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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: He willingly kills his favorite goat while threatening Rasputin, and cuts off the horn of another in a fit of anger after hearing of Rasputin's death.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Probably the biggest example in the film, against some stiff competition. The historical Margaretha Geertruida Zelle wasn't much of a spy and was subjected to a great deal of scapegoating in her lifetime to cover up the incompetence of the French government and military, She was also Dutch. But this film is hardly the first story to lean into her legend as the TropeCodifier for the FemmeFataleSpy.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Mata Hari was a real person who was convicted of being a German spy in World War 1.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Probably the biggest example in the film, against some stiff competition. The historical Margaretha Geertruida Zelle wasn't much of a spy and was subjected to a great deal of scapegoating in her lifetime to cover up the incompetence of the French government andmilitary, military. She was also Dutch. But this film is hardly the first story to lean into her legend as the TropeCodifier for the FemmeFataleSpy.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Probably the biggest example in the film, against some stiff competition. The historical Margaretha Geertruida Zelle wasn't much of a spy and was subjected to a great deal of scapegoating in her lifetime to cover up the incompetence of the French government and
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Downplayed. In real life, he was just one of many assassins working for his secret society of Yugoslav nationalists. While he's the only actual assassin mentioned in the film, he's still ultimately just a pawn of his master.
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* KnifeNut: Learned how to fight with knives thanks to Shola's training. The skills he learned prove vital to his survival when he has to quietly fight enemy soldiers on No-Man's Land in the dead of night without using any loud firearms.
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* KnifeNut: His primarily uses knives to fight and trains Conrad in the art of knife fighting.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Shola's afraid of heights, insisting that "If man were meant to fly, he'd be born with wings."
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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Subverted, he has the pretenses of a honorable duelist, but proves to be a dirty figther.
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* EvilIsPetty: During the meeting where the Shepherd is detailing his master plan, he starts an argument over the fact that he doesn’t like his assigned animal.
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* MomentKiller: While hypnotizing Orlando, he almost gets the man to reveal his plans, only to promptly vomit up the poisoned bakewell tart he'd just eaten.
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* RasputinianDeath: Fittingly, he's poisoned, stabbed, drowned, and finally shot before he dies.
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* {{Irony}}: While his animal, the Bear, is generally seen as imposing and dangerous, poor Princip is just a hapless pawn of his master and not even a particularly skilled assassin so much as a lucky one. He even offers an exchange with Rasputin, somone he sees as more worthy of such a title.
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* {{Fauxreigner}}: [[spoiler:His Enlgish accent is faked, as he actually is Scotish]].
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'''Oxford:''' You’re right. I shouldn't let you fall. Only now I have become the man [[spoiler:that my son would have been]].
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'''Oxford:''' You’re You're right. I shouldn't let you fall. Only now I have become the man [[spoiler:that my son would have been]].
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* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler: His fate was sealed the minute he decided to enlist in the war, due to the first movie establishing that the Kingsman Agency was founded by men of wealth and power who had lost their heirs in the war.]]
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* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler: His [[spoiler:His fate was sealed the minute he decided to enlist in the war, due to the first movie establishing that the Kingsman Agency was founded by men of wealth and power who had lost their heirs in the war.]]
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Shola's afraid of heights, insisting that "If man were meant to fly, he'd be born with wings".
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* TeamMom: As a nanny she naturally has a lot of maternal instincts and is shown baking a birthday cake for Conrad and decrying that “her boys” are so messy.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: He's stated to control the Tzar and his wife via opium, but he also heals Orlando's bad leg and seemingly hypnotizes him at the same time.
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A British nobleman who attempts to maintain peace in Europe from behind the scenes. He eventually goes onto found the Kingsman independent intelligence agency and becomes the first Arthur.
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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Subverted. Early on, he tells [[KingpinInHisGym one of the henchmen he's sparring with]] who takes advantage of unexpected visitors to score a point that it's against their "code of honor" to take advantage of a distraction, then shoots the man dead with a concealed gun in the hilt of his sword seconds later when their visitors deliver bad news. He challenges Orlando to a one on one sword duel, but tries to shoot the duke with a concealed pistol, then later throws a grenade at him when he notices that his own leg is injured.
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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Subverted. Subverted, he has the pretenses of a honorable duelist, but proves to be a dirty figther.
