Egon Spengler — Ghostbusters Character Profile

About Egon Spengler

Brilliant, stoic parapsychologist and original Ghostbuster.

Egon Spengler — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Parapsychology, Ghost trap design, Scientific analysis, Theoretical physics

• Strength: 4/10
• Intelligence: 10/10
• Charisma: 5/10
• Morality: 9/10
• Influence: 8.5/10

Affiliations

• Ghostbusters universe

Quick Facts about Egon Spengler

Occupation

scientist, inventor, ghost hunter

Egon Spengler appears in 2 titles

• Ghostbusters (1984)
• Ghostbusters II (1989) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Harold Ramis

Appears in

Ghostbusters (1984)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (6)

• Egon Spengler — related — Janine Melnitz (Annie Potts)
• Egon Spengler — related — Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson)
• Egon Spengler — Alliance Teammate — Peter Venkman (Bill Murray)

  Original academic partners and business co-founders.

• Egon Spengler — Alliance Teammate — Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd)

  Technical and research partners within the team.

• Egon Spengler — Conflict Adversary — Walter Peck (William Atherton)

  Peck's orders directly trigger the containment breach that Egon warned about.

• Egon Spengler — Professional Investigator — Louis Tully (Rick Moranis)

  Egon interrogates Louis to understand his supernatural transformation.

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• Dean Yager (Jordan Charney)
• Janine Melnitz (Annie Potts)
• Library Administrator (John Rothman)
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• Violinist (Timothy Carhart)
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