John Reese (Person of Interest)
| John Reese | |
|---|---|
| Person of Interest character | |
| First appearance | "Pilot" |
| Last appearance | "return 0" |
| Portrayed by | Jim Caviezel |
| Information | |
| Nickname(s) | Mr. Reese The Man in the Suit Wonder Boy Mr. Congeniality |
| Aliases | John Rooney ("Risk", "No Good Deed", "Firewall", "Critical", "Zero Day") John Anderson ("Bury the Lede") John Campbell ("The High Road") John Hayes ("Super") John Randall ("Masquerate") John Warren ("Prisoner's Dilemma") John Wiley ("One Percent", "Lady Killer", "4C") Tony Miller ("Mission Creep") Det. Stills ("Ghosts", "Wolf and Cub", "Many Happy Returns", "No Good Deed", "The Contingency", "Bad Code", "Endgame", "Beta") Marshal Jennings ("Shadow Box", "Proteus") Frank Mercer ("Most Likely To...") Jeffery Abbot ("Death Benefit") John Riley ("Panopticon", "Nautilus", "Wingman", "Brotherhood", "Prophets", "Pretenders") |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation |
Special Forces soldier (formerly) CIA officer (formerly) NYPD Homicide Detective (Cover Identity) |
| Family | Conor (father; deceased) Margaret (mother; deceased) Sophie (sister; deceased) |
| Significant other(s) |
Jessica Arndt (ex-girlfriend) Dr. Iris Campbell (ex-girlfriend) |
| Nationality | American |
| Rank |
Sergeant first class  (formerly) |
Jessica Arndt (ex-girlfriend)
John Reese is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the CBS crime drama television series Person of Interest. He is portrayed by Jim Caviezel. Reese is an intense, solitary man whose dry sense of humor emerges over time. He speaks in a low, calm and confident voice, despite the fact that people are almost always after him or the people he is protecting. He works with Harold Finch, a reclusive private billionaire software genius, to help residents of New York who are potentially involved in violent crime. Intensely grateful to Finch for, in Reese's view, having saved his life, he regards Finch as his only friend. Extremely skilled with a range of weapons and hand-to-hand combat techniques, Reese is nonetheless possessed of a level of humanity that drives him to work with Finch to protect potential victims of violent crime. Reese owns Bear, a Belgian Malinois he rescued from white supremacists and sent to live with Finch to assure Finch's safety.
Born in Puyallup, Washington, Reese's real name is unknown; "John Reese" being a pseudonym he assumed at some time prior to late 2006, when he began service in the CIA. According to his military records, John is in fact his first name, with a middle initial of H, while his last name begins with the letters TAL and ends with an S. He was born on May 1. Little else is known about his early life. He describes himself as having no friends and no family. It is mentioned that his father died after his fourth tour in Vietnam.
It is known that in 1993 John joined the U.S. Army to avoid a jail sentence, where he served as an Infantryman, Ranger (75th Ranger Regiment) and Special Forces soldier with the 1st Special Forces Group (Green Berets), before discharged as a Sergeant First Class after 12 years of service. While he was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington in 2001, John met Jessica Arndt, a nurse with whom he fell in love. On a vacation to Mexico, he tells Jessica that he has left the Army just as Jessica witnesses the Twin Towers fall on television, and they both realize his career is far from over. Eventually, John breaks up with Jessica, and is recruited by the CIA. Some time after that, they meet by chance in an airport, where a newly engaged Jessica gives John a final opportunity to save their relationship by asking her to wait for him; he is unable to do so.
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