Handsome Jack is a character in Gearbox Software's Borderlands video
game franchise. He is the President of the Hyperion Corporation, which
takes control of the planet Pandora; and is the main antagonist of
Borderlands 2. Jack believes in his mind that he is the hero of the
story being the heroic savior of everyone and that the world revolves
around him. Jack was conceived early on as a fellow Vault Hunter
"frenemy" before being changed to an outright villain to make
Borderlands 2 clearer. Primary concerns fell on making him balance
both the seriousness and humor of the game. The character is voiced by
Dameon Clarke.After his introduction in 2012's Borderlands 2, Jack
appears again in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! and Telltale Games'
Tales from the Borderlands. The Pre-Sequel! revolves around Jack's
rise to power, while Tales features Jack as a hologram who gets
injected into the mind of one of the game's protagonists. In
Borderlands 3, Jack appears in a voice cameo.Handsome Jack has
received critical acclaim. Clarke won "Best Performance by a Human
Male" at the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards for his role.Introduced as
the president of the Hyperion Corporation, in his first appearance
Jack and Hyperion have taken over the planet Pandora with Jack
becoming a dictator, putting up propagandist posters of himself around
the planet. Dialogue in Borderlands 2 establishes his past as a "code
monkey", before taking credit for the Vault Hunters' actions in the
first Borderlands. The character is depicted with two
differently-colored eyes, giving him an asymmetrical design, as well
as a mask of a face that covers his own.
game franchise. He is the President of the Hyperion Corporation, which
takes control of the planet Pandora; and is the main antagonist of
Borderlands 2. Jack believes in his mind that he is the hero of the
story being the heroic savior of everyone and that the world revolves
around him. Jack was conceived early on as a fellow Vault Hunter
"frenemy" before being changed to an outright villain to make
Borderlands 2 clearer. Primary concerns fell on making him balance
both the seriousness and humor of the game. The character is voiced by
Dameon Clarke.After his introduction in 2012's Borderlands 2, Jack
appears again in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! and Telltale Games'
Tales from the Borderlands. The Pre-Sequel! revolves around Jack's
rise to power, while Tales features Jack as a hologram who gets
injected into the mind of one of the game's protagonists. In
Borderlands 3, Jack appears in a voice cameo.Handsome Jack has
received critical acclaim. Clarke won "Best Performance by a Human
Male" at the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards for his role.Introduced as
the president of the Hyperion Corporation, in his first appearance
Jack and Hyperion have taken over the planet Pandora with Jack
becoming a dictator, putting up propagandist posters of himself around
the planet. Dialogue in Borderlands 2 establishes his past as a "code
monkey", before taking credit for the Vault Hunters' actions in the
first Borderlands. The character is depicted with two
differently-colored eyes, giving him an asymmetrical design, as well
as a mask of a face that covers his own.
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