Tamara Knight is introduced in the novel Ark Angel as Nikolei Drevin's personal assistant. In the Stormbreaker film, she is played by Sophie Okonedo, and in the Alex Rider TV series she is played by Vicky McClure. Jones has two children, both of whom have been taken by her undercover Russian spy husband, Hans Meyer, to Nightshade at a young age. Jones had always opposed using Alex and is reluctant of sending him on missions once she takes over from Blunt. Unlike Alan Blunt, who openly forces and blackmails Alex into many of his missions, Mrs. Jones has never even been inside of his house, despite knowing him better than anyone else in Special Operations. Blunt insists their personal and professional lives remain separate consequently, Mrs. Lâle "Tulip" Jones is formerly second-in-command at MI6 and was Alan Blunt's closest associate, before succeeding him in becoming head of MI6 following the events of Scorpia Rising. He is portrayed by Brenock O'Connor in the Alex Rider TV series. He first appeared in the novel Scorpia, and has since appeared in Crocodile Tears, Scorpia Rising and Nightshade. Tom Harris is Alex's best friend at Brookland High School. When Alex escapes from Force Three, Nikolei invites Alex to stay with them for a few days and view the launch of Ark Angel. When Force Three attempts to kidnap Paul, Alex is kidnapped instead after he pretends he is Paul. Alex and Paul first meet in hospital, where Alex is recovering from a bullet wound, and Paul is recovering from appendicitis. Paul Drevin is the son of Russian multibillionaire Nikolei Drevin, a minor antagonist of Ark Angel. He is portrayed by Ben Peel in the series. His codename, depending on whenever the different editions of the books were published, is either "Fox" or "Wolf": in post-2010 editions of the novels, he is "Wolf", while in pre-2010 editions he is "Fox". In Snakehead, it is revealed from his accent that he comes from Liverpool. Alex later meets Ben again, where he takes him to an MI6 outpost in Bangkok. In Snakehead, Ben secretly kills Anan Sukit, who was attempting to shoot Alex after he had beaten Sukit's fighter "Sunthorn" in an arena fight. He first meets Alex at an SAS training camp in the Brecon Beacons, where Alex was sent by MI6 for training. In the TV series, he is played by Ace Bhatti, once again under the name "John Crawley".īen Daniels is a minor protagonist who has appeared in Stormbreaker, Snakehead and Never Say Die. In the film adaption of Stormbreaker, he was portrayed by Jimmy Carr, with the character's name changed (by an unusual request from the real MI6) to "John Crawford". He is known to have worked with John Rider, Alex's father, on a number of occasions and is described as having "the kind of face you forget while you're still looking at it". John Crawley has been described as an "office manager" for MI6, and often acts as a messenger between Alex Rider and Special Operations, such as delivering him to MI6 in Stormbreaker and Point Blanc, informing him of his mission in Skeleton Key, visiting him in hospital in Ark Angel and, most recently, leading the "Invisible Man" operation against Harold Bulman in Crocodile Tears. In the Alex Rider TV series, Joe Byrne is reimagined as a woman and the Deputy CIA Jo Bryne, played by Rakie Ayola. Unlike the more cold and manipulative Blunt, who was not above blackmailing Alex to accept missions for him, Byrne generally appeared more willing to simply ask Alex for help rather than forcing him to do something he didn't want to do, and displayed a strong respect for Alex when they worked together. Joe Byrne is the head of the CIA, who has worked with Alex on three separate occasions. In the film Stormbreaker, Blunt was portrayed by Bill Nighy, and in the TV series he is portrayed by Stephen Dillane. It is stated in the same book that he receives knighthood following his retirement. Jones, takes over from the end of Scorpia Rising onwards. His assistant Lâle "Tulip" Jones, known better as Mrs. After the events of the book Scorpia Rising and Scorpia's demise, Alan Blunt retires from his role at MI6, supposedly forced to by pressure from higher-ups. Blunt is dedicated to his job and has a very analytical mind. From the book Point Blanc, it is said that he had graduated with a First-Class Honours degree in mathematics from Cambridge University. Throughout the series he is known for wearing a grey suit and grey glasses and being driven around in a Rolls-Royce. He is an aloof, impassive, and ruthless man. The following is a list of the protagonists recurring, appearing in, or referred to in the Alex Rider series, listed alphabetically.Īlan Blunt was the head of MI6 Special Operations until Scorpia Rising.
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