Professor Brand

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Professor Brand is a brilliant but morally conflicted NASA physicist in the film "Interstellar," whose secretive plan to save humanity drives much of the story’s tension.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Professor Brand canonical 14
Professor Brand (on his deathbed) 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA scientist ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
affiliation NASA ⓘ
appearsIn Interstellar ⓘ
appearsInGenre science fiction film ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
characterTrait brilliant ⓘ
charismatic ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ
morally conflicted ⓘ
secretive ⓘ
child Amelia Brand ⓘ
collaboratesWith Amelia Brand ⓘ
Joseph Cooper ⓘ
NASA team in Interstellar ⓘ
createdBy Christopher Nolan ⓘ
deceives Joseph Cooper ⓘ
NASA personnel about the solvability of the gravity equation ⓘ
develops gravitational equation to enable mass evacuation from Earth ⓘ
diesIn Interstellar ⓘ
ethicalStance utilitarian reasoning ⓘ
fieldOfWork gravitational physics ⓘ
space exploration ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
lastWordsTo Amelia Brand ⓘ
motivatedBy desire to ensure the survival of the human species ⓘ
love for his daughter Amelia Brand ⓘ
narrativeRole mentor figure ⓘ
morally ambiguous character ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableFor concealing the true feasibility of Plan A ⓘ
developing a plan to save humanity from a dying Earth ⓘ
occupation physicist ⓘ
partOf Interstellar (film) character ensemble ⓘ
plan Plan A ⓘ
Plan B ⓘ
portrayedBy Michael Caine ⓘ
prefersPlan Plan B ⓘ
relative Amelia Brand ⓘ
responsibleFor initiating the Lazarus missions ⓘ
revealsTruthTo Amelia Brand ⓘ
roleInWork supporting character ⓘ
setting future Earth facing global crop failure ⓘ
worksAt NASA ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Interstellar → mainCharacter → Professor Brand ⓘ
Amelia Brand → father → Professor Brand ⓘ
subject linked to: Amelia Brand in Interstellar
Amelia Brand → relativeOf → Professor Brand ⓘ
subject linked to: Amelia Brand in Interstellar
Amelia Brand → loyalTo → Professor Brand ⓘ
subject linked to: Amelia Brand in Interstellar
Amelia Brand → appearsAlongside → Professor Brand ⓘ
subject linked to: Amelia Brand in Interstellar
Joseph Cooper → associatedWith → Professor Brand ⓘ
Brand (Interstellar) → father → Professor Brand ⓘ
subject linked to: Brand
Murphy Cooper → ally → Professor Brand ⓘ
Dr. Edmunds → colleagueOf → Professor Brand ⓘ
Amelia Brand → father → Professor Brand ⓘ
Plan A (Interstellar) → proposedBy → Professor Brand ⓘ
subject linked to: Plan A
Plan B (Interstellar) → devisedBy → Professor Brand ⓘ
subject linked to: Plan B
Plan B (Interstellar) → associatedWithCharacter → Professor Brand ⓘ
subject linked to: Plan B
Plan B (Interstellar) → revealedByCharacter → Professor Brand (on his deathbed) ⓘ
subject linked to: Plan B
linked to: Professor Brand
Interstellar universe → featuresCharacter → Professor Brand ⓘ