List of James Bond villains
The James Bond novels and films are notable for their memorably despicable villains and henchmen. From Le Chiffre's encounter with Bond in the original Casino Royale novel in 1953 to Colonel Moon/Gustav Graves' assault on the Korean Demilitarized Zone in the 2002 film, Die Another Day, Bond's foes have been one of the most important reasons for the book and film series' continued popularity.
Main villains
Villians in non-EON Bond films
| Film | Villain | Portrayed by |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- Casino Royale - Le Chiffre
- Live and Let Die - Mr. Big
- Moonraker - Hugo Drax
- Diamonds Are Forever - The Spangled Mob - Jack and Seraffimo Spang, Mr. Kidd & Wint
- From Russia with Love - SMERSH - specifically Red Grant and Rosa Klebb
- Dr. No - Dr. Julius No
- Goldfinger - Auric Goldfinger
- For Your Eyes Only
- "From a View to a Kill" (short story) - Russians
- "For Your Eyes Only" (short story) - Von Hammerstein
- "Quantum of Solace" (short story) - No villain
- "Risico" (short story) - Kristatos
- "The Hildebrand Rarity" (short story) - Milton Krest
- Thunderball - Emilio Largo, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, & SPECTRE
- The Spy Who Loved Me - Mr. Sanguinetti, Sol "Horror" Horowitz, and "Sluggsy" Morant
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- You Only Live Twice - Dr. Guntram Shatterhand aka Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- The Man with the Golden Gun - Francisco (Paco) "Pistols" Scaramanga
- Octopussy and The Living Daylights
- "Octopussy" (short story) - Maj. Dexter Smythe
- "The Property of a Lady" (short story) - Russians
- "The Living Daylights" (short story) - "Trigger"
- "007 In New York" (short story) - No villain
Robert Markham (a.k.a. Kingsley Amis)
- Colonel Sun - Col. Sun Liang-tan
- Licence Renewed - Dr. Anton Murik
- For Special Services - SPECTRE — Nena Bismaquer
- Icebreaker - Count Konrad von Glöda a.k.a. Aarne Tudeer
- Role of Honour - SPECTRE — Tamil Rahani, Jay Autem Holy
- Nobody Lives For Ever - Tamil Rahani
- No Deals, Mr. Bond - General Konstantin Nikolaevich Chernov (aka "Blackfriar")
- Scorpius - Vladimir Scorpius a.k.a. Father Valentine
- Win, Lose or Die - BAST — 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
- "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
- SilverFin - Lord Randolph Hellebore
- Blood Fever - Count Ugo Carnifex
- Double or Die - Russia, specifically Irina Sedova; Sir John Charnage
Game villains
The following is a list of original main villains in James Bond computer and video games.
| Game | Villain | Portrayed by |
|---|---|---|
| GoldenEye 007 | Alec Trevelyan | Sean Bean |
| Agent Under Fire | Adrian Malprave | |
| Nightfire | Rafael Drake | Michael Ensign |
| GoldenEye: Rogue Agent | Dr. Julius No/Auric Goldfinger | Joseph Wiseman/Gert Fröbe |
| Everything or Nothing | Nikolai Diavolo | Willem Dafoe |
| From Russia with Love | OCTOPUS |
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 formidable 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
- Freelance (the Photographer) - played by Marguerite LeWars
- Mr. Jones - played by Reginald Carter
- Sister Lily - played by Yvonne Shima
- Sister Rose - played by Michel Mok
- Dr. No's Guard - played by Milton Reid
- Decontamination Technician - played by Anthony Chinn
- Three Blind Mice
- Prof. Dent's Secretary - played by Bettina Le Beau
- From Russia with Love
- Donald "Red" Grant - played by Robert Shaw
- Kronsteen - played by Vladek Sheybal
- Morzeny - played by Walter Gotell
- Krilencu - played by Fred Haggerty
- Rhoda - played by Peter Brayham
- Benz - played by Peter Bayliss
- Red Grant's Masseuse - played by Jan Williams
- Goldfinger
- Bonita - played by Nadja Regin
- Capungo - played by Alf Joint
- Champagne Leader - played by Tricia Muller
- Henchman - played by Lenny Rabin
- Kisch - played by Michael Mellinger
- Martin Solo - played by Martin Benson
- Mei-Lei - played by Mai Ling
- Midnight - played by Bill Nagy
- Mr. Ling - played by Burt Kwouk
- Mr. Strap - played by Hal Galili
- Oddjob - played by Harold Sakata
- Pussy Galore - played by Honor Blackman
- Servant At Stud Farm - played by Anthony Chinn
- Switzerland Gatekeeper - played by Varley Thomas
- South America Guard - played by Peter Brace
- Girlfriend of Auric Goldfinger - played by Marian Collins
- Pussy Galore's Fly Circus Pilots - played by Caron Gardiner, Lesley Hill, & Aleta Morrison
- 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
- Angelo Palazzi - played by: Paul Stassino
- SPECTRE Agent No. 10 - played by Andre Maranne
- Quist - played by Bill Cummings
