Sam Porter Bridges

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Sam Porter Bridges is the stoic, cargo-hauling protagonist of Hideo Kojima’s video game "Death Stranding," tasked with reconnecting a fractured post-apocalyptic America.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
video game protagonist
affiliation Bridges
alias Sam Strand
appearsIn Death Stranding
appearsInGenre action game
strand game
characterTrait reluctant hero
stoic
creator Hideo Kojima
familyName Strand
firstAppearance Death Stranding
surface form: Death Stranding (2019 video game)
gameDeveloper Kojima Productions
gameDirector Hideo Kojima
gamePublisher 505 Games
Sony
surface form: Sony Interactive Entertainment
gender male
givenName Sam
goal deliver cargo between isolated settlements
reconnect the Chiral Network across America
hasAbility DOOMS
sense BTs
hasRelationshipWith Amélie
surface form: Amelie

Cliff Unger
Deadman
Die-Hardman
Fragile
Higgs Monaghan
Mama
narrativeFunction symbol of reconnection
nationalityInFiction American
notableFor reconnecting isolated cities in post-apocalyptic America
notableItem Bridges uniform
cargo containers
exoskeleton suit
occupation porter
platformOfAppearance Windows PC
surface form: PC

PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
surface form: PlayStation 5 (Director's Cut)
portrayedBy Norman Reedus
role protagonist of Death Stranding
setting post-apocalyptic United States
themeAssociation connection
isolation
life and death
usesDevice Bridge Baby
Odradek scanner
worksFor Bridges organization

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

Death Stranding mainCharacter Sam Porter Bridges
Norman Reedus portraysCharacter Sam Porter Bridges