Rex's father, portrayed by Christoph Waltz.
Bert Hanson is the main, later secondary antagonist of the 2014 sequel, Horrible Bosses 2. He was promoted as the film's main antagonist, but this turned out to be a misinformation campaign to hide the true main villain.
He is portrayed by Christoph Waltz, who also portrayed Mandrake, Hans Landa, Franz Oberhauser and Chudnofsky.
Biography:
After Nick, Dale and Kurt decide to launch their own business, Bert and his son, Rex, meet them at a golf course. Bert orders 100,000 Shower Buddies from them, only to cancel the order, leaving them with a half-million-dollar debt. Later on, after Rex's kidnapping was staged, Bert called the police after they told him not to, proving that money is his main priority. This, however, proved to be his undoing, as he winds up being killed by Rex.
Trivia:
- Christoph Waltz worked with Jamie Foxx in the 2012 film, Django Unchained, as a father figure and close ally to Django Freeman.
- He also worked with Jason Sudeikis in the 2013 film, Epic, where he played the main villain, Mandrake against Jason Sudeikis' character's daughter, MK, played by Amanda Seyfried.
- He is the second villain played by Christoph Waltz to be a father.
- Prior to the film's release, Bert was promoted as the main antagonist, but it turns out that his son, Rex, is the true main villain.