Murdoc
Overview
 
Murdoc is a fictional character
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 in the television series MacGyver
MacGyver
MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the executive producers. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the United States and various other networks abroad from 1985 to 1992. The series was filmed in Los Angeles...

played by Michael Des Barres
Michael Des Barres
Lord Michael Philip Des Barres is a British actor and rock singer. He is known for playing the recurring role of Murdoc on the television show MacGyver and for replacing the late Robert Palmer in the band Power Station, fronting the band at the 1985 Live Aid concert...

. Murdoc is an assassin
Assassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...

 working for the Homicide International Trust, an international group of assassins. He appears in a total of nine episodes, being the most frequent villain
Villain
A villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. The villain usually is the antagonist, the character who tends to have a negative effect on other characters...

 in the series and one of the very few to actually make recurring appearances.
Angus MacGyver
Angus MacGyver
Angus MacGyver, known as just MacGyver or Mac until the final season of the American spy television series MacGyver, is the highly intelligent, optimistic action hero played by Richard Dean Anderson. He prefers non-violent conflict resolution wherever possible and refuses to carry or use a gun...

's most frequent opponent, a member of Homicide International Trust (HIT) and master assassin who never fails — except when MacGyver gets involved.
Quotations

"Kids, eh? Little treasures. I love them. Couldn't eat a whole one though."

[on the video for Rock It] "And at the end, one of those talent show winners that you can never remember the name of appears as this big monster with COMPETITION WINNER above her head and dead kittens flying out of her mouth. So that was it, really. Good video, good song."

"'Always be wary of people who use quotes.' I can't remember who said that."

[talking about his father, after being left on his door step] "I think if eBay had been invented at the time, he would have sold me online then and there."

[to 2D] "Happy days! ...That's when your eye came out, wasn't it?"

"Technically, though, my voice is a lot better than 2D's"

[on Clint Eastwood] "If this was any more catchy then we'd have to invent a vaccine."

"You should never touch another man's bass. I strongly advise against it."

 
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