The Comedian is an amoral "super-hero" in the comic book and the secondary antagonist of the 2009 film, Watchmen. His real name is Edward Morgan Blake and he also goes by his nickname "Eddie". He was a member of both the original Minutemen and the Crimebusters (however he was expelled from the Minutemen after trying to rape another member and the Crimebusters never really took off as a group). In the film adaptation, He was portrayed by Jeffery Dean Morgan who would later portray Negan.