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	\| first = ''[[Dune (novel)\|Dune]]'' (1963–65)		\| first = ''[[Dune (novel)\|Dune]]'' (1963–65)
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	[[File:Matt Keeslar at Comic-Con.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|[[Matt Keeslar]] plays Feyd in the 2000 [[Frank Herbert's Dune\|''Dune'' miniseries]].]]		[[File:Matt Keeslar at Comic-Con.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|[[Matt Keeslar]] plays Feyd in the 2000 [[Frank Herbert's Dune\|''Dune'' miniseries]].]]
	[[File:Baz Luhrmann, Eva Rinaldi (2), Olivia Dejonge, Austin Butler,Tom Hanks (52123990193) (cropped)2.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|[[Austin Butler]] portrays Feyd-Rautha in the 2024 film ''[[Dune: Part Two]]''.]]		[[File:Baz Luhrmann, Eva Rinaldi (2), Olivia Dejonge, Austin Butler,Tom Hanks (52123990193) (cropped)2.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|[[Austin Butler]] portrays Feyd-Rautha in the 2024 film ''[[Dune: Part Two]]''.]]
	'''Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen''' is a fictional character in the 1965 [[science fiction]] novel ''[[Dune (novel)\|Dune]]'' by [[Frank Herbert]]. He is the younger nephew and heir of the [[~~Vladimir Harkonnen\|Baron~~ Vladimir Harkonnen]], and is depicted as being cruel, treacherous and cunning, though not as much so as his uncle.		'''Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen''' is a fictional character in the 1965 [[science fiction]] novel ''[[Dune (novel)\|Dune]]'' by [[Frank Herbert]]. He is the younger nephew and heir of the Baron [[Vladimir Harkonnen]], and is depicted as being cruel, treacherous and cunning, though not as much so as his uncle.

	Feyd is portrayed by [[Sting (musician)\|Sting]] in the 1984 film ''[[Dune (1984 film)\|Dune]]'', by [[Matt Keeslar]] in the 2000 [[miniseries]] ''[[Frank Herbert's Dune]]'', and by [[Austin Butler]] in the 2024 film ''[[Dune: Part Two]]''.		Feyd is portrayed by [[Sting (musician)\|Sting]] in the 1984 film ''[[Dune (1984 film)\|Dune]]'', by [[Matt Keeslar]] in the 2000 [[miniseries]] ''[[Frank Herbert's Dune]]'', and by [[Austin Butler]] in the 2024 film ''[[Dune: Part Two]]''.

	==Description==		==Description==
	Sixteen-year-old Feyd, the younger nephew and heir of Baron Harkonnen, is described as dark haired, and "round of face and with sullen eyes". He is lean and muscular in contrast to his morbidly obese uncle, and is a deadly fighter. The Baron also notes that the "full and pouting look" of Feyd's lips is "the ~~[[House~~ Harkonnen~~\|Harkonnen]]~~ genetic marker". Feyd and his elder brother [[Glossu Rabban]] are the legal sons of Baron Harkonnen's youngest half-brother, Abulurd Rabban, who had "renounced the Harkonnen name and all rights to the title when given the subdistrict governorship of Rabban-Lankiveil".<ref name="Dune">{{cite book \|last=Herbert \|first=Frank \|author-link=Frank Herbert \|title=[[Dune (novel)\|Dune]] \|date=1965}}</ref>		Sixteen-year-old Feyd, the younger nephew and heir of Baron Harkonnen, is described as dark haired, and "round of face and with sullen eyes". He is lean and muscular in contrast to his morbidly obese uncle, and is a deadly fighter. The Baron also notes that the "full and pouting look" of Feyd's lips is "the Harkonnen genetic marker". Feyd and his elder brother [[Glossu Rabban]] are the legal sons of Baron Harkonnen's youngest half-brother, Abulurd Rabban, who had "renounced the Harkonnen name and all rights to the title when given the subdistrict governorship of Rabban-Lankiveil".<ref name="Dune">{{cite book \|last=Herbert \|first=Frank \|author-link=Frank Herbert \|title=[[Dune (novel)\|Dune]] \|date=1965}}</ref>

