The law partner who wanted to fight for the little guy, and found out what his best friend did at night.
Franklin “Foggy” Percy Nelson met Matt Murdock at law school and became his best friend. After interning together at Landman and Zack, the two start their own firm in Hell’s Kitchen, where Foggy wants to fight for the little guy. Elden Henson plays him across the Netflix years and into the Disney+ revival, and by the time the revival came around Charlie Cox was describing him as the heartbeat of the whole thing.
His friendship with Matt falters when he discovers the vigilante work, and the two are close again after they bring Fisk down. Between the Daredevil seasons he turns up in the neighbouring series: working with Jeri Hogarth in The Defenders, and as a guest in Jessica Jones and Luke Cage.
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He is killed at the start of Daredevil: Born Again, shot by Dex at Vanessa’s behest, and his death is the wound the first season is built on. Henson’s return for the second season set off speculation that the show would adapt the comics story in which Foggy fakes his death and enters witness protection; the makers said that in their street-level stories dying very often means you are actually dead, and he appears in flashbacks set before the events of Daredevil.
Show detailsThe tie bar
The costume designer Stephanie Maslansky gave him one accessory to define his look: a vintage tie bar with the letter F, which she imagined was a gift from his father. His socks are patterned and colourful. The audience may never see them, she said, but the actor does.