Editing Ryan Chappelle

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| siblings = (brother)
| nationality = {{nat|us}}
| education = M.B.A., [[Wharton School of Business]]<br>B.S. Government, [[New York University]]
| affiliation = [[Counter Terrorist Unit]]<br>[[Central Intelligence Agency]]
| profession = Regional Division Director, [[CTU Los Angeles|CTU LA]]<br>Deputy Director of Administration, [[CIA]]
| marital = Married
| spouse = [[Victoria Chappelle]]
| children = [[Caitlin Keller Chappelle|Caitlin]], [[Christine Temple Chappelle|Christine]], [[Ryan Victor Chappelle, Jr.|Ryan Jr.]]
| died = [[Season 3|Day 3]]: [[Day 3: 6:00am-7:00am|6:59am]]<br>Shot by [[Jack Bauer]] (under duress)
| status =  Deceased
| actor =  [[Paul Schulze]]
| stunts = [[John Tamburro]] ''(stunt pilot)''
| seasons =  [[Season 1|1]], [[Season 2|2]], [[Season 3|3]]
| firstseen =  "[[Day 1: 1:00pm-2:00pm]]"
| lastseen =  "[[Day 3: 7:00am-8:00am]]"
| also =''[[24: The Game]]''
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:''"Come on, George. Think it through. Drazen wasn't officially a prisoner, right? So he couldn't officially escape. It wouldn't have embarrassed anyone."''
:<small>&mdash; Ryan Chappelle, {{ep|1x21}}</small>


'''Ryan Chappelle''' was the [[Regional Division Director]] of [[CTU]]. At various points in Days [[Season 1|1]], [[Season 2|2]], and [[Season 3|3]], he assumed control and often bogged down operations with a heavily bureaucratic and inflexible style of management. He was shot and killed by [[Jack Bauer]] during the events of [[Season 3|Day 3]], under the request of [[Stephen Saunders]] and order of [[President]] [[David Palmer]]. His high-ranking position was eventually filled by [[Bill Buchanan]].

== Before Day 1 ==
:''Main article: [[Ryan Chappelle before Day 1]]''
Ryan Chappelle attended [[New York University]] and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Government, and later a Master of Business Administration from [[Wharton School of Business|Wharton]]. He served as Assistant to the Deputy Director of Administration at the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], and later as Director himself, before becoming a Regional Division Director for [[Counter Terrorist Unit|CTU]] in the [[Los Angeles County]] area. Prior to [[Season 1|Day 1]], he oversaw [[CTU Los Angeles]] operations on several occasions, including but not limited to [[Operation Farmhouse]] in [[1997]] and the [[Hotel Los Angeles]] attack in [[1998]].

Chappelle was married to [[Victoria Chappelle]] and had three children: a son, [[Ryan Victor Chappelle, Jr.|Ryan Jr.]], and two daughters, [[Caitlin Keller Chappelle|Caitlin]] and [[Christine Temple Chappelle|Christine]]. {{cite|factu}}

In addition, during [[Season 3|Day 3]], Ryan claimed to have a brother whom he had not spoken to in several years. {{cite|3x18}}

:''Chappelle's immediate family, as established in ''[[Findings at CTU]]'', apparently contradicts his claim in "[[Day 3: 6:00am-7:00am]]" that he has nobody to contact before Jack must kill him. However, Chappelle does appear to be wearing a wedding ring during the scene.''

== Day 1 ==
[[File:ChappelleJack.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Chappelle speaks with [[Jack Bauer]].]]

During the events of [[Season 1|Day 1]], there was an assassination plot against [[Senator]] [[David Palmer]], the first African-American with a decent shot at the [[President|US presidency]]. [[CTU Los Angeles]] was put in charge of the investigation. Over the course of the day, [[Ira Gaines]] kidnapped [[Teri Bauer|Teri]] and [[Kim Bauer]]. He used this as leverage against [[Jack Bauer]], the [[CTU Director]], in order to have Jack be implicated in the assassination plot. After Jack escaped from the [[Secret Service]]'s custody, [[Alberta Green]] took over command of CTU. Eventually Alberta was informed about the situation and Jack and his family were successfully rescued.

Approximately at 1:18pm, Chappelle arrived at CTU, from [[District|District Command]]. Chappelle greeted [[Tony Almeida]] and quickly progressed over to Jack's holding cell. Chappelle and Jack greet each other through a handshake, but Chappelle quickly has them sit down. Jack wanted to speak with Chappelle over everything which happened over the course of the day, but Chappelle immediately stopped him. He then turned on a recording device and asked for Jack to continue. As Chappelle continues with the debrief, he asks Jack why he didn't inform [[Division]] about the situation with his family. Jack told him  it was because his family was in danger and the fact [[Jamey Farrell]] was revealed to be a [[mole]], with a possibility of there being more dirty agents. Though Chappelle was sympathetic towards Jack, Bauer had broken several protocols and Chappelle could not reinstate him. Jack pleaded to be reinstated, as there was a second hit and Palmer's life was in danger. Chappelle told Jack he would reinstate him if Alberta needed his help.

