Birkhoff

Birkhoff's History

Seymour Birkhoff (born Lionel Peller) is the tech man of Team Nikita along with Sonya. He's also the former head of IT at Division. He's been at Division under both Percy and Ryan's command.

Seymour Birkhoff was born as Lionel Peller, a son of Ronald Peller (a computer engineer), and Rosemary. Rosemary had already given birth to a daughter, Lily, and a son, Lyle. Lionel was considered an accident. After he successfully turned off the lights in the street using his father's computer, he began to hang out with hackers. His father thought that he could set him straight if he sent him to a military school. Once Lionel had found out about this, he decided to fake his death and change his name to Seymour Birkhoff.

Before Seymour was recruited by Division, he was a college student. During his time at college his cyber criminal handle was "Shadow Walker". Upon hacking into the Pentagon, Seymour was caught then recruited shortly after.

Birkhoff was recruited before Nikita. When he actually came to Division, it was Nikita, Birkhoff and Michael that were usually put together for missions once Nikita progressed beyond recruit status. He has always told her she is hot, which she responds to by calling him a nerd, something he is not fond of. He knew about Michael and Nikita falling for each other, however he has always believed Nikita likes him on some level.

Birkhoff is highly intelligent and is shown to have a rebellious side to him. Birkhoff thinks very highly of himself and his skills. He is the comic relief, often making jokes that lighten the mood. Birkhoff is caring and loyal to his friends beneath his snarky exterior.