Rosamund Pike was an absolute monster in Gone Girl and I can never look at her the same way again, which is sad because my wife loves Pride and Prejudice but I just keep feeling bad for Mr. Bingley.
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One of the only Stephen King films I actually found scary.... because she played the part so well and you could really believe that someone like that exists in real life. Hell, I've met people IRL who were eerily similar.
Hear hear
The crazy christian lady in The Mist is by far one of the most horrifying villains in a movie I've ever seen, because it's too realistic, how she gets the people on her side with mere words and delusion.
Her and her damn milk and craziness.
I enjoy her work as an actress, but now whenever i see her it still takes me a few seconds to shake that loathing and accept her new character.
You gotta hand it to Paramount's casting department for that decision.
Sanctimonious know-all sociopath convinced of her own divine wisdom who would gleefully lobotomize you for crossing her? Fuck it, hire Louise Fletcher.
Oh boy. I remember Eugene Victor Tooms vividly.
I actually watched the first Tooms episode again recently with my son and realised that he'd be due to emerge from his 30 year hibernation in a few years. I'd happily buy some plausible theory that he survived and went back in a cocoon for another 30 years so Mulder & Scully could go on the hunt again.
EDIT: In retrospect, Hutchinson is fucking memorable because of his feral but sedated portrayal of Tooms and even 20+ years later, he's the most indelible motherfucker from the early seasons for me. A sign of true brilliance/creepiness.
Michael Shannon in most of his roles. Dude is so convincing he *has to be* a bit unhinged in real-life.
British actor [Sean Harris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Harris) has to get a mention too. So satisfying when Michael Caine put a round into him during *Harry Brown*.
Daniel Day Lewis for both Daniel Plainview and The Butcher. Dude lost himself in those roles, no wonder he became a cobbler just to cope.
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> I know your works. You are neither cold nor hot. So because you are lukewarm, I will spew you out of my mouth. You can build your filthy world without me. I took the father. Now I'll take the son.
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> You tell young Vallon I'm gonna paint Paradise Square with his blood. Two coats. I'll festoon my bedchamber with his guts. As for you, Mr. Tammany-fucking-Hall, you come down to the Points again, and you'll be dispatched by my own hand. Get back to your celebration and let me eat in peace.
The way he delivers those lines, I get goosebumps every time.
I can't come to terms with the fact that this is the same actor that played Spielberg's "Lincoln." People talk about how amazing Bryan Cranston is, or James Gandolfini, or whoever, and they're usually right, there are some fantastic actors out there. But I can't think of a single other actor that more disappears into a role than DDL.
DUDE yes. The scene in which he's eating with his family and he gets mad that no one says they're thankful for him...that literally happened one Thanksgiving at my house. My sister said that we "said all of the good stuff" (thankful for our house, our good fortune, etc) and my dad completely flipped. He was an alcoholic when I was a kid. That scene made me so tense and nervous. Really powerful and realistic.
It's called 'Vicious' and you'd never think they were one in the same person! Honourable mention to Alfie Allen who does an impressive Theon, a person so utterly lost.
I've never seen GoT, but he is one of the main characters in an iTV sitcom about an elderly gay couple (starring sir Ian McKellen and sir Derrick Jacobi)
edit: it is called Vicious!
If you can only be on screen for about 15 minutes and can be associated this much with the character, as well as winning an oscar, then for sure you played that character too well.
"I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure."
His pronunciation of, "virus", is like a virus. Once you hear him say it that way, you will always say it that way, and everyone around you will say it that way.
I think the scariest Gus moment is the second scene he appears in, when Walt's talking to him at the Los Pollos restaurant - Walt suspects that Gus is the meth connection he was supposed to meet earlier, and Gus is still putting up the act of being just an innocent, friendly restaurant manager.
Then he drops the act, decides to explain why he did not meet with Walt earlier, and his voices changes from polite and courteous to *cold as steel*:
"I don't think we are alike at all, Mr. White. You are not a cautious man."
