Eddie Temple

"You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, take more shit. Rise a little higher, take less shit... until one day, you're up in the rarefied atmosphere, and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the Laker Cake, son."

- Eddie's most famous line Eddie Temple is a crime lord and one of the primary antagonists of the 2004 film Layer Cake. A property developer, narcotics baron and international investor, Eddie wields considerable influence in both the criminal and legitimate world, and is a childhood friend of fellow villain Jimmy Price. Though initially believed to be in full support of protagonist XXXX's activities at various points in the film, later events reveal that Eddie is actually playing his own angle.

He is played by Sir Michael Gambon, who also played Jan Jarmokowski in The Beast Must Die and Albert Spica in The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.