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Sharpe's Eagle
Season 1, Episode 2
Humiliated that Sir Henry Simmerson has allowed the French to make off with an English standard, Sharpe vows to make amends by capturing the most jealously guarded battlefield prize of them all - a French eagle emblem touched by the hand of Napoleon himself. Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley and Brian Cox star
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Adventure/War
Historical/Period Drama
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Sean Bean
(Actor)
.. Capt Richard Sharpe
Daragh O'Malley
(Actor)
.. Sgt Patrick Harper
John Tams
(Actor)
.. Rilfeman Hagman
Brian Cox
(Actor)
.. Major Hogan
Assumpta Serna
(Actor)
.. Teresa Moreno
Michael Cochrane
(Actor)
.. Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson
David Troughton
(Actor)
.. Gen Sir Arthur Wellesley
Jason Salkey
(Actor)
.. Rifleman Harris
Tom Clegg
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Sean Bean
(Actor)
.. Capt Richard Sharpe
Born:
April 17, 1959
in
Sheffield
Best Known For:
Blunt-talking soldier Sharpe.
Early-life:
Born Shaun Mark Bean in Sheffield on April 17, 1959, the elder of two children. A fanatical Sheffield United supporter with "100% Blade" tattooed on his shoulder, he left school at 16 with two O-Levels. His first job was working for his father's welding firm, and while he was doing a day-release course at college he stumbled on an acting class. He was later accepted into Rada and made his professional stage debut in 1983 as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury.
Career:
Sean worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company before making his TV debut in a 1984 episode of The Bill. Roles in The Fifteen Streets, Stormy Monday and Patriot Games followed before Lady Chatterley and the first Sharpe TV movies made him a household name in 1993. Other work includes A Woman's Guide to Adultery, Bravo Two Zero, GoldenEye, Ronin, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Equilibrium, Troy, National Treasure and HBO TV series Game of Thrones. He is one of Hollywood's most sought-after character actors and always has a number of productions in the pipeline.
Quote:
"I don't have any problems with women seeing me as their ideal bit of 'rough'. Why would I?"
Trivia:
He has voiced characters in a number of video games.
Daragh O'Malley
(Actor)
.. Sgt Patrick Harper
John Tams
(Actor)
.. Rilfeman Hagman
Brian Cox
(Actor)
.. Major Hogan
Born:
June 01, 1946
in
Dundee
Best Known For:
Being the original Hannibal Lecktor in Manhunter.
Early-life:
Brian Denis Cox was born on June 1, 1946, in Dundee, to an Irish immigrant family. He was the youngest of five children. His mother, Mary Ann Guillerline, worked in the jute mills as a spinner, while his dad, Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, was a weaver and died of cancer when Brian was nine. Brian developed a passion for movies and, inspired by the work of Marlon Brando and Spencer Tracy, decided he wanted to become an actor. At 14, he joined the Dundee Repertory Theatre, and in 1966 honed his craft with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Career:
Cox's earliest TV appearances were as an extra in cult TV series The Prisoner. He has been a mainstay in the world of TV and film ever since, popping up in Hammer House of Horror, Minder, Frasier and Deadwood. He played Hannibal Lecktor in Manhunter, Michael Mann's adaptation of Red Dragon. (The name was later spelled Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs). He has appeared in a string of major Hollywood offerings, including The Long Kiss Goodnight, X-Men 2, Troy, The Bourne Supremacy, Zodiac and Red. On the stage he has appeared in Titus Andronicus, Taming of the Shrew and King Lear. He has also voiced characters in the video games Killzone and Manhunt.
Quote:
"I'm an actor who does really interesting work in independent movies. I want to keep doing that because I don't want the burden of an opening weekend sitting on my shoulders."
Trivia:
In 2003, Cox was awarded a CBE for services to drama.
Assumpta Serna
(Actor)
.. Teresa Moreno
Michael Cochrane
(Actor)
.. Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson
David Troughton
(Actor)
.. Gen Sir Arthur Wellesley
Jason Salkey
(Actor)
.. Rifleman Harris
Tom Clegg
(Director)
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