Curtis Manning
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| Curtis Manning | |
| Gender | Male |
| Jobs held | Acting Director, CTU LA Dir. of Field Ops, CTU LA Asst. Dir. of Field Ops, CTU LA CTU – Assistant Director of Field Operations Boston Domestic Unit CTU – Field Agent, Boston Domestic Unit US Army Special Forces |
| Affiliation | CTU |
| Family | NA |
| Spouse | NA |
| Current status | Deceased |
| Portrayed by | Roger Cross |
| Seasons | 4, 5, 6 |
Curtis Manning is a fictional character played by Jamaican/Canadian actor Roger Cross as part of the television series, 24. He is one of many characters introduced in the fourth season.
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[edit] Biography
Before joining CTU, he was a member of the Boston Police Department's SWAT unit and had previously served in the United States Army's Green Berets during Operation Desert Storm. Manning has a B.A. degree in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts.
[edit] Day 4
Manning was at this time the Chief of Staff of the Los Angeles Domestic Unit of the Counter Terrorist Unit under Special Agent in Charge Erin Driscoll. He previously was Head of Tactical and Assistant Director of Field Operations in that same unit. He came to Los Angeles from the Boston Domestic Unit, where he was a field agent and later that unit's Assistant Director of Field Operations.
In Day 4, Curtis was serving under Ronnie Lobell, who had replaced Jack Bauer as Director of Field Operations. When Lobell was killed in the line of duty, Curtis replaced him, and worked alongside Jack for much of the day. He was briefly involved with CTU analyst Marianne Taylor, who was revealed to be a traitor. Throughout the day, he heads or takes part in many of the operations to capture Habib Marwan. During the final attempt to capture Marwan, Curtis was wounded in the arm by Marwan himself, but survived and stood alongside Jack to see the nuclear warhead go down.
[edit] Day 5
Curtis, now the Director of Field Operations initially suspects that Jack may be involved in the murders of David Palmer and Michelle Dessler, but Jack regains his trust during a hostage crisis at Ontario National Airport. This coincides with the arrival of a Division bureaucrat Lynn McGill, who is placed in charge of CTU to coordinate their efforts to find 20 canisters of Sentox nerve gas stolen by Vladimir Bierko. When Lynn begins to exhibit signs of mental instability, Curtis relieves him of command by invoking Article 112 (which allows a ranking agent to remove a mentally unfit director), shortly after which he reinstates Bill Buchanan.
Curtis later prevents a nerve gas attack on Tyler Memorial Hospital, meaning that he was away from CTU during a nerve gas attack that killed 40% of its staff. Afterwards, he again becomes Jack's partner in the field for the remainder of the crisis. Curtis helps Jack and other CTU agents infiltrate and destroy a Gas Refinery being used as a distribution center for the Sentox nerve gas. Curtis survives and shortly thereafter Jack appears out of the smoke with Bierko. Curtis is told to take Bierko back to CTU Medical. During this time, Homeland Security have taken over CTU and removed all major staff, excluding Chloe O'Brian. Curtis was not present for several hours after CTU was absorbed, but later leads a team that apprehends Christopher Henderson and kills his men.
Later, Curtis meets Jack at a Los Angeles Highway. He is able to avoid the U.S. Marines swarming the area and brings Jack to CTU safely. His last action in Day 5 comes in a sting operation to discover Bierko's last target, in which Curtis is non-critically injured.
[edit] Day 6
At the start of Day 6, Curtis and Bill Buchanan meet Jack Bauer at an airfield as he is released from Chinese custody. He accompanies Bill primarily as backup in case Jack is mentally unstable. Jack tells Curtis he "won't need [his] firearm," after realizing that Curtis has it concealed in hand.
Later, after joining back up with Curtis, Jack notices tension between Curtis and former terrorist Hamri Al-Assad and asks Chloe to search for any history between Curtis and Assad.
President Wayne Palmer authorizes a pardon of Assad in exchange for his continued cooperation. Soon after, Jack learns Curtis's history with Assad: shortly after Desert Storm, Assad's fighters ambushed Curtis's special forces battalion, killing five and capturing two. Curtis was badly wounded and could not go after his captured comrades. The next day, a videotape was released in which a lieutenant of Assad's personally beheads the two soldiers after forcing them to beg for their lives. As Curtis is transporting Assad to CTU, Jack realizes that Assad's life is in danger. Jack rushes outside and sees Curtis holding a gun to Assad's head. Jack raises his weapon and tells Curtis to drop his own, but Curtis refuses. Jack begs Curtis to let Assad go, telling him that he gave his word that he would protect him. Curtis tells Jack he cannot forgive Assad. Left with no other option, Jack shoots Curtis in the neck, killing him.
| Counter Terrorist Unit Staff on 24 |
| Jack Bauer | Kim Bauer | Tony Almeida | Nina Myers | George Mason | Richard Walsh | Jamey Farrell Milo Pressman | Ryan Chappelle | Michelle Dessler | Tom Baker | Brad Hammond | Carrie Turner Chloe O'Brian | Chase Edmunds | Adam Kaufman | Gael Ortega | Erin Driscoll | Curtis Manning Edgar Stiles | Sarah Gavin | Marianne Taylor | Bill Buchanan | Lynn McGill | Karen Hayes Miles Papazian | Morris O'Brian | Nadia Yassir | Mike Doyle | Minor Agents |
