History Characters / CloudAtlasTheGhastlyOrdealOfTimothyCavendish

* TheHero: Though he also doubles as TheSmartGuy in the escape.

* TheChick: Takes a more subdued role in the escape, either by stealing Nurse Judd's mobile phone or by keeping the owners of the getaway car distracted.

* {{Jerkass}}: He's grumpy, selfish, and politically incorrect; and although his most jerkish attributes are left out of the film, he's still a bit of a loudmouth - and it still gets him smacked in the face more than once.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Arrogant and curmudgeonly though he may be, Cavendish still has a few redeeming features. For example, in the book, he expresses admiration for his long-suffering secretary, wondering aloud how she manages to put up with him; while in the film, he goes out of his way to admit a certain degree of self-loathing for his cowardice, and later decides to risk his escape from Aurora house to rescue Mr Meeks.

* PlayingGertrude: Hugh Grant is playing someone much older than he is.

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* MeanBrit: Rude, caustic, and often missing political correctness by a country mile, though he gets much nicer towards the end.

* MeanBrit: Especially in the film, where he proves himself to be complicit in the abuse of the Aurora House residents.

* NiceHat: Wears one.

* NiceHat: Wears a cap during and after the escape.

* EvilGenius: Revealed to be part of Nurse Noakes' FiveManBand, having not only been a principal investor in Aurora House but also having written the tyrannical rules of the nursing home in the first place.

* [[BaldOfAwesome Balding of Awesome]]: It's covered by a cap during his escape, but it's clear he doesn't have much hair left on his head.

* YourCheatingHeart: Had an affair with Denholme's wife Georgette. It's one of the reasons why Denholme sends him to Aurora House in the first place.

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* KnuckleTattoos: Has them, alluding to his criminal past.

* LondonGangster: An unbelievably foul-mouthed thug, obsessed with getting people to buy his novel, and willing to kill critics.

* SmaleRollBigImpact: His part in Cavendish's narrative ends shortly after it begins when he [[spoiler: throws a book critic to his death]] and is promptly sent to prison over it. However, this act essentially kick-starts the entire story.

* SmallRollBigImpact: His part in Cavendish's narrative ends shortly after it begins when he [[spoiler: throws a book critic to his death]] and is promptly sent to prison over it. However, this act essentially kick-starts the entire story.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: In the book, he dies of a stroke following his last meeting with Timothy.]]

->'''Played By''': Jim Broadbent

->'''Played By''': Jim Sturgess

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* TheLancer: Serves as one during the escape of Aurora House.
* LargeHam: Cavendish rarely does anything without a certain degree flamboyance, especially when he's pissed off.

* {{Jerkass}}: Mean and insensitive at the best of times, both to patient and to dissenting outsiders. [[spoiler: This works against her during the showdown at the pub, when her insistence on recapturing her patients only antagonizes the mob.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: With Timothy.

* EvilGenius: Revealed to be part of Nurse Noakes' FiveBadBand, having not only been a principal investor in Aurora House but also having written the tyrannical rules of the nursing home in the first place.

* CrosscastRole: She's actually HugoWeaving in drag.

* BowtiesAreCool: Continuously wears them throughout the film.

* {{Badass}}: She actually manages to hold her own in the pub fight [[spoiler: until Highlander drops a barrel on her head.]]

* BlondesAreEvil: An ice-cold blonde with no scruples or mercy.

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* LovableCoward: Timothy is pretty open in admitting that he's a coward - both in the face of emotional turmoil and the in the face of physical violence. All the same, he still manages to salvage a few awkward moments of heroism by submerging his cowardice long enough to help others.

* OhCrap: He does a ''perfectly'' deadpan version of this when he and his compatriots can't find the keys to drive off from Aurora House.

* MorallyBankruptBanker: In the book, his wealth was acquired through thirty years as a merchant banker, and it's suggested that he's still making money as an investor in the film. And of course, nobody could ever doubt Denholme's morality.

A brutish nurse at the Old Folk's Home.

* BlondesAreEvil: She's TheBrute and very blonde.
* TheBrute: For the nursing home.
* CreepyMonotone: She always speaks in a very flat tone, which is off-putting.
* CrosscastRole: She's HugoWeaving in drag.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first thing we see of her is digging through Cavendish's stuff, then smacking the shit out of him while boasting that she is a nasty bitch.
* {{Expy}}: Of Nurse Ratched, whom she's directly compared to in the book.
* {{Jerkass}}: Oh yeah. She's very mean to the patients, for starters.

* TranquilFury: She's always like this. Perfect example when she finds Cavendish's escape group hiding out at a bar.
--> '''Nurse Noakes''': ''Ohhh....You are going to be sorry in ways you cannot even imagine!''

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Now that's an ending that is flat and inane beyond belief!"'']]

* KnuckleTattoos: Has them, alluding to his criminal.
* LargeHam: ''I don't care what happens when I'm dead; I want people to buy me book '''NOW'''''!

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: His book starts selling like hotcakes after [[spoiler: killing the critic]] and Hoggins becomes a "cult hero" by the public. Doesn't stop it from putting his ass in prison, though.

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--> '''Highlander''': ''Alright pal....We won't let ya down.''

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!!Timothy Cavendish

A quirky English publisher, who unknowingly gets himself checked into an Old Folk's Home when on the run from the brothers of a gangster author to whom he owes money.

* BadLiar: When attempting to pay back the Hoggins family, he's shown to be one of these in his troubles.
--> '''Timothy Cavendish''': ''You heard correctly, Charles Dickens own, original, authentic writing for sixty thousand pounds. I think that's very fair.''

* {{Jerkass}}: He's quite politically incorrect, although most of his jerkish nature is left out of the film.
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* LargeHam: He does things with flamboyance and over-the-topness.
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* MeanBrit: Even though he gets much nicer towards the end.
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* PluckyComicRelief: His whole storyline serves as this, and the book version is quite a bit more lighthearted when colored through Cavendish's voice than the film, which seems to almost be setting up for a horror/thriller--although there are notably more horrific things happening in the book, such as [[spoiler:Noakes' drugging Cavendish to dementia and blaming it on a stroke.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Had an affair with Denholme's wife Georgette.

!!Denholme Cavendish

[[caption-width-right:350:''"You can't believe what people will pay to lockup their parents."'']]

Timothy's much wealthier brother and the person who gets Timothy locked up in the retirement house.

* DeadpanSnarker: He's very snarky towards his brother.
* {{Jerkass}}: Just look at what he does to his brother. He's also well aware that Noakes is free with physically hitting the residents and does nothing about it.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Film only--in the book, he dies an ignominious death and it's left up to question whether Denholme was going to leave his brother in the home forever.]]
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!!Nurse Noakes

!!Dermot "Dusty" Hoggins

!!Mr. Meeks

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!!Veronica

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!!Ernie

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!!Highlander