when the English retreated at A Coruña until Wellesley arrived in Spain. It also resulted in a series of Sharpe television films starring Sean Bean. This was followed by a series of modern thrillers with sailing as"
"Sharpe's Mission Sharpe's Mission is a British television drama, the 11th of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. Unlike most of the other installments of the series, this episode was not based on a novel by Bernard Cornwell. After a prologue set in 1810, which introduces Major Brand (Mark Strong), a British officer serving with Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean), the plot fast-forwards to present-day 1813, where France is losing the war. Major Sharpe is teamed with Brand, now a Colonel renowned for leading a small band of soldiers operating far"
"Sharpe's Regiment (TV programme) Sharpe's Regiment is a British television drama, the ninth of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. This episode is based on the novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell. It is 1813. The First Battalion of the South Essex Regiment has suffered terrible losses in the fighting in Spain and the entire regiment is in danger of being disbanded as a result. Major Sharpe (Sean Bean) and Sergeant Major Harper (Daragh O'Malley) are sent back to England to find out why replacements have not been"
"Ukraine. Sharpe's Battle (TV programme) Sharpe's Battle is a 1995 British television drama, the seventh of a series screened on the ITV network that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. It is somewhat based on the novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell, though the film is set in 1813 on the Spanish-French border, rather than in 1811 on the border with Portugal. While on patrol, Sharpe (Sean Bean) and his men rout some French soldiers who have raped and murdered the inhabitants of a Spanish village. Two are captured alive."
"cast in the title role; however, two weeks into filming of the first episode in Ukraine, McGann injured his knee playing football and was forced to withdraw. When production started again a month later, Sean Bean took over the role. The first actor cast was actually Daragh O'Malley in the role of Sgt. Patrick Harper. Author Bernard Cornwell was so impressed by Sean Bean's performances that he dedicated one of the novels, ""Sharpe's Battle"", ""to Sean Bean"". Some actors have played multiple roles in the series. Peter-Hugo Daly portrayed first Sergeant Rodd in ""Sharpe's Gold"" and then Bickerstaff, another unruly"
"Sharpe's Eagle (TV programme) Sharpe's Eagle is the second in the series of ""Sharpe"" historical war television dramas, based on the novel of the same name. Shown on ITV in 1993, the adaptation stars Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley and Assumpta Serna. In 1809, Sir Arthur Wellesley, commander of the British forces in the Iberian Peninsula, prepares to invade French-controlled Spain. He orders Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and his band of ""chosen men"" to accompany the arrogantly incompetent, newly arrived Sir Henry Simmerson and his South Essex Regiment on a small, but significant mission to destroy a bridge vital to French troop"
"(1815) and before the final novel ""Sharpe's Devil"" (1820–21). Some of the events in the film are, however, inspired by events in the first three novels of the series. In ""Sharpe's Challenge"" and ""Sharpe's Peril"", Sharpe and his comrade in arms, Patrick Harper, have been temporarily called out of retirement and asked to go to India. The film starts with a flashback to 1803 in India, where Sergeant Sharpe (Sean Bean) leads a patrol to an East India Company outpost. He arrives shortly before another supposedly friendly group of soldiers led by Major William Dodd (Toby Stephens). In a treacherous"
"written further ""missing adventures"" set during the Peninsular War era, based on major battles of that long campaign, for a total of 24 novels in this series. Cornwell mentions in notes at the end of the Sharpe series that he was initially dubious about the casting of Sean Bean for the television adaptations, but that the doubts did not last and he was subsequently so delighted that he dedicated ""Sharpe's Battle"" to him. He has admitted that he subtly changed the writing of the character to align with Bean's portrayal as now he ""could not imagine Sharpe as anyone else""."
