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6'''[[center: [- [[Characters/JamesBond Main Character Index]] -]]]'''
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8Character sheet for the Film/JamesBond film ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies''.
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10[[foldercontrol]]
11
12!![=MI6=]
13
14* [[Characters/JamesBondTheCharacter James Bond]]
15* [[Characters/JamesBondMajorRecurringCharacters M]]
16* [[Characters/JamesBondMajorRecurringCharacters Moneypenny]]
17* [[Characters/JamesBondMajorRecurringCharacters Q]]
18* [[Characters/JamesBondRecurringCharacters Charles Robinson]]
19
20
21!!Bond's Allies
22
23[[folder:Wai Lin]]
24!!Wai Lin
25[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wailin.jpg]]
26[[caption-width-right:300:''"Still interested in hostile takeovers?"'']]
27!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/MichelleYeoh
28
29A Chinese agent sent by her government to investigate what is going on between Elliot Carver and a general of the People's Liberation Army. Wai Lin and Bond find themselves forced to work together when both figure out the truth behind Carver's media empire.
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31* ActionGirl: A very capable agent who's as skilled with gunplay and espionage as she is at kung-fu. Did we mention she's played by Michelle Yeoh?
32* BadassInDistress: In the climax, after Stamper gets the drop on her and chains her up underwater.
33* ColonelBadass: Her rank, as revealed near the end of the film.
34* DistaffCounterpart: In a line of Bond "equals", she's possibly the most effective, spending much of the film equalling or even beating Bond at his own game, and even having her own room full of Q-esque gadgets.
35* EnemyMine: With Bond. Lampshaded by her line of how "every now and then you [have to] work with a decadent agent of a corrupt Western power."
36** Although this is downplayed based on the current situation: when they encounter each other while breaking into Carver's building in Hamburg they seem to take a smug satisfaction on putting each other in a dangerous situation to distract from their own escape, while they work together effortlessly when handcuffed together and trying to escape from Carver's building in Saigon. By the time they have gotten out of the building they're fighting with each other over who gets to drive the motorcycle, but again they begin working together effortlessly when they start getting chased by the helicopter. When they decide to go after the stealth boat they work together as a team besides some harmless snarking.
37* GirlOfTheWeek: The main Bond girl of the film. They planned on bringing her back for a small role in ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' (the role that the Mr. Chang character fills in the final film), but it never came to be.
38* GunFu: She gets several fight scenes in which she displays this.
39* GunsAkimbo: In the final assault on Carver's ship, [=MP5s=] akimbo, even doing Creator/ChuckNorris justice.
40* KungFuFighting: She's played by Michelle Yeoh, so this is a given. She gets her own fight with a bunch of thugs to demonstrate her skills, even doing a flip off a wall.
41* MsFanservice: While handcuffed, she showers with Bond in a SexySoakedShirt.
42* PunnyName: A not quite subtle play on 'wailing' and you can guess from what.
43* SpyCatsuit: Her uniform during several scenes, like when she meets Bond while he's stealing the GPS encoder, and the final assault on Carver's ship.
44* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Most of her and Bond's alliance of convenience is marked by incredible amounts of bickering.
45* WhenHarryMetSvetlana: Her exchange with Bond about "[getting] to work with a decadent agent of a corrupt Western power" is even the current quote at the top of the trope's page.
46[[/folder]]
47
48* [[Characters/JamesBondRecurringCharacters Jack Wade]]
49
50!!Carver Media Group
51
52[[folder:Elliot Carver]]
53!!Elliot Carver
54[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carvertnd.jpg]]
55[[caption-width-right:300:''"Welcome to my world crisis, Mr. Bond!"'']]
56!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JonathanPryce
57
58An international media baron who plans to provoke a global war in order to boost the sales and ratings of his news network.
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60* AdaptationalBadass: In the film, he's a NonActionBigBad while in the video game, he actually engages Bond in a shootout and is the FinalBoss.
