Liet-Kynes is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He is primarily featured in the 1965 novel Dune, but also appears in the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy (1999-2001) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. The character is brought back as a ghola in the Herbert/Anderson sequels which conclude the original series, Hunters of Dune (2006) and Sandworms of Dune (2007).
In the 1984 film Dune, Liet-Kynes is played by M...
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Liet-Kynes is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He is primarily featured in the 1965 novel Dune, but also appears in the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy (1999-2001) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. The character is brought back as a ghola in the Herbert/Anderson sequels which conclude the original series, Hunters of Dune (2006) and Sandworms of Dune (2007).
In the 1984 film Dune, Liet-Kynes is played by Max von Sydow. In the 2000 Dune miniseries, Liet-Kynes is played by Karel Dobrý, who also plays treacherous priest Korba in the Children of Dune miniseries.
Liet-Kynes is the son of Pardot Kynes, the original imperial planetologist/ecologist of planet Arrakis; and nominal leader of the Fremen at the start of the novel Dune.
Liet-Kynes was born in the year 10,154. Kynes was technically only half Fremen, since his father Pardot was from Salusa Secundus. Liet's mother Frieth was a sister to Stilgar, a future naib of Sietch Tabr. Liet took upon him...
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