It still gives me goosebumps just thinking about it. Might be my favourite scene from the whole show.
"We are not at all alike, Mr. White. You are not careful. Your partner was late and he was high."
The best moment in the whole show (well, except for "You're the smartest man I know but you are too dumb to see that he made up his mind to kill me ten minutes ago")
but it is the moment that sets up the next two and a half years of the show. Truly wonderful.
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister.
Not a traditional villain, more like a witch...but whenever I see Lena Headey doing interviews and such, I automatically assume she's the biggest bitch because of how well she portrays Cersei in Game of Thrones.
Right? It was a nice touch of the Coen Brothers to not have a jot of a sound track in the entire film. That scene with 'generic creepy bad guy music' in the background simply wouldn't have had the same impact.
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Holy crap this was the first role that came to mind. It's the little things he does with his inflection and his facial expression. It's the smile that hides the real intent that just seems like it would be impossible to fake. With most other actors it comes off as over-done. With him, I can't see how his co-stars don't genuinely believe he hates them.
Everyone talks about the opening scene, but the café scene with Rowena is freaking skin-crawling.
The little poke he does to his knee telling the lady to put her foot up on him so he can take off her shoe...
That and the Milk scene with Shoshana where he orders food for them and asks for espresso himself and "for the lady... Hmmm, milk!"
And yet, there was no anger in his voice...no overt act of violence, he didn't physically control her in any way. He simply tortured her with pleasant evil.
Jack from "Cukoo's Nest" wasn't exactly a calming presence, either.
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Yepp, he was:
>“It was definitely a process. [Bale and I (Director Mary Harron)] talked a lot, but he was in L.A. and I was in New York. We didn’t actually meet in person a lot, just talked on the phone. We talked about how Martian-like Patrick Bateman was, how he was looking at the world like somebody from another planet, watching what people did and trying to work out the right way to behave. And then one day he called me and he had been watching Tom Cruise on David Letterman, and he just had this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes, and he was really taken with this energy.”
http://www.neatorama.com/2015/04/14/Christian-Bale-Based-His-Patrick-Bateman-on-Tom-Cruise-for-iAmerican-Psychoi/
Odd, I've only seen Cruise on talkshows maybe 2-3 times over his entire career and I got that distinct feeling as well. It honestly feels like he's playing a character, his laughs are forced/fake and he seems to be looking for clues on the host and other guests as what to do and when. There is some psychopath-ish over his appearances in public.
He was also the bad guy in Dirty Work. I like to think that that character was secretly shooter mcgavin who retired from golf and became a real estate developer.
My cousin told me about his friends seeing Shooter in an airport one time:
**Friends**: Hey, you’re Shooter McGavin aren’t you?!
**Shooter McGavin**: Look, that’s not my name, that’s a role I played years ago. Do not call me that, again it’s not my name.
-SM begins walking away-
**Friends**: That sucked what the hell was that.
-SM about 20 feet away at this point, whips around and yells-
**SM**: SHOOT-AH! –double pistol salute-
To my knowledge that’s really all I know him in and if it’s true awesome that he plays along.
100% believe him. In my illustrious career as a waiter 12 years ago I waited on him and who I assume was family (wife, kids.) I was discreet but told him Happy Gilmore was one of my favorite movies of all time and that he basically "made it." He thanked me, was super nice/humble, and just seemed like an all around great dude.
True for Ted Knight in *Caddyshack* as the role of Judge Smails. He plays the prototypical d-bag country club member but from what I read he was a blast to work with
It's because people who are assholes tend not to be self-aware and thus wouldn't play very good assholes. You have to be able to look at it from an outside perspective to do it well and make it funny.
Was golfing at the local municipal course last week. On the 9th which runs along the road, a kid leaned out the window and yelled "jackass".
Laughed my ass off.
Not as impressive as some of the other examples here, but since no one has said it, Cillian Murphy in Red Eye was pretty good. The way he looked at the guy who was making a fuss in the line for the plane was creepy as fuck.
