Gene Hunt was a character from Life on Mars. (GAME: The Lonely Assassins [+]Amelia Chung, Priya Kulasagaran, Rebecca Hee and Gavin Collinson, Maze Theory (2021).)
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: The Lonely Assassins [+]Amelia Chung, Priya Kulasagaran, Rebecca Hee and Gavin Collinson, Maze Theory (2021).)
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.