J.G. Jopling

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Evil-doer
Full Name	J.G. Jopling
Alias	Homicidal Psychopath
Origin	The Grand Budapest Hotel
Occupation	Enforcer in service of House Desgoffe und Taxis
Powers / Skills	Speed Thieving skills
Hobby	None
Goals	Eliminate Monsieur Gustave for his employer Dmitri.
Crimes	Murder Exploitation Conspiracy Theft
Type of Villain	Enforcer

J.G. Jopling is the secondary antagonist in the 2014 comedy film The Grand Budapest Hotel. He is the enforcer and assistant of Dmitri Desgoffe-und-Taxis.

He was portrayed by Willem Dafoe, who also portrayed Raven Shaddock in Streets of Fire, John Geiger in Speed 2: Cruise Control, and Green Goblin in Spider-Man, Rat in Fantastic Mr. Fox, Lord Cob in Tales from the Earthsea, Nikolai Diavolo in Everything or Nothing, Eric Masters in To Live and Die in L.A., Armando Barillo in Once Upon A Time in Mexico, George Deckert in xXx: State of the Union, Ryuk in Netflix's Death Note and Max Schreck in Shadow of the Vampire.

Biography

Jopling is present when Madame Céline Villeneuve Desgoffe und Taxis' last will is read. After the valuable painting 'Boy with Apple' is inherited to Monsieur Gustave H, Jopling's boss and son of Madame D, Dmitri, rages and hits Gustave in the face. When Dmitri is in return hit by Gustave's companion Zero, Jopling hits Zero in the face.

After Gustave has been arrested for the murder of Madame D, Jopling is tasked with eliminating the witness Dmitri used to blame Gustave. He visits the sister of the witness, who claims that she has not seen her brother in a while. Jopling leaves a business card, telling that he needs to find the witness for his own safety.

On Dmitri's orders, Jopling later throws the cat of Vilmos Kovacs, Dmitri's attorney, out of the window after the latter refuses to cooperate with Dmitri's plans for Gustave, which do not correspond with the law. That night, Jopling secretly follows the Kovacs. When Kovacs realizes someone following him with a motorcycle, he flees into the art museum but is still followed by Jopling. Jopling kills Kovacs when he attempts to leave through a backdoor. During the incident, five of Kovacs' fingers are sliced off and Jopling picks them up from the street before leaving the crime scene.

Jopling is later sent by Dmitri to assist the police in finding Monsieur Gustave, who has escaped from prison. When Jopling meets Inspector Albert Henckels, Henckels quickly grows suspicious and asks Jopling whether he has any knowledge about the death of Kovacs. He then has Jopling escorted off the premises. After informing Dmitri of the situation, Jopling is sent to talk to the sister of witness again and is told to use force if necessary. The next day, her head is found in a laundry basket.

Having learned the location of the witness, Jopling immediately heads to a mountain in the Zubrovkian Alps where the man is hiding. Infiltrating the monastery where the witness is hiding, Jopling is able to strangle the witness while he is talking to Monsieur Gustave and Zero. Jopling then skis down the mountain to escape, pursued by Zero and Monsieur Gustave. After successfully descending from the mountain, Jopling causes the sleigh of his pursuers to crash, which leads to Monsieur Gustave falling over a cliff. Gustave is able to hold on but Jopling then appears above him. Jopling begins to stomp on the ground in order to break the ice, intending for Gustave to fall to his death. However, while he does so he is attacked from behind by Zero, falls over the cliff and falls to his death screaming.

Gallery

Jopling introduced.

Jopling stopping Dmitri from attacking Monsieur Gustave.

Jopling, moments before killing Kovacs' cat.

Jopling trying to murder Monsieur Gustave.

Jopling falls to his death.