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Age and build

Young, tall and broad

“A younger student than you were, almost an albino, six feet high, and broad, with a pink and white face and red eyes, who won the medal for chemistry” (The Invisible Man, part 17)

Face and hair

Albino complexion with pink and white face and red eyes

“almost an albino, six feet high, and broad, with a pink and white face and red eyes” (The Invisible Man, part 17)

When visible, his mouth and throat become visible as smoke when smoking

“It was strange to see him smoking; his mouth, and throat, pharynx and nares, became visible as a sort of whirling smoke cast” (The Invisible Man, part 17)

Dress

Wears dark spectacles and silk muffler around lower face

“he was smoking a pipe, and all the time that she was in the room he never loosened the silk muffler he had wrapped round the lower part of his face to put the mouthpiece to his lips” (The Invisible Man, part 1)

Wears bandaged head and hat

“His goggling spectacles and ghastly bandaged face under the penthouse of his hat” (The Invisible Man, part 4)

When invisible, wears dressing-gown and gloves

“a headless, handless dressing-gown, wiping unseen lips on a miraculously held serviette” (The Invisible Man, part 19)

Voice and speech

Speaks with quiet finality and authority

“with that quietly irresistible air of finality he could assume at will” (The Invisible Man, part 2)

Uses tremendous voice when angry

“Go to the devil!” said the stranger in a tremendous voice” (The Invisible Man, part 6)

Speaks in fragments when feverish and exhausted

“He spoke in fragments of Marvel, he smoked faster, his voice grew angry” (The Invisible Man, part 17)

Signature words

Repeats 'I am an Invisible Man' as declaration of identity

“I am an Invisible Man” (The Invisible Man, part 17)

Uses 'By Heaven!' as exclamation

“By Heaven! I’ll show you” (The Invisible Man, part 7)

Says 'Listen to reason' when trying to persuade

“Listen to reason, will you” (The Invisible Man, part 17)

Calls people 'fool' in frustration

“Lie still, you fool” (The Invisible Man, part 17)

Uses 'Traitor!' as accusation

“Traitor!” cried the Voice” (The Invisible Man, part 24)

Gait and mannerisms

Moves with headlong pace at nightfall

“the headlong pace after nightfall that swept him upon them round quiet corners” (The Invisible Man, part 4)

Stands perfectly still and silent, making others uncomfortable

“the stranger stood there, perfectly silent and still. So still, it got on Henfrey’s nerves” (The Invisible Man, part 2)

Stamps his foot when annoyed

“He stamped his foot. “What do you mean?” he said” (The Invisible Man, part 7)

Paces when agitated or thinking

“The Invisible Man rose and began pacing the little study” (The Invisible Man, part 19)

Strengths

Brilliant physicist with exceptional scientific knowledge

“Griffin, the most gifted physicist the world has ever seen” (The Invisible Man, part 28)

Invisibility grants him freedom from detection and physical advantage

“the chances are all for me, Mr. Griffin, in spite of your invisibility” (The Invisible Man, part 27)

Physically strong and capable of violence

“he had the ill luck to drive his quarry into a corner between a drift of stinging nettles and the gravel pit. To those who appreciate the extraordinary irascibility of the Invisible Man, the rest of the encounter will be easy to imagine” (The Invisible Man, part 26)

Flaws

Intensely egotistical and unfeeling

“He was certainly an intensely egotistical and unfeeling man” (The Invisible Man, part 26)

Extraordinary irascibility and violent temper

“To those who appreciate the extraordinary irascibility of the Invisible Man” (The Invisible Man, part 26)

Becomes violent and destructive when frustrated

“his temper, at no time very good, seems to have gone completely at some chance blow, and forthwith he set to smiting and overthrowing, for the mere satisfaction of hurting” (The Invisible Man, part 12)

Realizes invisibility is a curse rather than advantage

“the more I realised what a helpless absurdity an Invisible Man was—in a cold and dirty climate and a crowded civilised city” (The Invisible Man, part 23)

Traits

Secretive and reclusive, prefers solitude

“as a rule, I like to be alone and undisturbed” (The Invisible Man, part 2)

Ambitious and visionary in scientific pursuits

“It came suddenly, splendid and complete in my mind” (The Invisible Man, part 19)

Desperate and hunted, willing to use terror as weapon

“it is quite a possible thing. I have made a discovery. I meant to keep it to myself. I can’t. I must have a partner” (The Invisible Man, part 18)

Capable of remorse but ultimately driven by rage

“the sight of his victim, his first victim, bloody and pitiful at his feet, may have released some long pent fountain of remorse” (The Invisible Man, part 26)

Lines in their own words

“I want clothing—and other accommodation; and I must also have those three books” (The Invisible Man, part 11)