Favorite bad guy in movies

shopaholic01

mackeire wrote: »

Mr. Burgess in The Snapper.
He's not quite a professional hitman or terrorist but he's bad in his own dirty, creepy way!

Snip snip mr burgess.

Sharon ............ is that you? Good girl, Sharon.

allibastor

Rueben carter in the hurricane. Some mad person, turns out he was bad all along and had us believe he was innocent, bit like you man from the usual suspects, though Ole rueben kept this going till after the fill ended.

JohnMarston

allibastor wrote: »

Rueben carter in the hurricane. Some mad person, turns out he was bad all along and had us believe he was innocent, bit like you man from the usual suspects, though Ole rueben kept this going till after the fill ended.

Used to love that film until i read the facts about the Reuben Carter case. Even Dylan wont perform that song he wrote about it again.

nbar12

Angelica Pickles in 'Rugrats in Paris'

what a bully!

Orim

Joaquin Phoenix as the emperor in Gladiator. He did some bad stuff but the whole love affair with his sister just put him onto a whole new level.

Warden Norton from Shawshank Redemption:

Nothing stops. Nothing... or you will do the hardest time there is. No more protection from the guards. I'll pull you out of that one-bunk Hilton and cast you down with the Sodomites. You'll think you've been ****ed by a train! And the library? Gone... sealed off, brick-by-brick. We'll have us a little book barbecue in the yard. They'll see the flames for miles. We'll dance around it like wild Injuns! You understand me? Catching my drift?... Or am I being obtuse?

Don't remember wanting to hit a character in a film so much than after this little speech.

-( i )- Wicker

Ellen Page in Hard Candy deserves a mention. Not the villian of the movie but she was seriously evil in it.

Gus Fring from Breaking Bad too

spankysue

Michael Caine as Ebeneezer Scrooge in the Muppets Christmas Carol. When he says the words, "I know how to treat the poor" with that insane look in his eyes, he's actually terrifying. Best Scrooge ever IMO

RoyalMarine

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

clarence bodicker in robocop

BEST LINE EVER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI-Fg9chJzM

El Siglo

I was thinking between Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood and Cristoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds. But I think Ralph Fiennes in Shindlers List is the best bad guy in a film considering one of the survivors Mila Pfefferberg, trembled with fear when they met.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKie_34cpJI

allibastor

JohnMarston wrote: »

Used to love that film until i read the facts about the Reuben Carter case. Even Dylan wont perform that song he wrote about it again.

Thats why he is such a good bad guy, the best ones are the ones you never really know if they are bad or not.!!!!n hahah. yeah poor Bob dylan, i heard that alright that he even refuses to acknowledge it, i wonder does he still takes royalties from it though.

Captain Chaos

Christopher Lloyd as Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Scared the crap out of me as a kid at the end of the movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMO62WDqPI8

TeddyTedson

Nurse Rachet is actually one of the most underrated villains of all time.

MaxSteele

Robert De Niro as Max Cady in Cape Fear

Albert Brooks as Bernie Rose in Drive. His extreme violence just burst out of nowhere IMO.

Can't believe no one has mentioned Kathy bates in Misery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5OlolbLXvw

:)

ibarelycare

Kathy Bates in Misery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E55ni_xc4ww

Birneybau

MaxSteele wrote: »

Robert De Niro as Max Cady in Cape Fear

Albert Brooks as Bernie Rose in Drive. His extreme violence just burst out of nowhere IMO.

Can't believe no one has mentioned Kathy bates in Misery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5OlolbLXvw

:)

Did you know, Albert Brooks' real name is Albert Einstein?

Anyway, Jaws (the Shark) for me :pac:

JohnMarston

allibastor wrote: »

Thats why he is such a good bad guy, the best ones are the ones you never really know if they are bad or not.!!!!n hahah. yeah poor Bob dylan, i heard that alright that he even refuses to acknowledge it, i wonder does he still takes royalties from it though.

Yeah i'd say so. It was on an Essential Bob Dylan album i bought a few years ago.
Gotta admit Denzel was great in the movie though

Come to think of it, Denzel plays another great villain in Training Day , one of my favourite films

Dave!

What's the story with Rubin Carter? Had a quick glance at Wikipedia but not in detail... What's the cliffnotes?

ChopShop

Handsome Bob wrote: »

Your man in Robocop, not Red from That 70s Show, I mean his boss. Great moment when Robocop sends him out the window at the end. They're the kind of villains I like, the ones that are just utter ****, none of this anti hero bollox.

Richard "Dick" Jones, as played by Ronny Cox. Verhoeven also cast him as Cohaagen in the original Total Recall movie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronny_Cox

RoyalMarine

alan ford from snatch.

he played brick top.

JohnMarston

RoyalMarine wrote: »

alan ford from snatch.

he played brick top.

He done the narratives in Lock, Stock too

Excellent as Brick Top too

Orim

There's a great video that overlays Alan Ford from his films on top of Vadar clips. Can't link cause I'm work but it's worth a gander.

hooradiation

Orim wrote: »

There's a great video that overlays Alan Ford from his films on top of Vadar clips. Can't link cause I'm work but it's worth a gander.

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

You mean this?

