Jack Torrance
Jack Torrance is the tragic protagonist and antagonist of Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film The Shining, portrayed as a recovering alcoholic and former teacher whose volatile temper and history of abuse—exemplified by accidentally breaking his son Danny's arm—haunt his attempt to rebuild his life as a writer. Isolated at the Overlook Hotel as a winter caretaker, Jack struggles to control his demons while being manipulated by the hotel's malevolent supernatural forces, which drive him toward madness and an attempt to murder his wife, Wendy, and son.
