NFT: Who are your favorite movie bad guys ?

Hans Gruber

In comment 16124431 Mark from Jersey said:

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Hans Gruber

The Captin from LA Confidential. Always a son of a bitch and had a good role in Succession.

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Gangs of New York

in Harry Potter. A truly universal bad guy!

The Ugly. Eli Wallach.

from Karate Kid, Just one of the Guys, Back to School, and maybe more.

Throw in David Lo Pan and Ming the Merciless.

The all-time list has to include some combination of Hans Gruber/Sheriff of Nottingham, Shooter McGavin, and Khan.

in "Unforgiven"

In comment 16124439 pjcas18 said:

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from Karate Kid, Just one of the Guys, Back to School, and maybe more.

Just one of the guys was a great movie in the late 80’s
Teri had quite the body

Sugar

Inglourious Bastards

Thanos

Big White from Jaws

I’ll add Richard Dawson as Damon Killian in the Running Man, Kevin Spacey as the killer in Seven, and of course Darth Vader, both David Prowse stature and James Earl Jones’s voice

from Silence of the Lambs

Take your pick, they're all good. I guess I'd have to give the edge to Heath Ledger.

Snatch,Get Shorty, and Midnight run come to mind. essentially the same character in all but hysterical none the less.

Rudi Garmisch is an easy #2.

Lee Van Cleef. "The Good The Bad And The Ugly".

DeNiro - Cape Fear
Pesci - Goodfellas and Casino
Tom Cruise - Collateral
DeNiro, Kilmer, Sizemore - Heat
Rufus Sewell - Man in the High Castle (TV but he played a great part)
Joaquin Phoenix - Gladiator

From “500 Days of Summer”. Zoe Daschnel Nails the role.

I really felt the anger and frustration she was able to inflict upon the boy friend.

Major Heinrich Strasser, Casablanca.
Agent Smith, The Matrix.
Virgil Sollozzo, The Godfather.
Scorpio, Dirty Harry.
Jack Wilson, Shane.
Hans Gruber, Die Hard.
Darth Vader, Star Wars.
Khan, ST:TWOK.
Norman Bates, Psycho.

1. Darth Vader (Star Wars 1977)
2. Dr. Zeus (Planet of the Apes- Original)
3. Ming the Merciless (Flash Gordon 1980)
4. Vincenzo Coccotti (True Romance)
5. Zedd (Pulp Fiction)
6. Gordon Gecko (Wall Street)
7. Pinhead (Hellraiser)
8. Freddy Kreuger (Nightmare of Elm Street-The orginal movies)
9. HAL (2001 Space Odessey)
10. Khan (Star Trek II)

can you not love Terence Stamp as General Zod?

"Why do you say this to me, when you know that I will kill you for it?"

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In comment 16124431 Mark from Jersey said:

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Hans Gruber

+1 on Hans Gruber

And Ian McShane's villains from Sexy Beast were two people I'd be horrified to be in the same room with for a second.

I'm gonna go with Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction

In comment 16124506 Bill in UT said:

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I'm gonna go with Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction

And on the lighter side, Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles

he was the one shot down by Jack Palance in Shane.

Wulfgar in Nighthawks

You’re gonna remember that name - ya follow?

You’re gonna remember that name - ya follow?

And not too shabby as Mr. Blue in Pelham 123

“Now this really pisses me off to no end!”

really fun bad guy

Zorg.

Dark Knight Rises.

I've got tons of Bond villian faves as well: Blofeld, Scaramanga, Largo, OddJob, Goldfinger, Le Chiffre, Red Grant, Dr. No, Jaws, Rosa Klebb, Max Zorin, Dominic Greene, and Raoul Silva!

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Calvera, The Magnificent Seven.
Coley Tremble, Bad Day at Black Rock.
Liberty Valance, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
Phillip Vandamm, North by Northwest.
Mrs. Iselin, The Manchurian Candidate.
Big Jim Colfax/Kitty Collins, The Killers.
Waldo Lydecker, Laura.
Phyllis Dietrichson, Double Indemnity.
Johnny Rocco, Key Largo.

choices by the posters..

Ricardo Montalban - Khan
Robert Shaw - Mr Blue and Lonnegan
Alan Rickman - Gruber and Snape
Val Kilmer -Ice Man (maybe more foil)
Heath Ledger as Joker

Eli Wallach in anything

Al Pacino - The Devil in Devil's Advocate

from Braveheart.

Judge Smails from Caddyshack

Arnold in The Terminator/Robert Patrick as T-1000 in T2
Michael Biehne and Powers Boothe as Johnny Ringo and Curly Bill in Tombstone

Paul Newman-Butch Cassisy

The Ear Scene
The Ear - ( New Window )

Ren. Commodus (Gladiator). Emilio Barzini, Don Fanucci, Captain Mark McCluskey, Virgil Sollozzo. Ed Rooney (Ferris Bueller's Day Off). Richard Vernon (Breakfast Club).

Verbal/Keyser Soze. Alejandro Gillick (Sicario). Billy Zane (Dead Calm, Titanic).

David Lo Pan, and it’s not even close.

Is a cool motherfucker in my book.

In comment 16124581 RicFlair said:

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David Lo Pan, and it’s not even close.

Little ol' basketcase on wheels or 10-foot tall roadblock?

The Outlaw Josey Wales

In comment 16124436 Ira said:

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in Harry Potter. A truly universal bad guy!

He was also great as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood.

"George, I am an old man, and most people hate me. But I don't like them either so that makes it all even."

from Night of the Hunter and Cape Fear respectively. Both portrayed by Robert Mitchum. Both great characters well played. Joel Cairo from Maltese Falcon played by Peter Lorre is pretty memorable too. And Ren from Ren & Stimpy being a dead-on copy of the character's voice and mannerisms makes my day every time I hear it.

In comment 16124586 penkap75 said:

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Is a cool motherfucker in my book.

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In comment 16124510 MOOPS said:
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Good one

In comment 16124673 bluefin said:

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Gotta say the *book version* of Baron Harkonnen is completely different (and better) than the Lynch version. The Lynch version is basically just a cackling generic ugly villain doin "basic bad guy stuff". Zero nuance, which is in stark parallel to the book version. Hopefully Villeneuve's Baron gets a little more development in part II.

No love for Hannibal Lecter?

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In comment 16124436 Ira said: Quote: in Harry Potter. A truly universal bad guy! He was also great as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood.

Yup good call, took an otherwise cheesy flick and made it more memorable with a creepy, well acted bad guy

Not sure if mentioned above, but I’d add DiCaprio as Calvin Candie in Django

in White Heat. Angels with Dirty Faces

Jack Nicholson's Joker from 1989 Batman

Mr. Potter, Darth Vader, & The Joker all come to mind.

Bill (Unforgiven). Luv (Blade Runner 2049). Regan MacNeil (Exorcist). 'Alien' (Alien, Aliens, Alien Resurrection, Alien Covenant [+ Walter], Prometheus [+'Engineers'], Edge of Tomorrow, Oblivion [Sally], The Thing, A Quiet Place, War of the Worlds, Predator).

Not even close to the rest of the peeps on the list. Voldemort on the other hand, yes.

Have you guys ready the books or watched the movies?

My list:

1. Joker - the only one worth mentioning: Heath Ledger (Dark Knight)
2. Norman Stansfield - Gary Oldman (Leon, the Professional)
3. Colonel William Tavington - Jason Isaacs (The Patriot)
4. Samuel Norton - Bob Gunton (The Shawshank Redemption)
4a. honorable mention to Byron Hadley - Clancy Brown
5. The Terminator - Arnold Schwarzenegger (the Terminator)
6. Anton Chigurh - Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
7. Hans Gruber - Alan Rickman (Die Hard)
8. The Alien - Puppet/CGI - whatever (Alien movies).
8a. Honorable mention goes to Ash.
9. Sauron - CGI (Lord of the Rings)
10. Darth Vader - (Star Wars)
11. Prince Nuada Silverlance (Luke Goss) - Hell Boy 2

Bickle (Taxi Driver). Alex (A Clockwork Orange). Col. Walter Kurtz (Apocalypse Now).

Curly Bill - Tombstone
Little Bill - Unforgiven
Max Cady - Cape Fear
Darth Vader - Original Star Wars Trilogy
Heath Ledger's Joker - The Dark Knight
The Predator - Predator (1987)
Jason Voorhees - Friday the 13th Franchise
Nurse Ratched - One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Santanico Pandemonium - From Dusk Till Dawn
Thulsa Doom - Conan the Barbarian
Ryan Gaerity - Blown Away
Marshal Stockburn - Pale Rider
Scar - The Lion King

Durden (Fight Club). Annie Wilkes (Misery). Jack Torrance (The Shining). Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest). Agent Smith (Matrix Series).

In comment 16124740 Gforce11 said:

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Not even close to the rest of the peeps on the list. Voldemort on the other hand, yes. Have you guys ready the books or watched the movies?

Snape was absolutely an antagonist...and very much played a villain(foil) for most of the series. Face it, until the end he drew the suspicions of everyone.

from the back to the future movies

Chigurh (Javier Bardem)

Wicked Witch of the West!

Jack Nicholson as Joker (all the Batman villains are great in the “better” Batman movies-hard to name a dud in the group).

Bruce the shark from Jaws

Bladerunner’s Rutger Hauer

Archibald Cunningham

In comment 16124455 jimvinct said:

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Inglourious Bastards

Agreed. That guy is a great phucquing actor

fabulous as a bad guy and a comedian

In comment 16124875 gtt350 said:

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fabulous as a bad guy and a comedian

A-laugh-a while you can-a monkey boy….

In comment 16124789 CMc in 342 said:

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Wicked Witch of the West!

I used to think the witch was the villain, but it's really Glinda. She makes Dorothy go on a wild goose chase, almost getting her killed when she could have gone home the whole time! Lucky it was all a dream!

in Duel.....Stanley Tucci in lovely bones......Christoph Waltz Inglorious Basterds....the shark in jaws.

was a great bad guy.

can't forget Arnold from Terminator. One of the greatest acting performances of all time.

In comment 16124734 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:

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Mr. Potter, Darth Vader, & The Joker all come to mind.

Jones also played Thulsa Doom, possibly making him the greatest villain actor of all time.

I would also add Tatsuay Nakadai from Yojimbo as one of the best bad guys.

playing the guy with all the split personalities eventually "evolving". I thought his performance was extraordinary.

Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lanmbs and Hannibal was also pretty good.

In comment 16124682 GiantSteps said:

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In comment 16124673 bluefin said: Quote: Gotta say the *book version* of Baron Harkonnen is completely different (and better) than the Lynch version. The Lynch version is basically just a cackling generic ugly villain doin "basic bad guy stuff". Zero nuance, which is in stark parallel to the book version. Hopefully Villeneuve's Baron gets a little more development in part II.

In comment 16124431 Mark from Jersey said:

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Hans Gruber

Eric from Waterboy was also quite good, he had weird looking balls. Sandler movies only work if they have a great villain.

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In comment 16124924 TheEvilLurker said:

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In comment 16124789 CMc in 342 said: Quote: Wicked Witch of the West! I used to think the witch was the villain, but it's really Glinda. She makes Dorothy go on a wild goose chase, almost getting her killed when she could have gone home the whole time! Lucky it was all a dream!

"Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again."

In comment 16125485 Johnny5 said:

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In comment 16124924 TheEvilLurker said: Quote: In comment 16124789 CMc in 342 said: Quote: Wicked Witch of the West! I used to think the witch was the villain, but it's really Glinda. She makes Dorothy go on a wild goose chase, almost getting her killed when she could have gone home the whole time! Lucky it was all a dream! "Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again."

haha - that's a funny take.

I'll go with Hans Gruber, but Margaret Hamilton (I think?) as the WWW was great too.

In comment 16124857 cjac said:

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Archibald Cunningham

"Ah Betty", "Love is but a Dung Heap, And I am the cock that crows upon it"

Played diabolically by Javier Bardem.

There's a fine line between "bad guy" and flat-out monster. Chigurh is right there and that's what makes the character so scary - you know there are real people in the world like that. Pure evil with zero conscience.

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