Colonel Walter Kurtz — Apocalypse Now Character Profile

About Colonel Walter Kurtz

Renegade Special Forces Colonel commanding a remote jungle outpost and worshipping troops. He operates outside military command, espouses ruthless war theories, and is ultimately assassinated by Willard.

Colonel Walter Kurtz — Character Profile

Affiliations

• United States Army Special Forces

Quick Facts about Colonel Walter Kurtz

Education

United States Military Academy

Occupation

soldier

Nationality

[[Americans

Colonel Walter Kurtz's Known Relations

• United States Army Special Forces — Member of

Character Facts

Played by

Marlon Brando

Appears in

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (2)

• Colonel Walter Kurtz — Conflict Arch Enemy — Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen)

  Official mission target and ideological adversary.

• Colonel Walter Kurtz — Conflict Defector — Lieutenant Richard M. Colby (Scott Glenn)

  Former operative who abandoned his mission to join Kurtz.

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