History Characters / JohnWickOtherCriminals

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Boban Marjanović

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2d27c9a7ff9d755ce78eefeaba2291f5.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''"Fuck management!"'']]

* CreepyLongFingers: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Ernest's fingers are noticeably long though not too unrealistic degrees. Part of why Boban Marjanović was cast was the size of his hands. He wraps his fingers around John's face with ease when they grapple.

* EvilIsBigger: He's easily the tallest character in the whole franchise and makes the 6'1 John look tiny by comparison. His actor is a professional basketball player and stands at a staggering 7'4, making him the tallest active player in the NBA.

* AffablyEvil: They're loyal to Zero, a dubiously moral assassin who takes on the task of killing John Wick as a personal challenge, but when the two actually confront John Wick, the two are ''exceedingly'' polite. [[spoiler: Their courteous nature inspires John not to kill them, instead saying "[[{{Catchphrase}} be seeing you]]" in their native Indonesian.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Don’t let his pride and pompous behavior fool you; arguably the greatest difference between himself and the other crime bosses of the series; the King is highly pragmatic, reasonable, and honorable, very much like Winston even though Winston’s in the service industry compared to the Bowery King being an actual power broker in the underworld.
** The greatest display of his pragmatism and reasonableness is in his conflict with first Santino and then the High Table - he doesn’t deploy his forces in open war and expend his man-power (which would likely be outmatched anyway) but rather simply backs John in both cases, the first time in a measured and calculated manner in reaction to Santino's rise, and the second time after the High Table arrogantly threw its weight around in DisproportionateRetribution.

* SlobsVsSnobs: It's hinted the Bowery King ([[KingOfTheHomeless the beggar king]], i.e the slob) is at odds with the High Table ([[ProfessionalKiller the richest criminals]], i.e the snobs). Chapter 3 elaborates that he abides by the rules of the High Table to avoid conflict. He doesn't take it well and doesn't show much respect when they ask him to resign over helping John Wick. He tells them to go to hell as the Bowery is his kingdom. [[spoiler:This gets him disfigured and left for dead by Zero. He declares full on war with them after that.]]

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AdriannePalicki\\
'''Voiced by:'''\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JohnWick''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/WillemDafoe\\
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'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JohnWick''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ClarkePeters\\
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'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JohnWick''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Boban Marjanović\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MarkDacascos\\
'''Voiced by:'''\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum''

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Cecep Arif Rahman and Creator/YayanRuhian\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ShamierAnderson\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JohnWickChapter4''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/LaurenceFishburne\\
'''Voiced by:'''\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JohnWickChapter2'' | ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum'' | ''Film/JohnWickChapter4''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JasonMantzoukas\\
'''Voiced by:'''\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Tobias Segal\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JohnWickChapter2'' | ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Zainab Jah\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Series/TheContinental''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JohnLeguizamo\\
'''Voiced by:'''\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JohnWick'' | ''Film/JohnWickChapter2'' | ''Series/TheContinental'' (as a child)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Tom Sadowski\\
'''Voiced by:'''\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JohnWick'' | ''Film/JohnWickChapter2''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Mishel Prada\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Series/TheContinental''

* OnlySaneMan: Knows well enough to take his hand off his gun when he sees full well that John has gone back to his unstoppable assassin ways, and walks away. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Fans list him as the smartest guy in the whole movie]]. (There are actually several sane guys who know better than to mess with John, but Jimmy tops the list.)

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* AffablyEvil: He works for a powerful criminal organization and helps cover their crimes but he is generally polite, reasonable and is on good terms with John.

* DirtyCop: He's in on the High Table and is implied to help cover up their crimes, or at the very least look the other way for them.

* YouHaveFailedMe: Defied as he is fully aware of his actions and is acting very intentionally to protect John and steers clear of Viggo as much as he can. [[spoiler:Viggo however manages to catch up with him and starts killing him slowly in revenge for failing to stop John from killing his son Iosef despite having ample opportunity. He decides to die on his own terms breaking free and getting into a gun battle which earns him the respect of Viggo. Viggo knows fully well killing Marcus will upset John and he'll come after him, but he's [[SuicideByCop beyond caring anymore]]]].

* YouHaveFailedMe: She is the type who disobeyed a direct order from Winston to keep business outside of his hotel. Mrs. Perkins only needed some patience to do her business outside of the Continental grounds and she would have been fine. Once she walks straight into Winston's punishment, she is surrounded by [[FourIsDeath four assassins]]. The way Winston introduces his presence by saying "Mrs. ''Perkins''" sounds like he's scolding a misbehaving child, before impassively stating that she revoked her membership all by herself.

* YouHaveFailedMe: For the [[TooDumbToLive most innane reason]] too. Mrs. Perkins only needed some patience to do her business outside of the Continental grounds and she would have been fine. Once she walks straight into Winston's punishment, she is surrounded by [[FourIsDeath four assassins]]. The way Winston introduces his presence by saying "Mrs. ''Perkins''" sounds like he's scolding a misbehaving child, before impassively stating that she revoked her membership all by herself.

* GutturalGrowler: He has a raspy, gravelly voice that doubles as a downplayed case of EvilSoundsRaspy.