61* BadBoss: He's an energetic, charismatic, and jovial fellow to be around when he's having a good day, but when dealing with embarrassment or unforeseen interference his disposition turns very sour, very quickly. He fires his assistant on an irritable whim after his publicized speech is interrupted by Bond, berates and manhandles an adjutant aboard the stealth ship when ''he'' notices a security breach that eluded this lax henchman (a [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy fair upbraiding]], that one), and in a more traditionally ''Bond'' example, pulls the YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness card [[spoiler:on Gupta]] during the climax.
62* BastardBastard: The film's novelization gave him the background that he is the illegitimate son of a German woman who died in childbirth and press tycoon Lord Roverman.
63* BigBad: The main villain of the film.
64* BigNo: Does [[RapidfireNO a lot of this]] [[spoiler: before he's chopped into pieces by his own drill]].
65* BlasphemousBoast: "By midnight tonight, I'll have reached more people than anyone in the history of this planet, save God himself. And the best He ever managed was the Sermon on the Mount."
66* BondVillainStupidity: Actually gets the drop on Bond in the climax and holds him at gunpoint, but chooses to indulge in [[spoiler:a fatal bout of]] EvilGloating instead of pulling the trigger immediately.
67* ButNotTooForeign: The film makes no indication that he's nothing but a British man through and through, but the novelization states that he was raised in Hong Kong.
68* CharacterCatchphrase: He tends to say "Delicious!" when things go his way and to a lesser extent, "Outstanding".
69* CharacterTics: He tends to outstretch his arms in a "You See" motion when making his grand speeches.
70* TheChessmaster: His plan consists of leading Great Britain and China to war.
71* CardCarryingVillain: He clearly knows he's a DiabolicalMastermind, is playing the part and loving every minute of it.
72* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Alec Trevelyan. Trevelyan was a former [=MI6=] agent who was once a colleague and friend of Bond and able to fight him on equal ground. Carver is a journalist with zero combat experience and has no prior connection to Bond. Trevelyan had a sympathetic backstory that explained his actions while Carver has no such background and is motivated solely by greed and a desire for power. Trevelyan worked from the shadows and kept his identity a secret while Carver is a well-known public figure who loves being the centre of attention. Trevelyan's plan would have caused a financial crisis but otherwise harmed no one while Carver's plan was to start nuclear war and didn't give a damn how many died in the process.
73* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The ultimate example. As James Bond puts it, he forgot the most important role of media, which was to [[PreMortemOneLiner give the public what they want]].
74* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Gets sliced to bits by a giant drill.]]
75* DiabolicalMastermind: He uses his media empire to, in his words, "create tomorrow's headlines. "
76* DirtyOldMan: His demeanor when he first meets Wai Lin at his party indicates that he finds her very attractive. Considering that he has Paris (played by Creator/TeriHatcher fresh off ''Series/LoisAndClark'') as a TrophyWife, this is not at all surprising, and Paris herself is even aware that her husband's interest in Wai Lin is primarily based on lust. [[AllThereInTheManual The film's novelization states]] that while working as a meteorologist in Hong Kong, if a woman rejected his advances, he harassed them extensively to the point some of them called it quits.
77* DirtyCoward: Behaves like a coward for most of the film, having others do his dirty work for him.
78* EvilGloating: He likes to indulge in this. [[spoiler: It proves his downfall when Bond uses the distraction to get the upper hand]].
79* EvilIsHammy: Really, with lines like "There's no news... like '''''bad''''' news!", and later mocking Wai Lin by making lots of karate moves and yelling "Hai!" all the while, he really wears his status as a Bond villain on his sleeve.
80* EvilIsPetty: When ''isn't'' he petty?
81** He's driving the world to a possible World War... for ratings. [[DisproportionateRetribution And because China wouldn't give him broadcasting rights]].
82** During the launch party in Hamburg, he laughs off rumours that he ran mad cow stories because a British beef magnate lost to him at poker and refused to pay up. And that he took money from the French to keep the stories running for another year.
83** [[AllThereInTheManual It's stated in the film's novelization]] that while working as a meteorologist, he was a lecherous pervert who sexually harassed his female colleagues if they rejected his unwanted advances. One of them ''even fled Hong Kong'' just to avoid him.
