Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a
fictional character and a
supervillain from the
James Bond series of
novels and
films, who was created by
Ian Fleming. An evil genius with aspirations of world domination, he is the
archenemy of the
British Secret Service agent James Bond. Blofeld is head of the global criminal organisation
SPECTRE and is commonly referred to as
Number 1, an official numerical position given to members of SPECTRE. The character was originally written by Fleming as a physically massive man, standing around and weighing 21.6 stone (about ), and very powerfully built.