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Agent Arthur "Artie" Nielsen (née Arthur Weisfelt) is a fictional character on the U.S. television science fiction series ''Warehouse 13'' (2009–2014), portrayed by Saul Rubinek. He is the Special Agent in Charge of Warehouse 13 and is the immediate supervisor of Agents Pete Lattimer, Myka Bering and Claudia Donovan. ==Character history== Artie Nielsen is born Arthur Weisfelt on July 2, 1948 and grows up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has Russian Jewish heritage. His father, Izzy Weisfelt (Judd Hirsch), taught musical composition at Temple University. The young Artie is a gifted pianist and earns admission to the Juilliard School. Rather than continuing his musical training, he goes to work for the National Security Agency (NSA). He stands 5 feet 8 inches tall, and in addition to English, he is fluent in Russian, German and French.〔 He can also read Latin. As chief custodian of Warehouse 13, Artie understands many of its secrets. As revealed in the season 1 episode "Implosion", the NSA recruits Artie right out of school. While in his 20s he works as a cryptographer and code breaker, decoding Soviet communications, and intercepting letters and phone transcripts. He is suspected of selling secrets to the Soviets when he makes contact with one of the persons they are spying on. He is put under surveillance, and on November 18, 1978, an arrest warrant is issued for him on charges of espionage and treason. In the season 2 episode "Vendetta", it is revealed that Artie was actually trading artifacts in exchange for the release of family members who are political prisoners in the Gulag. He believes the artifacts are nothing more than trinkets, antiques and old relics. When his Soviet contact lets slip the artifacts have power, Artie soon discovers they have frightening and dangerous powers. Unable to live with the guilt of what he has done, he turns himself in. This is the day Mrs. Frederic comes into his life, offering him a chance to make amends for past mistakes. She gets the charges expunged and he is given a new identity, Arthur Nielsen. The change of name is not to hide from the U.S. government, but from the Soviets, who consider him a spy who betrayed them. As Artie Nielsen, he joins the U.S. Secret Service and becomes a Warehouse agent. In the season 1 episode "Claudia", we learn that 12 years earlier Artie poses as a professor in order to get close to graduate student Joshua Donovan, to help him while he attempts teleportation research using Rheticus' Compass – an artifact that it had been Artie's mission to retrieve. Unfortunately, he watches helplessly with Joshua's younger sister, Claudia Donovan, as Joshua disappears, apparently killed in an experiment with the compass. This incident causes Artie much grief because he had pushed Joshua to continue the experiment and promised Claudia that he would do whatever he could to help keep him safe. Only later is it discovered that Joshua has trapped himself in an inter-dimensional space. Persuaded by Claudia, and armed with new information about the compass, Artie helps to reproduce the experiment and rescue Joshua. Artie was once partnered with fellow Warehouse agent James MacPherson, but they have a falling out and MacPherson disappears for about 15 years. Starting with the season 1 episode "Implosion", MacPherson returns as Artie’s nemesis – collecting and auctioning off artifacts to release them back into the world. In the season one finale, "MacPherson", MacPherson blows up the umbilicus with Artie still inside, presumably killing him. In the season 2 premiere, "Time Will Tell", we learn that Artie is saved by the Phoenix artifact and rises from the ashes. Soon thereafter MacPherson is captured and killed. In season 2's "Vendetta", Artie is the only one opposed to the reinstatement of H. G. Wells. He is vindicated in the season two finale, "Reset", when H.G. is revealed to be a villain. As revealed in the season 3 finale, "Stand", when preparing for Sykes' attack on the Warehouse, Artie takes a watch that MacPherson gave to him hoping that he would never have to use it. After the Warehouse is destroyed, Pete exclaims "we lost Artie, we lost." Artie reveals the watch and says "not yet." In the season 4 premiere, "A New Hope", Artie discovers that Pandora's box was destroyed with the Warehouse and, as a result, the world has lost hope. Realizing that the watch can lead them to a fail safe that can reset 24 hours, Artie, Claudia, Pete, and Myka set out to find the artifact. The fail safe is revealed to be the astrolabe of Ferdinand