John Anderton | |
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Status: | Presumed Alive |
Nationality: | American |
Affiliation: | Department of PreCrime |
Marital status: | Remarried |
Spouse(s): | Wife: Lara Anderton |
Children: | with Lara Anderton: Sean Anderton (d.) Unborn child |
Played by: | Tom Cruise |
Films: | Minority Report |
First film: | Minority Report |
First mentioned: | Minority Report |
Appears in: | 1 film |
John Anderton is a former Chief of the Department of PreCrime until it was shutdown in 2054. His current status is unknown.
Biography
Pre-Minority Report
Sometime in his adult life, he met Lara, got married, and had a son, Sean. One day, John and Sean visit a public pool, and played a game of who can whole their breath the longest. After Sean was able to hold his breath for a long time, John challenged him and dove under the water. However, when he rose from the water, Sean was gone. Terrified, John calls his name out, trying to find him.
After a police investigation that proved inconclusive, John unable to cope with the disappearance of his son Sean, divorced his wife Lara and became a drug addict. He also joined the experimental Department of PreCrime, and eventually became its Chief while becoming close friends with Lamar Burgess.
Minority Report
In 2054, the Precogs generated a vision where John was going to murder a man named Leo Crow in 36 hours. John, not knowing who Leo Crow is, flees PreCrime Headquarters and is hunted down by federal agents under the command of Agent Danny Witwer.
Anderton seeks the advice of Dr. Iris Hineman, the creater and "mother" of the PreCrime Program. She reveals to John that sometimes, one of the three Precogs, usually Agatha, produced a different vision than the other two. This would eventually be labeled as a "minority report" and upon its creation, it is deleted in order to keep it a secret in order to ensure the system's credibility. Anderton, armed with this new knowledge, searches for the deleted minority reports to prove his innocence.
Anderton goes to a black market doctor to have his eyes removed and transplanted in order to avoid the city's retinal recognition system. He breaks into PreCrime Headquarters and kidnaps Agatha, effectively shutting down PreCrime, as the Precogs operated as a hive mind. Anderton reaches a hacker in order to extract the minority report. However, there was none, and instead Agatha shows him the image of the murder of Ann Lively in 2049.
Taking Down PreCrime
Behind the Scenes
John Anderton was portrayed by Tom Cruise in Minority Report.
Appearances
- Minority Report (First appearance)