Cutler Beckett

## Villain Description

### Goals

To erradicate the pirates from the seven seas for King George II (abandoned and failed)
To use Davy Jones for his own purposes (failed)
To kill Governor Swann for treason (indirectly succeeded)

### Hobbies

Making more money
Drinking tea
Finding new places

### Skills

Manipulation
Possesion over Davy Jones (briefly)
Command
Strategy
Agression

### Type of Villain

Xenophobic Official

Cutler Beckett is a supporting antagonist of the *Pirates of The Carribean* franchise. He acts as a supporting antagonist of *Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest* and then returns as one of the two main antagonists (alongside Davy Jones) of *Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End*. He also serves as one of the main antagonists of the book *Price of Freedom*. He is a tyrannical and extremely greedy head of the East India Trading Company, and is one of Jack Sparrow's most cruel and ambitious enemies.

He was portrayed by Tom Hollander.

## History

### *Dead Man's Chest*

He is sent by King George II to make a profit and give him power among the other nations around The Seven Seas. He assists Norrington against Jack Sparrow, Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner. At the end, Norrington delivers him the heart of Davy Jones, thus giving him temporary full command of his ship and army. Norrington and Beckett plot to use Jones as a weapon against the pirates.

### *At World's End*

He is tasked to wipe out all pirates from The Seven Seas. He calls Jack Sparrow for a meeting and tells him that if he gives his compass, he will get a royal squadron under his command and will be free from Davy Jones' wrath. Jack however outwits him and escapes as he declines the deal. Later in the movie, Turner teamed up with Beckett temporarily as against the pirates so Jones will be forced by Beckett in return to free his father from the curse, while Elizabeth Swann is also safe. Davy Jones however intends to murder Calypso, as against Becket's ideas. However, Turner later double crosses Beckett because he cares about the pirates. Beckett and Jones later find Jack Sparrow, Swann, Turner and Captain Hector Barbossa and he attempts to take Turner as a hostage, but Swann asks him to take Jack Sparrow and spare Will Turner. Elizabeth also tells Beckett during their confrontations that he will die for conspiring the death of her father. Beckett is then double crossed by Davy Jones who kills Norrington and then takes his heart by force from Mercer, whom he mutilates and throws into the sea. After Jack and his crew manage to kill Jones and free his crew from the control of the tyrannical bounty-hunter, Jack Sparrow uses both The Black Pearl and The Flying Dutchman to sink The Endeavor. Beckett eventually realizes that it's all just good business, thus feeling remorse for his actions and not giving the order to fire at Sparrow's ships. Beckett realized that it was all just good business, however, by the time he regretted his scheme it was too late to escape the terrible fate. As his innocent men died and the ship collapsed, he walked down the stairs tragically and fell into the water.

## Trivia

* Not only does he feel remorse in the movie, but he also has some conflicted feelings about Jane in the book *Price of Freedom*, in which Beckett offers her to share his ranks out of genuine love. However, after she died, Beckett was driven into villainy and vengeance. His moment of remorse could have been a reflection of his feelings towards Jane.