Favourite film or TV villain?

Errashareesh

I'm watching Sexy Beast at the moment. Ben Kingsley as Don Logan is just so difficult to watch - utterly menacing. Yet there's something kinda child-like about him - it's like he has a personality disorder, not just a short temper. Ben Kingsley is so ridiculously good.

Similar discomfort is caused by Fletcher the terrifying music teacher in Whiplash (like the drill instructor in Full Metal Jacket, but without the humour) and Dennis Hopper as the deranged Frank Booth in Blue Velvet (stuff of nightmares).

Aunt Lydia in The Handmaid's Tale.

Combo (Stephen Graham) in the first This Is England. :eek: And Joe Pesci as Tommy in Goodfellas.

Squirmy but fantastic.

Duff

Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men. Straight up terrifying.

Ipso

hbhook

BrickTop...Snatch.

Hamsterchops

Exactly the same thought, you beat me to him (Javier Bardem) by about twenty mins ....

Gently menacing, walking around with a smile and that gas cylinder device. Let me put this in your forehead for a minute, it won't hurt

Ben Kingsley too in Sexy Beast + Ian McShane.

Ipso

Ipso wrote: »

I could never take to that actor as Hannibal.

Hamsterchops

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Exactly the same thought, you beat me to him (Javier Bardem) by about twenty mins ....

Gently menacing, walking around with a smile and that gas cylinder device. Let me put this in your forehead for a minute, it won't hurt

Ben Kingsley too in Sexy Beast + Ian McShane.

Same actor, different movie:

Character Building

Brad Wesley - Road House. Complete b*stard.

Denny61

Scent of a woman .and no country for old men

King Joffry Baratheon from Game Of Thrones. What a complete bastard. Jack Gleeson played him to perfection.

Lockheed

Richie from the Sopranos. A demonic Al Pacino, he stole every scene he was in. His trademark Manson lamps could stare right into your soul

Strumms

Duff wrote: »

Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men. Straight up terrifying.

Deservingly won an Oscar for that performance, you could hear people shivering watching him.

Sexual Chocolate

Ralph Finnes in Harry Potter and In Bruges.

Hard to beat Don Logan though.

"Got to change my shirt, it's sticking to me, I'm sweating like a ****" Lol

Errashareesh

This guy in David Lynch's Lost Highway. Jesus, Mary and Joseph. :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZowK0NAvig

Strumms

Lockheed wrote: »

Richie from the Sopranos.

David Proval / Richie Aprile has to have been the most under appreciated actor and character on that show... he was brilliant. Could switch from downright stupid harmless and hilarious to chilling every bone in your body with one raise of an eyebrow synced to that instantly disappearing smile and weird headlamp eyes... fabulous character and acting, loved him.

FunLover18

The most recent example I can think of is actually the ITV series Unforgotten. Without spoilers the murderer in the latest season and their transformation when they are outed is chilling.

David Tennent in the first season of Jessica Jones is also an excellent villain, something childlike about him too which makes sense given he always gets what he wants, he's had no need to grow up.

Oranage2

Benjamin Linus - The bad guy on lost, a creepy sociopath. He played the part so well.

More contemporary Carol F×cking Baskin, she just couldn't have any competitors in the private zoo game, pity Joe was so stupid, if he just stopped handing out the flyers with the rabbits on them he'd probably still have his zoo now.

TheValeyard

Favourite TV villian would be Mark Sheppard as Crowley in Supernatural


Favourite movie villian would be Ricardo Montalbán as Khan in Star Trek II: The wrath of Khan

Honorable mentions also to James Challis as Baltar in BSG, and Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo Fring in Breaking Bad

AVFC.Stephen

Reverend Henry kane. Poltergeist 3. Or zelda from the original pet semetary... not sure if ya would call them villains. But defo not the good guys

Oink

I liked Andrew Scott as Moriarty in Sherlock. He reminded of a decadent Roman: oh I’m so terribly bored by everything, please try and die in a slightly amusing way. Or maybe it’ll be more fun if I die.

StevenToast

Gul Dukat in DS9

Andrew Robinson in Dirty Harry as Scorpio

Josuke

There's no chance anyone else will have watched this, but Hisoka from Hunter x Hunter is consistently well-written and nearly impossible to predict.

