Where is Anton Chigurh From? | No Country For Old Men Explained 

What business is it of yours where he’s from, friendo

I always figured him for a Vietnam Vet who actually thrived in combat while others became victims of ptsd

anyone else would look like a mad dork with that haircut, he makes it work anyway. it's almost iconic now

He comes from northern Spain a place near Zaragoza. His mother being from toulouse in southwest France. Not much is known from his childhood other than he survived a horrible attack on his family brought about from his father's dark dealings. He was the only survivor in fact. After that he was raised by an old man that was from a lifetime of fighting in the French foreign legion. He dies not pop up again until arrested thought to have been involved in the mass killing of 13 men known to be les beaux voyous. He escaped captivity over night killing 3 guards and a dog . That's all that is known, and I've said to much and must go now.

Anton is an international hit man, blended with mutucutiral accents or styles. A kind of renaissance man and has no past or name. Stylized in medical know how and fit for military warfare. He blends in anywhere he goes an likewise disappear at will.

I'm willing to bet the reasons they chose Javier Bardem for the part goes beyond his dark features, and Spanish accent.

I didn’t realize that Woody’s character was also a hitman. I knew he had criminal ties and military background of course, but I just thought he was someone they hired to find the money is all.

One friend of mine suggested that his name "chigurh" might have a hint of Turkish in it, but its quite a mysterious figure for sure. I love your content on him and the book/film

The characters in this movie all come from Sheriff Bell's dreams. Bell describes Anton as "a ghost."

Spanish actor Javier Bardem played the character perfectly. And, i do feel he, Chigurh probably did serve in the military and was a war veteran.

"What business is it of yours where I'm from? Friendo" -Anton Chigurh.

I've always thought it was strange when people try to "figure out" Anton Chigurh Anton Chigurh can not be figured out because he is the embodiment of the unknown just as The Joker is the embodiment of chaos and Michael Myers is the embodiment of Darkness In some ways he is like Chuthulu (the name even sounds similar). If we could understand him it would completely undermine his character. The whole point of Anton is that his is beyond our understanding. He is an agent of the unknown and as HP Lovecraft once said there is no greater fear than the unknown

Anton Chigurh is Keyser Soze's third cousin and comes from the same area. He's one of the few people Keyser is rumored to use on a a semi-regular basis. I told Cormac stories about him in the early 1980's after the notorious ship explosion and fire which killed so many foreign men in San Pedro Harbor around that period. While the local police blamed infighting between local Serbs and Croats, and never came close to closing the case it served as the inspiration for "The Usual Suspects". I have always been surprised they used Keyser's name but he seems to have correctly assessed it would brand him a fictional character like his cousin Anton. Cormac and I had a third hand acquaintance with them when dealing with an export problem to Northern Ireland during the Troubles of the 1980's. As far as I know Keyser and Anton are still active businessmen. Entirely respectable, I assure you.

The Spanish verb "seguir" means to follow. Chigurh is a hit man. He follows people. He's Spanish. End of story.

Nice video. Made me remember how "magical", so to speak, that movie is. I watched it first when I was a kid, and rewatched it many times since. Some of the magic of it has worn off over the years, but watching this video made me remember some of the reasons why I loved this movie so much. Chigurh, what a character...

His origins are much like his haircut; long in the short places, short in the long places. Something from both the future and the past, like what a child would do to a doll.

Hes probably from Hell.

He’s the weird cousin of one of the Cartel bosses tied up in the deal gone wrong.

This popped up in my suggestions lol didn’t know you started making video essays. Nice!

Regarding 4:03 and onwards: Bardem does speak with a Spanish accent, however NOT Mexican-Spanish, but European.

Great stuff, your channel needs more exposure Justin - Cheers -

I read the book a couple years before the film came out. You don't learn much more about Anton Chigurh in the book, but the name sounds like Ant On Sugar. In the novel he is described as having very short hair and blue eyes that look like the eyes of a baby. You get the idea that Chigurh is connected to the border drug war, just a macabre creature of evil.

He looks like a mix of Slavic and Native American to me. Maybe Turkish? Hard to say... Certainly an intimidating, enigmatic character.

Life is like a card game. Either you win or you lose.

awesome video! you have a very soothing voice, i hope your channel gets the exposure it deserves

Awesome vid!

