Howard Clifford — Pokémon Detective Pikachu Character Profile

About Howard Clifford

The founder and former chairman of Clifford Industries and creator of Ryme City. He is the true mastermind behind the R gas conspiracy, using advanced holograms and a neural link to transfer his consciousness into Mewtwo. His goal is to fuse humans and Pokémon, but he is ultimately defeated and arrested.

Character Facts

Played by

Bill Nighy

Appears in

Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Howard Clifford — Conflict Arch Enemy — Tim Goodman (Justice Smith)

  Primary antagonist who manipulates events and threatens the city.

• Howard Clifford — Family Father — Roger Clifford (Chris Geere)

  Biological father and creator of the public face of the company.

• Howard Clifford — Power Manipulator — Lucy Stevens (Kathryn Newton)

  Victim of Howard's neural fusion experiments during the climax.

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• Detective Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds)
• Tim Goodman (Justice Smith)
• Sebastian (Omar Chaparro)
• Lucy Stevens (Kathryn Newton)
• Jack (Karan Soni)
• Lieutenant Hide Yoshida (Ken Watanabe)
• Mayor (Kadiff Kirwan)
• Boyfriend (Edward Davis)
• Young Tim Goodman (Max Fincham)
• Girlfriend (Simone Ashley)
• Mewtwo (voice) (Rina Hoshino)
• Lead Cop (Ben Fox)