Villains & Henchmen
"Do you expect me to talk? No Mr Bond, I expect you to die!" Many James Bond villains have tried a variety of assassination attempts to kill the world's most famous secret agent. Bond has narrowly survived being sliced in two at the hands of Auric Goldfinger, avoided being cut into small pieces by Franz Sanchez, and barely kept his manhood through the torture by Le Chiffre. However no villain would be complete without their henchmen; so who could forget Oddjob and his deadly bowler hat, the crushing teeth of Jaws, and the brutal moves of Donald ‘Red’ Grant?
Since the very first villain in Dr. No, these antagonists have taken on many forms. There have been psychotics, megalomaniacs, monopolists, thugs, billionaires and master manipulators to name just a few. Usually with some elaborate plan ranging from world domination, global genocide, extortion, revenge or simply good old money and greed, it’s always up to Bond to stop their villainous schemes. Sometimes adopting a very hands-on approach, stepping back and letting their henchmen do all the work, or full of deception and deceit, the villains are always adopting new and interesting ways to try and fulfil their master plan.
With super-human strength, menacing physical characteristics, lethal gadgets and evil geniuses to deal with, it’s no wonder that some of the films most memorable moments have been provided by the villains and their henchmen. §
Most Popular Bond Villains
From the 2000s
Yusef Kabira
(Simon Kassianides)
Quantum of Solace
2008
Carlos
(Fernando Guillén Cuervo)
Quantum of Solace
2008
Gregg Beam
(David Harbour)
Quantum of Solace
2008
General Medrano
(Joaquín Cosio)
Quantum of Solace
2008
Dominic Greene
(Mathieu Amalric)
Quantum of Solace
2008
Elvis
(Anatole Taubman)
Quantum of Solace
2008
Haitian Motorbike Rider
(Jacques Duckins)
Quantum of Solace
2008
Edmund Slate
(Neil Jackson)
Quantum of Solace
2008
Craig Mitchell
(Glenn Foster)
Quantum of Solace
2008
Gettler
(Richard Sammel)
Casino Royale
2006
Carlos
(Claudio Santamaria)
Casino Royale
2006
Valenka
(Ivana Miličević)
Casino Royale
2006
Alex Dimitrios
(Simon Abkarian)
Casino Royale
2006
Mollaka
(Sebastien Foucan)
Casino Royale
2006
Le Chiffre
(Mads Mikkelsen)
Casino Royale
2006
Mr White
(Jesper Christensen)
2 Films
Steven Obanno
(Isaach De Bankole)
Casino Royale
2006
Fisher
(Darwin Shaw)
Casino Royale
2006
Dryden
(Malcolm Sinclair)
Casino Royale
2006
Mr Kil
(Lawrence Makoare)
Die Another Day
2002
Vladimir Popov
(Mikhail Gorevoy)
Die Another Day
2002
Sir Gustav Graves
(Toby Stephens)
Die Another Day
2002
Dr Alvarez
(Simón Andreu)
Die Another Day
2002
General Moon
(Kenneth Tsang)
Die Another Day
2002
Zao
(Rick Yune)
Die Another Day
2002
Colonel Tan-Sun Moon
(Will Yun Lee)
Die Another Day
2002
Van Bierk
(Mark Dymond)
Die Another Day
2002
From the 1990s
Renard
(Robert Carlyle)
The World Is Not Enough
1999
Mr Bullion
(Goldie)
The World Is Not Enough
1999
Sasha Davidov
(Ulrich Thomsen)
The World Is Not Enough
1999
Gabor
(John Seru)
The World Is Not Enough
1999
Mr Lachaise
(Patrick Malahide)
The World Is Not Enough
1999
Dr Kaufman
(Vincent Schiavelli)
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
Elliot Carver
(Jonathan Pryce)
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
Stamper
(Götz Otto)
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
Henry Gupta
(Ricky Jay)
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
Boris Grishenko
(Alan Cumming)
Goldeneye
1995
General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov
(Gottfried John)
Goldeneye
1995
Alec Trevelyan
(Sean Bean)
Goldeneye
1995
From the 1980s
Colonel Heller
(Don Stroud)
Licence To Kill
1989
Truman-Lodge
(Anthony Starke)
Licence To Kill
1989
Professor Joe Butcher
(Wayne Newton)
Licence To Kill
1989
Milton Krest
(Anthony Zerbe)
Licence To Kill
1989
Ed Killifer
(Everett McGill)
Licence To Kill
1989
Braun
(Guy de Saint Cyr)
Licence To Kill
1989
Dario
(Benicio Del Toro)
Licence To Kill
1989
Franz Sanchez
(Robert Davi)
Licence To Kill
1989
Brad Whitaker
(Joe Don Baker)
The Living Daylights
1987
Necros
(Andreas Wisniewski)
The Living Daylights
1987
General Georgi Koskov
(Jeroen Krabbé)
The Living Daylights
1987
Impostor 00
(Carl Rigg)
The Living Daylights
1987
W. G. Howe
(Daniel Benzali)
A View To A Kill
1985
