David Nix

"Oh bollocks"

- David's last words

"why?, did something happen over there?, something bad?"

- Casey Newton talking about David Nix

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David Nix is the main antagonist of the 2015 Disney science-fiction movie Tomorrowland.

He is portrayed by the actor Hugh Laurie.

Information
David Nix is an inventor and a mayor and It is said he values technological achievement over scientific creativity.

Official Description
“Frank’s idea was to create things that are fun, that make people’s lives better because they bring pleasure and joy, and express hope. Nix is only interested in the more utilitarian platform of research; life for him is an endless scientific quest because he believes that man was put on this Earth to accumulate and develop knowledge.”

Tomorrowland
Frank Walker first encounters David at the 1964 World's Fair. When an 11 year old Frank enters "Tomorrowland," Nix is the one that kicks him out. Nix values technical accomplishment over creative thinking, and, when he throws Frank out of Tomorrowland, he banishes every other creative thinker.

This is to allow Nix to focus purely on aesthetics and technical advancement for its own sake.

Years later, we learn that Nix has been the mayor of Tomorrowland for many years, and has become corrupt and deluded. After discovering that the world would end, he used the Monitor to broadcast the warning to humanity. When they did nothing to stop it, he continued broadcasting causing the world's end to hasten and become a self-fulfilling prophecy. After Frank returns with Athena and Casey Newton using the Spectacle, a secret entrance created by Plus Ultra, Nix tried to deport them to an uninhabited island, but they fought back. Nix was pinned by part of the portal after it was destroyed and tried to kill Frank, but was stopped by Athena who took the blast. Casey disarmed him and he watched helplessly as Frank destroyed the Monitor. The Monitor's remains fell on Nix, killing him.