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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.
Oedipus, King of Thebes, eagerly tries to search for the murderer of Laius, the previous king of Thebes, in order to end a plague ravaging Thebes, only to ultimately realize that he himself is the killer he is looking for. Ironically, Oedipus thought he had avoided fulfilling a prophecy foretelling that he would kill his own father and marry his mother. However, he then realizes that King Laius was his own father, whom he had unwittingly killed years before, and his wife Jocasta (whom he had married as a reward resolving the riddle of the Sphinx) was his own mother. When the truth is finally revealed, Jocasta hangs herself while Oedipus, horrified at his patricide and incest, gouges out his own eyes in despair, blinding himself, and begs his brother-in-law, Creon, to banish him from Thebes.
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