47 Facts About Nicholas Brody

Nicholas Brody, played by actor Damian Lewis, is a fictional character on the American television series Homeland on Showtime, created by Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon.

However, a CIA officer, Carrie Mathison, suspects that Nicholas Brody was turned by al-Qaeda, and tries to stop him from potentially committing a terrorist act.

Nicholas Brody's guards tortured him for much of his captivity, but Nazir treated him with kindness in order to gain his trust.

Under Nazir's direction, Nicholas Brody severely beat Walker and believed he had killed him.

Nicholas Brody helped Nazir bury Issa and joined him in reciting an Islamic prayer over the child's grave.

Shortly thereafter, Nicholas Brody watched an interview with Vice President William Walden, who falsely claimed that no children were killed in the drone strike.

Nicholas Brody swore revenge on Walden and agreed to kill him in a suicide attack.

Nicholas Brody is rescued by Delta Force troops during a raid on a terrorist compound in Afghanistan.

Nicholas Brody is flown back to the US, where he is reunited with his wife, Jessica, and his children, Dana and Chris.

Nicholas Brody meets Walden during a press conference at Andrews Air Force Base.

Nicholas Brody initially shuns the spotlight, physically assaulting a reporter who enters his backyard.

Nicholas Brody meets Estes and demands an opportunity to confront Hamid, face to face.

Carrie suspects that Nicholas Brody slipped the blade onto Hamid during the fight.

Carrie comes up with a way to get Nicholas Brody to take a polygraph test.

Carrie and Nicholas Brody further complicate their relationship when they head to the countryside for the weekend.

Nicholas Brody considers leaving Jessica for Carrie until he figures out that Carrie suspects him of being a terrorist.

However, Nicholas Brody reconsiders and records a suicide video, intending for it to be released after his attack.

Nicholas Brody retrieves a bomb vest from one of Nazir's men and prepares to kill himself.

Nicholas Brody decides not to detonate the bomb and later kills Walker to reassure Nazir of his loyalty.

Nicholas Brody tells Nazir via phone that he plans to run for a seat in Congress, which will allow him to influence the US military as a double agent.

Nicholas Brody then tells Carrie, who has been fired from the CIA, to leave him and his family alone.

Six months after the State Department attack, Nicholas Brody has been elected to the House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 7th congressional district.

Walden approaches Nicholas Brody and offers to tap him as his running mate during his planned presidential campaign.

Meanwhile, Nicholas Brody meets Roya Hammad, a journalist who gives an assignment from Nazir instructing him to retrieve a list of potential attack targets from a safe in Estes' office.

Roya tells him to help an al-Qaeda bomb maker get to a safe house, but Nicholas Brody ends up killing the man when he tries to escape.

Carrie takes over, and convinces Nicholas Brody to become a triple agent for the CIA.

Nicholas Brody uses this as an excuse for his strange behavior to Jessica.

Nicholas Brody takes Dana to the police department to report it.

Under pressure, Nicholas Brody meets Hammad and says he wants out of the plot.

Nicholas Brody makes good on his pledge to help stop Nazir's attack.

Later, he receives a call from Nazir, who is holding Carrie hostage; he threatens to kill her unless Nicholas Brody helps him kill Walden.

Nicholas Brody goes to Walden's office and texts Nazir the serial number of Walden's pacemaker so Nazir can remotely tamper with it.

Nicholas Brody refuses to call an ambulance and taunts Walden as he dies.

Nicholas Brody goes to Walden's funeral with Carrie, who tells him that she has decided to leave the CIA and be with him.

Nicholas Brody realizes that Nazir had planned the attack in advance of his own death and reassures Carrie that he had nothing to do with it.

When Nicholas Brody recovers, he asks the head of the drug ring, El Nino, why he is protecting him; El Nino replies that he knows Carrie.

Anxious to keep moving, Nicholas Brody convinces El Nino's daughter, Esme, to take him outside.

Nicholas Brody is taken back to the US and weaned off of the drugs with ibogaine.

Nicholas Brody undergoes 16 days of rigorous Special Operations training, until he is in peak physical condition.

Nicholas Brody tells Dana he is innocent, but she replies that she never wants to see him again.

From Langley, Saul calls off the mission, but Nicholas Brody is determined to cross the border.

Nicholas Brody identifies himself to the Iranian border guards and asks for asylum as planned, and the guards take him and one of the soldiers, Turani, into custody.

Akbari does not get close enough for Nicholas Brody to inject him and has his men send Nicholas Brody to Nazir's widow Nasrin to vet his propaganda value.

Carrie calls Nicholas Brody, warns him that he is in danger, and pleads with him to come with her.

Nicholas Brody refuses instead going to see Akbari and telling him about the CIA's plan.

Nicholas Brody is found guilty of being an enemy of the State, and sentenced to death.

The next morning, Nicholas Brody is hanged in a public square as Carrie tearfully looks on.