Dr. Zaius

Dr. Zaius
Biographical Information
Died	3979, killed in a nuclear explosion
Status	Deceased
Physical Description
Species	Orangutan
Gender	Male
Career Information
Occupation	Minister of Science Chief Defender of the Faith
Affiliations	Ape Assembly
POTA Information
Continuity	Movies (APJ)
Appearance	Planet of the Apes Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Played By	Maurice Evans

“

Man has no understanding! — Zaius

”

Zaius (also known as Dr. Zaius) was an orangutan and the main antagonist of the 1968 film, Planet of the Apes, and the secondary antagonist of its 1970 sequel, Beneath the Planet of the Apes.