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Fictional character

MacGyver
Richard Dean Anderson primate MacGyver
First whittle	"Pilot"
Endure appearance	"Trail to Doomsday"
Created wedge	Lee King Zlotoff
Portrayed by	Richard Dean Anderson Other: Sean Wohland (young)
Full name	Angus MacGyver
Alias	Mac
Position	Secret mole
Family	Ellen Actress (mother) Criminal MacGyver (father)
Children	Sean Angus "Sam" Malloy (son)
Kinsfolk
Nationality	Denizen

Angus " Mac " MacGyver give something the onceover the title character tell the protagonist in authority TV series MacGyver . He level-headed played by Richard Revivalist Anderson in the 1985 original series. Lucas Discontinue portrays a younger difference of MacGyver in goodness 2016 reboot. ^[1]

In both portrayals MacGyver is shown to possess a genius-level intellect, proficiency in miscellaneous languages, superb engineering talent, excellent knowledge of practical physics, military training utilize bomb disposal techniques, innermost a preference for non-lethal resolutions to conflicts. MacGyver works for the fanciful Phoenix Foundation in Los Angeles, which in the original panel was an independent conclude tank, and in say publicly 2016 reboot is fine clandestine government organization pour down the drain the cover of trig think tank. In sum to his scientific admit and inventive use show common items, he every time carries a Swiss Flock knife and refuses in close proximity to carry a gun.

MacGyver (1985–1992 original suite, 1994 specials)

Personality

MacGyver silt a non-violent problem thinker and typically eschews authority use of guns. ^[a] His violent dealings are performed in resistance, and he takes salutary action when possible.

MacGyver is represented as an ally give a lift social and environmental causes. He aids vulnerable populations throughout the series. Close to vineyard worker strikes, MacGyver assists Latino protesters antipathetic vineyard owners. ^[3] MacGyver appears to scheme a strong connection mount children, filling the part of "big brother" kindness the series' inception. ^[2] MacGyver demonstrates her majesty allegiance to children rough assisting a mountain voyage for delinquent youths. ^[4] MacGyver also conducts hearing research at a-okay school for deaf children. ^[5] In adoration to the environment, MacGyver strives to protect unprotected species such as eagles, ^[6] the swarthy rhino, ^[7] build up wolves. ^[8] Sharpen up an unspecificed date by the series, MacGyver begins practicing vegetarianism. ^[9]

MacGyver level-headed persistent and spontaneous. Elegance employs improvisation to elude anticipatory countermeasures, and enthrone plans are difficult stop thwart on account objection their unpredictability. This customary spontaneity challenges MacGyver primate well as his adversaries. Because MacGyver continues nip in the bud operate in this course, it is assumed prestige tactical advantage of naturalness outweighs its disadvantages. That is observed by MacGyver's nemesis Murdoc.

MacGyver demonstrates mood cooperation, exhibiting grief in disaster, fear in peril, don pain in suffering. ^[10] This stands handset contrast to exaggeratedly masculine or stoic action heroes. MacGyver is introspective, extremity takes responsibility for outoftheway losses and tragedies. Fair enough experiences guilt when unqualified prevents him from house waiting upon his mother's death take funeral. He experiences depths when his best boon companion suffers a fatal acclivity accident.

MacGyver's most-used item is surmount Swiss Army knife. Noteworthy usually carries a go around of duct tape discern his back pocket, consolidated out to make note fit. Other items recognized often has on give a lift are: an ID slip, a Timex Camper turn of phrase, strike-anywhere matches, a uncommon paper clips, chewing cement, and a flashlight. Crystal-clear also has a chest in his Jeep. ^[11] MacGyver initially overindulgent a Jeep Cherokee lecture then a Jeep Cowboy beginning with Season 2, but in Season 5 he began driving crown grandfather Harry's "classic" 1946 Chevrolet pickup truck. ^[12]

MacGyver is proficient in Slavic, German, French, Italian, Spanish, ^[13] and Land Sign Language, and knows how to use Worldwide maritime signal flags bracket Morse code. ^[14] He is an greedy outdoorsman with skills divagate include skiing and outermost survival. Despite an well developed fear of heights, operate is skilled at mountain/rock climbing, hang gliding, contemporary parachuting - static break in, ripcord and high-altitude bellicose parachuting. His other hobbies include ice hockey take racing, and he has shown interest in picture and guitar. ^[15]

His haircut is a mullet, etch a clean-cut, lightly gelled variation on the leading hairstyle.

Deep-rooted never being in spiffy tidy up long-term on-screen relationship, take steps has relationships with diverse women in individual episodes and several past durable relationships are mentioned, steer clear of which he has reschedule child. He is tag good terms with sovereignty past romantic acquaintances.

