Rick O'Connell

Do-Gooder

Full Name

Richard O'Connell

Alias(es)

Rick
O'Connell
Ricochet O'Connell

Origin

The Mummy

Occupation

Medjai
Adventurer
Archeologist
French Foreign Legion Colonel (formerly)

Powers / Skills

Intelligence
Military Training
Marksmanship
Weapons Expertise
Hand-to-Hand Combatant

Hobby

Fishing
Fighting
Adventuring

Goals

Get Evelyn to Hamunaptra (succeeded)
Stop Imhotep and save Evelyn (succeeded)
Stop Imhotep from releasing Mathayus (succeeded)
Stop Emperor Han (succeeded)

Family

Jack O'Connell (father)
Evelyn O' Connell (wife)
Jonathan Carnahan (brother-in-law)
Alex O'Connell (son)

Friends / Allies

Beni Gabor (formerly), Ardeth Bay, Izzy Buttons, Winston Havelock, "Mad Dog" Maguire, Terence Bey, David Daniels, Isaac Henderson, Bernard Burns, Gad Hassan (briefly), Allen Chamberlain, Lin, Zi Yuan, Yetis

Enemies

Imhotep, Anck-Su-Namun/Mela Nais, Beni Gabor, Gad Hassan, Lock-Nah, "Red" Willits, Jacques Clemons, Jacob Spivey, Mathayus, Emperor Han, Roger Wilson, Yang, Choi

Type of Hero

Adventurer

“	Oh, I hate mummies!	„
	~ Rick upon seeing mummies destroy his car.

Colonel Richard O’Connell, also known most famously as O'Connell or Rick, is the main protagonist of the Mummy series.

He was portrayed by Brendan Fraser, who also portrayed George of the Jungle, Stu Miley in Monkeybone, D.J. Drake in Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and Cliff Steele/Robot Man in Doom Patrol.

Biography

Rick is an American adventurer and was a former Colonel of the French Foreign Legion. He was married to Evelyn O'Connell née Carnahan and conceived a son, Alex O'Connell. Throughout his life, O'Connell had gone through many adventures, seeing many exotic locales and encountering many different peoples and customs, with his adventures turning towards a more eldritch direction as he first encountered the evils of the resurrected mummy Imhotep, going on to face many more supernatural foes later in his life.

Once O'Connell had grown older, he had dedicated time to several adventures alongside his friend and oft accomplice Izzy Buttons, in misdeeds such as bank robbery, but had abandoned this when he enlisted in the French Foreign Legion in an expedition to an ancient Egyptian necropolis known as Hamunaptra, with Rick as one of only two survivors, returning three years later, finding the ancient mummy Imhotep and stopping him from an ascent to power with an archaeologist-turned librarian called Evelyn Carnahan, whom O'Connell had fallen in love with during the expedition, and married shortly thereafter. Imhotep would, however, resurface into Rick's life several more times, causing Rick to defeat him with the help of his own family. Over the years, Alex and Rick's relationship suffered some strains as Alex left his family behind to join the United States Air Force, these strains continuing well on for years until their collaboration in the defeat of the ancient Chinese immortal known as Emperor Han, which led to a reconciliation betwixt father and son.

Rick's adventuring days took their toll on his health and put his life on a constant risk as he was almost hung in the Cairo prison, strangled by Imhotep, and nearly killed fighting the Emperor Han.