List of fictional hackers

This is a list of fictional hackers n comics, films, video games, and other media.

Hollywood films of the 1980s and 1990s typically portrayed hackers as "unintentional criminals" who end up becoming heroes, even as they were hunted by law enforcement.[1]

Comics and sequential art edit

Batman-related comics edit

The Hacker Files edit

  • Jack Marshall (Hacker) – protagonist of The Hacker Files series
  • Barbara Gordon (Oracle)
  • Master Blaster
  • Cowboy
  • Sue Denim
  • Phreaky Phreddy
  • Spider

Ghost Rider 2099 edit

  • Artificial Kidz:
    • Kenshiro "Zero" Cochrane (Ghost Rider)
    • Warewolf
    • Phrack
    • 2600
  • Jimmy Alhazared (Doctor Neon)

Literature edit

Anonymous by Jhala Vs Jhali edit

  • Jhala (Strength)
  • Jhali (Weekness)
  • Anonymous

The Blue Nowhere (Jeffery Deaver novel) edit

  • Wyatt Gillette (Valleyman)
  • Phate (Jon Patrick Holloway)

The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny edit

  • Merlin of Amber aka Merle Corey, the protagonist of the second series
  • Rinaldo aka Lucas "Luke" Reynard, his best friend

Cryptonomicon edit

  • Randy Waterhouse

Discworld edit

  • The Smoking GNU (Mad Al, Sane Alex and Undecided Adrian) – (clacks hackers)
  • Ponder Stibbons (clacks hacker, through Hex)

Drawing Blood edit

Genius series (Catherine Jinks novels) edit

  • Cadel English

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo/Millennium series edit

  • Lisbeth Salander (Wasp) – protagonist
  • Other hackers appearing occasionally, known by nickname only:
    • Plague (Swedish)
    • Trinity (British)
    • Bob the Dog (British)
    • Bilbo (American in Texas)

Hex edit

Holo.Wars: The Black Hats edit

  • Steve Cylander
  • F8th
  • Hauk
  • Dark0

Jurassic Park edit

Kidd series (John Sandford novels) edit

  • Kidd
  • Bobby

Little Brother (Cory Doctorow novel) edit

  • W1n5t0n
  • M1K3Y

Neuromancer edit

Oryx and Crake edit

  • Crake

The Shockwave Rider edit

  • Nick Haflinger

Snow Crash edit

  • Da5id Meier
  • Hiro Protagonist
  • In the context of the plot, Enki is considered to be "the original hacker", capable of modifying the behavior of society
  • Jaunita gains some of the skills attributed to Enki

Splinter Cell series edit

  • Anna Grimsdóttír (Grim)
  • Marcus Greenhorn

Tori Swyft thriller series (John M Green novels) edit

  • FIGJAM Thatcher in The Trusted and The Tao Deception
  • Red Scorpion in The Tao Deception

Film edit

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective edit

  • Woodstock

Antitrust edit

Assassins edit

  • Elektra

Bait edit

  • Bristol

Blackhat edit

  • Nicholas Hathaway
  • Sadak

The Core edit

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie edit

  • Lee Sampson

Cube 2: Hypercube edit

  • Alex Trusk

Die Hard edit

  • Theo

Enemy of the State edit

Furious 7 edit

Ghost in the Machine edit

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex edit

GoldenEye edit

  • Boris Grishenko

Gone in 60 Seconds edit

  • Toby

Hackers edit

  • Kate Libby ("Acid Burn")[1]
  • Ramόn Sánchez ("Phantom Phreak")
  • Paul Cook ("Lord Nikon")
  • Eugene Belford ("The Plague")
  • Dade Murphy ("Zero Cool" a.k.a. "Crash Override")[1]
  • Joey Pardella
  • Emmanuel Goldstein ("Cereal Killer")

Independence Day edit

  • David Levinson (Alien OS hacker)

The Italian Job edit

  • Lyle ("The Real Napster")

Johnny Mnemonic edit

  • Jones (The Dolphin)
  • Strike

Jumpin' Jack Flash edit

  • Jack
  • Terry Doolittle

The Lawnmower Man edit

  • Jobe Smith

Live Free or Die Hard edit

  • Matthew Farrell
  • Thomas Gabriel
  • Freddie ("Warlock")

The Losers edit

  • Jake Jensen

The Matrix edit

Mission: Impossible edit

  • Luther Stickell

National Treasure edit

  • Riley Poole

The Net edit

Ocean's 8 edit

  • Nine Ball

Ocean's 13 edit

Office Space edit

Serenity edit

Sneakers edit

  • Martin Bishop
  • Erwin Emery (Whistler)
  • Darryl Roskow (Mother)

Superman III edit

Swordfish edit

Terminator 2: Judgment Day edit

Trackers (Patrick Carman novel) edit

  • Shantorian

Tron edit

  • Kevin Flynn

WarGames edit

  • David Lightman

Wreck-It Ralph edit

  • King Candy (Turbo)

