Takeshi Kovacs

Takeshi Lev Kovacs is the main protagonist of the book Altered Carbon and it's tv series. He is native of Harlan's World and a former member of the Colonial Tactical Assault Corps. Taken into custody by the Colonial Tactical Assault Corps, Kovacs was given the option to enlist. He agreed as long as they promised to look after Reileen. Kovacs' original sleeve was kept in storage on Harlan's World while he was needlecast off-world to begin his training.

He is portrayed by Joel Kinnaman, who also played Robocop in the reboot of the movie of the same name and Rick Flag in Suicide Squad. In his original body, he is portrayed Will Yun Lee, Byron Mann in his prior body, and Morgan Gao as his young self.

Background
CTAC Praetorians caught up with Kovacs and a local mercenary, Sarah, after a mission to retrieve several Cortical Stacks. During the firefight, Sarah's Sleeve was killed and Kovacs was arrested by Jaeger. Because of their past and Kovacs' disrespectful attitude, Jaeger shot Sarah through the Stack. Kovacs attempted to fight back but his Sleeve was killed and his Stack retrieved. He was incarcerated at Millsport Maximum Security Prison, with Jaeger's report claiming that Kovacs had shot Sarah in the Stack prior to being arrested. Kovacs' sentence had no end date.

Season One
Kovacs's Stack was shipped from Millsport to Alcatraz Prison in Bay City on Earth and Resleeved in the body of Elias Ryker, currently serving a prison sentence at the facility. The conditions of his parole leased him to Bancroft Industries, run by Laurens Bancroft.

Personality
Kovacs' mentality, as it is been seen throughout the series, brings a sinister look with it.

Trivia
In "Fallen Angel", Kovacs is shown to have another seven known sleeves (including the ones played by Will Lee Yun and Byron Mann when entering Psychasec.