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* AxeCrazy: A trait he inherited from his uncle. He [[BloodKnight revels in fighting Paul]] and repeatedly screams that he will kill him.
* LargeHam: During his battle with Paul Sting gets to chew the scenery playing him.
* TheQuietOne: He doesn't speak much until the end.
* SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish: Has the most noticeably British accent out of the cast and is the more intelligent of the Baron's two nephews.
* LargeHam: During his battle with Paul Sting gets to chew the scenery playing him.
* TheQuietOne: He doesn't speak much until the end.
* SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish: Has the most noticeably British accent out of the cast and is the more intelligent of the Baron's two nephews.
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[[folder:Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/Jose Ferrer
The Emperor of the known universe.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Joins in the battle against the Fremen, whereas in the book he was a NonActionBigBad.
* AdaptationalWimp: The book version was for the most part completely dauntless but this one seems genuinely intimidated by the Spacing Guild.
* BadassCape: Wears one of these, along with a Sardaukar uniform.
* ButtMonkey: Spends most of the movie being bossed around by the Spacing Guild. Even though they hold the monopoly on space travel, you do find yourself wondering why he doesn't tell them to watch their fucking mouths.
* CapeSwish: Has this down pat.
* TheChessmaster: Gives Duke Leto governance of Arrakis in order to motivate the Baron to kill him, lending the Baron five legions of Sardaukar to perform the task. The Guild Navigator describes him as having "plans within plans."
* DeadpanSnarker: As in the book, the Baron's failures to destroy the Fremen bring out the snark in him. "Bring in that floating fat man... the Baron."
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Plans political assassinations but genuinely loves his daughter, speaking to her with tender respect rather than the haughty scorn with which he addresses most other people.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He's the force behind the Baron's plan to crush the Atreides.
* TheParanoiac: He believes that because the Atreides have developed the Weirding Method, Duke Leto is going to use it to overthrow him when Leto has no such aspirations.
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[[folder:Princess Irulan]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/VirginaMadsen
Shaddam's daughter.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Subverted. Paul doesn't make her marry him in this version.
* CharacterNarrator: In keeping with her role as a historian and giving the chapter headings in the book, in this she narrates the film from beginning to end.
* CreepyMonotone: Always speaks with this voice.
* GeniusDitz: Despite her high intelligence, in the opening narration, she almost forgets to tell the audience that Arrakis is home to the Fremen.
* PrincessClassic: Subverted. Although she's beautiful, she's a historian and Bene Gesserit.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's tall and very beautiful.
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* PsychoSupporter: He's got a borderline fanatical devotion when it comes to following whatever orders his uncle gives him, but this is because the Baron allows him to commit the cruellest of atrocities rather than Rabban having any genuine form of love for his uncle.
* PsychoSupporter: He's got a borderline fanatical devotion when it comes to following whatever orders his uncle gives him, but this is because the Baron allows him to commit the cruellest of atrocities rather than Rabban having any genuine form of love for his uncle.
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* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: While Alia stings him with Gom Jabbar like in the book, he also gets swallowed by the [[SandWorm Shai Hulud]] Paul/Muad'Dib rides, after being sucked out of the palace through a hole the Fremen blew in the wall with their sonic weapons, which is not the case in the book.
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* AdaptationalUgliness: The Baron here is considerably more {{g|onk}}rotesque and disgusting than he ever was in the book, complete with facial pustules and a filthy, disheveled appearance, whereas in the book he was simply fat. In a subversion, however, the novel version of the Baron was described to be so fat that he could barely walk without anti-gravity suspensors, while his film version is more rotund than truly obese and only uses the suspensors to float around.
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For an index of the actors and actresses who have their own page on this wiki, see [[MediaNotes/DuneActors here]].
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!!Alia
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AliciaWitt
Paul's sister, who was born among the Fremen. Her intellect matures at a rate way beyond normal for her age.
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* CreepyChild: She's four years old in the film, and her mind is that of an adult Bene Gesserit woman. She mastered the Voice, and she creeps out even Reverend Mother Mohiam, who considers her an abomination.
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!!Alia
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AliciaWitt
Paul's sister, who was born among the Fremen. Her intellect matures at a rate way beyond normal for her age.
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* CreepyChild: She's four years old in the film, and her mind is that of an adult Bene Gesserit woman. She mastered the Voice, and she creeps out even Reverend Mother Mohiam, who considers her an abomination.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Zig-zagged. In the book, he went down fighting and took a dozen Sardaukar with him, but here a Sardaukar slow-fires a hunter-killer through his shield and he promptly goes down. However, before he was shot, Duncan easily defeated a single Sardaukar ([[WorfEffect who seconds before was killing regular Atreides soldiers left and right]]) in a duel, and a few moments later, he took on ''entire squad'' of them at once, putting them all down.
