Rodney Skinner

Rodney Skinner is a fictional character in the film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, portrayed by Tony Curran. Physically, he is completely invisible; he renders himself visible when necessary by the application of white greasepaint to his face and (shaven) head, and usually wears a long leather trenchcoat, a trilby, and dark pince-nez. He speaks with a Cockney lilt to his voice. Skinner is the alter ego of The Invisible Man. While most cha... more

Rodney Skinner is a fictional character in the film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, portrayed by Tony Curran. Physically, he is completely invisible; he renders himself visible when necessary by the application of white greasepaint to his face and (shaven) head, and usually wears a long leather trenchcoat, a trilby, and dark pince-nez. He speaks with a Cockney lilt to his voice. Skinner is the alter ego of The Invisible Man. While most characters in the film (and the comic series) are the direct equivalent of their turn-of-the-century literary characters, Skinner was specially created, due to copyright issues regarding H.G. Wells' original novel. In his "League" incarnation, Skinner is a thief who stole the invisibility formula from (we are led to assume) the original novel's anti-hero, Griffin. In the original graphic novel series of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore, the Invisible Man was given the name of Hawley Griffin, alluding to the name of a famous... less