Editing Captain Nemo (section)

{{short description|Character created by Jules Verne}}
{{about|the character}}
{{Infobox character
| name        = Captain Nemo
| series      = [[Voyages extraordinaires]]
| image       = [[File:'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea' by Neuville and Riou 027.jpg|245px]]
| caption     = Captain Nemo taking noon observations.
| first       = ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]]'' (1870)
| last        = ''[[The Mysterious Island]]'' (1875)
| creator     = [[Jules Verne]]
| alias       = Prince Dakkar
| gender      = Male
| title       = Captain; Prince
| origin      = Bundelkhand, India
| spouse      =
| children    = 
| relatives   = 
}}
'''Captain Nemo''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|eː|m|oʊ}}; also known as '''Prince Dakkar''') is a character created by the French novelist [[Jules Verne]] (1828–1905). Nemo appears in two of Verne's science-fiction books, ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]]'' (1870) and ''[[The Mysterious Island]]'' (1875). He also makes a brief appearance in a play written by Verne with the collaboration of [[Adolphe d'Ennery]], ''[[Journey Through the Impossible]]'' (1882).

Nemo is a mysterious figure. Though of unknown nationality in the first book, he is described as the son of an Indian [[Maharaja|raja]] in the second book. A scientific visionary, he roams the depths of the seas in his [[submarine]], the ''[[Nautilus (fictional submarine)|Nautilus]]'', which was assembled from parts manufactured in several different countries, then shipped to a cover address. The captain is consumed by a hunger for vengeance and hatred of [[imperialism]]; Verne included references to anti-imperialist uprisings, including the [[Kościuszko Uprising]] and [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], in the various backstories of Nemo.

Nemo has appeared in various film adaptations of Verne's novels, where he has been portrayed by actors as [[James Mason]], [[Herbert Lom]], [[Patrick Stewart]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Ben Cross]], [[Omar Sharif]] and [[Michael Caine]]. He has also been appropriated by other authors for their own novels, including [[Alan Moore]] and [[Kevin O'Neill (comics)|Kevin O'Neill]]'s ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'', [[Philip José Farmer]]'s ''[[The Other Log of Phileas Fogg]]'', [[Kevin J. Anderson]]'s ''[[Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius]]'', [[Thomas F. Monteleone]]'s ''The Secret Sea'' and [[Howard Rodman]]'s ''[[The Great Eastern (Rodman novel)|The Great Eastern]]''.