Dutch Schaefer | |
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Predator and Alien vs. Predator character | |
First appearance | Predator (1987) |
Last appearance | Predator: Eyes of the Demon: Aftermath (2022) |
Created by | Jim and John Thomas |
Portrayed by | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
Voiced by | Arnold Schwarzenegger (Predator: Hunting Grounds) James Patrick Cronin (Predator: Stalking Shadows audiobook) |
In-universe information | |
Full name | Alan Schaefer |
Nickname | Dutch |
Species | |
Gender | Male |
Title | Agent Onyx |
Occupation | |
Affiliation | |
Family | John Schaefer (brother) |
Relatives | Psi-Judge Schaefer (great-great-granddaughter) |
Nationality | Austrian-American |
Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer, commonly known simply as Dutch, is a fictional character in the Predator and Alien vs. Predator franchises, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film Predator (1987) and the video game Predator: Hunting Grounds (2020), and voiced by James Patrick Cronin in the audiobook for Predator: Stalking Shadows (2020). A United States Army special forces operator, he first encounters a the titular alien in Predator when it massacres his crew of mercenaries in Val Verde, before he is recruited to join the OWLF (Other Worldly Life Forms Program) to hunt Predators in Predator: South China Sea (2008), Stalking Shadows and Hunting Grounds, as Agent Onyx. Centuries following his death, Dutch returns rebuilt as a synthetic android major in the United States Colonial Marine Corps in the video game Alien vs. Predator (1994)
The character has received a universally positive critical reception.
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