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The head of House Harkonnen.
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* AdaptationalDumbass: While in the book he's a cruel, brutal man regarded by the Baron as a "muscle-minded tank-brain" and known to the Fremen as "Demon Ruler", he's also erudite and well-educated, and alone of all the Harkonnens, has the insight to realize that the Fremen might actually represent a genuine threat, which he tries to warn his uncle about (the Baron completely disregards this until Thufir Hawat tells him the same thing and presents him with evidence). Here, he's portrayed as a near-mindless thug.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: He is shown with the Baron much earlier than he appears in the novel.
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!!Bene Gesserit
[[folder:Reverend Mother Mohiam]]
!!Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/SianPhillips
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the book, Mohiam has some brief moments of humanity, as she admits she understands Jessica's decisions and would have made them herself, and even leaves their reunion shedding tears for her apprentice's fate. Nothing of this happens in the film, where she's an unsympathetic harpy from beginning to end.
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[[folder:Duke Leto]]
!!Duke Leto I Atreides
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JurgenProchnow
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!!Lady Jessica
!!!'''Played By:''' Francesca Annis
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[[folder:Thufir Hawat]]
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/FreddieJones [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Creator/HenryDjanik (FR, Europe)[[/labelnote]]
The Mentat of House Atreides.
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!!Gurney Halleck
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/PatrickStewart [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Guy Chapellier (FR, Europe)[[/labelnote]]
The War Master of House Atreides and mentor, friend, and advisor to Paul.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He is repeatedly described in the book as "an ugly lump of man", and here he is played by the stylish, good-looking Patrick Stewart.
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[[folder:Duncan Idaho]]
!!Duncan Idaho
!!!'''Played By:''' Richard Jordan
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!!House Harkonnen
[[folder:Baron Vladimir]]
!!Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KennethMcMillan
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* AdaptationalUgliness: The Baron here is considerably more {{g|onk}}rotesque and disgusting than he ever was in the book, complete with facial pustules and a filthy, disheveled appearance, whereas in the book he was simply fat. In a subversion, however, the novel version of the Baron was described to be so fat that he could barely walk without anti-gravity suspensors, while his film version is more rotund that truly obese and only uses the suspensors to float around.
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!!Glossu "Beast" Rabban
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/PaulLSmith
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!!Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen
!!!'''Played By:''' Music/{{Sting}}
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The book describes Feyd-Rautha as having a round face and sullen eyes, quite different from the handsome Music/{{Sting}}.
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!!Duke Leto I Atreides
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JurgenProchnow
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[[folder:Jessica]]
!!Lady Jessica
!!!'''Played By:''' Francesca Annis
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[[folder:Thufir Hawat]]
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/FreddieJones [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Creator/HenryDjanik (FR, Europe)[[/labelnote]]
The Mentat of House Atreides.
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!!Gurney Halleck
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/PatrickStewart [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Guy Chapellier (FR, Europe)[[/labelnote]]
The War Master of House Atreides and mentor, friend, and advisor to Paul.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He is repeatedly described in the book as "an ugly lump of man", and here he is played by the stylish, good-looking Patrick Stewart.
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!!Duncan Idaho
!!!'''Played By:''' Richard Jordan
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!!House Harkonnen
[[folder:Baron Vladimir]]
!!Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KennethMcMillan
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!!Glossu "Beast" Rabban
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/PaulLSmith
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!!Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen
!!!'''Played By:''' Music/{{Sting}}
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The book describes Feyd-Rautha as having a round face and sullen eyes, quite different from the handsome Music/{{Sting}}.
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[[Film/Dune1984 1984 film adaptation]] of ''Literature/{{Dune}}''.
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[[folder:Paul]]
!!Paul Atreides / Usul / Muad'Dib
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KyleMacLachlan [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Guy Chapellier (FR, Europe)[[/labelnote]]
The son of Duke Leto Atreides and his concubine Lady Jessica and the young prince of House Atreides.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the books, the Kwisatz Haderach's unique gifts are mostly mental in nature, the main ones being non-limited prescience and access to both male and female genetic memory. This version of Paul, in stark contrast, also demonstrates the power to affect the world, being able not only of [[MindOverMatter telekinetically]] breaking the floor when very angry, but also of altering Arrakis' climate to ''make it rain''. Frank Herbert himself, who otherwise liked the film, would comment on this oddity.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He's fundamentally heroic here, with nothing even remotely close to a ProtagonistJourneyToVillain unlike the book.
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