Simon 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.