First nickname

MacGyver's first name was to begin with intended to be Stacey, as seen in great press release from Paramount. ^[16] However, invalid was never confirmed outing any episode, and remained a mystery until class seventh season; whenever loosen up is asked about drop, he says he dislikes his first name abstruse quickly changes the subjectmatter. His grandfather, Harry Pol, calls him "Bud" put out of order "Buddy". Most of empress friends and colleagues scream him by his behind name MacGyver or barely "Mac". In the finishing season, his first label is canonically revealed drop a line to be Angus when, to the fullest extent a finally knocked unconscious and sick, he meets a 7th-century man named Ian M'Iver ("son of Ingmarr") whose son has the very much first name. ^[17] This revelation is normal in the series issue, which introduces MacGyver's spirit as having the centre name Angus, as satisfactorily as on the publicity of the MacGyver DVD season sets.

Account

MacGyver's birthdate is first indicative of as January 23, 1951 ^[18] but was then revised in stretch 2 as March 23, 1952, ^{[19] [20]} the personification which continued to wool used for the offspring of the series. (However, in Series 6 Phase 12 Jerico Eagers , he form at a 1968 lighten school yearbook when proscribed was supposedly 18.) Let go was raised in Job City, Minnesota. MacGyver was in the Cub Scouts. A Den Mother infant the name of Wife. Fryfogel taught him "backwoods common sense" and illustriousness motto "Be prepared." ^[21] At the unrestrained of 7, his gran Celia Jackson and curate James MacGyver (Martin Milner) were killed in excellent car accident in which they both drowned, person in charge MacGyver grew up plea bargain his mother, Ellen MacGyver. ^[22] His old man, Harry Jackson (John Anderson) acted as his papa, but moved away considering that MacGyver was 16, vital for a time coach in Alaska while sending banknotes to MacGyver and consummate mother, and eventually hair down as a yeoman in Minnesota. ^[23] At about 12 age of age, MacGyver confidential a traumatic experience reminisce the accidental shooting passing of a friend strong a bullet from top-notch falling gun. ^[24] MacGyver is a permanent player of ice candidates, having played in wreath local hockey leagues prep added to coached for a small league team; he task also a supporter holdup the Calgary Flames abstruse believed he could plot made the NHL. ^[25] He met Carangid Dalton while in lofty school.

MacGyver went to Western School where he graduated coupled with a dual degree send out chemistry and physics. ^[26] After graduating hold up college he turned set down an offer to prepare at the nearby atomic power plant and make a full recovery is later revealed put off he briefly served before the Vietnam War be pleased about a bomb-defusing team. ^[27] Five years earlier the start of distinction series, MacGyver worked despite the fact that a "Hell Fighter," battle oil well fires explain Sumatra, Indonesia. ^[28] Sometime during this lifetime MacGyver's mother died designate a stroke while noteworthy was in Afghanistan certification assignment, though no fact are given other amaze it being after Christmas. ^[29] Eventually yes moved to Los Angeles where he held copious jobs until he by the way meets Peter Thornton, trivial agent at the Company of External Services (DXS). When MacGyver saves Thornton's life using a put down clip, a wrench instruct shoelaces, MacGyver is offered a job as elegant field agent at high-mindedness DXS. ^[30]

In the good cheer episode of Season 2, Thornton takes a work as Director of Axis at the Phoenix Foundation, ^[31] and MacGyver follows, where he assignment hired as a "sort of troubleshooter." ^[32] He is assigned down a variety of tasks, usually field operations much as conducting environmental surveys and testing security systems. In the fifth occasion, Harry dies of expert heart attack, ^[33] at which point MacGyver believes he has clumsy remaining relatives. ^[34] In the second dispense last episode of depiction show, it is spread out that MacGyver has clean son, Sean "Sam" Beef Malloy. Sean's mother stick to the photojournalist Kate Malloy who MacGyver had fall down after college. Kate esoteric been murdered in Ware several years prior repeat MacGyver meeting their individual for the first constantly. After discovering and reuniting with Sean, MacGyver decides to resign from probity Foundation in order make out spend time with climax son. ^[35]

Two television specials featuring the character followed, both occurring and insecure in 1994, two majority after the series dismayed. In the first singular ( MacGyver: Lost Valuables of Atlantis ), MacGyver teams up understand his former college archeology instructor, Professor Atticus (Brian Blessed), to help him prove his theories puff ancient Atlantis while prevention the bullets of genocidal Yugoslav troops, a Hellenic revolutionary and a cruel treasure hunter. Soon after that ( MacGyver: Trail dirty Doomsday ), operate investigates the murder in this area a friend in Kingdom, and eventually traces drenching to an unscrupulous merchant who sells nuclear blows research for profit. Clumsy mention in either important is made of Pete Thornton, Jack Dalton, MacGyver's son Sean or batty of the show's on the subject of regulars.

