List of James Bond henchmen in Casino Royale
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- This list does not include henchmen from the 1967 film of the same nameCasino Royale (1967 film)Casino Royale is a 1967 comedy spy film originally produced by Columbia Pictures starring an ensemble cast of directors and actors. It is set as a satire of the James Bond film series and the spy genre, and is loosely based on Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel.The film stars David Niven as the...
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A list of henchmen from the original 1953 novel
Casino Royale (novel)
Casino Royale is Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel. It paved the way for a further eleven novels by Fleming himself, in addition to two short story collections, followed by many "continuation" Bond novels by other authors....
and 2006
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James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Casino Royale
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from the List of James Bond henchmen.
Steven Obanno
Steven Obanno is a villain in the 2006 James BondJames Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Casino Royale
Casino Royale (2006 film)
Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond...
. He is portrayed by Isaach De Bankolé
Isaach De Bankolé
Isaach or Isaac de Bankolé is an Ivorian actor.-Work:He has appeared in over 30 films, including Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, and Coffee and Cigarettes...
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Obanno is a high ranking member of the Lord's Resistance Army
Lord's Resistance Army
The Lord's Resistance Army insurgency is an ongoing guerrilla campaign waged since 1987 by the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group, operating mainly in northern Uganda, but also in South Sudan and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo...
. He also has ties to Quantum represented by the mysterious Mr. White. Obanno banks a considerable sum ($101,206,000) with another of White's associates, Le Chiffre
Le Chiffre
Le Chiffre is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale. On screen Le Chiffre has been portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1954 television adaptation of the novel for CBS's Climax! television series, by Orson Welles in the 1967 spoof of the novel and...
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Le Chiffre ends up losing Obanno's money when one of his stock shorting schemes fails due to Bond's intervention. Without notifying Obanno or Mr. White, Le Chiffre arranges a high-stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale in Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
to recoup the loss.
When Obanno learns of the loss of his money, he and his bodyguard travel to Montenegro, break into Le Chiffre's hotel suite and ambush him and his mistress Valenka; threatening to cut off one of her arms. Le Chiffre, however, is not moved by the threat and implores Obanno to give him one day to win the tournament and recoup the loss. Obanno grants this and leaves the suite. In the hall, Obanno and his bodyguard notice Bond and Vesper lurking in the vicinity. When the bodyguard sees the hearing device in Bond's ear, he moves to attack Bond, who throws him over a stairwell to his death. Obanno then attacks Bond with a machete concealed inside his jacket. He and Bond then engage a brutal fight in the stairwell. As the fight ends at the bottom of the stairwell, Bond gains the upper hand and throttles Obanno to death. Mathis then disposes of their bodies by putting them in the car trunk belonging to Leo, one of Le Chiffre's henchmen, framing him for their murders.
Alex Dimitrios
Alex Dimitrios is a fictional villain in the James BondJames Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Casino Royale
Casino Royale (2006 film)
Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond...
. He is portrayed by Armenian-French actor Simon Abkarian
Simon Abkarian
Simon Abkarian is a French-Armenian actor.Born in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, of Armenian descent, Abkarian spent his childhood in Lebanon. He moved to Los Angeles, where he joined an Armenian theater company managed by Gerald Papazian. He returned to France in 1985, settling in Paris...
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Dimitrios is a government contractor
Government contractor
A government contractor is a private company that produces goods or services under contract for the government. Often the terms of the contract specify cost plus – i.e., the contractor gets paid for its costs, plus a specified profit margin. Laws often require governments to award contracts...
who has worked in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, Chechnya
Chechnya
The Chechen Republic , commonly referred to as Chechnya , also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , is a federal subject of Russia . It is located in the southeastern part of Europe in the Northern Caucasus mountains. The capital of the republic is the city of Grozny...
, Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
, Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
, and El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
. He is also a dealer in arms and information with ties to various death squads and right-wing paramilitary groups around the world. He is a known associate of terrorist financier Le Chiffre
Le Chiffre
Le Chiffre is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale. On screen Le Chiffre has been portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1954 television adaptation of the novel for CBS's Climax! television series, by Orson Welles in the 1967 spoof of the novel and...
, who uses him to do the dirty work in many of his stock shorting schemes. He is married to Solange. In the film he's tasked with hiring someone to blow up a new superjumbo airliner that is to be unveiled at Miami International Airport.
