HAL 9000 — 2010 Character Profile

About HAL 9000

The physical and programmed entity of the ship's artificial intelligence.

HAL 9000 — Character Profile

Alignment

Villain

Species

Robot

Abilities

Ship control, Crew monitoring, System override, Logical deduction, Deception

• Strength: 2/10
• Intelligence: 10/10
• Charisma: 9/10
• Morality: 1/10
• Influence: 9/10

Affiliations

• Space Odyssey universe

Quick Facts about HAL 9000

Occupation

mass murderer

Eye Color

Red

HAL 9000's Known Relations

• David Bowman — Enemy

HAL 9000 appears in 2 titles

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) — character page
• 2010 (1984)

Character Facts

Played by

Douglas Rain

Appears in

2010 (1984)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (1)

• HAL 9000 — Power Commander — Tanya Kirbuk (Helen Mirren)

  Soviet Captain commanding the allied mission involving HAL.

  Kirbuk is the Soviet captain of the Leonov and HAL is the AI on Discovery; she agrees to Floyd's plan to use Discovery as a booster.

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