He is an American animator, best known for his work on Tron: Uprising as a director and executive producer and as director and storyboard supervisor of Robotboy. He also worked as a storyboard artist on Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, and Cow and Chicken. He co-created two pilots for Cartoon Network, one with Don Shank and Carey Yost and one with Chris Reccardi, which was respectively entitled Buy One, Get One Free and IMP, Inc. Bean was also a layout artist on The Ren and Stimpy Show, Animaniacs, and Batman: The Animated Series