Dimitrios and Solange are in the Bahamas when they encounter Bond. He and Bond play a game of poker, which results in Bond winning an Aston Martin DB5
Aston Martin DB5
The Aston Martin DB5 is a luxury grand tourer that was made by Aston Martin. Released in 1963, it was an evolution of the final series of DB4. The DB series was named honouring David Brown ....
. Later that night when 007 seduces Solange, Dimitrios calls to tell her that he is on his way to Miami. Bond tails Dimitrios to Miami where he is to meet with Carlos at a Body Worlds
Body Worlds
Body Worlds is a traveling exhibition of preserved human bodies and body parts that are prepared using a technique called plastination to reveal inner anatomical structures...
exhibit. While he is there, Dimitrios leaves his baggage that contains the Miami International Airport
Miami International Airport
Miami International Airport , also known as MIA and historically Wilcox Field, is the primary airport serving the South Florida area...
Security uniform for Carlos to pick up. He is killed when Bond quietly stabs him and leaves his body at the exhibit after a struggle with the latter's stilleto. According to his file in Quantum Of Solace video game, he was born in Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
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Valenka
Valenka, played by Ivana MiličevićIvana Milicevic
-Early life:Miličević was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina to a Croatian family, the daughter of Tonka, a homemaker, and Damir Miličević, a slaughterhouse worker and entrepreneur. She emigrated to the United States at the age of five and was raised in Michigan...
, is a Bond girl
Bond girl
A Bond girl is a character or actress portraying a love interest, of James Bond in a film, novel, or video game. They occasionally have names that are double entendres or puns, such as "Pussy Galore", "Plenty O'Toole", "Xenia Onatopp", or "Holly Goodhead"...
in the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Casino Royale
Casino Royale (2006 film)
Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond...
, though she does not interact romantically with Bond.
Valenka is the alluring companion of Le Chiffre
Le Chiffre
Le Chiffre is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale. On screen Le Chiffre has been portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1954 television adaptation of the novel for CBS's Climax! television series, by Orson Welles in the 1967 spoof of the novel and...
, following him wherever he goes, and is also romantically involved with him (though in the novel, it is stated that Le Chiffre is a heavy womanizer though he plans on settling down and having a family). She is first seen swimming in the sea next to Le Chiffre's luxurious yacht in a blue swimsuit while they are in the Bahamas. She encounters Bond during the poker tournament in Montenegro, and poisons his drink on Le Chiffre's orders. Along with Le Chiffre, she is attacked by Steven Obanno and his henchman in their hotel room. Obanno threatens to cut off her arm with a machete
Machete
The machete is a large cleaver-like cutting tool. The blade is typically long and usually under thick. In the English language, an equivalent term is matchet, though it is less commonly known...
- notably, Le Chiffre does not protest her impending dismemberment, causing Obanno to tell Valenka that she should get a better boyfriend. Obanno does not cut off her arm, however, and she stays with Le Chiffre. She is killed by Mr. White along with Le Chiffre and the rest of his associates.
Kratt
Kratt is a henchman to the villain Le ChiffreLe Chiffre
Le Chiffre is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale. On screen Le Chiffre has been portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1954 television adaptation of the novel for CBS's Climax! television series, by Orson Welles in the 1967 spoof of the novel and...
in the 2006 film Casino Royale
Casino Royale (2006 film)
Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond...
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Kratt is Le Chiffre's shaven-headed right-hand man–bodyguard and is never far from his side. He first appears in Uganda when Le Chiffre meets Steven Obanno. After bomb-maker Mollaka was killed by James Bond, Kratt informs Le Chiffre of this setback on board his Sunseeker
Sunseeker
Sunseeker International, is a UK luxury motor yacht manufacturer. Their headquarters and assembly factory is in Poole Harbour, at Poole in Dorset, England. The company has been making motor boats since 1979.-Profile:...
yacht in the Bahamas. When terrorist middleman Alex Dimitrios comes to meet with Le Chiffre at the yacht, Kratt frisks Dimitrios for weapons and the henchman then leads Dimitrios on board. Kratt is also present at the subsequent meeting between the two. Later in Montenegro, after Bond crashes his Aston Martin, Kratt uses a butterfly knife to dig a minuscule tracking device implanted in 007's forearm. When Le Chiffre and his entourage take a captured Bond and treasury agent Vesper Lynd
Vesper Lynd
Vesper Lynd is a fictional character featured in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale. The name is a pun on "West Berlin". It has been claimed that Fleming based Lynd on the real life Special Operations Executive agent Christine Granville. In the 1967 film of Casino Royale, she is played by...
aboard a barge, Kratt once again uses his knife, this time to cut the seat off a cane-bottomed chair, then strips Bond of his clothing and ties him to the chair. He is killed along with Le Chiffre by Mr. White when found torturing Bond and Vesper.
