Gabriel is the main antagonist of the first two films of The Prophecy series. He is the angel of death, vengeance, and revelation, as well as one of Heaven's elite Archangels. He is portrayed by Christopher Walken, who also played Max Zorin in A View to a Kill, Frank White in King of New York, Max Shreck in Batman Returns, Cornelius Hatcher in The Rundown, and Sal Maggio in Kangaroo Jack.