Adrian Alexander Veidt, also known as Ozymandias (/ ˌɒzɪˈmændiəs / OZ-im-AN-dee-əs), is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the graphic novel limited series Watchmen, published by DC Comics.

Adrian Alexander Veidt is a former costumed adventurer and billionaire industrialist who draws inspiration from his hero Alexander the Great and the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, from whom he took his name, Ozymandias. He used his company, Veidt Enterprises, to create a giant, mutated, squid...

The main cast of Watchmen (from left to right): The Comedian, Silk Spectre II, Doctor Manhattan, Ozymandias, Nite Owl II, and Rorschach. Production for Watchmen began casting in July 2007 for look-alikes of the era's famous names for the film—something director Zack Snyder declared would give the film a "satirical quality" and "create this '80s vibe."

Ozymandias filled out Captain Metropolis's role in forming the Watchmen and rather than dispatching an "alien" attack on New York City, was instrumental in devastating the world's major cities with exploding energy reactors he helped Doctor Manhattan create; therefore framing Manhattan as being responsible and serving as a common enemy of a ...

Adrian Veidt is Ozymandias, the smartest man alive and former costumed crime-fighter. After vigilantism had been outlawed, Veidt retired from heroics and became a businessman, but his ambitions were always greater.

Adrian Veidt, better known as Ozymandias, is the main antagonist of the Watchmen franchise. He is a former superhero turned billionaire industrialist and CEO of Veidt Industries, who secretly concocts a plan to unite the world and thus prevent World War III by killing millions of people through a staged alien invasion.

Doug Roth : Mr. Veidt, to date, you're one of only two Watchmen ever to reveal their true identity to the world, the first being Hollis Mason. And you've certainly profited greatly by it turning your superhero alter ego, Ozymandias, into a billion-dollar …

Peak Human Speed and Agility: Ozymandias is incredibly fast and agile, and has demonstrated an almost superhuman nimbleness and agility enough to effortlessly catch a butcher knife at point-blank range, dodge gunfire by running and with acrobatics, and move his hand into the path of a bullet at point-blank range, lodging it in his palm.

Watchmen: Chapter II (2024) Movie Review & Ending Explained: What Is Ozymandias’ Master plan? “Watchmen – Chapter II” (2024) continues from the first installment, adapting issues 7 to 12 of the original graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons .

Rorschach and Nite Owl confront Veidt, now wearing his Ozymandias costume once again, in his Antarctic retreat. Ozymandias confirms that he is the mastermind behind the Comedian's murder, Manhattan's exile, and the framing of Rorschach; he also staged his own assassination attempt to place himself above suspicion.