| Sylar/Gabriel Gray | |
|---|---|
 Zachary Quinto as Sylar/Gabriel Gray | |
| First appearance | "One Giant Leap" |
| Portrayed by | Zachary Quinto |
| Information | |
| Ability | Intuitive aptitude; several acquired powers, see below |
| Real name | Gabriel Gray |
Gabriel Gray, more commonly known by his assumed name of Sylar, is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists on the NBC drama Heroes. Zachary John Quinto (born June 2, 1977) is an American Television Actor known for his roles as Adam Kaufman on " One Giant Leap " is the third episode of the first season of the NBC Science fiction drama series Heroes. Zachary John Quinto (born June 2, 1977) is an American Television Actor known for his roles as Adam Kaufman on A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) An antagonist (from Greek ανταγωνιστής - antagonistes, "opponent competitor rival" is a character or The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Heroes is an American Science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September Portrayed by Zachary Quinto, he is a super-powered serial killer who targets other superhumans in order to steal their powers. Zachary John Quinto (born June 2, 1977) is an American Television Actor known for his roles as Adam Kaufman on A serial killer is a person who Murders usually three or more people with a "cooling off" period between each murder and whose motivation for killing is largely based A superhuman is an entity with intelligence or abilities exceeding normal human standards Sylar serves as the primary antagonist of the first season of the series. An antagonist (from Greek ανταγωνιστής - antagonistes, "opponent competitor rival" is a character or
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Concept and creation
The original concept of Sylar was that he killed the victim, ate their brain, and "digested their power"; however, in order to avoid the potential silliness and zombie associations, they decided to deliberately make this fact vague in the series. zombie is a reanimated human corpse Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled [1]
Prior to Quinto's first appearance in the episode "Seven Minutes to Midnight", the role of Sylar is played by stunt doubles, with the character's face being obscured by shadows. " Seven Minutes to Midnight " is the eighth episode of the first season of the NBC Science fiction drama series Heroes Sylar's voice during a telephone conversation is that of voice actor Maurice LaMarche. Maurice LaMarche (born March 30, 1958) is a Canadian Voice actor and former stand up Comedian. [2]
Personality
Sylar was raised as the son of a watchmaker, but he always felt that he deserved more in life and that he was special. A watchmaker is an Artisan who makes and repairs Watches A modern watchmaker is more likely to repair a wristwatch or a pocketwatch than to actually create a watch These desires and the "evolutionary imperative" to acquire new abilities are what drives him to kill the victims with powers. eVolution is the third Album by eLDee, it was due to be released in 2008 Taking the name Sylar from the brand of watch that he wears, he has shed all connections to his previous life as Gabriel Gray. He takes this to the point of becoming angry when called Gabriel with the exceptions of when he visited his mother and when he temporarily loses his powers. Quinto has said of his character, "The sad part is, he's initially well-intentioned. He wants to improve his life. He wants to make a difference. He wants to matter. Through the process of realizing how to do that, he gets blinded and loses himself in the pursuit of it and goes a little crazy—'a little' being an understatement. "[3]
Quinto has also stated that "He's definitely somebody that has been overcome by a hunger and overcome by a pursuit for power and for importance that did start a little more innocuously than it evolved into. " When asked if he thought Sylar was irredeemable or not, Quinto responded, "I think there's a certain point at which you cross a line and it's sort of irrevocable. . . . I don't know what the writers have in mind, but it would probably be kind of a challenge at this point, you know?"[2]
Character history
Genesis
The episode "Six Months Ago" reveals that Sylar's real name is Gabriel Gray, a highly talented watch repairman. " Six Months Ago " is the tenth episode of the first season of the NBC Science fiction drama series Heroes A watch is a timepiece that is made to be worn on a person The term now usually refers to a wristwatch, which is worn on the wrist with a strap or Bracelet. Maintenance repair and operations or maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO is fixing any sort of mechanical or Electrical device should it He encounters Chandra Suresh, who tells Gabriel that he may be an evolved human with superhuman powers. This is a list of Fictional characters in the television series Heroes and the ''Heroes'' graphic novels. Gabriel eagerly submits to testing. After being rejected by Suresh because the test results are indeterminate, Gray contacts another person on Suresh's list, Davis. Gray discovers that he himself has the power of intuitive aptitude, and murders Davis for his telekinetic powers. The term psychokinesis (from the Greek ψυχή, "psyche" meaning mind soul heart or breath; and κίνησις, "kinesis" After returning to Suresh, he becomes "Patient Zero", and continues to work with Suresh until Suresh realizes that Sylar is murdering the people that they meet. He kills Suresh soon after.
