Jerry Lundegaard
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Jerry Lundegaard is the financially desperate, bumbling car salesman whose botched crime scheme drives the darkly comic plot of the film "Fargo."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jerry Lundegaard canonical | 4 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Fargo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
black comedy film
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crime film ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Gustafson Motors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
bumbling
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cowardly ⓘ deceitful ⓘ financially desperate ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Ethan Coen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joel Coen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crimeMotive |
desire to obtain funds from father-in-law Wade Gustafson
ⓘ
need for money ⓘ |
| employer | Wade Gustafson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Fargo universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmMedium | live-action ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Fargo (1996 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreFunction | source of dark comedy ⓘ |
| hires |
Carl Showalter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaear Grimsrud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | morally corrupt ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
antihero
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primary instigator of plot ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableScene |
argues with Wade Gustafson over parking lot deal
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attempts to flee from police in motel room ⓘ |
| occupation | car salesman ⓘ |
| plans | kidnapping of his wife Jean Lundegaard ⓘ |
| plotOutcome | crime scheme collapses ⓘ |
| portrayalNotedFor |
nervous mannerisms
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pathetic desperation ⓘ stammering speech ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | William H. Macy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pursuedBy | Marge Gunderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Jean Lundegaard
NERFINISHED
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Scotty Lundegaard NERFINISHED ⓘ Wade Gustafson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| schemeInvolves |
fake kidnapping ransom
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fraudulent car financing ⓘ |
| screenTimeImportance | central character ⓘ |
| setting |
Minnesota
NERFINISHED
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North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lester Nygaard