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This is a list of fictional hackers in comics, films, video games, and other media.
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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
Batman-related comics
- Lonnie Machin (Moneyspider): an anarchist vigilante, featured in Anarky and various Batman-related comics, published by DC Comics
- Tim Drake (Robin): the third Robin of the Batman Family, published by DC Comics
- Barbara Gordon (Oracle): a major character in various Batman-related comics and Birds of Prey
- Noah Kuttler (The Calculator): brilliant hacker villain in DC Comics
- Wendy Harris (Proxy)
The Hacker Files
- Jack Marshall (Hacker) – protagonist of The Hacker Files series
- Barbara Gordon (Oracle)
- Master Blaster
- Cowboy
- Sue Denim
- Phreaky Phreddy
- Spider
Ghost Rider 2099
- Artificial Kidz:
- Kenshiro "Zero" Cochrane (Ghost Rider)
- Warewolf
- Phrack
- 2600
- Jimmy Alhazared (Doctor Neon)
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Literature
Anonymous by Jhala vs. Jhali
- Jhala (Strength)
- Jhali (Weekness)
- Anonymous
The Blue Nowhere (Jeffery Deaver novel)
- Wyatt Gillette (Valleyman)
- Phate (Jon Patrick Holloway)
The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
- Merlin of Amber aka Merle Corey, the protagonist of the second series
- Rinaldo aka Lucas "Luke" Reynard, his best friend
Cryptonomicon
- Randy Waterhouse
Discworld
- The Smoking GNU (Mad Al, Sane Alex and Undecided Adrian) – (clacks hackers)
- Ponder Stibbons (clacks hacker, through Hex)
Drawing Blood
- Zach Bosch
Genius series (Catherine Jinks novels)
- Cadel English
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo/Millennium series
- 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
- Raven – Hex, Hex: Shadows, Hex: Ghosts
Holo.Wars: The Black Hats
- Steve Cylander
- F8th
- Hauk
- Dark0
Jurassic Park
Kidd series (John Sandford novels)
- Kidd
- Bobby
Little Brother (Cory Doctorow novel)
- W1n5t0n
- M1K3Y
Neuromancer
Oryx and Crake
- Crake
The Shockwave Rider
- Nick Haflinger
Snow Crash
- 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
- Anna Grimsdóttír (Grim)
- Marcus Greenhorn
Tori Swyft thriller series (John M. Green novels)
- FIGJAM Thatcher in The Trusted and The Tao Deception
- Red Scorpion in The Tao Deception
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Film
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
- Woodstock
Antitrust
- Milo Hoffman
Assassins
- Elektra
Bait
- Bristol
Blackhat
- Nicholas Hathaway
- Sadak
The Core
- Taz Finch ("Ratt")
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
- Lee Sampson
Cube 2: Hypercube
- Alex Trusk
Die Hard
- Theo
Enemy of the State
- Edward Lyle (Brill)
Furious 7
Ghost in the Machine
- Karl Hochman
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
GoldenEye
- Boris Grishenko
Gone in 60 Seconds
- Toby
Hackers
Independence Day
- David Levinson (Alien OS hacker)
The Italian Job
- Lyle ("The Real Napster")
Johnny Mnemonic
- Jones (The Dolphin)
- Strike
Jumpin' Jack Flash
- Jack
- Terry Doolittle
The Lawnmower Man
- Jobe Smith
Live Free or Die Hard
- Matthew Farrell
- Thomas Gabriel
- Freddie ("Warlock")
The Losers
- Jake Jensen
The Matrix
Mission: Impossible
National Treasure
- Riley Poole
The Net
- Angela Bennett ("Angel")
- Jack Devlin
Ocean's 8
- Nine Ball
Ocean's Eleven
- Livingston Dell
Ocean's Thirteen
- Virgil Malloy
Office Space
- Michael Bolton
- Samir Nagheenanajad
- Peter Gibbons
Serenity
Sneakers
- Martin Bishop
- Erwin Emery (Whistler)
- Darryl Roskow (Mother)
Superman III
Swordfish
- Stanley Jobson
- Axel Torvalds
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Trackers (Patrick Carman novel)
- Shantorian
Tron
WarGames
- David Lightman
Wreck-It Ralph
- King Candy (Turbo)
XXX: State of the Union
