Greg Stillson is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in Stephen King's 1979 novel The Dead Zone. Played by Martin Sheen in the film adaptation and Sean Patrick Flanery in the USA Network television series, Stillson is a rising politician and future U.S. president whose rise to power will eventually bring on Armageddon.
Stillson is introduced in the novel at the beginning of the book as a traveling salesman for a Bible-printing compan...
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Greg Stillson is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in Stephen King's 1979 novel The Dead Zone. Played by Martin Sheen in the film adaptation and Sean Patrick Flanery in the USA Network television series, Stillson is a rising politician and future U.S. president whose rise to power will eventually bring on Armageddon.
Stillson is introduced in the novel at the beginning of the book as a traveling salesman for a Bible-printing company in 1955. During a stop at a house in rural Iowa, Stillson is attacked by the absent homeowners' dog and, enraged, sprays ammonia in the animal's eyes before beating it to death. As he drives away, Stillson comes to the realization that he is destined for greatness. It is revealed later that Stillson held a series of odd occupations in the years following this incident, among them being a successful rain maker.
Eventually Stillson moves to the fictional New Hampshire town of Ridgeway in 1971, where he becomes an active leader in local...
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