84** Being that he's a crook, he sells bug-ridden software that require constant updates and forces his users to pay for those updates.
85** He still releases obscene photos of the US President with a cheerleader in a Chicago hotel room even when the latter signed a bill lowering cable rates.
86* {{Expy}}: Of Blofeld in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', Karl Stromberg in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' and Doctor Julius No in ''Film/DrNo''. All four have a plan to cause World War III between two countries; one from the East and another from the West, through incidents involving a government ship of some kind; and Blofeld, Stromberg and Carver kill a woman that is affiliated to them for [[YouHaveFailedMe having failed them]] (Helga Brandt in ''YOLT'', Stromberg's secretary in ''TSWLM'', and Paris in this film). At one point, Carver even wears a black Nehru jacket; a gray/beige Nehru jacket was one of Blofeld's {{Iconic Item}}s and was also worn by Stromberg and No, although No's was white.
87* FalseFlagOperation: Carver's mechanism to wage WarForFunAndProfit. All because China won't give him broadcasting access.
88* FauxAffablyEvil: Almost always acts cheery and polite, even when he's holding someone at gunpoint, and especially when he's orchestrating disastrous events for his newspaper.
89--> '''Carver:''' Good morning, my golden retrievers! What kind of havoc shall Carver Media Group create in the world today?
90* FourEyesZeroSoul: Especially in the first scene where that's practically all we see of him... which is weird because we then see him in person clearly talking about the sinking of the ''Devonshire''.
91* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Killed by Bond with his own sea drill.]]
92* {{Hypocrite}}: Claims Bond signed Paris's death warrant when Bond asked her to betray Elliot, when Elliot decided to kill her for having a tryst with Bond in the past... just as he sent her to get information out of Bond by seducing him.
93* ImmoralJournalist: Frequently uses his influence to gain the upper hand on his enemies. Moreover, he doesn't merely report the news — he loves ''creating'' it. His media company is the first to report on scandals and disasters because ''it'' causes them to happen. In fact, he wants to starts World War III just to jack up his TV company's ratings, body count be damned.
94* IfItBleedsItLeads: He is the ''embodiment of this trope'' to the point that his scheme involves instigating a global WarForFunAndProfit. It is strongly implied that he masterminds numerous other crimes and catastrophes for the sake of his business as well solely so that his outlet can get the story first, up to and including the hit he takes out on ''his own wife'' in retaliation for her adultery. In his own words:
95-->'''Elliot Carver:''' There's no news... like bad news.
96* JustOneLittleMistake: A single act of supreme arrogance eventually undoes his entire scheme. After he has his men sink the ''Devonshire'', he prints an article about it in his newspaper... an article that includes details about the sinking that the authorities had not yet released to the press, meaning he could've only known about them if he was involved.
97* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Gets sliced apart by his own sea drill.]]
98* LackOfEmpathy: He commits murder as easily as breathing and is willing to start a nuclear war solely for ratings.
99* LargeHam: Carver really wears his status as a Bond villain on his sleeve.
100* LaughablyEvil: As mentioned in earlier examples, he has lots of humorous and hammy moments, and he is at least as comical as he is frightening, if not more so.
101* MotiveRant: It's easier to count the scenes he's in where he ''doesn't'' have one of these. His last one even causes his death when he's too distracted to see Bond activating the steam drill!
102* {{Narcissist}}: A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malignant_narcissist malignant]] example.
103* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Carver prints and distributes the story of the sailors' deaths within barely ''three hours'' of their actual recovery by Vietnamese authorities. He gets the reaction he wants from the British military, but it also attracts [=MI6=]'s attention, who hadn't even gotten wind of the murders when the story broke out. Not helping Carver is the fact that [=MI6=] already discovered one of his satellites interfering with the GPS system when the vessel was reported lost.
104* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: According to scriptwriter Bruce Feirstein, Carver is modeled on Anglo-Czech media mogul Robert Maxwell. The cover story for his death is even a modified version of how Maxwell died -- falling off his yacht -- though Carver's death is covered up as a suicide (whereas Maxwell is believed to have fallen overboard mid-heart attack). Reviewers also viewed Carver as a satire of UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch and UsefulNotes/TedTurner, while he himself quotes William Randolph Hearst.