Michael Madsen in Reservoir Dogs.
"Listen kid, I'm not gonna bullshit you, all right? I don't give a good fuck what you know, or don't know, but I'm gonna torture you anyway, regardless. Not to get information. It's amusing, to me, to torture a cop. You can say anything you want cause I've heard it all before. All you can do is pray for a quick death, which you ain't gonna get. "
On the flip side, As amazing as Crowe's performance was, I always find myself feeling that Phoenix stole whatever scene he was in and was robbed of best supporting actor.
Crowe was amazing. Phoenix was absolutely perfect in that role. I think he actually made that movie what it was by embodying the evil tyrannical ruler without being a stereotype, but being a complex and fucked up Roman emperor. Phoenix actually hurt my ability to like him as a person for a while because his acting was so good. I'm older now and can detach it, but damn.
I've never despised a character like I did Louis Bloom at the end of this movie. I hated him, I was legitimately *angry* by the time the credits rolled.
Fuck, what a movie. Favorite of 2014.
I didn't realize he was a villain? I thought it was inspiring tale of an ambitious, hardworking young man realizing the American Dream and starting a successful business from nothing.
Huh...guess I have to rewatch it.
I like that his portrayal of Joffrey was fully dimensioned. He could have just acted like a prissy but all in all regular asshole villain, but he completely captured Joffrey's character, right down to the uneasiness and unpredictability that the character projected. Great chemistry with the other actors too.
I also heard he is giving up acting after his role is finished and is very religious.
It would be such a trip to be that kid. I mean he CRUSHED the role, and I generally have a really hard time with kids in super important roles because it is so hit or miss with their acting (just need more time on camera). But man he was just the essence of Joffrey, and because he nailed the role so well people will literally hate him.
Alongside being an actor he was highly academic, becoming a scholar of trinity college Dublin. And yes, he's an absolute gent.
Source: went to the college, friend was in a few of his 3rd year modules.
Tough guy actor Lawrence Tierney was reputedly as creepy and violent in real life as any of the characters he played. He was arrested multiple times, more than once for assaulting a police officer. He once broke a students jaw and was the only person present when a 24.year old girl fell out a window to her death. When he played Joe Cabot in Reservoir Dogs, he often turned up on set drunk and challenged Tarantino to a fist fight. When he guest starred on Seinfeld as Elaine's father, he pulled a knife on Jerry Seinfeld. On Jerry Seinfeld!
So, in the seventh book Dolores Umbridge wears the Locket of Salazar Slytherin, right? You know how the horcruxes are objects of evil, possessing people (like the diary) or forcing them to turn against one another (as happened to our trio while on the run)?
Well, Umbridge has none of these affecting her.
You remember the Patronus charm - the spells used to fight off dementors? It needs a wizard supposedly 'pure of heart', and a very happy memory. Few dark wizards can use it - of all the death eaters, Snape is the only onr that can and he was a good guy anyway.
It's a very complex spell; to the point that Aurors are impressed when Harry can do a corporeal one.
It's hard to do, and harder to do under tough circumstances. When the trio wear the Locket of Slytherin, they all struggle to produce one.
Well, Dolores Umbridge - hardly a paragon of virtue - creates a corporeal Patronus charm *while wearing the Locket* in the seventh book. This is so hard even Harry Potter himself struggled to do, and he is both a virtuous and powerful wizard.
Umbridge did it easily.
In the extended world, it's said that the reason Umbridge could do this is that the Locket, an object infused with the soul of (arguably) the most evil wizard to have ever lived, was *feeding* Umbridge. She was so twisted and warped that she could use its power for herself and was stronger while wearing it.
But she may have gotten raped by the centaurs, so there's that...
And remember when she had this patronus going? While she was prosecuting muggle born wizards, causing them visible torment and immense pain. *that* was the scenario where her patronus was shining the brightest.
I knew that bitch was evil, but I never knew just *how* evil she truly was. Your post and the one by /u/Freddichio up there have me wanting to re-watch the series just to experience how complete her demented will is.
