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Agent 47
Agent 47 is a fictional character and the player character of the Hitman stealth game franchise created and developed by IO Interactive. He has been featured in all games of the series, as well as various spin-off media, including two theatrically released films, a series of comics, and two novels. He has been voiced by actor David Bateson in every main entry in the series since its inception in 2000.
The player controls 47, a monotone contract killer without empathy, as he travels around the world to execute hits on various criminals that are assigned to him by Diana Burnwood, his handler within the fictional International Contract Agency (ICA). The character takes his name from being the 47th clone created by various wealthy criminals from around the world, in the hopes of creating an army of obedient soldiers to carry out their commands. As one of the last clones to be created, 47 is among the most skillful, and manages to escape his creators before finding employment with the ICA. When his name is asked, he typically goes by the alias Tobias Rieper.
Agent 47 has been positively received by critics for his moral ambiguity and nuanced characterization, and has been compared positively to fellow stealth-action protagonists like Solid Snake, Lara Croft, and Sam Fisher.
Agent 47 was originally created for Hitman: Codename 47 (2000). He went through multiple revisions, including "a mean old hairy guy" to having "hi-tech glasses," before they settled on his final design. He is a bald man with a tattoo on the back of his head in the style of a barcode. This was added to give players something to look at while they played, with the in-game lore being that he needed to be distinguishable from clones of him. He is monotone and lacks empathy. His name comes from the fact that he is the 47th clone created.
Agent 47 is typically seen wearing a black suit, black leather gloves and shoes, and a burgundy tie, though he can change his outfit during gameplay. More inspiration came from comic books, Hong Kong films, and similar media. The idea of a clone whose future is decided by the people that created him intrigued the Hitman team. The idea of creating the "ultimate assassin" by cloning evolved with the character before the first game was completed. Agent 47 is voiced in the video game series by David Bateson, who was the basis for his appearance.
Agent 47 is introduced in Hitman: Codename 47 (2000) as a mysterious patient of a sanatorium in Romania who escapes and is subsequently recruited by the International Contract Agency (ICA) as an assassin. Over the course of the game, 47 travels to Hong Kong, Colombia, Budapest, and Rotterdam to eliminate four seemingly unrelated targets. His final mission takes him back to the Romanian sanatorium, where he discovers the truth about his origins: he is a genetically engineered clone and all of his previous targets were his genetic donors, or "fathers", who gave their DNA to be cloned in the hopes of creating an army of obedient and highly-skilled soldiers. At the game's climax, 47 comes face-to-face with his creator and final genetic donor, Professor Ort-Meyer, who unleashes an army of clones dubbed "No. 48s" to eliminate 47. 47 defeats the clones, then confronts and kills Ort-Meyer.
In the sequel Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2002), 47 has retired from his career as a contract killer and is leading a simple life as a gardener at a Sicilian church, trying to reconcile with his troubled past. After his new mentor, the Reverend Emilio Vittorio, is kidnapped, 47 reluctantly returns to the ICA, who hire him to assassinate more targets across the globe in exchange for their help in tracking down Vittorio. Over the course of the game, 47 uncovers a conspiracy involving the sale of a nuclear warhead, masterminded by Sergei Zavorotko, the brother of one of 47's genetic donors. Sergei orchestrated Vittorio's kidnapping to lure 47 out of retirement, so that he would eliminate everyone involved with the sale. After learning Sergei has taken Vittorio back to his church, 47 kills the former and rescues Vittorio, then returns to work for the ICA full-time, believing he will never be able to have a peaceful life.
In Hitman: Contracts (2004), after being near-fatally injured during a mission in Paris, 47 recovers at his hotel room while experiencing flashbacks of his past contracts. He then eliminates his target, who was warned that 47 was coming beforehand by a rival contract killing organization called the Franchise. This leads into the events of Hitman: Blood Money (2006), where 47 and his handler, Diana Burnwood, attempt to stop the Franchise from purging the ICA and acquiring the cloning technology that created 47. After the ICA is wiped out with the exception of 47 and Diana, the latter helps the former fake his death and eliminates the Franchise's leader who comes to attend his funeral. With the Franchise dismantled, Diana steals their resources and uses them to restart the ICA.
