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| “ | Trust the Gene Genie. | „ |
| ~ Gene's catchphrase. |
| “ | Don't move, you're surrounded by armed bastards! | „ |
| ~ Gene's most famous quote. |
DCI Gene Hunt commonly called Guv by his colleagues is the main protagonist of the Life On Mars franchise.
He appears as the anti-heroic deuteragonist of the BBC surreal crime drama Life On Mars and one of the two main protagonists (alongside Alex Drake) of its sequel series Ashes to Ashes. He is the abrasive, violent and unethical yet effective and ultimately righteous DCI of the Greater Manchester Police and later the Metropolitan police, vowing to clean up the streets and bring all sorts of criminals to justice through whatever means necessary.
He was portrayed by Philip Glenister in his chosen form while his younger (or rather true) self was portrayed by Mason Kayne.
Biography[]
Backstory[]
In reality, Gene Hunt was a young 19-year-old police officer who was murdered during Queen Elizabeth's jubilee in 1953. He was shot in the face by an intruder armed with a shotgun while alone, and his corpse buried in a shallow grave. He ended up in a world of limbo which would act as a place for police officers injured or killed in trauma where he would later help them alone. He later took the form of an older man around his 40s. As time went on, he began to forget about his past life. In the real world, his body wouldn't be discovered until 2008.
Life On Mars[]
Gene first appears when Sam Tyler found himself in the year 1973 as a transferred Detective Inspector to the Greater Manchester Police, Sam thinking this is all an elaborate prank starts provoking the staff at the station before being confronted by Gene who angrily beats him and warns him not to take advantage of his officers if he wants to stay on his good side. Gene shows Sam around and the two quickly become partners in the force although Sam is utterly appalled by Gene's methods and ideas when it comes to policing, likewise Gene is flabbergasted and annoyed with Sam's modern, more delicate approach to the profession.
By putting their skills and methods together the two managed to get their first criminal together arrested, although both argued over his alleged "insanity defence" possibly granting him a lesser sentence.
Ashes to Ashes[]
Gene and his team had transferred to London by 1981. Sam Tyler had presumably died the previous year following a car accident in a river, although his body wasn't found. In 1981 Alex Drake became part of the team and suffered the same experience of Sam Tyler, had suffered a traumatic injury from her own time (being 2008) and apparently sent back in time. Gene clashed with Alex, although the two had a better relationship. Gene refused to speak of what happened to Sam Tyler, and regarded him as a friend despite being a nuisance.
In 1983 Jim Keats is sent to Gene's department, apparently to investigate and make a report on his immoral and questionable practices in the department. Jim makes it clear to Gene that he wants to bring him down and openly despises him. Jim attempts to work the department against Gene, especially Alex Drake, and makes her believe that Gene had a part to play in the death of Tyler.
Alex gathers information from her experiences of being in a coma about overhearing the body of a police officer being found at a farmhouse, and believes it is Tyler's corpse. She goes there and undercovers a warrant card belonging to a young police officer. Gene confronts her, and she realises the young officer was in fact Gene Hunt and finds out he was murdered back in 1953, and that the reality they resided in is a limbo which acts as his world.
Jim is a demon (possibly Satan himself) who wants the corrupt the souls of the dead police officers to manipulate them to join him in Hell, which he claims is another department. He apparently lures Ray Carling, Chris and Shaz to a terrible fate, but they have a change of heart and return to Gene. After stopping a robbery, he takes them to "the pub" to allow them to pass onto Heaven, which he did similar to Tyler three years before. Gene convinces Alex to pass on as well, as it is revealed she isn't in a coma anymore but in fact dead. Gene chooses to remain behind in his world to help any further dead officers and run his department.
Personality[]
| “ | Sam Tyler: An overweight, over-the-hill, nicotine-stained, borderline-alcoholic homophobe with a superiority complex and an unhealthy obsession with male bonding. Gene: You make that sound like a bad thing! |
„ |
| ~ Sam Tyler accurately describing Gene Hunt and him agreeing with him. |
Gene Hunt is a rough, overzealous, short fused and fairly surly cop but still one with a sense of honour and morals. He is fairly rude, snarky, sexist, homophobic and unsympathetic although not completely without empathy, especially for his officers in spite of often showing heavy contempt and annoyance towards their antics. He despises crime and corruption of all kinds and is willing to whatever it takes whether it be legal or not to eradicate it from his jurisdiction. He also shows greater disgust for criminals who target woman and children showing that in spite of his xenophobic traits he still has a heart underneath.
He also shows great respect for his two DIs throughout both shows; Sam Tyler and Alex Drake who he treats as the only people on his teams he feels that he can truly trust in spite of often being at odds with them over their differing ideas and approaches to policing from him.
Gene also has a huge amount of self confidence, a large alcohol tolerance (in spite of being an alcoholic), resilience, fearlessness and acting ability, being able to fake injury, intoxication and anger almost effortlessly.
Appearance[]
Gene is a towering man in his forties with sharp features, pale skin and a broad yet overweight build. He has dark blonde hair which is slightly receding at the crown and brown eyes, he is always seen clean shaven and goes to great measures to ensure this is the case, even shaving in his own office in the middle of the day.
Throughout Life On Mars he is almost always seen wearing a charcoal suit with a white shirt and caramel tie with a camel skin trench coat thrown over the top when engaging in policing duties, he also wears black leather, fingerless gloves and black shoes. In Ashes to Ashes he switches to black suits and white shirts with darker ties and a charcoal Crombie coat over the top. He also wears black riding gloves and snakeskin boots by this time.
Gene Hunt's true form is actually that of a young man in his very late teens with a skinny frame, fair skin, blonde hair and blue eyes wearing a constable's uniform. His physical form is exactly this however half of his face is missing after having been blown off by a shotgun.
Gallery[]
Ashes to Ashes[]
Trivia[]
- Gene Hunt has become something of an unintentional "National Hero" from British pop culture and is one of the most iconic and famous characters to come out of the BBC.
- Gene's self given nickname "The Gene Genie" is a reference to the song "The Jean Genie" by David Bowie one of the many references and nods to the late singer featured in Life On Mars and Ashes to Ashes most obviously shown with their titles.