- "I'm just a guy. I'm Mr. Nobody."
- ―Mr. Nobody
"Mr. Nobody" was the alias of a government agent who led a covert organization known as the Agency and assigned Dominic Toretto's Crew with several missions and aided them on multiple occasions. Following his presumed death after his plane was attacked by Jakob Toretto to extract Cipher, he was succeeded by Aimes, who was not in good terms with Toretto’s crew, but in secret, working as a mole for Dante Reyes.
Biography
Early Life
Not much is known about Mr. Nobody's early life other than he was once worked in the CIA and had a daughter named Tess who would eventually join his Agency which he became the lead of at an unknown point.
Covert Missions
Mr. Nobody meets Han Seoul-Oh
When Mr. Nobody was in the CIA, he became good friends with Gisele Yashar while investigating the illegal drug trade in Central America. After Gisele's supposed death, he approached her boyfriend Han Seoul-Oh in Tokyo, who was grieving her at the time, and offered him the opportunity to work for him. Mr. Nobody had Han retrieve a device called Project Aries from a married couple who invented the device and at the same time he crossed paths with the couple's daughter, Elle Lue, after the couple was killed when Han arrived. Mr. Nobody discovered that Elle's DNA could unlock the device and he instructed Han to care for her as enemy forces would come after her by Otto and Jakob Toretto, the latter of who was an agent for Mr. Nobody but went rogue. To allow Han and Elle to stay undercover, Mr. Nobody fake Han's death, using Deckard Shaw as cover and Han went into hiding underground.
After the presumed death of Han, Mr. Nobody used this to his advantage to get Dominic Toretto on side as Mr. Nobody was working to apprehend a wanted terrorist named Mose Jakande, who kidnapped a hacker named Ramsey in order to obtain information on the whereabouts of her hacking device, the God's Eye. As the God's Eye was capable of tracking any individual through various digital platforms, Mr. Nobody's top priority was to find Jakande and Ramsey before she could be coerced into aiding the terrorist to utilize God's Eye and disappear altogether.
God's Eye Recovery
Recruiting Dominic Toretto
- "Allow me to introduce myself. I'm... Mr. Nobody"
- ―Mr. Nobody to Dominic Toretto
Mr. Nobody meets Dominic Toretto
Mr. Nobody became involved in Dominic and his crew's feud with Deckard Shaw on the request of Diplomatic Secret Service agent, Luke Hobbs,[1] whilst also being aware of Dom's connection to his former associate, Jakob.
During Dominic and Deckard's first confrontation, Mr. Nobody and his men arrived at the scene, forcing Deckard to run before they could kill him. Dominic attacked Mr. Nobody's right-hand-man, Sheppard, assuming their presence was a threat to him. Mr. Nobody remained calm and asked that Dominic release Sheppard before he passed out. Obliging the request, Dominic questioned why he ruined his opportunity to kill the man who seemingly murdered his friend. Mr. Nobody introduced himself and explained that he arrived at the request of Hobbs.
After saving Dominic, they relocated to his base of operations and and Mr. Nobody convinced Dominic to assist him in locating the God's Eye and rescuing its creator, Ramsey, in return for using the program to locate Shaw. He assembles Dominic's crew upon the latter's agreement on the deal.
Liberating Ramsey
Once Ramsey was rescued from Jakande and the God's Eye was secured in Abu Dhabi, Mr. Nobody let Dominic use the device to track Deckard Shaw's location in Abu Dhabi. When the rest of his team was asleep, Mr. Nobody accompanies Dominic and Brian O'Conner to the warehouse where Deckard was staying.
Not long after their arrival, they were ambushed by the surprise arrival of Jakande and his men, who've allied themselves with Deckard. While fighting Deckard and Jakande, Sheppard is killed and Mr. Nobody is shot. Although Dominic and Brian help him escape the shootout, Dominic tells Brian to pull over once they're a safe enough distance from Deckard and Jakande. While Dominic is hesitant to leave him without aid, Mr. Nobody assures him that he has already alerted a medical team. He tells them to leave him on the side of the road in the desert and finish the mission.