105* NonActionBigBad: Played with. He's a pretty skinny guy who doesn't need to work out because his henchmen do the dirty work for him. The closest he gets to actually fighting Bond one-on-one is when he comes up behind him, [[GroinAttack kicks him in the bollocks]] and holds him at gunpoint near the end, and once Bond disarms him, he's a complete pushover. Nevertheless he's a deadly shot with a gun. Interestingly, his video game counterpart averts this where he actually engages Bond in a shootout and is the game's FinalBoss.
106* PlayingBothSides: His plan consists of leading Great Britain and China to war.
107* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He makes exaggerated kung fu moves and noises to mock the Chinese agent Wai Lin.
108* PragmaticVillainy: While willing to [[NukeEm nuke Bejing]] and risk WorldWarIII to get exclusive broadcasting rights in China and great ratings to launch his new satellite network, he doesn't actually ''want'' a nuclear war; his associate, General Chang, is supposed to become China's new leader, avert the war at the last minute, and then give Carver what he wants.
109* PrecisionFStrike: "And Mr. Stamper, would you please ''kill'' those '''''bastards!?'''''"
110* RagsToRiches: His backstory is elaborated on in a deleted scene and the novelization. He was the illegitimate son of a newspaper tycoon and was dumped on a Chinese family in Hong Kong. He started working at a rag, and eventually founded a number of papers that eventually drove his father into bankruptcy and suicide, but not before he got his father to leave everything to him in his will.
111* RefugeInAudacity: While cavorting with his party guests, Carver laughs off rumours that he engineered the Mad Cow Disease scare because a British beef magnate lost a £10,000 bet and refused to pay him, and that the French paid him to continue running the stories. Considering the dirty tactics he uses to spin exciting headlines, one suspects a kernel of truth to these rumours.
112* RevengePornBlackmail: ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' establishes how much of a CorruptCorporateExecutive he is from the get-go by telling one of his subordinates to talk to a congressman that unless he supports a bill lowering cable broadcast fees, the Carver Media Group will air a tape of him having sex with a younger woman -- and once the Congressman signs the bill, air the tape anyway.
113* SmugSnake: He's ''very'' confident in his own genius to the point of bringing up credible accusations against himself to his own party guests as a joke. This ends up undoing his entire scheme as he has the audacity to release a headline of his own crime before all the facts were released to the public, putting [=MI6=] on his trail.
114* TheSociopath: Obviously, what kind of loon would want to ignite WorldWarIII just to jack up their TV company's ratings?
115* SonOfAWhore: The film's novelization states that he's the illegitimate son of a British lord with a German prostitute who died in childbirth.
116* TranquilFury: When he is shown the footage confirming that Paris is protecting a spy, he keeps himself well composed as he says "I think we should [[DeadlyEuphemism set an appointment for my wife with the Doctor]]", but you can see the rage in his eyes. It's a stark contrast to his usual hamminess, bordering on OOCIsSeriousBusiness. Even Gupta, who's with him in the room when he makes the call, picks up on the unusual nature of Carver's order.
117* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Carver's media group's report of the attack of the ''Devonshire'' (already labeling it as a Chinese attack, no less) makes a lot of alarms in [=MI6=] go off, but no one does suspect that a media mogul like him had a direct hand in it, of course.
118* WarForFunAndProfit: Seemingly his EvilPlan in a nutshell — ignite WorldWarIII to get broadcasting rights in China and get better ratings. Actually Averted, though, in that he intends his associate General Chang to actually prevent the war at the last minute. In the original script, there was even a line in which it's mentioned that he paid Saddam Hussein to start the Gulf War.
119* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: Does this to mock Wai Lin.
120* YoureInsane: Bond tells him this after Carver shows him the newspaper headlines mentioning the impending conflict, which Carver shrugs off saying that "[[BadassBoast the distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success]]."
121[[/folder]]
122
123[[folder:Stamper]]
124!!Richard Stamper
125[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stamper.png]]
126[[caption-width-right:280:''"Dr. Kaufman's record was fifty-two hours. I'm hoping to break it."'']]
127!!!'''Played by:''' Götz Otto
128
129Elliot Carver's main henchman.
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131* AndThisIsFor: Pulls this on Bond in their final battle as he's beating him up.
132-->'''Stamper:''' For Carver, ''[slams Bond against steel rafter]'' and for Kaufman, ''[slams Bond against another rafter before throwing him on the overhead]'' I owe you an unpleasant death, Mr. Bond!
133* AvengingTheVillain: The reason he sticks around for the FinalBattle: He considers Dr. Kaufman, who was killed by Bond, was like a father to him.
134* TheBrute: He's 6'6, over half a foot taller than [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove Red Grant.]]
135* DeathGlare: He gives several of these during the course of the film.
136* DemotedToExtra: In the video game, his sole appearance is as an easy MiniBoss during the last level, and his role as the final physical threat to Bond is taken by a very AdaptationalBadass Carver.
137* {{Determinator}}: Stamper shrugs off pretty much everything that Bond throws at him during their fight in the climax; it takes Bond trapping him in the firing mechanism of a ''missile'' to defeat him.
138* TheDragon: To Carver, being his top enforcer and muscle.
139* DragonTheirFeet: With Carver being a NonActionBigBad who is easily killed, Bond's true final battle is with a vengeful Stamper.
140* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When he guns down the survivors of the British frigate.
141* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Stamper says Dr. Kaufman was like a father to him. He is also enraged with Bond for killing Carver, and tries to [[AvengingTheVillain avenge both Carver and Kaufman]] in his final battle with Bond.
142* {{Expy}}: As an imposing light-haired henchman, he's an obvious homage to [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove Red Grant]], in the tradition of [[Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice Hans]], [[Film/ForYourEyesOnly Eric Kriegler]] and [[Film/TheLivingDaylights Necros]].
143* FauxAffablyEvil: Always has a polite and jovial tone, even as he does awful things.
144* FeelNoPain:
145** In the original script, Stamper was to have a gimmick where he feels no pain. This detail is never brought up in the final film, but it's definitely there, as Stamper responds to Bond ''stabbing him in the chest'' with a mere sadistic, mocking grin. This trait would be used proper for Renard in ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', but Stamper actually sells it better than Renard.
146** It's even worse in the novel, when it's stated that his pleasure and pain sensors are reversed. It's not that he doesn't feel pain, he's aroused by it--in one scene, he actually stabs ''himself'' in the leg with a pocket knife and practically has an orgasm. This offers a pretty creepy explanation as to why he's smiling when Bond stabs him.
147* GeniusBruiser: He's a massive and incredibly strong guy but also very intelligent as he oversees the execution of Carver's plan. It's clear he reached his position as Stamper's right-hand through his intellect more than his muscle.
148* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: One-sided version of this. Bond's killing of Kaufman and Carver causes Stamper to go after Bond with particular vengeance.
149* LargeAndInCharge: Stands a massive 6'6 and is Carver's main asset.
150* LodgedBladeRecycling: Bond escapes him by ripping out the knife he'd stabbed him with just a few moments prior and cutting open his vest.
151* MadeOfIron: He [[NoSell shrugs off Bond stabbing him twice in the space of a minute, once right in the chest!]]
152* MeaningfulName: "Stamper" sure sounds a lot like "Stomper", and sure enough, he makes good of that name in his fight with Bond in the climax.
153* OhCrap: At the end when Bond cuts himself free of the bullet-proof vest Stamper was holding him by, escaping and leaving Stamper trapped on the stealth boat 10 seconds before it self-destructs.
154* RevengeBeforeReason: Bond actually seems willing to call it quits with Stamper in the end, as Carver's scheme is irreparably derailed and the man himself is dead. But Stamper is still determined to [[AvengingTheVillain avenge his fallen boss and mentor]].