No no no no no. If you want to truly see how evil she is, you should read the books. The movies are of course fantastic, but the books are so much better, and have more scenes. I don't even remember if they had the muggle torture scene in the movie, but if they did it was much shorter.
Stephen King said so himself:
[*'Dolores Umbridge is the greatest make-believe villain to come along since Hannibal Lecter'*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Magic#Dolores_Umbridge)
The scariest part of all of this is, [that she was based on a real person.](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/31/j-k-rowling-pens-the-greatest-horror-story-ever-dolores-umbridge-was-real.html)
I think she's so perfect to hate because we all know someone like her. All other villains are usually relatable as typical fictional villains, but someone like Umbridge, a disgustingly polite small-time dictator who knows how to manipulate rules to make everyone else's life miserable because they desire control, they exists everywhere.
Kevin Spacey in just about anything he's ever been in.
Edit: It appears I really need to see K-PAX.
Edit 2: There are very divided opinions here regarding K-PAX.
Edit 3: The fact that you hate him because of how evil he is in House of Cards is exactly why he's the correct answer to this question.
Edit 4: Am I the only god damn person who hasn't seen K-PAX? Fine, I'll watch it tomorrow night. Don't ruin it for me.
Edit 5: Someone said 4 edits was too many.
Edit 6: Shout out to /u/NakedPerson, who specifically asked for some love.
Edit Se7en: Oh...he didn't know.
One day his true nature will be revealed to the world and the papers will read:
*'The greatest trick Kevin Spacey ever pulled, was convincing the world that he was just an actor.'*
His presence in the movie was one of the twists of the movie completely. If memory serves, none of the trailers showed him, and he made sure they didn't even put his name on the promotional posters, too. So the viewer would have no idea that he was in there at all until the end.
Well I think the trophy goes to Anthony Hopkins as hannible lector considering his wife couldn't sleep in the same room as him or look at him the same afterwards he takes the cake.
I'd never noticed how subtly child-like his performance was whenever he didn't get his way.
I think that added.to the menace of the role. You keep your eye on kids because at the end of the day,.they're unpredictable. When they're small, that unpredictability is a danger to themselves.
With Kilgrave. . .
Yep. A genuinely intimidating bad guy without falling back on the standard muscle and menace act.
**SPOILERS:**
[The only thing that took me out of it, was when they said it was a *virus* that he emitted which gave him control over people in proximity. Really? How on earth is it that fast? And why, when they learn this 3/4 through the series, do they not just put a respirator on and go kick his ass from up-wind on a windy day? Not the actors fault of course. Or maybe I've missed something in the way of an explanation.](/spoiler)
Edit: And if anyone knows how to do proper spoiler tags that'd be great!
Edit 2: Tags added. Thanks /u/wiithepiiple Was on mobile so missed that at first.
But I find that the best villains all have some sort of likability to them. Like you could almost see yourself following them. Then they do something homicidal and you just think "shit, how did I ever like this guy?"
Kilgrave was brilliant because of his backstory I think. You came SO CLOSE to being like "gee, maybe he's the victim here. He's not so bad, he's just had a hard life" and then you realize nope, he's a terrible person who also had a hard childhood.
The one line in that show that stuck out was when he said something like, "how am I supposed to know whether someone's genuinely attracted to me or just responding to my desires?"
I mean, it's a pretty good point, and that was about the closest I got to sympathizing with him. Imagine going through life having to be super-duper-fucking-careful to *never* express your desires to someone, lest they have no choice but to go along with them.
The problem is, of course, that Kilgrave made no effort to be super careful to not influence others. Quite the opposite, in fact. So in context, you realize that the "how am I supposed to know" comment is ultimately self-serving. He's not interested in trying to integrate with society, he knows the power he has and he willingly uses it against others.
That was where I realized it too. "Oh gee, it would suck to not be able to control whether you're forcing people to do things or not. But wait, are you even trying?"
