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| “ | Jack Bauer... You've caused me a lot of trouble today, Jack... You're not going to give me Hewitt, are you? | „ |
| ~ Kingsley's last words before dying. |
Peter Kingsley is the main antagonist of Season 2 of the TV series 24. He is an oil baron who plans to cause a war between the US and three Middle-Eastern countries in order to raise the price of oil.
He was portrayed by Tobin Bell, who also played John Kramer in the Saw franchise and Savitar in The Flash.
Biography[]
Peter Kingsley owned oil leases in the Caspian Sea and was involved with Max and Alexander Trepkos in the plan to start a war so he could profit from the subsequent rise in oil prices. He was also involved with the Second Wave terrorist group, led by Syed Ali, and involved Roger Stanton and Sherry Palmer in his plan.
The first phase of his plan was for Syed Ali to detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles. Stanton had an elite paramilitary unit called Coral Snake, as he intended for them to intercept the bomb, as Kingsley promised no casualties. However, Kingsley fully intended the bomb to go off, and had one of his men in Coral Snake, Jonathan Wallace, kill his teammates.
The bomb was discovered and taken to the desert by George Mason, and only he was killed in the explosion. Although Los Angeles was not destroyed, they became aware of the bomb all the same. The next phase of Kingsley's plan was for a tape to be found in Syed Ali's house, which had the voices of three leaders of Middle-Eastern countries discussing the plot. This tape was forged by Kingsley, so that the US would launch a retaliatory strike against these countries and start the war.
Jack Bauer found a chip containing evidence of the forged tape, however, Kingsley's men, led by Ronnie Stark, captured and tortured him. When Stark nearly killed Jack by causing his heart to stop, Kingsley had another of his men, Raymond O'Hara, kill Stark and replace him, although he and the other mercenaries were killed by Jack soon after as he escaped. However, the chip was damaged during a fight with a mugger.
Alex Hewitt, the computer expert Kingsley hired to forge the tape, was targeted by Kingsley, who wanted him killed in the explosion. Jack got to him first and tried to take him to CTU and get him to give the evidence that the tape was fake. However, he attempted to escape from Jack, who was forced to fight back. Therefore, he accidentally starts killing him.
This left only one option. As Kingsley did not know Hewitt was dead, Jack got Sherry to talk with Kingsley about making a deal to turn Hewitt over to him. While wearing a wire, she got him to confess that he forged the tape. He became suspicious of Sherry shortly after and ordered his sniper to shoot her, but the sniper, Scott, had already been killed by Jack. Jack killed the last of Kingsley's bodyguards but ran out of ammo and was cornered by Kingsley. Just before Kingsley could shoot Jack, he was shot by a CTU sharpshooter from a helicopter.
Trivia[]
- Given that both Peter Kingsley and Phillip Bauer were both oil barons who conspired to profit from military activity, it is probable that the two knew each other and possibly worked together. Alan Wilson could have been involved in Kingsley's conspiracy as well.
- Some claim that Max was the main antagonist of Season 2 because he was the one who hired Kingsley to assist Syed Ali in detonating the nuclear weapon and creating the Cyprus recording. However, this is not entirely correct; Max would be the overarching main antagonist of the season. While Max was the mastermind behind the plot, Peter Kinglsey was the one who put the plan into action and was by far the greatest threat to Jack Bauer's life during the events of the season. Therefore, Peter Kingsley is the main antagonist of Season 2, much like how Charles Logan is the main antagonist of Season 5, even though he was taking orders from Graem and Phillip Bauer.
- Peter Kingsley is generally considered to be one of the most evil 24 villains. Just because he wanted money, Kingsley was willing to detonate a nuclear weapon in Los Angeles (killing many of his own friends and employees in the process), and even went out of his way to make the detonation happen. Colonel Samuels's men attempted to track the weapon and stop it at the last second, but Kingsley had one of his loyalists kill all of Samuels's men to ensure the bomb would be detonated. Despite the bomb being thwarted, Kignsley's plans to trigger a war almost succeeded until he was stopped by Jack Bauer.
External Links[]
- Peter Kingsley on the Pure Evil Wiki
- Peter Kingsley on the 24 Wiki
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