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In fiction, dictatorship has sometimes been portrayed as the political system of choice for controlling dystopian societies in books, video games, TV and movies. Below is a list of fictional dictators.

Character Location Organization In Notes Ref
Adam Susan (called Sutler in the film version) England, possibly Scotland Norsefire Party V For Vendetta Dictator and High Chancellor in the V for Vendetta graphic novel and movie. Came to power as a result of a massive terror attack, which was orchestrated by him in the plot. Is portrayed as a homophobe, racist and totalitarian. Resembles Adolf Hitler. [1]
Napoleon Manor Farm, England Animal Farm animals Animal Farm A group of animals overthrow their abusive farmer, Mr. Jones, and try to establish an equal society of animals. Later, Napoleon, paralleled to Joseph Stalin seizes power and is repressive. An allegory of the October Revolution in Russia. [2]
Aku A dystopian retrofuturistic Earth Black Mass of Darkness Samurai Jack A shapeshifting demon from long ago, Aku sends the protagonist, a Samurai Jack to the future before he could land a killing blow. In the distant future, Aku reigns supreme on the planet Earth. [3]
Prince Karl "Charles" von Waldron United States European Confederated Army The Fall of a Nation Dictator of the United States.
President Judd Hammond United States Unknown Gabriel Over the White House Dictator of the United States.
General Gurko Lanen Lichtenburg Lichtenburg Dictatorship The Son of Monte Cristo Dictator of Lichtenburg. [4]
President Coriolanus Snow Panem The Capitol of Panem The Hunger Games In the future North America has become a dictatorship, divided into 12 districts. Every year, two children from each district are forced to fight each other in The Hunger Games [5]
Julio Ardiente Poblacion Ardiente, Philippines Ardiente Dynasty Wildflower In a town in the Philippines where a fascistic powerful family gained absolute power and control a wave of bloody murders,corruption and graft in the Ardiente dynasty,terrorist attacks,and scandals within the Ardiente Family has washed over the whole town,A strong-willed woman named Lily Cruz vows to bring down the Ardiente dictatorial rule vowing vengeance for her family's loss. [6]
President Maximilian II and later Thorne Unknown country Unknown Land of the Blind A satirical depiction of dictatorship. Maximilian II was a brutal dictator overthrown by Thorne, played by Donald Sutherland who later turned out to be a worse one. This film parallels Iranian Revolution, as Maximilian resembles Shah of Iran and Thorne resembles the Supreme Leader. [7]
Digimon Emperor Digital World Unknown Digimon An evil, despotic alter-ego of the boy genius Digidestined Ken Ichijouji. Abuses and treats his fellow Digimon like slaves, building Control Spires to assert total control over the Digital World, and using a whiplash to whip Digimon who protest his tyrannical reign of terror. [8]
Sebastiano Di Ravello Medici Medici Military Just Cause 3 Took dictatorship illegally after President Dantes death and exiled Rosa Manuella who was leading in the polls. Planning domination using Bavirum. [9]
Arcturus Mengsk Koprulu Sector, Milky Way Terran Dominion StarCraft Overthrows the Terran Confederacy and crowns himself Emperor of the newly formed Terran Dominion, uniting the Koprulu Sector under one sovereign rule for the first time. [10]
Darth Sidious (Sheev Palpatine) Star Wars Galaxy Galactic Empire Star Wars A Sith Lord who served as Senator of the planet Naboo, Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic and Emperor of the "Galactic Empire". Possible reference to Hitler's title Chancellor of Germany and Napoleon's transformation to an empire.[citation needed] [11]
Lyndon LaRouche United States LaRouche movement Sliders episode, "Time Again and World" An absolute ruler in this alternate United States series, the Sliders. [12]
Big Brother Oceania Ingsoc Nineteen Eighty-Four Ruler of the totalitarian continent. Reference to the USSR. [13]
Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip A plutocratic/totalitarian United States Unknown It Can't Happen Here A charismatic and power-hungry politician who is elected President of the United States on a populist platform, promising to restore the country to prosperity and greatness, and, more importantly, promising each citizen five thousand dollars a year. Once in power, however, he becomes a dictator; outlawing dissent, putting his political enemies in concentration camps, and creating a paramilitary force called the Minute Men who terrorize the citizens. One of his first moves as president is to make changes to the Constitution which give the President sole power over the country, rendering Congress obsolete. This is met by protest from the congressmen as well as outraged citizens, but Windrip declares a state of martial law and, with the help of his Minute Men, throws the protesters in jail. As Windrip dismantles democracy, most Americans either support him and his Corpo Regime wholeheartedly or reassure themselves that fascism cannot happen in America (hence the book's title). [14]
Marshal Kûrvi-Tasch Borduria Bordurian Government The Adventures of Tintin Dictator of a fictional semi-totalitarian Fascist state in The Adventures of Tintin series [15]
Ex-Soviet dictator Novistrana Federal Republic of Novistrana Republic: The Revolution Dictator of a fictional post-USSR independent nation in the video game, "Republic: The Revolution" [16]
Sheldon Plankton Bikini Bottom Chum Bucket Restaurant SpongeBob SquarePants The business rival of Spongebob’s boss Eugene Krabs, who took over Bikini Bottom with the sale of mind-controlling bucket-like helmets in The Spongebob Squarepants Movie. [17]
Salvador Mendoza San Esprito Republic of San Esprito Just Cause Took control of San Esprito illegally. [18]
Libby Folfax Retroville, Texas (alternate timeline) The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius episode, "The Tomorrow Boys" Dictator of the world [19]
Sheen Estevez Retroville, Texas Sheens Brain Dictator of the world [20]
Shredder New York City Foot Clan Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles A ninjutsu master who served as the Ninja Turtles’ archenemy, having taken over New York City in many incarnations. [21]
Venomous Snaptrap Snaptrapolis (alternate version of Petropolis) D.O.O.M (Diabolical Order Of Mayhem) T.U.F.F. Puppy episode ”Watch Dog” Dictator of Petropolis [22]
Darkwing Duckaka "Darkwarrior Duck St Canard Time and Punishment Dictator of St Canard [23]
Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen Republic of Wadiya The Dictator Dictator of a fictional country in North Africa called Wadiya, he is known to hold anti-semitic, misogynous, and anti-western attitudes. Aladeen is loosely based on the late leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi. [24]
Nehemiah Scudder aka The Prophet Incarnate United States "Revolt in 2100" and "If This Goes On . . ." Part of Robert Heinlein's Future History time line. Scudder was initially elected, then established a religious quasi-mystical dictatorship. [25]
Ramos Clemente Unknown country The Mirror Resembles Fidel Castro. [26]
Jake Featherston Confederate States of America Freedom Party Southern Victory Series An analogue of Adolf Hitler in Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory Series, in which the Confederacy won the American Civil War in 1862, Featherston rises to power after the Central Powers-aligned United States defeats the Entente-allied Confederacy in the Great War. Under him, African-Americans are subject to heavy racial discrimination and are later genocided (a parallel to the Holocaust). [27]
President Isaac Ngotelute Republic of Boriade An Ancient African Kingdom A satirical depiction of President Isaac Ngotelute, an enlightened, cruel and brutal ruler, antagonist in "Under the Umbrella: An African Tale" by Manu F. Manun'Ebo from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This first time novel published in English in the UK in November 2011 (ISBN 978-0-9569316-0-3), weaves delightful humour into apparent light-hearted moments of extreme violence. It portrays a mythical country wounded by cruelties of dictatorship in post-colonial Africa.
