Alan Blunt
Alan Blunt as portrayed in the film adaption of the novel Stormbreaker.
Biographical Information
Name	Alan Blunt
Alias	--
Title	Head of MI6 (former)
DOB	Unknown
Age	58
Physical Information
Status	Retired (active)
Nationality	English
Gender	Male
Hair	Grey
Eyes
Skin	Caucasian
Relationship Information
Family	Wife exists, name unknown
Affiliations	MI6, British gov't
Occupation
Series Information
First Appearance	Stormbreaker
Last Appearance	Scorpia Rising
Mentioned	--

Alan Blunt was the chief executive of the Special Operations division of MI6. Blunt has appeared in all of the novels in the Alex Rider series, although his role in Snakehead is brief.

His second-in-command was Tulip Jones, who replaced him as Head when he retired in the novel Scorpia Rising.

Contents 1 Character 2 Biography 3 3.1 Stormbreaker 3.2 Point Blanc 3.3 Skeleton Key 3.4 Eagle Strike 3.5 Scorpia 3.6 Ark Angel 3.7 Snakehead 3.8 Crocodile Tears 3.9 Scorpia Rising 4 Stormbreaker film 5 Trivia

Character Edit

Prior to working for Special Operations, Blunt graduated with a First Class Honours degree in mathematics from Cambridge University, where the man became friends with Michael J. Roscoe. It is mentioned that he is married, though his wife's identity has never been revealed in the series. Throughout the series, he is known for being driven around in a Rolls-Royce, and for wearing a grey suit and grey glasses. He is described further as having grey lips and grey eyes, set in an expressionless face.

Blunt is dedicated to his job and has a very analytical mind, and is shown to be an aloof, impassive, and ruthless man. Like many spy-masters in popular culture, Blunt is portrayed as being emotionally unattached to anything he does and whatever means he uses.

He insists on continuing to use Alex Rider despite his age, the death of his uncle whilst on an intelligence case, and the fact that he has encountered near death more times than most intelligence agents would be expected to in their careers; after Alex is almost assassinated in Scorpia, however, he agrees with Mrs. Jones not to use him again, although the CIA and ASIS continue to use him.

Biography Edit

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StormbreakerEdit

“	You nearly shot the prime minister.	”
—Alan Blunt, Stormbreaker

Blunt’s first appearance in the series was in Stormbreaker, at the funeral of Ian Rider. He later has Alex Rider brought to the Royal and General Bank (MI6 Headquarters). Blunt then asks Alex after twelve days of training to spy on the estate of Herod Sayle, to discover the truth behind the man’s distribution of the Stormbreaker computers.

Point Blanc Edit

In this novel Blunt asks Alex Rider to investigate Hugo Grief at the Point Blanc Academy in the French Alps, under the alias of Alex Friend.

Skeleton Key Edit

Crawley dispatched Alex to Wimbledon to deal with a triad gambling conspiracy. Blunt then sent him to Skeleton Key as part of a CIA investigation of Alexei Sarov, to figure out what is going on.

Eagle Strike Edit

When Alex suspected that Damian Cray was involved with Yassen Gregorovich,who is a professional assasin. Blunt dismissed his suspicions, leaving Alex to investigate it himself. After events in Paris and Amsterdam, however, Blunt and Jones try to catch up with Cray, realising Alex was right.

Scorpia Edit

Blunt was only seen a few times in the fifth Alex Rider novel, the first when Mrs Jones comes to his office to tell him Alex Rider has joined SCORPIA. The second time was when he arranged a meeting with Alex after his attempt to kill Mrs Jones in her flat, and then having consecutive appearances throughout the rest of the novel.

Ark Angel Edit

Blunt had some involvement in Ark Angel, appearing to visit Alex in the hospital after Scorpia’s assassination attempt.

Snakehead Edit

Unlike previous novels, Blunt never appeared in Snakehead. Blunt was only mentioned in this novel.

Crocodile Tears Edit

Alex comes to Blunt and Jones for help regarding a reporter named Harry Bulman, who was threatening to reveal MI6’s use of him. In return for taking care of Bulman, Alex investigates a worker in the Greenfields Bio Centre, while on a trip arranged by his school.

Scorpia Rising Edit

In this book, Alan Blunt reaches his final days as the head chief of MI6. He arranges for a sniper to shoot the desk belonging to Alex Rider, but accidentally shot Tom Harris, Alex's best friend. Later, using that as a leverage, he sends Alex to Egypt for supposed protection from Scorpia, while he is actually tricking the young operative into another mission. After all of the tension in Egypt had boiled down, Blunt was forced to retire, and is replaced by Tulip Jones. It is also revealed that he is married and plans to travel with his wife around Europe.

Stormbreaker filmEdit

In the film adaption of Stormbreaker, Alan Blunt was portrayed by Bill Nighy.

Trivia Edit

• Alan Blunt is actually afraid of SCOPRIA during the book Scorpia. He seems to think that Alex is the only one that can help them out of the situation.^{[citation needed]}

Stormbreaker Characters
Main Characters
Alex Rider • Alan Blunt • Tulip Jones • Jack Starbright • Herod Sayle • Yassen Gregorovich
Other Key Characters
Ian Rider • Smithers • Nadia Vole • Mr. Grin • Wolf • John Crawley

Point Blanc Characters
Main Characters
Alex Rider • Alan Blunt • Tulip Jones • Jack Starbright • Hugo Grief • Eva Stellenbosch
Other Key Characters
David Friend • Smithers • James Sprintz • Michael J. Roscoe • Wolf • John Crawley • Fiona Friend • Julius Grief

Skeleton Key Characters
Main Characters
Alex Rider • Alan Blunt • Tulip Jones • Jack Starbright • Alexei Sarov • Sabina Pleasure
Other Key Characters
Joe Byrne • Smithers • Belinda Troy • Tom Turner • Conrad • John Crawley • Boris Kiriyenko

Eagle Strike Characters
Main Characters
Alex Rider • Alan Blunt • Tulip Jones • Jack Starbright • Damian Cray • Sabina Pleasure • Yassen Gregorovich
Other Key Characters
Edward Pleasure • Smithers • Liz Pleasure • Marc Antonio • Charlie Roper • John Rider • Henryk

Scorpia Characters
Main Characters
Alex Rider • Alan Blunt • Tulip Jones • Jack Starbright • Julia Rothman • Nile
Other Key Characters
Graham Adair • Smithers • Mark Kellner • George Adair • Tom Harris • Jerry Harris • Harold Liebermann

Ark Angel Characters
Main Characters
Alex Rider • Alan Blunt • Tulip Jones • Jack Starbright • Nikolei Drevin • Paul Drevin • Magnus Payne
Other Key Characters
Joe Byrne • Smithers • Tamara Knight • Max Webber • Ed Shulsky • John Crawley

Scorpia Rising Characters
Main Characters
Alex Rider • Jack Starbright • Alan Blunt • Abdul-Aziz al-Razim • Julius Grief
Other Key Characters
Smithers • Tulip Jones • Joe Byrne • Erik Gunter • Zeljan Kurst • Yannis Ariston Xenopolos