	The character Feyd serves as a [[Foil (narrative)\|narrative foil]] to [[Paul Atreides]], son of the Baron's enemy, [[Leto I Atreides\|~~Duke~~ Leto Atreides]]. Ari Szporn of ''[[Comic Book Resources]]'' wrote, "Both [Paul and Feyd] are charismatic, cunning young noblemen who have received the greatest education and combat training. But where Paul displays compassion and loyalty, Feyd cares only for himself and the acquisition of power."<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.cbr.com/dune-feyd-rautha-missing/\|title=''Dune'': Seriously, Where Is Feyd-Rautha?\|first=Ari\|last=Szporn\|date=October 15, 2020\|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]\|access-date=June 23, 2022\|archive-date=June 22, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622180521/https://www.cbr.com/dune-feyd-rautha-missing/\|url-status=live}}</ref>		The character Feyd serves as a [[Foil (narrative)\|narrative foil]] to [[Paul Atreides]], son of the Baron's enemy, Duke [[Leto I Atreides\|Leto Atreides]]. Ari Szporn of ''[[Comic Book Resources]]'' wrote, "Both [Paul and Feyd] are charismatic, cunning young noblemen who have received the greatest education and combat training. But where Paul displays compassion and loyalty, Feyd cares only for himself and the acquisition of power."<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.cbr.com/dune-feyd-rautha-missing/\|title=''Dune'': Seriously, Where Is Feyd-Rautha?\|first=Ari\|last=Szporn\|date=October 15, 2020\|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]\|access-date=June 23, 2022\|archive-date=June 22, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622180521/https://www.cbr.com/dune-feyd-rautha-missing/\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
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	Director [[Alejandro Jodorowsky]] intended [[Mick Jagger]] to play Feyd in his planned 1970s film adaptation of ''Dune'', which was never made.<ref name="Metal Hurlant">{{cite web\|url=http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/jodorowsky.asp \|title=''Dune: Le Film Que Voue Ne Verrez Jamais'' \|trans-title=''Dune'': The Film You Will Never See \|first=Alejandro \|last=Jodorowsky \|work=[[Métal Hurlant]] \|issue=107 \|year=1985 \|via=DuneInfo.com \|access-date=February 8, 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429101454/http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/jodorowsky.asp \|archive-date=April 29, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Inverse">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/feyd-rautha-dune-villain-denis-villeneuve\|title=Why ''Dune''{{'s}} most iconic villain isn't in Denis Villeneuve's movie\|first=Ryan\|last=Britt\|website=[[Inverse (website)\|Inverse]]\|date=October 7, 2021\|access-date=October 27, 2021\|archive-date=June 1, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601140815/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/feyd-rautha-dune-villain-denis-villeneuve\|url-status=live}}</ref>		Director [[Alejandro Jodorowsky]] intended [[Mick Jagger]] to play Feyd in his planned 1970s film adaptation of ''Dune'', which was never made.<ref name="Metal Hurlant">{{cite web\|url=http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/jodorowsky.asp \|title=''Dune: Le Film Que Voue Ne Verrez Jamais'' \|trans-title=''Dune'': The Film You Will Never See \|first=Alejandro \|last=Jodorowsky \|work=[[Métal Hurlant]] \|issue=107 \|year=1985 \|via=DuneInfo.com \|access-date=February 8, 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429101454/http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/jodorowsky.asp \|archive-date=April 29, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Inverse">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/feyd-rautha-dune-villain-denis-villeneuve\|title=Why ''Dune''{{'s}} most iconic villain isn't in Denis Villeneuve's movie\|first=Ryan\|last=Britt\|website=[[Inverse (website)\|Inverse]]\|date=October 7, 2021\|access-date=October 27, 2021\|archive-date=June 1, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601140815/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/feyd-rautha-dune-villain-denis-villeneuve\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	Feyd is portrayed by [[Sting (musician)\|Sting]] in the 1984 [[David Lynch]] film ''[[Dune (1984 film)\|Dune]]'',<ref name="NYT 1984-12">{{cite news\|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F06E2D71238F937A25751C1A962948260\|title=Movie Review: ''Dune'' (1984)\|last=Maslin\|first=Janet\|author-link=Janet Maslin\|date=December 14, 1984\|work=[[The New York Times]]\|access-date=March 15, 2010\|archive-date=March 11, 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311010339/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F06E2D71238F937A25751C1A962948260\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SR">{{Cite web\|url=https://screenrant.com/dune-2-austin-butler-denis-villeneuve-director-response/\|title=''Dune 2''{{'s}} Feyd Actor Talks Working with Denis Villeneuve on Sci-Fi Sequel\|date=June 17, 2022\|website=[[Screen Rant]]\|first=Adam\|last=Bentz\|access-date=June 20, 2022\|archive-date=June 20, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620175459/https://screenrant.com/dune-2-austin-butler-denis-villeneuve-director-response/\|url-status=live}}</ref> Brigid Brown of [[BBC America]] called Sting a "scene-stealer" in the film.