* GutturalGrowler: He has quite a deep and gravelly voice.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: The High Table looks down on him as an upstart with filthy personal habits, and one of their flexes in the third movie is having Zero and his ninjas slice through his men and then slice him up when he refuses to vacate his thrown… and he proceeds to survive his injuries, quickly regroup by having John picked up after his “betrayal” by Winston, expand his organization internationally, and unleash a fully recuperated John upon the High Table to devastating results.

->'''John:''' You a tracker? How much?\\
'''"Nobody":''' Not enough. But it's gettin' there. I need you to take better care. 'Cause we're in this together now.

* YouHaveFailedMe: Defied as he is fully aware of his actions and is acting very intentionally to protect John and steers clear of Viggo as much as he can. [[spoiler:Viggo however manages to catch up with him and starts killing him slowly in revenge for failing to stop John from killing his son Iosef despite having ample opportunity, though Marcus is surprised that Viggo pulled his contract prematurely. Viggo knows fully well this will upset John and he'll come after him, but he's [[SuicideByCop beyond caring anymore]]]].

* YouHaveFailedMe: Defied as he is fully aware of his actions and is acting very intentionally to protect John and steers clear of Viggo as much as he can. [[spoiler:Viggo however manages to catch up with him and punishes him in revenge for failing to stop John from killing his son Iosef despite having ample opportunity, but Marcus is surprised that Viggo pulled his contract prematurely. Viggo knows fully well this will upset John and he'll come after him, but he's [[SuicideByCop beyond caring anymore]]]].

* YouHaveFailedMe: Defied as he is fully aware of his actions and is acting very intentionally to protect John and steers clear of Viggo as much as he can. [[spoiler:Viggo however manages to catch up with him and punishes him in revenge for failing to stop John from killing his son Iosef despite having ample opportunity, but Marcus is surprised that Viggo pulled his contract prematurely]]. Viggo knows fully well this will upset John and he'll come after him, but he's [[SuicideByCop beyond caring anymore]].

* YouHaveFailedMe: Defied as he is fully aware of his actions and is acting very intentionally to protect John and steers clear of Viggo as much as he can. [[spoiler:Viggo however manages to catch up with him and punishes him for failing to stop John from killing his son Iosef despite having ample opportunity, but Marcus is surprised that Viggo pulled his contract prematurely]].

* YouHaveFailedMe: Defied as he is fully aware of his actions and is acting very intentionally to protect John and steers clear of Viggo as much as he can. [[spoiler:Viggo however manages to catch up with him and punishes him for failing to stop John from killing his son Iosef]].

* YouHaveFailedMe: Defied as he is fully aware of his actions and is acting very intentionally to protect John and steers clear of Viggo as much as he can. Viggo however manages to catch up with him and [[spoiler:punishes him for failing to stop John from killing his son Iosef]].

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Deciding to assassinate the deadliest and most feared hitman in the world in a way that would mark her for death by the entire criminal underworld. How Perkins expected this to end any way but horribly is anyone's guess.

* ImpaledPalm: He gets subject to this as part of a ''really'' nasty test while negotiating his deal with The Marquis; he can pull the knife out of his hand, ''or'' [[SadisticChoice he can pull the hand out of the knife]] to prove his loyalty to the cause, [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse and The Marquis leaves him in a position where there's only one real option]]. Nobody's hand is consequently messed-up and bandaged for the rest of the film.

--> '''The Marquis:''' I will ask only once. How were you able to locate him?
--> '''The Tracker:''' Pay and I’ll tell you.

** [[spoiler:Once The Marquis reneges on their deal -- bumping up the public bounty to $25 million to ensure [[CarnivalOfKillers every assassin in Paris is on John's tail]], ''after'' already forcing Nobody to talk his deal down to $23 million -- Nobody starts taking out said assassins to force The Marquis into raising his price to ''$40'' million. After a while, The Marquis begrudgingly capitulates, but shortly afterwards, John spares Nobody ''and'' saves his dog (and unbeknownst to him, [[EvilIsPetty The Marquis raises the public bounty to $40 million anyway]]). From there on out, Nobody decides to forget the whole deal and [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe helps John stay alive for the remainder of the film]].]]

* GenreSavvy: He joins Vigo as the only mob bosses to correctly gauge that John is going to complete whatever RoaringRampageOfRevenge he starts on, but whereas Vigo had the misfortune of having his idiot son doom much of their organization by provoking John, the Bowery King manages to befriend him and deploy him against their mutual enemies to great success.
* HoboGloves: Subverted. He wears black nitrile gloves with the fingertips snipped off, reminiscent of hobo gloves but done in a way to show that his personal apperance and his organization's front are deliberate choices.

** The greatest display of his pragmatism and reasonableness is in his conflict with first Santino and then the High Table - he doesn’t deploy his forces in open war and expend his man-power (which would likely be outmatched anyway) but rather simply backs John in both cases, the first time in a measured and calculated manner in reaction to Santino’ rise, and the second time after the High Table arrogantly threw its weight around in DisproportionateRetribution.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After being shown as one of Wick's few remaining friends in films one and two, he's entirely absent for films 3 and 4. [[spoiler: This is particularly noticeable during Wick's funeral in the fourth film, an event you'd imagine Aurelio would want to attend. Apparently there was an intent to have more people be in the funeral, but this was cut down due to budgetary reasons. Although, there is a possibility that Marquis de Gramont had Aurelio killed off screen as part of De Gramont's strategy to kill as many of John Wick's friends as possible.]]