Sean Bean

13 films on Best Blurays10 in 4K3 in HD

Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959) 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, which originally ran from 1993 to 1997. Bean's film roles include Patriot Games (1992), GoldenEye (1995), Ronin (1998), Don't Say a Word (2001), The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003), Equilibrium (2002), National Treasure (2004), Troy (2004), Flightplan (2005), North Country (2005), The Island (2005), Silent Hill (2006), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Black Death (2010), Jupiter Ascending (2015), and The Martian (2015). His television roles include the BBC anthology series Accused, Broken, Game of Thrones, and the ITV historical drama series Henry VIII and Legends. As a voice actor, Bean has been featured in the video games The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, and the feature films Wolfwalkers and Mummies among others. Bean has also been the main voice over for O2 and their adverts for over 20 years having originally taken the job in 2002. In 2022, Bean won the British Academy Television Award as Leading Actor in Time, a BBC One drama.

Biography from TMDB

By format

List

GoldenEye (1995)

Leading role · Director: Martin Campbell

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

MGM Blu-ray

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray: old DNRed video master

4K Lowry master on Streaming (better than DNRed Blu-ray) and Ultimate Edition DVD more detailed but heavily cropped on all sides

LaserDisc master: excellent LaserDisc video master ported to Special Edition DVD

Best Audio:

Theatrical Dolby Digital 5.1: LaserDisc and Special Edition DVD

Theatrical Dolby Stereo SR: LaserDisc

Theatrical DTS 5.1: DTS LaserDisc

Blu-ray 5.1 new transfer

3.6

Silent Hill (2006)

Leading role · Director: Christophe Gans

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray

3.1

Wolfwalkers (2020)

Leading role · Directors: Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Apple TV+ Streaming

Video Notes:

GKIDS Blu-ray is only 1080p

Audio Notes:

GKIDS Blu-ray only has 5.1 audio. Original theatrical Dolby Atmos mix only on Apple TV+

Possessor (2020)

Supporting role · Director: Brandon Cronenberg

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Second Sight UK 4K Blu-ray

3.6

The Island (2005)

Supporting role · Director: Michael Bay

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Paramount Blu-ray

Video Notes:

US Paramount Blu-ray > International WB Blu-ray

2.9

National Treasure (2004)

Supporting role · Director: Jon Turteltaub

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4K Streaming on Disney+ or Disney Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Disney 4K Blu-ray Steelbook

Best Audio:

US Disney Blu-ray LPCM 5.1

Troy (2004)

Supporting role · Director: Wolfgang Petersen

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Both cuts are excellent in 4K. See caps

Best Audio:

Director's cut: 2007 WB Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Director's cut: 2007 WB Blu-ray; Arrow is a lossy transcode with dynamics compression.
2007 BD's AC-3 track with dynamic range compression enabled is nearly identical to Arrow's, see comparison

Theatrical cut is fine.

3.5

Equilibrium (2002)

Supporting role · Director: Kurt Wimmer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OOP Sony Japan Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

(small caveat: no optional English Subtitles)

See more in breakdown https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=18995256&postcount=1219

Side note, CA Alliance Blu-ray is open-matte, not original aspect ratio, and visual effects are cropped too.

3.3

The Martian (2015)

Supporting role · Director: Ridley Scott

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Extended Cut 4K Blu-Ray

3.8

Ronin (1998)

Supporting role · Director: John Frankenheimer

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Capelight Germany 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

Arrow Blu-ray has the most extras

3.6

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Supporting role · Director: Peter Jackson

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caveat: mostly great video but the 4K Blu-rays have had additional DNR applied in some scenes on top of the DNR that had been applied in post-production and was already present on the DVDs & Blu-rays

The 2020 Blu-ray (the one without the green tint) may be better than the 4K Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

New Line Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

New Line Blu-ray have the original 6.1 mixes

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray set is missing extras from the old Blu-ray/DVD releases

The 2011 Blu-ray notoriously had a green tint, the 2020 one removes it.

4.4

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Small role · Director: Peter Jackson

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K Blu-ray caveat: mostly great video but the 4K Blu-rays have had additional DNR applied in some scenes on top of the DNR that had been applied in post-production and was already present on the DVDs & Blu-rays

The 2020 Blu-ray may be better than the 4K Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

New Line Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

New Line Blu-ray have the original 6.1 mixes

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray set is missing extras from the old Blu-ray/DVD releases

4.5

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Small role · Director: Peter Jackson

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caveat: mostly great video but the 4K Blu-rays have had additional DNR applied in some scenes on top of the DNR that had been applied in post-production and was already present on the DVDs & Blu-rays

The 2020 Blu-ray may be better than the 4K Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

New Line Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

New Line Blu-ray have the original 6.1 mixes

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray set is missing extras from the old Blu-ray/DVD releases

4.4

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