Snake Plissken

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antihero fictional character film character soldier

Snake Plissken is a hardened, one-eyed antihero and former Special Forces soldier turned outlaw from John Carpenter’s dystopian action films "Escape from New York" and "Escape from L.A."

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Snake Plissken canonical 7
Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken 1
S.D. Bob Plissken 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf antihero ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
alignment morally ambiguous ⓘ
appearsIn Escape from L.A. ⓘ
Escape from New York ⓘ
associatedWith Los Angeles as penal colony ⓘ
Blackwell's Island ⓘ
surface form: Manhattan Island maximum-security prison
characterType dystopian action hero ⓘ
combatSkill hand-to-hand combat ⓘ
weapons expertise ⓘ
createdFor film ⓘ
creator John Carpenter ⓘ
Nick Castle ⓘ
eyeCondition one-eyed ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1981 ⓘ
franchise Escape series ⓘ
fullName Snake Plissken self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: S.D. Bob Plissken
gender male ⓘ
genre action ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasFandom cult following ⓘ
inspiredOtherCharacters influence on later antihero protagonists ⓘ
loyalty primarily to himself ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Special Forces ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Special Forces
missionInEscapeFromLA retrieve a doomsday device ⓘ
missionInEscapeFromNewYork rescue the President of the United States ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
nickname Snake ⓘ
notableFeature eye patch ⓘ
notableQuote Call me Snake. ⓘ
occupation Special Forces soldier ⓘ
outlaw ⓘ
personalityTrait anti-authoritarian ⓘ
cynical ⓘ
laconic ⓘ
portrayedBy Kurt Russell ⓘ
rank Lieutenant ⓘ
secondAppearance Escape from L.A. ⓘ
secondAppearanceYear 1996 ⓘ
setting dystopian future ⓘ
statusInStory convicted criminal ⓘ
visualStyleInfluence iconic eye patch and leather outfit ⓘ
weaponOfChoice handgun ⓘ
submachine gun ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Kurt Russell → portrayed → Snake Plissken ⓘ
Escape from L.A. → character → Snake Plissken ⓘ
Escape from L.A. → leadCharacter → Snake Plissken ⓘ
Escape from L.A. → basedOnCharacter → Snake Plissken ⓘ
Escape from New York → mainCharacter → Snake Plissken ⓘ
Escape from New York → protagonist → Snake Plissken ⓘ
Escape from New York → character → Snake Plissken ⓘ
Escape from New York → portrays → Snake Plissken ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken
Snake Plissken → fullName → Snake Plissken self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: S.D. Bob Plissken