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2019/01/casting-news-the-dune-remake-finds-its-villain-with-stellan-skarsgard\|title=Casting News: The ''Dune'' Remake Finds Its Villain with Stellan Skarsgård\|first=Brigid\|last=Brown\|publisher=[[BBC America]]\|date=January 2019\|access-date=March 26, 2019\|archive-date=March 26, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326191807/http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2019/01/casting-news-the-dune-remake-finds-its-villain-with-stellan-skarsgard\|url-status=live}}</ref>		Feyd is portrayed by [[Sting (musician)\|Sting]] in the 1984 [[David Lynch]] film ''[[Dune (1984 film)\|Dune]]'',<ref name="NYT 1984-12">{{cite news\|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F06E2D71238F937A25751C1A962948260\|title=Movie Review: ''Dune'' (1984)\|last=Maslin\|first=Janet\|author-link=Janet Maslin\|date=December 14, 1984\|work=[[The New York Times]]\|access-date=March 15, 2010\|archive-date=March 11, 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311010339/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F06E2D71238F937A25751C1A962948260\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SR">{{Cite web\|url=https://screenrant.com/dune-2-austin-butler-denis-villeneuve-director-response/\|title=''Dune 2''{{'s}} Feyd Actor Talks Working with Denis Villeneuve on Sci-Fi Sequel\|date=June 17, 2022\|website=[[Screen Rant]]\|first=Adam\|last=Bentz\|access-date=June 20, 2022\|archive-date=June 20, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620175459/https://screenrant.com/dune-2-austin-butler-denis-villeneuve-director-response/\|url-status=live}}</ref> Brigid Brown of [[BBC America]] called Sting a "scene-stealer" in the film.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2019/01/casting-news-the-dune-remake-finds-its-villain-with-stellan-skarsgard\|title=Casting News: The ''Dune'' Remake Finds Its Villain with Stellan Skarsgård\|first=Brigid\|last=Brown\|work=BBC America \|publisher=[[BBC America]]\|date=January 2019\|access-date=March 26, 2019\|archive-date=March 26, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326191807/http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2019/01/casting-news-the-dune-remake-finds-its-villain-with-stellan-skarsgard\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	[[Matt Keeslar]] played the character in the 2000 [[miniseries]] ''[[Frank Herbert's Dune]]''.<ref name="SR"/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/frank-herbert-s-dune-1200465134/\|title=''Frank Herbert's Dune''\|first1=Carmel\|last1=Dagan\|website=[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]]\|date=November 29, 2000\|access-date=February 20, 2019\|archive-date=November 3, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103173407/https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/frank-herbert-s-dune-1200465134/\|url-status=live}}</ref> Emmet Asher-Perrin of ''[[Tor.com]]'' called his portrayal "the strangest casting choice you've ever seen," adding that "it's also hard not to love the strangeness of it."<ref name="Tor.com">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tor.com/2017/05/09/syfys-dune-miniseries-is-the-most-okay-adaptation-of-the-book-to-date/\|title=Syfy's ''Dune'' Miniseries is the Most Okay Adaptation of the Book to Date\|first=Emmet\|last=Asher-Perrin\|date=May 9, 2017\|website=[[Tor.com]]\|access-date=February 20, 2019\|archive-date=February 23, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223074241/https://www.tor.com/2017/05/09/syfys-dune-miniseries-is-the-most-okay-adaptation-of-the-book-to-date/\|url-status=live}}</ref>		[[Matt Keeslar]] played the character in the 2000 [[miniseries]] ''[[Frank Herbert's Dune]]''.<ref name="SR"/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/frank-herbert-s-dune-1200465134/\|title=''Frank Herbert's Dune''\|first1=Carmel\|last1=Dagan\|website=[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]]\|date=November 29, 2000\|access-date=February 20, 2019\|archive-date=November 3, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103173407/https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/frank-herbert-s-dune-1200465134/\|url-status=live}}</ref> Emmet Asher-Perrin of ''[[Tor.com]]'' called his portrayal "the strangest casting choice you've ever seen," adding that "it's also hard not to love the strangeness of it."<ref name="Tor.com">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tor.com/2017/05/09/syfys-dune-miniseries-is-the-most-okay-adaptation-of-the-book-to-date/\|title=Syfy's ''Dune'' Miniseries is the Most Okay Adaptation of the Book to Date\|first=Emmet\|last=Asher-Perrin\|date=May 9, 2017\|website=[[Tor.com]]\|access-date=February 20, 2019\|archive-date=February 23, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223074241/https://www.tor.com/2017/05/09/syfys-dune-miniseries-is-the-most-okay-adaptation-of-the-book-to-date/\|url-status=live}}</ref>

