Londo Mollari is a fictional character in the universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Peter Jurasik. Although Londo began as a supporting player in the early episodes, his actions and character development as the series progressed had immeasurable effect on how the show progressed making him one of the more significant characters in the entire series. He begins as an apparent stock character assigned to the role of comic relief, being loud, jovial, almost constantly drunk and prone to telling bad jokes. However, he is shown later in the series to be an embittered patriot of a dying empire eager to restore his world to its rightful place — and the intrigues that he engages in this attempt are central to the show's plot. Unlike many of his species depicted on the show and despite his own personal ambition and lust for power, Mollari is also a man of honor and the moral consequences of his plots weigh on him heavily.