Benjamin Martin

Colonel Benjamin "The Ghost" Martin is the titular main protagonist of the 2000 historical war film .
He was a soldier that fought in the French and Indian War for Great Britain and in the American Revolutionary War for the United States of America. Benjamin is also Colonel William Tavington's archenemy.
He was portrayed by , who also played Max Rockatansky in the Mad Max trilogy, Martin Riggs in the Lethal Weapon film series, William Wallace in Braveheart, Rocky Rhodes in Chicken Run, Thomas Craven in Edge of Darkness, Graham Hess in Signs and John Smith in Pocahontas.
==Biography==
Martin was the widowed father of seven children who did what he could to avoid fighting in the Revolutionary War, knowing the implications surrounding it. When his oldest son, Gabriel joins up, and his second born son, Thomas, is killed by Colonel William Tavington, he takes it upon himself to join and fight with the colonial militia. Before the war was over, Benjamin Martin had his revenge by killing Tavington by stabbing him in the throat and abdomen with a bayonet.
==Personality==
Martin is a quiet family man who seeks to avoid conflict wherever possible, following his violent past. Though Martin is the protagonist of the film, he is no saint. Martin at one point killed 20 British soldiers with his sons because his other son was killed by their commander. The last one was trying to flee, but he chased him down and brutally hacked him to death with a tomahawk. Following this act, he looked up at the sky, silently begging God for His forgiveness. Martin later revealed that he took this tomahawk from two Indians who he murdered and cut into pieces. He said that, following this, he was regarded as a hero, yet never forgave himself and, daily, begged God's forgiveness. Martin attempted to bury this part of himself, however the war brought it back out. 
==Trivia==
*While Benjamin Martin is a fictional character, he is based on a composite of historical characters which include Thomas Sumter, Daniel Morgan, Nathanael Greene, Andrew Pickens and Francis Marion.
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