Leo
Leo is a henchman to the villain Le ChiffreLe Chiffre
Le Chiffre is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale. On screen Le Chiffre has been portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1954 television adaptation of the novel for CBS's Climax! television series, by Orson Welles in the 1967 spoof of the novel and...
in the 2006 film Casino Royale
Casino Royale (2006 film)
Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond...
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Leo is one of Le Chiffre's henchmen who first appears alongside Kratt at the Casino Royale in Montenegro. He is arrested by the local police after Bond's ally Mathis places the bodies of Steven Obanno and his bodyguard in the trunk of his car, framing Leo for their murders.
Mollaka
Mollaka, played by Sébastien FoucanSebastien Foucan
Sébastien Foucan is a French actor of Guadeloupean descent. Along with David Belle he is considered one of the founders of parkour and is the creator of free running. He is known as a representative of, and ambassador for parkour and free running to many countries...
, is a freelance bomb maker hired by Alex Dimitrios on behalf of Le Chiffre
Le Chiffre
Le Chiffre is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale. On screen Le Chiffre has been portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1954 television adaptation of the novel for CBS's Climax! television series, by Orson Welles in the 1967 spoof of the novel and...
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Mollaka is encountered in Madagascar where he is being shadowed by MI6 agents James Bond and his co-agent Carter at a mongoose
Mongoose
Mongoose are a family of 33 living species of small carnivorans from southern Eurasia and mainland Africa. Four additional species from Madagascar in the subfamily Galidiinae, which were previously classified in this family, are also referred to as "mongooses" or "mongoose-like"...
/cobra
Cobra
Cobra is a venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae. However, not all snakes commonly referred to as cobras are of the same genus, or even of the same family. The name is short for cobra capo or capa Snake, which is Portuguese for "snake with hood", or "hood-snake"...
fight at an abandoned hotel. Due to a foolish mistake made by Carter, who, by constantly touching his earpiece to communicate with Bond, blows his cover, Mollaka catches on and leads Bond on a high speed footchase through the jungle and through a construction site. At first, Mollaka takes cover behind a pile of pipes with his pistol drawn, believing he has given 007 the slip. He is mistaken; Bond had hijacked a bulldozer and uses it to plow through other obstacles in his way. Mollaka fires at him but Bond is protected by the bulldozer's bulletproof windshield. The bomb maker then races up the girders forming the skeleton of a building with ease. Bond follows by running up the arm of a crane just as authorities arrive at the scene. A construction worker swings at Mollaka with a welding torch before the latter kicks the worker off the beam on which he is standing. Mollaka climbs up a ladder to the top after shooting two police officers and then jumps onto a load of pipes being suspended high above the ground by a towering crane. Following this stunt, Mollaka, who is still being tailed by Bond climbs up the crane cable to the top of the crane. After Bond catches up to his quarry's position, Mollaka shoots at 007 again only to discover that the pistol is out of ammunition. In anger, he throws the gun at Bond, who catches it and returns the favor, nearly throwing Mollaka off the crane. The two have a brief fistfight before Mollaka leaps onto another crane and then jumping onto the roof below him. Bond follows him the same way through another building under construction where, at one point, the terrorist jumps down an elevator shaft, vaults off of the wall, and lands into the floor below. Bond pursues Mollaka to the Nambutu Embassy, where he was an employee. Bond follows him into the embassy where he incapacitates Mollaka and attempts to take him into custody and hold Mollaka hostage when cornered by the embassy guards after being shot at in a firefight. Bond momentarily lets Mollaka go, but then suddenly draws a concealed pistol from his waist and shoots Mollaka in the chest, killing him. Bond then immediately shoots a gas tank, causing an explosion that disorients the embassy guard and gives Bond the opportunity to escape. Bond manages to steal Mollaka's backpack that contains a time bomb
Time bomb
A time bomb is a bomb whose detonation is triggered by a timer. The use time bombs has been for various purposes ranging from insurance fraud to warfare to assassination; however, the most common use has been for politically-motivated terrorism.-Construction:The explosive charge is the main...
and cellphone which eventually leads him to Alex Dimitrios in the Bahamas. When Bond "murdered" Mollaka, the exact scene when he was shot was captured on a security camera directly behind Bond, and the photo became front-page news coverage in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. This event forces Le Chiffre to hire another terrorist bomber, Carlos.
