List of James Bond henchmen in Casino Royale
- Please note: this list does NOT include henchmen from the 1967 film of the same name.
A list of henchmen from the original 1953 novel and 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale from the List of James Bond henchmen
Steven Obanno
Steven Obanno is a villain in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale. He is portrayed by Isaach De Bankolé.
Obanno is a high ranking member of the Lord's Resistance Army. He also has ties to an unknown party represented by the mysterious Mr. White. Obanno banks a considerable sum ($101,260,000) with another of White's associates, Le Chiffre.
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 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 strangles Obanno to death with a rear [...] choke. Mathis then disposes of their bodies by framing one of Le Chiffre's henchmen for their [...].
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Alex Dimitrios
Alex Dimitrios is a fictional villain in the James Bond film Casino Royale. He is portrayed by Simon Abkarian.
Dimitrios is a government contractor who has worked in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Rwanda, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. 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 [...] financier Le Chiffre, 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. Later that night, Bond tails Dimitrios to Miami where he is to meet with Carlos at a Body Worlds exhibit. He is killed when Bond quietly stabs him and leaves his body at the exhibit.
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Valenka
Valenka, played by Ivana Miličević, is a Bond girl in the James Bond film Casino Royale, though she does not interact romantically with Bond.
Valenka is the alluring companion of Le Chiffre, 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 - 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 presumed killed by Mr. White along with Le Chiffre and the rest of his associates. {{-}}
Kratt
Kratt is a henchman to the villain Le Chiffre in the 2006 film Casino Royale.
Kratt is Le Chiffre's German righthand man/bodyguard and is never far from his side. He first appears in Uganda when Le Chiffre meets Steven Obanno. He is presumed killed along with Le Chiffre and Valenka by Mr. White while they are torturing Bond and Vesper. {{-}}
Leo
Leo is a henchman to the villain Le Chiffre in the 2006 film Casino Royale.
Leo is one of Le Chiffre's henchmen who first appears along side 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. {{-}}
Mollaka
Mollaka is a freelance bomb maker hired by Alex Dimitrios on behalf of Le Chiffre.
Mollaka is encountered in Madagascar where he is being shadowed by Bond and his co-agent Carter at a mongoose/cobra fight at an abandoned hotel. Due to a foolish mistake made by Carter he catches on and leads Bond on a high speed footchase through the jungle and through a construction site before ending at the Nambutu Embassy, where he was an employee. Bond follows him into the embassy where he incapacitates him and attempts to take him into custody. Bond finds himself surrounded by Nambutu troops and kills Mollaka by shooting him in the chest with his Walther P99 and escaping under the cover of an explosion. He steals Mollaka's cellphone which eventually leads him to Alex Dimitrios in the Bahamas.
He is a very physically fit and agile man who utilizes parkour and free running techniques whilst being chased. In reality, the actor who portrayed him was the cofounder of modern free running.
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Carlos
Carlos is a freelance [...] hired by Alex Dimitrios on behalf of Le Chiffre 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 exhibit in Miami. Bond tails him to Miami International Airport where he loses track of Carlos after they clear the security checkpoint. Carlos changes into a uniform worn by the Miami-Dade Police Department and sneaks into the secure area where he sets off the airport sprinkler system 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 edge truck 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 drives the tanker into various airport vehicles, 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 as it crashes towards the superjumbo airliner. At the last second Bond takes control of the tanker and brings it to a stop inches from the airliner. Bond is mistaken for the [...] and is violently subdued by the police. He sees Carlos off in the distance about to detonate the bomb. Unknown to Carlos, Bond had removed the bomb from the tanker and clipped it to his belt, and he dies when the bomb goes off.
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Gettler
Gettler is an assassin working for Mr. White (in the film) and SMERSH (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 SMERSH operative sent to hunt down Bond and Vesper after Le Chiffre is killed by SMERSH itself. He fails when Vesper commits [...].
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 Chiffre to Gettler. He takes Vesper hostage and Bond chases them into a building under renovation all the while having to outrun gunfire from hidden assassins. Once in the building he has to dispatch various thugs. He finally reaches Gettler, and is attacked by him. Bond fights back, and kills Gettler by shooting his left eye with a nailgun.
Dryden
Dryden is a villain from the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale. Although technically not a henchman, he is not a main villain.
Film biography
Dryden is seen in the pre-title sequence. In Prague, he drives up to his office. He is about to sit down when James Bond interrupts him. Bond says M 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 Fleming mentions how Bond obtained his 00 license. One of the men he kills was a Japanese cipher expert on the 36th floor of the RCA Building 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 in Stockholm, which was probably the inspiration for Dryden.
Fisher
Fisher is a henchman or contact to Dryden in the James Bond film Casino Royale (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 [...] of Fisher is shown in a flashback just prior to Bond's [...] of Dryden. Bond and Fisher engage in hand-to-hand combat in a men's washroom (the exact location of which is not indicated, though deleted scenes suggest it is in a cricket stadium in Pakistan). 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 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 and leads into the opening credits.
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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.
Madame Wu
Madame Wu was one of the ten poker players in the main game of poker shown in the 2006 film Casino Royale. Although not a henchwoman, she is an associate of Le Chiffre, who is the film's primary villain. She is portrayed by Chinese actress Tsai Chin. This is Tsai Chin's second James Bond film, she portrayed Ling (the girl who beds Bond at the start in order to fake his death) in the Bond film You Only Live Twice.
Madame Wu is first seen playing poker with Le Chiffre, on his yacht. Madame Wu is playing in the game against Le Chiffre and a retired Croatian general. Madame Wu is seen again at the main poker game.
Vesper Lynd
Vesper Lynd is a fictional character of Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale. In the 2006 version she is played by Eva Green. Though not a henchman in many terms, she betrayed James Bond by promising Mr. White the money won in the Casino Royale poker game. What James, and the audience did not know until it was too late was that she had done it to spare his life, because she did love him as she said she did. Convinced James could never handle such a betrayal, she locked herself in an elevator which afterwards plummeted into rising levels of water. James, still in love with her despite himself, brought her out of the elevator and tried to revive her. But she was already dead.