Jim Lovell — Apollo 13 Character Profile

About Jim Lovell

Commander of Apollo 13 who leads his crew through a catastrophic in-flight explosion. He redirects the mission from a lunar landing to survival, manages crew tensions, and successfully guides the spacecraft back to Earth after manually steering the Lunar Module.

Jim Lovell — Character Profile

Affiliations

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• United States

Quick Facts about Jim Lovell

Education

University of Southern California, Harvard Business School, United States Naval Academy, University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States Naval Test Pilot School, MacDowell Montessori School

Occupation

astronaut, screenwriter, test pilot

Jim Lovell's Known Relations

• Blanche Lovell — Mother
• Barbara Lovell — Child
• Susan Lovell — Child
• Jeffrey Lovell — Child
• Jay Lovell — Child
• Marilyn Lovell — Spouse
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration — Employer
• United States — Allegiance

Jim Lovell appears in 2 titles

• Apollo 13 (1995)
• First Man (2018) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Tom Hanks

Appears in

Apollo 13 (1995)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Jim Lovell — Power Commander And Flight Director — Gene Kranz (Ed Harris)

  Hierarchical command structure ensuring mission success.

• Jim Lovell — Professional Former Crewmate — Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise)

  Professional bond maintained despite initial replacement.

• Jim Lovell — Alliance Crewmate — Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon)

  New crew member integrated into the command team.

• Jim Lovell — Alliance Crewmate — Fred Haise (Bill Paxton)

  Core crew alliance navigating the in-space crisis.

Explore the full interactive character relationship map of Apollo 13

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• Fred Haise (Bill Paxton)
• Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon)
• Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise)
• John Aaron - EECOM Arthur (Loren Dean)
• Gene Kranz (Ed Harris)
• Glynn Lunney (Marc McClure)
• Jeffrey Lovell (Miko Hughes)
• Barbara Lovell (Mary Kate Schellhardt)
• Henry Hurt (Xander Berkeley)
• Jay Lovell (Max Elliott Slade)
• Pete Conrad (David Andrews)
• Marilyn Lovell (Kathleen Quinlan)