Cipher
- "That is the cyberterrorist known as Cipher"
- ―Mr. Nobody to Dominic Toretto's Crew
Mr. Nobody meets Luke Hobbs
Mr. Nobody greeted Hobbs at the prison he has been transferred to with his new partner Little Nobody, they offer to help him get out of the prison if he pleads guilty to his crimes. Hobbs denies this and tells them he'll get out on his own. Later Mr. Nobody stages a prison riot as a distraction so Hobbs and Deckard can escape the prison. Mr. Nobody gathers Letty Ortiz, Tej Parker, Roman Pearce, Ramsey, Shaw and Hobbs at his new home base and informs them of Cipher's intentions and that she is working with Dom. While using God's Eye to find Dom they are invaded by Dom and Cipher who steal the God's Eye. Later Mr. Nobody instructs the group to travel to New York to track down Cipher.
After the failed New York Chase, Mr. Nobody returns and pointed them in the direction of Vladovin, Russia where Dom and Cipher would be targeting a military base controlled by military separatists so they can hijack the submarine.
Following the rescue of the Dom's son and Mr. Nobody attended the team's barbecue in New York where he offered Hobbs his job back, to which he declined, and then sat down to lunch with the family as Dom introduced his new son Brian.
Capturing Cipher and Presumed Death
- "My plane is under attack by a rogue agent. I've got dangerous cargo on board. I need you to send a team"
- ―Mr. Nobody's distress signal
Mr. Nobody sends a distress signal
It was revealed, that Mr Nobody saved Han Seoul-Oh, from the crash instigated by Deckard Shaw in Tokyo. After the last film, Mr Nobody arrested Cipher on his plane and also kept one half of a program called Project Aries. He was then attacked by Jakob Toretto and Otto, and the plane crashed in Montequinto. During the attack, he sent an emergency SOS message to Dominic Toretto's Crew which allowed them to investigate the crash. It is unknown if he survived the crash.
Dante Reyes' Revenge
Following the Attack in Rome, Dom asks Magdalene Shaw to deliver a message to Mr. Nobody, however she claims this isn't possible without a medium or psychic as Mr. Nobody has pulled "one of his disappearing acts", indicating that he has not resurfaced since his plane crash in Montequinto. Tess aims to uphold his legacy and support Dom's crew after they are framed, although Mr. Nobody's successor, Aimes, does not feel the same way about the team and instructs the Agency to apprehend them. It is later revealed that Aimes is working with Dante, hence his stance towards the team.
Personality
Despite his status as a government agent, Mr. Nobody differs from the commonly accepted image. He chooses to present himself as a relatively easy-going man with a taste for Belgian ale, even attempting to convince Dominic to change his choice of beer, Corona.[1] Friendly and otherwise forward with his intentions when he chooses to partner up with Dominic's crew to stop Mose Jakande.
Despite Dominic's expectations of betrayal when the God's Eye is finally retrieved, Mr. Nobody proves himself trust-worthy and honorable in that he allows him to use it. He also kept the end of his deal with Hobbs after he worked with him and erased all his criminal records and offered him his position in the DSS back. Indeed, Mr. Nobody has become a sufficiently trusted ally of Toretto's crew that in addition to his ability to get them to work with him even alongside their hated former enemy Deckard Shaw, he was invited into their dinner party and happily attended it, along with casually brushing off Letty's gratitude. His experience as a government agent working under clandestine operations allows him to work alongside younger agents like Sheppard, or ex-FBI agent like Brian O'Conner. Despite being old, his age is neither a hindrance or liability when in active combat, as he was able to stand his ground in firefight (by even using dual pistols) against Mose Jakande's men and came out with only a survivable wound.[1]
Relationships
Family
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Trivia
- In an interview on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show, Vin Diesel divulged that the storyline for The Fate of the Furious would be set in New York City and involve Mr. Nobody.[2]
- Originally, Universal Pictures wanted a big-name celebrity for the role of "Mr. Nobody", when the character was eventually given a larger role in the sequels. They approached Denzel Washington, who turned down the role. Deepika Padukone, Halle Berry and Taylor Lautner were considered for the role, before they eventually settled on Kurt Russell.[3]
- Harry Shearer, Danny DeVito, Jim Carrey, Peter Dinklage, Sharlto Copley, Christopher Lloyd, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Bill Hader, John Leguizamo, and Robert Downey Jr. were considered for the role of Mr. Nobody before Kurt Russell was selected.
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