Hugo Root (Preacher TV Series)

Hugo Root
AMC's Preacher‎
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Real Name	Hugo Root
Relatives	Eugene Root (son) Unnamed wife (deceased)
Base Of Operations	Annville
Status
Alignment	Neutral
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Married
Occupation	Sheriff
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	Preacher (TV Series)
Creators	Sam Catlin · Seth Rogen · Evan Goldberg · Garth Ennis · Steve Dillon
First Appearance	"Pilot" (May 22, 2016)
Appearance of Death	"Call and Response" (July 31, 2016)

El Paso Gazette. Young family in Indiana take their children to an amusement park. Three kids. They'd been there for about an hour, playing, having fun. Parents turned around, one of the kids is gone. The little one. The parents is frantic. So they leave the two older kids with this fella sellin' pretzels. And they go in search. About a half-hour, they found him. He was cryin' his eyes out over by the spinnin' teacups or some such. Well, the parents was ecstatic. They was full of "thank yous," "praise the Lords." Celebratory ice cream for everybody. However the other two kids took three days to find; the one, naked, stuffed in a drainage ditch down by the interstate. And the hard part in this from a law-enforcement perspective was the old man. He worked in that park for 30 years sellin' pretzels. Never a single complaint or incident. That third baby, they never found at all. This world.

— Hugo Root

Hugo Root was the Sheriff of Annville, Texas and the father of Eugene Root.

History

Hugo Root constantly bemoaned the state of the world and of humanity, especially since his son disfigured his own face with a shotgun blast. After Jesse Custer sent his son to hell, Sheriff Root began to investigate the disappearance, arresting Jesse in the process. Jesse tried telling Root he sent his son to hell, before escaping from the back of Sheriff Root's car. Sheriff Root then arrested Cassidy, aware that he was a vampire and demanding to know the true whereabouts of his son. He shot Cassidy several times before letting him go, later attending Jesse's special service as he contacted God. Sheriff Root found out his son was really in hell and that the "God" they were talking to was an imposter. Sheriff Root later perished in the explosion of Annville.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Investigation
• Law

Notes

• This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the television series Preacher and is an adaptation of Hugo Root. The original character was created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon and first appeared in Preacher #1.

• Hugo Root was portrayed by W. Earl Brown.

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