Mariano Rodriguez

 is a fictional scientist and a minor character featured in the 2002 sci-fi/horror film, Resident Evil, which serves as a non-canon prequel to the 1996 Resident Evil video game by Capcom. The character was played by actor Joseph May.

Biography
Mariano Rodriguez, also known as Doctor Blue, was a male employee of the Umbrella Corporation with dark hair. He worked at the top-secret underground facility known as the Hive, where he was a scientist in the facility's viral research department. Rodriguez worked alongside Doctors Anna Bolt and Johnny-Wayne Carlson in Lab 13.

When the T-Virus contagion was released inside the facility, The site's artificial intelligence, the Red Queen, put the entire site on lock down. Sprinkler systems flooded all of the laboratory areas. Doctor Blue tried to pry open the doors to the laboratory, but to no avail. Eventually, the entire laboratory was flooded and all of the staff members drowned. Exposed to the T-Virus, Doctor Blue was likely resurrected as a flesh-eating zombie.

Notes & Trivia

 * The character is unique to the continuity of the Resident Evil film series and does not have a counterpart in the video game series by Capcom.


 * In the film, Resident Evil, the character is identified only as Doctor Blue. He is given the name Mariano Rodriguez in the Resident Evil: Genesis novelization by author Keith R.A. DeCandido.


 * is 1 of 4 characters seen working in Lab 13 at the Hive. He is 1 of 3 characters who are male and 1 of 3 characters who are scientists. He is 1 of 3 characters who are male and 1 of 2 characters who are male scientists.
 * Of the four characters seen working in Lab 13, is the only who is not seen as a zombie later in the film.


 * Playing the role of is actor Joseph May's second film role, though he has acted in numerous television programs before this. It is his first work in both the science fiction and horror genres.