Magellan. When Artie and Pete find the last piece of the Astrolabe they are attacked by a Templar group that was in possession of the astrolabe. Pete is killed and, while Artie prepares to use the astrolabe, the dying leader of the Templars says that by using the astrolabe Artie will bring "a great evil of your own design upon you." Artie then uses the astrolabe, goes back in time, and prevents the Warehouse from being destroyed. As a result of his actions, H.G. Wells, Mrs. Frederic, and Pete are all still alive. Artie later has a nightmare about Claudia attacking him with a dagger and, after waking up, he learns from Leena that Claudia left. Artie is approached by Brother Adrian of the Templars asking his assistance in finding the person who used the astrolabe, insisting that it must be used again to restore the timeline and prevent the creation of the evil. When Adrian discovers that Artie was the user of the astrolabe, he threatens to destroy his life's work by stealing and unleashing artifacts from the Warehouse until Artie undoes what he has done. As Artie's behavior becomes more and more erratic, he is approached by Mrs. Frederic, Leena and H. G. Wells and, in the episode "Second Chance", he reveals to them the story of the astrolabe and Brother Adrian. Because of his vision of Claudia and the dagger, Artie suggests the evil may be Claudia, but Mrs. Frederic points out that Adrian's actions make him the likely suspect. In the episode "The Ones You Love", Leena witnesses Artie in the midst of a supposed confrontation with Adrian and observes that he is alone and only imagining Adrian's presence. In reality it is Artie who has been stealing and unleashing artifacts. When Leena confronts him with what she has witnessed, Artie is tormented as he tries to understand what is happening to him. Although warned by Mrs. Frederic to flee the Warehouse, Leena approaches Artie in an effort to help him. Artie, now taken over by an evil personality, turns on Leena and kills her. In the episode "We All Fall Down", it is revealed that Artie's evil plan is to release a deadly disease, the English Sweating sickness, into the world. To do so he must use the dagger from his vision to break open the container encasing the Chinese orchid from Warehouse 8. Although Pete, Myka, Claudia and Steve try to retrieve the artifacts before he can get to them, Artie is successful and unleashes the disease as the episode reaches its closing climax. Somehow knowing that the dagger will separate the true Artie from the evil residing inside him, Claudia picks it up and stabs him with it, thereby fulfilling Artie's vision. The second half of Season 4, episode "The Living and the Dead", begins with Artie being air-lifted back to Warehouse 13. He has suffered no physical injury from the dagger, but he has retreated into his own mind, not wanting to come out of his coma and face the memory and act of killing Leena. Jane Lattimer uses Sigmund Freud's desk clock to link Claudia and Steve with Artie's subconscious. Inside, they see that his mind is shutting down. Artie uses representations of Vanessa Calder and James MacPherson to get the pair out of his mind. Claudia eventually rescues Artie and brings him back from his coma. In "Parks and Rehabilitation", the Regents absolve Artie of any wrongdoing in Leena's death as he was clearly being controlled by the astrolabe. Nonetheless, Artie is stricken by great grief and guilt over Leena's loss of life by his hand. Back at the warehouse, he begins to take over Leena's chores and responsibilities, initially refusing overtures from Myka and Steve to help. Eventually they convince Artie that by pulling together and helping each other, they can accomplish the chores and get past the loss of Leena. In "The Big Snag", Steve becomes concerned that Artie is acting recklessly and putting himself in danger, which he reports to Adwin Kosan. The Regents take action by assigning Dr. Abigail Cho to Warehouse 13, who is introduced to Artie by Mrs. Frederic in "The Sky's the Limit" as the new owner of Leena's B&B. Abigail is a psychotherapist whose real mission is to help Artie deal with his grief over killing Leena. When Artie discovers this, he dismisses her with hostility; however, she keeps after him, explaining that if he continues to deal with his grief alone, it will consume him. Artie eventually realizes he doesn't know how to deal with his loss and turns to Abigail for help. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur "Artie" Nielsen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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