Albert Wesker is a character created by the Japanese game designers Shinji Mikami and Isao Ohishi. He is one of the main antagonists of Capcom's Resident Evil video game franchise. Wesker is a virologist for the Umbrella Corporation, a pharmaceutical company that secretly develops biological weapons. Initially focused on advancing human evolution, he becomes a bioterrorist obsessed with eradicating humanity. His presence is mostly limited to cutscenes where he manipulates story events from the background.