** Early on, he tells [[KingpinInHisGym one of the henchmen he's sparring with]] who takes advantage of unexpected visitors to score a point that it's against their "code of honor" to take advantage of a distraction, then shoots the man dead with a concealed gun in the hilt of his sword seconds later when their visitors deliver badnews. news.
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* FalseFriend: Seems rather friendly and encouraging to Conrad's desire for military service, [[spoiler:but actually begins the war that gets Conrad killed.
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[[folder:General Herbert Kitchner]]
!!General Herbert Kitchner
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CharlesDance
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!!Captain Morton
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[[caption-width-right:300:'"This debate should happen after we have won the war."]]
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MatthewGoode
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheKingsMan''
* AdvertisedExtra: A rather minor character receives his own promotional poster [[spoiler:except he is far more important as his identity of the Shepherd]].
* FalseFriend: Seems rather friendly and encouraging to Conrad's desire for military service, [[spoiler:but actually begins the war that gets Conrad killed.
* {{Fauxreigner}}: [[spoiler:His Enlgish accent is faked, as he actually is Scotish]].
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' [[spoiler:Creator/MatthewGoode]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheKingsMan''
->''"The English monarchy has oppressed my beloved Scotland for over 700 years and it is time for retribution."''
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* BigBad: The leader of the Flock and the instigator of WWI.
* ChekhovsGun: The pistol concealed in the hilt of his sword comes into play against Orlando during the final battle, though ultimately it only serves to take Shola out of the fight.
* CombatPragmatist: For all that he suggests LetsFightLikeGentlemen, he's quick to use concealed weapons, surprise attacks, and even a grenade in order to win.
* DisproportionateRetribution:
** He admonishes a sparring partner for landing an unsportsmanlike hit while he was distracted. Then he retaliates by shooting his partner with a pistol concealed in the hilt of his sword after his Flock delivers bad news.
** His family's land was taken by British aristocrats in his childhood. He has responded by triggering the single worst international conflict in history up to that point with the intention of wiping out Britain entirely.
* TheDogBitesBack: One of his own goats ultimately [[spoiler:spells his defeat by ramming a horn through his thigh at a critical moment]], after he'd killed a fellow goat in front of it and slashed off one of its horns to make a dramatic gesture to the others.
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:His true identity turns out to be Morton, Lord Kitchener's Aide-de-Camp.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first scene shows him cutting the throat of his favorite goat in a fit of rage.
* EvilCounterpart: He and his Flock are like an evil version of the Kingsmen; they're a covert organization built by someone intending to avenge a wrong committed against family.
* EvilIsHammy: Has a very HotBlooded manner of speech.
* TheFaceless: For most of the movie, he's shot from the back, hidden in shadows, or wearing a mask.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: It's never unexplained just ''how'' he became so influential. He went from a child of shepherds who lost their land to establishing a criminal network extensive enough to commit a conspiracy across three nations and incite a massive war with global implications.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Subverted. Early on, he tells [[KingpinInHisGym one of the henchmen he's sparring with]] who takes advantage of unexpected visitors to score a point that it's against their "code of honor" to take advantage of a distraction, then shoots the man dead with a concealed gun in the hilt of his sword seconds later when their visitors deliver bad news. He challenges Orlando to a one on one sword duel, but tries to shoot the duke with a concealed pistol, then later throws a grenade at him when he notices that his own leg is injured.
* MasterSwordsman: Competent enough to match Orlando even when he's not using underhanded means to gain an advantage.
* ViolentGlaswegian: He speaks with a strong Scottish accent, abuses animals, and wants to see England burned into rubble.
* YouHaveFailedMe: He distributes rings that contain hidden cyanide capsules and tells the Flock to take them if they fail to carry out his orders.
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!!Erik Jan Hanussen
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/DanielBruhl
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheKingsMan''
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* CoDragons: He and Rasputin appear to be the Shephard's top agents as his high-ranking representatives in the governments of Germany and Russia, respectively. Hanussen specifically is noted to be behind the plan to form an alliance with Mexico in order to keep America out of the war, [[spoiler:and takes over the Flock after his boss' death.]]
* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:He and Lenin outlive the rest of the Flock and he ends up recruiting Adolf Hitler to their cause to serve as Lenin's counterweight in the next war]].
