# Does anyone die more frequently than Sean Bean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806 "2012-07-20T02:40:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/1 "2012-07-20T02:40:01Z")
So this montage of Sean Bean screen deaths never fails to make me laugh. It’s as if someone really hates Sean Bean, and spent hundreds of millions of dollars so that they could kill him over and over again. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zJODirze5EM/hqdefault.jpg "Sean Bean dies in every movie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJODirze5EM) Can anyone think of any other actors who just seem to die all the time? Alan Rickman seems to bite it a lot (often as villains), as does Liam Neeson (often as a father/mentor figure) but I don’t think they come close to Bean in sheer volume. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/2 "2012-07-20T02:47:55Z")
“Are you a die’r, Mr. Bean? You any good at death scenes?” ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/3 "2012-07-20T02:55:31Z")
Michael Beihn. StG ---
**Author:** ![Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schrodinger_s_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/4 "2012-07-20T03:01:23Z")
One does not simply survive to the end of the film. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/5 "2012-07-20T03:14:08Z")
Kenny on South Park! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/6 "2012-07-20T04:40:31Z")
Michael Shanks? OK, so it was only in _Stargate SG-1_, but he did seem to die an awful lot in it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/7 "2012-07-20T12:28:30Z")
Wilhelm. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/8 "2012-07-20T12:56:08Z")
What movie is the first (before the titles) example in that montage from? ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/9 "2012-07-20T13:03:31Z")
Steve Buscemi? ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/10 "2012-07-20T13:03:32Z")
Are there any movies where he doesn’t die? What makes it happen so often for him? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/11 "2012-07-20T13:09:24Z")
Arthur Darville _[and it’s the same character](http://www.redbubble.com/people/zerobriant/works/7186582-omg-they-killed-rory-posters)_. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/12 "2012-07-20T13:41:45Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Are there any movies where he doesn’t die? _Ronin_, though he does get exposed as a fraud and kicked out of the mercenary club. “What color is the boathouse at Heresford?!” ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/13 "2012-07-20T13:54:46Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Are there any movies where he doesn’t die? National Treasure, though he does Get arrested and presumably gets a long sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/14 "2012-07-20T14:17:30Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Are there any movies where he doesn’t die? Not a movie, but a series - he doesn’t die in _Sharpe_. He does _almost_ die an awful lot, though. ---
**Author:** ![Vicullum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6de8d8/32.png) [@Vicullum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicullum)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/15 "2012-07-20T14:37:52Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Are there any movies where he doesn’t die? > What makes it happen so often for him? He’s a [prolific actor,](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000293/) and he’s played a lot of bad guys and tragic figures, so its only natural for him to have a lot of deaths. Thanks to playing Odysseus he did manage to survive the movie Troy. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/16 "2012-07-20T15:43:37Z")
He’s good looking, but he’s not good looking enough to be the male lead. That’s why he tends to play the villain or the second male lead, neither of whom are known for their extended life spans. The only time he plays the lead is in Indie films, where leads also have a high death rate. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/17 "2012-07-20T17:31:09Z")
Christopher Lee is probably up there. He’s had a long career and he frequently plays villains due to his imposing size and voice. And it’s not just his looks. If the Lord of the Rings commentaries are to be believed, he apparently stabbed a Nazi in the back during WWII. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/18 "2012-07-20T18:06:01Z")
He apparently has the same outlook as [Michael Ironside](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000461/bio). > [@](#): > > I like to play bad guys, since good guys are always beaten up several times during the movie. Bad guys are beaten only once, in the end. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/19 "2012-07-20T18:23:11Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Are there any movies where he doesn’t die? > What makes it happen so often for him? He was Zeus in some movie and didn’t die 🙂 That’s the only one I remember. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806/20 "2012-07-20T20:56:07Z")
[Michele Rodriguez.](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MichelleRodriguez?from=Creator.MichelleRodriguez) She dies so often there is a [TV Tropes page](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VasquezAlwaysDies) dedicated to her: “Tends to die in movies, but in ways that make Eastwood[URL=“[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClintEastwood](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClintEastwood)”] look like a pussy.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-die-more-frequently-than-sean-bean/628806.md?page=2)