What Master Chief Looks Like Under His Helmet (Games & TV Show)
This article contains spoilers for Halo episode 1.
Paramount+'s Halo TV series sees John-117, the Master Chief, unmask and show his full face for the first time. When players were first introduced to the Master Chief in the classic 2001 Xbox game Halo: Combat Evolved, Bungie had the wisdom not to show his face. They knew the key to a first-person shooter's success lies in the player feeling as though they are the star, and so they deliberately kept the Master Chief masked.
They did drop a hint, though. At the very end of the game, after the destruction of the first Halo Ring, the camera panned away from a ship's cockpit just as the Master Chief removed his helmet. It clearly confirmed Spartans take off their helmets during downtime when they're not on active missions, but the camerawork avoided actually showing John-117's face. He was back to wearing the helmet again in Halo 2, complete with a quip from Sergeant Johnson about how he should have dressed nicer for an awards ceremony. It turned out John-117 was wise to stay suited up on that occasion because otherwise, he'd have been without his Mjolnir armor when the Covenant attacked.
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However, Paramount+'s Halo TV series has wasted no time unmasking the Master Chief. At the end of Halo episode 1, John-117 takes off his helmet in front of an armed Insurrectionist in a successful attempt to earn her trust. And so viewers of the Halo show finally get to see what the Master Chief looks like.
Halo's Master Chief is played by Canadian actor Pablo Schreiber, who's undergone a strict training regime for the part but is still easily recognizable. He's white-skinned, with brown eyes and short brown hair
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