Takeshi Kovacs in Altered Carbon

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Takeshi Kovacs in Altered Carbon is a former elite Envoy soldier turned brooding, hyper-competent investigator navigating a cyberpunk future where human consciousness can be transferred between bodies.

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Takeshi Kovacs (original body) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
protagonist
adaptedAs television character
affiliation Envoy Corps NERFINISHED
appearsIn Altered Carbon NERFINISHED
Broken Angels NERFINISHED
Woken Furies NERFINISHED
appearsInAdaptation Altered Carbon (TV series) NERFINISHED
conflict PTSD from Envoy service
disillusionment with authority
createdBy Richard K. Morgan NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Altered Carbon (2002 novel) NERFINISHED
formerAffiliation Envoy Corps NERFINISHED
gender male
homeworld Harlan's World NERFINISHED
literaryGenre science fiction
literarySubgenre cyberpunk
noir detective fiction
narrativeFunction first-person narrator in novels
nationality Harlan's World NERFINISHED
notableAbility Envoy training
adaptation to new sleeves
combat skills
interrogation
tactical analysis
occupation Envoy
investigator
mercenary
personalityTrait brooding
cynical
hyper-competent
morally ambiguous
portrayedBy Anthony Mackie NERFINISHED
Joel Kinnaman NERFINISHED
Will Yun Lee NERFINISHED
publisher Gollancz NERFINISHED
roleInStory investigates murder of Laurens Bancroft
setting cyberpunk future
species human
technologyContext body swapping
mind uploading
theme corruption
identity
mortality
trauma
universe Takeshi Kovacs series NERFINISHED
usesTechnology cortical stack
sleeves

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Joel Kinnaman role Takeshi Kovacs in Altered Carbon
Will Yun Lee portrayed Takeshi Kovacs in Altered Carbon
this entity surface form: Takeshi Kovacs (original body)