Inigo Montoya is a fictional character in William Goldman's 1973 novel The Princess Bride. In Rob Reiner's 1987 film adaptation, he was portrayed by Mandy Patinkin.
Rugen runs away. Inigo chases him throughout the castle until Rugen suddenly throws a knife at him and seriously wounds him, mocking his quest as he prepares to deliver the fatal blow. At the last second, Inigo recovers his strength and duels his father's murderer, repeating his fateful words as he corners Rugen, inflicting on him the same dueling scars. Rugen begs for his life and offers to give Inigo anything he wants before trying to attack him again; Inigo catches Rugen's sword arm and replies, "I want my father back, you son of a bitch," as he kills him.
The film and the novel have slightly different endings for Inigo. At the end of the film, having avenged his father and thus no longer in "the revenge business", Inigo ponders what he will do with the rest of his life. In response, Westley offers Inigo a position as successor to "The Dread Pirate Roberts". The novel ends with Inigo's wounds reopening while he is on the run from the Brute Squad, leaving his future in doubt, although the narrator speculates he managed to escape.
Reception
Mandy Patinkin has said that his inspiration for the scene in which Inigo kills Count Rugen was the real-life death of his father of cancer and the feeling that his character killing Rugen would bring him back. His character has earned a cult following and his memorable line "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die", was ranked #86 by IGN in their list of "Top 100 Movie Moments".