Oddjob (often written as "Odd Job") is a fictional character in the espionage novels and films featuring James Bond.

A Korean, like all of Goldfinger's staff, he is extremely powerful, as shown in one sequence where he breaks the thick oak railing of a staircase with knife-hand strikes (colloquially known as 'karate chops') and shatters a mantel with his foot.

Oddjob is described as being a "squat" man with "arms like thighs", black teeth, and a "sickly zoo-smell".

Oddjob's signature weapon is a razor-edged bowler hat, which he wears at all times and can throw with deadly accuracy.

In addition to killing people who might cause trouble for Goldfinger, Oddjob functions as his guard, chauffeur, and manservant (though not his golf caddy, as depicted in the film).

The second time, after killing Tilly Masterson, he instructs his men to dispose of her body by merely pointing at them and saying, "Ah!

The fourth time, as Bond electrocutes him in Fort Knox, he yells a final long, loud "Arrgh!".

He is also fanatically loyal to Goldfinger and his plot, as he is willing to die in the nuclear explosion in Fort Knox rather than allow the bomb's disarmament.

[3] Oddjob appears in the animated series James Bond Jr. with a miniature top hat (in place of the customary bowler hat), sunglasses, and hip-hop style clothes (not only does he wear purple instead of black, but he wears more casual attire as opposed to his live-action counterpart's dress suit), revealing that the electric shock did not kill him, but knocked him unconscious.

In the video game James Bond 007, Oddjob appears as a henchman for the main villain, General Golgov.

Oddjob appears in the James Bond video games GoldenEye 007 and 007: Nightfire as a playable character for use in multiplayer modes.

In Dynamite Entertainment's ongoing comic book title James Bond 007, a new iteration of Oddjob is featured who is envisioned as a South Korean secret agent and a successor to another Oddjob (with Harold Sakata's likeness), initially acting as a rival spy to Bond in a mutual assignment.

[7] In 2002, the hat was lent out for an exhibition at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the release of Dr.

[12] Oddjob's lethal hat was ranked tenth in a 2008 20th Century Fox poll for the most popular movie weapon, which surveyed approximately 2,000 films fans.

In the Mortal Kombat video game franchise, recurring character Kung Lao's throwable hat was inspired by Oddjob.