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The historical Hanussen was a travelling showman and charlatan who only gained prominence after the fall of the Kaiser and the rise of the Weimar Republic. In the film, he takes Ludendorff and von Hindenburg's place as the Kaiser's treacherous advisor and the secret power behind the throne. [[spoiler:He may have been chosen because, historically, he was an occultist and mesmerist who allegedly trained Hitler in the use of dramatic effect]].
* KarmaHoudini: He has no direct contact with the heroes and survives the war without receiving any comeuppance for his role in starting it.
* ManipulativeBastard: He has the ear of Kaiser Wilhelm II and provides deadly advice that will escalate World War I, manipulating the Kaiser's insecurities regarding his deformed hand and his cousins' low opinion of his intelligence and will.
* MeaningfulName: He acts as the Shepherd's second-in-command, thus he's given a ring depicting a dog, which helps shepherds keep their flocks in order.
* TheUnfought: The Oxford ring can't directly penetrate Germany once the war starts, and can't confront him directly like so many of the other members of the Flock.
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!![[UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk Grigori Rasputin]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Time to dance... on your graves!"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RhysIfans
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheKingsMan''
->''"I only make decisions when my stomach is full or my balls are empty."''
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* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: He mentions that he drinks a bit of poison with his breakfast every day, leaving him functionally immune to cyanide.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Rasputin makes out with his escorts, but is also seemingly interested in both Conrad and Orlando judging by the comments he makes during their scenes together.
* CoDragons: He and Hanussen appear to be the Shepherd's top agents as his high-ranking representatives in the governments of Russia and Germany, respectively. Rasputin specifically is tasked with manipulating Russia out of the war so Germany can devote all of its resources to destroying Britain, and acts as the film's DiscOneFinalBoss.
* DanceBattler: His fighting style utilizes spins, kicks, squats, and lunges taken from Russian folk dancing.
* DepravedBisexual: He makes out with his two escorts during dinner and is implied to be interested in young men as well, on top of being a total psychopath.
-->'''Conrad:''' What is it that you Russians do that an Englishman can enjoy?\\
'''Rasputin:''' Well, everything. Food, music, ballet, tobacco, art. But most of all... we like to ''fuck'' like tigers.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: For the second major member of the conspiracy confronted, Rasputin puts up a hell of a fight, taking on all three of the male protagonists simulataneously and single-handedly, and [[spoiler:ultimately comes out on top until the lady takes him by surprise and puts a bullet in his head]]. The protagonists think they've saved the day by killing him, only for the actual BigBad to simply employ another of his agents in his plans to destroy England.
* EvilIsPetty: During the meeting where the Shepherd is detailing his master plan, he starts an argument over the fact that he doesn’t like his assigned animal.
* GenreSavvy: Rasputin immediately suspects the bakewell tart of being poisoned with cyanide because it's covered in [[BitterAlmonds almonds]] to mask the smell. Turns out, he's right, [[AcquiredPoisonImmunity not that it matters]].
* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: The historical Rasputin was a mystic and self-proclaimed holy man whose only claim to fame was ingratiating himself into the favor of the Russian Imperial Family, while in ''The King's Man'' he is a MasterSwordsman who's capable of going toe-to-toe with the Duke of Oxford, his son, and their manservant all at once in a duel.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Rasputin was a real person who lived in Russia in the early 1900s.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade:
** From a mystic/guru/scammer who ingratiated himself into the favor of the Russian Imperial Family to a DiabolicalMastermind who gets involved in Western European affairs and is a MasterSwordsman.
** The historical Rasputin opposed Russia's involvement in World War 1. Coming from a peasant background, he was acutely aware that peasants are the first to suffer when a country goes to war, and he wrote multiple letters to the Tsar urging him to not go to war, and pressured the Tsarina to convince her husband. He's said to have warned Nicholas II in one of his letters that joining the war in Europe would lead to the fall of his house. Here he's working with the parties starting the war (though trying to keep Russia out of it so England loses).
* JabbaTableManners: After a single bite of poisoned dessert, he promptly stuffs the entire thing into his mouth rather messily, resulting in quite a bit of it getting stuck in his beard.
