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Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (/ ˈ h ɑːr k ə n ə n / [2]) is a fictional character in the Dune franchise created by Frank Herbert.He is primarily featured in the 1965 novel Dune and is also a prominent character in the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy (1999–2001) by Herbert's son Brian and Kevin J. Anderson.
Dune was adapted as a 1984 film, [8] [9] and again in two parts, the films Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024). [10] [11] Additionally, the novel was adapted as a 2000 television miniseries, Frank Herbert's Dune, [12] [13] and the first two sequels were also adapted as a single miniseries, Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, in 2003. [14]
Ian McNeice (born 2 October 1950) is an English film and television actor. On television, he has played government agent Harcourt in the 1985 television series Edge of Darkness, Bert Large in the comedy-drama Doc Martin, the Newsreader in historical drama Rome (2005–2007) and Winston Churchill in Doctor Who (2010–2011).
Dune: Part Two star Stellan Skarsgård has recalled the challenges of wearing Baron Harkonnen's fat suit.
THE LONG-AWAITED second installment in the sci-fi epic Dune is almost upon us, bringing even more of Frank Herbert's spice, space politics and sandworms to the big screen: but while Dune: Part Two ...
As Dune begins, Feyd-Rautha figures heavily in the Baron's plans to gain power for House Harkonnen. The Baron favors the handsome and charismatic Feyd over Feyd's older brother Glossu Rabban ("The Beast") because of Feyd's intelligence and his dedication to the Harkonnen culture of carefully planned and subtly executed sadism and cruelty, as opposed to Rabban's outright brutality.
Paul Atreides (/ ə ˈ t r eɪ ɪ d iː z /; [2] later known as Paul Muad'Dib, and later still as The Preacher) is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert.He is a main character in the first two novels in the series, Dune (1965) and Dune Messiah (1969), and returns in Children of Dune (1976).
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