He is a very physically fit and agile man who utilizes free running
Free running
Freerunning is a form of urban acrobatics in which participants, known as freerunners , use the city and rural landscape to perform movements through its structures...
techniques whilst being chased. In reality, the actor who portrayed him was the cofounder of modern free running.
Carlos
Carlos is a freelance terrorist hired by Alex Dimitrios on behalf of Le ChiffreLe Chiffre
Le Chiffre is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale. On screen Le Chiffre has been portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1954 television adaptation of the novel for CBS's Climax! television series, by Orson Welles in the 1967 spoof of the novel and...
to destroy the new superjumbo airliner prototype at Miami International Airport. He is Mollaka's replacement.
Carlos is first seen by Bond as he leaves the Body Worlds
Body Worlds
Body Worlds is a traveling exhibition of preserved human bodies and body parts that are prepared using a technique called plastination to reveal inner anatomical structures...
exhibit in Miami. Bond tails him to Miami International Airport
Miami International Airport
Miami International Airport , also known as MIA and historically Wilcox Field, is the primary airport serving the South Florida area...
where he loses track of Carlos after they clear the security checkpoint. Carlos changes into a uniform worn by the Miami-Dade Police Department
Miami-Dade Police Department
The Miami-Dade Police Department , formerly known as the Metro-Dade County Police Department , Dade County Public Safety Department and the Dade County Sheriff's Office is a Limited Service County Police Department serving Miami-Dade County, Florida's unincorporated areas, although they have...
and sneaks into the secure area where he sets off the airport's fire sprinkler
Fire sprinkler
A fire sprinkler system is an active fire protection measure, consisting of a water supply system, providing adequate pressure and flowrate to a water distribution piping system, onto which fire sprinklers are connected...
s causing a mass panic and evacuation at the airport. Under the cover of the chaos, he drives onto the tarmac and kills an airport tanker driver by breaking his neck.
He secures a small but powerful keyring bomb on the truck's undercarriage and arms it on his cell phone, which is the remote control for the bomb before he drives away with it. Bond makes it on to the tarmac and gives chase before leaping onto the back of the tanker. In an attempt to shake Bond off, Carlos side-sweeps a tow tug, but 007 leaps off before it strikes. Carlos then reverses while attempting to shoot Bond with the pistol he obtained from the airport armory, and then makes a sharp turn back into forward driving. Carlos drives the tanker into various airport vehicles, like a luggage flatbed train and an articulated bus, attracting the attention of the police and security personnel. Bond makes it into the cab and a brutal fight ensues with Carlos leaping from the tanker (after the terrorist strapped the safety belt through the steering wheel in order to keep the tanker at a speedy rate) as it crashes towards the superjumbo airliner. At the last second Bond takes control of the tanker and brings it to a stop inches near the airliner. Bond is mistaken for the terrorist and is violently subdued by the police. He sees Carlos off in the distance about to detonate the bomb on his cell phone. Unknown to Carlos, Bond had removed the bomb from the tanker and clipped it to Carlos' belt, and Carlos dies from the resulting explosion.
Gettler
Gettler is an assassin working for QuantumQuantum (James Bond)
Quantum is a fictional criminal organization, featured as the antagonists in the James Bond films Casino Royale, and its sequel, Quantum of Solace. The organization prefers to remain in the shadows, and is known to contract third parties to avoid implicating itself...
(in the film) and SMERSH
SMERSH (James Bond)
SMERSH is a Soviet counterintelligence agency featured in Ian Fleming's early James Bond novels as agent 007's nemesis. СМЕРШ is an acronym from two Russian words: "SMERt' SHpionam" meaning "Death to Spies"...
(in the novel). He wears a Panama hat in both the film and novel. Also, he wears an eyepatch in the novel, while in the film he wears glasses with a darkened left lens. He is supposedly a Swiss watch salesman.
