Alongside counterfeit pharmaceuticals, human trafficking and prostitution, Blofeld and SPECTRE had increasingly made use of terrorism. Involved in numerous high-level underworld dealings, Blofeld was the architect of many of the events in Bond's Secret Intelligence Service career claiming to be responsible for the actions of Le Chiffre, Dominic Greene, Raoul Silva, as well as the deaths of Vesper Lynd and former SIS head, Olivia Mansfield ('M').īy 2012-15, Blofeld had become increasingly utilitarian and ruthless. He re-emerged years later, as the leader of the vast and shadowy terrorist organization known as SPECTRE.

Also assumed killed, Franz subsequently fled and adopted his mother's maiden name: styling himself, 'Ernst Stavro Blofeld'. Franz grew jealous of his father's strong paternal relationship with Bond an obsession which culminated in the young man murdering his father in a staged avalanche in Kitzbühel. Over the course of two years, he taught the boy to ski, climb and hunt. In 1983, Hannes was given temporary custody over the 12-year old British orphan, James Bond, following the death of his parents in a climbing accident.

The man you're talking to now, the man inside your head, is Ernst Stavro Blofeld.' ― Ernst Stavro Blofeld to James Bond īorn Franz Oberhauser, he was the son of Austrian climbing and skiing instructor, Hannes Oberhauser.

' Franz Oberhauser died twenty years ago, James. In addition, the film explicitly links Blofeld with the activities of Bond's antagonists since 2006's Casino Royale, including Le Chiffre, Dominic Greene, and Raoul Silva. Re-invented for the Daniel Craig continuity of James Bond films (2006-present), Waltz's Blofeld is the foster brother of 007 and the leader of SPECTRE, which is bent on controlling global surveillance through the ' Nine Eyes' program. Loosely based on the literary character created by Ian Fleming, Blofeld and was portrayed by Austrian-German actor, Christoph Waltz. He was the fictional founder and head of the global criminal organisation SPECTRE. The author of all your pain.' ― Ernst Stavro Blofeld to James Bond Įrnst Stavro Blofeld, born Franz Oberhauser, is the main antagonist of the Classic rebooted James Bond series, appearing in the shadows in the first three films Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and Skyfall before physically appearing as the main antagonist of Spectre and the secondary antagonist of No Time to Die.

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