List of fictional dictators

In fiction, dictatorship has sometimes been portrayed as the political system of choice for controlling dystopian societies in books, video games, TV and movies. Below is a list of fictional dictators.

Character	Location	In	Notes
Adam Susan (called Sutler in the film version)	England, possibly Scotland	V For Vendetta	Dictator and High Chancellor in the V for Vendetta graphic novel and movie. Came to power as a result of a massive terror attack, which in fact was orchestrated by him. Is a homophobe, racist and totalitarian. Resembles Adolf Hitler.
Napoleon	Farm	Animal Farm	A group of animals overthrow their abusive farmer, Mr. Jones, and try to establish an equal society of animals. And later, Napoleon, paralleled to Joseph Stalin seizes power and is repressive. Clearly resembling the October Revolution in Russia.
Aku	World	Samurai Jack	A shapeshifting demon from long ago, Aku sends the protagonist, a Samurai Jack to the future before he could land a killing blow. In the distant future, Aku reigns supreme on the planet Earth.
President Snow	Panem	The Hunger Games	In the future North America has become a dictatorship, divided into 12 districts. Every year, two children from each district are forced to fight each other in The Hunger Games
President Maximilian II and later Thorne	Unknown country	Land of the Blind	A satirical depiction of dictatorship. Maximilian II was a brutal dictator overthrown by Thorne, played by Donald Sutherland who later turned out to be a worse one. This film parallels Iranian Revolution, as Maximilian resembles Shah of Iran and Thorne resembles the Supreme Leader.
Digimon Emperor	Digital World	Digimon	An evil, despotic alter-ego of the boy genius Digidestined Ken Ichijouji. Abuses and treats his fellow Digimon like slaves, building Control Spires to assert total control over the Digital World, and using a whiplash to whip Digimon who protest his tyrannical reign of terror.
Arcturus Mengsk	Terran Dominion	StarCraft	Overthrows the Terran Confederacy and crowns himself Emperor of the newly formed Terran Dominion, uniting the Koprulu Sector under one sovereign rule for the first time.
Emperor Palpatine	Galactic Empire	Star Wars	Chancellor a reference to Hitler and the establishment of the "Galactic Empire" probably reference to Napoleon's transformation to an empire.
Lyndon LaRouche	United States	Sliders episode, "Time Again and World"	Lyndon is an absolute ruler in this alternate United States series, the Sliders.
Big Brother	Oceania	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Ruler of the totalitarian continent. Reference to the USSR.
Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip	United States	It Can't Happen Here	Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a charismatic and power-hungry politician, is elected President of the United States on a populist platform, promising to restore the country to prosperity and greatness, and, more importantly, promising each citizen five thousand dollars a year. Once in power, however, he becomes a dictator; outlawing dissent, putting his political enemies in concentration camps, and creating a paramilitary force called the Minute Men who terrorize the citizens. One of his first moves as president is to make changes to the Constitution which give the President sole power over the country, rendering Congress obsolete. This is met by protest from the congressmen as well as outraged citizens, but Windrip declares a state of martial law and, with the help of his Minute Men, throws the protesters in jail. As Windrip dismantles democracy, most Americans either support him and his Corpo Regime wholeheartedly or reassure themselves that fascism cannot happen in America (hence the book's title).
Marshal Kûrvi-Tasch	Borduria	The Adventures of Tintin	Dictator of a fictional semi-totalitarian Facist state in The Adventures of Tintin series
Ex-Soviet dictator	Novistrana	Republic: The Revolution	Dictator of a fictional post-USSR independent nation in the video game, "Republic: The Revolution"
Sheldon Plankton	Bikini Bottom	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Overlord of Bikini Bottom
Libby Folfax	Unknown country	The Tomorrow Boys	Dictator of the world
Sheen Estevez	Unknown country	Sheens Brain	Dictator of the world
Shredder	New York City	Sheredderville	Dictator of New York City
Venomous Snaptrap	World	Watch Dog	Dictator of Petropolis
Darkwing Duckaka "Darkwarrior Duck	St Canard	Time and Punishment	Dictator of St Canard
Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen	Republic of Wadiya	The Dictator	Dictator of a fictional country in North Africa called Wadiya, he is known to hold anti-semitic, misogynous, and anti-western attitudes. Aladeen is loosely based on the late leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi.
