Character Relationship Map: Hitman

Characters

• Agent 47 (played by Timothy Olyphant) — protagonist

  Genetically engineered super-soldier and elite assassin for the ICA.

• Mike Whittier (played by Dougray Scott) — protagonist

  Interpol agent pursuing Agent 47 and the Belicoff conspiracy.

• Yuri Marklov (played by Robert Knepper) — supporting

  Russian mobster and associate of the Belicoff crime family.

• Mikhail Belicoff (played by Ulrich Thomsen) — supporting

  Russian oligarch and arms dealer central to the first film's conspiracy.

• Udre Belicoff (played by Henry Ian Cusick) — supporting

  Son of Mikhail Belicoff involved in the family's criminal empire.

• Bwana Ovie (played by Ériq Ebouaney) — supporting

  Supporting character in the Hitman narrative.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Mikhail Belicoff → Yuri Marklov (Power Political Association) — Marklov operates within the political and criminal crisis surrounding Belicoff.

  Yuri Marklov oversees the manhunt connected to the Belicoff conspiracy and later disrupts the funeral operation involving Belicoff's double.

• Agent 47 → Udre Belicoff (Professional Hired Assassin) — Agent 47 accepts Udre as a contract target.

  Agent 47 offers to kill Udre Belicoff in exchange for a favor from a CIA associate.

• Agent 47 → Bwana Ovie (Professional Contracted Target) — Agent 47 is assigned to eliminate Bwana Ovie.

  The plot states that Agent 47 completes a hit on the Nigerien warlord Bwana Ovie.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Mike Whittier → Yuri Marklov (Conflict Institutional Opponents) — Their enforcement objectives conflict during the pursuit.

  Whittier attempts to arrest Agent 47, but Yuri Marklov forces him to leave Russia for interfering.

• Agent 47 → Yuri Marklov (Conflict Manhunt Adversary) — Marklov directs the official pursuit, making him a direct obstacle to Agent 47.

  Yuri Marklov oversees the manhunt for Agent 47, and Agent 47 later kidnaps him.

• Agent 47 → Mike Whittier (Conflict Pursuer And Fugitive) — Whittier hunts Agent 47 while Agent 47 repeatedly escapes custody.

  Mike Whittier pursues Agent 47, attempts to arrest him, and later arrives with Interpol backup.

• Agent 47 → Mikhail Belicoff (Conflict Assassination Target) — Their relationship begins as a planned assassination and becomes part of a larger conspiracy.

  Agent 47 is ordered to kill Russian president Mikhail Belicoff publicly and shoots him in the head.

Story Analysis

An engineered assassin uncovers a political setup, destroys the conspirators, and disappears while protecting an innocent witness.

Plot Progression

1. The Manufactured Assassin — The opening establishes the facility where boys are trained to become professional hitmen. In the present, Agent 47 confronts Mike Whittier and the story moves into his earlier mission.
2. A President and a Double — Agent 47 kills Mikhail Belicoff but is told the target survived. An alleged witness, an assassination attempt, and the exposure of a political double reveal that Agent 47 has been framed.
3. Flight through Russia — Agent 47 refuses to kill the witness and escapes a widening manhunt. He battles pursuing agents, overpowers Whittier, and survives Marklov's intervention.
4. The Istanbul Counterstrike — Agent 47 negotiates a contract against Udre Belicoff and travels to Istanbul. He uses a stolen identity, kills Udre, and turns the funeral into an opportunity to eliminate the imposter.
5. A Vanishing Assassin — Agent 47 escapes the convoy transporting him and forces Whittier to report a false death. He quietly protects the woman connected to the conspiracy before disappearing.