I vote Hannabal Lector.

Yea...he was pretty good.

Being a fan of old westerns I always liked Lea Van Cleef too..

Anton Chigurh

I thought the guy in Dirty Harry (1) was an awesome bad guy. Unfortunately never saw him in anything else..

Don't know his name.

Hannabal Lector, Lee Van Cleef, & Anton Chigurh were all excellent!

Hans Gruber.

But I gotta say nobody played a bad guy like Jack Palance. Except maybe Bruce Derm.

Andrew Robinson

Scorpio?

He was such a character. Always engaging in tomfoolery.

How was he a bad guy?

He helped catch the bad guy.

He also played the dickhead Lieutenant in Cobra.

Marion clocks his ass at the end.

Evil Roy Slade

Alan Rickman by far - He created some of the most memorable villains

Severus Snape (Harry Potter)
Hans Gruber (Die Hard)
Sheriff of Nottingham (Robin Hood)
Marston (Quigley Down Under)
Judge Turpin (Sweeney Todd)

Colonel Hans Landa (Christopher Waltz) in Inglorious Basterds.

You nailed 2 of mine, damnit!

Jack Palance got a pass because of his role as Curly in City Slickers. One of the funniest damn movies I ever saw.

Ole Hans just passed a while back, btw.

Hedley Lamarr

https://youtu.be/gBmkyDTX08Y

Richard Boone played the bad guy in quite a few Westerns, and was always good at it. His best one was probably in Hombre, but he was also good in Big Jake

Dick Dastardly

Ralpf Fiennes playing Amon Goeth in "Schindler's List"

Vador

After Bruce Dern killed Wil Anderson In "The Cowboys" he has always been on my list of most despised.

Frank (Henry Fonda) in Once Upon A Time in the West. Shoots a kid in the opening scene, the hanging scene with Harmonica's brother, and then getting the harmonica shoved in his mouth as he is dying at the end.

"How can you trust a man who wears both a belt and suspenders? The man can't even trust his own pants." -- Frank

John Wayne warned Dern that people would hate him forever for that scene.

Alan Rickman did bad guys very well. Quigley Down Under, Robin Hood, etc. He always did a great dying scene. He made bad guys fun.

Bruce Dern was the best villain actor. Awesome in The Cowboys.

Vader (multi generational Villain)
Hannibal (yeah he helped in silence of lambs, but still Hannibal, Red dragon and Hannibal Rising he was a bad ass)
Anton Chigurh (no country for old men)
Joker
Annie Wilkes & Norman Bates (both twisted in their own minds....Misery & Psycho)

Fiennes also played some other pretty notable "bad guys".

Hades in the newer Revenge/Wrath of the Titans movies
Francis Dolarhyde in Red Dragon
Lord Voldemort in multiple Harry Potter movies

One of the most freaky/scary: "Misery", Annie Wilkes played by Cathy Bates

Hans Gruber.

Shooter McGavin

Benicio del Toro

"Tex" Cobb

William Smith

Leo Gordon

Miyavi (Unbroken)

Yes to Alan Rickman...
Also like the Curly Bill and Johny Ringo pair in Tombstone...Not a villain, but Val Kilmer was just incredible as Doc Holliday! One of my favorite movies and roles ever.

Well the Duke was right about that.

Who's badder than Liberty Valance????

Jack Palance.

I remember being terrified of him as the bad guy in Shane.

Out of people I don't think have been mentioned. (might have missed them though)

Nurse Ratched
Alex Delarge (Clockwork Orange)

Jack Elam. All the rest are 2nd place.

Jack Elam was good but I have to go with Bruce Dern.

That biotch caused nightmares for a whole bunch of kids in the last 80 years!

Dean Wormer.

I was one of 'em.

I liked Kevin Spacey in SEVEN.

Walter Jack Palance - None more villainous.



L.W.

Cruella Deville

She was the all time best in my opinion.

No doubt Alan Rickman was one of the best, if not the best but no one mentioned Henry Silva. He was the drugged out hit man in Sharkey's Machine which is worth watch if for nothing else Rachel Ward. Damn! She was hot. FWIW, the movie pales compared to the book which I have. Victorio Gassman was the main villain is Sharkey and he was one cold evil dude. IIRC, Silva was in one of Steven Seagal's movies. Never saw much of him but he really came across as a psychotic bad guy.
Paul B.