I'm going to subscribe to you to help build your Channel. I like the subject matters that you cover on this channel. They're close to my nerd mentality as well. I'm a huge fan of Anton Chigurh and No Country For Old Men. I see you like horror movies. Be nice if you cover like the mysticism behind the Halloween franchise, Friday the 13th, and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Also covering Stranger Things would be cool too. Pennywise. Pumpkinhead. Candyman. Just a few suggestions. Yeah some of these have been covered on other channels, but it's cool to see different perspectives from different people.

I always placed him as from somewhere around the Balkans, although from no particular country. Maybe with field medic training in the Foreign Legion.

In the book his appearence was described as "eastern european", he had blue eyes. As good as I know, the firtst name "Anton" is widespread all across the eastern Europe. The second name "Chigurh" is difficult to locate but in my own opinion it sounds like something from western Ukraine. A lot of people from this region fled to Canada in the period of time between the fall of the Russian Empire and before the soviet occupation so, maybe, his parents or grandparents were among them.

He struck me as someone with native american and spanish heritage.

Anton Chigurh is one of my Favorite Movie Characters

That Lord Farguaad haircut tho...👩🏻

Dig the content, and subbed. I do wonder if you're vaguely influenced by "The Vile Eye" though. In any case, cheers mate!

Having read some Cormac - maybe half of the books - I think he is not interested in writing military-related characters. Now, I don't think Anton is a trained hitman per-se. For some reason I can imagine an "All the Pretty Horses" type of character evolving into Anton - a young drifter, amateur hunter and poacher getting hired by a dodgy ranch, doing "dirty work" including sorting out the competition, and then skipping after some tragedy or prison time, infected/enlightened with own understanding of morals and survival in a world with no place called home.

Honestly, this could be a good prequel concept

I love the movie and these videos

"To understand who Anton chigurh is from, first you have to understand who Anton chigurh the hitman is"

Anton chigurh is my favorite character. I think maybe he was a war veteran or something. That would kind of explain why he doesn't give up. or maybe he came from somewhere else. Maybe a foreign country. That would explain some things

In the novel MC Carthy say he has a exotic aspect, the name Chigurh sounds Indian, I found "Shigur" (or something similar) as real indian second name somewhere. I think that could be his origin, or at least his family origins. The Spanish way could be correct too, but only because of the actor Bardem, so I find it too semplicistic.

Armenian, Georgian, Bulgarian hitman is what I believe him to me ex USSR/Ottoman territory considering his name "Anton Chigurh"

Regarding the hairstyle. There was a movie in the 1970s that featured a tall relentless psychopathic killer with rough masculine face and a girlish bob haircut. The movie was Time After Time and the killer was played by David Warner. I'm convinced they found their look there. Even the way the killer stalks and shows up like a ghostly predator is very similar.

"Anton" is a Russian male name, so when I started watching the movie, at first I thought he was Russian

His accent is that of a Spanish guy trying to do an east-european accent :) Bound to be confusing Actually, the way he looks & walks, he would stick out like a sore thumb anywhere, which surely isn't ideal in his line of work - and he doesn't "look like anybody" as in the book

I assumed he was an Argentinian. Don't know why, I've just always figured that's where he was from.

the explanation is as follows and as always occams razor: chigurh is supposed to be from the deep US south. javier bardem tries to emulate that as best as he can, him being hispanic. just listen closely when he asks wells "if the rule you followed brought you to this - of what use was the rule?"....he slurs it like "broughdya da dias"....so I'd place him somewhere Tennessee Mississippi....and javiers strong spanish accent isnt an issue at all. because anton is fate incarnated. he doesnt get explained. hes a mystery and that mixup of those accents makes that perfect.

His name reminds me of Romania or Moldova. They often have names which sound similarly. I have not read the book as yet, but I think it would be interesting to explore the possibility. In my opinion, this character may hail from Central Europe.

The vibe I always got from him was a cartel boss's hitman on a different level than most could be Colombian or from Spain maybe Anton could be short for Antonio maybe a mix of backgrounds. I like the mystery

Perhaps he is an international person like the assassin in The Day of the Jackel who could pass for many nationalities. There he played an Enlishman, Frenchman, Dane and American. In the end he played a dead man.

Great video......... friendo

Maybe that was the whole idea "the less we know,the better".He seemed like a person who didn't believe in after life or God,like if his philosophy was "do what ever u want it doesn't matter any way this is the only life u get u don't know any thing about the next life so jzt make do what u want".He also seemed very trained like if he was some type of Professional hitman not jzt some guy after money.The movie was great and hooked us all especially this mysterious character..He litrally " jzt came and went" and then he jzt disappeared into the wind..Thats all we know about him..We can't give the cops a good description of him.