Sylar is first mentioned in the series as a mysterious serial killer sought out by the FBI, whose existence is completely speculative. A serial killer is a person who Murders usually three or more people with a "cooling off" period between each murder and whose motivation for killing is largely based Appearing as shadowy figure, he attempts to obtain Molly Walker's power after failing the first time, obtains the power of Charlie Andrews, and attempts to obtain Claire Bennet's regenerative abilities, but is stopped by Peter Petrelli. Molly Walker, portrayed by Adair Tishler, is a Fictional character on the NBC Science fiction drama series Heroes This is an alphabetical list of characters with special abilities appearing in the television series Heroes as well as the ''Heroes'' graphic novels. Claire Bennet, portrayed by Hayden Panettiere, is a Fictional character on the NBC Science fiction drama series Heroes A healing factor is a term used to describe the ability of some characters in Fiction to recover from bodily injuries or disease at a superhuman rate Peter Petrelli, portrayed by Milo Ventimiglia, is a Fictional character on the NBC Science fiction drama series Heroes After being stopped, he is greatly injured and is captured by Eden McCain and the Haitian to be experimented on. This is an alphabetical list of characters with special abilities appearing in the television series Heroes as well as the ''Heroes'' graphic novels. The Haitian is a Fictional character on the NBC television series Heroes, portrayed by Haitian actor Jimmy Jean-Louis. After various experiments, Sylar manages to escape, but he is again repelled from an attempt to obtain Claire's power.
Remembering Suresh's list, Sylar makes his way to Zane Taylor, and by posing as the person Zane was expecting, Mohinder Suresh, he kills him and obtains his power. This is an alphabetical list of characters with special abilities appearing in the television series Heroes as well as the ''Heroes'' graphic novels. Mohinder Suresh is a Fictional character on the NBC Drama Heroes, portrayed by Sendhil Ramamurthy. After Mohinder arrives, Sylar poses as Zane, and convinces Mohinder to take him to help convince other people with special abilities that Mohinder’s research is real. After meeting and obtaining enhanced hearing from a woman named Dale, Mohinder discovers Sylar's identity and manages to incapacitate him with drugs. After experimenting on Sylar to create a new list of people with special powers and attempting to kill him, Mohinder is captured. After Peter shows up and is temporarily killed by Sylar, Mohinder knocks him out, but ends up leaving Isaac Mendez's address on the ground. Isaac Mendez is a Fictional character in the NBC Drama Heroes.
After meeting Isaac, and being told that his fate is to die at the hands of the other heroes, he takes Isaac's power to paint the future. He soon finishes a painting depicting himself about to kill and absorb the power of the radioactive Ted Sprague, and believes himself to be the "exploding man". This is an alphabetical list of characters with special abilities appearing in the television series Heroes as well as the ''Heroes'' graphic novels. Believing that only those that "don't deserve" their powers are the ones that need to die, he doesn't want to kill innocent people. After attempting to confide in Mohinder, he returns home to his mother in the hope that she will tell him that it is fine not to be special and live as a normal watchmaker. She tells him that he can be anything, including the president, causing him to demonstrate his powers and accidentally injure her. This causes her to panic, which eventually leads to her death, and Sylar deciding that his path is correct.
After absorbing the radioactive powers of Ted, Sylar paints a picture of himself facing off against Peter Petrelli at Kirby Plaza. Realizing Peter is part of his final destiny, Sylar prepares to hunt him down. Before he can leave, Ando Masahashi arrives to kill him, though Ando is easily thwarted. Ando Masahashi is a Fictional character on the NBC Drama Heroes, played by James Kyson Lee. After discovering the comic depicting his death at the hands of Hiro Nakamura, Hiro appears and rescues Ando. is a character on the NBC Drama Heroes who possesses the ability of space-time manipulation enabling him to teleport, manipulate time Sylar sets off for Kirby Plaza to wait for Peter. After a struggle involving Sylar, Peter, Matt Parkman, and Niki Sanders, Peter begins the process of exploding, showing Sylar that he is not the exploding man. Matthew "Matt" Parkman is a Fictional character in the 2006 NBC drama Heroes, played by Greg Grunberg. Nicole "Niki" Sanders is a Fictional character portrayed by Ali Larter in the television series Heroes. Soon after, Hiro arrives and stabs Sylar as the comic depicts, which causes him to collapse.
Generations
Sylar is rescued by Candice Wilmer, who uses her powers of illusion to make Sylar disappear. This is an alphabetical list of characters with special abilities appearing in the television series Heroes as well as the ''Heroes'' graphic novels. After undergoing eight surgeries, he eventually awakes and realizes that he cannot use his powers. Though Candice promises that they will come back eventually, he kills her and attempts to absorb her power in order to start over. After realizing that it also doesn't work, he attempts to leave, though he realizes that he is in the middle of a dense jungle in Mexico. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. After wandering for three days, he is rescued from the brink of death by the passing by Maya Herrera and Alejandro Herrera. Maya Herrera is a Fictional character in the NBC Drama Heroes, portrayed by Dania Ramírez. This is an alphabetical list of characters with special abilities appearing in the television series Heroes as well as the ''Heroes'' graphic novels. He introduces himself using his real name, and eventually finds out that they are in search of Chandra Suresh to help control Maya's power. He tells them that he knows Suresh, and that he will take them to him.
