Jackal (The Day of the Jackal)

The Jackal
The Day of the Jackal character
The Jackal (Edward Fox) practicing with his newly customized sniper rifle.
Created by	Frederick Forsyth
Portrayed by	Edward Fox (The Day of the Jackal) Bruce Willis (The Jackal) Eddie Redmayne (The Day of the Jackal)
In-universe information
Alias	Alexander James Quentin Duggan Per Jensen Marty Schulberg Andre Martin
Nickname	Jackal, or Chacal 'The Englishman'
Occupation	Assassin

The Jackal is a fictional character, the principal antagonist of the novel The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth. He is an assassin who is contracted by the OAS French terrorist group of the early 1960s to kill Charles de Gaulle, then President of France. The book was published on 7 June 1971, in the year following de Gaulle's death, and became an instant bestseller.^[1] In the 1973 original film adaptation, he is portrayed by Edward Fox. A revised version of the character was portrayed by Bruce Willis in the 1997 remake adaptation of the original film, having a divergent storyline and set in the U.S., with a fictional First Lady of the United States as the target of the assassination. In the 2024 TV series, he is portrayed by Eddie Redmayne.