Noah Bean

**Noah Whipple Bean** 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*.

## 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.

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. 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". 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. 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." He appeared as a guest star in the episode "Ability" of the TV series *Fringe*. In 2015, he starred as Aaron Marker in Syfy's Science-Fiction series *12 Monkeys*.

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. As a child, Bean attended Pine Point School and The Williams School in Connecticut. 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." 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." He later attended Boston University's College of Fine Arts before he was offered his first theatre role by director Michael Ritchie.

The son of Ruth Crocker, an author, and Richard Robert Bean, a housebuilder, Bean hails from Mystic, Connecticut, although he has lived and worked in Los Angeles and is currently living in New York City. 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.

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

## Trivia

* Noah Whipple Bean hails from Mystic, Connecticut, and is the son of Ruth (Whipple) Crocker, an author, and Richard Robert Bean, a housebuilder. He attended Boston University's College of Fine Arts where he received his BFA and then continued his studies at both the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the London Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts.
* His wife, Nikita (2010) co-star Lyndsy Fonseca, is currently pregnant with the couple's first child. The child is due in February 2018.
	+ (February 2, 2018) Welcomed daughter, Greta Lilia Bean with wife Lyndsy Fonseca.
* He attended Boston University's College of Fine Arts before earning a number of small roles in shows like Joan of Arcadia.
* He co-runs the New York theater company Stage 13.
* He married actress Lyndsy Fonseca on October 2, 2016. They welcomed a daughter named Greta in 2018.
* He became real-life friends with Damages co-star, Rose Byrne.