The Beast

The Beast may refer to:

Religion

• The Beast (Revelation), two beasts described in the Book of Revelation
• Beast of the Last Days, a sign of the end time in Muslim belief

Fictional character

• The Beast is the imagined monster in William Golding's Lord of the Flies
• The Beast (Buffyverse), a fictional demon in the TV series Angel
• Beast (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
• The main antagonist of Kung Fu Hustle
• The Beast, from the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast
• Beast (Disney character), Disney version of the fairy tale character from the 1991 film Beauty and the Beast
• An antagonistic being featured in the inFAMOUS video game series

Film

• The Beast (1975 film), French/Italian drama
• La bête (The Beast), a 1975 film by Walerian Borowczyk
• The Beast (1988 film), a 1988 American film based on the play Nanawatai
• The Beast (1996 film), made for TV movie based on the 1991 novel Beast

Music

• The Beast (band), a hip hop and jazz band
• The Beast (Vader album), an album by Polish death metal band Vader
• The Beast (Angus and Julia Stone album), an EP by Angus and Julia Stone
• A song by Milt Buckner
• A song by the Fugees from The Score (album)
• A song by the band Concrete Blonde from their 1990 album Bloodletting (album)
• A song by Laura Marling

Television series

• The Beast (2001 TV series), a short-lived 2001 TV series
• The Beast (2009 TV series), an American crime drama starring Patrick Swayze
• "The Beast" (Neon Genesis Evangelion episode), an episode of the Japanese animated TV series

People nicknamed The Beast

• Júlio Baptista, a Brazilian football player
• Jerome Beasley an American basketball player currently playing for Eiffeltowers
• Aleister Crowley, an acclaimed occultist
• Lane Elenburg, Big Brother 12 (U.S.) houseguest
• Jimmie Foxx, a United States baseball player
• Luis Garavito, Colombian serial killer, nicknamed "The Beast" or "La Bestia"
• Jerel Ifil, an English football player currently playing at Aberdeen
• Brian Jensen (footballer born 1975), a Danish footballer
• Brandon Marshall, a United States American football player
• Max Mirnyi, a professional tennis player from Belarus
• Tendai Mtawarira, a Zimbabwean born South Africa rugby player
• John Mugabi, Ugandan born Middleweight boxer
• Jon Parkin, an English football player
• Salvatore Riina, a Sicilian mafioso
• Bob Sapp, a mixed martial arts fighter
• Dan Severn, a mixed martial arts fighter
• Daigo Umehara, a renowned Japanese arcade fighting video game player.
• Manu Vatuvei, New Zealand rugby league footballer

Other uses

• The Beast of Gévaudan, a man-eating predator
• The Beast (game), an alternate reality game promoting A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
• The Beast (newspaper), a Buffalo, New York newspaper
• The Beast (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island near Cincinnati, Ohio
• The Beast (wrestler), the ring name of Yvon Cormier, a retired Canadian professional wrestler
• The Johns Hopkins Beast, a robot built in the 1960s
• Milwaukee's Best, an economy beer brand by Miller Brewing Company nicknamed "The Beast"
• Presidential state car (United States), the official state car used by the President of the United States

See also

• Beast (disambiguation)