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{{Short description|Dune character}}
{{Infobox character
| series = [[Dune (franchise)|Dune]]
| creator = [[Frank Herbert]]
| name = Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen
| image = Sting-FeydRautha.jpg
| caption = Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen as portrayed by [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] in the 1984 film ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]''
| title = [[na-Baron]]
| spouse =
| children = '''Prequels:'''<br>[[Marie Fenring]]
| relatives = {{Plainlist|
* [[Abulurd Harkonnen|Abulurd Harkonnen II]] (father)
* Emmi Rabban (mother)
* [[Glossu Rabban]] (brother)
* [[Vladimir Harkonnen|Baron Vladimir Harkonnen]] (uncle)
}}
| affiliation = [[House Harkonnen]]
| portrayer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] ([[Dune (1984 film)|1984 film]])
* [[Matt Keeslar]] ([[Frank Herbert's Dune|2000 series]])
* [[Austin Butler]] ([[Dune: Part Two|2024 film]])
}}
| first = ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' (1963–65)
| last = ''[[Dune: Part Two]]'' (2024)
}}
[[File:Matt Keeslar at Comic-Con.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Matt Keeslar]] plays Feyd in the 2000 [[Frank Herbert's Dune|''Dune'' miniseries]].]]
[[File:Baz Luhrmann, Eva Rinaldi (2), Olivia Dejonge, Austin Butler,Tom Hanks (52123990193) (cropped)2.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Austin Butler]] portrays Feyd-Rautha in the 2024 film ''[[Dune: Part Two]]''.]]
'''Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen''' is a fictional character in the 1965 [[science fiction]] novel ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' by [[Frank Herbert]]. He is the younger nephew and heir of the [[Vladimir Harkonnen|Baron Vladimir Harkonnen]], and is depicted as being cruel, treacherous and cunning, though not as much so as his uncle.

