'Jack Ryan': Amazon series will not feature Ryan's darker alter ego, John Clark

Although John Krasinski is set to bring the doe-eyed CIA analyst for Amazon's upcoming eight-part series based on Tom Clancy's Ryanverse franchise, it will however not see Jack Ryan's alter ego, John Clark. The character, who has already appeared in several of Clancy's novels, first appeared in 1984's 'The Hunt for Red October' and ever since has had a fan following equal to the protagonist, Jack Ryan. John Terence Clark, originally known as John Terence Kelly, is considered to be Clark's second most popular character after Jack Ryan. Often considered to be serving as a darker alter ego to the protagonist, Clark is a highly decorated former Navy SEAL who resided on an island of his own in the Chesapeake following his wife, Patricia's death, after her car hit at an intersection when a tractor-trailer lost its brakes.