Gene Hunt — Ashes to Ashes Character Profile

About Gene Hunt

DCI leading the local police division in 1981. He secretly knows his team are dead but forgets his own death circumstances. Revealed as a psychopomp and spirit guide who helps his officers move on to an afterlife, eventually remaining behind to guide new arrivals.

Gene Hunt — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Philip Glenister

Appears in

Ashes to Ashes (2008)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Gene Hunt — Conflict Rival — Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes)

  Professional rivalry due to different policing methods

• Gene Hunt — Alliance Partner — Ray Carling (Dean Andrews)

  Close working partnership and friendship

• Gene Hunt — Alliance Partner — Chris Skelton (Marshall Lancaster)

  Close working partnership and friendship

• Gene Hunt — Professional Superior — Shaz Granger (Montserrat Lombard)

  Supervisory relationship in the police hierarchy

Explore the full interactive character relationship map of Ashes to Ashes

More characters from Ashes to Ashes

• Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes)
• Ray Carling (Dean Andrews)
• Chris Skelton (Marshall Lancaster)
• Shaz Granger (Montserrat Lombard)
• Jim Keats (Daniel Mays)