O'Brien (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
| O'Brien | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) |
| Created by | George Orwell |
| Based on | Gletkin (Darkness at Noon) Brendan Bracken |
| Portrayed by | Lorne Greene Richard Burton Alan Hewitt Tim Dutton Richard Margison Michael Redgrave Hilton McRae |
| Voiced by | Tim Pigott-Smith (BBC Radio version) |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Inner Party member, agent of the Thought Police |
| Affiliation | The Party |
| Nationality | British or Irish |
O'Brien is a fictional character and the main antagonist in George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The protagonist Winston Smith, living in a dystopian society governed by the Party, feels strangely drawn to Inner Party member O'Brien. Orwell never reveals O'Brien's first name.