Who is playing professor calculus in tintin

Also appears in: Tintin in America - page 1, frame 2 seated - Villain. King of Chicago, who wants Tintin killed to avenge his loss in the Congo. Member of Polar expedition team. Trivia: See Falconer. Trivia: Carreidas bears a resemblance to Marcel Dassult. Lord Chamberlain is one of King Muskar 's officials.

Debut: The Seven Crystal Balls - page 26, frame 9 name mentioned on page 45, frame 3 - police inspector at Professor Tarragon 's house. He shoots the intruder that threw the crystal ball that put Professor Tarragon into a coma. He later calls police headquarters when Professor Calculus is kidnapped. He sneaks into Mitsuhirato's house, steals the Rajaijah juice, removes the bullets from Mitsuhirato's pistol, and swaps Mitsuhirato's knife for a rubber one.

He's still not back either? Trivia: Chen is Tchen in the French version. Shipmate of Captain Haddock 's. Thanks to him and his quick wit, Tintin 's boat was refueled and able to continue her journey. Also appears in:. Religious fanatic. He thought Calculus had committed sacrilege by putting the sacred Inca bracelet, thus he kidnapped Calculus and wanted him dead. Also appears in: Prisoners of the Sun page 8 frame 5 and page 48, frame He is called Huaco by the Inca page 60, frame 9.

He has invented many things, including the rocket in Destination Moon , the shark-resistant submarine in Red Rackham's Treasure , and many more inventions. The professor is very nearly deaf, but he claims he is just a little hard of hearing in his right ear. It was he who generously supplied the large sum when Captain Haddock bought Marlinspike Hall. The Captain therefore allows him to live there.

He often carries around a pendulum that he uses to navigate through the many problems he encounters. Professor Calculus was partly modelled after inventor Auguste Piccard — , a Swiss physics professor. He had an interminable neck that sprouted from a collar that was much too large I made Calculus a mini-Piccard, otherwise I would have had to enlarge the frames of the cartoon strip.

In contrast to his unquestionable scientific merits, Calculus is a fervent believer in dowsing , a pseudo-scientific form of divination. Calculus always carries a pendulum around in case he should have to find something with it. Sophocles Sarcophagus from Cigars of the Pharaoh is often considered to be the prototype for Calculus. The only other scholar who comes close to Calculus's eccentricity is Hercules Tarragon , with whom he also attended university.

According to Professor Calculus, he was a great sportsman in his youth, with a highly athletic lifestyle. Upon mishearing Laszlo Carreidas say "battleships", Calculus tells his companions all about his youth:. I used to be very good And not only battledore. I've been an all-round sportsman in my time, though you may not think so now. Tennis, swimming, rugger, soccer, fencing, skating I did them all in my young days.

Not forgetting the ring, too: wrestling, boxing, and even savate Calculus attempts to perform a move of the French martial art savate: although he still knows the moves, he is quite rusty at it. It is likely Professor Calculus attempted these sports during his time in university, through which he earned two PhDs in nuclear and theoretical physics , one PhD in calculus, and an M.

While he sometimes appears aloof when absorbed in his work, Calculus corresponds with other scientists, and also collaborates with many of them on their projects. When he first appears in Red Rackham's Treasure , Calculus is living in a small apartment that he mainly uses as a lab. Later, he maintains a laboratory at Marlinspike Hall , in which he conducts various experiments. He is fairly protective of his work, on occasion hiding his scientific endeavours from Tintin and Haddock which gets him into trouble in The Calculus Affair.

Later in that same book, his lab is stripped of all its equipment and research notes, something Calculus himself had feared. On an earlier occasion, during his efforts to find an antidote to Formula 14 in Land of Black Gold , Calculus almost destroyed half of Marlinspike Hall by way of an explosion.

Haddock invites Calculus to stay at Marlinspike Hall after Calculus lends him money earned through selling the patent for his shark-submarine to the government for the purchase of Marlinspike Hall. Calculus feels indebted to Haddock and Tintin who provided him with the opportunity to test the submersible when they were searching for Red Rackham 's treasure. As they then discover the treasure in the Marlinspike Hall crypt, Haddock would be immediately able to repay Calculus's loan, but it is not clear if this repayment is ever made.

By creating your account, you accept the terms and conditions from Tintin. You accept to receive from Tintin. Plus d'informations. Professor Calculus The absurdly deaf, absent-minded inventor of genius was here to stay, if only because his money allowed Captain Haddock to purchase Marlinspike Hall, his ancestral home, at the end of adventure. In which year did Professor Calculus appear for the first time?

What is the codename used for Professor Calculus by his rivals in the Moon adventures? Who provided the inspiration for Professor Calculus' deafness?

What name does Professor Calculus give to his new variety of rose? Who provided the primary inspiration for Professor Calculus? In which adventure does Professor Calculus invent a pill that makes alcohol taste terrible? In the French version of the Tintin adventures, Destination moon , the spies gives him a nickname: The mammoth.

It is not an innocent allusion! They compare his intelligence to the colossal size of the animal. His French surname, Tournesol, means sunflower. The combination of the two names sums up the Professor's character, as does the English version, Cuthbert Calculus.

Both his appearance and his manner are an anachronism, and there is a subtle contrast between his behaviour and his highly advanced inventions. We know nothing about his family except that he does not have a sister, which we learn in Tintin and the Picaros. Calculus is very absent-minded, hard of hearing, intuitive and very sentimental.

He is capable of the most unexpected, and sometimes really weird, connections with reality, by simply using his pendulum. First and foremost he is a fine handyman, then a clever inventor. Calculus is intrigued by everything, including botany, physics, electronics and dowsing.

He has all the traits of a scientist who is determined to make his ideas work. Self-assurance, and obstinacy verging on irritability.