The following is a list of primary antagonists in the ''
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...
'' novels and film series.
Novel villains by author
Ian Fleming
Kingsley Amis (writing as Robert Markham)
Christopher Wood
John Gardner
Raymond Benson
Sebastian Faulks
Jeffery Deaver
William Boyd
Anthony Horowitz
''Young Bond'' series
Charlie Higson
Steve Cole
Film villains by production
Eon Productions films
Non-Eon works
Video game villains
Following is a list of original main villains in James Bond
computer
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and
video game
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s.
Villainous organisations
* SMERSH – SMiERt SHpionam, "Death to Spies", Bond's original nemesis in the novels, though only taking an active role in the
1954 TV film, 1967 film ''
Casino Royale'' and only briefly mentioned in the others (apparently disbanded 20 years before the events of ''
The Living Daylights
''The Living Daylights'' is a 1987 spy film, the fifteenth entry in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the first of two to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by John Glen, the film's ...
''). The Soviet agency is in charge of assassination, loosely based on the real-life
SMERSH
SMERSH (russian: СМЕРШ) was an umbrella organization for three independent counter-intelligence agencies in the Red Army formed in late 1942 or even earlier, but officially announced only on 14 April 1943. The name SMERSH was coined by Josep ...
.
*
SPECTRE
Spectre, specter or the spectre may refer to:
Religion and spirituality
* Vision (spirituality)
* Apparitional experience
* Ghost
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''Spectre'' (1977 film), a made-for-television film produced and writ ...
– 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. The independent terrorist organisation is headed by
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character and villain from the James Bond series of novels and films, created by Ian Fleming. A criminal mastermind with aspirations of world domination, he is the archenemy of the British Secret Service agen ...
. In the 2015 film, ''Spectre'', 007 digs deep into the organisation and tries to get payback for the murder of
M (
Judi Dench
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); he discovers the organisation is headed by his adopted brother Franz Oberhauser, now calling himself Blofeld, and that its entire purpose was to personally persecute Bond himself.
* The Spangled Mob – Bond's enemy in the novel ''
Diamonds Are Forever'', appearing also in ''
Goldfinger'' and ''
The Man with the Golden Gun''. The mob is an
American Mafia
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family based in Las Vegas.
* Drax Metals – Hugo Drax's metal company in ''
Moonraker'', renamed "Drax Industries" in
the film
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, where it specialises in
Space Shuttle
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-like
spacecraft
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.
* Sternberg Shipping Line – Karl Stromberg's organisation in ''
The Spy Who Loved Me''. As well as operating the titular shipping line, it features its own line of laboratories.
* Zorin Enterprises – Max Zorin's multinational conglomerate, operating in computer hardware and mining, in ''
A View to a Kill
''A View to a Kill'' is a 1985 spy film and the fourteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and is the seventh and final appearance of Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted ...
''.
* Entreprises Auric A.G. –
Auric Goldfinger
Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Ian Fleming's 1959 seventh ''James Bond'' novel, '' Goldfinger'', and the 1964 film it inspired (the third in the ''James Bond'' series). His first name, Auric, is an adjectiv ...
's organisation in ''
Goldfinger''. Divisions include a
stud farm
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in Kentucky named "Auric Stud".
*
KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
– Soviet intelligence agency.
* Janus Syndicate – Alec Trevelyan's vehemently anti-British terrorist organisation in ''
GoldenEye
''GoldenEye'' is a 1995 spy film, the seventeenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the first to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by Martin Campbell, it was the first in the ser ...
''.
* CMGN – Carver Media Group Network, Elliot Carver's self-made mass media empire in ''
Tomorrow Never Dies
''Tomorrow Never Dies'' is a 1997 spy film, the eighteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode from a screenplay ...
''.
* The Scales of Justice – A movement in John Gardner's ''
The Man from Barbarossa''.
*
Yakuza
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– Japanese crime gang in the novel ''
The Man with the Red Tattoo
''The Man with the Red Tattoo'', first published in 2002, was the sixth and final original novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Fleming's character James Bond. Carrying the Ian Fleming Publications copyright, it was first published in the Unit ...
''.
* COLD – The Children of Last Days, a terrorist organisation that Bond faces in the novel ''
COLD
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''.
*
The Union – A villainous organisation in
Raymond Benson's novels ''
High Time to Kill
''High Time to Kill'', published in 1999, is the fourth novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond (including Benson's novelization of ''Tomorrow Never Dies''). This is the first James Bond novel copyrighted by I ...
