Nicholas Garrigan
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Nicholas Garrigan is the fictional young Scottish doctor who becomes the personal physician and increasingly conflicted confidant of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the film and novel "The Last King of Scotland."
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | film character in The Last King of Scotland (2006) ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Last King of Scotland (film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Last King of Scotland (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Idi Amin
NERFINISHED
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Ugandan government under Idi Amin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Last King of Scotland novel character Nicholas Garrigan ⓘ |
| characterArc | becomes increasingly conflicted about Idi Amin's regime ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| createdBy | Giles Foden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | white Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Garrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | protagonist ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Last King of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmGenre | political drama character ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Nicholas ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Western expatriate doctors in postcolonial Africa (composite inspiration) ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | historical fiction character ⓘ |
| moralConflict | complicity in Amin's brutal regime ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator in the novel ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
idealistic young doctor
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morally conflicted ⓘ naive at the beginning of the story ⓘ |
| novelPublicationYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| occupation |
doctor
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physician ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | James McAvoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMedium | novel ⓘ |
| professionSpecialization | general medicine ⓘ |
| relationshipToIdiAmin |
confidant
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doctor-patient relationship ⓘ |
| role |
confidant of Idi Amin
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narrator of The Last King of Scotland novel ⓘ personal physician to Idi Amin ⓘ |
| secondaryMedium | feature film ⓘ |
| setting | Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| travelsTo | Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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