Feyd is portrayed by [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] in the 1984 film ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]'', by [[Matt Keeslar]] in the 2000 [[miniseries]] ''[[Frank Herbert's Dune]]'', and by [[Austin Butler]] in the 2024 film ''[[Dune: Part Two]]''.

==Description==
Sixteen-year-old Feyd, the younger nephew and heir of Baron Harkonnen, is described as dark haired, and "round of face and with sullen eyes". He is lean and muscular in contrast to his morbidly obese uncle, and is a deadly fighter. The Baron also notes that the "full and pouting look" of Feyd's lips is "the [[House Harkonnen|Harkonnen]] genetic marker". Feyd and his elder brother [[Glossu Rabban]] are the legal sons of Baron Harkonnen's youngest half-brother, Abulurd Rabban, who had "renounced the Harkonnen name and all rights to the title when given the subdistrict governorship of Rabban-Lankiveil".<ref name="Dune">{{cite book |last=Herbert |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Herbert |title=[[Dune (novel)|Dune]] |date=1965}}</ref>

The character Feyd serves as a [[Foil (narrative)|narrative foil]] to [[Paul Atreides]], son of the Baron's enemy, [[Leto I Atreides|Duke Leto Atreides]]. Ari Szporn of ''[[Comic Book Resources]]'' wrote, "Both [Paul and Feyd] are charismatic, cunning young noblemen who have received the greatest education and combat training. But where Paul displays compassion and loyalty, Feyd cares only for himself and the acquisition of power."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/dune-feyd-rautha-missing/|title=''Dune'': Seriously, Where Is Feyd-Rautha?|first=Ari|last=Szporn|date=October 15, 2020|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|access-date=June 23, 2022|archive-date=June 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622180521/https://www.cbr.com/dune-feyd-rautha-missing/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Appearances==

===''Dune''===
As ''Dune'' begins, Feyd-Rautha figures heavily in the Baron's plans to gain power for House Harkonnen. The Baron favors the handsome and charismatic Feyd over Feyd's older brother [[Glossu Rabban]] ("The Beast") because of Feyd's intelligence and his dedication to the Harkonnen culture of carefully planned and subtly executed [[Sadistic personality disorder|sadism]] and cruelty, as opposed to Rabban's outright brutality.<ref name="Dune"/>
{{blockquote|The Baron could see the path ahead of him. One day, a Harkonnen would be Emperor. Not himself, and no spawn of his loins. But a Harkonnen. Not this Rabban he'd summoned, of course. But Rabban's younger brother, young Feyd-Rautha. There was a sharpness to the boy that the Baron enjoyed ... a ferocity ... ''A year or two more — say, by the time he's seventeen, I'll know for certain whether he's the tool that House Harkonnen requires to gain the throne.''<ref name="Dune"/>}}

Feyd is, for a while, the Baron's heir, or na-Baron. To assure Feyd's power, the Baron intends to install him as ruler of [[Arrakis]] after a period of tyrannical misrule by Rabban, making Feyd appear to be the savior of the people.<ref name="Dune"/>

Feyd, like Paul Atreides, is also the product of a centuries-long [[Breeding program (Dune)|breeding program]] organized by the [[Bene Gesserit]], who planned their own alliance by joining a Harkonnen son to an [[House Atreides|Atreides]] daughter with the expectation that their offspring would have a high probability of being their hoped-for [[Kwisatz Haderach]]. For this reason, [[Lady Jessica]]'s decision to defy the Sisterhood and to produce an Atreides son, Paul, threw the Bene Gesserit's plans into turmoil and established an irreconcilable tension between Feyd and Paul as the scions of their bitterly opposed noble houses. The risk of one or both of these young men being killed, destroying thousands of years of genetic engineering, is so great that the Bene Gesserit send an envoy, [[Margot Fenring]], to seduce Feyd and conceive a child, salvaging his genetic material.<ref name="Dune"/>

Margot also intends to "plant deep in his deepest self the necessary ''[[prana-bindu]]'' phrases to bend him," which she later refers to as the "hypno-[[wikt:Special:Search/ligation|ligation]] of that Feyd-Rautha's psyche." Presumably he is thus "prepared" and made vulnerable to a command which will cause complete muscle paralysis, a technique the Bene Gesserit sometimes use on individuals who are considered highly dangerous.<ref name="Dune"/> It is also later noted by the Reverend Mother [[Gaius Helen Mohiam|Mohiam]] that Feyd's encounter with Lady Fenring produced a daughter.<ref>{{cite book |last=Herbert |title=Dune |year=2003 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=9780765301581 |url=https://archive.org/details/dune00herb_4 |url-access=registration |quote=If both [Paul and Feyd] died here that would leave only Feyd-Rautha's bastard daughter, still a baby, an unknown, an unmeasured factor...}}</ref>

Feyd's ambition and impatience to inherit the Baron's title and power spur him to attempt his uncle's assassination. The attempt fails, prompting the Baron to reveal to his nephew the lofty plans he has for him, possibly to even have him ascend the throne as Emperor. The Baron explains that the elevation of House Harkonnen means more to him than power in his own lifetime, so if Feyd promises to forego any further assassination attempts, he will voluntarily step down and let his nephew succeed him—after his plot against the Emperor has succeeded. Feyd agrees, but as punishment for his assassination attempt, the Baron forces Feyd to single-handedly slaughter all the female slaves who serve as his lovers so that Feyd will learn the price of failure.<ref name="Dune"/>

