Colonel Kurtz
| Walter E. Kurtz | |
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Marlon Brando as Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now | |
| First appearance | Apocalypse Now (1979) |
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| Based on | Kurtz from Heart of Darkness |
| Portrayed by | Marlon Brando |
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| Gender | Male |
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| Spouse | Janet Kurtz |
| Children | Unnamed son |
| Nationality | American |
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Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, portrayed by Marlon Brando, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now. Colonel Kurtz is based on the character of a nineteenth-century ivory trader, also called Kurtz, from the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.