Dyr

El Siglo wrote: »

I was thinking between Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood and Cristoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds. But I think Ralph Fiennes in Shindlers List is the best bad guy in a film considering one of the survivors Mila Pfefferberg, trembled with fear when they met.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKie_34cpJI

I watched about 40 minutes of that film before I got sick of Danial Day mugging and gurning his way through the script.

Deniro has much to answer for :pac:

charlietheminxx

Always Alan Rickman. Always.

Tim the Enchanter

Eh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDpipB4yehk

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Delightfully Pessimistic

Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight for me.

Kev_2012

Ivan Drago - Rocky 4

Little Acorn

I usually enjoy the the "bad guy" characters in films as I usually find them funny, or else they are just scary.
This character however I absolutely hated in the film, he wasn't brave or exciting, just a spineless, sadistic, little fcuker - pure badness in him.

"Percy Wetmore" from The Green Mile:
http://www.suite400magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/article-2005969-0CA75E2D00000578-96_468x479.jpg

I guess that makes the actor Doug Hutchinson pretty darn good at acting, because he played him perfectly!

DoesNotCompute

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket. Evil mütherfücker.

Idbatterim

has to be this absolute legend! couldn't find the full restaurant scene unfortunately...

Wompa1

Percy in The Green Mile

JohnMarston

DoesNotCompute wrote: »

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket. Evil mütherfücker.

He stole that movie

dark crystal

Gary Oldman in Leon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEF5lcmGRJY

Complete Psychopath.

robinph

Tombo2001 wrote: »

I think Darth Vadar would take any of those guys......

But Darth Vader was a good guy really, he was just a bit misunderstood for the first couple of movies.

Mr Benevolent

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Hannibal Lecter as portrayed by Brian Cox

'"I ate his supermassive black hole with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."

Nah.

--Kaiser--

Gotta be Heath Ledger as The Joker. A singular, powerhouse performance. An insidious character played in a disturbing way. Made Jack Nicholson's Joker look like Pee Wee Herman

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Bambi wrote: »

I watched about 40 minutes of that film before I got sick of Danial Day mugging and gurning his way through the script.

Deniro has much to answer for :pac:

That's Ralph Fiennes.

Yellowblackbird

Rovi wrote: »

At a certain age, this guy was truly terrifying:

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

Robert Helpmann as the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. :eek:

After the kids are locked in the back of the coach for some reason he ditches the disguise and drives off laughing manically.
Not great for the getaway.

What about the next time he goes to catch children?

JohnMarston

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Gotta be Heath Ledger as The Joker. A singular, powerhouse performance. An insidious character played in a disturbing way. Made Jack Nicholson's Joker look like Pee Wee Herman

Agreed. This scene is a great example

tricky D

Jimmy Serrano, the bad guy in Midnight Run delivered some great lines.

Jimmy Serrano: Is this moron number one? Put moron number two on the phone.

Jimmy Serrano: You and that other dummy better start getting more personally involved in your work, or I'm gonna stab you through the heart with a ****in' pencil. Do you understand me?

Tony Darvo: That fellow Walsh is pretty good, Jimmy.
Jimmy Serrano: Well, if Walsh is that good, Tony, maybe I should hire him to hit YOU.

Jimmy Serrano: Don't say a word to me, Sidney, don't say a ****ing word to me. I'll get up and I'll bury this telephone in your head.

podgemonster

Aside from the highly popular and already mentioned Hans Gruber another favourite of mine is:

Castor Troy in Face/Off. The guy is just simple a díckhead, cares about no-one, rides all round him, loves himself and the sound of his own voice and a complete physco! Plus the bonus that the character is protrayed by 2 different actors in the same film.

sheesh

Brian Dennehy in loads of films If i had to pick one it would be 'to catch a killer'

Jason Todd

For me, there's Hans Gruber in Die Hard (Alan Rickman), Joker (Heath Ledger), Arnie as the Terminator (the first one) was a good villain if you leave aside all the piss-taking since.

Also, could Denzel in Training Day be considered a villain? If so, then he's definitely up there!

recylingbin

Just about every scene with Ray Bones in Get Shorty is superb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RHBOfM9CFQ

Love Dennis Farina.

Conall Cernach

Kurgan from Highlander has some great over the top scenes.
"Hello pretty", "Mom" and "Happy Halloween, ladies! Nuns. No sense of humour."

Jason Todd

recylingbin wrote: »

Just about every scene with Ray Bones in Get Shorty is superb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RHBOfM9CFQ

Love Dennis Farina.

Excellent choice! One of my all-time favourite movies!
The less said about Be Cool, the better

ancapailldorcha

I'm going to go with Tom Hardy's Bane. Not necessarily the best but definitely up there. He had some cracking lines and the way he portrayed the character made for an excellent reimagining.

Paddy Samurai

Lots of my favourites already above.But others that deserve mention....

Michael Myers-Halloween

Michael Madson-Mr Blonde-Reservoir Dogs

Christian Bale in American Psycho

The Kurgan-Highlander(love the scene in the church LOL)

Wez & The Humungus-Mad Max2

wilkie2006

It's been mentioned earlier, but Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast is one of the most menacing characters in any film

sebastianlieken

Jack Gleeson as Jeoffrey Baratheon in Game of Thrones...

what can I say, his character is very persuasive.... I seriously hate the motherfuckin little thundercunt