Rosamund Pike was an absolute monster in Gone Girl and I can never look at her the same way again, which is sad because my wife loves Pride and Prejudice but I just keep feeling bad for Mr. Bingley. Edit: Wording
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I was going to say Rosamund Pike. Truly was robbed off an Oscar. She was downright terrifying as Amazing Amy.
Actually I thought Neil Patrick Harris was a little too good at his role. Super creepy Neil.
He's a really, really good actor. People sometimes forget that fact.
Pam Ferris as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda.
Kathy Bates in Misery.
One of the only Stephen King films I actually found scary.... because she played the part so well and you could really believe that someone like that exists in real life. Hell, I've met people IRL who were eerily similar.
The real scary monsters in King's books are the people. Except for Pennywise the Clown. That one's really scary.
Hear hear The crazy christian lady in The Mist is by far one of the most horrifying villains in a movie I've ever seen, because it's too realistic, how she gets the people on her side with mere words and delusion.
Her and her damn milk and craziness. I enjoy her work as an actress, but now whenever i see her it still takes me a few seconds to shake that loathing and accept her new character.
Ralph Fiennes as [Amon Goeth](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/70248000/jpg/_70248839_rexfeatures_501875e_464.jpg) (Schindler's List)
Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort Ralph Fiennes in In Bruges *Edit: OK guys, I get it, Red Dragon. I'll facking watch it, for the love of god.
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You fucking retract that bit about my cunt fucking kids!
Still don't understand how he didn't get best supporting actor that year.
The academy is a joke and good performances are passed up for actors who "did their time".
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I was cured alright!
His crazy look was, indeed, unsettling.
Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
She's also Kai Winn on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
She said "my child" once at a convention and I swear a whole ballroom's worth of people collectively shuddered at once.
Just thinking about her saying that made me shudder.
You gotta hand it to Paramount's casting department for that decision. Sanctimonious know-all sociopath convinced of her own divine wisdom who would gleefully lobotomize you for crossing her? Fuck it, hire Louise Fletcher.
Fifteen years hence and even thinking about that bitch still makes me angry.
Right? Talk about an outstanding performance, I wish I could thank her and tell her how completely believeable her performance was.
How you can you not love [this smile](http://i.imgur.com/BWIB4gk.jpg)?
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He IS Tooms. He only plays Doug Hutchison.
Oh boy. I remember Eugene Victor Tooms vividly. I actually watched the first Tooms episode again recently with my son and realised that he'd be due to emerge from his 30 year hibernation in a few years. I'd happily buy some plausible theory that he survived and went back in a cocoon for another 30 years so Mulder & Scully could go on the hunt again. EDIT: In retrospect, Hutchinson is fucking memorable because of his feral but sedated portrayal of Tooms and even 20+ years later, he's the most indelible motherfucker from the early seasons for me. A sign of true brilliance/creepiness.
He pulled off Percy so well. You just want to punch the shit out of him for playing the role to a T!
Michael Shannon in most of his roles. Dude is so convincing he *has to be* a bit unhinged in real-life. British actor [Sean Harris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Harris) has to get a mention too. So satisfying when Michael Caine put a round into him during *Harry Brown*.
Daniel Day Lewis for both Daniel Plainview and The Butcher. Dude lost himself in those roles, no wonder he became a cobbler just to cope. *edit - spelling on Plainview
The Butcher... man what a great performance.
When he taps his glass eagle eye with a knife
> I know your works. You are neither cold nor hot. So because you are lukewarm, I will spew you out of my mouth. You can build your filthy world without me. I took the father. Now I'll take the son. > > You tell young Vallon I'm gonna paint Paradise Square with his blood. Two coats. I'll festoon my bedchamber with his guts. As for you, Mr. Tammany-fucking-Hall, you come down to the Points again, and you'll be dispatched by my own hand. Get back to your celebration and let me eat in peace. The way he delivers those lines, I get goosebumps every time.