Lalo from Better Call Saul springs to mind as an honourable mention too, extremely charismatic and made the most recent season imo

Josuke

Or how about John Lithgow as the Trinity killer in Dexter, truly great acting

RollieFingers

Marlo Stanfield.

nthclare

Terry Silver Karate kid 3

He was a bad bastard, absolute psychopath

War ensemble

Victor Kruger aka the Kurgan.
The villain in Highlander

Scribbler100

Ian McShane as Al Swearengen in Deadwood was a great villain, but Gerald McRaney playing George Hearst was evil incarnate.

Rebel_Kn1ght

Gary Oldman in Leon

jarvis

Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz From Phineas and Ferb

Errashareesh

Can't believe I forgot C. Montgomery Burns!

Tuco88

Gene Hackman as Little Bill Dagget in unforgiven...

The duck of death ��

facehugger99

“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.”

thomil

I'm gonna have to give this to Adolphus Murtry from season 4 of The Expanse.

The previous seasons had some pretty good antagonists (Jules-Pierre Mao, Sadavir Errinwright, Anderson Dawes), but they all had some redeeming qualities or motivations. Murtry on the other hand...

Errashareesh

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

Hard to beat Don Logan though.

"Got to change my shirt, it's sticking to me, I'm sweating like a ****" Lol

Legendary line. Arrives at the house, doesn't say thanks for the lift or hi everyone or thanks for letting me stay - just barges into the house because he's "sweating like a cant".

Church on Tuesday

Hank Scorpio for TV and for film it has to be Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood.

TheValeyard

StevenToast wrote: »

Gul Dukat in DS9

Andrew Robinson in Dirty Harry as Scorpio

Yeah by season four he could have gone either way, uneasy hero or deadly villian. Great actor. Especially when paired up with Jeffery Combs as Weyoun. Who was also an interesting bad guy.

Your Face

TV - Vince McMahon back in the day.

Film - I wanted to nominate Arjen Rudd but couldn't due to his damned diplomatic immunity.

TheValeyard

Errashareesh wrote: »

Can't believe I forgot C. Montgomery Burns!

Homer: Hello, my name is Mr. Burns, I believe you have a letter for me

Post Clerk: Okay Mr. Burns what's your first name?

Homer: I dont know

Edgware

Cletus the Slack Jawed Yokel

McGinniesta

A throw up between Ralphie from the sopranos and Omar Little in the wire.

Although was Omar really an out and out Villain?

Ten of Swords

Ashur the Syrian in Spartacus Blood and Sand. Nick Tarabay nailed that performance completely.


Also most definitely +1 to Norman Stansfield in Leon

Oink

Rebel_Kn1ght wrote: »

Gary Oldman in Leon

That scene where is pissed off and classical music starts blaring. He looks like a criminally insane psychopath about to torch the building...

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Gus Fring

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Lockheed wrote: »

Richie from the Sopranos. A demonic Al Pacino, he stole every scene he was in. His trademark Manson lamps could stare right into your soul

I thought Patsy Parisi was more quietly menacing. This scene. :eek:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2GCQnTPF4_o

ShatterAlan

So many to choose from.


John Malkovich in Con Air
John Lithgow in Ricochet
Michael Keaton in Pacific Heights
Rob Lowe in Bad Influence
All the lads in the Usual Suspects
The warden and chief guard in Shawshank


Decent nutcases also Billy the Kid in Green Mile and Brad Pitt in Kalifornia


Jon Cusack was scary in Arlington Road and Nicole Kidman has played a few egreat villainesses e.g. To Die For.


Always loved Nick Cotton in Eastenders too and Q in Star Trek (TNG)

Thelonious Monk

I love Lee Van Cleef in the man with no name trilogy. Menacing but handsome and has a sparkle of cute mischief about him too. Iconic.

Thelonious Monk

Oh and Jez Quigley

Bob Gray

Ace Merrill (Keifer Sutherland) in Stand By Me. The book describes the pure menace that he is and he played that part pretty much perfect for me.

Ekerot

The Skeksis from The Dark Crystal

Nox from season 1 of Wakfu

keano_afc

Strumms wrote: »

Deservingly won an Oscar for that performance, you could hear people shivering watching him.

I went to see that with a friend of mine and every time he came on screen she shrunk into her seat. He was absolutely terrifying. I've never seen a villain like him.