Hades

character from Disney's Hercules
Person animated_character Q2328889
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Summary

Hades is an animated character[1]. He has worked as a ruler[2]. He draws 964 Wikipedia views per month (animated character category, ranking #65 of 172).[3]

Key Facts

  • Sex or gender: male[4]
  • Instance of: fictional deity[5], queer-coded character[6]
  • Based on: Hades[7]
  • Performer: James Woods[8], Rob Paulsen[9]
  • Residence: Greek underworld[10]
  • Publication date: 1997[11]
  • Contributor to the creative work or subject: Nik Ranieri[12], Juanjo Guarnido[13], Sergio Pablos[14], Bolhem Bouchiba[15], James Baker[16], Roger Chiasson[17], Eric Delbecq[18], David Kuhn[19], Jamie Oliff[20], Michael Polvani[21], Bill Berg[22]
  • Inspired by: Jeffrey Katzenberg[23], James Woods[24]
  • Relative: Hercules[25]
  • Eye color: yellow[26]
  • Present in work: Hercules[27], Kingdom Hearts[28], Kingdom Hearts II[29], Kingdom Hearts III[30], Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep[31], Mickey's House of Villains[32]
  • Hair color: blue hair[33], red hair[34]
  • Subject has role: boss[35]
  • Sibling: Zeus[36]
  • Copyright holder: The Walt Disney Company[37]
  • Narrative role: main antagonist[38]
  • Enemy: Hercules[39]
  • Character type: villain[40]
  • P14750: 4C76-1DFC-2EDC-7140-EA89[41]

Why It Matters

Hades has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

FAQs

What did Hades do for work?

Hades worked as a ruler[2].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . digitalcommons.ursinus.edu. digitalcommons.ursinus.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . The Archive Series: Animation (2009 Disney Editions ed.). wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Hercules. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Hercules. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Hercules. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Hercules. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Hercules. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Hercules. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Hercules. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Hercules. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Hercules. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Hercules. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 50mostinfluentialdisneyanimators.wordpress.com. Retrieved . 50mostinfluentialdisneyanimators.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Tillnius · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Behind the voice actors character id → Hercules/Hades
    Wikipedia languages → ['da', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Behind the voice actors character id: Hercules/Hades"
  2. 9w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subject has role → boss
    Sex or gender → male
    Hair color → blue hair, red hair
    Based on → Hades
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47158|batch #47158]]: HAND ID (11)"
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