Chappelle's cell phone rang and [[Nina Myers]] was on the line. She requested to speak with Jack and Chappelle handed over his phone to him. He then left the room and had one of the security guards keep on eye on Jack. Around 20 minutes later, Chappelle asked to speak with Tony. Chappelle asked for Tony's opinion and assessment on the actions Jack made over the past several hours. Tony admitted he wasn't the biggest fan of Jack and he didn't like the way Jack operates and breaks protocol. However, Tony admitted he agreed with every move Jack had made since midnight. Chappelle thought Tony would side against Jack, as he called [[George Mason]] into CTU earlier in the morning, in order to initiate a [[lockdown]]. Tony told Chappelle he didn't have all of the details at that time.

[[File:ChappellePalmer.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Chappelle speaks with [[David Palmer|Senator Palmer]].]]

When Senator Palmer arrived at CTU to speak with Jack, Chappelle refused to grant him access. Palmer called in a friend from [[Washington, DC|Washington]], who called up Chappelle. Chappelle was given a direct order to give Palmer everything he needed. When [[Mike Novick]] called, Palmer had to leave CTU and he asked Chappelle to reinstate Jack on a provisional basis. Though Chappelle was hesitant, he reluctantly agreed and made a few calls. He then left CTU for Division, where Alberta Green was transferred to.

At around 8pm, [[Victor Drazen|Victor]] and [[Andre Drazen]] took Jack hostage and offered to give him up in exchange for [[Alexis Drazen]]. George tried to get a hold of Chappelle, in order to get permission for the exchange. At approximately 8:43pm, Chappelle called Mason and told him that he should have kept Jack on a tighter leash. Mason reminded Chappelle that Victor Drazen wouldn't have escaped if it wasn't for Jack, but Chappelle wasn't ecstatic, as Victor wasn't an official [[Department of Defense|DOD]] prisoner. Chappelle didn't authorize the exchange, but Mason went forward with it when Palmer convinced him.

== Day 2 ==

[[President]] [[David Palmer]] arrived at [[District]] Headquarters after the detonation of a [[nuclear weapon]] in the [[Mojave Desert]], where he was briefed by Chappelle.

Chappelle later came into [[CTU Los Angeles]] and officially named [[Tony Almeida]] the new [[CTU Director|Acting Director]] of CTU.  Chappelle's orders were to direct CTU's resources to plan a military assault on three nations who were believed to have funded a nuclear weapon to explode in [[Los Angeles]].  Jack believed the evidence which supported this was fake and went rogue to try and prove it.  Chappelle, believing the evidence to be genuine, ignored Jack's investigation and ordered all CTU personnel to focus on the impending war between the United States and the nations which  had allegedly funded the nuclear bomb's dispersal.
[[File:2x22 Chappelle Out.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Chappelle is drugged]]
Tony decided Jack may be right and decided to help him. To do this, however, he had to get [[Michelle Dessler]] to drug Chappelle and hide him. When the [[Deputy Director]], [[Brad Hammond]], could not contact Chappelle, he and his officers came to CTU looking for him.   

Tony and Michelle were arrested and held for questioning. Chappelle received orders to help Jack because it was believed his lead was for real. Chappelle had to trust Tony and Michelle, and was forced to release them in return for information on Jack's location.

At the end of the day, Chappelle decided to give Tony permanent command of CTU Los Angeles.

== ''The Game'' ==

Chappelle showed up during ''[[24: The Game]]'' in order to help CTU with the terrorist threat. He inadvertently triggered an [[EMP]] while he was interrogating [[Joseph Sin-Chung]], which allowed [[Peter Madsen]] and [[Sid Wilson]] to attack CTU. Later, he wanted to reprimand [[Jack Bauer]], but Jack talked him out of it. He also attempted to send [[Chase Edmunds]] back to [[CTU Washington]] but Jack convinced him to let him help with the pursuit of the terrorists.

== Day 3 ==

[[File:JTGStingOpChappelle.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Chappelle learns of the [[Cordilla virus sting operation|sting operation]].]]

After Tony Almeida was shot in the neck during [[Season 3|Day 3]], Chappelle was called in to take command of CTU. Chappelle decided to try and capture Jack Bauer before he could deliver [[Ramon Salazar]] to terrorists in [[Las Nieves]], a town in [[Mexico|Northern Mexico]]. He planned to shoot down Jack and Ramon's chopper, but [[Chase Edmunds|Chase]] told him that he should get permission from [[David Palmer]] first, a close personal friend of Jack. Chappelle did this, but by the time Palmer made his choice it was too late; Jack had flown over downtown LA and he could not be shot down as it would cause massive [[collateral damage]]. After [[Michelle Dessler|Michelle]] discovered Tony was out of surgery and would be alright, Chappelle gave her an awkward hug, suggesting a friendship between the two. She toyed with the idea of asking him to go and see Tony at the hospital, but he sent her some busywork and she initially missed her opportunity.

