Daredevil

Matthew "Matt" Michael Murdock was a lawyer (one half of Nelson and Murdock) and socialite who moonlighted as the vigilante Daredevil.

He was the only child of boxer Jack Murdock, who fought under the ring-name the "Spring-Heeled Jack", and Margaret Murdock, who suffered from severe postnatal depression following Matt's birth. After attempting to "purify" Matt by burning him alive, Margaret was institutionalized at the Midnight Psychiatric Hospital, where she would eventually commit suicide. As as a kid, Matt saved an elderly man by pushing him out of the way of a Roxxon Oil Company tanker. The truck spilled over and the chemicals it was carrying splashed onto Matt's face, blinding him. The last thing Matt saw before losing his sight was his father, who cradled him as he screamed in pain. The same substance that blinded him enhanced his remaining senses to a superhuman level. Matt began to perceive the world as if it were on fire.

Not too long after, Matt's father was murdered, seemingly by Dante Rigoletto for refusing to fix a boxing match, although in actuality Jack was killed off by a hitman nicknamed "Bullseye" for his role in a class action lawsuit against Roxxon. Matt ended up in the care of Father Bill Whitcomb at the Saint Michael's Orphanage where his religious beliefs were nurtured and he was led to believe that all the traumatic incidents he had been through were all part of God's grand plan for him. Honouring a promise he made to his father, Matt studied hard and went to law school, although he boxed on the side, both as a tribute to his father and to provide an outlet for the "devil on his shoulder".

Appearances
Matt was portrayed by actor Thomas Jane.


 * Marvel's Daredevil: Season 1 (appears in 13 of the 13 episodes)
 * Marvel's Daredevil: Season 2 (appears in 13 of the 13 episodes)
 * Marvel's Daredevil: Season 3 (appears in 13 of the 13 episodes)
 * Marvel's Daredevil: Season 4 (appears in 6 of the 6 episodes)
 * Marvel's Daredevil: Season 5 - Daredevil versus the Punisher (appears in 13 of the 13 episodes)
 * Marvel's Daredevil: Season 6 (appears in 13 of the 13 episodes)
 * Marvel's Daredevil: Season 7 - The Final Season (appears in 13 of the 13 episodes)
 * Marvel's The Devil and the Spider (appears in 6 of the 6 episodes)