Oops! Double post.
Paul B.

Jessica Walters in Eastwood's Play Misty for Me

I'll submit Billy Drago as best villain. I liked his roles in Pale Rider and on TV in Brisco County, Jr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Drago

Tom

Alan Rickman near the top.

I can't decide if I simply just don't like Denzel Washington, or that he did such a good job in Training Day that made me dislike him. He's not allowed on my TV.

For a single role, I would nominate Meryl Streep in "Kramer versus Kramer".

John Lithgow

Robert Mitchum.

Me, if they ever put me in the movies, and all I have to do is act naturally.

Glenn Close
Fatal Attraction

Skeletor

Yep. She scared me.

Jack Nicholson has carried off the villain role very well, several times. Al Pacino does a respectable job. Gene Hackman deserves a mention for Quick and the Dead. As does Mark Harmon for Crossfire Trail where he played opposite the ultimate good guy, Tom Selleck.

LOL.

That guy was most famous for being the poor guy possessed by a demon in "Hellraiser" (1987). His name is Andrew Robinson

Really? I find that movie to be pretty lame.

Oldtimers will remember Basil Rathbone but he undid much of his villain cred when he played Sherlock Holmes later.

Dracula always scared hell out of me as a kid.

Scariest man on the planet...Christopher Walken in True Romance.

Norman Bates, from the scariest movie ever made.

The movie was a bit lame with a ridiculous plot. But Hackman was easy to hate .

Jack Nicholson in The Shining and Batman.

Richard Dawson in the Running Man.

Actors who have been Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th.

Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct.

Yeah, so instead of just shooting the guy (considering who he was why bother with the charade) how about we literally dynamite the whole damn town before, you know, shooting him.

Cliffhanger?

Thank you, Buck.

Cape Fear?

HAL 9000

And the computer, "Colossus", from Colossus: The Forbin Project

Laurence Olivier as Szell in Marathon Man.

Untouchables, too.

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

He was super scary as the serial killer preacher in the movie "Night of the Hunter", too.

Two great, "computer goes bad" movies.

I have not seen that one. Will check it out.

Do.

Jack Nicholson's role in "Departed".

Gene Hackman as 'Little Bill' in "Unforgiven".

First saw it back when I was a kid. Scared the heck out of me, too.

The shark was a bad-ass also.

Robert Shaw in The Taking of Pellham One Two Three.

Kathy Bates in, "Misery".

........and Sleepy Hollow.

Two more for you:
Christopher Walken as archangel Gabriel in The Prophesy


and of course Pazuzu (Captain Howdy)



Sweet dreams fellas.....

Little Bill wasn't a straight up villain. More of a complicated type of character.

I liked Russle Crow as Ben Wade in 5 o'clock to yuma.

The flying monkeys in OZ....good lord.....

Yes! One of my top 3 favorite movies.

I watched Candyman in a dark theater on a date when I was 16. Most scared I've ever been during a movie, so that Candyman guy I guess.

He actually turned out to be an okay guy, rather than a villain. The villain in 3:10 To Yuma was Charlie Prince, eventually killed by Ben Wade.

Christopher Waltz(sp?) as the Nazi SS officer in "Inglorious Bastards". He's the epitome of an evil snobbish Nazi. He was the best thing about the movie.

Correct, which is why I liked him. He allowed the capture to happen, so the father would be a hero in his son's eyes. But according to the Law, he was the villain.

Scared the crap out of us in the 60s when I was a kid.......Now I'm in my 60s and they're still creepy...

Brian Donlevy!

Absolutely agree.

OH CHIT!!

This sneaky mah ah fah er gets my vote x100.

STILL turnin my head when the surprise parts come....dull lifeless eyes...like a dolls eyes.

And do not spend alot of time in/around the water, thats not a swimmin pool, because of it.

Just as afraid of bulls and tiger kind, except I dont hyperventilate at the sight.

Those goons on shark week are loony

...sharks....whyd it have to be....sharks.........is what Indiana MEANT to say.


...but Ill vote for Rutger Hauer, and Anton Chigur as well.

Check.

Max Van Sydow in 1980's Flash Gordo as Ming the Merciless. I can hear Queen's performance of the soundtrack just at the mention of the title.

