Pete Curtis — The Year of Living Dangerously Character Profile

About Pete Curtis

American journalist in Jakarta. Stays with Guy Hamilton after Billy Kwan and Jill Bryant sever contact with him, remaining part of Guy's temporary support network during the escalating political turmoil.

Character Facts

Played by

Michael Murphy

Appears in

The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Pete Curtis — Professional Colleague — Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson)

  Pete remains part of Guy's professional and personal support network.

  After Billy and Jill sever contact with Guy, he is left with the American journalist Pete Curtis.

• Pete Curtis — Social Professional Acquaintance — Jill Bryant (Sigourney Weaver)

  They share the foreign diplomatic and journalistic environment, though no close interaction is specified.

  Jill belongs to the same Jakarta foreign community as Pete, while the plot identifies Pete as an American journalist and Jill as embassy staff.

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• Sukarno (Mike Emperio)
• Ibu (Norma Uatuhan)
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