Varian Fry

 is a character in the period drama series Transatlantic. He is portrayed by Lucas Englander.

Biography
Varian is a journalist living in Europe. He is married and Harvard-educated. He is driven by his moral compass and has been trying to help people since witnessing Nazi violence firsthand as a foreign correspondent in the 1930s in Berlin.

Varian joins the Emergency Rescue Committee, which helps refugees escape Nazi persecution in Europe.

Varian has been hiding his true self most of his life, making him a perfect asset for dealing with the secretive activities of the ERC. He is in a romantic relationship with Thomas Lovegrove. The two met in a bar in Berlin when they were the only 2 people to help a Jewish man being attacked by Nazis. Varian wrote an article about this incident for the New York Times, but it was not published, due to the United States' neutral stance.

Appearances

 * Transatlantic

Trivia

 * Varian's wife, Eileen, lives in New Jersey. They have been married for 9 years.