* LargeHam: He is as theatrical and exaggerated as it can get, with his healing of Orlando's injury possibly being the peak.
* MasterPoisoner: He carefully concocts a poisoned sweet to simulate a seizure in young Tsarevich Alexei, and his crucifix contains an opium stopper that he uses to further control the Tsar and his wife.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: He's stated to control the Tzar and his wife via opium, but he also heals Orlando's bad leg and seemingly hypnotizes him at the same time.
* MomentKiller: While hypnotizing Orlando, he almost gets the man to reveal his plans, only to promptly vomit up the poisoned bakewell tart he'd just eaten.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He heals the Duke of Oxford's wounded leg, which allows the man to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the Flock.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: A major weirdo who seems content with doing everything he can to antagonize or disturb others, but is otherwise very obviously scared shitless of the Shepherd.
* PhonyPsychic: Subverted. The film heavily implies that he's manipulating the Romanovs with his mastery of poisons and drugs and his strong personality to ''appear'' to have supernatural powers. However, when he confronts Orlando alone, he seemingly ''does'' restore the man's damaged leg and hypnotize him into sharing his secret designs. Orlando even expresses shock that it actually worked, and that Rasputin ''wasn't'' just a fraud.
* RasputinianDeath: Fittingly, he's poisoned, stabbed, drowned, and finally shot before he dies.
* ShoePhone: His cross conceals a needle filled with opium.
* ShooOutTheClowns: Downplayed. He's a genuine threat and intimidating presence, but ''The King's Man'' noticeably takes a dip into the franchise's infamous irreverent humor all throughout the assassination on him. Once he's out of the picture, the movie returns to being the DarkerAndEdgier entry and the humor never gets as silly as Rasputin ballet dancing throughout his fight with Shola.
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[[folder:Mata Hari]]
!!UsefulNotes/MataHari
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ValeriePachner
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheKingsMan''
->''"Time for you to work your magic on the president, Mata."''
-->-- '''The Shepherd'''
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* DefiantToTheEnd: When confronted by Orlando and aware the jig is probably up, Mata Hari not only demonstrates the Cashmere ring trick with great grace, but tries to use it as a cover to knife him despite not really being a skilled fighter and easily being overpowered by her enemy.
* FemmeFataleSpy: Being both a HistoricalDomainCharacter and the TropeCodifier. She seduces Woodrow Wilson to blackmail him into staying out of the war with a film reel of the affair.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Probably the biggest example in the film, against some stiff competition. The historical Margaretha Zelle wasn't much of a spy and was subjected to a great deal of scapegoating in her lifetime to cover up the incompetence of the French government and military. But this film is hardly the first story to lean into her legend as the TropeCodifier for the FemmeFataleSpy.
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[[folder:Bear]]
!!Gavrilo Princip
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Joel Basman
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheKingsMan''
->''"It was the alcohol. I was overcome. I'm just a simple Serb."''
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* DrivenToSuicide: After his attempt at bombing Archduke Franz Ferdinand's motorcade goes wrong, he decides to take the cyanide capsule hidden inside his ring. Subverted when the Archduke's car passes right by him ''twice'' just before he can, leading to him simply shooting the man.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Downplayed. In real life, he was just one of many assassins working for his secret society of Yugoslav nationalists. While he's the only actual assassin mentioned in the film, he's still ultimately just a pawn of his master.
* {{Irony}}: While his animal, the Bear, is generally seen as imposing and dangerous, poor Princip is just a hapless pawn of his master and not even a particularly skilled assassin so much as a lucky one.
* NeverSuicide: Ironically, when he's outlived his usefulness to the Flock, his jailers attempt to hang him in his cell until Orlando rescues him so he can be properly interrogated.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The Shepherd promptly arranged for his [[NeverSuicide murder-made-to-look-like-a-suicide]] following his arrest to tie up loose ends.
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[[folder:Vladimir Ilyich Lenin]]
!![[UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin Vladimir Ilyich Lenin]]
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' August Diehl
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheKingsMan''
->''"When my revolution is complete, the Flock's left will be so powerful, your one problem will be finding my equal to balance from the right."''
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* CuttingTheKnot: With Rasputin dead, and with him the organization's means of controlling the tsar, the Shepherd arranges for Lenin to overthrow them instead.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: He boasts that after his leftist revolution is through, the Flock's real challenge will be finding someone on the right able to counterbalance him. [[spoiler:At the end of the film, [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler he's introduced to a certain mustachioed Austrian]]...]]
