Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson

Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson is the main protagonist of the S.W.A.T. franchise. He is the leader of one of the LAPD's S.W.A.T. teams. Hondo is portrayed by Steve Forrest in the 1975 TV series, Samuel L. Jackson in the 2003 film, and Shemar Moore in the 2017 TV series.
==S.W.A.T. (1975)==
In the original 1975 TV series, Hondo is portrayed as a Lieutenant on S.W.A.T..
== 2003 Film ==
The 2003 film portrays Hondo as a Sergeant. He first appears at the "gun cage" where Jim Street is working after being called in by the chief of police. Hondo becomes impressed by Street's knowledge of weaponry and breach tactics. Later, he asks Street if he could beat fellow S.W.A.T. officer T.J. McGabe in a training course, which Street does.
Hondo later again approaches Street to have him drive around LA. They encounter officer Deacon Kay who is in foot pursuit of a suspect. Hondo offers Deacon a spot on his S.W.A.T. team to which Deacon accepts. Later Hondo recruits Chris Sanchez as the first female S.W.A.T. officer. Afterwards, Hondo asks Street about what happened between him and his former partner Brain Gamble. Street tells Hondo he didn't give up Gamble as rumors suggest. Believing him, Hondo offers Street a chance to rejoin S.W.A.T., though the latter cast doubt as Captain Thomas Fuller would never sign off on it.
Hondo then meets up with Captain Fuller about his selection for his team. While Fuller accepts Boxer McCabe and Deacon to join, he rejects Sanchez and Street. After Hondo convince Fuller if any goes wrong, he would get to blame him "just like old times", Fuller gives Hondo his team, hoping Hondo would finally get fired from the LAPD.
== S.W.A.T. (2017) ==
In the 2017 TV series, Hondo, portrayed by former Criminal Minds star Shemar Moore, is the lead character.
A native of South Los Angeles, Daniel Harrelson was born to Daniel Harrelson, Sr. and Charice Harrelson; he also has a sister, Winnie. When he was a kid, his father left the family after falling in love with another woman and moved to Oakland, California, where he eventually had another daughter, Briana. Hondo and his dad remained in touch, going up to live with him during the summers of his teenage years.
As a kid, Hondo and two of his best friends Leroy (Michael Beach) and Darryl ran with a gang, but after Darryl's death, Hondo went to high school and eventually joined the force.
After high school, Hondo enlisted in the United States Marine Corps; he served four years (1994 to 1998) with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and deployed to Somalia. Upon leaving the Marines, Hondo joined the Los Angeles Police Department.
Hondo began his LAPD career as a patrol officer with the 77th Street Area. He served as a patrolman for six years before becoming a member of SWAT. By 2016, he was serving as a Senior Lead Officer on Sergeant Buck Spivey's (Louis Ferreira) SWAT Team. He knows everyone in the neighborhood and treats them all with respect, and they usually give him information pertinent to his cases when he asks for it in return.
In 2017, Hondo was unexpectedly promoted to Team Leader after Buck was fired for accidentally shooting an unarmed black teenager during a shootout over senior team member Sergeant Deacon Kay (Jay Harrington) in a blatant attempt to ease the tensions between the community and the LAPD.
Four months prior to the series, Hondo began a surreptitious romantic relationship with Captain Jessica Cortez (Stephanie Sigman), which, while frowned upon, was not expressly forbidden by LAPD policy; however, after his promotion to Team Leader (which put him directly under her command), the two struggled to keep their relationship secret. Hondo ultimately broke up with her after they were caught by Commissioner Michael Plank (Peter Facinelli) in order to protect her career. He later started a relationship with Nia Wells (Nikiva Dionne), a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney and recent divorcée. Though, this relationship wouldn't hold either. Finally, Hondo would settle being with Nichelle Carmichael (Rochelle Aytes), and the two would eventually have a daughter named Vivienne.
In "Invisible", after failing to secure a good foster family for Darryl Henderson, the teenage son of his incarcerated friend Leroy, Hondo decided to apply to become Darryl's official foster father.
As a SWAT officer, Hondo drives a 2015 Dodge Charger Pursuit and carries a Kimber Custom TLE II in .45 ACP as his duty weapon.
==Trivia==
* Hondo's 1975 actor Steve Forrest makes a cameo in the 2003 film as an unnamed SWAT truck driver.
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