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Chuck Bartowski : [looks at Sarah] God, bartowski, you're so pretty! Chuck Bartowski

Grew up… nerdy and independent. Luckily, Chuck still had a strong support network through his best friend Morgan and his sister Ellie Bartowski. Living… in Burbank, California with Morgan, just across the courtyard from his sister and her live-in boyfriend. Interests… electronics, video games, and kicking it with Morgan. Relationship status… single? Chuck wishes he knew. His new CIA handler Sarah Walker pretends to be his girlfriend as a cover, but their relationship exists in name only.

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Stephen J. He was portrayed by Scott Bakula. Under the code name, Orion , Stephen was the chief designer and creator of the Intersect and became a human Intersect when he uploaded an early Intersect into his brain, after experiencing the effects of the Intersect, he also created the Governor. Few details about Stephen's life have been revealed. His wife, Mary left home when Chuck was in the fifth grade [1] and although he loved his children, Chuck describes him in Chuck Versus the Sizzling Shrimp , as "never really there. Stephen is a computer and software genius who attended graduate school with Ted Roark , whom Stephen would later accuse of stealing all of his best ideas. He worked with Dr. Jonas Zarnow [3] and Dr. Howard Busgang code named Perseus [4] on the Intersect computer database, where he was the head of the project, under the code name Orion. Stephen would later tell Chuck in Chuck Versus the Dream Job that he designed "just the really cool parts". He would later reveal to Chuck that he tested the Intersect on himself, and thus possesses an older version of it himself.

Zachary Levi has suggested that bartowski new skills Chuck learns from Intersect 2.

He is portrayed by Zachary Levi. At the outset of the show, Chuck Bartowski is presented as a twenty-something underachiever who lives in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California and works at a dead end job at the Burbank Buy More in its Nerd Herd division a fictionalized Geek Squad. Chuck's life stalled after his college roommate, Bryce Larkin , planted test answers under Chuck's bed and then reported him to the officials, which led to Chuck's expulsion from Stanford University where he was a scholarship student in ; only twelve credits shy of completing his Bachelor of Engineering degree. For a long time, Chuck hated Bryce for his betrayal, but he later learns that Bryce got him expelled to protect him from being recruited into the CIA because he knew Chuck wouldn't survive in the field. He also lost his college girlfriend, Jill Roberts Jordana Brewster. That's his job at the time of the pilot , when the viewers are introduced to the key people in Chuck's current life: his older sister, Eleanor Fay "Ellie" Bartowski, M.

Current and former employees of the Buy More where Chuck and Casey worked for most of the series. The Ring is a hostile organization introduced in passing in the season two finale, " Chuck Versus the Ring. According to Chris Fedak, the Ring has a specific goal revealed only as different from the goals of Fulcrum. FULCRUM is the codename of a hostile espionage organization which served as the series' main antagonist, and it was later revealed to be a part of The Ring. Volkoff Industries is the public business front owned by an international arms dealer named Alexei Volkoff. They maintained a headquarters building in a former KGB installation in Moscow , and possess other known assets in Venezuela and Hong Kong. Little other specific information has been revealed so far in the series, other than that they use a number of other companies as public fronts for their arms shipments. Casey and Sarah had spent several months prior to " Chuck Versus the Anniversary " on assignment attempting to track down the organization, and it has been revealed that Volkoff Industries is somehow tied to the disappearance of Mary Elizabeth Bartowski. Volkoff has established an underground weapons pipeline called "Project Beacon," which extends to Burma [14] and Costa Gravas. Beacon includes a stolen nuclear controlled panel that could have bombed several American cities.

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Stephen Joseph Bartowski is a recurring character on the television series Chuck portrayed by actor Scott Bakula. Stephen is the estranged father of Chuck and Ellie Bartowski , and under the government codename "Orion" was the chief designer of the Intersect. Few details about Stephen Bartowski's life have been revealed on the show. His wife, Mary Elizabeth Bartowski, left him under unknown circumstances when Chuck was in the fifth grade [1] and although he loved his children, Chuck describes him in " Chuck Versus the Sizzling Shrimp " as "never really there. He worked with Dr. Jonas Zarnow [3] and Howard Busgang [4] on the Intersect computer database, where he was the head of the project under the codename "Orion.

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At one point, Ellie, Chuck, Sarah, and Casey had all been exposed to a poison and they had recovered only enough antidote to save one individual, Chuck, without hesitation, stated that he would use it to save his sister's life, though that would mean his death; Sarah and Casey refused to let him do this, because his death would mean the loss of the Intersect secrets, though Casey expressed admiration on a personal level for Chuck's willingness to sacrifice his own life for Ellie's. His affable and wholesome nature makes those around him protective of him. Chuck once said he was "never really there" even when he still lived at home, leaving Chuck and Ellie largely to fend for themselves. He determined that with Chuck's handlers being around and by throwing a knife at his face and Chuck catching it in mid-air that he downloaded the Intersect 2. He specifically told Sarah he dislikes guns [16] and shows a preference of avoiding or preventing conflict. As she prepares to leave, she tosses her gun on the bed. Jonas Zarnow [3] and Howard Busgang [4] on the Intersect computer database, where he was the head of the project under the codename "Orion. Critical reaction to Bakula's performance has been overwhelmingly positive. He almost allowed Laszlo Mahnovski to escape custody, [12] and on numerous occasions has been tricked into helping an adversary. One more time because it feels really nice to say it; I love you. He soon turns down an offer from Sarah to run away together, choosing instead to go through with the training.

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Despite his aversion to firearms established in this episode and earlier in "Chuck Versus the Marlin", Chuck points a gun at Casey so that he can get away to go on a rogue mission; Casey informs him that it is only a tranquilizer gun, and Chuck puts three darts into Casey. Who holds the team together? Chuck Bartowski : Honestly, I'm more surprised by the other 20 percent. Chuck Bartowski : With all of my heart. He considered the Intersect the greatest thing he ever created, after his two children, and suggested that Chuck may be an even better engineer than he was. Stephen is brilliant and tech-savvy, and after revealing his true identity to Chuck, also proved to be highly competent, and demonstrated an ability in hand-to-hand combat, easily taking control of the security doors and disabling Vincent when the Fulcrum operative attempted to capture them in Roark's offices. When he opens the email the Intersect 1. They discover that Chuck has become a human Intersect; he sees a rapid-fire series of images - known throughout the series as "flashes" - of intelligence from the Intersect database whenever he subconsciously recognizes a bit of related information either audibly or visually. In " Chuck Versus the Couch Lock " Beckman expresses a great deal of pride in Chuck's development as an operative, after Chuck outlines a complex plan to lure Casey's old team out of hiding by using Casey himself as the bait. Chuck compiled all the dirt on Decker, Agent X and the whole cover up, and told Decker he would take him down if his friends or family were ever threatened again. Sarah's feelings for Chuck and their ramifications for their mission are the focus of " Chuck Versus the Broken Heart ", when Beckman decides Sarah and Chuck are too close emotionally, leading her to temporarily replace her with Agent Alexandra Forrest the 49B. Throughout the rest of the series, their love for each other is never in question. Chuck was eager for an opportunity to get out from under his teammates' control and not have to "stay in the car". In "Chuck Versus the Ring", Chuck decides to help Sarah rescue Casey who fortunately did not need to be rescued and Bryce and prevents the Intersect from falling into the wrong hands and explains to his father that he is doing so because he loves Sarah.