As Paul makes his final bid to usurp the [[Padishah Emperor]]'s power, he is challenged by Feyd, the current Harkonnen leader after the deaths of the Baron and Rabban. Though famed for his prowess in single combat, Feyd intends to guarantee victory by breaking the formal rules of [[kanly]] (which govern this type of challenge) and using a hidden poison spur in his fighting outfit. He nearly succeeds in killing Paul in the ritualized fight, as Paul struggles with whether to try the paralysis word-sound given to him by his mother, and owe the Bene Gesserit his victory, or to risk his life against Feyd in a "fair" fight. Paul manages to defeat Feyd without the command, killing him, and goes on to accede to the throne of the Emperor.<ref name="Dune"/>

===''Prelude to Dune''===
In the ''[[Prelude to Dune]]'' [[prequel]] [[trilogy]] by [[Brian Herbert]] and [[Kevin J. Anderson]], it is established that Feyd had been born on the Harkonnen planet [[Lankiveil]] as the second son of Vladimir's younger half-brother Abulurd Harkonnen and his wife Emmi. The Bene Gesserit, desiring a son by Abulurd for their breeding program but finding Glossu unacceptable, secretly administer fertility drugs to an aging Emmi, who soon conceives Feyd.<ref name="Prelude">{{cite serial |last=Herbert |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Herbert |author2=Kevin J. Anderson |title=[[Prelude to Dune]] |date=1999–2001 }}</ref>

Named after his maternal grandfather, Rautha Rabban, who had been murdered by Glossu, Feyd becomes honorable Abulurd's hope for a son who would not have to inherit the dishonor of the name Harkonnen, and a worthy heir in comparison to his older, murderous son, Glossu. The Baron decides to take the infant Feyd from his father to raise on the Harkonnen homeworld [[Giedi Prime]] as another possible heir for himself, and as punishment for Abulurd's attempts to sever all his ties to House Harkonnen. In time, the Baron comes to favor Feyd over Glossu.<ref name="Prelude"/>

===''Sandworms of Dune''===
In ''[[Sandworms of Dune]]'' (2007), the second of Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's two-part finale to the original ''Dune'' series, a [[ghola]] of Paul Atreides is created over 5,000 years after the original's death. Once his memories are restored, Paul recalls that after his ascension to the Imperial throne (between the novels ''Dune'' and 1969's ''[[Dune Messiah]]'') he "had not been able to escape political struggles, assassination attempts, the exiled Emperor Shaddam's bid for power and the pretender daughter of Feyd-Rautha and Lady Fenring ..."<ref name="Sandworms">{{cite book |last=Herbert |first=Brian |author2=Kevin J. Anderson |title=[[Sandworms of Dune]] |year=2007 |publisher=[[Tor Books]] |isbn=978-0-7653-1293-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/sandwormsofdune00herb/page/409 409] }}</ref>

==In adaptations==
Director [[Alejandro Jodorowsky]] intended [[Mick Jagger]] to play Feyd in his planned 1970s film adaptation of ''Dune'', which was never made.<ref name="Metal Hurlant">{{cite web|url=http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/jodorowsky.asp |title=''Dune: Le Film Que Voue Ne Verrez Jamais'' |trans-title=''Dune'': The Film You Will Never See |first=Alejandro |last=Jodorowsky |work=[[Métal Hurlant]] |issue=107 |year=1985 |via=DuneInfo.com |access-date=February 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429101454/http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/jodorowsky.asp |archive-date=April 29, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Inverse">{{Cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/feyd-rautha-dune-villain-denis-villeneuve|title=Why ''Dune''{{'s}} most iconic villain isn't in Denis Villeneuve's movie|first=Ryan|last=Britt|website=[[Inverse (website)|Inverse]]|date=October 7, 2021|access-date=October 27, 2021|archive-date=June 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601140815/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/feyd-rautha-dune-villain-denis-villeneuve|url-status=live}}</ref>

