Alex Corvis

Alex Corvis is a fictional corporeal ghost and a central character in The Crow multimedia franchise. He is the main protagonist from the third installment of the film series, The Crow: Salvation, where he is played by actor Eric Mabius.

Overview
Alex Corvis was a young man from Salt Lake City, Utah. His girlfriend, Lauren Randall, was murdered and Alex was framed for the crime. Three years after being arrested, Alex was sentenced to death. He proclaimed his innocence even as the prison guards strapped him to the electric chair. At the moment that he was executed, a freak lightning storm erupted over the prison, generating a greater excess of electricity, which caused Corvis' death to be excruciatingly painful. The mystical animal totem of the Crow resurrected Corcus, galvanizing him to seek justice for his own demise.

As he visited each person involved with his trial in turn, he discovered that Lauren's death was the result of a conspiracy between a group of corrupt police officers. The true perpetrator of the crime was the police captain, who had Lauren killed because she had witnessed him murder a member of the Key Club. Through the course of events, Alex connects with Lauren's sister, Erin, and has to prove his innocence to her, before she is willing to help him bring her sister's true murderer to justice.

With the situation resolved, Alex Corvis was finally allowed to find peace, and disappeared into the wind.

Notes & Trivia



 * Alex Corvis is the third film character to assume the power of The Crow. The first was Eric Draven in the original comic book series and film adaptation. The second was Ashe Corven from The Crow: City of Angels.


 * Alex's surname is taken from "corvis", which is the genus name for a crow.


 * Actor Eric Mabius is also known for playing the role of Matt Addison in the Screen Gems adaptation of Resident Evil.


 * Unlike previous characters who have been resurrected by the crow, Alex Corvis does not wear makeup when he goes into action. Instead, the black lines across his face are actually burn marks created when he was executed.