Albert Wesker
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| Albert Wesker | |
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 Wesker in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles |
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| Game series | Resident Evil series |
| First game | Resident Evil |
| Created by | Shinji Mikami |
| Voiced by (English) | Richard Waugh (RECV, Wesker's Report, RE0, RE4) DC Douglas (REUC) Peter Jessop (RE NGC) |
| Voiced by (Japanese) | Unknown |
| Live action actor(s) | Eric (in live-action sequences of Resident Evil (1996))
Jason O'Mara (in Resident Evil: Extinction) |
Albert Wesker is a fictional character in Capcom's Resident Evil series.[1] He was first introduced in the original Resident Evil and, through actions therein, has been effectively established as Resident Evil's primary antagonist.[2] Since then, he has had a behind-the-scenes role in many of the series' major events, and is the common connection between several of the series' characters.
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[edit] Appearances
[edit] In the Resident Evil games
Albert Wesker made his first appearance in the original Resident Evil as the commander of the fictional S.T.A.R.S. law-enforcing task force and leader of the Alpha Team division. He appears thorough the course of the game as a non-playable character assisting whichever main character the player is controlling (Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine) by making sporadic appearances. As the player goes further into the game, evidences begin to appear in the mansion's underground laboratory implicating Wesker as a member of the Umbrella research staff that worked in the mansion prior to the outbreak. Wesker eventually reveals to the main character that he was ordered by his superiors at Umbrella to lure his S.T.A.R.S. subordinates into the mansion, using them as test subjects against the mutated creatures in the mansion to gather battle data. However, he is either: seemingly killed by the Tyrant creature he unleashes before the final battle; or found dead at the lab's control room next to a self-destruct mechanism.
His next appearance was in Resident Evil Code: Veronica, where he appears as an agent working for an unnamed secret organization against Umbrella. He reveals in the fictional documentary, Wesker's Report, that he survived his apparent death in the first game by injecting himself beforehand with an experimental virus provided to him by his former colleague William Birkin. The virus brought him back to life, augmenting him with superhuman strength and agility, but at the expense of his humanity. He appears thorough the latter half of Code: Veronica confronting his former subordinate, Chris Redfield and the game's antagonist, Alexia Ashford.
Wesker then appears in Resident Evil Zero (a prequel) and Resident Evil 4 (a sequel) as a conspirator manipulating events from behind-the-scenes. He is a central character in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, where he appears as a playable character in several of the game's scenarios, expanding upon events alluded in early games, as well as his involvement in Umbrella's downfall after the events of Code: Veronica and his development into his role in Resident Evil 4.
[edit] In the Resident Evil movies
- Further information: Albert Wesker (Resident Evil film)
Wesker's character was adapted by Sony Pictures for the 2007 film Resident Evil: Extinction. Played by Jason O'Mara, this version of Wesker is, as opposed to game Wesker's role as a high ranking Umbrella researcher, the head of the Umbrella Corporation. He runs Umbrella's operations from behind the scenes, and holding meetings via hologram with his underground board of directors in an undisclosed location in Tokyo, Japan.
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