Malcolm Wilkerson
| Malcolm Wilkerson | |
|---|---|
| Malcolm in the Middle character | |
| First appearance | "Pilot" (2009) |
| Last appearance | "Graduation (Malcolm in the Middle)" (2015) |
| Created by | Linwood Boomer |
| Portrayed by | Frankie Muniz |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Academic at Harvard Law School Student |
| Family | Lois Wilkerson (mother) Hal Wilkerson (father) Francis Wilkerson (older brother) Reese Wilkerson (older brother) Dewey Wilkerson (younger brother) Jamie Wilkerson (youngest brother) |
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Malcolm Wilkerson is a fictional character who is the protagonist of the American television sitcom series Malcolm in the Middle. He is portrayed by Frankie Muniz and created by Linwood Boomer. Muniz's portrayal as the title character has received widespread critical acclaim, earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.
Character
Personality
Malcolm is a smart, diligent, hard-working, but very annoyed, arrogant, condescending, often whining, bitter, self-centered, egotistical, ungrateful, mischievous, reckless, impulsive and anti-social kid, who seems to have a very difficult life. He has an obnoxious family and a school full of people who hate him. He is reclusive and an anti-social introvert who has no friends aside from a few Krelboynes who would only become his friends during the events within the episodes of the series, and this lonesome behavior gives him the time to only think about himself and his own personal feelings on everything. He has sort of "trained" himself to believe all of these very horrible, terrible things about the rest of the world and all the people around him and think nothing but the best of himself, making him a very self-absorbed and egotistical kid, and he might actually be right to do so. Malcolm is a repressed genius, as was revealed to have an IQ of 165 in the first episode, which is considered to be "exceptionally gifted", and given all of the disrespect and disregard he has to put up with in his life, his genius is not being expressed to the world the way it should be. Malcolm also has an absurd sense of entitlement.
Malcolm views himself as a victim of extreme unfairness, believing he deserves a much better life and family. While being a Krelboyne made him a social outcast at school in the earlier seasons and an embarrassment caused by Lois when he started high school assured his continued suffering, Malcolm is blind to how his own obnoxious ego and arrogance drives most people away. He is intolerant to the incompetence he views in most around him, and is quick to call them idiots. Rather than seeing his intelligence as a gift, Malcolm is often burdened by it. His ego and arrogance is so great that even his own brothers cannot stand him all the time and they exclude him from activities just to get a break from him once in a while. Francis openly tells him he is the least liked among the Wilkerson brothers, which shocks Malcolm who thought he was the most liked.
Although not all of it is their fault, Malcolm puts much, if not all, of the blame on his family for everything wrong in his life. He is constantly embarrassed by them and often tries to disassociate himself from them as much as possible. His personality causes him to occasionally put his own best interests ahead of others, despite the cost. He has been shown to leave his best friend Stevie Kenarban more than once, and often ran out on his Krelboyne classmates in favor of a more popular crowd (although, it is shown the Krelboynes have no true problem selling Malcolm out themselves). He is shown in later seasons to be extremely self-centered and self-absorbed. When he was feeling left out by Dewey and Reese, Francis pointed out that his feelings weren't hurt, but rather, his ego was just bruised.
Because of the constant pressure they put on him and their own failings, Malcolm does not look up to Hal and Lois as role models or parental figures. He has little respect for Hal because of his great incompetence as a man and outright hates Lois because of her tyranny and ruining of any chance he has for happiness.
Despite being egotistical and self-absorbed in the later seasons, Malcolm has shown concern for his family. This was very evident in the episode Hal Grieves, while Reese and Dewey took advantage of their father buying presents. Malcolm realized it was wrong and even being promised a new car, he tried to stop Hal from going through with the purchase by telling him that he'd still love him regardless. It wasn't long until Lois finally steps in.
Relationships with family
Lois
Malcolm and Lois are very similar in that they are both extremely stubborn, and they often butt heads due to this shared trait. Malcolm hates how Lois controls him and makes him do whatever she wants him to. However, it is shown (especially in the episode "Mono") that they can get along and enjoy spending time together.
Hal
Malcolm doesn't hate Hal in the way that he hates his other family members, given that he never punishes him or does anything annoying. In fact, Malcolm likes him better than Lois and would rather spend time with him instead of her. But Malcolm doesn't exactly have a whole lot of respect for Hal. In the episode Health Scare, Malcolm thought that his parents were getting a divorce and hoped that Hal was going to get custody of the kids. Despite that, Malcolm and Hal do get along well together on occasions.
Francis
Malcolm saw Francis as "his only good brother" and was unhappy with the fact that he got sent off to Marlin Academy. He would always talk about how much he missed him and called him on the phone and looked up to him for advice.
Reese
Malcolm hates Reese more than he hates his other brothers and gets into fights with him the most. Although Malcolm hates him most of the time, he still cares about him and shows sympathy for him. For example: In the episode Cheerleader, Malcolm wanted to help Reese with the girl that he had a crush on, which would in no way benefit himself and showed concern when he became a cheerleader and in the episode Experiment, Malcolm realized that Reese was depressed because he thought he was stupid and felt sympathy for him and let up on the insults and abuse for a while. In the episode Reese Joins the Army: Part 1, Malcolm stole Reese's girlfriend from him, and everyone who heard about it shamed him for it, telling him it was a cruel and scummy thing to do. Malcolm tried to justify it by listing all of the things he thought to be even worse, that Reese did to him in the past, but he came up short because his memories exaggerated the small amount of things he really did. He also was shown to genuinely miss Reese when he was gone.
Dewey
Malcolm is very condescending toward Dewey and sees him as just a little kid who doesn't know anything. Sometimes, Malcolm will pretty much ignore Dewey's existence, much like the other members of the family do. When he does pay attention to him, he is always bullying him (as it is common in the family for an older brother to bully his younger one). Although, Malcolm still cares for Dewey as a brother and has helped him on a few occasions. In Dewey's Special Class, Malcolm attempted to keep Dewey out of the Krelboyne class by convincing him to fail his I.Q. test.
Reception
The character of Malcolm and Muniz's portrayal throughout the 7 seasons received great acclaim from viewers and television critics alike.
Awards and nominations
Muniz won the Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series in 2001. That same year, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series at age 15, becoming the second youngest nominee in his category's history behind Fred Savage in The Wonder Years. He was nominated for two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy. He also won multiple Young Artist Awards and Kid's Choice Awards for his performance.
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