Rick Deckard is a fictional character and the protagonist of Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. He is a bounty hunter tasked with 'retiring' rogue androids that have escaped to Earth, navigating a morally complex world where the line between human and machine blurs. In the 1982 film adaptation, Blade Runner, Deckard is portrayed by Harrison Ford. The film explores themes of identity, empathy, and what it means to be human, making Deckard a symbol of the struggle against dehumanization in a technologically advanced society.