Later in Day 3, Chappelle decided to relieve [[Chloe O'Brian]] of duty because she broke procedure by bringing a baby into CTU.  He was forced to reinstate her temporarily though, when a computer virus activated by [[Nina Myers]] threatened to shut down CTU's firewalls. When Chloe revealed [[Chase Edmunds|Chase]] was the father of the baby, he allowed her to stay on. When Michelle requested suicide capsules for the people at the [[Chandler Plaza Hotel]] to stop their suffering, Tony began to ready them. Chappelle caught him, but allowed him to continue.

[[File:Chappelleknowthetruths3.jpg|thumb|218px|Chappelle, stunned to hear [[Stephen Saunders]] has ordered his execution.]]
After that, Chappelle followed the lead of a bank transaction in hopes of locating [[Stephen Saunders]], the mastermind behind the bio-terrorist attack. Saunders was holding the US government hostage with the threat of releasing vials of the deadly [[Cordilla virus]] into the general population. [[Osterlind]] discovered Chappelle's investigation and Saunders ordered President Palmer to have Chappelle executed.

[[File:Chappelle1.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Jack kills Ryan.]]
When a plan to capture Saunders failed, the President was forced to order Jack Bauer to kill Chappelle. At the trainyard, Chappelle asked Jack if he would allow him the dignity of letting him shoot himself, but when Jack handed over the gun Chappelle was unable to go through with it. He handed the gun back to Jack, who apologized for letting him down. Chappelle shook his head, but did not say a thing. Jack paused for a moment, seeming unable to do it himself, but eventually [[On-screen kills by Jack Bauer#Ryan Chappelle|shot him once]] through the back of the head. Chappelle's dead body fell to the ground as the sound of a train passing echoed around the yard. The death appeased Saunders briefly, and bought CTU some precious time in their manhunt for the bio-terrorist mastermind.

== Background information and notes ==
* Although he did not appear until "[[Day 1: 1:00pm-2:00pm]]", Chappelle was first mentioned in the [[Day 1: 12:00am-1:00am|pilot episode]].
* Chappelle's e-mail address was seen on screen as chappelle@hq.cal.gov.
* Chappelle's voice was heard over the phone in "[[Day 2: 12:00pm-1:00pm]]," but it was not Paul Schulze who spoke those lines.
* [[Paul Schulze]] appeared as a corpse in "[[Day 3: 7:00am-8:00am]]" and was credited for the appearance. This brings his episode count to 24 episodes.
* Chappelle's death was marked by the use of a [[silent clock]] at the end of the episode. This was the fourth appearance of the silent clock.  Additionally, there was no [[split screen]] preceding the end of the episode, and Chappelle is the only character not in the [[main cast]] to be so honored.
* Just before his death when Jack asked him if there was anyone he wished to say goodbye to, the only family Ryan could think of was his brother, with whom he was out of touch for years. In the continuity of the book ''[[24: The House Special Subcommittee's Findings at CTU]]'', which was published before the season aired, novelist [[Marc Cerasini]] wrote that Chappelle actually had a wife and three children. He also wore a wedding ring during the course of the series, which would corroborate the Findings background and support the idea that Chappelle just didn't want to upset his wife and children by calling any of them to say goodbye. 
* Unlike [[George Mason]], who meets a similar fate that's needed to prevent further catastrophes, none of Chappelle's family members are seen on-screen.
* In Season 7, [[Larry Moss]] lists Chappelle along with [[Curtis Manning]] and Teri Bauer as people who didn't survive being around Jack. 
* There were plans to fake Chappelle's death, but this was changed when it was revealed on a spoiler site called "Ryan's Report." (Ryan was the webmaster. It was merely a coincidence he shared the same first name as Ryan Chappelle.)
* Ryan Chappelle is one of eight major characters to appear in the three first seasons with [[Jack Bauer]]; the other seven are [[Tony Almeida]], [[Kim Bauer]], [[Nina Myers]], [[David Palmer]], [[Sherry Palmer]], and [[Aaron Pierce]]. Minor CTU characters that also appear in the first three seasons are [[Kevin (CTU)|Kevin]], [[Eileen]] and the unnamed staffer played by [[Dana Bunch]].
* Ryan Chappelle is the only person killed by Jack to receive a silent clock.
* Along with [[Marshall Goren]], [[Paul Raines]] and [[Curtis Manning]], Chappelle is one of 4 characters killed by Jack on-screen who is not an antagonist.
* During [[Day 1: 2:00pm-3:00pm]], Tony Almeida calls Chappelle the District director, although he is actually the Division director.
* In the [[Season 1/India|first season]] of the [[24/India|Indian remake of ''24'']], Chappelle's counterpart is [[Kanwaljeet Sood]]. In the [[Season 2/India|second season]], his counterpart is [[Sidharth Saigal]].

==Live appearances==
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== See also ==
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