Noah Bean

Noah Whipple Bean (born August 20, 1978) is an American actor best known for his roles as Ryan Fletcher on The CW action-thriller series Nikita, as David Connor on the FX legal drama Damages and his leading performance in the independent film The Pill.

Noah Bean
Bean at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Noah Whipple Bean[1]

(1978-08-20) August 20, 1978
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Spouse(s)
(
m. 2016)
Children1

Career

Prior to his role on Damages, Bean had a number of minor and less notable roles on the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Ed, Joan of Arcadia, Numb3rs, and Crumbs, the films Williamstowne and Stay, and a number of commercials.[2]

He labels his signing on the role of David Connor on Damages, the fiancé of the protagonist, as being "lucky", praising the script of the show and also the fact that it is shot in New York City, where he is currently living.[3] He also says he was aware that his character dies in the first season and was disappointed but "thrilled" for the opportunity to have a full season. He also summarizes working with Glenn Close, Željko Ivanek and Ted Danson as "a dream come true".[4] Bean returned for guest appearances in one episode each of the show's second, third, and fifth seasons.

Bean has also been involved in theatre, Broadway and off-Broadway. His first role was in Philadelphia Here I Come!, a role which he was offered when the originally cast actor left the show four days before the opening.[5] He co-runs a theatre company, Stage 13, with several other actors, directors and playwrights, including Dan Fogler, in New York, and although he prefers screen acting, he says, "I love the theater and would always go back to do a play if it was an exciting project."[6] He appeared as a guest star in the episode "Ability" of the TV series Fringe.[7] In 2015, he starred as Aaron Marker in Syfy's Science-Fiction series 12 Monkeys.[8]

He was also a series regular on The CW television series Nikita, as CIA Agent Ryan Fletcher.

Personal life

Bean was born in Boston, Massachusetts.[9] As a child, Bean attended Pine Point School and The Williams School in Connecticut.[2] An only child, he describes himself as being so quiet and shy that his school would phone his parents asking whether anything was wrong at home: "I was deathly shy and basically scared of people in general."[10] In high school his mother encouraged him to become involved in drama, which he says helped him open up, "I found when I had a script in my hand I could speak."[6] He later attended Boston University's College of Fine Arts before he was offered his first theatre role by director Michael Ritchie.[10]

The son of Ruth Crocker, an author, and Richard Robert Bean, a housebuilder, Bean hails from Mystic, Connecticut,[6][11] although he has lived and worked in Los Angeles and is currently living in New York City.[12] He is friends with actor Seth Gabel and director Jack Bender and also says he has come to be good friends with Damages co-actor and on-screen fiancée Rose Byrne.[4]

Bean has been in a relationship with Nikita co-star Lyndsy Fonseca since 2013. In February 2016 Fonseca announced their engagement,[13] and they were married on October 2, 2016.[14] On September 23, 2017 it was announced that Bean and Fonseca were expecting their first baby, a girl,[15] who was born in February 2018, and was named Greta.[16]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Williamstowne Tom
2009 Peter and Vandy Andrew
2009 Hysterical Psycho Chuck
2011 Ghost of New Orleans Paul Marais
2011 The Pill Fred
2012 The Break-Up Tour Mike Short
2012 Ex-Girlfriends Tom
2012 Beneath the Sheets Dave Short
2013 Black Marigolds Ryan Cole
2016 Lemon Barry Short
2017 Curvature Wells
2017 My 'Friend' Mick Niall Short, post-production
2019 The Report Martin Heinrich
2021 King Richard Steven Filming

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000–01 Ed Tim Cooper Guest role (season 1)[A]
2003 Joan of Arcadia Officer Osbourne "Pilot"[A]
2006 Crumbs Paul "Maybe I'm Tony Randall"[A]
2007–2012 Damages David Connor Main role (season 1), guest (season 2–3, 5)[A]
2008 Medium Charles Winters "Drowned World"[A]
2008 The Verdict Nick TV film[B]
2008 Lipstick Jungle Noah Mason "Help!", "Let It Be"[A]
2008 Private Practice Shawn "Crime and Punishment"[A]
2009 The Cleaner Michael Zellman "Does Everybody Have a Drink?"[A]
2009 Dark Blue Scott Mueller Guest role (season 1)[A]
2009 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Art Sloan "The Gang Reignites the Rivalry"[A]
2010 Cold Case Dan Palmer "Two Weddings"[A]
2010–2013 Nikita Ryan Fletcher Recurring role (seasons 1–2), main (seasons 3–4)[A]
2012 Once Upon a Time Daniel Colter "The Stable Boy", "The Doctor"[A]
2014 Gang Related Jason Manning Guest role
2015–16 12 Monkeys Aaron Marker Main role (season 1), guest (season 2)[A]
2016 Elementary Craig Crismond "A Burden of Blood"
2016 Vinyl David Bowie "Cyclone"[A]
2016 12 Monkeys: Recap/Finale Aaron Marker TV film
2017 Shut Eye Foster Hilburn Guest role (season 2)
2017 Civil Ted Wagman TV film
2019 The Enemy Within Christopher Shepherd 4 episodes
2020 The One That Got Away Jeffrey Hudson 2 episodes

References
  1. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theday/obituary.aspx?n=estella-whipple&pid=100578745
  2. "Noah Bean '96 - actor". The Williams School. Archived from the original on 2007-12-06. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  3. Matt Webb Mitovich (21 August 2007). "Damages' Dead Guy Previews What's Ahead!". TV Guide.
  4. Jacki Garfinkel (7 August 2007). "Damages' Noah Bean Speaks About the Death of His Character David Connor". Media Village. Archived from the original on 2007-12-25. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  5. Elyse Sommer (16 August 2001). "Philadelphia Here I Come, review". Curtain Up. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  6. Amrie Cunningham (25 July 2007). "Interview: DAMAGES' Noah Bean". The TV Addict. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  7. "Fringe: Ability". TV.com. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
  8. "Watch the Opening Scene From "12 Monkeys"". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
  9. "About Noah Bean". UGO Networks. IGN. allmovieportal.com. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
  10. Joe Tropia (13 December 2007). "Interview: Noah Bean". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  11. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theday/obituary.aspx?pid=175026708
  12. April MacIntyre (8 August 2007). "Noah Bean: A Connecticut Yankee in "Damages" court". Monsters and Critics. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  13. https://www.instagram.com/p/BBn7N9hxOf5/
  14. "Instagram photo by Lyndsy Fonseca • Oct 5, 2016 at 3:07pmUTC". Instagram. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  15. https://people.com/babies/noah-bean-lyndsy-fonseca-pregnant-expecting-first-child-daughter/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2020-04-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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