* HistoricalInJoke: While it was at the behest of the German government rather than an international coalition of supervillains, Lenin was indeed released into Russia during the First World War to overthrow the government. [[GoneHorriblyRight It succeeded beyond the Germans' worst nightmares.]]
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: He's part of the Flock conspiracy, [[spoiler:and very friendly to his future political rival, Adolf Hitler.]]
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[[folder:The Moustached Man]]
!![[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Adolf Hitler]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"It is an honor, Comrade Lenin."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' David Kross
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheKingsMan''
->''"This young man will come to rival your position in this world, my friend."''
-->-- '''Erik Jan Hanussen'''
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: By this point in time, the real-life Hitler was a mere messenger runner who only saw combat in the Western Front and only rose into infamy when he became a speaker for the Nazi Party. Here, he is part of the Flock conspiracy, and personally murdered the Tsar and his family.
* WouldHurtAChild: He did not hesitate in gunning down the Tsar's whole family, which included his five children.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Hitler as he appears in this film hasn't yet adopted his signature facial hair, and he's actually shown to be the assassin who killed the Tsar and his family after the revolution.
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!!Orlando, the Duke of Oxford
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RalphFiennes
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheKingsMan''
->''"Let me explain. My reputation is of a man not wanting to be involved, which means that my character finds it much easier to be involved unnoticed."''
A British nobleman who attempts to maintain peace in Europe from behind the scenes. He eventually goes onto found the Kingsman independent intelligence agency and becomes the first Arthur.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The Dukedom of Oxford is fictitious. While there was a Earldom of Oxford, the last direct male heir died in 1703. The current title of Earl of Oxford and Asquith, was created in 1925 post-war for UsefulNotes/HerbertHenryAsquith.
* BeardOfSorrow: He stops shaving for several weeks (or more) after [[spoiler:his son dies]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: In an era where pacifism was often considered to be cowardice, he swore off violence because he was too ''good'' at it. That doesn't make him incapable of fighting should he think there's a good reason to set his vow aside.
* ClassyCane: He has a limp and uses a cane to support himself. And he's a gentleman.
* DrowningMySorrows: After [[spoiler:Conrad dies]], Orlando takes to drinking at all hours of the day.
* HandicappedBadass: He has trouble moving due to being shot in the leg when he was younger. He can still kick ass, but he noticeably struggles to walk after beating two guards with his SwordCane.
* HesBack: He spends a period of time veering on the DespairEventHorizon after [[spoiler:Conrad is killed on the front lines]]. After a RousingSpeech from Polly, Orlando sobers up, shaves his BeardOfSorrow, and puts on a proper suit again.
-->'''Shola''' [''in awe after Orlando expresses his intention to put an end to the Shepherd personally'']: Welcome ''back'', your Grace.
* IWillFightNoMoreForever: Orlando swore to never fight again after his HeelRealization in Afghanistan, instead joining the Red Cross and bringing humanitarian aid to those in need.
* MartialPacifist: He's a gifted combatant and tactician but refuses to take life after becoming horrified by war during his service in Afghanistan.
* PapaWolf: Seeing Rasputin ready to break Conrad's neck drives Orlando into a rage and briefly break his vow of pacifism to stab and drown him.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Conrad enlists and goes to the front lines against Orlando's wishes, and Conrad ends up getting shot after [[PoorCommunicationKills being mistaken for a German spy]]]].
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: A more benevolent example than most. When his son Conrad enlists, he uses his influence with King George V to get his son assigned a safe job working as a general's secretary in London.
* SwordAndGun: When it comes time to face the Shepherd's forces, he uses a pistol in conjunction with his sword.
* SwordCane: He has a sword concealed in his cane.
* SwordOverHead: When he has [[spoiler:Morton]] at his mercy, the villain taunts him about how a pacifist like him wouldn't kill him. Orlando proves him wrong.
* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:His final words to Morton basically states this]].
-->'''[[spoiler:Morton]]:''' You can't do it. You can't let me fall. It goes against your every belief. You are a pacifist. And I'm now completely reliant on your mercy, old boy.\\
'''Oxford:''' You’re right. I shouldn't let you fall. Only now I have become the man [[spoiler:that my son would have been]].
