Gene Hunt

Gene Hunt was a character from Life on Mars. (GAME: )

Graham O'Brien once compared the behaviour of Yasmin Khan to Gene Hunt while they were visiting Ace's friend Chantelle. (PROSE: At Childhood's End)

Natasha Nightingale thought John Simm was great in Life on Mars, but people only remembered Philip Glenister "because Gene Hunt was so..."; she changed topic before finishing the sentence. (GAME: )

Behind the scenes

 * Gene Hunt was portrayed by Philip Glenister in the television series Life on Mars (2006-07), featuring John Simm as the leading character Sam Tyler; and its sequel series Ashes to Ashes (2008-10), featuring Keeley Hawes as the leading character Alex Drake. In the short-lived American adaptation of Life on Mars (2008-09), Gene Hunt was played by Harvey Keitel.
 * Glenister's brother Robert Glenister has had multiple roles in the Whoniverse, including Salateen in The Caves of Androzani and Thomas Edison in Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror.