Who is your all-time favorite movie villain? (1 Viewer)

[castle]

Dr. Vector Hanibal from Silence of the Lamb.

 

[castle]

Dr. Vector Hanibal from Silence of the Lamb.

 

[Hicks]

Being a child of the 70s I have to give it Vader too.


Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker deservedly gets much praise, but I really like Jack Nicholson's Joker too, and of course he was magnificent in The Shining too, although it could be argued that the hotel itself was the real villain.


Other than that:


Christopher Walken and Gary Oldman in True Romance, two AMAZING scenes.


Oldman's channeling of Ross Perot in The Fifth Element too is pretty hilarious.


Kevin Spacey was great in both the Usual Suspects (spoiler alert! ) and Seven.


And Kathy Bates for a female choice was great in Misery.

Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood is worth mentioning too.

 

[Claire Panke]

I don't find most SF and blockbuster film villains very compelling (except Rickman, who is always a treat).


However, I would not like to meet any of these movie bad guys in daylight, much less in a dark alley.


Bobo, the bookie and underworld figure played by Pat Hinkle in The Grifters. This is one cold, cruel SOB....


Mortwell, the crime boss played by Michael Caine in Mona Lisa.


Teddy Bass - mobster played by Ian McShane in Sexy Beast.


Now those guys are SCARY. And so is Bardem's epically evil Anton Chigur in No Country For Old Men.

 

[Kevin M]

Let's not forget Dennis Hopper's wonderfully psychotic Frank Booth in Blue Velvet.

 

[Radioman970]

Hard choice. But the first one that came to mind was...





"I love you..."


Bates was awesome. But this probably isn't my favorite, just desires some props though.

I'll have to post again after some thought.

 

[Claire Panke]

Originally Posted by Kevin M /forum/thread/306627/who-is-your-all-time-favorite-movie-villain/30#post_3794401

 

[MattBradley]

John Malkovich was fun with Clint Eastwood in In The Line Of Fire.

 

[Kevin M]

And as I mentioned psychotic charm in my first post......how the hell could we forget the incredible Robert Walker's career defining portrayal of the truly charming killer Bruno in Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train!





....CrissCross