* WouldHitAGirl: He doesn't hesitate to knock down Mata Hari and choke her out with her own scarf.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: He received a Victoria's Cross for his actions in Afghanistan, but as he'd realized they were invading and killing people just trying to defend their homeland, he grew disgusted with himself and became a stretcher bearer.
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[[folder:Conrad]]
!!Conrad Oxford
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/HarrisDickinson
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheKingsMan''
->''"Oh, come on, Father. It's a big world out there. Sooner or later, you're going to have to let me enjoy it, even if, you know, even if you don't want to."''
The only child of the Duke of Oxford. When war breaks out across Europe, he desperately wants to join up, but his father forbids it. He's the one who inspires the Kingsmen to take up codenames based on Arthurian legends.
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* AllForNothing: Zig-zagged, while the intelligence he retrieves is indeed critical to the war effort and makes a difference, his efforts to bring the injured spy back behind friendly lines (instead of just taking his intel) gets the man [[spoiler:and indirectly Conrad himself]] killed.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:He is shot in the head after being mistaken for a German spy.]]
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Contrasting ''prequel'' main character, that is. Eggsy was a lower class man who dropped out of marine training to look after his mother, knowing she'd be broken if he died in the military like his father. Conrad is the son of a duke and joins the army against his father's wishes.
* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler: His fate was sealed the minute he decided to enlist in the war, due to the first movie establishing that the Kingsman Agency was founded by men of wealth and power who had lost their heirs in the war.]]
* HonorBeforeReason:
** He insists on not only serving in the army, but fighting on the front lines, including replacing Archie on the frontlines despite being given a cushy desk job in London.
** Rather than take the injured spy's information back to command, he insists on carrying him across No-Man's Land.
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Conrad is shot in the head by a friend of Archie Reid, after the latter accuses him of being a German spy. The gunshot happened while Conrad said his name]].
* KnifeNut: Learned how to fight with knives thanks to Shola's training. The skills he learned prove vital to his survival when he has to quietly fight enemy soldiers on No-Man's Land in the dead of night without using any loud firearms.
* ManInAKilt: He wears a kilt after sneaking into the Black Watch.
* MistakenForSpies: While pretending to be Archie, he's confronted by a friend of the actual Archie while also holding an item that's obviously from the German military.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: He cries to the British spy in No Man's Land that he made a huge mistake joining the front lines, and sobs that he never even got to say goodbye to those that matter to him.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: He is caught impersonating a Scottish soldier on the front lines and carrying a German wallet. [[spoiler:He gets summarily executed for his troubles.]]
* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:His stammering explanation for why he's using a fake name while holding an obviously German wallet gets him shot as a German spy]].
* ShirtlessScene: He trains in knife combat shirtless.
* SlaveToPR: A large part off Conrad's insistence on serving on the front lines is due to others calling him a coward for not enlisting. His father tries to make him realize that [[WhatYouAreInTheDark character]] is more important than [[NobodyCallsMeChicken reputation]], but to no avail.
* SoldiersAtTheRear: The duke uses his connections to ensure if he'd enlist, Conrad won't be sent to the front, to Conrad's consternation.
* TooDumbToLive: Zigzagged. Conrad attempts to cross No-Man's Land after the sun rises while carrying an injured man on his shoulders. He survives but the injured man doesn't. [[spoiler:Then he is mistaken for a spy by another soldier and shot]].
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[[folder:Shola]]
!!Shola
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Armed and ready."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/DjimonHounsou
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheKingsMan''
->''"If God wanted man to fly, he would have given him wings."''
The Oxford household's butler and the duke's right hand. When the Kingman agency is founded, he becomes the first Merlin.
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* KnifeNut: His primarily uses knives to fight and trains Conrad in the art of knife fighting.
* MagicalNegro: Invoked where Conrad imagines himself and his family as characters from ''Myth/ArthurianLegend'' and calls Shola Merlin. He takes Merlin as a codename at the end.
* OldRetainer: He's been in service to the Duke of Oxford for many years and has known Conrad since he was a young boy.
* OnlyAFleshWound: He survives the bullet to the shoulder, but retires to a support position as the first Merlin rather than continue to serve as a field agent.
