Mr. Orange in Reservoir Dogs

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Mr. Orange is an undercover cop posing as a criminal in Quentin Tarantino’s heist film "Reservoir Dogs," whose concealed identity and divided loyalties drive much of the movie’s tension and tragedy.

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instanceOf fictional character
film character
undercover police officer
affiliation Los Angeles Police Department
appearsIn Reservoir Dogs
assignedCodenameBy Joe Cabot
betrays Joe Cabot
Mr. White
bleedsOutIn warehouse
causesDeathOf Mr. Blonde
centralThemeRelation betrayal
trust
undercover identity
codenameColor orange
confidesTrueIdentityTo Mr. White
coverStory drug dealer background
createdBy Quentin Tarantino
filmDirectedBy Quentin Tarantino
filmDistributedBy Miramax Films
filmGenreContext crime
heist
independent film
neo-noir
filmProducedBy Lawrence Bender
firstAppearanceYear 1992
fullName Freddy Newandyke
gender male
infiltrates Joe Cabot’s gang
kills Mr. Blonde
loyaltyConflictWith Joe Cabot
Los Angeles Police Department
Mr. White
narrativeFunction source of dramatic irony
undercover protagonist
nationality American
notableScene apartment rehearsal of cover story
warehouse confession to Mr. White
occupation police officer
participatesIn diamond heist
portrayedBy Tim Roth
reasonForKillingMrBlonde to save the kidnapped police officer
recruitedBy Holdaway
settingCity Los Angeles
shotBy Mr. Blonde’s victim’s getaway driver
trainedBy Holdaway
undercoverRole criminal
jewel thief
woundedIn getaway car escape

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Tim Roth characterPortrayed Mr. Orange in Reservoir Dogs