James Bond Villains

Throughout the James Bond series the villains have left their mark in cinema history. Right from the word go, Dr. No was a menacing character and set the tone for villains to come with his scheme of toppling the USAs space rockets.

Bond Villains often had special characteristics like Goldfinger's obsession with gold, Stromburg's obsession with the underwater world, Renards bullet lodged in his head, etc.

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Main Villains

Official Movie Villains

• Dr. No - Dr. Julius No - played by Joseph Wiseman
• From Russia With Love - Kronsteen - played by Vladek Sheybal
• Goldfinger - Auric Goldfinger - played by Gert Fröbe
• Thunderball - Emilio Largo - played by Adolfo Celi
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Ernst Stavro Blofeld - played by Donald Pleasence
• You Only Live Twice - Ernst Stavro Blofeld - played by Telly Savalas
• Diamonds are Forever - Ernst Stavro Blofeld - played by Charles Gray
• Live and Let Die - Dr. Kananga / Mr Big - played by Yaphet Kotto
• The Man With the Golden Gun - Francisco Scaramanga - played by Christopher Lee
• The Spy Who Loved Me - Karl Stromberg - played by Curt Jurgens
• Moonraker - Hugo Drax - played by Michael Lonsdale
• For Your Eyes Only - Aris Kristatos - played by Julian Glover
• Octopussy - Kamal Kahn - played by Louis Jourdan
  • General Orlov - played by Steven Berkoff
• A View To A Kill - Max Zorin- played by Christopher Walken
• The Living Daylights - Brad Whitaker - played by Joe Don Baker
• Licence to Kill - Franz Sanchez - played by Robert Davi
• GoldenEye - Alec Trevelyan - played by Sean Bean
• Tomorrow Never Dies - Elliot Carver - played by Jonathan Pryce
• The World is Not Enough - Renard - played by Robert Carlyle
• Die Another Day - Gustav Graves played by Toby Stephens
  • Colonel Moon - played by Will Yun Lee

Unofficial Movie Villains

• Casino Royale - Le Chiffre - played by Orson Welles
• Never Say Never Again - Emilio Largo - played by Klaus Maria Brandauer
  • Ernst Stavro Blofeld - played by Max von Sydow

Novel Villains

The following is a list of villains in a James Bond novel that are not in an official James Bond film.

• Casino Royale - Le Chiffre

Henchmen

Official Movie Henchmen

• Dr. No
  • Professor Dent - played by Anthony Dawson
  • Miss Taro - played by Zena Marshall

• From Russia With Love
  • "Red" Grant - played by Robert Shaw

• Goldfinger
  • Oddjob - played by Harold Sakata

• Thunderball
  • Vargas - played by Philip Locke

• You Only Live Twice
  • Mr. Osato - played by Teru Shimada

• On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  • Irma Bundt - played by Ilse Steppat

• Diamonds are Forever
  • Mr. Wint - played by Bruce Glover
  • Mr. Kidd - played by Putter Smith

• Live and Let Die
  • Tee Hee - played by Julius W Harris
  • Whisper - played by Earl Jolly Brown

• The Man With The Golden Gun
  • Nick Nack - played by Hervé Villechaize

• The Spy Who Loved Me
  • Jaws - played by Richard Kiel

• Moonraker
  • Jaws - played by Richard Kiel; changed sides, supporting Bond in the takeover of the villain's lair

• For Your Eyes Only
  • Eric Kriegler - played by John Wyman
  • Emile Locque - played by Michael Gothard
  • Hector Gonzales - played by Stefan Kalipha

• Octopussy
  • Gobinda - played by Stefan Kalipha
  • Mischka - played by Kabir Bedi
  • Grischska - played by Anthony Meyer

• 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

• The Living Daylights
  • General Georgi Koskov - played by Jeroen Krabbe
  • Necros - played by Andreas Wisniewski

• Licence to Kill
  • Dario - played by Benicio Del Toro
  • Milton Krest - played by Anthony Zerbe
  • Heller - played by Don Stroud
  • Truman-Lodge - played by Anthony Starke
  • Joe Butcher - played by Wayne Newton

• 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
  • Elektra King - played by Sophie Marceau
  • 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 Villains

• Never Say Never Again
  • Fatima Blush - played by Barbara Carrera

Villainous Organizations

• S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
• SMERSH - "Death to Spies", Bond's original nemesis.