Andrew Ryan City of Rapture BioShock Founder of Rapture, Ryan built Rapture as a utopia to remain isolated from the "outside world", as well severing connections with outside of the city. However, his rule reaches a climax when rival, Frank Fontaine, defies Ryan's objectives, becoming a catalyst for the civil war in Rapture. [28]
Zachery Hale Comstock City of Columbia BioShock: Infinite Also known as "Father Comstock", he is the messianic leader of the flying city of Columbia and the leader of the ultra-nationalist organization of "the Founders", whom are involved in a civil war against the militant organization Vox Populi, as well as stopping the "false shepherd" Booker Dewitt, the protagonist. Comstock is capable of seeing the future with the help of technology developed in his city. [29]
Dr. Wallace Breen City 17 Half-Life 2 Former administration of Black Mesa Research Facility, Dr. Breen is the appointed chancellor of City 17, while Earth is ruled by the Combine and serves as the main antagonist of Half-Life 2. Breen is presumed dead after failing to escape the planet. [30]
Scolar Visari Helghan Empire The Helghast Killzone Scolar Visari is the former ultra-nationalist ruler of the planet Helghan from the Killzone series, who united the planet with rhetoric and violence. Rose to power after the first failed war against the Interplanetary Strategic Alliance by weakened Helghan troops, and vows vengeance for the empire. Visari is based heavily on Adolf Hitler and fascist ideals, but has a cult personality similar to that of Joseph Stalin and Kim Il Sung. [31]
Queen Myrrah Hollow of Planet Sera Gears of War Leader of the locust horde, Myrrah holds great contempt for the human race living on the planet Sera for allegedly forcing the locust underground. She holds a racist view towards humanity, seeing them as inferior, and inevitably leads a genocidal war against Serans. [32]
El Presidente Island of Tropico Tropico Unnamed player character of the Tropico series, El presidente, depending on the actions of the player, can choose to become a totalitarian dictator aligned with any political party, or a democratic ruler of the island nation of Tropico. [33]
Pandak Panay Panau Just Cause 2 Killed his father in a car bomb who was the leader of Panau. He did so he can get power. He is a fascist. [34]
President John Henry Eden Capital Wasteland and the former United States The Enclave Fallout 3 President Eden is the leader of the Enclave forces of the game, made up by the remnants of the American government. However, rather than attempting to rebuild the United States, President Eden attempts to create a pure race of Americans opposed to the surviving wastelanders and persuades the player to sabotage his/her father's project: project purity, a project to eradicate radiation from water. [35]
President Richardson Oil rig of the coast of North California The Enclave Fallout 2 The secondary antagonist of the game, he has largely the same goals as President John Henry Eden, hoping to use the modified FEV he obtained from the Mariposa Military base, a virus used to create a race of Super Mutants. The player of Fallout 2 kills him either directly by going to his office or indirectly by blowing up the oil rig. [36]
The Governor Woodbury, Georgia The Walking Dead The Governor, serves as the self-declared leader of a small survivalist encampment located in Woodbury, Georgia in the post-apocalyptic setting of The Walking Dead, fighting both zombies and the survival group led by the story's protagonist Rick Grimes. [37]
Premier Alexander Romanov Soviet Union Red Alert 2 Leader of Soviet forces in an alternative universe involving a war between the western Allied forces and the Soviets, he is accompanied by his companion Yuri, who later betrays him by killing him. However, Romanov returns back to life after the commander of the Red Army travels back in time and stops Yuri. [38]
Sauron Mordor, Middle-Earth The Lord of the Rings The main antagonist of the series, Sauron is the leader of the orc army of Mordor attempting to achieve domination of Middle-Earth, only to be weakened by Isildur. Sauron attempts to regain his ring stolen by Isildur, which later recovered by Bilbo Baggins and in the possession of his nephew Frodo Baggins, to return to power, only to be completely defeated after the ring is dropped into Mount Doom. [39]
