Editing Harry Bryant

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{{Infobox Character
|image = Bryant.jpg
|race = Human
|gender = Male
|hair color = Brown
|eye color = Blue
|occupation = Captain of Blade Runner Unit
|affiliation = [[Los Angeles Police Department]]
|portrayed = [[M. Emmet Walsh]]
}}
{{Quote|You're either a cop or little people.||Blade Runner}}
'''Harry Bryant''' was the captain of the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] [[Blade Runner Unit|Blade Runner Unit]] who assigned ex-[[Blade Runner Unit|Blade Runner]] [[Rick Deckard]] to return to his job and retire [[Six renegade replicants|six]] escaped [[Nexus-6]] [[replicant]]s.

==Biography==
In November [[2019]], after Bryant's top [[Blade Runner Unit|Blade Runner]], [[Dave Holden]], was shot and critically wounded by the replicant [[Leon Kowalski|Leon]], Bryant sent [[Gaff]] out to "arrest" ex-Blade Runner [[Rick Deckard]] and bring him to Bryant.{{ref|br}}

While Bryant at first made attempts to be friendly, their meeting soon boiled down to pure business as he briefed Deckard on the replicants that he needed to take down: Leon, [[Zhora]], [[Pris]] and [[Roy Batty]].{{ref|br}}

Bryant and Gaff later met Deckard near a streetside bar after he retired Zhora. Bryant was more friendly to Deckard, boasting to Gaff that he could learn from him. However, his lack of humanity in regard to Zhora's death and the effect it had Deckard was noticeable. He also informed Deckard that he now needed to retire the experimental replicant [[Rachael]], who had gone rogue after learning her true replicant identity. He then wished Deckard good luck and left the bar.{{ref|br}}

The morning after the death of Roy Batty, Bryant called the vid phone on the police spinner being used by Deckard. As Deckard answered, Bryant overly praised his results, emphasizing how no other Blade Runner could yet compete with Deckard while also encouraging Deckard to collect his bonus at the station. 

Deckard then noted that his "bonus" already came in the form of the police spinner he had commandeered. Deckard then explained that he was going on a vacation for the rest of his life. Bryant wasn't convinced about Deckard's sincerity, believing that Deckard would come running as soon as another replicant showed up as a target. Bryant then gave him permission to take a one-week vacation and emphasized that Gaff could "take care" of Rachael. Deckard then pointed his gun at Bryant shortly before the vid call ended.<ref name="novelization">''[[Blade Runner: A Story of the Future]]''</ref>

Sometime during that month, Bryant was sick with ptomaine poisoning, so [[Edison Guzza]] took over his duties in his absence.{{ref|brvg}}

Bryant stepped down from his position in the [[2020s]] and was succeeded by Holden.{{ref|rpg_corerules}}

==Behind the scenes==
[[Ridley Scott]] cast [[M. Emmet Walsh]] as Bryant based on his performance in ''[[wikipedia:Straight Time|Straight Time]]''. Bryant was inspired by his father and grandfather when playing the role.{{ref|fn}}

Walsh stated that Bryant's stomach was "shot all to hell" and that he liked to see other people drink because he could not. These are the reasons why Bryant offers Deckard two glasses of whiskey and does not drink any himself.{{ref|fn}} A draft of the script dated July 24, 1980 similarly states that Bryant suffers from a liver problem and enjoys having Deckard "have a drink for another man." This detail is retained in the [[A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner|comic book adaptation]] and the [[Blade Runner: A Story of the Future|novelization]].

Walsh also contends that Bryant's usage of the word "skinjob" was not intended to be bigoted until Deckard's narrations were written after Walsh filmed his scenes, during which the term was simply considered common slang for a replicant.{{ref|fn}}

In a draft of the film, dated February 23, 1981, it is Bryant rather than Gaff who appears on the rooftop after Roy Batty dies.{{ref|fn}}

==Appearances==
*''[[Blade Runner]]''
*''[[Blade Runner: A Story of the Future]]''
*''[[A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner]]'' 
*''[[Blade Runner (1997 video game)|Blade Runner]]'' (1997 video game) (mentioned only)
*''[[Blade Runner 2019]]''
**Issue #3 (mentioned only)

==References==
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