'', ''
Doubleshot'', and ''
Never Dream of Dying
''Never Dream of Dying'', first published in 2001, was the seventh novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond (including film novelizations). Carrying the Ian Fleming Publications copyright, it was first published ...
''.
* OCTOPUS – Replaces SPECTRE in the video game ''
From Russia with Love'' (an adaptation of
the 1963 film) for copyright reasons.
* BAST – The Brotherhood of Anarchy and Secret Terrorism, featured in the novel ''
Win, Lose or Die''.
* Quantum – A shadowy criminal organisation seen in ''
Casino Royale'' and ''
Quantum of Solace
''Quantum of Solace'' is a 2008 spy film and the twenty-second in the List of James Bond films, ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sequel to Casino Royale (2006 film), ''Casino Royale'' (2006). Directed by Marc Forst ...
''.
The organisation is strictly apolitical—but with considerable political influence of their own—and will deal with anyone whose interests converge with their own. Known members of the organisation include an extensive network of current and former politicians, business people and intelligence agents. One of their leading members,
Dominic Greene
The following is a list of primary antagonists in the ''James Bond'' novels and film series.
Novel villains by author
Ian Fleming
Kingsley Amis (writing as Robert Markham)
Christopher Wood
John Gardner
Raymond Benson
...
, leads a cover organisation called Greene Planet. In ''
Spectre
Spectre, specter or the spectre may refer to:
Religion and spirituality
* Vision (spirituality)
* Apparitional experience
* Ghost
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''Spectre'' (1977 film), a made-for-television film produced and writ ...
'' (2015), the organisation is revealed as a division within Spectre, rather than an independent group.
* SCUM – Stands for "Saboteurs and Criminals United in Mayhem", the main villainous organisation in the ''
James Bond Jr.
''James Bond Jr.'' is an American animated television series based on Ian Fleming's ''James Bond'' franchise. It follows the adventures of James Bond's nephew, James Bond Jr.
The series debuted in September 1991 and ran for 65 episodes bef ...
'' series.
* TAROT – Technological Accession, Revenge and Organized Terror, the replacement for SPECTRE in the ''
James Bond Roleplaying Game'' produced by
Victory Games Victory Games may refer to:
*Victory Games (Avalon Hill) (1982–1991), an American board game developer, a subsidiary of Avalon Hill Games
*Victory Games (EA)
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from 1983 to 1987.
* Phoenix International – Rafael Drake's organisation in ''
Nightfire
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''. Ostensibly a nuclear disposal company, Drake used it to weaponise the nuclear materials it got its hands on in his plan to rule the world.
* King Industries – Sir Robert King's multinational oil and construction company in ''
The World Is Not Enough
''The World Is Not Enough'' is a 1999 spy film, the nineteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by Michael Apted, from an ori ...
'' and
its novelisation and video game adaptations. It was formed through the merge of his own construction business and his wife's oil business.
* Osato Chemicals and Engineering – Mr. Osato's company, supplying chemicals and engineering equipment in ''
You Only Live Twice'', heavily affiliated with SPECTRE.
* Graves Corporation – Gustav Graves' diamond-mining business in ''
Die Another Day
''Die Another Day'' is a 2002 spy film and the twentieth film in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It was produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and directed by Lee Tamahori. The fourth and final film st ...
''.
* Greene Planet – Dominic Greene's environmentalist organisation in ''
Quantum of Solace
''Quantum of Solace'' is a 2008 spy film and the twenty-second in the List of James Bond films, ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sequel to Casino Royale (2006 film), ''Casino Royale'' (2006). Directed by Marc Forst ...
''. Really a front for the operations of Quantum, and by extension, Spectre.
* Sanchez Cartel – drug cartel run by Franz Sanchez in ''
Licence to Kill
''Licence to Kill'' is a 1989 spy film, the sixteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the second and final film to star Timothy Dalton as the MI6 agent James Bond. It sees Bond suspended from MI6 as he pursues t ...
'', operating in both Americas and hiding behind many front organisations.
* Rahani Electronics – major electronics company mentioned in ''
Role of Honour
''Role of Honour'', first published in 1984, was the fourth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape a ...
'' and ''
Nobody Lives for Ever
''Nobody Lives for Ever'' (published in American editions as ''Nobody Lives Forever''), first published in 1986, was the fifth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyrigh ...
'', owned by SPECTRE commander Tamil Rahani, and possibly used by SPECTRE as a front.
See also
*
Outline of James Bond
References
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Bond villains
The following is a list of primary antagonists in the ''James Bond'' novels and film series.
Novel villains by author
Ian Fleming
Kingsley Amis (writing as Robert Markham)
Christopher Wood
John Gardner
Raymond Benson
...