Bob Conley
(Manning Redwood)
A View To A Kill
1985
Dr Carl Mortner
(Willoughby Gray)
A View To A Kill
1985
Jenny Flex
(Alison Doody)
A View To A Kill
1985
Pan Ho
(Papillon Soo Soo)
A View To A Kill
1985
Scarpine
(Patrick Bauchau)
A View To A Kill
1985
Max Zorin
(Christopher Walken)
A View To A Kill
1985
Yo-Yo Thug
(William Derrick)
Octopussy
1983
Gobinda
(Kabir Bedi)
Octopussy
1983
General Orlov
(Steven Berkoff)
Octopussy
1983
Kamal Khan
(Louis Jourdan)
Octopussy
1983
Grischka
(Anthony Meyer)
Octopussy
1983
Mischka
(David Meyer)
Octopussy
1983
Colonel Luis Toro
(Ken Norris)
Octopussy
1983
Apostis
(Jack Klaff)
For Your Eyes Only
1981
Eric Kriegler
(John Wyman)
For Your Eyes Only
1981
Aristotle Kristatos
(Julian Glover)
For Your Eyes Only
1981
Emile Leopold Locque
(Michael Gothard)
For Your Eyes Only
1981
Hector Gonzales
(Stefan Kalipha)
For Your Eyes Only
1981
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
(John Hollis)
For Your Eyes Only
1981
From the 1970s
Chang
(Toshirô Suga)
Moonraker
1979
Hugo Drax
(Michael Lonsdale)
Moonraker
1979
Liparus Captain
(Sydney Tafler)
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Max Kalba
(Vernon Dobtcheff)
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Aziz Fekkesh
(Nadim Sawalha)
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Sandor
(Milton Reid)
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Jaws
(Richard Kiel)
2 Films
Karl Stromberg
(Curt Jurgens)
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Sergi Borzov
(Michael Billington)
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Chula
(Yao Lin Chen)
The Man With The Golden Gun
1974
Hai Fat
(Richard Loo)
The Man With The Golden Gun
1974
Nick Nack
(Hervé Villechaize)
The Man With The Golden Gun
1974
Francisco Scaramanga
(Christopher Lee)
The Man With The Golden Gun
1974
Adam
(Tommy Lane)
Live And Let Die
1973
Baron Samedi
(Geoffrey Holder)
Live And Let Die
1973
Tee Hee
(Julius W Harris)
Live And Let Die
1973
Cab Driver 1
(Arnold Williams)
Live And Let Die
1973
Dr Kananga/Mr Big
(Yaphet Kotto)
Live And Let Die
1973
Whisper
(Earl Jolly Brown)
Live And Let Die
1973
Thumper
(Trina Parks)
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
Bambi
(Lola Larson)
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
Professor Dr Metz
(Joseph Furst)
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
Bert Saxby
(Bruce Cabot)
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
Shady Tree
(Leonard Barr)
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
Morton Slumber
(David Bauer)
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
Peter Franks
(Joe Robinson)
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
Mr Kidd
(Putter Smith)
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
Mr Wint
(Bruce Glover)
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
(Charles Gray)
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
From the 1960s
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
(Telly Savalas)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
Grunther
(Yuri Borienko)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
Irma Bunt
(Ilse Steppat)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
Hans
(Ronald Rich)
You Only Live Twice
1967
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
(Donald Pleasance)
You Only Live Twice
1967
Mr Osato
(Teru Shimada)
You Only Live Twice
1967
Quist
(Bill Cummings)
Thunderball
1965
Vargas
(Philip Locke)
Thunderball
1965
Ladislav Kutze
(George Pravda)
Thunderball
1965
Angelo Palazzi
(Paul Stassino)
Thunderball
1965
Count Lippe
(Guy Doleman)
Thunderball
1965
Emilio Largo
(Adolfo Celi)
Thunderball
1965
Jacques Boitier
(Bob Simmons / Rose Alba)
Thunderball
1965
Mr Ling
(Burt Kwouk)
Goldfinger
1964
Kisch
(Michael Mellinger)
Goldfinger
1964
Oddjob
(Harold Sakata)
Goldfinger
1964
Auric Goldfinger
(Gert Fröbe)
Goldfinger
1964
Capungo
(Alf Joint)
Goldfinger
1964
Krilencu
(Fred Haggerty)
From Russia With Love
1963
Morzeny
(Walter Gotell)
From Russia With Love
1963
Rosa Klebb
(Lotte Lenya)
From Russia With Love
1963
Kronsteen
(Vladek Sheybal)
From Russia With Love
1963
Donald 'Red' Grant
(Robert Shaw)
From Russia With Love
1963
Dr Julius No
(Joseph Wiseman)
Dr No
1962
Mr Jones
(Reginald Carter)
Dr No
1962
The Photographer
(Marguerite LeWars)
Dr No
1962
