The Beast
Encyclopedia
Fictional character
- The Beast is the imagined monster in William Golding's Lord of the FliesLord of the FliesLord of the Flies is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding about a group of British boys stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves, with disastrous results...
- The Beast (Buffyverse), a fictional demon in the TV series Angel
- Beast (comics)Beast (comics)Beast , Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" McCoy, is a comic book character, a Marvel Comics superhero and a member of the mutant team of superheroes known as the X-Men...
, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe - The main antagonist of Kung Fu HustleKung Fu HustleKung Fu Hustle is a 2004 action comedy film directed and produced by, and starring Stephen Chow. The other film producers were Chui Po-chu and Jeffrey Lau, while the screenplay was written by Huo Xin, Chan Man-keung, and Tsang Kan-cheung...
- The Beast character of the 1991 Disney film Beauty and the BeastBeauty and the Beast (1991 film)Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirtieth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and the third film of the Disney Renaissance period...
- An antagonistic being featured in the inFAMOUSInfamousInfamous may refer to:* Infamous , a 2006 film* Infamous Mobb, Queens rap group* The Infamous, a 1995 album by Mobb Deep* DJ Infamous, a record producer and former world champion DJ...
video game series.
Film
- The Beast (1975 film)The Beast (1975 film)The Beast is an Italian Drama film directed by Sergio Corbucci and stars Gabriella Giorgelli, Michel Constantin and Giancarlo Giannini.-Plot:...
, French/Italian drama - La bêteLa bêteThe Beast is a French erotic comedy-horror-drama film directed by Walerian Borowczyk. Although sometimes compared with Beauty and the Beast, there are no parallels in the plot except that it features the relationship between a beast and a woman....
(The Beast), a 1975 film by Walerian Borowczyk - The Beast (1988 film)
- The Beast (1996 film)The Beast (1996 film)The Beast is a 1996 made for TV movie starring William Petersen, Karen Sillas and Charles Martin Smith. The movie is based on the 1991 novel Beast by Jaws author Peter Benchley. The film is about a giant squid that attacks and kills several people when its food supply becomes scarce and its...
Music
- The Beast (band)The Beast (band)The Beast is an American alternative hip hop band from Durham, North Carolina. Formed in 2007 by emcee Pierce Freelon, drummer Stephen Coffman, bassist Peter Kimosh and pianist Eric Hirsh, The Beast is best known for their 2010 collaborative album with 6-time Grammy nominated jazz vocalist Nnenna...
, a hip hop and jazz band - The Beast (Vader album), an album by Polish death metal band Vader
- The Beast (Angus and Julia Stone album)The Beast (Angus and Julia Stone album)The Beast is the third EP by Angus and Julia Stone and the first single from their first full-length album, A Book Like This.-U.K.. edition:#"The Beast"#"Purple Skivvy"#"I'll Wait"#"Mother Hubbards Shoe"#"Choking"#"Little Bird"...
, an EP by Angus and Julia Stone - A song by Milt BucknerMilt BucknerMilt Buckner was an American jazz pianist and organist, originally from St. Louis, Missouri. He was orphaned as a child, but an uncle in Detroit taught him to play...
- A song by the Fugees from The Score (album)The Score (album)The Score is the second and final studio album by the hip hop trio Fugees, released worldwide February 13, 1996 on Columbia Records. The album features a wide range of samples and instrumentation, with many aspects of alternative hip hop that would come to dominate the hip hop music scene in the...
- A song by the band Concrete Blonde from their 1990 album Bloodletting (album)
- A song by Laura MarlingLaura MarlingLaura Beatrice Marling is an English folk musician from Eversley, Hampshire.Initially prominent within the London folk scene, she has also toured with a number of well-known indie artists in the UK. Her debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim and her second album I Speak Because I Can were nominated for...
Television series
- The Beast (2001 TV series), a short-lived 2001 TV series
- The Beast (2009 TV series)The Beast (2009 TV series)The Beast is an American crime drama series starring Patrick Swayze and Travis Fimmel. It debuted on the A&E Network on Thursday, 15 January 2009 at 10 PM EST. On June 15, 2009, Entertainment Tonight announced that the show was canceled due to Swayze's pancreatic cancer...
- "The Beast" (Neon Genesis Evangelion episode), an episode of the Japanese animated TV Series
People nicknamed The Beast
- Brian Jensen (footballer born 1975), a Danish football player
- Tendai MtawariraTendai MtawariraTendai "Beast" Mtawarira is a Zimbabwean-born South African rugby union player for the Sharks in the Super Rugby competition. Mtawarira, a prop, is fondly known by friends and fans as "The Beast". Roars of "Beast" are shouted by spectators and fans of the Natal Sharks team whenever Mtawarira...
, a Zimbabwean born South Africa rugby player - Júlio BaptistaJúlio BaptistaJúlio César Baptista is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Málaga CF of the Spanish La Liga...
, a Brazilian football player - Jon ParkinJon ParkinJon "The Beast" Parkin is a journeyman English footballer who plays for Huddersfield Town on loan from Cardiff City as a striker.-Early career:...
