Wilford

	Male
	Deceased
	Caught up in the explosion uptrain
	Maintaining the Eternal Engine
	English
	Gilliam †
	Curtis Everett † Yona (killer)
	Ed Harris
	Snowpiercer

This article is about Wilford from Snowpiercer (film). You may be looking for Joseph Wilford from TV series.

“	You know everyone has their own preordained role to the system.	”
	— Wilford's second to last line.

Wilford is the main antagonist of Snowpiercer. He is a genius inventor, and the founder of his own corporation, Wilford Industries. He also masterminds the operations on the globe-trotting Snowpiercer locomotive, which carries the last remnant of humanity. He is portrayed by Ed Harris.

History

Background

Wilford is the conductor of the train, a calm and ingratiating leader, who wears a robe and eats steak in his luxurious front car. While he uses child labor to run the engine and kills his less wealthy passengers to maintain the class hierarchy on the train.

Throughout the Film

When Curtis and Minsoo arrived at the car before the Eternal Engine. Wilford ordered Claude to shoot Minsoo and force Curtis to have a meal with him. Curtis and Wilford had a medium rare steak. Wilford told Curtis that the front and the tail are supposed to work together and how he and Gilliam planned "The Great Curtis Revolution" together, although the original plan is that the revolution would end at the Yekaterina Bridge, but Curtis managed to make it farther than he thought.

Wilford also revealed that he had been writing the messages hidden in the Protein bars this whole time. He asked Curtis to be in charge of the train instead of him, as he is old and can't continue the job. After that, Yona ran into the Eternal Engine and discovered that Tim was working under the car. Wilford told Curtis that even though Snowpiercer is perpetual, but the parts isn't. So they need working human to keep the train going manually, but since the space is very small so it only allows young children to work. That's why he seek small children in the first place. Curtis angrily punched Wilford right in the face several times.

When Curtis stopped the Engine with one of his arm, Andy would still keep the engine going without listening to Curtis. Wilford, watching helplessly, told Curtis how every one has their own position. Wilford would witness the last part where Minsoo and Curtis shielded Tim and Yona from the explosion which derailed the train.

Personality

He believes that what he is doing is benevolent. He is the prototypical image of a fascist dictator, a powerful figurehead who is cocooned from the violence and destruction he creates.

Relationship

Gilliam

Gilliam and Wilford are close friends and planned the whole revolution. The both would do "late nights phone chats" together. According to Wilford, Gilliam could go on hours, all with only one arm.

Appearances

The Tail	The Drawers	Protein Block Processing Room	Passing Yekaterina Bridge	Water Supply Section
M	M
Ag-Sec, Aquarium	Classroom	Sauna	The Eternal Engine	Out of the train
M	M		✔/D
✔ = Appeared			M = Mentioned	D = Deceases

Memorable Quotes

WIP

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