Nehemiah Scudder aka The Prophet Incarnate	United States	"Revolt in 2100" and "If This Goes On . . ."	Part of Robert Heinlein's Future History time line. Scudder was initially elected, then established a religious quasi-mystical dictatorship.
Ramos Clemente	Unknown country	The Mirror	Resembles Fidel Castro.
Jake Featherston	Confederate States of America	Southern Victory Series	An analogue of Adolf Hitler in Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory Series, in which the Confederacy won the American Civil War in 1862, Featherston rises to power after the Central Powers-aligned United States defeats the Entente-allied Confederacy in the Great War. Under him, African-Americans are subject to heavy racial discrimination and are later genocided (a parallel to the Holocaust).
President Isaac Ngotelute	Republic of Boriade	An Ancient African Kingdom	A satirical depiction of President Isaac Ngotelute, an enlightened, cruel and brutal ruler, antagonist in "Under the Umbrella: An African Tale" by Manu F. Manun'Ebo from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This first time novel published in English in the UK in November 2011 (ISBN 978-0-9569316-0-3), weaves delightful humour into apparent light-hearted moments of extreme violence. It portrays a mythical country wounded by cruelties of dictatorship in post-colonial Africa.
Andrew Ryan	City of Rapture	BioShock	Founder of Rapture, Ryan built Rapture as a utopia to remain isolated from the "outside world", as well severing connections with outside of the city. However, his rule reaches a climax when rival, Frank Fontaine, defies Ryan's objectives, becoming a catalyst for the civil war in Rapture.
Zachery Hale Comstock	City of Columbia	BioShock: Infinite	Also known as "Father Comstock", he is the messianic leader of the flying city of Columbia and the leader of the ultra-nationalist organization of "the Founders", whom are involved in a civil war against the militant organization Vox Populi, as well as stopping the "false shepherd" Booker Dewitt, the protagonist. Comstock is capable of seeing the future with the help of technology developed in his city.
Dr. Wallace Breen	City 17	Half-Life 2	Former administration of Black Mesa Research Facility, Dr. Breen is the appointed chancellor of City 17, while Earth is ruled by the Combine and serves as the main antagonist of Half-Life 2. Breen is presumed dead after failing to escape the planet.
Scolar Visari	Helghan Empire	Killzone	Scolar Visari is the former ultra-nationalist ruler of the planet Helghan from the Killzone series, who united the planet with rhetoric and violence. Rose to power after the first failed war against the Interplanetary Strategic Alliance by weakened Helghan troops, and vows vengeance for the empire. Visari is based heavily on Adolf Hitler and fascist ideals, but has a cult personality similar to that of Joseph Stalin and Kim Il Sung.
Queen Myrrah	Hollow of Planet Sera	Gears of War	Leader of the locust horde, Myrrah holds great contempt for the human race living on the planet Sera for allegedly forcing the locust underground. She holds a racist view towards humanity, seeing them as inferior, and inevitably leads a genocidal war against Serans.
El Presidente	Island of Tropico	Tropico	Unnamed player character of the Tropico series, El presidente, depending on the actions of the player, can choose to become a totalitarian dictator aligned with any political party, or a democratic ruler of the island nation of Tropico.
President John Henry Eden	Capital Wasteland and the former United States	Fallout 3	President Eden is the leader of the Enclave forces of the game, made up by the remnants of the American government. However, rather than attempting to rebuild the United States, President Eden attempts to create a pure race of Americans opposed to the surviving wastelanders and persuades the player to sabotage his/her father's project: project purity, a project to eradicate radiation from water.
The Governor	Woodbury, Georgia	The Walking Dead	The Governor, serves as the self-declared leader of a small survivalist encampment located in Woodbury, Georgia in the post-apocalyptic setting of The Walking Dead, fighting both zombies and the survival group led by the story's protagonist Rick Grimes.
Premier Alexander Romanov	Soviet Union	Red Alert 2	Leader of Soviet forces in an alternative universe involving a war between the western Allied forces and the Soviets, he is accompanied by his companion Yuri, who later betrays him by killing him. However, Romanov returns back to life after the commander of the Red Army travels back in time and stops Yuri.