Feyd is portrayed by [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] in the 1984 [[David Lynch]] film ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]'',<ref name="NYT 1984-12">{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F06E2D71238F937A25751C1A962948260|title=Movie Review: ''Dune'' (1984)|last=Maslin|first=Janet|author-link=Janet Maslin|date=December 14, 1984|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 15, 2010|archive-date=March 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311010339/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F06E2D71238F937A25751C1A962948260|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SR">{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/dune-2-austin-butler-denis-villeneuve-director-response/|title=''Dune 2''{{'s}} Feyd Actor Talks Working with Denis Villeneuve on Sci-Fi Sequel|date=June 17, 2022|website=[[Screen Rant]]|first=Adam|last=Bentz|access-date=June 20, 2022|archive-date=June 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620175459/https://screenrant.com/dune-2-austin-butler-denis-villeneuve-director-response/|url-status=live}}</ref> Brigid Brown of [[BBC America]] called Sting a "scene-stealer" in the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2019/01/casting-news-the-dune-remake-finds-its-villain-with-stellan-skarsgard|title=Casting News: The ''Dune'' Remake Finds Its Villain with Stellan Skarsgård|first=Brigid|last=Brown|publisher=[[BBC America]]|date=January 2019|access-date=March 26, 2019|archive-date=March 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326191807/http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2019/01/casting-news-the-dune-remake-finds-its-villain-with-stellan-skarsgard|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Matt Keeslar]] played the character in the 2000 [[miniseries]] ''[[Frank Herbert's Dune]]''.<ref name="SR"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/frank-herbert-s-dune-1200465134/|title=''Frank Herbert's Dune''|first1=Carmel|last1=Dagan|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 29, 2000|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-date=November 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103173407/https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/frank-herbert-s-dune-1200465134/|url-status=live}}</ref> Emmet Asher-Perrin of ''[[Tor.com]]'' called his portrayal "the strangest casting choice you've ever seen," adding that "it's also hard not to love the strangeness of it."<ref name="Tor.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2017/05/09/syfys-dune-miniseries-is-the-most-okay-adaptation-of-the-book-to-date/|title=Syfy's ''Dune'' Miniseries is the Most Okay Adaptation of the Book to Date|first=Emmet|last=Asher-Perrin|date=May 9, 2017|website=[[Tor.com]]|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-date=February 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223074241/https://www.tor.com/2017/05/09/syfys-dune-miniseries-is-the-most-okay-adaptation-of-the-book-to-date/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Feyd does not appear in the 2021 film ''[[Dune (2021 film)|Dune]]'', which covers the first part of the book,<ref name="Inverse"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/dune-part-two-confirmation-has-fans-speculating-on-feyd-casting/|title=''Dune Part Two'' Confirmation Has Fans Speculating on Feyd Casting|first=Spencer|last=Perry|date=October 26, 2021|website=Comicbook.com|access-date=October 26, 2021|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027024258/https://comicbook.com/movies/news/dune-part-two-confirmation-has-fans-speculating-on-feyd-casting/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2021/10/23/dune-review-a-space-opera-masterpiece/|title=''Dune'' Review: A Space Opera Masterpiece With One Big Problem|first=Erik|last=Kain|website=[[Forbes]]|date=October 23, 2021|access-date=October 27, 2021|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027011556/https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2021/10/23/dune-review-a-space-opera-masterpiece/|url-status=live}}</ref> but director [[Denis Villeneuve]] subsequently confirmed that the character would appear in the 2024 sequel film ''[[Dune: Part Two]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/dune-spoiler-interview-denis-villeneuve-ending-paul-dreams-and-part-two/|title=''Dune'' Spoiler Interview: Denis Villeneuve on the Ending, Paul's Dreams, and What's Coming in Part Two|website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|first=Ben|last=Travis|date=November 16, 2021|access-date=November 21, 2021|archive-date=November 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116163833/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/dune-spoiler-interview-denis-villeneuve-ending-paul-dreams-and-part-two/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Austin Butler]] entered negotiations to join the cast as Feyd in March 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=March 3, 2022 |title=''Dune: Part Two'': Austin Butler Eyed to Play Feyd-Rautha in Upcoming Sequel |url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/dune-part-two-austin-butler-feyd-rautha-1234975465/ |access-date=March 10, 2022|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311005947/https://deadline.com/2022/03/dune-part-two-austin-butler-feyd-rautha-1234975465/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and his casting was confirmed in May 2022.<ref name=Walken>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/christopher-walken-dune-two-1235144841/|title=Christopher Walken Joins Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya in ''Dune: Part Two''|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|last=Kit|first=Borys|date=May 12, 2022|access-date=May 12, 2022|language=en|archive-date=May 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512235549/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/christopher-walken-dune-two-1235144841/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/movies/austin-butler-elvis.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526194822/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/movies/austin-butler-elvis.html|title=He's Playing Elvis Presley. But Who Is Austin Butler?|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Brooks|last=Barnes|date=May 25, 2022|archive-date=May 26, 2022|access-date=May 31, 2022|url-access=limited|url-status=live}}</ref> Butler has been praised for the role, and Brooks Vernon of ''[[Screen Rant]]'' wrote, "The performance was memorably psychotic, and there is a high level of physicality and charisma in it that helps Austin Butler play well onscreen against [[Timothée Chalamet]] [as Paul Atreides]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/dune-austin-butler-feyd-rautha-casting-conditon-rockstar/|title=Austin Butler's ''Dune'' Role Continues a Weird Feyd-Rautha Casting Trend That Began in the 70s|first=Brooks|last=Vernon|date=April 11, 2024|website=[[Screen Rant]]|access-date=April 12, 2024}}</ref>

