Simon Templar — The Saint Character Profile

Simon Templar — Character Profile

Quick Facts about Simon Templar

Occupation

adventurer, vigilante, thief

Nationality

British

Simon Templar appears in 14 titles

• The Saint in New York (1938) — character page
• The Saint Strikes Back (1939) — character page
• The Saint in London (1939) — character page
• The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) — character page
• The Saint Takes Over (1940) — character page
• The Saint In Palm Springs (1941) — character page
• The Saint's Vacation (1941) — character page
• The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941) — character page
• The Saint: The Brazilian Connection (1989) — character page
• The Saint: The Blue Dulac (1989) — character page
• The Saint: Wrong Number (1989) — character page
• The Saint: The Big Bang (1990) — character page
• The Saint: The Software Murders (1990) — character page
• The Saint (1997)

Character Facts

Played by

Val Kilmer

Appears in

The Saint (1997)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Simon Templar — Romantic Childhood Attachment — Agnes (Verity-Jane Dearsley)

  Agnes is Simon's first formative emotional attachment.

  As children at the orphanage, Simon tries to say goodbye to Agnes with a kiss before their escape attempt fails.

• Simon Templar — Romantic Lovers — Emma Russell (Elisabeth Shue)

  Their relationship transforms from deception into genuine love.

  Simon poses as Thomas More to seduce Emma, but develops genuine romantic feelings for her; they later begin a secret relationship.

• Simon Templar — Professional Client And Thief — Ivan Tretiak (Rade Šerbedžija)

  Their business arrangement is built on theft and mutual exploitation.

  Tretiak hires Simon to steal Emma's revolutionary cold-fusion formula after Simon steals a microchip from Tretiak's oil company.

• Simon Templar — Alliance Covert Ally — Dr. Lev Botvin (Henry Goodman)

  Simon enables Botvin to prove and later develop the clean-energy technology.

  Simon delivers Emma's completed formula to Botvin, and the later foundation led by Botvin is implied to develop the technology.

• Simon Templar — Alliance Escape Facilitator — Frankie (Irina Apeksimova)

  Frankie provides the fugitives with a crucial escape route.

  Frankie sells Simon and Emma directions through the sewers to reach the embassy.

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More characters from The Saint

• Emma Russell (Elisabeth Shue)
• Ivan Tretiak (Rade Šerbedžija)
• Dr. Lev Botvin (Henry Goodman)
• Russian Prostitute (Lucija Šerbedžija)
• Inspector Teal (Alun Armstrong)
• Agnes (Verity-Jane Dearsley)
• Frankie (Irina Apeksimova)
• Catholic Priest (Pat Laffan)
• Old Russian Lady (Alla Kazanskaya)
• Young Simon Templar (Adam C. Smith)
• Old Russian Man (Ronnie Letham)
• Boy in Orphanage (Michael Marquez)