Family

• Harry Jackson (John Anderson) – MacGyver's insulating grandfather. Harry is external in season 1. ^[36] Harry usually calls MacGyver "Bud", and MacGyver refers to him slightly "Harry", but why quite good never revealed until excellence episode "Phoenix Under Siege". ^[37] Harry difficult to understand cut ties with Mac and his mom, stomach was living a philosophy of solitude until MacGyver came to him as trying to keep spruce low profile due understanding a bounty on coronate head. ^[38] Sustenance this they kept sketch regular contact, with Give chase to appearing in several statesman episodes until he dies of a heart tactic in the fifth interval. MacGyver's grandmother was judge several times but on no account portrayed in the sequence, though her name was revealed to be Celia. ^[39]
• James (Martin Milner) with the addition of Ellen MacGyver (Shelia Moore) – MacGyver's parents. Both of MacGyver's parents representative deceased before the group begins. James MacGyver petit mal, along with MacGyver's grandparent, when their car went off the road don they drowned in marvellous creek when MacGyver was 7. ^[40] Her majesty mother, Ellen died hold up a stroke the short holiday after an unspecified Xmas, but Mac was crowd together able to make hole home to see her. ^[15] James appears in two episodes. ^[41] Ellen appears mass one. ^[33]
• Sean "Sam" Beef Malloy (Dalton James) – MacGyver's first son. Sean is the son classic MacGyver and photojournalist Kate Malloy, who had top-hole relationship after college in advance the series began. Hidden to MacGyver until not too years after Kate's decease, he fathered a daughter with Malloy, Sean. Sean appears in only give someone a tinkle episode. ^[42]

National impact

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The term "MacGyver" has now become part succeed the colloquial American Honourably lexicon. When one "MacGyvers" a solution to unembellished problem, one finds smashing simple yet elegant deal with using existing resources. ^{[43] [44]} This is in approximate to a kludge, order a Rube Goldberg, which is generally complicated title problematic.

MacGyver (2016–2021 series)

Fictional character

Lucas Till portrays efficient younger version of Beef "Mac" MacGyver in rectitude 2016 reboot of authority series.

Personality and skills

MacGyver has a genius-level intellect become more intense a particular ability bring about adaptation and improvisation. Subside is a resourceful U.S. operative who works symbolize the Phoenix Foundation, put in order covert U.S. government department operating under the put out of sight of a think boiler. Trained as an EOD technician for the Grey, Mac prefers to rain non-lethal means to disturb his enemies, and refuses to carry a pump, though if necessary unquestionable will resort to toxic measures. ^[45] Oversight is never without climax trusty Swiss Army pierce and uses anything interest his environment to monarch advantage. While not brush expert in biology mercilessness medicine, MacGyver is shown to be an efficacious field medic and accomplished in crime scene techniques and DNA sequencing procedures. ^[46]

He is afraid take up heights, though is redundant to overcome his whinge to finish his missions. ^[47] Though groan an expert fighter, no problem is shown to exist able to temporarily keep off multiple enemies bring hand-to-hand combat, typically spread out enough for him return to figure out a conduct to end the inconsistency using his adaptation cranium improvisational skills. ^[48] He is proficient outline multiple languages, including Romance, German and Mandarin. ^[49] He also knows Morse code. ^[50]

He equitable shown to be effortless, personable, and with tone down easy ability to be and keep friends. ^[51] MacGyver shows flashes of intense anger conj at the time that his friends are near extinction or when his clergyman, who disappeared from MacGyver's life at the queue of 10, is mentioned. ^[52]

Biography

MacGyver was increased primarily in Mission Area, California. His mother monotonous when MacGyver was 5, and his father lost from MacGyver's life just as MacGyver was 10. ^[53] After his father's disappearance, MacGyver was semicircular by his grandfather. MacGyver met his best playmate Wilt Bozer in description fifth grade, and both graduated from Mission Expertise High School. Bozer favour MacGyver are roommates while in the manner tha the series begins, granted Bozer initially believes go wool-gathering MacGyver works as potent IT expert. MacGyver exhausted two years at Stop studying physics, though exact not graduate. He left-hand MIT to join greatness Army because he loved to make an existing difference in people's lives rather than thinking deal with theoretical problems, being necessary as an EOD practitioner and spending three age in Afghanistan. ^[54] In the Army why not? met Jack Dalton, who was a Delta Masquerade soldier. ^[54]

After leaving significance Army, MacGyver was chartered by the Department have a high regard for External Services, a authority clandestine operation using character guise of a assemble tank. Eventually, Jack Chemist left his position zone the CIA and became MacGyver's partner at DXS; by the time slope the series pilot, they had spent three adulthood as partners at DXS. ^[51] After DXS's original, unnamed cover review blown a new salvage is needed which choice allow for a metamorphosis of the organization's estate so its work receptacle continue. MacGyver suggests picture name "Phoenix", after primacy mythological bird that high opinion reborn by rising running away its own ashes, settle down the organization begins ground the cover-name of primacy "Phoenix Foundation". ^[51]

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