Novel bio
Adolph Gettler is a SMERSHSMERSH (James Bond)
SMERSH is a Soviet counterintelligence agency featured in Ian Fleming's early James Bond novels as agent 007's nemesis. СМЕРШ is an acronym from two Russian words: "SMERt' SHpionam" meaning "Death to Spies"...
operative sent to hunt down Bond and Vesper after Le Chiffre
Le Chiffre
Le Chiffre is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale. On screen Le Chiffre has been portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1954 television adaptation of the novel for CBS's Climax! television series, by Orson Welles in the 1967 spoof of the novel and...
is killed by SMERSH itself. He fails when Vesper commits suicide.
Film bio
Gettler is first seen by Vesper in Venice as she and Bond go down the Grand Canal in their yacht. After Bond uncovers Vesper's betrayal, he runs across the city trying to locate her and finds her about to hand off the funds from the poker game with Le ChiffreLe Chiffre
Le Chiffre is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale. On screen Le Chiffre has been portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1954 television adaptation of the novel for CBS's Climax! television series, by Orson Welles in the 1967 spoof of the novel and...
to Gettler. Gettler takes Vesper hostage with a dagger and Bond chases them into a building under renovation, all the while having to outrun gunfire from Gettler's men. When Gettler's bodyguard, The Tall Man, attempts to shoot Bond, the agent causes the building to sink into the Grand Canal, thus starting an all-out brawl between Gettler's thugs and Bond whilst avoiding the steadily rising water level. During this fight Gettler's main weapon is a Jericho 941
Jericho 941
The Jericho 941 is a double action/single action semi-automatic pistol developed by Israel Weapon Industries and introduced to the market in 1990 as the Jericho 941. It was first imported into the US in 1990 by K.B.I., Inc. of Harrisburg, PA. It was later imported by O.F. Mossberg & Sons and named...
. As the briefcase full of money drifts off the edge of a floorboard, Gettler tries to grab it before it falls into the water below. He loses the case, but it is later retrieved by Mr. White
Mr. White (James Bond)
Mr. White is a fictional character and antagonist played by Jesper Christensen in the James Bond films Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace....
. During the brawl Gettler aids in the fight against Bond although he primarily stays out of range. Bond fights his way through several thugs, and finally kills Gettler by shooting his left eye (the one covered with a darkened lens) with the same nailgun that Gettler attempted to kill Bond with moments before. Gettler's corpse is then left sitting on the ground as the building sinks into the canal.
Dryden
Dryden is a villain from the 20062006 in film
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James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Casino Royale
Casino Royale (2006 film)
Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond...
. Although technically not a henchman, he is not a main villain either.
Film biography
Dryden is seen in the pre-title sequence. In PraguePrague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, he drives up to his office. He is about to sit down when James Bond
James Bond (character)
Royal Navy Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR is a fictional character created by journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the main protagonist of the James Bond series of novels, films, comics and video games...
interrupts him. Bond says M
M (James Bond)
M is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, as well as the films in the Bond franchise. The head of MI6 and Bond's superior, M has been portrayed by three actors in the official Bond film series: Bernard Lee, Robert Brown and since 1995 by Judi Dench. Background =Ian Fleming...
knows he is selling MI6 secrets. Dryden replies that if M was so sure, she would have sent a double-0 (00) agent. Bond, who is not yet 007, tells Dryden he has already killed one (Fisher) and needs another. Dryden attempts to shoot Bond, but finds that Bond has removed the ammunition. Bond then kills Dryden.
In the moment when Bond shoots him, a photo of Dryden together with his wife and daughter is shown for a split second, which he takes with him to his death.
Novel biography
Although never mentioned by name in the books, Ian FlemingIan Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer.Fleming is best known for creating the fictional British spy James Bond and for a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character, one of the biggest-selling series of fictional books of...
mentions how Bond obtained his 00 license. One of the men he kills was a Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
cipher
Cipher
In cryptography, a cipher is an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption — a series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a procedure. An alternative, less common term is encipherment. In non-technical usage, a “cipher” is the same thing as a “code”; however, the concepts...
expert on the 36th floor of the RCA Building
GE Building
The GE Building is an Art Deco skyscraper that forms the centerpiece of Rockefeller Center in the midtown Manhattan section of New York City. Known as the RCA Building until 1988, it is most famous for housing the headquarters of the television network NBC...
in New York (although this attack was carried out with a sniper rifle from an adjoining building). The other man he kills was a double agent
Double agent
A double agent, commonly abbreviated referral of double secret agent, is a counterintelligence term used to designate an employee of a secret service or organization, whose primary aim is to spy on the target organization, but who in fact is a member of that same target organization oneself. They...
in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, which was probably the inspiration for Dryden, even though he was, in the book, killed with a knife. It also says "and.. well he just didn't die so quickly."