155* TheStoic: Shows little to no emotion, even as he's gunning people down. It slips when he's fighting Bond, though.
156* TakingYouWithMe: Tries to do this to Bond.
157--> '''Stamper''': We die together, Mr. Bond!
158* TortureTechnician: Kaufman trained him in the many methods of torture, especially chakra torture, though he doesn't show them.
159* WouldHitAGirl: Stamper has no qualms in fighting off Wai Lin (a dangerous Chinese agent) as he managed to bang her head on the ceiling to stop her from fighting back against him; even dropping her into the sea to drown when Bond is about to foil Carver's scheme. Earlier in the film, there was one female officer that survived the Devonshire sinking, and that Stamper likely killed her and the other survivors to cover for Carver's story in the newspaper.
160[[/folder]]
161
162[[folder:Henry Gupta]]
163!!Henry Gupta
164[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gupta.jpg]]
165[[caption-width-right:300:''"Ready to rock and ruin!"'']]
166!!!'''Played by:''' Ricky Jay
167
168An American "techno-terrorist" for hire in the employ of Elliot Carver. Intent on starting a war between the United Kingdom and China, Carver sends him to a terrorist arms bazaar to purchase an American military GPS encoder. Using this device, Gupta manipulates the GPS signal and sends the HMS ''Devonshire'' off-course into Chinese-held waters in the South China Sea, where Carver's stealth ship sinks the frigate with a sea drill and steals one of its missiles.
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170* BeardOfEvil: Has a beard and is in the employ of the BigBad.
171* BombThrowingAnarchists: It's mentioned he got his start in the terrorism world as a counterculture radical in the '60s.
172* TheCracker: Is described as a "techno-terrorist", which nowadays would be more commonly called a cyberterrorist.
173* DeathDealer: Deleted scenes reveal that he can throw playing cards with lethal force and accuracy. He's shown practicing when Stamper calls him about the ''Devonshire'', and he narrowly misses a shot at Bond and Wai Lin when they first make their escape from Carver's tower in Saigon. Gupta's skill with the cards is due to Ricky Jay's years of experience as a stage magician.
174* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's shocked by the ease with which Carver decides to arrange an [[DeadlyEuphemism appointment]] for his wife with Dr. Kaufman.
175* EvilGenius: He's the one with the knowledge about how the GPS encoder and the missile aimed at Beijing work.
176* PornStash: When Bond breaks into his safe, he finds pornography and heroin.
177* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Gupta and a few other attendees of the black market bazaar flee in a jeep as soon as Bond starts shooting up the camp.
178* SellOut: A former student radical who sells his technology for money and works for an evil media baron.
179-->'''Charles Robinson''': ''[discussing Gupta]'' Started out as a student radical at Berkeley in the '60s, now he sells his politics for cash.
180* TerroristsWithoutACause: He used to be a radicalist, but now sells his talents in terrorism to the highest bidder.
181* WesternTerrorists: An American "techno-terrorist".
182* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After reporting to Carver than the missile aimed at Beijing is ready to fire, Carver pulls this almost word for word, quipping "Well, it seems you've outlived your contract!" before shooting him dead.
183[[/folder]]
184
185[[folder:Dr. Kaufman]]
186!!Dr. Kaufman
187[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_kaufman___profile.png]]
188[[caption-width-right:300:''"My art is in great demand, Mr. Bond."'']]
189!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/VincentSchiavelli
190
191A professional assassin hired by Carver to kill both Bond and [[spoiler:Paris]], and retrieve the GPS encoder.
192----
193
194* AffablyEvil: For a ruthless assassin, he's pretty polite, even as he's describing how he will frame Bond for a MurderSuicide. He even gets a bit flustered when his plan is interrupted and he realizes he has to torture Bond if the latter won't return the GPS encoder:
195--> '''Kaufman:''' This is very embarrassing. It seems there is a red box in your car. They can't get to it. They want ''me'' to make you unlock the car. I feel like an idiot, I don't know what to say… I am to torture you if you don't do it.\
196'''Bond:''' You have a doctorate in that too?\
197'''Kaufman:''' No, no, no, no, no. This is more like a hobby.... but I'm very gifted.
