List of James Bond villains
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A series of memorably despicable villains and henchmen is a signature of the James Bond film series. From the beginning with Dr. No's attempted destruction of an American rocket, to Colonel Moon/Gustav Graves' recent assault on the Korean Demilitarized Zone, James Bond's foes have been one of the most important reasons for the film series' continued popularity.
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Main villains
Official movie villains
Unofficial movie villains
| Film | Villain | Portrayed by |
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| Casino Royale — 1954 TV episode | Le Chiffre | Peter Lorre |
| Casino Royale — 1967 film | Le Chiffre Dr. Noah/Jimmy Bond | Orson Welles Woody Allen |
| Never Say Never Again | Maximillian Largo Ernst Stavro Blofeld | Klaus Maria Brandauer Max von Sydow |
Novel villains
The following is a list of villains in James Bond novels and short stories that are not featured in any official James Bond film:
Ian Fleming
- Casino Royale - Le Chiffre
- Live and Let Die - Mr. Big (although the film version features a version of the character, the two are very different)
- Diamonds Are Forever - The Spangled Mob a.k.a. Jack and Seraffimo Spang
- "From a View to a Kill" (short story) - Soviet intelligence
- "For Your Eyes Only" (short story) - Von Hammerstein
- "The Hildebrand Rarity" (short story) - Milton Krest (demoted to henchman for the film Licence to Kill
- The Spy Who Loved Me - Sol "Horror" Horowitz and "Sluggsy" Morant
- "The Living Daylights" (short story) - "Trigger"
- "The Property of a Lady" (short story) - Russian intelligence
- "Octopussy" (short story) - Maj. Dexter Smythe
Robert Markham (a.k.a. Kingsley Amis)
- Colonel Sun - Col. Sun Liang-tan
John Gardner
- Licence Renewed - Anton Murik
- For Special Services - Markus Bismaquer
- Icebreaker - Konrad von Gloda a.k.a. Aarne Tudeer
- Role of Honour - Tamil Rahani, Jay Autem Holy
- Nobody Lives For Ever (sic) - Tamil Rahani
- No Deals, Mr. Bond - General Kolya Chernov
- Scorpius - Vladamir Scorpius a.k.a. Father Valentine
- Win, Lose or Die - Bassam Baradj
- Brokenclaw - "Brokenclaw" Lee Fu-Chu
- The Man from Barbarossa - General Yevgeny Yuskovich
- Death is Forever - Wolfgang Weisen
- Never Send Flowers - David Dragonpol
- SeaFire - Sir Max Tarn
- COLD - General Brutus Clay
Raymond Benson
- "Blast from the Past" (short story) - Irma Bunt
- Zero Minus Ten - Guy Thackeray
- The Facts of Death - The Decada
- "Midsummer Night's Doom" (short story) - Anton Redenius
- High Time to Kill - Roland Marquis, Le Gerant
- "Live at Five" (short story) - KGB
- Doubleshot - Le Gerant, Domingo Espada
- Never Dream of Dying - Le Gerant, The Union
- The Man with the Red Tattoo - Goro Yoshida
Charlie Higson
- SilverFin - Lord Randolph Hellebore
Game villains
The following is a list of original main villains in James Bond computer and video games.
| Game | Villain | Portrayed by |
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| Agent Under Fire | Adrian Malprave | |
| Nightfire | Rafael Drake | |
| Everything or Nothing | Nikolai Diavolo | Willem Dafoe |
Henchmen
In addition, each Bond villain has numerous henchmen to do their bidding.
