David Levinson

"Must go faster, must go faster..."

- Dave escaping the alien mothership David Levinson is the deuteragonist of Independence Day. He plays a key role in saving the world first by warning the president of the alien attack countdown and then by uploading a computer virus into the mothership disabling the aliens' shields. He will return in the 2016 sequel Independence Day: Resurgence.

The character is played by Jeff Goldblum, who is known for playing Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park.