198* AintTooProudToBeg: Pleads for Bond not to kill him, claiming that he's "just a professional doing a job". Too bad for him that Bond is, too.
199* BaldOfEvil: A bald professional assassin.
200* DeadlyDoctor: He uses his forensic medicine expertise to cover his tracks.
201* EvilIsBigger: It's not really apparent as he's sitting for most of his scenes but he is played by 6'5 Vincent Schiavelli.
202* EvilIsHammy: Schiavelli certainly vent to town with zat German accent, ja?
203-->'''Kaufman:''' Believe me, Mr. Bond, I could shoot you from Stuttgart ''und'' still create ''ze'' proper effect!
204* EvilMentor: It's mentioned he taught Stamper in the art of torture, and was "like a father" to him.
205-->'''Bond:''' Really? Interesting role model.
206* FunnyForeigner: Elliot Carver and his organisation are multinational with a large German contingent but he's the only one to play his accent and mannerisms for laughs.
207* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He intended to fake Bond's suicide by gunshot, only to get shot with his own gun in the same manner.
208* ImprobableAimingSkills: One of the first things he boasts about is his pistol marksmanship.
209* JustFollowingOrders: When Bond has him at gunpoint, the once high-and-mighty Dr. Kaufman [[VillainsWantMercy tries to beg for his life]] by passing himself off as "a professional doing a job." [[VillainKiller Bond's not sympathetic]].
210* KarmicDeath: His original plan was to [[spoiler: kill Paris, kill Bond, and make it look like Bond killed Paris and then himself. Bond kills Kaufman and makes it look like ''he'' killed Paris and then himself]].
211* LargeHam: Vincent Schiavelli was clearly enjoying himself.
212* MadDoctor: He uses his forensic medicine expertise to cover his tracks.
213* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: He is particularly gifted at doing this, according to himself.
214-->'''Kaufman:''' I am especially goot at ze celebrity overdose.
215* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: His "legitimate" profession is a professor of forensic medicine, and as such prides himself on his ability to make a crime scene look exactly the way he wants it to.
216* NothingPersonal: Mentioning that doesn't save him, still.
217-->'''Kaufman:''' Wait! I'm just a professional doink a jop!\
218'''Bond:''' [[TranquilFury Me]] [[PreMortemOneLiner too.]]
219* ProfessionalKiller: He's one that uses his forensic medicine expertise to his advantage.
220* PsychoForHire: He really seems to enjoy the opportunity that being both a killer ''and'' having knowledge of forensic medicine brings to him, plus noting that torture is a "hobby" for him. Later in the film, it's revealed that this included ''chakra torture''.
221* PunchClockVillain: Claims to be this while begging for his life. Bond doesn't buy it.
222* SharpDressedMan: Kaufman is the only prominent villain in the movie to wear a nice suit. Even his CorruptCorporateExecutive boss dresses less fancily.
223* SmugSnake: He speaks arrogantly about his abilities in his "work".
224* SoftSpokenSadist: He's very polite but enjoys brutally torturing people.
225* SurroundedByIdiots: Exhibits this trope in regards [[spoiler: to the fact his underlings can't get the GPS encoder out of Bond's car]].
226* TortureTechnician: He trained Stamper in the many methods of torture, especially chakra torture. He himself considers torture as a hobby, actually.
227[[/folder]]
228
229[[folder:Captain Scott]]
230!!Captain Scott
231[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captain_scott.png]]
232[[caption-width-right:300:''"The stealth ship may be invisible to radar, but the sea drill isn't."'']]
233!!!'''Played by:''' Mark Spalding
234
235The commanding officer of Carver's stealth ship.
236----
237* AsYouKnow: He reminds his crew of various details about the plan, even though they should all already be aware, especially Stamper.
238* TheCaptain: Of the stealth ship.
239* DefiantToTheEnd: After ordering his crew to abandon ship, he remains on board and tries to shoot Bond. He's then killed.
240* EvilBrit: Has a clear British accent and is perfectly on board with Carver's plan to start World War Three.
