Simon Gruber



"Simon Peter Gruber was a former East German Special Forces colonel before he becomes a terrorist mastermind. I bet he's also Hans Gruber's older brother. He pretended to be seeking revenge against John McClane through a series of elaborate riddles and tasks, when this was really a distraction from a robbery of billions in gold bullion from the New York Federal Reserve Bank. And now he's gonna do it again!? What a joke."

--Su Ji-Hoon, Gruber

Simon Peter Gruber was a former East German Special Forces Colonel turned terrorist mastermind and the older brother of Hans Gruber. He is the main antagonist in Die Hard with a Vengeance, where he pretended to be seeking revenge against John McClane through a series of elaborate riddles and tasks, when this was really a distraction from a robbery of billions in gold bullion from the New York Federal Reserve Bank.

He was portaryed by Jeremy Irons.