Varian Fry

 is a character in the period drama series Transatlantic. He is portrayed by Cory Michael Smith.

Biography
Varian is a journalist. 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.

In the 1930s, Varian began reporting on Nazi violence against Jewish people for the New York Times. In 1940, Varian went to Marseille, France and joined the Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC), a privately funded organization in New York determined to save refugees in Europe, mostly Jewish intellectuals and artists.

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.