| Le Chiffre | |
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| James Bond character | |
 Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre in the 2006 film Casino Royale | |
| Created by | Ian Fleming |
| Portrayed by |
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| 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 | |
| Nationality |
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| 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.[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]
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- ^ 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.[dead link]