Matt Hooper

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fictional character marine biologist oceanographer

Matt Hooper is the marine biologist in the film "Jaws" who helps hunt the great white shark terrorizing Amity Island.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Matt Hooper canonical	12
Matt Hooper (Jaws novel character)	1
Matt Hooper in Jaws	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ marine biologist ⓘ oceanographer ⓘ
advises	Amity town officials about shark danger ⓘ
analyzes	remains of shark attack victims ⓘ
appearsIn	Jaws ⓘ Jaws ⓘ surface form: Jaws (film) Jaws (novel) ⓘ
appearsInGenre	horror film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ
associatedWith	Amity Island ⓘ Martin Brody ⓘ Quint ⓘ
basedOn	Matt Hooper self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Matt Hooper (Jaws novel character)
collaboratesWith	Martin Brody ⓘ surface form: Chief Martin Brody Quint ⓘ surface form: Quint the shark hunter
creator	Peter Benchley ⓘ
enemy	great white shark ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Jaws franchise ⓘ
filmDebut	Jaws ⓘ surface form: Jaws (1975 film)
filmDirectorOfAppearance	Steven Spielberg ⓘ
firstAppearance	Jaws (novel) ⓘ surface form: Jaws (1974 novel) Jaws ⓘ surface form: Jaws (1975 film)
gender	male ⓘ
helps	investigate shark attacks on Amity Island ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
medium	film ⓘ novel ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableFor	expertise in sharks ⓘ participation in the Orca shark-hunting expedition ⓘ
novelAuthorOfAppearance	Peter Benchley ⓘ
occupation	marine biologist ⓘ shark expert ⓘ
partOf	Orca crew ⓘ
personalityTrait	brave ⓘ intelligent ⓘ sarcastic ⓘ
portrayedBy	Richard Dreyfuss ⓘ
role	helps hunt the great white shark terrorizing Amity Island ⓘ
settingOfActivity	Atlantic Ocean near Amity Island ⓘ
species	human ⓘ
survivesEvent	attack by the great white shark in the shark cage ⓘ
travelsOn	Orca (Quint's boat) ⓘ
usesEquipment	scuba gear ⓘ shark cage ⓘ
worksFor	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jaws → character → Matt Hooper ⓘ

Jaws (novel) → character → Matt Hooper ⓘ

Martin Brody → ally → Matt Hooper ⓘ

Mayor Larry Vaughn → conflictsWith → Matt Hooper ⓘ

Matt Hooper → basedOn → Matt Hooper self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Matt Hooper (Jaws novel character)

Richard Dreyfuss → notableRole → Matt Hooper ⓘ

this entity surface form: Matt Hooper in Jaws

Quint → allyOf → Matt Hooper ⓘ

Jaws (audiobook adaptation) → hasMainCharacter → Matt Hooper ⓘ

Orca (Quint's boat) → usedBy → Matt Hooper ⓘ

Orca (Quint's boat) → crewMembersInStory → Matt Hooper ⓘ

Jaws franchise → notableCharacter → Matt Hooper ⓘ

Bruce the shark → enemyOf → Matt Hooper ⓘ

Dreyfuss → portrayedCharacter → Matt Hooper ⓘ

subject surface form: Richard Dreyfuss

Amity Harbor → associatedWithCharacter → Matt Hooper ⓘ