Sean Bean is a man of many faces in �Legends,� arriving Wednesday on TNT. He�s an FBI deep cover operative (DCO) who assumes fabricated identities to get close with very bad people (VBP?) and set them up for a fall.

This is a nice change of pace for Bean, cast too often as either the villain in crime dramas or the hero in costume epics (including �Lord of the Rings� and �Game of Thrones�).

But �Legends� doesn�t stray all that far from the mainstream of Bean�s resume. His Martin Odum is a rough-hewn hero, prone to defy authority and disappoint those who care about him. What he loves most is the job.

Based on the book �Legends: A Novel of Dissimulation,� by Robert Littell, the series was developed by Howard Gordon (�24,� �Homeland�), Jeffrey Nachmanoff and Mark Bomback. In undercover speak, we�re told, �legend� is the word for a fabricated identity.