Fagin — Boy Called Twist Character Profile

About Fagin

An ancient Ethiopian Rastafarian who operates a network of child thieves in Cape Town. He takes in Twist, trains him in theft, and secretly receives payments from Monks to keep the boy marginalized.

Character Facts

Played by

Lesley Fong

Appears in

Boy Called Twist (2004)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Fagin — Professional Recruiter And Ward — Twist (Jarrid Geduld)

  Fagin recruits Twist into his child-theft network.

  After Twist reaches Cape Town, he falls in with Fagin, who runs a network of child thieves and takes him into it.

• Fagin — Alliance Criminal Associate — Bill Sykes (Bart Fouche)

  Bill acts as an enforcer for Fagin's criminal operation.

  Bill steals Twist back for Fagin, directly carrying out an action that serves Fagin's network.

• Fagin — Alliance Criminal Associate — Nancy (Kim Suzanne Engelbrecht)

  Nancy supports Fagin's effort to reclaim Twist.

  Nancy helps steal Twist back so that he can be returned to Fagin's child-theft network.

• Fagin — Professional Payer And Recipient — Monks (Peter Butler)

  Monks financially uses Fagin's network to control Twist's situation.

  Monks secretly pays Fagin to keep Twist marginalised and out of the way.

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More characters from Boy Called Twist

• Twist (Jarrid Geduld)
• Boese (Ivan Abrahams)
• Chester (Merlin Balie)
• Bill Sykes (Bart Fouche)
• Nancy (Kim Suzanne Engelbrecht)
• Monks (Peter Butler)
• Dodger (Tertius Swanepoel)
• Dickie (Remi Lawrence)
• Charley Bates (Ndyebo Mgaga)