Arnold Rimmer

Arnold Judas Rimmer (who sometimes goes by Arnold Jonathan Rimmer) is a fictional character in the television series Red Dwarf, played by Chris Barrie. He is instantly recognisable by both the permanent sneer on his lips and the "H" symbol on his forehead, which stands for "Hologram". The creators of the series acknowledge that Rimmer's surname comes from a snobby prefect with whom they attended school. They claim, however, that only the boy's name was used, and not his personality. Within the fictional universe of Red Dwarf, Rimmer was born on Io somewhere during the 21st through 23rd centuries, where he suffered an unhappy childhood. He grew up in the shadow of his three older and more successful brothers, Frank, Howard, and John, who tormented and bullied him throughout his youth and whose successes in both school and career greatly overshadowed his own meagre achievements. His father had been rejected from the Space Corps in his youth for being an inch below regulation height,... full article at wikipedia