Simon Abkarian
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Alex Dimitrios played by Simon Abkarian

Born in Paris, France on 5th March, 1962

Starred in Casino Royale (2006)

film information

Alex Dimitrios is the eighth villain of Casino Royale. Following the lead of the message sent to Mollaka, Bond travels lead him to the Ocean Club at the Bahamas. After breaking into the security system, Dimitrios is identified as being the person who sent Mollaka the message. Bond learns where Dimitrios’ house is located and notices his beautiful wife Solange riding a white horse along the beach.

Later back at the Ocean Club Bond joins in on a game of poker with Dimitrios and a number of other players. During the proceedings Solange appears and kisses him, but Dimitrios pulls away commenting that she is a number of hours late and pushes her away. The game progresses until Dimitrios has a good hand and decides to raise the stakes. The dealer informs him that table limits stop him from raising by $20,000, so instead he bets his Aston Martin DB5. As the dealer tells Dimitrios again about the limits, Bond tells her that’s its ok, and wants to give him the chance to earn his money back, and so goes all in. Convinced he can’t loose, Dimitrios reveals his two kings, but gets a big shock when Bond reveals two aces, thus winning.

Dimitrios then heads to see Le Chiffre on his yacht. He is usually hired by Le Chiffre to do his dirty work for him, so wants to know why Dimitrios chose a contact already under surveillance by MI6. He informs Le Chiffre that he’s already got another man in mind for the job and he just needs details on what to do. While Bond is busy enjoying the company of Dimitrios’ wife at his villa, she gets a call to say Dimitrios is heading out of the last plane to Miami, so Bond decides to follow him.

Upon arrival in Miami, Bond trails Dimitrios to a Body Worlds exhibit. Bond watches Dimitrios place a bag in the cloakroom and receive a ticket. After placing this on some gambling chips in part of an exhibit, Dimitrios confronts Bond. Dimitrios pulls out a knife and they both try to get control over the knife. Bond manages to distract Dimitrios and proceeds to stab him with his own knife. He then sits Dimitrios down on a chair and leaves. §