XXX: State of the Union edit

  • Agent Toby Lee Shavers

Television edit

24 edit

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. edit

Alias edit

Arrow edit

Batman Beyond edit

Battle Programmer Shirase edit

  • Akira Shirase

Birds of Prey edit

Blake's 7 edit

Bloody Monday edit

  • Takagi Fujimaru (Falcon)

Bones edit

Breaking In edit

Buffy the Vampire Slayer edit

Chuck edit

Code Lyoko edit

Continuum edit

Covert Affairs edit

Cowboy Bebop edit

Criminal Minds edit

Hacker handle: The Black Queen

CSI: Cyber edit

Dark Angel edit

Doctor Who edit

Earth: Final Conflict edit

Eden of the East edit

  • Yutaka ("Pantsu") Itazu
  • Juiz

Eureka (American TV series) edit

The Flash (2014) edit

General Hospital edit

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex edit

  • Aoi (Laughing Man)

Inspector Gadget edit

  • Penny Brown

Johnny Chase (T-Mobile commercials) edit

Kim Possible edit

  • Wade

Level 9 edit

  • Roland Travis
  • Margaret "Sosh" Perkins
  • Jargon

Leverage edit

  • Alec Hardison
  • Colin Mason ('Chaos')

Lone Wolf McQuade edit

  • Kayo Ramos

MacGyver edit

  • Kate – (Episode: "Ugly Duckling")

Max Headroom edit

Mr. Robot edit

  • Elliot Alderson: Sam Sepiol
  • Darlene Alderson: Dolores Haze
  • Shama Biswas: Trenton
  • Sunil Markesh: Mobley
  • Leslie Romero
  • Cisco

NCIS edit

Nikita edit

Person of Interest edit

The Raccoons edit

  • Bentley Raccoon

ReBoot edit

  • Mouse

Scandal edit

seaQuest DSV edit

  • Lucas Wolenczak ("Frankenstein")
  • Mark ("Wolfman")
  • Martin Clemens ("Mycroft")

Simon & Simon edit

  • Terry McDaniels (S1:E3 Trapdoors)

Serial Experiments Lain edit

  • Lain Iwakura

Smallville edit

Spider-Man: The Animated Series edit

Team Knight Rider edit

  • Kevin ("Trek") Sanders

Torchwood edit

Undergrads edit

  • Justin Taylor ("Gimpy")

Veronica Mars edit

Warehouse 13 edit

Witch Hunter Robin edit

  • Michael Lee

The X-Files edit

Z Nation edit

Video games edit

Apex Legends edit

  • Crypto

Assassin's Creed: Unity edit

  • Bishop

Command & Conquer: Generals edit

  • Black Lotus

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc edit

  • Chihiro Fujisaki

Deus Ex: Human Revolution edit

  • Frank Pritchard

The Longest Journey edit

Mega Man X edit

  • Middy

Metal Gear Solid edit

Metal Slug edit

Mystic Messenger edit

  • 707
  • Vanderwood
  • Unknown/Saeran/Ray

Hacker Evolution edit

  • Brian Spencer

Hacknet edit

  • Bitwise (Bit)
  • Kaguya (From the DLC Labyrinths)
  • Coel (From the DLC Labyrinths)
  • D3F4ULT (From the DLC Labyrinths)
  • CSEC (Hacking Group inside game.)
  • The Kaguya Trials (DLC Hacker Group in the game)
  • Striker (Rival on the DLC Labyrinths)
  • Naix (Main Game Rival)

Honkai Impact 3rd and Honkai: Star Rail edit

  • Bronya Zaychik

Overwatch edit

Persona 5 edit

Saints Row: The Third edit

  • Kinzie Kensington

Sly Cooper edit

System Shock edit

  • The Hacker
  • Dexter Witer

Team Fortress 2 edit

  • Spy

Vampire: The Masquerade edit

Watch Dogs and Watch Dogs 2 edit

  • Aiden Pearce (The Vigilante/The Fox)
  • JB Marcowicz (Defalt)
  • Raymond Kenney (T-Bone)
  • Damien Brenks
  • Clara Lille (BadBoy17)
  • Johnacious Mailkmon
  • Delford Wade (Iraq)
  • Marcus Holloway (Retr0)
  • Josh Sauchak (Hawt Sauce)
  • Reginald (Wr3nch)
  • Horatio Carlin
  • DedSec – hacker group within the game

Many more can be added.

Role-playing games edit

Cyberpunk 2020 edit

  • Altiera 'Alt' Cunningham
  • Rache Bartmoss
  • Spider Murphy

Shadowrun edit

Multi-media franchises edit

A Certain Magical Index edit

  • Kazari Uiharu, aka The Goalkeeper

Cult of the Dead Cow edit

Ghost in the Shell edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Jecan, Vlad (2011). "Hacking Hollywood: discussing hackers' reactions to three popular films". Journal of Media Research. 4 (2): 95–113 – via EBSCOHost.