Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre in the 2006 film Casino Royale
Created by
Ian Fleming
Portrayed by
Peter Lorre (1954)
Orson Welles (1967)
Mads Mikkelsen (2006)
In-universe information
Full name
Jean Duran (video game)
Gender
Male
Occupation
Paymaster for the Syndicat des Ouvriers d'Alsace (novel) Terrorist banker (film)
Affiliation
Soviet Union (TV)
SMERSH (novel; 1967 film)
Spectre (revealed in Spectre)
Quantum[1] (2006 film)
Nationality
Stateless (novel)
Albanian (2006 film)
Classification
Villain
Henchmen
Valenka
Le Chiffre (French:[ləʃifʁ], "The Cypher" or "The Digit") is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Ian Fleming's 1953 novel, Casino Royale.[2] On screen Le Chiffre has been portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1954 television adaptation of the novel for CBS's Climax! anthology television series, by Orson Welles in the 1967 spoof of the novel and Bond film series, and by Mads Mikkelsen in the 2006 film version of Fleming's novel where he is one of two main antagonists, the other being Mr. White.
Fleming based the character on occultist Aleister Crowley.[3]
^Breznican, Anthony (4 April 2008). "James Bond series takes a 'Quantum' leap". USA Today. McLean, Virginia: Gannett Company. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
^Black, Jeremy (2005). The Politics of James Bond: From Fleming's Novels to the Big Screen. U of Nebraska Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-8032-6240-9.
^Macintyre, Ben (5 April 2008). "Was Ian Fleming the real 007?". The Times. London, England. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
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