Agent K

Agent K (also known as Kay, or simply K) is a fictional MIB agent and one of the two protagonists of the films Men in Black, its sequel Men in Black II, and Men in Black: The Series. Agent K is portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones in the two films and voiced by Ed O'Ross (The Hidden) and later Gregg Berger in the animated series. Although formally known as Kevin Brown, the film's trading card series notes Agent K's name to be Kevin Cunningham, a nod to Lowell Cunningham, creator of the comic.

Men in Black

In the first film, he is the agent who recruits Agent J after his first partner, Agent D, retires. He and Zed realize James Edwards' potential and they recruit him into the Men in Black. K exhibits a very serious demeanor, rarely joking or smiling and giving very matter-of-fact responses. His mission in the first film is to stop an alien cockroach (a "Bug") from stealing a tiny galaxy before the Bug's enemies destroy Earth. During the final confrontation with the Bug, it swallows J and K's guns. K decides to let the Bug swallow him so he can get his gun back, while J distracts him from leaving Earth on a ship. Just as the Bug is about to eat J, K shoots it from the inside. After finishing it off, J erases K's memories of his time with the MIB so that he can retire and reunite with a woman he had loved before joining up.

Men in Black II

Now working at a post office in Truro, Massachusetts, Kevin Brown believes that he spent 35 years in a coma and displays no immediate recognition when J shows up to bring him back in. Surprised at J's revelation that nearly every one of his coworkers is an alien, he agrees to go along. Brown sometimes looks at the stars and wonders if he really knows something more, an attitude that caused his long-lost love to leave him. J tries to bring Brown to MIB headquarters, where a de-neuralyzer can restore his memories, but the area is locked down after the hostile alien Serleena invades it. Instead, they stop at a pawn shop run by alien Jack Jeebs, who has a home-built de-neuralyzer in the basement. The machine apparently fails to work and Brown walks out, moments before several aliens break into the shop and attack J. However, K does get his memory back a few minutes later and returns to defeat the aliens with ease. K has information related to the "Light of Zartha," which Serleena is trying to find, dating back to an alien visit to Earth 25 years earlier. He and J follow a series of clues that he left for himself, eventually locating the Light and fending off Serleena so they can get it safely off the planet. During the fight, the two agents save each other from her attacks before destroying her.

Personal life

Little is told of K's personal life other than what has been revealed during the course of the series. His favorite book is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; he also likes golf, The Twilight Zone, Elvis Presley and The Beatles. It is also seen that his wife left him prior to the events of the second film, and that at some point in time he came to be the bodyguard and lover of Zarthan Queen Laurana, with whom he may have a daughter, Laura. K's only notable relative, with the possible exception of K's daughter Laura, that has been shown in the series is his father, whom K incorrectly claimed to be deceased. In the animated series, it is revealed that besides Queen Laurana, he also has a love interest in an alien MIB called Aileen, however their relationship eventually reached a stalemate due to their responsibilities to their work. These tidbits were revealed in the animated series and both films. The animated series also revealed that K had lived in the countryside prior to his own recruitment.

See also

• Men in Black (film)
• Agent J
• Men in Black III

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