Jonathan Matijevich

Jonathan Matijevich was hired by Ira Gaines to assume the identity of Martin Belkin and assassinate Senator David Palmer. This plan failed, after Jack Bauer caused a security alert, forcing the Secret Service to evacuate Palmer from the breakfast rally.

Background

 * Aliases: "Eric," "Henrich Raeder," "Dieter," "Martin Belkin"
 * Age: Late twenties to mid-thirties
 * Race: Caucasian
 * Height: 6'2"
 * Eyes: Brown or Green
 * Hair: Dark or Blond
 * Birthplace: Central or Eastern Europe

Personal

 * Mother and sister reside somewhere in Munich, identity unknown.

Criminal activities

 * Assassination attempt, U.S. Presidential Candidate Senator David Palmer
 * Suspect in failed terrorist attack on Reichstag, Berlin, Germany, 1999
 * Suspect in assassination of CIA operative identity classified, Munich, Germany

Military

 * According to German antiterrorist unit GSG-9 (Grenzschutzgruppe 9) "Henrich Raeder" may have trained in secret terrorist camps in Yugoslavia. Known to possess sniper skills. GSG-9 believes "Raeder" was trained by the Dutch sniper and terrorist Jan Van Loos.

Before Day 1
Jonathan underwent plastic surgery shortly before Day 1 in order to look like the photographer Martin Belkin.

Day 1
Jonathan surprised Mandy in the bathroom of Gaines' compound. She'd been with the real Martin Belkin a few minutes earlier and was amazed at his resemblance. Jonathan went outside to practice his shooting.



Gaines was having trouble talking Mandy's partner Bridgit into giving him Belkin's ID card. After Bridgit handed the card over, Jonathan shot her.

Later at the Press Conference at the Santa Clarita Power Plant, Jonathan had Bauer smuggle in a collapsable rifle through security, headed by Agent Aaron Pierce. Bauer then followed Jonathan to a side room and was told to assemble the rifle together with his fingerprints all over it. While Bauer was assembling, Jonathan applied some latex fingerprints to disguise his. Just as he about to leave the room, Jack pulls his gun on Jonathan. The assassin knew Jack could not kill him because Gaines would eventually find out and kill Teri and Kim.

Just as Jonathan was about to take aim at Palmer, Jack caused a security alert by grabbing the gun of Secret Service Agent Alan Hayes. In all the chaos, Jack was apprehended by Secret Service, Palmer was evacuated and Jonathan escaped.

After Day 1
Intelligence operatives working for Interpol believed Matijevich returned to Europe after the failed assassination in the United States and may have been hiding in Munich, Hamburg, or in Athens, Greece.

Memorable quotes

 * Jonathan: (as Jack Bauer has a gun on his head) You'd better put that away; someone might get hurt. ("Day 1: 7:00am-8:00am")

Background information and notes

 * The same actor played both Martin Belkin and Jonathan Matijevich.
 * Jonathan's surname was revealed in TCG: Day 0, the first set of cards for the 24 Trading Card Game. The Serbian spelling of his last name would be "Matijević".