He continues to travel with them, and while Alejandro becomes more distrustful of Sylar, Maya becomes more trusting of him. After teaching Maya to control her powers, he convinces her that her brother hates her and that in her heart she wanted to see his fiancé dead. Convincing her to send Alejandro away, Sylar is eventually confronted by Alejandro, he kills him, but states that he would have let Alejandro go had he not come back. Soon after, Maya confesses her love for Gabriel, and they reach Mohinder's apartment. Sylar attempts to obtain a cure for his condition, later revealed to be the same strain of the Shanti Virus which Niki was infected with. Upon finding that Sylar cannot use any of his obtained abilities, Mohinder attempts to kill Sylar, causing Maya to find out Sylar's true intentions. Sylar then takes Maya, Mohinder and Molly hostage, and later forcing Mohinder to give Sylar the cure. He escapes with the cure, however injured due to an attack from Elle.
Villains
At the start of Volume Three: "Villains", Sylar injects himself with the cure, healing his wounds and apparently regaining use of his powers. He tests out his telekinesis by summoning a can to his hand, ominously remarking, "I'm back. The term psychokinesis (from the Greek ψυχή, "psyche" meaning mind soul heart or breath; and κίνησις, "kinesis" "
Powers, abilities and skills
When Sylar first meets Chandra Suresh six months prior to the series' starting point, he is described as having "intuitive aptitude", the ability to know how things work by looking at them. This is a list of Fictional characters in the television series Heroes and the ''Heroes'' graphic novels. " Six Months Ago " is the tenth episode of the first season of the NBC Science fiction drama series Heroes This ability to see and manipulate patterns within complex systems made him an expert at restoring time pieces. He is able to discern any problems, with any given watch, almost instantly. He later uses this ability to locate the source of the power in the brain of his victims, enabling him to steal their abilities. Mr. Bennet mentions that Sylar's powers are a product of using foreign DNA to alter his own. Noah Bennet, also known as the man in Horn-Rimmed Glasses or simply Mr Deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) is a Nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known While the original concept was that Sylar ate the brains of his victims to absorb their powers, it was later changed, and it was left intentionally ambiguous as to how Sylar does so once he removes a victim's brain. The brain is the center of the Nervous system in animals All Vertebrates and the majority of Invertebrates have a brain [1] When Tim Kring was asked if Sylar eats brains, he stated that "that's the popular speculation. Richard Timothy "Tim" Kring (born July 9, 1957 in El Dorado County, California, United States) is an American There is a connection between the powers and the brain - and Sylar has found it. "[4]
Of all the powers Sylar has acquired, his most prominently displayed power is telekinesis, which was the first power he absorbed. The term psychokinesis (from the Greek ψυχή, "psyche" meaning mind soul heart or breath; and κίνησις, "kinesis" Compared to the limited abilities Davis displayed, Sylar's skill with telekinesis is much more advanced. He has demonstrated fine enough control to smoothly cut open the skulls of his victims and can exert enough force to flip a police van. When tested by Bennet's associate, Hank, Sylar shows no overt signs of any power besides telekinesis. This is a list of Fictional characters in the television series Heroes and the ''Heroes'' graphic novels.
A list of Sylar's known powers includes:
| Ability | Character obtained from |
|---|---|
| Telekinesis | Brian Davis |
| Cryokinesis | Unknown |
| Enhanced Memory | Charlene Andrews |
| Liquification | Zane Taylor |
| Enhanced hearing | Dale Smither |
| Precognitive painting | Isaac Mendez |
| Radiation manipulation | Ted Sprague |
Reception
Sylar was named one of the best new villains on TV by Entertainment Weekly. The term psychokinesis (from the Greek ψυχή, "psyche" meaning mind soul heart or breath; and κίνησις, "kinesis" This is an alphabetical list of characters with special abilities appearing in the television series Heroes as well as the ''Heroes'' graphic novels. Eidetic memory, photographic memory, or total recall is the ability to recall Images Sounds, or objects in Memory This is an alphabetical list of characters with special abilities appearing in the television series Heroes as well as the ''Heroes'' graphic novels. In Physics, to liquefy (sometimes spelled liquify) means to turn something into the Liquid state This is an alphabetical list of characters with special abilities appearing in the television series Heroes as well as the ''Heroes'' graphic novels. This is an alphabetical list of characters with special abilities appearing in the television series Heroes as well as the ''Heroes'' graphic novels. Precognition (from the Latin præ- “prior to” + cognitio “a getting to know” denotes a form of Extrasensory perception where in a person is said to perceive This is an alphabetical list of characters with special abilities appearing in the television series Heroes as well as the ''Heroes'' graphic novels. In generalDO NOT ADD INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT CONCERN COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS This is an alphabetical list of characters with special abilities appearing in the television series Heroes as well as the ''Heroes'' graphic novels. Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is a Magazine published by Time Inc [5] Sylar was also named the best villain of 2007 by IGN[6].
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