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Unknown
Portrayed by	Jimmy Jean-Louis
First appearance	One Giant Leap
In-story stats
Known ability	Mental manipulation
Gender

The Haitian is an assistant to Mr. Bennet. He has the power to manipulate other peoples' minds, at least to the point of making them forget all or part of their memories and blocking the powers of mind readers. He wears a chain with The Symbol.

Character History

One Giant Leap

Officer Matt Parkman is reading people's thoughts at a bar in Los Angeles when he spots a mysterious man whose thoughts he cannot read. As Matt stands up, he collapses to the floor.

Collision

The Haitian prepares to manipulate Matt's mind.

Matt wakes up in an unknown location to find Mr. Bennet and the man standing over him. The man appears to be able to keep Matt out of Mr. Bennet's thoughts, but with only partial success. Mr. Bennet tells the man to "go deep and clean him out." Later, the man again accompanies Mr. Bennet as he abducts Nathan Petrelli.

Hiros

Matt wakes up on his couch last remembering being at the bar and assuming that he just had too much to drink—evidently the work of the man's powers. In Las Vegas, the man and Mr. Bennet attempt to kidnap Nathan, but he flies away. Later, the man accompanies Mr. Bennet home to Odessa, TX where he erases Brody Mitchum's memory.

Homecoming

At the top of the hill, Eden is leaning against a tree, waiting for Sylar. Upon seeing her he pauses momentarily before raising his hand. Using her power of suggestion, Eden tells Sylar that he doesn't want to hurt her and that they need to talk. She tells him to tell her all about himself, but first he needs to sleep. The Haitian surprises Sylar and covers his eyes. Sylar quickly falls to the ground

Six Months Ago

The Haitian stops Eden's powers after she abuses them on Officer Parkman. He then assists Mr. Bennet with controlling Eden's behavior.

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The Haitian aka 'The Man at the Bar'.

Powers

The full extent of the man's powers are not known at present. He has the ability to block mental abilities (to date, Matt's telepathy and Eden's suggestion) but evidently not other powers (like Nathan's flight). He also has the ability to erase memories. In Fallout, Mr. Bennet states that all evolved humans except Sylar have only one power, so the two abilities must be different manifestations of the same power.

Notes

• The Haitian rarely speaks. In fact, Eden McCain is under the erroneous impression that he can't speak. However, in Fallout, he finally broke his silence by speaking to Claire Bennet.

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