, an English football player - Jerel IfilJerel IfilJerel Christopher Ifil is an English footballer who plays for Kettering Town as a defender. He is the elder brother of defender Philip Ifil, who also plays for Kettering Town.-Career:...
, an English football player currently playing at Aberdeen - Aleister CrowleyAleister CrowleyAleister Crowley , born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist, astrologer, mystic and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religious philosophy of Thelema. He was also successful in various other...
, an acclaimed occultist - Jimmie FoxxJimmie FoxxJames Emory "Jimmie" Foxx , nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was a right-handed American Major League Baseball first baseman and noted power hitter....
, a United States baseball player - Brandon MarshallBrandon Marshall-2006:Before the regular season even began, Marshall suffered a slight tear to his PCL in a pre-season game against the Detroit Lions. Although the injury sidelined him for a couple of weeks, he was able to return and play 15 games during the regular season. Marshall had a total of 20 catches, 309...
, a United States American football player - Max MirnyiMax MirnyiMax Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...
, a professional tennis player from Belarus - Salvatore RiinaSalvatore RiinaSalvatore "Totò" Riina is a member of the Sicilian Mafia who became the most powerful member of the criminal organization in the early 1980s. Fellow mobsters nicknamed him The Beast due to his violent nature, or sometimes The Short One due to his diminutive stature...
, a Sicilian mafioso - Dan SevernDan SevernDaniel DeWayne Severn is an American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, notable for his success in the early years of Ultimate Fighting Championship tournaments. Severn has fought and wrestled for many mixed martial arts and professional wrestling promotions, including King of the...
, a mixed martial arts fighter - Bob SappBob SappRobert Malcolm "Bob" Sapp is an American kickboxer, mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, actor, comedian and former professional American football player. Sapp currently has a combined fight record of 21–21–0, mostly fighting in Japan...
, a mixed martial arts fighter - Jerome BeasleyJerome BeasleyJerome Beasley is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for APOEL in Cyprus.-High school:Beasley graduated from Moreno Valley High School in California in 1999...
an American basketball player currently playing for Eiffeltowers - John MugabiJohn MugabiJohn "The Beast" Mugabi is a former boxer and world Jr. Middleweight champion. A world traveller, Mugabi was a part of an early 1980s Jr...
, Ugandan born Middleweight boxer - Luis GaravitoLuis GaravitoLuis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos, aka "La Bestia" or "Tribilín" is a Colombian rapist and serial killer. In 1999, he admitted to the rape and murder of 140 young boys...
, Colombian serial killer, nicknamed "The Beast" or "La Bestia" - Daigo UmeharaDaigo UmeharaDaigo Umehara , is a renowned Japanese arcade fighting video game player. He specializes in 2D arcade fighting games, mainly those released by Capcom...
, a renowned Japanese arcade fighting video game player. - Lane Elenburg, Big Brother 12 (U.S.) houseguest
Other uses
- The Beast of GévaudanBeast of GévaudanThe Beast of Gévaudan is a name given to man-eating wolf-like animals alleged to have terrorized the former province of Gévaudan , in the Margeride Mountains in south-central France from 1764 to 1767 over an area stretching . The beasts were consistently described by eyewitnesses as having...
, a man-eating predator - The Beast (game)The Beast (game)The Beast was an alternate reality game created by a team at Microsoft to promote the Steven Spielberg film A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. The Beast, which ran for twelve weeks in the spring and early summer of 2001, is one of the most influential early ARG games.-Defining ARG:An ARG is a game...
, an alternate reality game promoting A.I.: Artificial Intelligence - The Beast (newspaper)The Beast (newspaper)The Beast was originally a Buffalo, New York alternative biweekly newspaper which now publishes exclusively online.The Beast was founded by Matt Taibbi, Kevin McElwee and Paul Fallon in 2002. The format was originally a free biweekly newspaper, but changed in 2007 when it began to charge for...
, a Buffalo, New York newspaper - The Beast (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster located at Kings IslandKings IslandKings Island is a amusement park located northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio. Opened in 1972 by Taft Broadcasting Company and now owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, Kings Island is the most visited seasonal amusement park in the U.S...
near Cincinnati, OhioOhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus... - The Beast (wrestler)The Beast (wrestler)Yvon Cormier was a Canadian professional wrestler. Competing primarily under the ring name The Beast, he and his three wrestling brothers made up the Cormier wrestling family. He wrestled in many countries but regularly returned to Canada, where he competed for the Eastern Sports Association and...
, the stage name of Yvon Cormier, a retired Canadian professional wrestler - The Johns Hopkins BeastJohns Hopkins BeastThe Johns Hopkins Beast was an early robot built in the 1960s at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The machine had a rudimentary intelligence and the ability to survive on its own. As it wandered through the white halls of the laboratory, it would seek black wall outlets....
, a robot built in the 1960s - Milwaukee's Best, an economy beer brand by Miller Brewing CompanyMiller Brewing CompanyThe Miller Brewing Company is an American beer brewing company owned by the United Kingdom-based SABMiller. Its regional headquarters are located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the company has brewing facilities in Albany, Georgia; Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; Eden, North Carolina; Fort Worth, Texas;...
nicknamed "The Beast" - Presidential state car (United States)