Alonzo Harris

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Alonzo Harris
Alias	Det. Sergeant Harris Detective Harris
Origin	Training Day (2001)
Occupation	LAPD detective
Powers / Skills	High intelligence Strength Manipulation Charisma Firearm skills
Hobby	Driving around Threatening and/or killing people Smoking Cigarettes
Goals	Kill Officer Jake Hoyt and steal money in order to pay off a large debt to Russian gangsters (failed).
Crimes	Armed robbery Assault with a deadly weapon Attempted murder Coercion Forgery Murder Obstruction of justice Spoilation of evidence
Type of Villain	Sociopathic Official

“	My n***a.	„
	~ Alonzo's repeated catchphrase.

“	You wanna go to jail or you wanna go home?	„
	~ An echoing phrase throughout the film.

“	King Kong ain't got s**t on me!	„
	~ Alonzo's famous shouting phrase during conflict with the neighborhood gang.

“	What a day! What a motherf*ckin' day!	„
	~ Alonzo's last lines.

Alonzo Harris is the main antagonist of the 2001 American crime thriller film Training Day. He is a cop who has sunk far too deep into the criminal underworld, corrupting himself in the process.

He was portrayed by Denzel Washington, who won an Academy Award for his role in the film.

History

L.A.P.D. Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris has sunk so deep into the depths of his line of work that he has corrupted himself to the point where his own life has become the target of a foolish debt to be repaid. And on this particular Training Day, Alonzo has just begun to mentor young Jake Hoyt, a rookie cop who still possesses the ideals of every bright-eyed rookie police officer.

As Alonzo exposes Jake to the harshness of the streets where many a drug deal takes place, he also reveals his own questionable tactics in fighting the criminal element, whether that means intimidating the "animals" at will or misrepresenting themselves with fake search warrants. Alonzo also manipulates his new student, going so far as to hold a gun to his head to get him to smoke drugs, which turns out to be a clever blackmail device later on.

However, as the subsequent events begin to reveal his motivation (a large debt is owed to Russian gangsters by the end of the day), Jake's morals collide with Alonzo's master plan. With the exception of his girlfriend or son, neither friend nor foe will stand in his way, and this constant deception, distrust, and disrespect for others leads Alonzo to his downfall. At the end of the Day, honor indeed prevails and Alonzo gets what he deserves. As he is trying to escape to Los Angeles International Airport, he is ambushed by the Russian Mafia and brutally killed with machine-gun fire as he stops at a red light, ironically getting killed the one time when he followed the law.

Gallery

Images

Alonzo's first meeting with Officer Jake Hoyt in a diner

Alonzo takes Hoyt to the house of one of his supposed "friends", who is actually an infamous drug dealer

Alonzo threatening a street thug who was attempting to rape a young girl

Alonzo interrogating another suspect after Hoyt chases him down

Alonzo telling Hoyt to toughen up in order to be on the same level as him

Alonzo with his family

Alonzo being held at gunpoint by Hoyt after he witnesses his corrupt acts

Alonzo trying to give Hoyt words of comfort in his car

Alonzo trying to kill Hoyt after he attempts to arrest Alonzo

Alonzo is shocked when the Bloods gang members allow Hoyt to walk away with his money

Alonzo’s dead body after getting shot by the Russians

Videos

Training Day Ending scene (1080p HD Quality)

Training Day (Alonzo gets killed)

Trivia

• Denzel Washington won many awards for playing that character in the film (including Oscar).
• He is a hidden villain because he makes himself out to be a cop before exposing himself as corrupt and criminal in the underworld of crime.
• Alonzo is loosely based on a real-life corrupt L.A.P.D. narcotics officer named Rafael Perez, who was involved in a police corruption scandal in the late 1990s.
• The original idea was to have Alonzo get away with his dirty deeds. However, Denzel Washington suggested that Alonzo get a comeuppance.