Cannabis Sativa October 12, 2016October 12, 2016 thcscience_admin You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: You can view and copy the source of this page:==Early life== [[File:Sheffield Legends Sean Bean.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Sheffield Legends]] plaque in Bean's home city of [[Sheffield]], England]] Shaun Mark Bean<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/sean-bean-age-world-fire-3364078 |title=How old is Sean Bean? 23 surprising facts about Somerset-based World on Fire actor |last=Kendall |first=Ellie |date=29 September 2019 |website=Somerset Live |access-date=1 October 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001095116/https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/sean-bean-age-world-fire-3364078 |archive-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> was born on 17 April 1959 in [[Handsworth, South Yorkshire|Handsworth]], a suburb of [[Sheffield]], the son of Rita ({{nee|Tuckwood}}) and Brian K. Bean (born 1934).<ref name="Tiscali bio">{{cite web|title=Sean Bean Biography|url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/sean_bean_biog.html|page=1|publisher=Tiscali|access-date=14 September 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813194004/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/sean_bean_biog.html|archive-date=13 August 2006}}</ref><ref name="FMP">{{cite web|url=https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/famous-family-trees-sean-bean-1406264593.html|title=Famous family trees: Sean Bean|publisher=Find My Past|date=22 July 2013|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323154647/https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/famous-family-trees-sean-bean-1406264593.html|archive-date=23 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> He has a younger sister, Lorraine. His paternal grandfather, Harold Bean Jr. (1914–2001), served in the [[Royal Navy]] in the [[World War II|Second World War]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Pharo|first=Jen|date=19 September 2019|title=Sean Bean on becoming a war hero turned conscientious objector in BBC drama|work=The Express|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1179714/sean-bean-film-bbc-world-on-fire/amp|access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref> and was a stud mill labourer who later became a [[Pacifism|pacifist]].<ref name="FMP" /> His father owned a fabrication company that employed 50 people, including Bean's mother, who worked as a secretary. Despite becoming relatively wealthy, the family never moved away from the [[council estate]] as they preferred to remain close to friends and family.<ref name="I do my work">{{cite news|title=I do my work and if things work out, they work out|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/03/14/bfbean14.xml&page=4|publisher=Telegraph Group|page=4|date=14 March 2006|access-date=16 September 2006|location=London|first=Cassandra|last=Jardine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013164108/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2006%2F03%2F14%2Fbfbean14.xml&page=4|archive-date=13 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> As a child, Bean smashed a glass door during an argument, which left a piece of glass embedded in his leg that briefly impeded his walking, and left a large scar.<ref name="Tiscali bio" /> This prevented him from pursuing his ambition of playing [[Association football|football]] professionally.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Hayley |date=20 June 2021 |title=BBC Time star Sean Bean's savage scar from Harrison Ford that actually gave him his big TV break |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/bbc-time-star-sean-beans-20853302 |work=MyLondon |access-date=21 June 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621192843/https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/bbc-time-star-sean-beans-20853302 |archive-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> Bean first attended a local school, Handsworth Junior School, before going to Athelstan School until he was 12, when he went to study at Brook School.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsHpj5FJXjI&t=99s |title=Sean Bean Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions |magazine= WIRED|via=YouTube }}</ref> In 1975, Bean left Brook Comprehensive School with [[General Certificate of Education|O levels]] in Art and English.<ref name="SAS bio">{{cite web |title=Sean Bean – actor |url=http://www.southessex.co.uk/bios/richardsharpe.htm |publisher=Sharpe Appreciation Society |access-date=14 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060916042225/http://www.southessex.co.uk/bios/richardsharpe.htm |archive-date=16 September 2006}}</ref> After a job at a supermarket and another for the local council, he started work at his father's firm. Once a week, he attended [[Rotherham College of Arts and Technology]] to study [[welding]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sean Bean honoured on Sheffield walk of fame |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/8463167.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=16 January 2010 |access-date=28 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215161047/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/8463167.stm |archive-date=15 February 2015}}</ref> While at college, he came upon an art class, and decided to pursue his interest in art. After attending courses at two other colleges, one for half a day and the other for less than a week, he returned to Rotherham College, where he enrolled in a drama course. After some college plays and one at [[Rotherham Civic Theatre and Arts Centre|Rotherham Civic Theatre]], he won a scholarship to the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA), starting a seven-term course in January 1981.<ref name="Tiscali bio" /> Return to Sean Bean.