I’ve always wondered if his name is a play on the Spanish word seguir- which I think means to follow.

From the the dark, back streets of Marseille stepped a man born from a nearby off-shore Island...

I saw him as an immigrant from the former Soviet Central Asian Republics, like a Khazak or Turkmen.

In the book Ed Tom talks to chigur's father and doesn't mention him having any exotic features to my knowledge. Anton's mom probably has mezo-American in her family anton being mixed would make it simpler to blend in in the United States and in Mexico

"He says that he will never die"

Anton Chigurh is from the future. Or rather - everyone else is from the past and he is a prophet of the new world. It would be fun to play Terminator music every time he's on screen.

The moisture in your mouth clicks so loudly when you speak

What is "mers"?

Anton Chigurh is Judge Holden.

Anton is most deffanitly a vietnam vet who saw and did unimaginable things and im sure thats why he doesnt like getting blood on himself such as the shower scene when he pulls the curtain over the guy

Now that you know this, which version of him would you choose?

What is that heavy "aayccent"? Are you from Faaargo?

"Anton sugar"

He’s definitely a war veteran. He’s obviously familiar with firearms, shows a lack of emotions when getting into dangerous situations, has a ridiculous pain tolerance & he’s a master tactician. All qualities of a soldier.

Doesn't anybody read the book anymore?

honestly, i always thought he is of romanian origin by his appearance and descriptions of himself, kind of "hispanic" but with eastern european features

We can all agree that no one but Javier Bardem could pull off Anton Chigurh the way he did. But as we all know, in Hollywood, sometimes actors don't accept the role for various reasons. What's a list of potential people who could play this iconic movie villain: Mark Strong (A younger) Jeremy Irons Christian Bale Jeffrey Dean Morgan Keanu Reeves (think John Wick) Eli Roth Michael Fassbender?

I always figured the one in the movie was just some whacked-out Native American guy. Most likely was in Vietnam like the main character, was 'Special Ops' or some shit. That's my personal origin story for him.

What is it your business?

I have a theory that he’s at least mostly Native American. I feel it would explain the darker complexion and untraceable presence

If i had to guess id say either Harlan Kentucky or somewhere in Newfoundland

Someone on another video compares his hairstyle to Dora the Explorer. 😂

In the book he is only described as “in his 30’s, dark complexion, and exotic looking”. This doesn’t mean he isn’t an American, but I picture him to be foreign.

anton is from the halls of hell. a phantom ,symbolic of the darkness in the american male psche.

Subconsciously, the European Jewish myth of tbe Golem inspired the Coen Bros appearance.

He was hatched.

Ecuador

I always assumed he was Native American, don’t know why it just seems to fit. Also plays into the notion that No Country for Old Men is a modern day western.

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caucasus,balkan,eastern european is my bet

Possibly Argentina.

I then thought maybe urugay somewhere there but he looks like caucasus russian

Anton suggests to me central or eastern Europe. If he was Spanish or Italian, it would be Antonio and Antoine if he was from France. The last name could be from anywhere and nowhere. (Later thought) The last name might be intended to evoke "chigger", but spelled so it sounds very foreign.

I kinda think of him as a native American

Spain

He's Amish most likely was a lifestock farmer!

I was wandering If Anton chigaur meet Miky Tylor in wolf greek who will kill another ?? I think Anton is Most Danger

Dark is not a time. What time did you marry into it?

I always thought he was some kind of Hispanic

Do you think that Anton would murder a child? like those two kids that ratted him out and gave a description of him to the police?

Ant on Sugar.

4:20 that's EXACTLY what he's supposed to be... some random nondescript killer, who could blend in with the tex-mex crowd

Who is the guy that recruited Carson Wells ?

Chigurh's accent really is hard to place... but yours is East Coast Canadian?

McCarthy in trying to pronounce "Chingón" right, botched it and came up with "Chigurh" instead.😂🤣😂

Javier bardem is an unconventional actor also

The bag if money was equal to the briefcase in Pulp Fiction..had zich to do with the story being told..could of been replaced with chocolate chip cookies..just a prop to distract .

Neptune

Ant -on -sugar.

perhaps balkan