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Richard B. Riddick, more commonly known as Riddick, is a fictional character and the antihero of four films in the Riddick series ( Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick, the animated movie The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, and Riddick), as well as the two video games The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay and The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. Actor Vin Diesel has played the title role in all of the Riddick-based films and video games so far.
Within the canon of the series, Riddick is shown to be a highly skilled predator—he is extremely mobile and stealthy - especially for someone of his size, has a vast knowledge of how to kill almost any humanoid in a variety of ways, is an extreme survivalist, and is notoriously hard to contain. He is also self-admittedly a dangerous convict and murderer—yet despite this, he is sometimes shown to perform moral or even atypically heroic actions, usually against his own better judgment and survivalist nature.
Riddick is a Furyan, a member of a warrior race obliterated by a military campaign that left Furya desolate, and is one of the last of his kind. One of his most defining features are his eyes, a characteristic inherent in a certain caste of his species (The Alpha-Furyans), although he implies in Pitch Black that they were "shined" by a back-alley surgical operation. This allows him to see in the dark with no difficulty at all, but also renders his eyes incredibly sensitive to concentrated light, therefore he wears tinted welding goggles for protection.
Riddick was once a mercenary, then part of a security force, and later on a soldier. He is also an experienced pilot.
Riddick may refer to:
Films:
- Riddick (film), a 2013 film
Fictional characters:
- Riddick (character), the protagonist of the Chronicles of Riddick series
People with Riddick as a first name:
- Riddick Bowe (born 1967), retired American boxer and former undisputed world heavyweight champion
- Riddick Parker (born 1972), retired National Football League defensive lineman
People with Riddick as a surname:
- Andre Riddick (born 1973), professional basketball player
- Carl W. Riddick (1872–1960), member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Montana
- Floyd M. Riddick (1908–2000), Parliamentarian of the United States Senate from 1964 to 1974
- Gordon Riddick (born 1943), English former professional football player
- Graham Riddick (born 1955), British Member of Parliament from 1987 to 1997
- Joseph Riddick (1735–1818), Speaker of the North Carolina Senate
- Louis Riddick (born 1969), retired National Football League safety
- Makeba Riddick, American singer and songwriter
- Ray Riddick (1917-1976), National Football League player
- Robb Riddick (born 1957), retired National Football League running back
- Steve Riddick (born 1951), 1976 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 meter relay
- Walter Garrett Riddick (1883–1953), U.S. federal judge
Places:
- Riddick House (disambiguation), three houses on the National Register of Historic Places
- Riddick Stadium, former home of the North Carolina State University football team
Riddick is a 2013 American science fiction thriller film, the third installment in the Riddick film series. Produced by and starring Vin Diesel as the title character, Riddick is written and directed by David Twohy, who previously wrote and directed the first two installments, Pitch Black (2000) and The Chronicles of Riddick (2004).
The film was released on September 4, 2013, in the UK and Ireland, and September 6, 2013, in the United States. It was shown in both conventional and IMAX Digital theaters.