Marvin — The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Character Profile

About Marvin

A clinically depressed android who joins the Heart of Gold crew. Stranded on Magrathea with Arthur, he is shot during an attack, reboots, and uses the Point-of-View gun to incapacitate pursuing Vogons with crippling depression.

Character Facts

Played by

Alan Rickman

Appears in

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Marvin — Alliance Companion — Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman)

  Left behind together during the mission.

• Marvin — Professional Android Assistant — Zaphod Beeblebrox (Sam Rockwell)

  Depressed android serving the ship's captain.

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