Feyd, based on his appearance in ''Dune: Part Two'', appears alongside [[Paul Atreides]] as a playable character in ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023 video game)|Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III]]'' and ''[[Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-dune-2-timothee-chalamet-paul-atreides-skin/|title=''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'' Adding ''Dune 2''{{'s}} Timothee Chalamet Skin|date=November 30, 2023|access-date=November 30, 2023|work=ComicBook.com|archive-date=December 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201091546/https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-dune-2-timothee-chalamet-paul-atreides-skin/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Merchandising==
A line of ''Dune'' action figures from toy company [[LJN]] was released to lackluster sales in 1984. Styled after David Lynch's film, the collection featured a figure of Feyd as well as other characters.<ref name="Nerd Bastards toys">{{Cite web|url=https://nerdbastards.com/2014/01/12/toys-we-miss-dune/|title=Toys We Miss: The Long Forgotten Figures From Frank Herbert's ''Dune''|first=James|last=Daniels|website=Nerd Bastards|date=January 12, 2014|access-date=October 30, 2019|archive-date=January 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129175036/https://nerdbastards.com/2014/01/12/toys-we-miss-dune/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Collectors toys">{{Cite web|url=https://www.collectorsofdune.com/toys.asp|title=Toys|website=Collectors of Dune|access-date=October 30, 2019|archive-date=October 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030152955/https://www.collectorsofdune.com/toys.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2019, [[Funko]] announced a "''Dune'' Classic" line of POP! vinyl figures, one of which was Feyd in a blue jumpsuit, styled after Lynch's film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/funko-dune-pops/|title=Funko Adds ''Dune'' to its Pop! Line-up|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|first=Tyler|last=Murphy|date=October 20, 2019|access-date=October 30, 2019|archive-date=October 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030024933/https://www.cbr.com/funko-dune-pops/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.funko.com/blog/article/coming-soon-pop-movies-dune-classic|title=Coming Soon: Pop! Movies—''Dune'' Classic!|first=Jesse|last=Little|publisher=[[Funko]]|date=October 18, 2019|access-date=October 30, 2019|archive-date=October 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030024947/https://www.funko.com/blog/article/coming-soon-pop-movies-dune-classic|url-status=live}}</ref> An alternate version of Feyd in his blue loincloth was released for the 2019 [[New York Comic Con]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.funko.com/blog/article/2019-nycc-exclusive-reveals-dune-feyd-rautha|title=2019 NYCC Exclusive Reveals: ''Dune''!|first=Jesse|last=Little|publisher=Funko|date=September 4, 2019|access-date=October 30, 2019|archive-date=October 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030153602/https://www.funko.com/blog/article/2019-nycc-exclusive-reveals-dune-feyd-rautha|url-status=live}}</ref>

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