In particular, there is usually a privileged member who is a formidable physical threat to Bond and must be defeated by Bond to get the employer. Just how formidible has varied from simply adept and tough fighters like Red Grant to ones whose physical characteristics are seemingly superhuman like Jaws
Official movie henchmen
- Dr. No
- Professor Dent - played by Anthony Dawson
- Miss Taro - played by Zena Marshall
- Photographer - played by Marguerite LeWars
- Jones - played by Reginald Carter
- From Russia With Love
- Donald "Red" Grant - played by Robert Shaw
- Morzeny - played by Walter Gotell
- Krilencu - played by Fred Haggerty
- Goldfinger
- Oddjob - played by Harold Sakata
- Pussy Galore - played by Honor Blackman
- Thunderball
- Vargas - played by Philip Locke
- Count Lippe - played by Guy Doleman
- Fiona Volpe - played by Luciana Paluzzi
- Colonel Jacques Bouvar - played by Rose Alba and Bob Simmons
- You Only Live Twice
- Mr. Osato - played by Teru Shimada
- Helga Brandt - played by Karin Dor
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- Irma Bundt - played by Ilse Steppat
- Che Che - played by Irvin Allen
- Diamonds Are Forever
- Mr. Wint - played by Bruce Glover
- Mr. Kidd - played by Putter Smith
- Shady Tree - played by Leonard Barr
- Peter Franks - played by Joe Robinson
- Bert Saxby - played by Bruce Cabot
- Bambi - played by Lola Larson
- Thumper - played by Trina Parks
- Live and Let Die
- Tee Hee - played by Julius W. Harris
- Whisper - played by Earl Jolly Brown
- Baron Samedi - played by Geoffrey Holder
- Adam - played by Tommy Lane
- The Man with the Golden Gun
- Nick Nack - played by Hervé Villechaize
- The Spy Who Loved Me
- Jaws - played by Richard Kiel
- Naomi - played by Caroline Munro
- Sandor - played by Milton Reid
- Moonraker
- Jaws - played by Richard Kiel; changed sides, supporting Bond in the takeover of the villain's lair
- Chang - played by Toshirô Suga
- For Your Eyes Only
- Eric Kriegler - played by John Wyman
- Emile Locque - played by Michael Gothard
- Hector Gonzales - played by Stefan Kalipha
- Claus - played by Charles Dance
- Octopussy
- Gobinda - played by Kabir Bedi
- Mischka - played by Stefan Kalipha
- Grischska - played by Anthony Meyer
- In knife-throwing scenes, Mischka and Grischka were played by David and Tony Meyer.
- General Orlov - played by Steven Berkoff
- A View to a Kill
- May Day - played by Grace Jones; changed sides to aid Bond, sacrificing herself to foil the villain's plan
- Scarpine - played by Patrick Bauchau
- Dr. Carl Mortner - played by Willoughby Gray
- Jenny Flex - played by Alison Doody
- Pan Ho - played by Papillon Soo
- The Living Daylights
- General Georgi Koskov - played by Jeroen Krabbé
- Necros - played by Andreas Wisniewski
- Licence to Kill
- Dario - played by Benicio del Toro
- Milton Krest - played by Anthony Zerbe
- Ed Killiher - played by Everett McGill
- Heller - played by Don Stroud
- Truman-Lodge - played by Anthony Starke
- Joe Butcher - played by Wayne Newton
- President Hector Lopez - played by Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
- GoldenEye
- Gen. Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov - played by Gottfried John
- Boris Grishenko - played by Alan Cumming
- Xenia Onatopp - played by Famke Janssen
- Tomorrow Never Dies
- Mr. Stamper - played by Götz Otto
- Henry Gupta - played by Ricky Jay
- Dr. Kaufman - played by Vincent Shiavelli
- The World Is Not Enough
- Gabor - played by John Seru
- Sasha Davidov - played by Ulrich Thomsen
- Mr. Bullion - played by Goldie
- Dr. Mikhail Arkov - played by Jeff Nuttall
- Die Another Day
- Zao - played by Rick Yune
- Mr. Kil - played by Lawrence Makoare
- Vladimir Popov - played by Michael Gorevoy
- Van Beert - played by Mark Dymond
- Dr. Alvarez - played by Simon Andreu
Unofficial movie henchmen
- Casino Royale
- Agent Mimi - played by Deborah Kerr
- Vesper Lynd - played by Ursula Andress
- Miss Goodthighs - played by Jacqueline Bisset
- Frau Hoffner - played by Anna Quayle
- Polo - played by Ronnie Corbett
- Never Say Never Again
- Fatima Blush - played by Barbara Carrera
- Lippe - played by Pat Roach
Villainous organizations
- SMERSH — "Death to Spies", Bond's original nemesis in the novels, though only briefly mentioned in the films.
- S.P.E.C.T.R.E. — SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion
See also
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