Armand Dorleac

“	Armand Dorleac: And if you're thinking just now 'Why me, oh God?' the answer is: God has nothing to do with it. In fact, God is never in France this time of year. Edmond Dantès: God has everything to do with it. He's everywhere. He sees everything. Armand Dorleac: All right. Let's make a bargain, shall we? You ask God for help, and I'll stop the moment He shows up.	„
	~ Armand Dorleac as he is about to whip Edmond Dantès.

Armand Dorleac is a supporting antagonist of the 2002 film The Count of Monte Cristo.

He was the former warden of the Chateau d'If who tortured his prisoners including Edmond Dantès.

He was portrayed by Michael Wincott, who also played Top Dollar in The Crow and voiced Scroop in Treasure Planet and the Prophet of Truth in Halo 2.

What Makes Him Pure Evil[]

As mentioned by himself, in order to "help" his prisoners keep track of time, he whips them on the anniversary of their imprisonment including innocent prisoners.
When Edmond pleads that he's innocent, he mocks Edmond saying that he knows he's innocent and "reasons" that if he was guilty, he would've been sent to other prisons but the Chateau d'If is where they put prisoners that they're ashamed of.
He has Edmond prepared and whipped him without mercy. This would continue to go on for years, destroying Edmond's belief in God, and turning him into a cynical and vengeful person.
He mocks God and has no respect for Him as shown in his moments of:
- Reading the "God will give me justice" on the wall of Edmond's cell.
- "Promising" to end Edmond's torture if God appears.
- When going to dispose of "Abbé Faria's" body (Edmond in disguise), he prays to God out of boredom.
He has no respect for the dead when he sees that "Faria" has finally gone to "St. Peters".
He doesn't give his prisoners a proper burial and only has their corpses thrown into the sea.
He makes a sadistic joke about having all the time in the world.
He asked one of the jailors if Faria had a map to Count Sparda's treasure.
After being dragged into the sea, he shows cowardice by trying to escape when and before Edmond kills him by drowning him as revenge for all the abuse he put him through.

In the book, there was an unnamed warden who did no such torture methods that Dorleac does in the film. It is revealed by the writer of the screenplay for the film that that Dorleac was created for the film.