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==''MacGyver'' (2016–2021 series)==
{{Infobox character
| name               = Angus MacGyver
| image              = Lucas Till as MacGyver.png
| caption            = [[Lucas Till]] as MacGyver
| first              = "[[The Rising (MacGyver)|The Rising]]"
| last               = "Abduction + Memory + Time + Fireworks + Dispersal"
| creator            = [[Lee David Zlotoff]]
| portrayer          = [[Lucas Till]]
| lbl1               = Developed by
| data1              = [[Peter M. Lenkov]]
| occupation         = [[Espionage|Secret agent]]
| family             = Ellen Hayes (mother)<br />James MacGyver (father)
| relatives          = [[Harry Jackson (MacGyver)|Harry Jackson]] (grandfather)<br />Gwendolyn Hayes (aunt)
| nationality        = American
}}

[[Lucas Till]] portrays a younger version of Angus "Mac" MacGyver in the 2016 reboot of the series.

===Personality and skills===
MacGyver has a genius-level intellect and a particular ability for adaptation and improvisation. He is a resourceful U.S. operative who works for the Phoenix Foundation, a covert U.S. government agency operating under the guise of a think tank. Trained as an [[Bomb disposal|EOD technician]] for the Army, Mac prefers to use non-lethal means to stop his enemies, and refuses to carry a gun, though if necessary he will resort to lethal measures.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=The Rising|series=[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]|network=[[CBS]]|date=September 2016|season=1|number=1|language=en}} MacGyver rigs his boat to explode into the trailing boat, causing the death of all enemies onboard. {{Cite episode|title=Toothpick|series=[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]|network=CBS|date=October 2016|season=1|number=5|language=en}} MacGyver uses an improvised explosive to knock an enemy out of a train moving in excess of 100mph, and Dalton confirms he is dead.</ref> He is never without his trusty Swiss Army knife and uses anything in his environment to his advantage. While not an expert in biology or medicine, MacGyver is shown to be an efficient [[field medic]] and knowledgeable in [[Crime scene|crime scene techniques]] and [[DNA sequencing]] procedures.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Compass|series=[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]|network=CBS|date=March 2017|season=1|number=19|language=en}} CSI and DNA sequencing knowledge shown. {{Cite episode|title=Cigar Cutter|series=[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]|network=CBS|date=April 2017|season=1|number=21|language=en}} Field medicine skills.</ref>

He is afraid of heights, though is able to overcome his fear to finish his missions.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Awl|series=[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]|network=CBS|date=October 2016|season=1|number=3|language=en}} Shown hanging from the landing gear of a plane taking off.</ref> Though not an expert fighter, he is shown to be able to temporarily hold off multiple enemies in hand-to-hand combat, typically long enough for him to figure out a way to end the conflict using his adaptation and improvisational skills.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Cigar Cutter|series=[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]|network=CBS|date=April 2017|season=1|number=21|language=en}}</ref> He is proficient in multiple languages, including Italian, German and Mandarin.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=The Rising|series=[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]|network=CBS|date=September 2016|season=1|number=1|language=en}} Tells Nikki Carpenter that he learned Italian when she agreed to accompany him to Rome, presumably romantically; Wilt Bozer says that MacGyver is the only person he knows who speaks Mandarin {{Cite episode|title=Flashlight|series=[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]|network=CBS|date=March 2017|season=1|number=18|language=en}} Translates radio orders spoken in Mandarin, though he acknowledges his Mandarin skills are "rusty"</ref>  He also knows [[Morse code]].<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Can Opener|series=[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]|network=CBS|date=November 2016|season=1|number=7|language=en}}</ref>

He is shown to be charming, personable, and with an easy ability to make and keep friends.<ref name="The Rising">{{Cite episode|title=The Rising|series=[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]|network=CBS|date=September 2016|season=1|number=1|language=en}}</ref> MacGyver shows flashes of intense anger when his friends are threatened or when his father, who disappeared from MacGyver's life at the age of 10, is mentioned.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Hole Puncher|series=[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]|network=CBS|date=April 2017|season=1|number=20|language=en}} Murdoc, while teaching MacGyver to act like a cold-blooded killer, enrages MacGyver by bringing up MacGyver's father. MacGyver begins choking Murdoc before getting himself under control. {{Cite episode|title=Cigar Cutter|series=[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]|network=CBS|date=April 2017|season=1|number=21|language=en}}  When Fake Dr. Zito, a criminal trained by Murdoc to kill MacGyver, is defeated by MacGyver, he claims that Murdoc told him all of MacGyvers weaknesses, including his father. When Zito mentions his father, MacGyver raises his weapon to strike the downed Zito, but a commotion causes Zito to be able to get away.</ref>

===Biography===
MacGyver was raised primarily in Mission City, California. His mother died when MacGyver was 5, and his father disappeared from MacGyver's life when MacGyver was 10.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Metal Saw|series=[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]|network=CBS|date=September 2016|season=1|number=2|language=en}} Jack Dalton mentions that MacGyver's mother died when he was 5, and this is confirmed in later episodes; in this episode, MacGyver's father is stated to have left at age 12, though later episodes confirm he was 10, such as {{Cite episode|title=Flashlight|series=[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]|network=CBS|date=March 2016|season=1|number=18|language=en}}</ref> After his father's disappearance, MacGyver was raised by his grandfather. MacGyver met his best friend [[List of MacGyver characters#Recurring characters who are main characters in the reboot|Wilt Bozer]] in the fifth grade, and both graduated from Mission City High School. Bozer and MacGyver are roommates when the series begins, although Bozer initially believes that MacGyver works as an IT expert. MacGyver spent two years at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] studying physics, though did not graduate. He left MIT to join the Army because he wanted to make an actual difference in people's lives rather than thinking about theoretical problems, being trained as an EOD technician and spending three years in Afghanistan.<ref name="Compass">{{Cite episode|title=Compass|series=[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]|network=CBS|date=March 2017|season=1|number=19|language=en}}</ref> In the Army he met Jack Dalton, who was a [[Delta Force]] soldier.<ref name="Compass"/>

After leaving the Army, MacGyver was hired by the Department of External Services, a government clandestine operation using the guise of a think tank. Eventually, Jack Dalton left his position with the CIA and became MacGyver's partner at DXS; by the time of the series pilot, they had spent three years as partners at DXS.<ref name="The Rising"/> After DXS's original, unnamed cover is blown a new cover is needed which will allow for a transition of the organization's assets so its work can continue. MacGyver suggests the name "[[Phoenix (mythology)|Phoenix]]", after the mythological bird that is reborn by rising from its own ashes, and the organization begins using the cover-name of the "Phoenix Foundation".<ref name="The Rising"/>
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