Created by: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, and James Vanderbilt
1st appearance: Cleverman Episode 1 (June 1, 2016)
Portrayed by: Hunter Page-Lochard
Nationality: Australian, Aboriginal or First Nations Peoples
Team Affiliations: None
Legal Status: Unknown
Height: 5’7 Weight: 150 lbs
Eyes: Originally brown, now one is light blue Hair Color: Black
Relatives: Unnamed brother, Koen West (Nephew), Waruu (Nephew)
Skills and Abilities: Unknown
Powers: As the Cleverman he is the conduit between the present and the Dreaming
The healing factor allows him to recover from injuries at an accelerated rate.
Tactile-based Telepathy and Empathy- He is able through touch to tell what has happened in someone’s immediate past and understand their feelings and emotions.
Visions: Through touch, he can also see into a person’s past and future.
Summoning: The clever man is able to summon creatures and spirits from dreaming into the corporeal world.
Reanimation: One Cleverman was shown bringing the recently deceased back to life.
Biography
James West, or Uncle Jimmy as he was universally known, was the Cleverman to the people of The Zone. He had looked after his mob for a long time and was also well respected by the hairy people, though he had started to “go off the rails” in the months before his death. He had a business relationship with media mogul Jarrod Slade, using the powers of the Cleverman for Slade’s benefit in exchange for money, though he declared he was finished with this after one final deal involving breathing life into the corpse of a young woman.
He chose his nephew Koen West to be the next Cleverman, despite Koen’s estrangement from his family and knowing that his other nephew Waruu had wanted to be the Cleverman since his youth. Not long after, he summoned a Namorrodor to earth and allowed it to devour his heart, killing him and passing his power to Koen.
