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Veidt was inspired to do just that.ģ6 years later in 1975, 2 years before vigilante crime fighters (superheroes) are banned by the 'Keene Act', he retires from super heroism, marketing his image, in the form of Action Figures among other products, for money, creating thus the Veidt Enterprises megacorporation. This was brought to a head when an abortive attempt to organize a new superhero team was disrupted by the The Comedian, who noted in his brutally apt way exactly how petty the doings of the costumed heroes were in a world where the threat of nuclear war hung overhead, and how powerless they were to stop it. Returning to America, he named himself 'Ozymandias' and became a costumed vigilante, focusing particularly on organized crime and earning a reputation as 'the smartest man on the planet.' However, his own cases robbed him of the idealistic belief that battling crime would truly lessen evil and suffering in the world.

It was during this journey that he consumed a ball of hashish and decided to become a superhero. Veidt then embarked on a vision quest, following the route of Alexander the Great - a childhood idol of he and his father - throughout the Mediterranean, Asia Minor, and former ancient Persia. After his parents' deaths, he inherited their substantial fortune at the age of 17, but chose to give it all to charity. Disgusted he stopped hiding his intelligence and graduated high school cum laude at age 14. He was bullied by another boy and after several months of martial arts training he crippled the boy by damaging his leg to avoid expulsion, his father bribed the school principal. After his teachers and parents became suspicious of his consistent academic prowess, he hid his intelligence by deliberately achieving average grades.

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In the television series by HBO, he is portrayed by legendary actor Jeremy Irons, who also portrayed Scar in The Lion King, Simon Gruber in Die Hard With a Vengeance, Humbert Humbert in the 1998 film adaptation of Lolita, John Tuld in Margin Call, Profion in Dungeons & Dragons, Rodrigo Borgia in The Borgias, and Alan Rikkin in Assassin's Creed.Īs of the Doomsday Clock #7 he has been revealed as the overarching antagonist of the DC multiverse, a position originally held by Doctor Manhattan (who it seems is once again being manipulated by Ozymandias, though his full plans have yet to fully discovered).īorn in 1939, the son of rich German immigrant parents Friedrich Werner Veidt and Ingrid Renata Veidt, Adrian was found to be incredibly intelligent.

In the 2009 film adaptation, he was portrayed by Matthew Goode, who also portrayed Charlie Stoker in Stoker and Dr. However, after his initial plan's ultimate failure, he redirects himself to finding Dr. He is a former superhero turned billionaire industrialist and CEO of Veidt Industries, who secretly concocts a plan to unite the world and thus prevent World War III by killing millions of people through a staged alien invasion. ~ Ozymandias explaininh his plans to the Watchmen.Īdrian Veidt, better known as Ozymandias and The Smartest Man in the World, is one of the main antagonists of DC Comics He is the main antagonist of both the comic book miniseries Watchmen and its 2017 sequel Doomsday Clock, as well as the main antagonist of the 2009 film adaptation by Zack Snyder, and the overarching antagonist of the 2019 HBO television adaptation. Will they? By exposing me, you would sacrifice the peace so many died for today. This is as much your victory as it is mine. ~ Ozymandias revealing he started his plan.ĭo you see? It's your super powers retreating from war. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I 'did it' 35 minutes ago.

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'Do it?' Dan, I'm not a Republic serial villain.