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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.
After the deaths of the dead Oedipus’ sons Eteocles and Polynices (who have both recently died at each other’s hands in a civil war for the Theban throne), Oedipus' brother-in-law and new Theban King Creon has ordered the public honoring of Eteocles and the public shaming of Thebes' traitor Polynices. However, their sister Antigone attempts to bury the body of Polynices, going against her uncle Creon’s decree and placing her relationship with her brother above human laws. As a result she is captured, tried and sentenced to death by live entombment. Eventually, Antigone hangs herself in her underground tomb, which leads to the suicide of her fiancé and Croen’s son, Haemon. Upon learning of her son’s death, Creon’s wife, Eurydice, kills herself too.