President Greg Stillson United States The Dead Zone Although only running for president, the main character, Johnny Smith, has a vision that predicts Senator Greg Stillson will lead a nuclear holocaust on Russia, despite opposition from his aides and military generals. To prevent Stillson from becoming president, Johnny attempted to assassinate him but fails, only to successfully tarnish Stillson's political career and, eventually, lead him to suicide. [40]
The White Witch Narnia The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Ruler of Narnia, the White Witch is known to rule the land with endless winters and preventing Christmas from coming, as well as using minions to keep the land under her control, who serve as a secret police force. [41]
Hiram Burrows City of Dunwall, Gristol Dishonored After being involved in a coup between an elite cadre of politicians and nobles in the city of Dunwall, during a time of a massive plague outbreak, Hiram Burrows orchestrates an assassination on the city's empress and frames the protagonist, Corvo Attano, for the murder in order to avoid any resistance. Rather than helping the ailing citizens of Dunwall, he constantly places the city under martial law and imposes extreme measures to avoid dissent. [42]
Vaas Montenegro Rook Islands Far Cry 3 Although not a politician and an actual dictator, Vaas is one of the main leaders in control of a small island the main protagonist, Jason Brody, incidentally lands on; however, because Vaas is known to be brutal towards the island's native tribe, the Rakyat, where his men constantly engage in ethnic cleansing incidents because of their opposition, he is engaged in a war against the tribe's insurgents. [43]
General Anton Vincent Fictional British island Dear Dictator Exiled dictator movie, starring Michael Caine. [44]
Lord Voldemort The Wizarding Community of Great Britain Death Eater Harry Potter An evil wizard who takes over the government of Great Britain's Wizarding Community, using one of his followers as a figurehead. [45]
George Washington United States Assassin's Creed III He is a central character and an ally of the Assassin; Ratonhnhaké:ton AKA, Connor in the video game Assassin's Creed III. However, in the alternate reality DLC entitled The Tyranny of King Washington, Washington becomes mad with power and declares himself King of America, becoming a megalomaniacal dictator. [46]
Pagan Min Kyrat Far Cry 4 He is the self-appointed leader over a nation named Kyrat, located in the Himalayan Mountains. [47]
Jamal al-Fayeed Abbudin "Tyrant" He is the successor to his father as president of Abbudin, a Middle Eastern nation. [48]
Kuvira Earth Empire Legend of Korra After the Earth Queen’s assassination, she reunited the broken down Earth Kingdom and restabilized Ba Sing Se using her army. During Prince Wu’s coronation, she was supposed to step down, but instead she denounced Wu’s authority and transformed the Earth Kingdom into the Earth Empire. She’s known as “the Great Uniter.” She tried to capture the United Republic of Nations. She is so determined to get what she wants that she was willing to sacrifice her fiancé in order to try to kill Avatar Korra. [49]
Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in Khura'in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice She is the queen and former Minister of Justice of the Himalayan kingdom of Khura'in. She attempted to assassinate her sister Amara and usurped the throne for her, leading her to become queen and serve for the next twenty-three years, despite having no spiritual power. Ga'ran passed the Defense Culpability Act, which stated that the sentences for defendants who were found guilty are also placed upon all those who supported the defendant in any way, including their lawyer, leading to many executions. [50]
Desta Rahal Bahari Scorpion He is the leader of the North African country of Bahari. He lives luxuriously despite his nation's extreme poverty, but brings himself attention when a leftover Nazi "Sun Gun" is found. Rahal acts politely to outsiders but does not respond well to what he views as being "slighted". [51]
Napaloni Nation of Bacteria The Great Dictator He is a parody of Benito Mussolini played by Jack Oakie. [52]
Adenoid Hynkel Tomania The Great Dictator He is a parody of Adolf Hitler played by Charlie Chaplin. [53]
Grande Wizard Kingdom Tweeny Witches The main antagonist of the series, Grande is the military dictator of Wizard Kingdom attempting to use the forbidden dark magic, which he believes will create a new world for his people to live in. Grande manipulates Eva into performing dark magic by preying on her insecurities, only for Arusu to undo the forbidden magic with the legendary magic of light. [54]

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