Owen Davian

Owen Davian
Name:	Owen Davian
Status:	Deceased
Role:	Main Antagonist
Age:	38
Date of birth:	November 12,1967
Birthplace:	Texas,United States
Date of death:	May 23, 2006
Place of death:	Shanghai, China
Cause of death:	Hitting by truck caused by Ethan Hunt
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Terrorist; Arms dealer
Expertise:	High-level intelligence; Great physical strength; High endurance level; High speed level; Marksmanship; Fighting skills; Torture skills; Vast ressources; Wealth; Leadership; Manipulation; Sophistication
Marital status:	Single
Played by:	Philip Seymour Hoffman
First appearance:	Mission: Impossible III
Last appearance:	Mission: Impossible III

“	You have a wife, a girlfriend? Because you know what I'm gonna do next? I'm gonna find her, whoever she is, I'm gonna find her and I'm gonna hurt her, and I'm gonna make her bleed and cry and call out your name. And you're not gonna be able to do shit, you know why? Cause you're gonna be this close to dead. And then I'm gonna kill you right in front of her.	”
–Davian's threat to Ethan., Mission: Impossible III

Owen Davian (c. 1967-2006) was the main antagonist in the 2006 spy action film Mission: Impossible III. He was an infamous and powerful American arms dealer, who attempted to find and sell a mysterious item known only by its codename, the 'Rabbit's Foot', to various terrorist groups for profit. Little is known about his early life, other than the fact that he was born and raised in Texas, after which he went on to become an arms dealer and financer.

Biography[]

Origins[]

“	I'm gonna count to ten.	”
–Owen Davian threatening Ethan during his interrogation, Mission: Impossible III

Owen Davian is the most infamous black market dealer who commonly makes use of specialized micro-explosives which, once planted in the skulls of hostages or exposed undercover agents, enable the disposal of an individual with ease without harming others. Davian's plan is to ultimately find a mysterious dangerous object known only as the Rabbit's Foot and sell it to a terrorist group.

Operation: Rabbit's Foot and Death[]

In 2006, Davian's illegal activities prompted the IMF to dispatch field agent Lindsey Farris to spy on him, as the man was considered high priority. Unfortunately, Farris ends up being exposed and captured by Davian's men, after which she is held for three days in a German factory, where she has a micro-explosive bomb implanted inside her head. Farris is rescued by Ethan Hunt and his team, but Davian triggers the bomb remotely, detonating it before Ethan is able to disarm it, instantly killing her. Later on, Ethan and his team plans to kidnap Davian himself, and promptly head to the Vatican to intercept him at a charity event being held inside its walls.

While he's in a bathroom, Davian is ambushed by Ethan donning a face-mask of his likeness, who obliges him to read a text in order to acquire voice print data to complete his disguise, after which the rest of the team transports the arms trafficker to safety. Due to a delay in analyzing Davian's voice, Ethan almost ends up being discovered by Davian's bodyguard.

Davian later regains consciousness on an IMF plane, facing Ethan and his colleague, Luther Stickell. He quickly surmises that Ethan was the man who attacked him, and starts making threatening and psychopathic remarks during his questioning. Ethan eventually loses his patience and almost drops him from the plane, but Luther intervenes and saves Davian's life, convincing Ethan he is of more use to them alive. Davian makes one final statement afterwards, claiming that what he is selling and who he is selling it to should be the last of Ethan's concerns. Davian's contempt for Ethan would only continue to grow from this point onward.

While being transported in an armored van, presumably enroute to an IMF safe-house, the convoy is attacked by Davian's men. They successfully rescue Davian, despite the efforts of Ethan, his team and the other IMF agents.

Davian, staying true to the threats he made, kidnaps Ethan's recently-wedded wife, Julia Meade-Hunt, through his IMF-embedded henchman Kimbrough before calling Ethan, explaining to him that he has 48 hours to recover the Rabbit's Foot for him or else Julia will die. Ethan switfly tracks the Rabbit's Foot to China, where he re-acquires it.

Ethan is then asleep by Kimbrough asking him to drink something, and when he wakes up he is facing Davian and Brownway, another henchman. Brownway lodged an explosive charge in Ethan's head, as he did with Lindsey, and interrogates him by holding Julia hostage. Finally, he kills Julia and leaves with Brownway. John Musgrave, an agent of the IMF who is apparently the ally of Davian, reveals that it was only the translator of Davian. Ethan dominates Musgrave and steals his cell phone to contact IMF agent Benji Dunn to guide him to Davian. Ethan reaches the hideout of Davian, beats two armed guards revealing the real Julia who is gagged. Davian intervenes, triggers the countdown of the micro-explosive in Ethan's head and savagely beats him, kicking and dragging him through the room. He then takes a pistol to kill Julia. Unfortunately for Davian, Ethan attacks him and gains the upper hand, knocking the terrorist through a door into the street, where he is hit by a car

Characteristics[]

Personality[]

Davian is an extremely ruthless, violent, megalomaniacal, callous, and intelligent sadist with elusive ways to avoid capture by the Impossible Mission Force and the Central Intelligence Agency.

He is a cruel and heartless, yet calm and calculating man; a true psychopath that takes great pleasure in wreaking havoc, as well as antagonizing and harming others, particularly those he believes has wronged him in any capacity.

Abilities[]

High Intellect: Davian is a highly intelligent individual who runs a large weapons trading organization that operates in multiple countries and has managed to escape detection from IMF with IMF Director Theodore Brassel classifying him as "the invisible man". He is also skilled at creating new weapons such as the explosive neural implant placed in Lindsey Farris which nearly took out Ethan's whole team.
Hand-to-Hand Combat: Davian possesses some basic hand-to-hand skills, and was able to use his brute strength to overpower Ethan, albeit while he was severely weakened.
Marksmanship: Davian is shown to be highly skilled at using conventional firearms such as handguns.
Torture: Davian is an expert in physical and psychological torture, and relishes the act of inflicting pain; be it for the purposes of gathering information or simple enjoyment.