Best Tv or Movie Bad Guy/Psycho/Villain

Sir Osis of Liver.

Joe Pesci put in a good performance in Goodfellas.

Billy Meehan in Fair City was an oul bollix aswell.

Day Lewis in Gangs of New York maybe?

Discuss.

beardy_smith

T BAG in prison break

charismatic sociopath and then some

Shakespeare's Sister

Frank Booth in Blue Velvet (Denis Hopper). :eek:

It's said that a villain is scarier when subtle, but the above is not subtle, yet still the scariest ****er ever, in my opinion!

kryogen

Billy Bob doing a pretty good job right now in Fargo, loads of great villains, psychos and whatever out there though

catallus

Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast was brilliant.

Shakespeare's Sister

catallus wrote: »

Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast was brilliant.

Oh yeh, "I'm sweh'ing like a cantt!"

He has said the inspiration for his portrayal of that character was... his nana! :eek:

Sky King

Tuco in Breaking Bad
Gus in Breaking Bad

DEFTLEFTHAND

The Javier Bardem character in No Country For Old Men.

Pacino's Michael character in the Godfather, I loved the way he goes from fresh faced college boy to menacing mob boss over the course of the 1st movie. Everything about his demeanor changes.

Duggy747

"I wanted this to be professional, efficient, adult, cooperative. Not a lot to ask. Alas, your Mr. Takagi did not see it that way... so he won't be joining us for the rest of his life."

Zed Bank

Travis Bickle, classic anti-hero.

Driver from "Drive" was a pretty good villain.

Can't go wrong with a bit of Walter White.

There's probably alot more I can't think of off the top of my head. I don't know what this says about my psychology, but does anyone relate to the villain alot more? I always root for the bad guy.

Alf. A. Male

Ryan Tubridy as a hardman. Seriously realistic there Ryan, go easy.

LETHAL LADY

Robert Patrick, T-1000 in Terminator 2. ****ing hell it felt like there was no escape from him.

Lucifer MorningStar

Patrick Bateman would be my pick

Now please excuse me, I have to return some videotapes

the blunder years

Malcolm McDowell as Alex in A Clockwork Orange, is a great performance, it inspired Heath Ledger's Joker

roadsmart

Without doubt, Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men.

Aongus Von Bismarck

Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon.

Duckworth_Luas

Hitler in all those YouTube videos.

Was there anything he didn't despise?

tomglsn

Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard!

Tail Docker

Rutger Hauer in The Hitcher. Legend.

KyussBishop

Ashur (The Syrian) in Spartacus was quite good (in fact, a lot of characters from that show could fit the list).

Francis Urquhart from the original House of Cards.

ArtyC

Cathy bates in misery.... Terrifying!

The Backwards Man

Christopher Lee/Lord Summerisle.

His favourite role too, I believe.

Mardy Bum

Marlo from The Wire.

either do it or don't but I got some place to be

humanji

Alan Rickman in anything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J608SdBT3ZI

Gunslinger99

Russel Crowe in Romper Stomper anyone ? Sends chills down the spine

Dozen Wicked Words

John Dall in Hitchcock's Rope. Well worth watching for his creepy, controlling performance alone, no idea why he didn't go on to become a star.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Begbie in Trainspotting.

Tony EH

Rhodes in 'Day of the Dead'

Fruitloop.

LETHAL LADY

Anthony Hopkins deserves a mention for Silence of the Lambs.

p38

Robert Mitchum as the preacher in Night of the Hunter singing that song always that song

Gave me the creeps for years

Shakespeare's Sister

p38 wrote: »

Robert Mitchum as the preacher in Night of the Hunter singing that song always that song

Gave me the creeps for years

Leeeeeeanin'... :eek:

KyussBishop

the blunder years wrote: »

Malcolm McDowell as Alex in A Clockwork Orange, is a great performance, it inspired Heath Ledger's Joker

Wow, somehow I never twigged, that Alex in A Clockwork Orange, is this guy - who I know from a ton of other stuff:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000532/

The Backwards Man

One I always thought gave off a real slimy bad guy vibe was Jeffrey Jones' character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Just looked him up, turns out it wasn't an act.:eek:

osarusan

The asteroid in Armageddon.

Da Shins Kelly

Well, Norman Bates is pretty great.

Nurse Ratchett from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is a pretty sadistic character.

Daniel Plainview is a pretty detestable protagonist in There Will Be Blood - greedy, paranoid, lacking in any real empathy. Completely compelling to watch though.

Also, not exactly a movie or television show, but Lady Macbeth is a great character. Very manipulative.

Dukat from DS9.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Cornwall in King Lear plucking out your mans eyes.

'Out vile jelly':eek:

RikkFlair

Ricardo Montalban as Khan in Star Trek 2, quoting the sh1t out of Moby Dick

Tail Docker

Greg Sumner in Knotts landing - epic bad-guy. I reckon Michael O'Leary ripped him off.....also, my mums a Sumner IRL, so there's a link, which is good..

Tokarev

Gary Busey in Lethal Weapon, ( him and Riggs, the showdown)

rwg

Mardy Bum wrote: »

Marlo from The Wire.

Omar - "Money ain't got no owners, only spenders"

Ruu

Nickolas Grace as Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin of Sherwood or Bob in Twin Peaks.

callaway92

Commodus in Gladiator. Vile character brilliantly played by Joaquin Phoenix who I generally wouldn't like at all.

The final scene is just perfect!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpbuTeAuJWA

rwg

Silas - Angels and Demons

mojesius

Best bad guy - Cyrus the virus in con air

Best psycho - Garland Greene in Con air.

Best villain - Ralph Ciforetto - The Sopranos

pragmatic1

Jules in pulp fiction. He was cold blooded.

Tony EH

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Cornwall in King Lear plucking out your mans eyes.

'Out vile jelly':eek:

Patrick Magee played a great Cornwall in the 1971 film version.

Adamantium

Chiwetel Ejiofor as the "villian" in Serenity

Spoilers:

David Fincher's Zodiac

where Jake Gyllenhaal realises in the basement after many years that he is standing next to the serial killer he has obssessed about for years (or at least he thinks, it could be multiple killers working together) and backs up the stairs. He then goes to the store to just look at him again to see if it is real for his own peace of mind, just to stare at him, to know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIy-X8-pEoU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFN4Bb7wcog

Spoilers:

Cavill in BSG (Dean Stockwell)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIvZq-zgXkQ

The Th!ng

Henry Fonda in Once Upon A Time In The West.

osarusan

The Th!ng wrote: »

Henry Fonda in Once Upon A Time In The West.

"he's whittling on a piece of wood. I got a feeling, when he stops whittling, something's gonna happen."

mrsdewinter

Tail Docker wrote: »

Greg Sumner in Knotts landing - epic bad-guy. I reckon Michael O'Leary ripped him off.....also, my mums a Sumner IRL, so there's a link, which is good..

Greg Sumner was fantastic. He had a great s**t-eating smile...

Also, where's Richard Hillman when you need him? Thought he'd be all over this thread...