Greville Wynne — The Courier Character Profile

About Greville Wynne

A British salesman recruited by CIA and MI6 to act as a civilian intermediary and courier. He travels to Moscow, carries classified documents and packages from Penkovsky, endures harsh imprisonment, maintains his innocence, and is eventually released in a spy swap for Konon Molody.

Greville Wynne — Character Profile

Affiliations

• Secret Intelligence Service
• MI5

Quick Facts about Greville Wynne

Education

University of Nottingham

Occupation

businessperson, electrical engineer, spy

Manner of Death

Natural causes

Greville Wynne's Known Relations

• Secret Intelligence Service — Employer
• MI5 — Employer

Character Facts

Played by

Benedict Cumberbatch

Appears in

The Courier (2020)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Greville Wynne — related — Nikita Khrushchev (Vladimir Chuprikov)
• Greville Wynne — related — Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze)
• Greville Wynne — Narrative Courier And Source — Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze)

  Wynne serves as the civilian courier for Penkovsky's intelligence materials.

  Wynne carries messages and packages provided by Penkovsky to Western intelligence agencies. Penkovsky asks that Wynne remain their regular courier.

• Greville Wynne — Professional Recruiter — Emily Donovan (Rachel Brosnahan)

  Donovan recruits Wynne into the courier operation.

  The CIA approaches Wynne for the intermediary mission, and Emily Donovan emphasizes that his efforts could help prevent a nuclear war.

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• Tamara (Alice Orr-Ewing)
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