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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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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Welcome to the club!"'']]
!!!'''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.
[[/folder]]
[[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.
[[/folder]]
[[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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[[folder:The Duke of Oxford]]
!!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.
----
* 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.
[[/folder]]
[[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]].
[[/folder]]
[[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.
----
* 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".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Polly]]
!!Polly Watkins
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Welcome to the club!"'']]
!!!'''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.
----
* 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.
[[/folder]]
[[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.
----
* 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.
[[/folder]]
[[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.
----
* 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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!!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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!!!'''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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!!!'''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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!!!'''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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!!!'''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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!!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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!!!'''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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!!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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-->''"Real power is not found running off to war. Real power lies in understanding who it is you're truly fighting, and how they can be defeated."''
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->''"Why is it that boys are so messy?"''
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* TeamMom: As a nanny she naturally has a lot of maternal instincts and is shown baking a birthday cake for Conor and decrying that “her boys” are so messy.
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* TeamMom: As a nanny she naturally has a lot of maternal instincts and is shown baking a birthday cake for Conor Conrad and decrying that “her boys” are so messy.
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* TeamMom: As a nanny she naturally has a lot of maternal instincts and is shown baking a birthday cake for Conor and decrying that “her boys” are so messy.
