Paul Benjamin — Smoke Character Profile

About Paul Benjamin

Widowed writer who learns to slow down and helps Rashid.

Paul Benjamin — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Writing, Empathy, Self-reflection, Urban navigation

• Strength: 4/10
• Intelligence: 8/10
• Charisma: 6/10
• Morality: 7/10
• Influence: 5/10

Character Facts

Played by

William Hurt

Appears in

Smoke (1995)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Paul Benjamin — Temporal Past Self — Paul Benjamin (William Hurt)

  Internal conflict between recent loss and current healing.

• Paul Benjamin — Conflict Indirect Rival — Cyrus Cole (Forest Whitaker)

  Connected through Rashid, their lives intersect with underlying tension.

• Paul Benjamin — Social Friend — Ruby McNutt (Stockard Channing)

  Mutual acquaintances connected through the tobacconist shop.

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