Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Ernst Stavro Blofeld
James Bond character
Donald Pleasence as Blofeld in You Only Live Twice (1967).
Created by	Ian Fleming
Portrayed by	Anthony Dawson (uncredited) Eric Pohlmann (voice, uncredited) Donald Pleasence Telly Savalas Charles Gray John Hollis (uncredited) Robert Rietty (voice, uncredited) Max von Sydow Christoph Waltz
Information
Aliases	Franz Oberhauser
Gender	Male
Affiliation	SPECTRE
Children	Nena Blofeld
Classification	Supervillain
Henchmen	Rosa Klebb Red Grant Emilio Largo Irma Bunt Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd Dr. Julius No Le Chiffre Mr. White Dominic Greene Raoul Silva Mr. Hinx

Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character and a supervillain from the James Bond series of novels and films, created by Ian Fleming. A criminal with aspirations of world domination, he is the archenemy of the British Secret Service agent James Bond. Blofeld is head of the global criminal organisation SPECTRE and is commonly referred to as Number 1, an official numerical position given to members of SPECTRE. The character was originally written by Fleming as a physically massive man, standing around 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) and weighing 21.6 stone (about 300 pounds (140 kg)), and very powerfully built.

Blofeld appears or is heard in three novels: Thunderball; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; and You Only Live Twice; as well as seven films from Eon Productions: From Russia with Love (1963); Thunderball (1965); You Only Live Twice (1967); On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969); Diamonds Are Forever (1971); For Your Eyes Only (1981) (the pre-title sequence of which shows an unnamed character resembling him fall to his death); and Spectre (2015). He also appears in Never Say Never Again (1983), the non-Eon remake of Thunderball.

Blofeld has been played on screen by Donald Pleasence, Telly Savalas, Charles Gray, Max von Sydow, and Christoph Waltz, among others. It was initially a convention of the films not to show Blofeld's face, only a close-up of him stroking his white blue-eyed Persian cat.