Winston Deavor

Winston Deavor
General information
Full name	Winston Deavor
Gender	Male
Personal information
Occupation	CEO of DevTech
Family	Evelyn Deavor (sister)
Series information
Appearance	Incredibles 2
Portrayed by	Bob Odenkirk

"I LOVE SUPERHEROES!"

—Winston expressing his love for superheroes

Winston Deavor is a major character in Incredibles 2. He is the head of world-class telecommunications company DevTech with his sister, Evelyn. He is a huge supporter of Supers and wants them to return to the spotlight.

Biography

Incredibles 2

Like his father, Winston is a fan of superheroes and believed the Super ban indirectly caused the death of his parents (as neither Fironic nor Gazerbeam, two friends of the elder Deavor responded to a distress call when Winston's parents were attacked by robbers). He sought to get the Super ban repealed to help prevent future tragedies from happening to others. To that effect, Winston eventually found a group of "wannabe Supers", who were Supers coming into their powers but never given a chance to be in public due to the ban yet lucky enough to escape the Super purge.

At one point, when the Underminer launched an attack on Metroville, Winston witnessed the Incredibles stop the Underminer's drill from destroying the city hall. Eventually, Winston found Frozone, who in turn introduced him to Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl, who had been recently escaped arrest by the retiring Rick Dicker due to property damage thanks to the superhero ban. He chooses Elastigirl to show that Supers are beneficial for society since she causes less collateral damage than Mr. Incredible and Frozone. Bob is surprised and saddened that he was not chosen. Deavor senses Bob's dismay, and promises that should Elastigirl succeed, this will enable all Supers to return. He offers the Parrs one of his spare mansions for them to stay at. Behind his back however, his sister Evelyn intends to ruin his plans by tarnishing the reputation of Supers by using the Screenslaver and by hypnotizing Supers with hypno-goggles.

A victory party is held at Devtech to celebrate Elastigirl's capture of the Screenslaver and the global legalization of Supers. Winston Deavor announces the televised signing of the International Supers Accord by the ambassadors of the United League of Nations to be held at his Everjust superyacht the following morning.

Winston hosts a party on the Everjust, where an accord supporting the legalization of supers is signed by several international ambassadors including Ambassador Selick. Evelyn hypnotizes everyone there so that her plan can proceed without opposition. However, Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack arrive to free the Supers, foiling her plans. Winston is freed from his hypnosis and meets up with Evelyn but figures out she has done something bad and decides to help everyone else on the superyacht instead of fleeing with her, freeing them by smashing the screen with a chair. After the Supers save the yacht from crashing onshore, he thanks them for saving everyone on board and his sister.

Personality

Winston is determined and confident in what he does. He is a brilliant businessman, and his suavity and charm give him a sense of knowing how to read people. He also seems to be very cosmopolitan, seeing that he convinced Supers from all over the world to join him in their cause and relive their lives. He truly believes that he can use his wealth and power to make the world a better place for everyone.

Despite his enormous amounts of wealth and business connections, Winston seems to be down-to-earth and is able to sympathize with the Supers. Although at first, it seemed that he had some other nefarious — and hidden agenda that is secretly motivating him — this was proven not the case. His sister, Evelyn, revealed that she kept her "Screenslaver" identity a secret because she knew that Winston's strong morals would never permit him to go along with her unscrupulous ways. He later demonstrates this morality when, upon realizing his sister's true intentions, he refuses to flee with her. Despite being the only family left, he knows escaping with her would be an endorsement of her wrongdoing, as well as leaving many innocent lives to perish. Deciding to remain on the ship that will crash into the city, he risks his life to try and free all the Supers and ambassadors from Evelyn's technological hypnosis, all by himself, and get them to safety, greatly showing a selfless side to his personality.

Physical appearance

Winston is of average build, has brown hair that is greying on the sides and has blue eyes. He is always seen in a blue business suit, with a black tie, white shirt and black shoes. Winston bears a strong resemblance to his late father, with the only notable exception being that his father had a beard.

Trivia

• In early concepts, Winston was supposed to have a brother rather than a sister. However, the developers felt that Elastigirl would build a better friendship with a female character instead. He was to be a greedy villain beside his cut brother, Nelson Deavor, and was motivated mainly by financial gain for his media company. However, Odenkirk's performance was so genuine that Winston was turned into a good guy who wanted Supers to return.

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