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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]

National Treasure[edit]

  • Riley Poole

The Net[edit]

Ocean's 8[edit]

  • Nine Ball

Ocean's Eleven[edit]

  • Livingston Dell

Ocean's Thirteen[edit]

  • Virgil Malloy

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]

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]

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

Johnny Chase (T-Mobile commercials)[edit]

  • Johnny Chase

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]

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. ^ Jump up to: 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.
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