Hilary Briss

Hilary Briss was a character in the BBC Comedy The League of Gentlemen and was played by Mark Gatiss. He also appears in the movie The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, appearing more as an anti-hero in contrast to a villain the show.

The League of Gentlemen (TV Series)
Hilary appears as somewhat a mysterious man and the owner of Hilary Briss & Sons, a butcher shop in the town of Royston Vasey. He has a secret substrance known as "Special Stuff" and a small group who are addicted to it, although its revealed in the second season Hilary doesn't take the stuff (which is never revealed) as "someone needs to stay in check".

During the second season the Special Stuff led to an epidemic in Royston Vasey which included violent nosebleeds. Magistrate Maurice Evans' wife Eunice got her hands on the special stuff and began putting them in her sandwiches which led to the massive epidemic. Before Hilary could be caught, he fled to a tropical island leaving behind his wife (who was revealed to be a massive brown cow).

Hilary doesn't appear in the third season, but a newspaper headline reveals a string of nosebleeds occurring in the Caribbean, most likely all down to Briss. His shop is also seen boarded up in the third season, which graffiti which includes "Murderer" sprawled over it.

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Hilary returns for the feature length movie as an anti-hero and one of the three protagonists alongside Herr Lipp and Geoff Tipps. Hilary is seen on the run from the police in handcuffs being chased across the moors. He takes Herr Lipp hostage and stops Geoff's car. They arrive at a church and end up in a room which opens a gateway to the real world. They are confused at first, but are told by Papa Lazarou and Tubbs and Edward that they were fictional creations and sends Briss along with Lipp and Geoff to seek out The League of Gentlemen who had abandoned Royston Vasey to work on other projects.

Briss has Steve Pemberton kidnapped and lures Mark Gatiss and Reece Sheersmith to Royston Vasey to show them the destruction of the town. Characters from the League's new project "The King's Evil" including villain Dr. Pea arrives and tries to convince Briss to join him in the King's Evil world, but Briss refuses to abandon Royston Vasey. Briss fights a massive monster created by Dr. Pea, and is victorious until Pea stabs him in the back. Briss dies in Geoff's arms and convinces him to save Royston Vasey before dying. Geoff later avenges Briss by killing Dr. Pea.