Satan in The Exorcist. For me no one else even comes close. To each his own.

Actually, it IS a swimming pool. Same tank macale's navy was filmed in. Been there.

...check! Posted here often.




T-H-A-N-K-S........Trumpy Bear.

...WELL.....that scratches them too.

Thanks.-- thanks alot, Kell.

My pleasure...

Bruce Dern always seemed to be a great villain in old cowboy movies. He had that whiny voice and that villain look.

Dern always played slimy characters. Not quite what I'd call a villain, though.

+1

Jack Palances character in Shane

"Yeah, Joey, that was Wilson. He was fast . . . fast on the draw."

Jack Lemon



Professor Fate "The Great Race".

Advance to 1:30

Anybody else like Ian McShane in the Deadwood series?

This ^^^^^^^^^^^^he was superb in Hombre.

MM

This guy is right up there.

and those hideous teefs!

Bruce Dern was great.

His character in Tattoo with Maud Addams was good as was his role in The Cowboys along side John Wayne.

Dern.

Has anyone mentioned Christopher Lee yet? Dracula, Rochefort, Scaramanga, Dooku, Saruman he just got better as time went by.

And he was a rather dangerous guy IRL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TQARRckm6U

As in real life, no shortage of villains!

Absolutely.

Joe Pesci as mafia characters in Good Fellas (Tommy DeVito) and Casino (Nicky Santoro)
Peter Stormare as Gaear Grimsrud in Fargo
J. T. Walsh as Charles Bushman in Sling Blade
David Proval as Richie Aprile in the Sopranos TV series

Anyone watch Longmire or The Blacklist? Peter Stormare is pretty evil:


https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001780/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t32

Yes

Dr. Hannibal Lecture aka “Big Stick” 😎

Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi

How about Dolph Lundgren as Drago in Rocky 4.

Robin Williams in final cut.....zcreepy

And some from breaking bad

Oh my word I missed this one yes!

I eat pieces of [bleep] like you for breakfast...

Malkovich was pretty creepy in "In the Line of Fire"

He was super creepy in One Hour Photo too.

Paddlers Liberal Socialist Democrat basement adventures....

Barton McClaine!

Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon and Iwan Rheon as Ramsey Bolton

Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister

All of them in Game of Thrones

Glen Close in Fatal Attraction

Never seen so many people loathe someone and wish ill on Jack Gleeson as Joffrey. It's a shame he left acting - a true star at his work.

Villains are the real stars in movies. If they are weak, the movie will suck.

Robert Wilke

Ernest Borgnine in: "The Wild Bunch"

James Coburn

Speaking of Borgnine: "Emperor of the North" with Lee Marvin. EB was a bad ass in that one.

Henry Fonda usually isn't thought of as a villain but he sure did a good job in Once Upon a Time in the West.

The Cartel guys were some bad dudes. One of the best series ever produced.

Sidney Greenstreet

The plot of which has always escaped me.

As to those not usually thought of as villains, there was a TV movie, "Pray for the Wildcats" that had Andy Griffith as an outlaw dirtbiker.

One of my favorites lines...

Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus in Gladiator, will always associate him with that role.

Cannot remember his given name but "Blue Duck" in Lonesome Dove gave me the willies.............

Just watched “The Greatest Game Ever Played” and that snooty Brit eating oysters on the half shell needs a good old fashioned sleeping bag party...

Broderick Crawford

just the name Broderick is pretty badazz

I'm watching No Country for Old Men again for about the hundredth time right now and Anton Chiguar is one of my all time favorite badasses.

Breaking Bad was the most gripping series I have ever watched...classic gold....The Cousins...😳

Another couple of strong contenders was the tall guy from the campy horror flick... "Phantasm" and Michael Meyers from "Halloween".

Colonel Kurtz

Nurse Ratchet

Joan Crawford

Agreed on both points.

PS "The cousins" reappear in Better Call Saul.

You got it......that’s the one I meant. Thanks.

Magua.....Last of the Mohicans

Whattttt? I'll have to watch for that one.

Charles Bronson "Guns of Diablo"

I don't remember him in those, but wasn't he in "Fargo" -- the guy who was putting a leg in the wood chipper when he was caught?

