Alan Clay — A Hologram for the King Character Profile

Alan Clay - A Hologram for the King

About Alan Clay

Protagonist and American salesman sent to Saudi Arabia to pitch a holographic teleconferencing system to the King. Struggling with debt from a messy divorce and past corporate guilt, he endures isolation in a desert development tent, forms bonds with his driver and a local doctor, and ultimately pivots to selling condominiums while finding personal renewal.

Alan Clay — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by
Tom Hanks
Appears in
A Hologram for the King (2016)
Role
Protagonist

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