Character Profile

Basic Information

Name: James McMahon

Age: mid 30’s

Nationality: African-American

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

Current Residence: New York, New York

Occupation: President of a very big company in New York and he is the crime lord in New York

Siblings (describe relationship): Jermaine - younger brother, is his apprentice

Spouse (describe relationship): he is single, but is looking for someone to have children with

Children (describe relationship): none

Grandparents (describe relationship): none

Grandchildren (describe relationship): none

Significant Others (describe relationship): he does not have a girlfriend because of his occupation

Relationship skills: he has money, which means he gets the women

Physical Characteristics: very athletic, very muscular (due to steroids)

Height: 6’2

Weight: 257lb

Race: African

Skin color: black

Shape of Face: oval

Distinguishing features: big nose, very thin hairline

How does he/she dress? Usually smart suits

Habits: (smoking, drinking etc.): only smokes cigars, only likes ‘classy’ drinks e.g. champagne, wine etc.

Health: average weight, doesn’t exercise, but knows how to fight

Style (Elegant, shabby etc.): very elegant and classy, shows his dominance over people by the way he walks and struts.

Greatest flaw: his massive ego

Best quality: his power over people and how he uses his money to get his advantage

Which character from a thriller film is your character most likened to? Wilson ‘Kingpin’ Fisk (Daredevil)


Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes

Educational Background: he was home schooled as his parents were rich

Intelligence Level: very high IQ level

Any Mental Illnesses? none

Character's short-term goals in life: He wants to destroy his rival's companies.


Character's long-term goals in life: to become the richest man in the world, to get a wife and start a family

How self-confident is the character? He is very self confident

What would most embarass this character? Being put into jail and seeing bad headlines in the press about him and/or his company and to appear weak in the eyes of his rivals


How the Character is Involved in the Story

Character's role in the thriller (Protagonist/antagonist etc.): the main antagonist

Scene where character first appears: he will appear in the first scene, when the main protagonist has a dream of Mr. McMahon killing his parents.

Relationships with other characters:

1. Character's Name: -- (Describe relationship with this character and changes to relationship over the course of the film). Sarah Rains – Mr. McMahon kidnaps Sarah and tries to make her his wife.

2. Character's Name: -- (Describe relationship with this character and changes to relationship over the course of the film). Jermaine McMahon – Mr. McMahon’s younger brother. And heir to the company, unless Mr. McMahon does not have any children.

3. Character's Name: -- (Describe relationship with this character and changes to relationship over the course of the film). Bill Crowe – relationship with McMahon doesn’t change through the film as Bill is the assistant and dies at the end of the film.

How character is different at the end of the film from when the film began: he changes his perspective of life at the end of the film. At the beginning, he wants to take over America like he has New York.