Gotz Otto
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Gotz Otto playing Stamper

Born in Frankfurt, Germany on 22nd January 1967

Starred In Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

film information

Stamper played by Gotz Otto is the second villain of Tomorrow Never Dies. Stamper is in charge of the initial stages of starting a war between England and China to create great ratings for Elliot Carver’s news group.

After the Stealth Ship sinks the HMS Devonshire, Stamper mercilessly assassinates the remaining survivors in the water.

Whilst attending a launch party at Carver’s headquarters in Hamburg, Bond is taken to a soundproof room where he is beaten up by some of Carvers men. Stamper is informed and tells the men to “make him uncomfortable" whilst Stamper listens to the speech made by his boss. By the time Stamper joins his men Bond has escaped.

Stamper later arranges for the ‘auto club’ to break into Bonds BMW 750iL. After they have difficulty, Stamper contacts his mentor Dr Kaufman to torture Bond to get him to open the car. Bond manages to kill Dr Kaufman and escape. Bond and Stamper meet once again when he is captured along with Wai Lin and taken to Carvers new headquarters in Saigon. Bond and Wai Lin manage to escape after ironically throwing one of Stampers own Chakra Torture Tools into his leg.

Stamper thinks he has killed Bond a number of times at the end of the film, but they have a final confrontation on a cruise missile platform. Bond manages to drop a very heavy weight on Stampers feet pinning him down and knifing him in the stomach. As the cruise missile gets ready to launch, Bond applies some detonators to the exhaust, ensuring it blows up when it launches. Still stuck in position, Stamper stops Bond from escaping telling him that they will both die. However luckily only Stamper is killed when Bond manages to cut himself free of Stampers hold to rescue Wai Lin trapped underwater.

character information

Head of security for Elliot Carver, Stamper is a very menacing character, showing little mercy or rebuke whilst he enjoys killing people in cold blood. While quite softly spoken, the mere physical presence of Stamper puts fear into his victims. Stamper shows genuine emotion when he learns that Bond has killed his mentor Dr Kaufman. He speaks highly of Dr Kaufman telling Bond that he had been lecturing him in the ancient art of Chakra torture and murder techniques. While not explained, Stamper has a condition similar to Renard in The World Is Not Enough, in that he feels little pain. §