Aliases/Nicknames (if any): Ted, Teddy to his niece
Title(s): Dr. and Agent Sunderland
Preferred name: Ted, Theodore, or Sunderland, depending on the circumstances.
Age: 42
Sex: Male
Orientation: Heterosexual, though he seems rather preoccupied by other matters.
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
Skin Tone: About average
Height: 5'9
Build: Rather wiry, with a slightly stooped posture.
Eyes: Hazel. They seem to dart about, never remaining still for more than a few seconds.
Hair: Brown, looking slightly grey in a certain light, though no actual grey hairs can be found. His hair is short in a business cut, though it is a tad disheveled.
Clothes Style: When not required by the job or situation to wear something or other, Ted usually dresses rather well. It isn't at all uncommon to see him dressed in a full business suit, usually a dark shade of blue. He wears only clip-on ties however, due to his seeming inability to tie normal ones properly, in spite of his usually deft hands.
Tattoos, Piercings, Marks, Scars, etc.: A bullet scar on the lower front part of his left shoulder, acquired on one of his previous missions. There is no matching scar for an exit wound, as there was none. The bullet needed to be removed surgically.
Appearance: Ted is a slightly short man, with slightly poor posture that he occasionally seems to be able to correct, when inclined to do so. He typically keeps his face fairly cleanly shaven. He tends to appear somewhat stressed, and can look older than he actually is as a result. He's also a bit twitchy, though again, controllable when necessary.
Religion: Agnostic, though he still observes some Christian traditions.
Political Affiliation: Theodore doesn't really care much for politics, though he keeps track for work purposes.
Education: Ph.D's in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering, and Masters in Economics and Electrical Engineering.
Languages spoken: English, Russian, Arabic, and Turkish.
Weapons (if any): Ted has received the same firearm training as most other agents. He isn't especially skilled in their use when compared to others in the field, but he's still good enough by the CIA's standards, if only just.
Occupation(s): CIA agent
Past Occupation(s): None outside of the CIA, he was recruited directly from his last cycle of college.
Special Abilities/Skills: Theodore is a veritable encyclopedia of a man, even in regards to things not pertaining to fields he has formally studied. His quick thinking and ingenuity combine with this to make him significantly more useful than one might initially assume. Quite frankly, Ted is just brilliant in general. He is also possessed of surprisingly good fine motor skills.
Activities/Organizations: None, other than the CIA. His life is pretty much his work, his hobbies, and his remaining family.
Hobbies: Tinkering, reading, and people-watching. He also enjoys playing cards, though not gambling.
Interests: Ted is quite interested in learning. It doesn't usually matter what specifically, just learning in general.
Serious Problems/Flaws/Addictions/Disorders/Disabilities: Theodore exhibits some obsessive behaviors, his living space, wherever that may be, is always painstakingly organized, and arranged so that things are centered, parallel, or at right angles, depending on the objects or furnishings in question. This generally applies to anything he owns or anything that "is his". The latter being anything associated with him, such as his utensils and plate in a restaurant. He has an unfortunate habit of worrying over these and other similar things, though it never seems to have affected his job negatively, as, however much it may gnaw at him, Ted is able to push these things aside when the situation demands it. Actually, his obsessive double-checking has come in handy more than once, part of the reason that he's still allowed to be an agent.
Citizenship: USA
Place of Birth: Akron, Ohio
Now lives: Wherever his job demands. Theodore is pretty flexible in that regard, and doesn't really think of any specific place as home.
Lives with: No-one
Current Relationship Status: None
Relationship History: Nothing really. There was a girl that he became mildly infatuated with back in college, but he never actually worked up both the time and courage to actually talk to her. He was, after all, several years her junior.
Family: Ted's parents are both dead now, and neither had especially close family. He does have a brother up in Maine though, and Ted visits him and his family when he can.
Other Biographical Remarks: The most notable points of Theodore's past are those that led up to him being in the job he currently occupies. First, he graduated high school early, and was able enter college early. This early start is part of how he managed to obtain all of the degrees he currently has, the other reasons being his inability at the time to decide exactly what he wanted to do, his lack of sustained interest in most things leading him to go after more than one degree at once, and his desire to learn as much as possible. Eventually, it would seem he caught the notice of someone connected to the CIA.