Rick O'Connell — The Mummy Returns Character Profile

Rick O'Connell — Character Profile

Affiliations

• Foreign Legion

Quick Facts about Rick O'Connell

Full Name

Richard O'Connell

Occupation

adventurer, archaeologist, soldier

Nationality

American

Rick O'Connell's Known Relations

• Alex O'Connell — Child
• Evelyn O'Connell — Spouse
• Jonathan Carnahan — Relative
• Foreign Legion — Member of
• Imhotep — Enemy
• The Dragon Emperor — Enemy
• Anck-Su-Namun — Enemy

Rick O'Connell appears in 3 titles

• The Mummy (1999) — character page
• The Mummy Returns (2001)
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Brendan Fraser

Appears in

The Mummy Returns (2001)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Rick O'Connell — Family Spouses — Evelyn O'Connell / Nefertiri (Rachel Weisz)

  Their marriage is the emotional center of the story and motivates their mutual sacrifices.

  The plot identifies Evelyn as Rick's wife. They repeatedly cooperate to rescue their family and survive the destruction of Ahm Shere.

• Rick O'Connell — Alliance Teammates — Ardeth Bay (Oded Fehr)

  They form a reliable partnership against the cult, Imhotep, and Anubis's army.

  Rick sets out to rescue Evelyn with the help of Ardeth Bay, who returns to assist him.

• Rick O'Connell — Conflict Arch Enemies — Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo)

  Their repeated confrontations drive the central human-versus-mummy conflict.

  Rick frees Evelyn before her sacrifice and fights Imhotep. He later attacks Imhotep inside the pyramid.

• Rick O'Connell — Conflict Final Combatants — Mathayus / The Scorpion King (Dwayne Johnson)

  Their final duel determines whether the army of Anubis returns to the Underworld.

  Rick attacks the Scorpion King inside the pyramid and later uses the Spear of Osiris to slay him.

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More characters from The Mummy Returns

• Evelyn O'Connell / Nefertiri (Rachel Weisz)
• Jonathan Carnahan (John Hannah)
• Ardeth Bay (Oded Fehr)
• Izzy Buttons (Shaun Parkes)
• Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo)
• Mathayus / The Scorpion King (Dwayne Johnson)
• British Museum Mummy (uncredited) (Brian Best)
• High Priest (uncredited) (Sean Cronin)
• Mountain of Flesh (Trevor Lovell)
• Jacques Clemons (Joe Dixon)
• Shafek (Quill Roberts)
• Show Girl (Donna Air)