Raoul Silva Raoul Silva Raoul Silva (real name Tiago Rodriguez) is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in the 2012 James Bond film "Skyfall". He is portrayed by Academy Award-winning actor Javier Bardem. A former MI6 agent, he turns to cyberterrorism and begins targeting the agency he used to work for as part of a plan to get revenge against M, against whom he holds a homicidal grudge. Bardem received critical acclaim for his performance, and Silva is regularly ranked among the greatest villains in the James Bond series. "Skyfall" establishes that Silva's real name is Tiago Rodriguez, and that he
Motifs in the James Bond film series 1989, by Robert Brown who had previously appeared in the series as Admiral Hargreaves. Judi Dench took over the role of M from 1995's "GoldenEye" until 2012's "Skyfall". In "Skyfall", Gareth Mallory, played by Ralph Fiennes, takes over as M at the end of the film after the death of Dench's character. In the books, "Universal Export" (later "Transworld Corporation") serves as a cover for the British Secret Service. In the films, "Universal Exports" or variations thereof are used, such as the abbreviation "UnivEx" in "From Russia with Love", a brass name plate in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", and