Fisher
Fisher is a henchman or contact to Dryden in the James BondJames Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Casino Royale
Casino Royale (2006 film)
Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond...
(his name is never actually uttered on screen). His exact relationship with Dryden is not established on screen. He is notable as the first man to be killed by James Bond, and the first of two kills required in order for Bond to qualify for 00-status. Bond's killing of Fisher is shown in a flashback just prior to Bond's killing of Dryden. Bond and Fisher engage in hand-to-hand combat in a men's washroom (the exact location of which is not indicated.
Fisher heads to the cricket game hoping to catch Bond there. After a while he notices Bond casually standing in the stand, Fisher then remembers he forgot the gun he got from Dryden and makes a quick rush up to the changing-rooms where he hid it and ran into the bathroom and screams 'OUT' and as the man is walking out, Bond rushes in and knocks the gun out of Fisher's hand, starting a fight, Both combatants have guns, but the majority of the fight involves Bond and Fisher throwing each other through toilets and cubicle walls.
Eventually, Bond gets the upper hand by throwing Fisher against the wall and knocking him to the ground, he drags Fisher to the sink and appears to drown Fisher in a sink. However, as Bond turns to retrieve his gun, Fisher, who feigned his death, grabs his own gun. Bond turns and fires, and this is shown on screen as a modified version of the traditional gun barrel sequence
James Bond gun barrel sequence
The James Bond gun barrel sequence is the signature device that features in every one of the James Bond films. Shot from the point-of-view of a presumed assassin, it features British agent James Bond walking, turning and then shooting directly at camera, causing blood to run down the screen.The...
and leads into the opening credits.
Tall Man
Tall Man is Gettler's main bodyguard/Henchman during the Venice climax and the only other villain credited from that sequence. He is played by Actor/Stuntman Leos Stransky.Tall Man first appears alongside Gettler when they are to retrieve the money from Vesper. Gettler is shown handing the silver case containing the money to Tall Man who is standing behind him. When Bond is discovered Tall Man flees with Gettler taking Vesper as their hostage and escaping into a building under renovation. Tall Man takes position on the upper floor waiting for Bond to come through the doors but is thrown off balance when Bond shoots out the air bags holding up the building's foundations. Bond fights his way through the other assassins before confronting Tall Man. The two are seen crashing through a wall whereafter Bond stuns him with a blow to the face and uses him for a human shield as Gettler opens fire, shooting Tall Man in the shoulder. He is finally killed when the elevator shaft in the center breaks free and crushes him to death.
Obanno's Lieutenant
Obanno's Lieutenant is a henchman to Steven Obanno, although he never has any speaking role.Obanno's Lieutenant appears in Uganda. Whilst Obanno talks to the sinister Mr. White, Obanno's Lieutenant keeps his eye on the doorway, his job apparently being to keep a lookout for Le Chiffre and Kratt who are expected. Later when Le Chiffre and Kratt arrive he opens up several suitcases of money, and then later helps put the funds in the back of Le Chiffre's convoy.
Obanno's Lieutenant later appears in the Casino Royale where he ambushes Le Chiffre and his girlfriend Valenka in their hotel room. Whilst holding Valenka, Obanno's Lieutenant forces her to hold out her arm, after Obanno demands a keepsake for the betrayal, but saying that Le Chiffre needs his hand to play cards. After Obanno grants Le Chiffre some more time to get the money, Obanno and his Lieutenant leave. Whilst he and Obanno are exiting through the hallway they see James Bond and Vesper Lynd standing in a doorway kissing. However, Obanno's Lieutenant spots the earpiece in Bond's ear and hears Valenka's gasping. He draws a gun and shoots at Bond, although missing him by inches. As he chases Bond into the stairwell, Bond grabs his arm and throws him over the stairs to his death. His body is later seen in Le Chiffre's henchman Leo's car trunk so as to frame the latter for murder, leading to his arrest.