James Keziah Delaney in Taboo

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James Keziah Delaney is the dark, enigmatic antihero of the period drama series "Taboo," a ruthless yet haunted adventurer who returns to 1814 London to reclaim his late father's shipping empire amid political conspiracy and occult undertones.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
television character
antagonistOf British East India Company
surface form: East India Company

Sir Stuart Strange
appearsIn Taboo
associatedWith Nootka Trading Company
backstory spent years in Africa before returning to London
centralConflict struggle for control of Nootka Sound
characterTrait enigmatic
haunted
ruthless
vengeful
createdBy Chips Hardy
Steven Knight
Tom Hardy
familyName Delaney
father Horace Delaney
fictionalUniverse Taboo
surface form: Taboo (TV series)
firstAppearance Taboo, Season 1 Episode 1
gender male
givenName James
halfSibling Zilpha Geary
hasRelative Horace Delaney
Zilpha Geary
hasSkill combat
navigation
strategic planning
hasTattoo ritualistic body markings
inConflictWith United States government
surface form: American government

UK government
surface form: British government
inheritsFrom Horace Delaney
leads a criminal and political alliance in London
narrativeRole antihero
nationality British
occupation adventurer
shipping magnate
owns Nootka Sound
surface form: Nootka Sound (fictional claim)
portrayedBy Tom Hardy
returnsTo London, England
surface form: London
setInTimePeriod 1814
speaksLanguage English
various African languages (implied)
themeAssociated colonialism
occultism
political conspiracy
revenge
uses occult practices

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Tom Hardy portrayed James Keziah Delaney in Taboo