[hider=Carl Hanratty]Name: Carl Hanratty
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Appearance: 
[hider=Hanratty][img]http://images.bwwstatic.com/upload10/452352/tn-500_10thecatchmeifyoucantourcompany,photobycarolrosegg.jpg[/img]
Hanratty is the man in the gray suit.[/hider]
Canon, AU, or OC?: Canon (musical)
Universe of Origin: [i]Catch Me If You Can[/i] (Broadway production)
Personality: Carl Hanratty, as an F.B.I. agent, is a strict follower of the law, and a strict interpreter of that law. He is very intolerant of lawbreaking, and will actively hunt those who break the law. He is an agent of the F.B.I. in charge of the banks and forgeries subdivision (thank-you-very-much), and takes his job seriously. However, Hanratty also has a sense of mercy and, though gruff, can also be very kind for someone who strictly sticks to the law. He will not bother anyone who does not threaten anybody. (All politics is factored out of the equation here, we're really just talking Hanratty as a character without going into the lefts and the rights.)
Theme Song:
[hider=Don't Break the Rules][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNJxHVJtAVw[/youtube][/hider]
Abilities/Weapons: Hanratty has a pistol and several cartridges, but once those are exhausted, Hanratty will have to buy more or rely on hand-to-hand combat. Hanratty is skilled in the art of sleuthing, and dogged in his pursuit of lawbreakers.
Backstory:
Carl Hanratty is head of the FBI's check fraud division, a job that is often misunderstood or not taken seriously by his peers. Carl is a rather serious person who is moreso apropos to doing his job than joking around.

Carl is assigned to investigate a fraudulent check cashed at a hotel in California. Carl is soon surprised when the Hotel Manager explains that the person who turned in the check is still in the Hotel. Carl enters the suspects room, finding numerous counterfeiting equipment, and a well-dressed young man claiming to be Secret Service agent, Barry Allen. Carl manages to obtain Barry's wallet, but not before the 'agent' notes that he has already apprehended the counterfeiter. As Barry leaves the room, Carl checks the wallet, only to find no identification, and sees the young man running outside the window! Carl soon realizes he's been duped, and his director at the FBI explains that fingerprinting the room has turned up no matches, and Carl's I.D. on the young man gives them nothing to go on.

One evening, while working on Christmas Eve, Carl gets a phone call from the young man. As they talk, the young man makes a reference to the New York Yankees, and attempts to apologize for duping Carl. However, Carl refuses the apology, and easily surmises that the young man called him because he has noone else to talk to.

Taking the 'agent's' name Barry Allen into consideration, Carl checks through all sorts of different persons named Barry Allen. While sitting in a coffeeshop, a server claims that Barry Allen is the alter-ego of the comic book character, 'The Flash.' Going off this information, Carl soon realizes why the fingerprints they lifted have no match: their counterfeiter is a minor. Also going off the phone conversation regarding the Yankees, Carl soon finds a young man has runaway from a family home by the name of Abagnale. Going to an upscale home, they find a woman who claims to be the mother of Frank Abagnale. When she shows Carl Frank's yearbook photo, he now knows who his man is.

Meeting Frank's father in a pub, Hanratty reveals that, like Frank Abagnale Sr., he had somewhat of a rough childhood with a tough father. "On my tenth birthday, he showed me a gun,/Then took me to the cornfield and said, 'Okay, run.'" Hanratty, from Frank Sr., learns without a doubt that Frank Abagnale Jr. is his man, or rather, boy.

The investigation continues on for some time, with Frank eventually calling Carl within the year, claiming he's getting married and wants him to stop chasing him. Carl refuses, claiming that since Frank has stolen more than $4million, he is going to be caught. Using the conversation, Carl soon tracks Frank to a party on the eve of his wedding. Frank manages to escape, but Carl coerces information out of Frank's fiance, Brenda, to help the F.B.I. apprehend him.

In the musical, Hanratty finally catches up to Frank once again in Miami Airport, revealing to Frank that the marriage to Brenda was the big mistake that led Hanratty right to him. However, Hanratty kindly decides to allow Frank (after serving his time) to help the F.B.I. with identifying forgeries, since the F.B.I. needed Frank's know-how to keep up with technology and advances in credit cards and checking accounts.

After hiring Frank, however, Hanratty's head began to spin. The last thing he heard before blacking out was, "Mr. Hanratty! Are you all right...?"
Faction: Unaligned, for now.[/hider]