Handsome Jack

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Handsome Jack is a character in Gearbox Software's Borderlands video game franchise. Jack is the leader of the Hyperion Corporation, which takes control of the planet Pandora; in his mind, he is the hero of the story. Created to be the main antagonist of the "villain-centric" Borderlands 2, Jack was conceived early on as a fellow Vault Hunter "frenemy" before being changed to an outright villain to make Borderlands 2 clearer. As the main antagonist, primary concerns fell on making him balance both the seriousness and humour of the game. Dameon Clarke was chosen as the voice for the character.

After his introduction in 2012's Borderlands 2, Jack appears again in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! and Telltale Games' Tales from the Borderlands. The Pre-Sequel! revolves around Jack's rise to power, while Tales features Jack as a hologram who gets injected into the mind of one of the game's protagonists.

Jack has been received positively as a villain, and Clarke won "Best Performance by a Human Male" at the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards for his role.