Adam Carter
| Adam Carter | |
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| Spooks character | |
Rupert Penry-Jones as Adam Carter
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| First appearance | "Project Friendly Fire" |
| Last appearance | "New Allegiances" |
| Portrayed by | Rupert Penry-Jones |
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| Aliases |
Ted Baxter |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | MI5 officer |
| Title | Chief of Section D |
| Spouse(s) | Fiona Carter (deceased) |
| Children | Wes Carter (son) |
| Nationality | English |
Ted Baxter
Luke Chivers
Ami Tlass
Roger Thornhill
Nick Harding
Adam Henry Carter is a fictional character from the BBC espionage television series Spooks, which follows the exploits of Section D, a counter-terrorism division of MI5. He is portrayed by British actor Rupert Penry-Jones. The character is a former MI6 officer who takes charge as the chief of Section D, and hence the head protagonist following the departure of Tom Quinn in series three.
Adam Carter was created with the knowledge that Matthew Macfadyen, who played Tom Quinn, would leave the series. The intention was that Adam would be different from Tom; the producers wanted a character who was a husband with an MI6 background. Rupert Penry-Jones was cast after three auditions. Before the sixth series finale aired, it was announced that Penry-Jones would leave the series. In the premiere episode of series seven, Carter is killed in a car bomb. His death was voted the fourth most shocking death in the series. Rupert Penry-Jones was awarded "Best Actor" at the Crime Thriller Awards for his portrayal of Adam Carter.
Before joining Section D, Adam Carter was an MI6 officer who specialised in the Middle East. Oliver Mace (Tim McInnerny), chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, describes Carter as a "loose cannon". He is a fluent Arabic speaker and has good countersurveillance skills. In one past operation, Adam worked a case in Damascus to recruit Syrian intelligence officer Farook Sukkarieh as a double agent to work with the Israelis and stop a string of suicide attacks. He used Farook's wife, Fiona (Olga Sosnovska) as a way in. Fiona and Adam subsequently fell in love and started an affair. When Farook discovered this, he had Adam brutally tortured. After he escaped, Adam framed Farook, persuading the Syrians that he was a traitor, and Farook was supposedly hanged for this. Adam subsequently married Fiona and together they had a son, Wes.
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