241* GoingDownWithTheShip: He stays on board the stealth ship after ordering his crew to evacuate, either to be the last one off or fire off the missile.
242* OhCrap: His reaction to seeing a ''[[TranquilFury very]]'' [[TranquilFury pissed off]] Bond heading towards him with a machine gun. He goes for his own sidearm but Bond [[NoKillLikeOverkill riddles him with bullets]] before he can get a shot off.
243** Before that he has two; the first when he realises the British Navy has cottoned on to Carver's plan and is deliberately targeting the stealth ship, and the second when Wai Lin sabotages the ship's engines, leaving it dead in the water.
244-->'''Scott''': The engines are out, we're sitting ducks here!
245[[/folder]]
246
247!!Other Characters
248
249[[folder:Paris Carver]]
250!!Paris Carver
251[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/paris_carver.jpg]]
252[[caption-width-right:300:''"Tell me James, do you still sleep with a gun under your pillow?"'']]
253!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/TeriHatcher
254
255Elliot Carver's wife. She had a relation with Bond in the past, as shown by her reaction upon seeing him (slapping him).
256----
257* CartwrightCurse: After abandoning her for four years because he felt his job was too dangerous for a real relationship, Bond finally reconnects with her, only for Carver to have her killed for aiding him. Bond is ''not'' pleased.
258* DeadStarWalking: Despite her prominence in the advertising campaign, she gets very little screen time before being killed offscreen.
259* DisposableWoman: Paris appears for three scenes at most before being killed by Carver for aiding Bond, which makes the whole affair personal for him.
260* DressHitsFloor: Bond slips her dress off her shoulders, which then leads to a cut to a ToplessnessFromTheBack shot.
261* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Her passive comment to Bond about "sleeping with a gun under his pillow" proves a fatal error on her part as Gupta is able to pick it up on audio, making Carver realize Paris had lied about her true relationship with Bond.
262* MsFanservice: Especially when she loses her dress thanks to Bond.
263* NewOldFlame: Apparently in addition to all the lovely ladies from his adventures, Bond has ex-girlfriends we haven't even ''seen''. Rumours have circulated she was intended to be an established character, possibly [[Film/GoldenEye Natalya Simonova]] or [[Film/DrNo Sylvia Trench]], but this was nixed due to fearing the bad reception that would come from killing either of them off.
264* SacrificialLamb: Paris is presented as having had a close relationship with James Bond (and her actress had prominence in the advertising campaign), then three scenes later she is killed offscreen.
265* SexSignalsDeath: She's killed after having sex with Bond.
266* StockingFiller: She's shown adjusting her garter after having sex with Bond, accentuating her legs.
267* TheyDiedBecauseOfYou: Carver invokes this to Bond when he confront the former about Paris's death.
268-->'''Carver''': Ah, Mr. Bond, and Miss. Lin. I wasn't planning to open this office until tomorrow, but since you're here, you can help me write the inaugural story...your obituaries.
269-->'''Bond''': I hope you extended the same courtesy to Paris.
270-->'''Carver''': Actually Mr. Bond, ''you'' are the one who wrote my late wife's obituary when [[HighHeelFaceTurn you asked her to betray me]].
271* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Famously gives this view after Bond takes off her dress.
272[[/folder]]
273
274[[folder:Inga Bergstorm]]
275!!Inga Bergstorm
276[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inga_bergstrom.jpg]]
277!!!'''Played by:''' Cecilie Thomsen
278
279A Danish language professor at Oxford University who spends some intimate time with Bond. It is while being with her that Bond receives a phone call from Miss Moneypenny, informing him to report to office to be debriefed about the sinking of the Devonshire.
280----
281* BilingualBonus: Bond's brief flirting with her is actually in Danish, where she essentially praises him for his linguistic skills.
282* HotTeacher: Well, she's a professor, but it still counts.
283* ModestyBedsheet: While she and Bond make love, she's wrapped in a bedsheet.
284* MsFanservice: She spends her entire appearance [[ModestyBedsheet wrapped in a bedsheet]].
285[[/folder]]

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