Charles Deveaux

Charles Deveaux
Portrayed by	Richard Roundtree
First appearance	Genesis
In-story stats
Known ability	None
Gender
Age	At least 70
Date of birth	1936 or before
Date of death	October 7th, 2006
Home	New York, NY
Residence	Charles Deveaux's apartment
Occupation	Founding member of the Company
Child	Simone Deveaux (deceased)

Charles Deveaux was Simone Deveaux's father and one of the the Company's founders.

Character History

Genesis

Charles Deveaux is comatose and dying. Peter Petrelli serves as his home hospice nurse. Simone believes that Peter is "like a son to him" and that Charles has improved under Peter's care.

One Giant Leap

Peter quits his job as Charles's hospice nurse.

Nothing to Hide

At the same time Peter has a dream about telling Charles about his powers, Charles dies. Simone tells Peter that Charles came around just before he died and said that he flew above the world with Peter, who told him everything would be okay.

How to Stop an Exploding Man

Peter has a dream about the first time he met Simone. In that dream, Peter's mother appears to know Charles from before, and they speak about the explosion that will change the world. Charles thinks Peter should be the one guiding the world instead of Nathan. After Peter's mother leaves, Charles tells real-time Peter that he is the only one capable of stopping the bomb because he can love unconditionally.

Four Months Later...

Kaito Nakamura names Charles as a member of an elite group of twelve individuals.

The Kindness of Strangers

Charles is seen in a photograph of the group of twelve.

Heroes Evolutions

A Global News Interactive video reports that while briefly attending the University of Virginia, Richard Drucker met Charles Deveaux. The two shared a love for music, and jazz in particular. Charles took Richard to see Miles Davis perform in New York City jazz clubs. Charles and Richard were both part of a tightly-knit group of friends with like ideals, until Richard moved to Bangalore in 1977.

Memorable Quotes

"In the end, all that matters is love ... I love you Peter."

- Charles (to Peter) (Nothing to Hide)

"I look in Peter's eye, I see compassion, empathy, but most of all, I see hope. This world won't be saved on strength. What it really needs is heart -- and that's Peter."

- Charles (to Angela) (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

"I know you're there, Peter."

- Charles (to Peter) (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

"You came here because you needed to. You needed to hear the truth before you could save the world."

"I save the world?"

"You've had the power all along, Peter. You just needed to learn how to use it."

"Why me?"

"Because there has to be one that's good. There always has. And your heart has the ability to love unconditionally. Like I told you, in the end, all that really matters is love."

- Charles, Peter (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

Notes

• Charles is at least seventy years old. (Nothing to Hide)
• Charles was apparently a landlord in New York City. The roof of his apartment building has been frequented, both in the past and in the present, by a number of characters.
• Charles lived in the penthouse apartment of his building, on Central Park West.
• Peter had a vision in which he apparently spoke to Charles, who was long dead at the time. In the vision, Peter saw events that occurred on the day he was hired as Charles's nurse as if he were present as an invisible observer. Unexpectedly, Charles spoke directly to Peter when there was no one else present. What actually occurred is unclear, but in this dream Charles and Angela Petrelli had a conversation which implied that they were both aware of Linderman's plans, and were members of Linderman's coterie. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• Kaito Nakamura, speaking to Angela Petrelli, acknowledges Charles Deveaux, Mr. Linderman, and Mr. Petrelli as fellow members of a group of twelve, of which nine remain. (Four Months Later...)
• In the CBR Behind the Eclipse released December 15, 2008, Heroes producers/writers Joe Pokaski and Aron Coliete confirmed that Charles's death was mainly due to his being old and that he lived a full life.

Trivia

• In the script for the unaired pilot, Charles was written to be 83 years old.

Gallery

• 
  In Peter's vision, Charles is awake.
• 
  Isaac sketched this portrait of Charles for his seventieth birthday.

See Also

• For other uses of Charles, see Charles (disambig).
• For other uses of Deveaux, see Deveaux (disambig).

Fan Theories

Please refer to Theory:Charles Deveaux for fan-created theories and other speculation.