Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop — RoboCop Character Profile

About Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop

Pre-transformation police officer whose tragic death leads to the creation of RoboCop.

Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Firearms proficiency, Investigation skills, Tactical driving, Hand-to-hand combat, Police procedures

• Strength: 6/10
• Intelligence: 7/10
• Charisma: 6/10
• Morality: 9/10
• Influence: 5/10

Affiliations

• Detroit Police Department
• Robocop universe

Quick Facts about Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop

Full Name

Alex James Murphy

Occupation

police officer

First Appearance

RoboCop

Nationality

American

Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop's Known Relations

• ED-209 — Enemy
• Clarence Boddicker — Enemy
• Omni Consumer Product — Enemy
• Detroit Police Department — Employer
• Anne Lewis — Business partner

Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop appears in 4 titles

• RoboCop (1987)
• RoboCop 2 (1990) — character page
• RoboCop 3 (1993) — character page
• RoboCop (2014) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Peter Weller

Appears in

RoboCop (1987)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop — Professional Creator — Bob Morton (Miguel Ferrer)

  Morton engineers the transformation of the deceased officer into a corporate enforcer.

• Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop — Conflict Killer — Clarence Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith)

  Boddicker personally executes Murphy during a street ambush.

• Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop — Conflict Arch Enemy — Dick Jones (Ronny Cox)

  Jones relentlessly pursues RoboCop to eliminate the cyborg threat.

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• Officer Anne Lewis (Nancy Allen)
• The Old Man (Dan O'Herlihy)
• Dick Jones (Ronny Cox)
• Joe Cox (Jesse D. Goins)
• Clarence Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith)
• Miller (Mark Carlton)
• Manson (Edward Edwards)
• Leon Nash (Ray Wise)
• Lt. Hedgecock (Michael Gregory)
• Bob Morton (Miguel Ferrer)
• Bobby (Freddie Hice)
• Sgt. Warren Reed (Robert DoQui)