Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, otherwise known as The Tortoise, is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Erik Jan Hanussen) in the 2021 historical action/spy film The King's Man, the third instalment in the Kingsman franchise.
He is a mystic Russian monk and the closest adviser of Tsar Nicholas II who keeps the entire Romanov family under his control with a combination of fake "miracles" and opium, and a leading member of the Flock.
He was portrayed by Rhys Ifans, who also played Eyeball Paul in Kevin & Perry Go Large, Adrian in Little Nicky, Jed Parry in Enduring Love, Vladis Grutas in Hannibal Rising, Uncle Phil in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, Edward de Vere in Anonymous, The Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man: No Way Home and Otto Hightower in House of the Dragon.
