Zao



Zao is the tertiary antagonist in the 2002 James Bond film Die Another Day.

He is portrayed by Rick Yune.

Film
Zao is the right-hand man of Colonel Tan-Sung Moon, even after he becomes Gustav Graves. Bond originally meets Zao in North Korea where he sets off some explosives which embed diamonds in Zao's face. Later, Bond finds Zao receiving gene therapy at a private clinic, but he manages to escape before Bond can catch him.

Bond eventually meets Zao again in Iceland, where they engage in an epic car chase across the frozen plains. After entering Graves' melting ice palace, Bond uses the adaptive camouflage function on his Aston Martin Vanquish to trick Zao into crashing his car into a icy lake. Zao manages to swim to the surface but Bond shoots down a diamond chandelier which falls and impales Zao in the water below.