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Karl Gajdusek. Screenplay. Matthew Vaughn. Screenplay, Story. As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
- Ralph Fiennes as Orlando Oxford
- Harris Dickinson as Conrad Oxford
- Gemma Arterton as Polly
- Djimon Hounsou as Shola
- Tom Hollander as King George, Kaiser Wilhelm, and Tsar Nicholas
- Rhys Ifans as Grigori Rasputin
- Matthew Goode as Captain Morton
- Daniel Brühl as Erik Jan Hanussen
- Charles Dance as Herbert Kitchener
- The King’s Man Supporting Cast & Characters
The Duke of Oxford who teaches his son, Conrad, the values of being a gentleman and a pacifist, even though Orlando is equipped with fighting skills himself. After The Shepherd manipulates world leaders into starting World War I, Orlando takes it upon himself to gather a team of spies and take down the rogue villains, thus forming the movies' Kings...
The son of Duke Orlando who yearns to fight in the war, although his father disapproves of such a path. A tough fighter who loves Arthurian legends, Conrad does eventually ship off to fight in World War I. As with Orlando Oxford not being based on a real-life figure, Conrad is largely fictional for The King’s Man's movie, though he may have been pa...
The Oxford’s loyal housekeeper who has a hidden talent for spycraft and action, as she becomes integral in forming the Kingsman alongside her boss. Polly is The King’s Man’s intelligent marksman, who helps recruit the servants of noble and powerful households into the spy service. Like The King’s Man’s Oxfords, Polly isn’t based on any historical f...
Shola is another of the Oxfords’ head servants, who typically trains Conrad for fighting and chauffeurs the family. Just like Polly, Shola is revealed to be an accomplished fighter, strategic planner, and loyal serviceman underneath his typical gentleman persona. Shola is also an entirely fictional character in The King’s Man, though he largely rep...
One role wasn’t enough for Tom Hollander in The King’s Man, as the actor portrays three important real-life historical characters—cousins King George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and Tsar Nicholas. These three relatives are integral to the beginning of World War I in both real life and The King’s Man, where King George would be pitted against his cousins ...
Already an enigmatic figure in world history, The King’s Man’s Rasputin is a fairly despicable and weird character, who was intentionally played up so as to return to the satirical tone of the previous Kingsman films. While The King’s Man’s Rasputin villain was instrumental in manipulating Tsar Nicholas into pulling out of World War I as instructed...
The English military captain served under Herbert Kitchener until he was seemingly killed at sea while headed for Russia. Morton is later revealed to be The King’s Man’s main Scottish antagonist, The Shepherd, who manipulated the start of World War I and recruited international agents to his cause, which was based on getting revenge for England’s c...
In The King’s Man, the real-life Erik Jan Hanussen fed into the Kaiser’s hatred of his cousins in order to increase his war efforts against England, eventually sending out the real-life Zimmerman Telegraph to distract the English and Americans. After The Shepherd dies, he takes over The Flock and, in the mid-credit scenes, recruits a young Adolph H...
Lord Herbert Kitchener was England’s Secretary of State for War who was notable in real-life and in The King’s Man for his expansion of concentration camps in the Second Boer War and leadership at the beginning of World War I. In The King’s Man prequelmovie, Orlando tried to convince Kitchener to keep Conrad out of the war, with Conrad’s later fata...
Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Archie Reid: Although not based on a real-life figure, Archie Reid is important as the soldier Conrad traded identities with in World War I. Taylor-Johnson is known for starring in Kick-Ass, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Tenet, and Sony’s upcoming 2023 Spider-Man film Kraven the Hunter. Joel Basman as Gavrilo Princip: The Shepher...
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Jan 23, 2022 · Ahead of the release of The King's Man, there were conflicting reports that said that Aaron Taylor-Johnson was playing either a character named Lee Unwin or Archie Reid. The reason for the...
Tom Hollander as King George and founding Kingsman Percival, Kaiser Wilhelm and Tsar Nicholas (both cousins of George V). Harris Dickinson as Conrad Oxford: Orlando's son, who switches places with a soldier Archie Reid to fight in the Great War against his father's wishes.
The King's Man: Directed by Matthew Vaughn. With Djimon Hounsou, Ralph Fiennes, Shaun Yusuf McKee, Peter York. In the early years of the 20th century, the Kingsman agency is formed to stand against a cabal plotting a war to wipe out millions.
A year after the war, Orlando purchases the Kingsman Tailor Shop as a front for his organisation. Orlando, Shola, Polly, King George, Archie Reid, and a U.S. Ambassador form the original Kingsman, each assuming a codename from the King Arthur legend to honour Conrad.
