Father Tomas
The young parish priest of the TV series, partner of Father Marcus, played by Alfonso Herrera.
Father Tomas Ortega is one of the two lead priests of The Exorcist, the Fox television series (2016-2017) that follows on from the 1973 film. Alfonso Herrera plays him, and he works with the older exorcist Father Marcus Keane in both seasons.
Quick Facts
- Full name
- Tomas Ortega
- Portrayed by
- Alfonso Herrera
- Series
- The Exorcist (TV series, 2016-2017)
- Partner
- Father Marcus Keane
Facts from the source article.
Background
Tomas is a warm, selfless priest who leads a small church, and like Father Karras before him he is going through a crisis of faith, which he recovers by the end of the first season. He has visions and can get inside the minds of demons and the people they possess, which lets him use their weaknesses but also makes him a target. In the first season he and Marcus help the Rance family, whose mother is the grown-up Regan MacNeil, and it is Tomas who drives Pazuzu out of her. In the second season he and Marcus take to the road to hunt evil. The fan wiki calls him a reworked version of Damien Karras.
Source
Text adapted from Father Tomas on The Exorcist Wiki (Fandom, CC BY-SA 3.0). Page history: contributors. Codexery summarised the page, and this entry is shared under the same licence.
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