Harold Finch — Person of Interest Character Profile

About Harold Finch

A reclusive billionaire software genius who created the Machine to predict terrorist activities. He recruits Reese to intervene for individuals the system identifies as being of interest, and later weaponizes the Ice-9 virus to eliminate Samaritan before surviving and reuniting with his former fiancée.

Harold Finch — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Michael Emerson

Appears in

Person of Interest (2011)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Harold Finch — Professional Employer — John Reese (Jim Caviezel)

  Finch hires Reese to investigate persons of interest

• Harold Finch — Professional Handler — Lionel Fusco (Kevin Chapman)

  Finch manages Fusco as an inside contact

• Harold Finch — Conflict Adversary — Root (Amy Acker)

  Root pursues Finch to access the Machine

• Harold Finch — Alliance Reluctant Ally — Sameen Shaw (Sarah Shahi)

  Shaw eventually helps Finch

• Harold Finch — Conflict Target — Root (Amy Acker)

  Root pursues Finch and the Machine

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• John Reese (Jim Caviezel)
• Lionel Fusco (Kevin Chapman)
• Joss Carter (Taraji P. Henson)
• Alicia Corwin (Elizabeth Marvel)
• Raymond Terney (Al Sapienza)
• Patrick Simmons (Robert John Burke)
• Sameen Shaw (Sarah Shahi)
• Nathan Ingram (Brett Cullen)
• Iris Campbell (Wrenn Schmidt)
• Grace Hendricks (Carrie Preston)
• Carl Elias (Enrico Colantoni)
• Root (Amy Acker)