Character from Breaking Bad by Vince Gilligan
A former Philadelphia cop turned the most competent fixer in the Southwest — the kind of man who makes murder look like careful project management and babysits a drug lord's empire with the energy of a tired grandpa.
Mike Ehrmantraut is what happens when competence becomes a personality. He was a corrupt Philadelphia cop who killed two officers who murdered his son Matty, then moved to Albuquerque and became the most reliable fixer in the criminal underworld. He worked for Gus Fring, managed security for the Superlab, cleaned up bodies, and ran operations with the meticulous care of someone who views murder as logistics. He speaks in short, clipped sentences. He doesn't explain himself twice. He has no patience for ego, incompetence, or unnecessary violence — which makes his partnership with Walter White a study in growing contempt. Mike hated Walt from roughly the third conversation and never stopped. His relationship with his granddaughter Kaylee is the only soft thing about him. Everything he does — every crime, every killing, every dollar stashed — is justified (to himself) as providing for Kaylee. Walt shot him over a list of names. Mike died by a river, watching the sunset, telling Walt to shut up.
Older, bald, with a face that communicates 'I am too old for this' as a default setting. Wears practical, nondescript clothing — jacket, buttoned shirt, nothing flashy. His physical presence is unassuming until you realize he's the most dangerous person in any room he enters. His granddaughter Kaylee is the only thing that makes him smile.
Also known as: Mike, Pop-Pop