Rainer Madson | |
Portrayed By | Chris Cooper |
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Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | March 21st, 1955 |
Age | 54 |
Zodiac Sign | Aries |
Aliases | N/A |
Place of Birth | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Current Location | New York City, NY, USA |
Occupation | An authority figure within The Company; owner of Madison Ave. Bistro |
Known Relatives | ?? |
Significant Other | Patricia (wife; deceased), step-daughter (deceased) |
Known Abilities | None |
First Appearance | Fire, Ice and Omens |
An authority figure within the mysterious Company, Rainer is Thompson's replacement, of a sort, holding an ambiguous position of leadership. Whether this is beyond people such as Bob is yet to be seen. He works out of New York. Rainer is secretive, and doesn't mess around: if he appears, it means there's serious business afoot.
History
Classified.
Timeline
- Took over Thompson's responsibilities after his death (thanks to Mr. Bennet) and began implementing updated directives.
- Fire, Ice and Omens —> Forsees the things to come thanks to Isaac Mendez.
- Bargaining —> Oversees Claire Bennet's forced position with the Company while she poses as Paige Williams.
- Confrontations, The Escape, Mistakes, Double Agent Man —> Oversaw the Hartsdale facility until it was destroyed by Subject K-11E. Is remanded by Jacob. Went underground on and off to avoid being tracked down after her escape (the second escape).
- Before I Kill You, Mr. Bond —> Oversees Hiro Nakamura's brief captivity.
- Endgame —> Rainer is trapped in a ploy to bring Sylar a vial of Claire's regenerative blood from the Company. How? Kellie delivers photographs of his family, bound. It works. However, his family was already dead. Sylar's virus is healed.
- Men of Marble and Girls of Glass, Something Different Altogether, Internal Rendition, When a Company Man is a Family Man —> Delivers offers to Felix and Mariska, tying them into the Company, who already has their daughter Sasha, and has Noah keep an eye on them.
Quotes
- "I don't care how you do it, do it. People are going to go up against something without having the first clue what they're attacking, I want to know who these idiots are. I feel a domino effect coming on. And I don't like to play with dominoes. Games are for children." - Double Agent Man
- "I don't care if you're the ringleader of the damn circus. I'm not here to barter, but if you happen to cooperate, I might start to feel generous, boy." - Before I Kill You, Mr. Bond
Trivia
- Rainer was originally "cast" to appear for several scenes and to later be killed by Kellie.
- The paintings seen in Fire, Ice and Omens marked the first on-screen appearance of Isaac Mendez's "series of thirteen".