René (explosion future)

René
Portrayed by	Jimmy Jean-Louis
First appearance	Five Years Gone
In-story stats
Known ability	Mental manipulation
Nicknames	The Haitian, Boy (by Guillame)
Gender
Date of death	November 8, 2011
Home	formerly a village in Haiti
Occupations	Homeland Security agent, former agent of the Company
Parent	Guillame (deceased)
Sibling	Baron Samedi (half-brother)

In the "explosion future", René (better known as The Haitian) is an agent of Homeland Security who uses his power to help capture renegade evolved humans.

Character History

Five Years Gone

The Haitian helps and accompanies Matt Parkman on a raid to capture Hiro Nakamura at Isaac Mendez's apartment. They capture Hiro Nakamura, but he is not the man they thought he was. The Haitian remains with Hiro at holding facility to keep him from escaping with his power. When the President gives the order for Mohinder Suresh to execute Hiro, the Haitian assists, but Mohinder turns the syringe against the Haitian at the last second, killing him instead.

Evolved Human Abilities

René has the power to manipulate people's minds, interfering with the use of special powers and selectively deleting memories.

René has shown the ability to discriminate between targets in the blocking of others' powers. For example, he blocked Hiro's powers of time manipulation, but not Matt Parkman's telepathy. He is also able to cover the entire top floor of the Homeland Security building with his power blocking.

Trivia

• Matt Parkman refers to René as "Jim" (Five Years Gone). This is most likely an error--the Haitian is portrayed by Jimmy Jean-Louis.
• René wears a DHS badge that says "Visitor 27". In Godsend, D.L.'s prison visitor's badge also says "Visitor 27".

See Also

• For René's history in the present, see René.
• For René's history in the "exposed future", see René (exposed future).