President Zaphod Beeblebrox.
Zaphod Beeblebrox is one of the two triagonists of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise. He is the semi cousin of Ford Prefect, the former president of the galaxy and an alien born on the fifth planet of Betelgeuse. Despite being one of the main protagonists of the series Zaphod himself as an incredibly despicable, narcissistic and spontaneous character.
In the radio show and TV series, he was voiced/portrayed by Mark-Wing Davey, while being portrayed by Sam Rockwell in the 2005 Disney/Touchstone film adaptation who also portrayed Justin Hammer in Iron Man 2, Eric Knox in Charlie's Angels, William Wharton in The Green Mile, Jason Dixon in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Billy Bickle in Seven Psychopaths. He has also been portrayed by many actors on stage.
Trivia[]
- In every visual adaptation Zaphod's second head is done in an entirely different way. In the TV series a latex animatronic was used, in the film a rubber mask and filming technique was used over Sam Rockwell's normal face and in stage adaptations the Pantomime horse technique was used which involved two actors in one costume giving the illusion of two heads and three arms.