41 Facts About Hank Schrader

Henry R "Hank" Schrader ASAC is a fictional character in the AMC drama series Breaking Bad and its spin-off series Better Call Saul.

Hank Schrader is portrayed by Dean Norris and was created by series creator Vince Gilligan.

Henry R Schrader is the brother-in-law of main character Walter White, and is a Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Hank Schrader is faced with numerous threats from the rival drug cartels which takes a toll on Hank Schrader's mental health as the series progresses, and eventually starts taking more extreme measures to find "Heisenberg" and arrest him.

Hank Schrader was a special agent with the DEA, where he rose through the ranks to become the supervisor of all investigations handled by his Albuquerque office, under the watchful eye of ASAC George Merkert and SAC Ramey.

Hank Schrader is married to Marie, with whom he has no children.

Hank Schrader is close to his family-by-marriage, the Whites: Walt, his wife Skyler, and their son Walter Jr.

In contrast with the mild-mannered Walt, Hank Schrader is extroverted, ambitious, and apparently fearless, eager to take on dangerous investigations to further his career.

Hank Schrader immediately is suspicious of this and believes there are no dead drops, but Saul's fast-talking leads to Hank Schrader accepting to release Domingo into his protection as a personal CI after getting and confirming Domingo's information on the dead drops.

Hank Schrader and Steven leave, unaware this was a ruse by Saul, at Lalo Salamanca's command, not only to get Domingo out of jail before he could talk about the Salamanca drug operation but to expose their competitors to the DEA.

Later, Walt takes up Hank Schrader's offer to go on a ride-along.

Hank Schrader helps with efforts to find Walt, and traces him via Jesse to Tuco's abode.

Just before Hank Schrader arrives, Walt and Jesse manage to escape, wounding Tuco in the process.

Hank Schrader is promoted and transferred to the El Paso, Texas DEA office for killing Tuco.

Hank Schrader develops symptoms of PTSD and transfers back to the Albuquerque office to continue his investigation into the blue meth.

Hank Schrader remains committed to finding the identity of Heisenberg, but his superiors start to believe the case is unsolvable and want him to move on to other investigations.

Hank Schrader investigates all RVs in Albuquerque through the DMV and finds an RV without a renewed registration.

Hank Schrader follows Jesse to the junkyard, where Jesse and Walt hide in the RV.

Walt gives instructions to Jesse to prevent Hank Schrader from entering the RV legally and gets Saul to lure Hank Schrader away from the junkyard by phoning him with a fake claim about Marie being hospitalized.

Jesse is hospitalized and threatens to sue, while Hank Schrader is suspended from the DEA without pay.

Hank Schrader's interest is piqued when the Albuquerque Police Department asks him to help with looking over evidence from the murder of Gale Boetticher, who had been Walt's lab assistant at Gus's meth superlab under an industrial laundry.

Hank Schrader is curious at this comment, and reviewing the evidence again, makes a connection between Gale and Gus.

Hector claims to want to talk to the DEA, and Hank Schrader is brought under protection to help with the interview, but Hector then refuses to cooperate and is returned to the nursing home.

The destruction of the superlab leads to evidence directly tying to Gus and the drug trade, and Hank Schrader is heralded as a hero.

At dinner at the Whites, Hank Schrader goes to the bathroom and while there, pages through a copy of Leaves of Grass that Gale had given Walter.

Hank Schrader recognizes the writing from Gale's notebook, and from Gale's dedication to Walt, is shocked to conclude that Walt is Heisenberg.

Hank Schrader feigns a stomach bug to leave early, taking the copy of Leaves of Grass with him and suffers another panic attack.

Hank Schrader asserts Walt is Heisenberg, but Walt neither confirms nor denies, only that his cancer has returned and by the time Hank Schrader can prove anything, he will be dead.

Hank Schrader tries to talk to Skyler, but she stays silent about what she knows.

Marie learns some details through Skyler, but Hank Schrader still has insufficient evidence to go forward against Walt.

Jesse is arrested and Hank Schrader tries to convince Jesse to speak out against Walt, but Jesse refuses, still angered over Hank Schrader's prior assault.

Hank Schrader realizes that his post-shooting physical therapy was paid for with Walt's drug money, making him an accessory after the fact.

Hank Schrader initially tries to have Jesse meet with Walt while wearing a wire tap, but Jesse backs out at the last minute, fearing Walt will kill him.

Walt pleads to Jack to spare Hank Schrader's life, offering his entire fortune to Jack.

Hank Schrader refuses to beg for his life and asks Walt how such an intelligent man could be too naive to see that Jack had already made his decision.

Hank Schrader then tells Jack to do what he has to do and Jack kills him with a shot to the head.

Hank Schrader went through significant character development in the third season episode, "One Minute".

Gilligan and the writers liked the idea of Hank Schrader not acting heroically or noble in his suffering.

Gilligan declined his request, as Hank Schrader's arc was integral to the series' final episodes.

Hank Schrader particularly enjoyed the on-screen reunion with Steve Gomez actor Steven Michael Quezada.

Dean Norris's acting in "Blood Money", especially the climactic scene where Hank Schrader confronts Walt over the latter's identity as Heisenberg, was lauded by critics.