List of James Bond henchmen in Tomorrow Never Dies

A list of henchmen from the 1997 James BOND film Tomorrow Never Dies from the List of James Bond henchmen

Mr. Stamper

Mr. Richard Stamper is a villain in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. He was played by Götz Otto.

Stamper is a henchman of Elliot Carver and the protégé of Dr. Kaufman, a professional assassin. Kaufman trained him in the many methods of torture, particularly chakra torture, which attempts to inflict the maximum amount of pain on the body's most vital areas. A towering presence at 200 cm (6 feet 6 ½ inches), his size alone is enough to send fear into the hearts of his intended victims. The film's novelization reveals him to be a sadomasochist, taking pleasure in pain and fond of torturing and raping his victims. This makes Stamper a truly formidable foe, since he will simply feel pleasure, instead of pain from Bond's blows. Kaufman is "like a father" to Stamper, who served as his protege in the field of torture, so after Bond kills Kaufman, Stamper determines to avenge his death.

Stamper is the only villain left alive as he fights Bond on the platform holding the missile. Bond is less of a match to the physically fit Stamper and tries to resort to his knife. He first stabs Stamper in the arm but the man is clearly enjoying the pain. Bond then stabs him in the chest but that doesn't work either. Bond then knocks Stamper backwards and releases the brake lever holding the missile. The missile slides backwards and crushes Stamper's foot, pinning him. Angry, Stamper grabs Bond and dangles him over the edge. Bond tries to unzip his jacket but it's stuck. He grabs the knife out of Stamper's chest and cuts himself loose, falling into the water to safety. Stamper is left stunned as the missile ignites but Bond had put detonators on the engines. As a result, Stamper is left to die alone on the raised missile platform. The missile, the stealth boat, and Stamper are destroyed in the explosion.

Last words: "We die together, Mr. Bond."

Henry Gupta

Henry Gupta is a fictional character from the James Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies. He is played by American actor and magician Ricky Jay.

A radical student at Berkeley in the 1960's, Gupta became a techno-[...], selling his services for money. He is employed by Elliot Carver to steer the HMS Devonshire off course in the South China Sea, and provides all the technology and surveillance at Carver's offices, as well as programming a nuclear missile to strike Beijing - "Press the magic button, Beijing disappears."

Once Bond has located the stealth ship on which Gupta and Carver are sailing, Gupta is captured and offered as a trade for the already-captured Wai Lin. Carver executes Gupta by shooting him, once he has established that he is surplus to requirements and was no longer of any use to Carver.

In the deleted scenes on the Ultimate Edition DVD, it is revealed that Gupta (rather like the real-life magician that Ricky Jay is) is an expert at card tricks, and is capable of throwing them into objects or people with deadly effectiveness (cf. Chris Ferguson, a poker player who is known to be able to slice vegetables with thrown playing cards).

He is also one of the villan's henchmen who was not killed personally by Bond, but by his boss.

Last Words - "Press the magic button, Beijing disappears."

Dr. Kaufman

Dr. Kaufman is a fictional character in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, portrayed by the late Vincent Schiavelli.

Dr. Kaufman is a professor of forensic medicine and a professional marksman, making him a capable assassin. His hobbies included the art of chakra torture, and he claimed that he was quite skilled at it. He was hired by Elliot Carver to kill his wife, Paris Carver, and James Bond in Bond's hotel room in Hamburg and make it look like Bond committed [...]/[...]. Just as he is about to kill Bond, he is radioed by Mr. Stamper telling him to ask Bond how to unlock his car. Bond gives Kaufman his cellphone, which unlocks it and tells him the code to press, however the code is for the taser on Bond's phone and Dr. Kaufman receives an electric shock. Bond then grabs the stunned Kaufman's gun and turns it against him. Kaufman attempts to reason with Bond, saying,

Kaufman: Wait! I am just a professional doing a job. Bond: So am I.

Bond then proceeds to shoot Kaufman (one of the only occasions in the film series in which 007 is shown exercising his licence to kill against a disarmed opponent) before escaping from room via the balcony. Later in the film Bond encounters Mr. Stamper, Kaufman's protégé, whom the doctor had schooled in the ancient art of chakra torture. Stamper states that, "He (Kaufman) was like a father to me."

Quotes

• I am an outstanding pistol marksman — take my word for it, ja?
• (after Bond points out that shooting him from across the room won't look like [...]) I am a professor of forensic medicine. Believe me, Mr. Bond, I could shoot you from Stuttgart und still create ze proper effect!
• I feel like an idiot. I don't know what to say.
• Oh, I don't believe zis. Did you call ze auto club?

Last Words — "Wait! I am just a professional doing a job!"