| Character Name: | Savant |
| Real Name: | Brian Durlin |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Debut: | Birds of Prey #56 (August 2003) |
| Creators: | Gail Simone Ed Benes |
| Alliances: | Birds of Prey Suicide Squad |
| Partners: | Creote |
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Savant (Brian Durlin) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, depicted as a member of the Birds of Prey and the Suicide Squad.
The character made his cinematic debut in the DC Extended Universe film The Suicide Squad, portrayed by Michael Rooker.
Brian Durlin is the spoiled heir to an enormous fortune who moves to Gotham City to become a vigilante. After Batman discourages him because of his lack of care to protect others, Durlin becomes a blackmailer known as Savant. He is assisted by ex-KGB agent Aleksandr Creote.
Throughout his appearances, Oracle attempts to rehabilitate Savant, but he eventually returns to villainy. Furthermore, he attempts to commit suicide, but Oracle and Creote rescue him, and Savant enters a relationship with the latter. The two then join the Birds of Prey as a technician and bodyguard respectively.
In The New 52 continuity reboot, Savant is a member of Amanda Waller's Suicide Squad.[1]
Savant possesses genius-level intellect and is an expert at martial arts, computer operation, and multilingualism. However, he also exhibits non-linear memory due to a neuro-chemical imbalance, which causes his recollection of events to occur out of order and leaves him with a distorted sense of time. While this has allowed him to resist an interrogation attempt, making it appear to last hours instead of days for him, he was left believing it happened five minutes prior and was in constant agony for two years afterward.