Lord Cutler Beckett is a fictional character portrayed by Tom Hollander in the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean films. He makes his debut in Dead Man's Chest as a major supporting villain and has a more central part in the franchise's third installment  At World's End. A devious, ruthless, manipulative, elegant, and treacherous , Beckett is the chairman of the "East India Trading Company", and representative of King George II of Great Britain.