Sir Hugo Drax is a fictional character created by author Ian Fleming for the 1955 James Bond novel Moonraker. Fleming named him after his friend, Sir Reginald Drax. For the later film and its novelization, Drax was largely transformed by screenwriter Christopher Wood. In the film, Drax is portrayed by English/French actor Michael Lonsdale. In both versions of Moonraker, Drax is the main antagonist.