"Game"" brand which looks at offbeat and unusual football stories from around the world has been turned into an ongoing series and currently has further projects at various stages of production. In 2010 Sharp signed with Darren Scott's internet based Channel C as guest host. In 2011 Touchwood Guitarist Don Macarthur and Sharp launched Sharpy's HBTV (Home Brew TV) 19 short episodes were filmed over two seasons from 2011 to 2013. Dane Sharp (singer-songwriter) Dane Sharp is an Australian singer/songwriter, filmmaker, writer and former professional soccer player. Signing a Recording Contract in 2007 with record label Touchwood Productions, Sharp began"
"Sharp (Darren Barcomb) lure former officer Jeremy Duffin (A.J. Leslie) out of his self exposed exile following the murder of his wife and the abduction of his daughter at the hands of Krampus (Ben Berlin). After much debate and with the hopes of finding his daughter, Duffin reluctantly agrees to track the monster and is accompanied by his hulking woodsman friend Monk (Johnny Stevenson). Once back to civilization, Duffin, Monk, Kane, and Sharp are joined by cops Gil Farabee (Rich Goteri), Harry Sharp (Michael Mili) and Lori Taylor (Tiffany Fest). The quest to find Krampus and the children is further"
"in emotional interviews on television seeking information on his family's whereabouts. Sharpe eventually confessed to the murders and was sentenced in 2005 to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 33 years. He will be eligible for parole in 2037. John Myles Sharpe was born 28 February 1967 in Mornington and grew up there. Sharpe met his New Zealand-born wife, Anna Kemp, when they worked together at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. They married in October 1994. They then lived together in various locations around the Mornington Peninsula area south of Melbourne. Their daughter, Gracie Louise"
"the abusive master of the foundling home where Sharpe was raised. Before Sharpe can disappear with the stolen cash, he encounters General Baird, a former colleague from India, who recruits him to protect John Lavisser, a Foreign Office agent sent to negotiate with the Danish Crown Prince. Lavisser betrays Sharpe, and forces him into hiding in Copenhagen, where he witnesses the bombardment of the city and the British capture of the Danish fleet (""Sharpe's Prey""). In ""Sharpe's Prey"", Sharpe is now referred to as a Second Lieutenant because, as a light infantry unit of the British army, there are no"
"in Portugal, to Lieutenant Colonel by the time of the Battle of Waterloo. Bean was not the first actor to be chosen to play Sharpe. As Paul McGann was injured while playing football two days into filming, the producers initially tried to work around his injury, but it proved impossible and Bean replaced him. The series ran continuously from 1993 to 1997, with three episodes produced each year. It was filmed under challenging conditions, first in Ukraine and later in Portugal. After several years of rumours, more episodes were produced: ""Sharpe's Challenge"", which aired in April 2006, and ""Sharpe's Peril"","
"are made to incidents during the Peninsular War and in the 1809 retreat to Corunna. The uprising in Santiago de Compostela is incited by the legend of Saint James the Moor-slayer. ""Sharpe's Rifles"" was adapted as the first episode of the Sharpe television series starring Sean Bean as Sharpe, Brian Cox as Hogan and Daragh O'Malley as Harper and guest starring Simon Andreu as Vivar, Julian Fellowes as Major Dunnett and Tim Bentinck as Captain Murray. The adaptation also introduced the character of Teresa Moreno (played by Assumpta Serna), Sharpe's future wife, prior to her introduction in the novels in"
"eventually sold to a master chimney sweep to train as an apprentice at the relatively late age of 12. Fearing the high mortality rate among apprentice sweeps (who are forced to climb inside chimneys and remove the soot by hand), Sharpe flees to the Rookery of St Giles (a form of slum), and is taken in by prostitute (and later bar-owner) Maggie Joyce. He stays under Maggie's protection for three years, learning various forms of thieving. After killing a gang leader during a fight over Maggie, he escapes from London to Yorkshire at the age of fifteen (by creating this"
"Sharpe's Peril Sharpe's Peril is a British TV film from 2008, usually shown in two parts, which is part of an ITV series based on Bernard Cornwell's historical fiction novels about the English soldier Richard Sharpe during the Napoleonic Wars. Contrary to most parts of the TV series, ""Sharpe's Peril"" isn't based on one of Cornwell's novels. Both are set in 1817, two years after Sharpe has retired as a farmer in Normandy, so chronologically they come after ""Sharpe's Waterloo"" (1815) and before the final novel ""Sharpe's Devil"" (1820–21). In ""Sharpe's Challenge"" and ""Sharpe's Peril"", Sharpe and his comrade in"
"were getting divorced. On 23 March 2016 Sharp & her fiance Ross Neil, gave birth to their daughter, Piper. Sharp had also previously dated and lived with media mogul Chris Evans. Jayne Sharp Jayne Sharp is an English broadcaster who is a former host of ""Bingo Night Live"" on ITV. Sharp is from Durkar in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Before presenting, Sharp went to the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside to study Media and Film, achieving a BA Hons degree. Her first job in TV was as a runner on Family Affairs, and she also worked in ""Durkar Fisheries"", a fish"
"defeat. The programme was shot in Turkey. Sharpe's Waterloo (TV programme) Sharpe's Waterloo is a British television drama, the 14th and final part of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. The adaptation is based on the novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell. In 1815, war breaks out once more as Napoleon returns to France from exile on Elba. Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) cannot resist the chance to finally see his enemy and breaks his promise to his French lover Lucille (Cécile Paoli) to fight no more. However,"
"been born in Keighley to local woman Lizzie Sharpe in ""Sharpe's Justice""; this contradicts the books which often state his mother was a London ""Cat Street whore"" who died in the Gordon Riots. In novels written after the television series started airing, the issue of Sharpe's northern accent and roots is addressed by having him flee from London to Yorkshire when he is a teenager to avoid retribution for a murder of an employer over a woman. While in the novels Sharpe commands a group of thirty riflemen, the series focuses on a much smaller group of ""Chosen Men"", some"
"His tank chase sequence and the daring dam jump which opens the picture are much respected in the industry. He speaks fluent French and German and lives in Oxfordshire with his wife, the broadcaster and author Sue Cook. Ian Sharp Ian Sharp (born 13 November 1946, Clitheroe, Lancashire) is an English film and television director. Sharp was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn and Hatfield College, Durham University where he gained an honours degree in Psychology and Modern Philosophy in 1968. During the seventies, he worked at the BBC making documentaries first for the General Features Department and then"