Sauron	Mordor, Middle-Earth	The Lord of the Rings	The main antagonist of the series, Sauron is the leader of the orc army of Mordor attempting to achieve domination of Middle-Earth, only to be weakened by Isildur. Sauron attempts to regain his ring stolen by Isildur, which later recovered by Bilbo Baggins and in the possession of his nephew Frodo Baggins, to return to power, only to be completely defeated after the ring is dropped into Mount Doom.
President Greg Stillson	United States	The Dead Zone	Although only running for president, the main character, Johnny Smith, has a vision that predicts Senator Greg Stillson will lead a nuclear holocaust on Russia, despite opposition from his aides and military generals. To prevent Stillson from becoming president, Johnny attempted to assassinate him but fails, only to successfully tarnish Stillson's political career and, eventually, lead him to suicide.
The White Witch	Narnia	The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe	Ruler of Narnia, the White Witch is known to rule the land with endless winters and preventing Christmas from coming, as well as using minions to keep the land under her control, who serve as a secret police force.
Hiram Burrows	City of Dunwall, Gristol	Dishonored	After being involved in a coup between an elite cadre of politicians and nobles in the city of Dunwall, during a time of a massive plague outbreak, Hiram Burrows orchestrates an assassination on the city's empress and frames the protagonist, Corvo Attano, for the murder in order to avoid any resistance. Rather than helping the ailing citizens of Dunwall, he constantly places the city under martial law and imposes extreme measures to avoid dissent.
Vaas Montenegro	Rook Islands	Far Cry 3	Although not a politician and an actual dictator, Vaas is one of the main leaders in control of a small island the main protagonist, Jason Brody, incidentally lands on; however, because Vaas is known to be brutal towards the island's native tribe, the Rakyat, where his men constantly engage in ethnic cleansing incidents because of their opposition, he is engaged in a war against the tribe's insurgents.
General Anton Vincent	Fictional British island	Dear Dictator	Exiled dictator movie, starring Michael Caine.
Lord Voldemort	The Wizarding Community of Great Britain	Harry Potter	The main villain of the series, he is an evil wizard who takes over the government of Great Britain's Wizarding Community, using one of his followers as a figurehead.
George Washington	United States	Assassin's Creed III	He is a central character and an ally of the Assassin; Ratonhnhaké:ton AKA, Connor in the video game Assassin's Creed III. However, in the alternate reality DLC entitled The Tyranny of King Washington, Washington becomes mad with power and declares himself King of America, becoming a megalomaniacal dictator.
Pagan Min	Kyrat,	Far Cry 4	He is the self-appointed leader over a nation named Kyrat, located in the Himalayan Mountains.
Jamal al-Fayeed	Abbudin,	"Tyrant"	He is the successor to his father as president of Abbudin, a Middle Eastern nation.
Kuvira	Earth Empire	Legend of Korra	After the Earth Queen’s assassination, she reunited the broken down Earth Kingdom and restabilized Ba Sing Se using her army. During Prince Wu’s corination, she was supposed to step down, but instead she denounced Wu’s authority and transformed the Earth Kingdom into the Earth Empire. She’s known as “the Great Uniter.” She tried to capture the United Republic of Nations. She is so determined to get what she wants that she was willing to sacrifice her fiancé in order to try to kill Avatar Korra.
Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in	Khura'in	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice	She is the queen and former Minister of Justice of the Himalayan kingdom of Khura'in. She attempted to assassinate her sister Amara and usurped the throne for her, leading her to become queen and serve for the next twenty-three years, despite having no spiritual power. Ga'ran passed the Defense Culpability Act, which stated that the sentences for defendants who were found guilty are also placed upon their lawyers, leading to many executions.
Desta Rahal	Bahari	Scorpion	He is the leader of the North African country of Bahari. He lives luxuriously despite his nation's extreme poverty, but brings himself attention when a leftover Nazi "Sun Gun" is found. Rahal acts politely to outsiders but does not respond well to what he views as being "slighted".
Napaloni	nation of Bacteria	The Great Dictator	He is a a parody of Benito Mussolini played by Jack Oakie