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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.
In 1960, engineer and plane crash survivor Jack finds himself in the middle of the Atlantic in a seemingly abandoned lighthouse. Discovering a mysterious entrance, he descends into Rapture, an underwater utopia built by tycoon Andrew Ryan. However, Jack is plunged into a dystopian world of chaos and decay, dominated by lawlessness and rampant scientific experimentation. Andrew Ryan, the founder of Rapture, fights to uphold his vision of an unregulated society, while the sinister Frank Fontaine manipulates behind the scenes. Jack finds himself caught in the conflict between these two forces and teams up with Atlas, a man who vows to guide him through the horrors of Rapture to save his own life. As Jack progresses, he discovers the dark truth behind Rapture and its inhabitants being mutated by ADAM, a substance that grants powers but at a high cost. In a desperate attempt to survive and free Rapture from its decline, Jack is faced with harrowing moral decisions that will test his humanity and resolve.
