Richard Tyler

Richard Tyler is a character on The 4400.

Biography
Richard was born in 1922 in St. Louis, Missouri, and joined the United States Air Force and fought in the Korean War. When his fellow officers discovered he was having an affair with a white woman, Lily Bonham, they beat him. When they left Richard alone, he was abducted, all of which occurred on May 11, 1951. After returning, he married another abductee, Lily Moore, who happens to be Lily Bonham's granddaughter.

Origin
Richard is one of the 4400, and as such, he was abducted during his life and was discovered, along with 4399 other individuals, on the shore of a lake in Seattle, Washington, several decades later looking the exact same as he had when he was abducted. Following his return, Richard and many of the others who had been abducted and returned began to develop superhuman powers, the exact origin of which are unknown.

Relatives

 * Lily Tyler (wife, deceased)
 * Heidi Moore (step-daughter)
 * Isabelle Tyler (daughter)

Powers
Telekinesis: The promicin-inhibitor entirely suppressed Richard's ability, leading him to believe he was one of the many returned without an ability. After the inhibitor scandal and the cessation of inhibitor injections, Richard developed telekinesis. His control of the ability was initially poor. Fearing his daughter, he worked with Heather Tobey to refine his control and can now more precisely control what he affects and where he moves it.

Later on, Richard demonstrated a much greater precision over small objects. He is able to summon a tomato to his hand from a great distance, stop a tranquilizer dart, and even render someone unconscious by pinching off the blood flow to the person's brain. He is able to effortlessly throw multiple full-grown adults through the air or pin them against walls - even if not in his immediate vicinity - as well as fling concrete barriers weighing hundreds or possibly thousands of pounds with pinpoint accuracy.