- SPECTRE Agent No. 9 - played by Clive Cazes
- SPECTRE Agent No. 11 - played by Gabor Baraker
- Hydrofoil Captain - played by Harold Sanderson
- Janni - played by Michael Brennan
- SPECTRE Agent No. 5 - played by Philip Stone
- SPECTRE Driver - played by Courtney Brown
- SPECTRE Henchman - played by Ian Bulloch
- SPECTRE Agent No. 7 - played by Cecil Cheng
- Disco Volante Crewman - played by George Leech
- You Only Live Twice
- Mr. Osato - played by Teru Shimada
- Helga Brandt - played by Karin Dor
- Hans (Blofeld's Bodyguard) - played by Ronald Rich
- Car Driver - played by Peter Fanene Maivia
- SPECTRE Guard - played by Anthony Chinn
- Bedroom Assassin - played by David Toguri
- SPECTRE Agent No. 3 - played by Burt Kwouk
- SPECTRE Agent No. 4 - played by Michael Chow
- Ernst Stavro Blofeld's Financier - played by Hisako Katakura
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- Che Che - played by Irvin Allen
- Gumbold (Swiss Advocate) - played by James Bree
- Grunther - played by Yuri Borionko
- Irma Bunt - played by Ilse Steppat
- Toussaint - played by Geoffery Cheshire
- Piz Gloria Guards - played by Sam Ammon,David Brandon,Willy Oehrli,Andreas Schlunegger,Hans Schlunegger,Rudi Wehren,Stefen Zurcher,and Bruno Zyrd
- Piz Gloria Receptionist - played by Joseph Vasa
- Strangled SPECTRE Skier - played by George Leech
- 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
- Morton Slumber - played by David Bauer
- Prof. Dr. Metz - played by Joseph Furst
- Doctor - played by David de Keyser
- Dr. Tynan - played by Henry Rowland
- Mrs. Whistler - played by Margaret Lacey
- Slumber Inc. Attendants - played by Marc Lawrence,and Sid Haig
- 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
- Cab Driver - played by Arnold Williams
- Rosie Carver - played by Gloria Hendry
- Sales Girl - played by Kubi Chaza
- Dambala - played by Michael Ebbin
- The Man with the Golden Gun
- Nick Nack - played by Hervé Villechaize
- Hai Fat-played by Richard Loo
- 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 Leopold Locque - played by Michael Gothard
- Hector Gonzales - played by Stefan Kalipha
- Octopussy
- Gobinda - played by Kabir Bedi
- Mischka - played by David Meyer
- Grischska - played by Anthony 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
- Colonel Feyador - played by John Bowe
- Imposter 00 - played by Carl Rigg
- Necros - played by Andreas Wisniewski
- Sergeant Stagg - played by Derek Hoxby
- Licence to Kill
- Dario - played by Benicio del Toro
- Milton Krest - played by Anthony Zerbe
- Ed Killifer - played by Everett McGill
- Heller - played by Don Stroud
- Truman-Lodge - played by Anthony Starke
- Joe Butcher - played by Wayne Newton
- Braun - played by Guy De Saint Cyr
- Hector Lopez - played by Pedro Armendariz Jr.
- Perez - played by Alejandro Bracho
- Wavekrest Captain - played by Roger Cudney
- 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 Schiavelli
- Elliot Carver's Thug - played by Rocky Taylor
- General Chang - played by: Philip Kwok
- Tom Wallace - played by Michael G. Wilson
- 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
- Miranda Frost - played by Rosamund Pike
- Vladimir Popov - played by Mikhail Gorevoy
- Casino Royale
- Alexander Dimitrios - played by Simon Abkarian
- Kratt - played by Clemens Schick
- Valenka - played by Ivana Miličević
- Mollaka - played by Sebastien Foucan
- Carlos - played by Claudio Santamaria
- Gettler - played by Richard Sammel
Unofficial movie henchmen
- Casino Royale (1967)
- 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
- Le Chiffre's Representative - played by: Vladek Sheybal
- Never Say Never Again
- Fatima Blush - played by Barbara Carrera
- Lippe - played by Pat Roach
Video game henchmen
- Agent Under Fire
- Nightfire
- Armitage Rook
- Makiko Hayashi - voiced by Tamlyn Tomita
- Everything or Nothing
- Katya Nadanova - played by Heidi Klum
- Jean Le Rouge
- Jaws - likeness Richard Kiel
- Arkady Yayakov
- From Russia with Love
- Eva - played by Maria Menounos
Novel henchmen
Villainous organizations
- SMERSH — "Death to Spies", Bond's original nemesis in the novels, though only briefly mentioned in the films.
- SPECTRE — Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion, first appeared in the novel Thunderball and replaced SMERSH as Bond's nemesis in the films.
- Spangled Mob — Bond's enemy in the novel Diamonds Are Forever. They also appear in Goldfinger and The Man with the Golden Gun
- Janus Syndicate — Alec Trevelyan's vehemently anti-British terrorist organization in the Bond film Goldeneye.
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