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Agent 47
Agent 47 is a fictional character and the player character of the Hitman stealth game franchise created and developed by IO Interactive. He has been featured in all games of the series, as well as various spin-off media, including two theatrically released films, a series of comics, and two novels. He has been voiced by actor David Bateson in every main entry in the series since its inception in 2000.
The player controls 47, a monotone contract killer without empathy, as he travels around the world to execute hits on various criminals that are assigned to him by Diana Burnwood, his handler within the fictional International Contract Agency (ICA). The character takes his name from being the 47th clone created by various wealthy criminals from around the world, in the hopes of creating an army of obedient soldiers to carry out their commands. As one of the last clones to be created, 47 is among the most skillful, and manages to escape his creators before finding employment with the ICA. When his name is asked, he typically goes by the alias Tobias Rieper.
Agent 47 has been positively received by critics for his moral ambiguity and nuanced characterization, and has been compared positively to fellow stealth-action protagonists like Solid Snake, Lara Croft, and Sam Fisher.
Agent 47 was originally created for Hitman: Codename 47 (2000). He went through multiple revisions, including "a mean old hairy guy" to having "hi-tech glasses," before they settled on his final design. He is a bald man with a tattoo on the back of his head in the style of a barcode. This was added to give players something to look at while they played, with the in-game lore being that he needed to be distinguishable from clones of him. He is monotone and lacks empathy. His name comes from the fact that he is the 47th clone created.
Agent 47 is typically seen wearing a black suit, black leather gloves and shoes, and a burgundy tie, though he can change his outfit during gameplay. More inspiration came from comic books, Hong Kong films, and similar media. The idea of a clone whose future is decided by the people that created him intrigued the Hitman team. The idea of creating the "ultimate assassin" by cloning evolved with the character before the first game was completed. Agent 47 is voiced in the video game series by David Bateson, who was the basis for his appearance.
Agent 47 is introduced in Hitman: Codename 47 (2000) as a mysterious patient of a sanatorium in Romania who escapes and is subsequently recruited by the International Contract Agency (ICA) as an assassin. Over the course of the game, 47 travels to Hong Kong, Colombia, Budapest, and Rotterdam to eliminate four seemingly unrelated targets. His final mission takes him back to the Romanian sanatorium, where he discovers the truth about his origins: he is a genetically engineered clone and all of his previous targets were his genetic donors, or "fathers", who gave their DNA to be cloned in the hopes of creating an army of obedient and highly-skilled soldiers. At the game's climax, 47 comes face-to-face with his creator and final genetic donor, Professor Ort-Meyer, who unleashes an army of clones dubbed "No. 48s" to eliminate 47. 47 defeats the clones, then confronts and kills Ort-Meyer.
In the sequel Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2002), 47 has retired from his career as a contract killer and is leading a simple life as a gardener at a Sicilian church, trying to reconcile with his troubled past. After his new mentor, the Reverend Emilio Vittorio, is kidnapped, 47 reluctantly returns to the ICA, who hire him to assassinate more targets across the globe in exchange for their help in tracking down Vittorio. Over the course of the game, 47 uncovers a conspiracy involving the sale of a nuclear warhead, masterminded by Sergei Zavorotko, the brother of one of 47's genetic donors. Sergei orchestrated Vittorio's kidnapping to lure 47 out of retirement, so that he would eliminate everyone involved with the sale. After learning Sergei has taken Vittorio back to his church, 47 kills the former and rescues Vittorio, then returns to work for the ICA full-time, believing he will never be able to have a peaceful life.
In Hitman: Contracts (2004), after being near-fatally injured during a mission in Paris, 47 recovers at his hotel room while experiencing flashbacks of his past contracts. He then eliminates his target, who was warned that 47 was coming beforehand by a rival contract killing organization called the Franchise. This leads into the events of Hitman: Blood Money (2006), where 47 and his handler, Diana Burnwood, attempt to stop the Franchise from purging the ICA and acquiring the cloning technology that created 47. After the ICA is wiped out with the exception of 47 and Diana, the latter helps the former fake his death and eliminates the Franchise's leader who comes to attend his funeral. With the Franchise dismantled, Diana steals their resources and uses them to restart the ICA.