Dougie "Dr. Evil" Powers | |
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Austin Powers character | |
Mike Myers as Dr. Evil
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First appearance | International Man of Mystery |
Created by | Mike Myers |
Portrayed by |
Josh Zuckerman (teenager) Kevin Spacey (in film-within-film) |
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Gender | Male |
Occupation | Evil doctor |
Family |
Nigel Powers (biological father) Austin Powers (brother) Unnamed adoptive father (deceased) Chloe (adoptive mother, presumed deceased) Mini-Me (clone) |
Spouse(s) | Frau Farbissina |
Children | Scott Evil |
Nationality | Belgian |
Mr. Bigglesworth | |
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Austin Powers character | |
Mr. Bigglesworth hairless
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First appearance | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery |
Last appearance | Austin Powers in Goldmember |
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Species | Cat |
Gender | Male |
Dr. Evil is a fictional character played by Mike Myers in the Austin Powers film series. He is the antagonist of the movies, and Austin Powers' nemesis. He is a parody of James Bond villains, primarily Donald Pleasence's Ernst Stavro Blofeld (as featured in You Only Live Twice). Dr. Evil routinely hatches schemes to terrorize and take over the world, and is typically accompanied by Number-two: an eye-patch wearing goon who fronts his evil corporation Virtucon Industries, his cat Mr. Bigglesworth and his sidekick Mini-Me, a dwarf clone of himself.
Myers revived the character for a brief appearance on the December 20, 2014 episode of Saturday Night Live, a show on which Myers previously had a regular role.
According to his own account in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, delivered in a group therapy session with his estranged son Scott, Dr. Evil's upbringing went as follows:
The details of my life are quite inconsequential ... Very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low-grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a 15-year-old French prostitute named Chloé with webbed feet. My father would womanize; he would drink; he would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament ... My childhood was typical: summers in Rangoon ... luge lessons ... In the spring, we'd make meat helmets ... When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds — pretty standard, really. At the age of 12, I received my first scribe. At the age of 14, a Zoroastrian named Vilmer ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum — it's breathtaking ... I suggest you try it.