Le Chiffre

Le Chiffre
Le Chiffre
James Bond character
	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 (2006 film); ;
Nationality	Stateless (novel); Albanian (2006 film);
Classification	Villain
Henchmen	Valenka

Le Chiffre (French: [lə ʃifʁ], "The Cypher" or "The Digit") is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Ian Fleming's 1953 novel, Casino Royale. 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.

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