Curtis Hagen

Curtis Hagen
Alias(es)	The Dutchman Douglas Nemon
Gender	Male
Profession	Forger Counterfeiter Art Restorer (Former)
Status	Deceased
Portrayed By	Mark A. Sheppard
Season(s)	1, 5
First Appearance	Pilot
Last Appearance	Live Feed
Episode Count	5 episodes
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Curtis Hagen was a conniving egotistical convicted felon known as "The Dutchman".

Character Profile

Hagen was a talented art restorer, particularly good at Goya restorations, "but his own work never took off", so he made a habit of secretly signing his bond and art forgeries with his initials "CH". His masterpiece forgery of the WWII Spanish Victory Bond is what puts him on Peter Burke's radar. This operation was set to make Hagen $150 million, but he was caught and arrested when Neal Caffrey cleverly activated his tracking anklet by running out of his two-mile radius and into Hagen's operation warehouse, allowing the FBI to enter the premises without any cause under the guise of chasing down a felon and seize all evidence out in the open, including the forgery copies and the printing press they were using.

He also endeavored to produce fake Canadian $100 bills, having stashed the necessary security threads in a safe deposit box wired to explode. While serving his sentence, Hagen blackmails Neal into destroying evidence against him in exchange for arranging that Peter Burke would not be indicted for the shooting death of Senator Terrence Pratt, for which Neal's father was responsible. The plot thickens, as now Neal must steal Chapter 13 from Mosconi's Codex, and then a stained glass 'decoder' from a Masonic church in order to satisfy Hagen's ever increasing demands. Burke discovers something's awry from the ill timed sale of another Curtis Hagen forgery as a larger mystery unfolds, one that Hagen knows leads to the lost twin of the Hope Diamond.

In "At What Price", it's revealed that Hagen got charged with forgery and was part of a work-release program, $10 per day to restore art while under supervision. Hagen makes a deal with Neal to help free Peter from prison in exchange for Neal to steal some Welsh gold coins. It turns out that the purpose was to use footage of the robbery as blackmail.

In "One Last Stakeout", Hagen blackmailed Neal into getting rid of the evidence that put him behind bars so that he could be set free during his appeal and retrial, and stealing Chapter 13 of the Mosconi Codex.

In "Digging Deeper", Hagen reappeared at the end of the episode to have Neal steal a stained glass window linked to the Mosconi Codex.

In "Live Feed", Hagen seemingly kidnapped Rebecca Lowe to force Neal and Mozzie to figure out the secret behind Chapter 13. Meanwhile, Hagen was put back on Peter's radar when a forged painting with Hagen's initialed signature is sold to an auction house. With the FBI closing in on Hagen's location, Hagen is forced to let Rebecca go when Neal threatened to burn Chapter 13, which he did anyway after Rebecca was freed, but instead of running, Hagen waited for Peter to arrest him so he could show Peter the blackmail he had on Neal. However, just as Hagen was taking Peter to his apartment to show him the evidence, Hagen was shot and killed by Rebecca. It turned out that she was never kidnapped, and she framed Hagen with the painting that put Peter back on Hagen's tail.