In August 2012, Bean appeared as cross-dressing teacher Simon in the opening episode of the second season of UK television series "Accused", a role which would earn him a Royal Television Society best actor award. He starred in "Soldiers of Fortune" and the 2012 film "Cleanskin", in which he plays a secret service agent faced with the task of pursuing and eliminating a suicide bomber and his terrorist cell. In 2012 he also appeared in Tarsem Singh's Snow White film, "Mirror Mirror", which was released in the U.S. in March. He also reprised his role as Christopher Da Silva in the "Silent Hill" film sequel "", and co-starred in the ABC drama series "Missing", which premiered in early 2012.