Jurassic Park Characters

A "barrel-chested, bearded man of forty," Dr. Alan Grant is a professor of paleontology at the University of Denver. He sees himself "as an outdoorsman," believing "all the important work in paleon...

Goldblum—sorry, Ian Malcolm—is a mathematician from Texas who wears all black, all the time, and has a rather dismal outlook on the prospects of Hammond's big project. He's calculated that the...

Hammond may mean well—sort of—but he's pretty much your basic evil billionaire when you get right down to it. He has loads of money and wants loads more. Maybe there's nothing wrong with that,...

Ellie is a paleobotanist, which means she studies fossilized plants and assists Alan Grant with his digs. Hammond invites her to the island to get her opinion on the plant life at the park. A good...

Robert Muldoon, the park warden, drinks a lot and argues a lot, but he's the leader the park needs when everything falls apart. He'll order everyone around, even his boss John Hammond, if the occas...

Gennaro is the legal counsel for InGen. Don't get him confused with the character in the movie: he's not the cowardly weasel he's made out to be there. Sure, in the book, he sometimes has to be per...

Arnold is the chief engineer at the park, and he's Malcolm's foil. Arnold has his concerns about the park, but he fundamentally disagrees with Malcolm's theoretical objections to the project—and...

The computer-system analyst at Jurassic Park, Dennis Nedry fills the role of disgruntled employee. He's described as overweight and as a slob, and that kind of sums up a lot about him. Now, what ac...

Hammond's granddaughter, Lex, likes baseball and dislikes dinosaurs. She really doesn't do much in the book; the movie version improved her character by making her the older sibling and the compute...

Another disgruntled employee, Ed Regis is the head of Public Relations for the park. He's upset at being made the tour guide and babysitter of Hammond's grandkids. We'd maybe feel for him, but he t...

Still a young man, Wu is the park's chief geneticist. Obviously brilliant in his field, Wu's astounding ignorance about the biology of the animals he's making proves disastrous. He unknowingly engi...

Harding is the vet at Jurassic Park. Before coming to work for Hammond, he was the chief of veterinarian care at the San Diego Zoo. He's an expert at avian care.

Dodgson is one of the minor villains of the story. He persuades Dennis Nedry to steal dinosaur embryos for him so that his company, Biosyn, can remain competitive.