Gerald Burlingame is a major antagonist of the Stephen King multiverse.
He serves as the titular overarching antagonist of the novel Gerald's Game and its film adaptation of the same name.
He was the emotionally abusive and controlling husband of Jessie Burlingame. He died of a heart attack caused by a kick to his stomach.
Adaptation[]
Bruce Greenwood portrays the character in director Mike Flanagan's Netflix adaptation of Gerald's Game (2017).
Trivia[]
- Gerald's role is more as the main antagonist, as he is very controlling and misogynistic to Jessie, as well as having sex with her but that fails which caused the events of the story.