Tesla — The Prestige Character Profile

About Tesla

A brilliant inventor in Colorado Springs. Angier commissions him to build a teleportation device, which Tesla successfully delivers but warns will bring only misery. The machine physically duplicates subjects, leaving the original alive while creating a clone.

Affiliations

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation
• Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing

Quick Facts about Tesla

Education

Charles University, Graz University of Technology, Karlovac Gymnasium

Occupation

electrician, physicist, inventor

Manner of Death

Natural causes

Tesla's Known Relations

• Milutin Tesla — Father
• Marica Tesla Kosanović — Sibling
• Đuka Mandic — Mother
• Martin Sekulić — Student of
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation — Employer
• Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing — Employer
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers — Member of
• Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts — Member of

Tesla appears in 2 titles

• The Prestige (2006)
• The Current War (2018) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

David Bowie

Appears in

The Prestige (2006)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The Prestige

• Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman)
• Alfred Borden (Christian Bale)
• Cutter (Michael Caine)
• Julia McCullough (Piper Perabo)
• Prosecutor (Jim Piddock)
• Sarah (Rebecca Hall)
• Olivia Wenscombe (Scarlett Johansson)
• Milton (Ricky Jay)
• Owens (Roger Rees)
• Captain (Mark Ryan)
• Sullen Warder (Jamie Harris)
• Defender (Christopher Neame)