Agent K (usually called Kay), born Kevin Brown, is a fictional

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and one of the two main

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of the ''Men in Black'' franchise (the other being

Agent J Agent J (usually called J), originally James Darrell Edwards III, is one of the two protagonists of the ''Men in Black'' film series. Born October 19, 1965, Jay is an agent of the MiB, recruited by Agent K. He is energetic, and tries to bring li ...

). Kay is portrayed by

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in the three films, with

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portraying his younger self in the third film, and voiced by

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and

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in the animated series. The film's trading card series and ''Men in Black: The Game'' give K's full name as Kevin Cunningham, a nod to

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, the creator of the comic.

Fictional character biography

Early life

K (born Kevin Brown) was one of the people who made first contact with the first aliens to arrive on Earth, and became one of the founding members of the Men In Black. He said he was 29 in 1969, placing his year of birth as 1940. On July 16, 1969, K saved the world from invasion by attaching the ArcNet, a planetary shield, to the

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rocket so that it would be deployed in space. In the process, K severed the left arm of the Boglodite invader 'Boris the Animal' and arrested him for the murder of U.S. Army Colonel James Darrell Edwards Jr. K also had a romantic relationship with Agent O, which he discontinued afterward. In 1978, the Zarthan Queen Laurana came to Earth and K fell in love with her. Laurana was eventually murdered for the Light of Zartha (a source of power located in her daughter Laura) by the alien Serleena. K faked sending the Light off-planet, and erased his own memory to prevent her discovery. It is also implied that K is Laura's father.

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In the first film, K works with

(Col. Edwards' son), to stop a "Bug" (one of an alien race who feed on carnage caused by wars) from stealing a miniature galaxy before the Bug's enemies destroy Earth to prevent the theft. During the final confrontation with the Bug, it swallows the agents' guns, and K decides to let the Bug swallow him so he can get his gun back, while J distracts him from leaving Earth. Just as the Bug is about to eat J, K shoots it from the inside, and Dr. Laurel Weaver (a morgue worker whom the Bug kidnapped) finishes it off. K later requests that Agent J erase K's memories of his time with the MIB so that he can reunite with a woman he had loved before joining the MIB.

'' Men in Black: The Series''

As the ''Men in Black'' animated series takes off from the end of the first film, but skips the plot after Dr. Weaver destroys the Bug, Agent K remains as Agent J's partner while Dr. Weaver has joined the MIB as a medical doctor at the MIB Headquarters. It is revealed early on in the series that a man known as Alpha was the founding Chief of MIB, and K's mentor, but later turned criminal.Raiti, Gerard (1997)
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In the second film, at a post office in

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, Kevin Brown is recruited by Agent J, to recover the 'Light of Zartha'. After rescuing Laura, they fend off Serleena so they can send Laura safely off the Earth and back to her home planet.

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In the third film, Boris the Animal time-travels to 1969 and murders a young K (

), allowing the Boglodites to successfully invade Earth, and in response J travels back to 1969 both to save his mentor and best friend's life and to prevent the oncoming Boglodite invasion. When J arrives from the future to kill Boris at Coney Island, K arrests J and takes him to MIB headquarters, where J reveals his mission. Thereafter the precognitive alien 'Griffin the Arcanian' guides J and K to

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, where Col. Edwards helps them launch the ArcNet, but dies in the process; whereupon K kills Boris. It is then revealed that Col. Edwards is J's father. K also erases a young J’s memory to prevent him from being traumatized. This was seen by an older J who realized that K has been watching over him all his life.

'' Men in Black: International''

In the spin-off film, Agent K does not appear but he is seen in a painting in High-T's office.

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Fictional character biography

Early life

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