File:Gordon_Freeman.png · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Gordon Freeman
Sign in to saveAlso known as The One Free Man, Mr. Freeman, Dr. Gordon Freeman, The Freeman, Anticitizen One, Dr. Freeman
fictional protagonist of the Half Life video game series
Key facts
- First game
- Half-Life (1998)
- Created by
- Gabe Newell
- Designed by
- Gabe Newell Marc Laidlaw
- Home
- Seattle , Washington
- Nationality
- American
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Gordon Freeman
- date of birth
- 1980-00-00
- narrative age
- 47
- data size
- 4.43
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
~9 min read
Article
Gordon Freeman is the silent protagonist of the Half-Life video game series, created by Gabe Newell and designed by Marc Laidlaw of Valve. His first appearance is in Half-Life (1998). Gordon is depicted as a bespectacled white man from Seattle, with brown hair and a signature circle beard, who graduated from MIT with a PhD in theoretical physics. He was an employee at the fictional Black Mesa Research Facility. Controlled by the player, Gordon is often tasked with using a wide range of weapons and tools to fight alien creatures such as headcrabs, as well as Combine machines and soldiers. Gordon's character has been well received by critics and gamers, and various gaming websites often consider him to be one of the greatest video game characters of all time, including UGO and GameSpot.
Character design