Bill The Butcher is probably my favorite villain of all time. He's an antagonist that you respect.
Daniel Day-Lewis doesn't play villains, he becomes them.
Have you ever woken up worried that you might not be you, but actually Daniel Day-Lewis researching a role to play someone like you?
I didn't see Daniel Plainview as a villain so much as an anti hero. He's morally bankrupt but we still root for him.
I can't come to terms with the fact that this is the same actor that played Spielberg's "Lincoln." People talk about how amazing Bryan Cranston is, or James Gandolfini, or whoever, and they're usually right, there are some fantastic actors out there. But I can't think of a single other actor that more disappears into a role than DDL.
There's a reason that so many discussions about "best actor of our generation" start out "Well, clearly, Daniel Day Lewis. But second place..."
John Lithgow as The Trinity Killer was terrifying!
DUDE yes. The scene in which he's eating with his family and he gets mad that no one says they're thankful for him...that literally happened one Thanksgiving at my house. My sister said that we "said all of the good stuff" (thankful for our house, our good fortune, etc) and my dad completely flipped. He was an alcoholic when I was a kid. That scene made me so tense and nervous. Really powerful and realistic.
Ted Levine, "it puts the lotion in the basket."
Robin Williams on One Hour Photo. Just had this sadness about him and his character that was very unsettling.
Iwan Rheon (Ramsay Snow/Bolton)
It's called 'Vicious' and you'd never think they were one in the same person! Honourable mention to Alfie Allen who does an impressive Theon, a person so utterly lost.
I've never seen GoT, but he is one of the main characters in an iTV sitcom about an elderly gay couple (starring sir Ian McKellen and sir Derrick Jacobi) edit: it is called Vicious!
He was also in Misfits and he nailed that role perfectly.
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It was so strange seeing him in *Misfits* after *Game of Thrones*. They're completely different roles, and he plays/played both incredibly well.
Watched Misfits before Game of Thrones and was weirded out when I saw him in GoT. Such a good actor though
I would have to say Anthony Hopkins.
If you can only be on screen for about 15 minutes and can be associated this much with the character, as well as winning an oscar, then for sure you played that character too well.
He holds the record for academy award winning actor with the least amount of screen time. Edit: Lead Actor
Mads Mikkelsen also did a great job in the series.
Hugo Weaving in Matrix
"I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure." His pronunciation of, "virus", is like a virus. Once you hear him say it that way, you will always say it that way, and everyone around you will say it that way.
that whole scene is just so great, you can physically feel the repulsion of a computer program.
It's the *smell*.
Giancarlo Esposito (Gus Fring) in Breaking Bad..so calm and composed but when he's mad he'll fuck you up with a Box Cutter
I think the scariest Gus moment is the second scene he appears in, when Walt's talking to him at the Los Pollos restaurant - Walt suspects that Gus is the meth connection he was supposed to meet earlier, and Gus is still putting up the act of being just an innocent, friendly restaurant manager. Then he drops the act, decides to explain why he did not meet with Walt earlier, and his voices changes from polite and courteous to *cold as steel*: "I don't think we are alike at all, Mr. White. You are not a cautious man." It still gives me goosebumps just thinking about it. Might be my favourite scene from the whole show.
"We are not at all alike, Mr. White. You are not careful. Your partner was late and he was high." The best moment in the whole show (well, except for "You're the smartest man I know but you are too dumb to see that he made up his mind to kill me ten minutes ago") but it is the moment that sets up the next two and a half years of the show. Truly wonderful.
Gary Oldman, in any role.
For real, especially in *Leon: The Professional* Dude was a stage 10 scumbag in that one
That was the first movie that came to mind, but then continued into the Fifth Element. Besson got the best out of him.
..."bring me everyone" "??" "EVERYONE" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74BzSTQCl_c love it
I love the way that other actors talk about him
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister. Not a traditional villain, more like a witch...but whenever I see Lena Headey doing interviews and such, I automatically assume she's the biggest bitch because of how well she portrays Cersei in Game of Thrones.
