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Sharpe's Company
Season 2, Episode 1
The return of an old enemy leads to a series of problems, beginning with the loss of Sharpe's hard-earned captaincy, and culminating in a race against time to rescue his lover Teresa and their baby from the beleaguered city of Badajoz before Wellesley's forces attack. Military adventure, starring Sean Bean and Pete Postlethwaite
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Adventure/War
Historical/Period Drama
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Sean Bean
(Actor)
.. Capt Richard Sharpe
Assumpta Serna
(Actor)
.. Teresa Moreno
Pete Postlethwaite
(Actor)
.. Sgt Obadiah Hakeswill
Michael Byrne
(Actor)
.. Major Nairn
Clive Francis
(Actor)
.. Col Windham
Hugh Fraser
(Actor)
.. Lord Wellington
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.
Assumpta Serna
(Actor)
.. Teresa Moreno
Pete Postlethwaite
(Actor)
.. Sgt Obadiah Hakeswill
Michael Byrne
(Actor)
.. Major Nairn
Clive Francis
(Actor)
.. Col Windham
Hugh Fraser
(Actor)
.. Lord Wellington
Tom Clegg
(Director)
