Spoiler:Benjamin Washington

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Benjamin Washington
Portrayed by	Jamie Hector
In-story stats
Known ability	None
Nickname	Knox
Gender
Age	25
Home	New Orleans, LA
Heroes spoilers

Benjamin "Knox" Washington is one of the new villains for Volume Three.

Spoilers

• 8/27 -- NEW! S2 DVD Extra Reveals Knox and Villains - This clip from the Season 2 missing episodes provides us with our first look at Knox. The scene shows several of the Heroes have been killed and Knox then chops off Claire's head. The end of the clip provides us with a twist revealing the scene is a dream by Angela.
• 7/4 -- Knox appears in this preview wearing a straight-jacket in a holding cell.
• 1/4 -- According to LAist, Jamie Hector will join the cast as Benjamin "Knox" Washington. Jamie has already shot a few episodes prior to the writers' strike.
• 12/16 -- At the Jules Verne Film Festival, two sneak peeks of Volume 3: Villains were shown. Knox is briefly seen in one of them attacking a police officer and looking at his own hand, with some substance on it.
• 10/9 -- SpoilerTV publishes a casting call description for Knox. Information includes his age (25), that he is a "frightening and intense" African-American officer "with the eyes of a predator". Knox has returned to New Orleans with "plans to reclaim the criminal territory he used to run before he was sent to prison. This recurring character will appear in episodes thirteen and fourteen, and "possibly more to come".

Gallery

• Knox's hand appears to be coated in an unknown substance.
  Knox's hand appears to be coated in an unknown substance.
• Knox's held with a straight-jacket, in Level 5.
  Knox's held with a straight-jacket, in Level 5.
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  Knox is seen alongside other villains from the Season Two Unaired episode.

Fan Theories

• Knox's ability will be one of the following:
  • super strength
  • Alchemy
  • Enhanced speed
  • Phasing
  • Dehydration
  • Disintegration touch
  • Elasticity
  • Acid secretion (Could have burnt into the officer's stomach)
  • A new ability that allows the user to mimic metallic substances, like the Silver Surfer and Colossus.
  • The ability animal mimicry.
  • The "crumpling" ability displayed in the graphic novels.
  • The "constriction" ability displayed in the webisodes.
  • A new ability that causes the user to be invulnerable to most forms of attack.
  • His hands are like liquid metal and he can change them into any form of metallic object, like Mercury of the X-men and the T-1000.
• Knox is the leader of the gang that kidnapped Monica, so he'll track her and Micah down to tie up loose ends.
  • Knox is capable of taking on the properties of any organic or inorganic material he comes into contact
  • Knox will have the ability to shapeshift
• Knox is the one who shot Nathan at the end of the season 2 finale.