- Agent Toby Lee Shavers
Television
24
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Alias
Arrow
Batman Beyond
Battle Programmer Shirase
- Akira Shirase
Birds of Prey
Blake's 7
Bloody Monday
- Takagi Fujimaru (Falcon)
Bones
Breaking In
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Chuck
Code Lyoko
Continuum
- Alec Sadler
Covert Affairs
- Auggie Anderson
Cowboy Bebop
- Ed (Radical Edward) – short for Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV
Criminal Minds
- Penelope Garcia – Hacker handle: The Black Queen
CSI: Cyber
- Brody Nelson
- Raven Ramirez
- Daniel Krumitz ("Krummy")
Dark Angel
- Logan Cale (Eyes Only)
Doctor Who
- The Doctor
- Adam Mitchell
- Clara Oswald / Oswin Oswald
- Mickey Smith
- Bob Salmon – Doctor Who Past Doctor Adventures novel Blue Box by Kate Orman
- Sarah Swan ("Fionnula") – Doctor Who Past Doctor Adventures novel Blue Box by Kate Orman
Earth: Final Conflict
Eden of the East
- Yutaka ("Pantsu") Itazu
- Juiz
Eureka (American TV series)
The Flash (2014)
General Hospital
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- Aoi (Laughing Man)
Inspector Gadget
- Penny
Johnny Chase (T-Mobile commercials)
- Johnny Chase
Kim Possible
- Wade
Level 9
- Roland Travis
- Margaret "Sosh" Perkins
- Jargon
Leverage
- Alec Hardison
- Colin Mason ('Chaos')
Lone Wolf McQuade
- Kayo Ramos
MacGyver
- Kate – (Episode: "Ugly Duckling")
Max Headroom
Mr. Robot
- Elliot Alderson: Sam Sepiol
- Darlene Alderson: Dolores Haze
- Shama Biswas: Trenton
- Sunil Markesh: Mobley
- Leslie Romero
- Cisco
NCIS
Nikita
Person of Interest
The Raccoons
- Bentley Raccoon
ReBoot
- Mouse
Scandal
seaQuest DSV
- Lucas Wolenczak ("Frankenstein")
- Mark ("Wolfman")
- Martin Clemens ("Mycroft")
Simon & Simon
- Terry McDaniels (S1:E3 Trapdoors)
Serial Experiments Lain
- Lain Iwakura
Smallville
Spider-Man: The Animated Series
Team Knight Rider
- Kevin ("Trek") Sanders
Torchwood
Undergrads
- Justin Taylor ("Gimpy")
Veronica Mars
Warehouse 13
Witch Hunter Robin
- Michael Lee
The X-Files
- Invisigoth ("Ester Nairn")
- The Lone Gunmen (also featured in The Lone Gunmen)
Z Nation
- Citizen Z
- Kaya in da Skya
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Video games
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Apex Legends
- Crypto
Assassin's Creed: Unity
- Bishop
Command & Conquer: Generals
- Black Lotus
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Frank Pritchard
The Longest Journey
Mega Man X
- Middy
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Slug
Mystic Messenger
- 707
- Vanderwood
- Unknown/Saeran/Ray
Hacker Evolution
- Brian Spencer
Hacknet
- 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
- Bronya Zaychik
Overwatch
Persona 5
Saints Row: The Third
- Kinzie Kensington
Sly Cooper
System Shock
- The Hacker
- Dexter Witer
Team Fortress 2
- Spy
Vampire: The Masquerade
- Mitnick – Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, based on real-life hacker Kevin Mitnick
- Dev/Null – Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption
Watch Dogs and Watch Dogs 2
- Aiden Pearce (The Vigilante/The Fox)
- JB Markowicz (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
- Lenora Kastner
- Prime_Eight - Antagonist hacker group within the second game
- DedSec – Hacker group within the game
Many more can be added.
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Role-playing games
Cyberpunk 2020
- Altiera 'Alt' Cunningham
- Rache Bartmoss
- Spider Murphy
Shadowrun
- Fastjack
- Netcat
Multi-media franchises
A Certain Magical Index
- Kazari Uiharu, aka The Goalkeeper
Cult of the Dead Cow
- Demonseed Elite – Cult of the Dead Cow's ezine (and many others) / Mage: The Ascension
Ghost in the Shell
- Project 2501, aka The Puppet Master
References
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