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  1. Ash (Alien) - Wikipedia

    • Ash is a fictional character in the film Alien (1979) portrayed by actor Ian Holm who, while known in the UK as a stage actor, was at the time unknown to American audiences. Ash serves as the secondary antagonist of the first film. The character is the science officer of the Nostromo, who breaks quarantine by allowing Kane, a member of the crew, back on b… See more

    First appearanceAlien (1979)
    Last appearanceAlien: Romulus (2024)
    Portrayed byIan Holm
    Character development

    At the beginning of the film, Ash is depicted as quiet, logical and scrupulously adherent to company regulations. When the Nostromo ostensibly discovers a signal on the planet LV-426, Ash ensures that the crew invest… See more

    Interpretation and analysis

    Kaveney characterizes Hill's and Giler's "menacing robot" as a counter-revisionist robot, from an era where the image of the robot in science fiction was reverting to its pre-Isaac Asimov characterization of "a competitor … See more

    Appearances

    • Alien (1979)
    • Alien (novel) (1979)
    • Alien: The Illustrated Story (1979)
    • Aliens (1986)
    • Aliens (novel) (1986)… See more

     
  1. Ash | Xenopedia | Fandom

  2. Ash (Alien) - Villains Wiki

    Ash is the secondary antagonist of the 1979 sci-fi horror film Alien. He serves as the Nostromo's science officer, but it is later revealed that he is actually an android who works for the Weyland-Yutani Corporation.

  3. List of Alien (franchise) characters - Wikipedia

    134 rows · Ash's severed head is briefly powered back up by the crew, seeking …

  4. Alien (film) - Wikipedia

    Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon, based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. It follows a spaceship crew who investigate a derelict spaceship and are hunted by a …

  5. Ash - Alien Anthology Wiki | Fandom

    Ash was a Hyperdyne Systems model 120-A/2 synthetic that was created for Weyland-Yutani in the early part of the 22nd century. Ash was later switched in to the Nostromo's roster by the company to oversee a specific retrieval mission, …

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  7. Ash - Alien Wiki | Fandom

    Ash was the Science Officer transferred aboard the Nostromo prior to it's destruction in 2122. Ash was a Hyperdyne Systems model 120-A/2 that was created for Weyland-Yutani in the early part of the 22nd century.

  8. Ash (Ian Holm) in Alien Character Analysis - Shmoop

  9. Ash (Alien) | Horror Film Wiki | Fandom

    Ash is a spy of the Weyland Yutani Corporation in Alien. His mission was to infiltrate the Nostromo as part of a plan to analyze the alien they found out about through a signal sent by an alien ship on a planet.

  10. Ash (Played by Ian Holm in Alien) - AvPGalaxy

    May 9, 2015 · Ash was the science officer aboard the commercial towing ship, the USCSS Nostromo and unknown to the crew, he was an android, specifically a Hyperdyne Systems 120-A/2 Synthetic. He was on the Nostromo in 2122 …

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