* ShirtlessScene: He is shirtless when training Conrad in knife combat.
* TakingTheBullet: In the final battle, he jumps in front of the Duke when the BigBad shoots at him.
* TokenMinority: He seems to be the only non-white guy in Kingsman during World War I. Or even the only non-white Kingsman agent in the franchise, period.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Shola's afraid of heights, insisting that "If man were meant to fly, he'd be born with wings".
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[[folder:Polly]]
!!Polly Watkins
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/GemmaArterton
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheKingsMan''
->''"Why is it that boys are so messy?"''
The Oxford household's nanny, who also happens to be a gifted codebreaker and fighter. She becomes the first Galahad.
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* ActionGirl: Is excellent and comfortable with firearms.
* BoringButPractical: She pokes fun at Conrad and Shola for training in knives when guns are the modern man (or woman)'s killing machine. She later blows Rasputin's brains out with a single shot after the men engage him in a lengthy melee fight.
* ForbiddenRomance: She hints at having strong romantic feelings for the Duke of Oxford, which is forbidden because of their difference in station and she continues to be fiercely loyal to the late duchess.
* HistoryRepeats: She doesn't much care for the class stratification that exists in British society, particularly the deference that's supposed to be shown toward the nobility. As her successors as Galahad, both Harry and Eggsy demonstrate similar rebellious streaks toward class differences.
* HonestAdvisor: She shares her thoughts and opinions bluntly with the Duke of Oxford, which he usually appreciates.
-->''"I'll play by your rules when you play by mine."''
* ImprobableAimingSkills: She shoots a practice knife out of Shola's hand with a [=WW1=] era pistol from quite a distance, and serves as the team's sharpshooter for the rest of the film.
* TheSpymaster: She runs Orlando's spy-ring of domestics, which spans most of Europe at least and later expands into the United States.
* TeamMom: As a nanny she naturally has a lot of maternal instincts and is shown baking a birthday cake for Conrad and decrying that “her boys” are so messy.
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[[folder:Archie]]
!!Archie Reid
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheKingsMan''
A Scottish soldier from the Black Watch who trades places with Conrad so that Conrad can fight on the front lines. He becomes the first Lancelot.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Rather amusingly, he was the least privy to Orlando's spy network or hand in stopping World War I out of the Kingsman founders and yet gets recruited as the first Lancelot.
* RagsToRiches: He goes from being an enlisted soldier to a secret agent rubbing shoulders with the highest echelons of British society.
* RedHerring: His buzzcut and heavy Scottish accent clues eagle-eyed viewers to the possibility that he's the Shepherd, though this is eventually revealed to not be the case.
* SwappedRoles: He is an enlisted soldier who swaps uniforms with Conrad and ends up becoming a founding member of Kingsman while Conrad dies fighting.
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[[folder:George]]
!!King George V
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I owe you a great personal debt that I still have my crown."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TomHollander
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheKingsMan''
->''"Look at us. Three young cousins who thought they knew how to rule. But now the soldiers are real."''
The King of Great Britain and the British Dominions and Emperor of India. He joins the nascent Kingsman agency as the first Percival.
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* TheAtoner: He joins the Kingsman agency out of guilt for seeing so many young men die in what amounts to an ultra-violent family squabble.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Zig-zagged. While he does come off as the most rational and sympathetic of the monarchs involved in the family squabble of World War I, his attitude towards the Kaiser and the Tsar does come off as a bit high-handed, and contributes to their {{Treacherous Advisor}}s manipulating them into war.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: He decides to do his friend Orlando a good turn by having Conrad moved to a cushy staff position in London. Unfortunately, Conrad is so intent on fighting that he swaps places with another soldier.
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[[folder:US Ambassador]]
!!US Ambassador
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/StanleyTucci
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheKingsMan''
->''"We cannot risk the integrity of the U.S. presidency."''
The American ambassador to Great Britain. He becomes the Kingsman agency's first Bedivere.
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* NoNameGiven: He's not given a name in ''The King's Man''.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His screen time is minimal, but he's the one who reveals that Woodrow Wilson is being blackmailed and sets in motion the Duke of Oxford's final plan to take down the Flock, bring the Americans into the war, and finally turn the tide against German aggression.
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