Jamil

*"Why do you think I'm mopping floors? Bro, I went to MIT! I don't like the responsibility!"*
―Jamil and Christopher Smith[src]
**Jamil** is a janitor working at Mount Rouge Health Center, who is the father of Adiva and the brother of the Docent. He eventually became a friend of Christopher Smith when meeting him at work.

## Biography

### Early life

Little is known of Jamil's past, besides that he enrolled in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, however he eventually started working at Mount Rouge Health Center as a janitor. At some point around 2011, Jamil had a daughter named Adiva.

### Meeting Christopher Smith

*"We had smoked marijuana together. I was in a fucking wheelchair."*
―Christopher Smith to Jamil[src]
Working at Mount Rouge Health Center, Jamil met Christopher Smith when he woke up from a coma and started to walk on wheelchair, with whom he burst smoking marijuana together, but without reaching the point of friendship.

### Talking with Christopher Smith

*"Not that famous. Aquaman, he's famous.""Fuck Aquaman!""No, man! No."*
―Jamil and Christopher Smith[src]
When Christopher Smith was discharged by Dr. Alandy, he approached Jamil, saying that he should be in prison. Jamil then asked why, and Smith claimed that it was because of "superhero stuff". The employee then asked for his superhero alias, prompting Smith to reply that he was Peacemaker. Jamil simply laughed and said that there was no superhero called "Peacemaker". Smith stressed that he was famous, however Jamil told him that he wasn't when comparing him to celebrities like Aquaman.

Smith then expressed hatred for Aquaman, telling Jamil that he heard from the Internet that Aquaman had sex with fish at the aquarium, and Jamil scolded him, Jamil then asked him why he was supposed to be in prison if he was a superhero, and Smith replied that it was because of integrity and a commitment to peace. Jamil finally recognized Peacemaker as that racist superhero who only killed minorities, surprised to be recognized in that way, Smith promised to kill a higher percentage of white criminals, so Jamil thanked him. When Smith asked if he could go from the hospital, Jamil showed having no idea.

### Meeting at Adiva's school

*"I appreciate you for doing this, man.""No problem."*
―Jamil and Christopher Smith[src]
When Adiva returned to her house crying because they didn't have any relatives who did special things, so her father Jamil told her not to worry because he knew a superhero, and this superhero before leaving the hospital, promised to "help him when he needed it". Jamil would then ask Smith to come to his daughter's school to present to her class.

A week later, Peacemaker escorted Jamil and Adiva to school, upon reaching the class, Jamil sat with the professor in a corner while Peacemaker began narrating his stories. Smith then told the class' students about how he defeated Kite-Man, and his supposed encounters with both the Flash and Wonder Woman. Jamil called out Peacemaker's inappropriate verbiage when talking about Wonder Woman. Afterwards, when the bell sounded for children to go to recess, Jamil escorted Peacemaker outside of the classroom, where he was very grateful with Peacemaker for helping him coming to the class of his daughter Adiva, explaining how last last week, the girl Garcia came with her uncle and showed a dying coatí that all children loved. Finally Jamil and Peacemaker opened the departure door and withdrew.

## Personality

Jamil introduces himself as an enthusiastic person, with whom he begins to form a friendship with Christopher Smith after smoking marijuana together. Jamil thanks Smith when he helps him at the school of his daughter Adiva to presents his adventures as superhero. Jamil is also a person who does not like to assume responsibilities, who after scoring at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ended up deciding to work more simplely at the Mount Rouge Health Center as a janitor.

## Relationships

### Family

* Adiva - daughter
* The Docent † - brother

## Behind the Scenes

* After Rizwan Manji's performance in Peacemaker, Peter Safran recommended him for a role in *Shazam! Fury of the Gods*. David F. Sandberg raised the possibility that Manji was indeed playing the same character in both projects, as Manji's character is never named in the latter project.
	+ *Peacemaker* creator James Gunn later opined that he thought of the second role as being that of Jamil's brother, with David F. Sandberg then jokingly replying that the opinion was now canon.

## References

1. ↑ Jump up to:1.0 1.1 https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1553148791020208128?ref\_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1553195429608800257%7Ctwgr%5E354a7e5d9d823cced16b7e9162297bbddeec1fe8%7Ctwcon%5Es2\_&ref\_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcomicbook.com%2Fdc%2Fnews%2Fshazam-fury-of-the-gods-director-confirms-surprising-peacemaker-actor-cameo%2F
2. ↑ *Peacemaker: 1.01: A Whole New Whirled*
3. ↑ *Peacemaker: 1.06: Murn After Reading*