Interesting that a couple of people mentioned that old made-for-TV movie "Colossus: The Forbin Project". I was just thinking about that movie yesterday and I haven't seen it in 48 years. It really made an impression on me.

Bruce Dern

HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey

Jack, You can pick from a whole host of different movies.

Darth Vader

Brian Donlevy
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002046/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Donlevy

Hard to beat! Wes Studio should have got an academy award for that role.

Tim Curry is up there. Dude can act.

He also played the hit man “Nitti” in “ The Untouchables” Movie.

Loved it when Elliot Ness threw his sorry ass off the rooftop !

Hanco: I add this vote for Hannibal Lecter - the forensic psychiatrist turned people eater and people mutilator from the wonderful movie "Silence of the Lambs"!
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Oh yeah. I forgot about him.

Dabney Coleman, Barry Corbin, Robert Pastorelli (Striking Distance), Eric Roberts

Nice choices folks, especially the flying monkeys, and the character from Shane, but................................................

Vincent D'Onofrio should have received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor:



Siobhan Fallon did a great job as Beatrics, (Mrs Edgar) too, but she's not a villain.

Geno

The Wicked Witch of the West.

Dude who played Ramsay Bolton in Game of Thrones was awesome

Of course I have a soft spot for old Bruce in Jaws

Bruce Dern is a great villian. He was also freaking hilarious in The ‘Burbs

Bruce Dern.

Alice the Goon

Yep

Huh?

Guard for the Sea Hag

Cmon man...errbody know dat

Willy Wonka

murderin bastid

Bruce Dern in The Cowboys. I met him once and he said that once he got stopped by the cops for speeding in NV. The HP gave him the ticket b/c ‘you’re the guy who killed John Wayne’.

Javier Bardem

No Country For Old Men

Hahaha. TF.

Colonel Tavington

Ha. A nasty bastid for sure.

Dwight Yoakam plays a very convincing rotten, evil, no-good S.O.B. as Doyle in Sling Blade..

Yep. I forgot about that one.

My vote is Billy Drago. As John Bly in the tv series Brisco County, Jr. As one of Stockburn's "deputies" in Pale Rider.

Tom

Archibald Cunningham in Rob Roy

Big Dan Teague

Odd Job?

Death row guard, Percy, in The Green Mile.

This guy....

Fitzpatrick on the Revenant
Tom Hardy

Ivan Drago (probably already posted )

The dude what dropped the bottle, started a whole schiedt show that guy did:



Villainous I tell you.

Geno

Lee Van Cleif (sp?)

Hannibal Lecter, by far!

Ya mean Mr Crabby from Sponge Bob Square Pants????
Yup. That guy.

I love that these are villains. Not the bad guy from some blood fest where you wonder more about how they doo the gory stuff than being scared.
Most of them have a shock value for a second or two and the rule “virgins live sluts die”

The hit man that Rocko kills with a pool ball in Boondocks Saints.......just cold. No emotion.

Takeshi Katano as Sgt Hara in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence.
He is great in Brother if you can find it. Buddy of Scott Glenn.

Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet

I was just about to mention Hannibal. Another one is Mick Taylor from Wolf Creek.

Who was the villain (which old man) in GRUMPY OLD MEN ?

Yep, I had forgotten how he stole that movie 😎

The Black Widows

Fredy..... nightmare on elm st.
Ivon drago in rocky

Sloths parents in goonies

The bull mastiff in the sandlot

Jason, killing Kevin bacon

Yes, birdwatcher, Tim Roth in Rob Roy. Raped Liam Neeson's wife. He was bad, Bad, BAD!!

Daniel Day-Lewis as 'The Butcher' In Gangs of New York.

Gus Fring in Breaking Bad. Soulless

Gary Oldman as the dirty cop in The Professional.

British Colonel in The Patriot. Hans in Die Hard.

the catfish

Gruber, dumbazz

Hans Gruber

Bruce Dern.

Wile E Coyote!!

Much more recent than anything else listed here, but "Homelander" in "The Boys" is way up there on the villainy scale, and the actor (Antony Starr) portraying him does so brilliantly.

+1

Killer tits third from left.

Classic... that he puts his boots on to make the phone call, then hangs up and takes them off.



Modern.

Jack Elam, Bruce Dern and Slim Pickens

The Thing.