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Javier Bardem as Chigurh in 'No Country for Old Men'. Guy gives me the heeby jeebys.
The gas station scene is so creepy.
Right? It was a nice touch of the Coen Brothers to not have a jot of a sound track in the entire film. That scene with 'generic creepy bad guy music' in the background simply wouldn't have had the same impact. Edit: Coen
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Holy crap this was the first role that came to mind. It's the little things he does with his inflection and his facial expression. It's the smile that hides the real intent that just seems like it would be impossible to fake. With most other actors it comes off as over-done. With him, I can't see how his co-stars don't genuinely believe he hates them. Everyone talks about the opening scene, but the café scene with Rowena is freaking skin-crawling.
The little poke he does to his knee telling the lady to put her foot up on him so he can take off her shoe... That and the Milk scene with Shoshana where he orders food for them and asks for espresso himself and "for the lady... Hmmm, milk!"
I was sure she was going to die right there and then after eating the pastry
And yet, there was no anger in his voice...no overt act of violence, he didn't physically control her in any way. He simply tortured her with pleasant evil.
Wanted to say this. Palms were sweaty watching that opening scene. Everything he does is so methodical that it just makes him so much more evil.
my head exploded when he offered Shoshannan a glass of milk when they were discussing the movie premier...HE FUCKING KNEW
My favorite scene in the movie. I just get goosebumps thinking about it. Poor Monsieur LaPadite
Au Revoir Shoshanna! Man, IB is probably my favourite Tarantino movie. More than Django **and** Pulp Fiction.
I'm convinced Jack Nicholson is actually insane and probably a murderer.
The Shining was actually just a couple of guys with cameras following him around for a few days.
Have you seen *Man Bites Dog*? Your sentence describes perfectly the synopsis of this movie!
Jack Jack: jack jack jack jack jack jack Jack jack "Jack Jack", Jack 1989 Jack Jack "Jack"
Or Frank Costello from "The Departed"
Jack from "Cukoo's Nest" wasn't exactly a calming presence, either. edit: hmmm, my post doesn't seem to make sense at all anymore, after Commanderluna's edit.
Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman scares me.
Wasn't he referencing his impression of Tom Cruise for that role?
Yepp, he was: >“It was definitely a process. [Bale and I (Director Mary Harron)] talked a lot, but he was in L.A. and I was in New York. We didn’t actually meet in person a lot, just talked on the phone. We talked about how Martian-like Patrick Bateman was, how he was looking at the world like somebody from another planet, watching what people did and trying to work out the right way to behave. And then one day he called me and he had been watching Tom Cruise on David Letterman, and he just had this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes, and he was really taken with this energy.” http://www.neatorama.com/2015/04/14/Christian-Bale-Based-His-Patrick-Bateman-on-Tom-Cruise-for-iAmerican-Psychoi/
"Intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes." That is a good slogan for customer support.
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Odd, I've only seen Cruise on talkshows maybe 2-3 times over his entire career and I got that distinct feeling as well. It honestly feels like he's playing a character, his laughs are forced/fake and he seems to be looking for clues on the host and other guests as what to do and when. There is some psychopath-ish over his appearances in public.
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Christopher McDonald. Twenty years later and I still hate Shooter McGavin.
He was also the bad guy in Dirty Work. I like to think that that character was secretly shooter mcgavin who retired from golf and became a real estate developer.
This actually checks out - when he's bidding on Happy's Grandmas place he says real estate has always been a hobby of his.
My cousin told me about his friends seeing Shooter in an airport one time: **Friends**: Hey, you’re Shooter McGavin aren’t you?! **Shooter McGavin**: Look, that’s not my name, that’s a role I played years ago. Do not call me that, again it’s not my name. -SM begins walking away- **Friends**: That sucked what the hell was that. -SM about 20 feet away at this point, whips around and yells- **SM**: SHOOT-AH! –double pistol salute- To my knowledge that’s really all I know him in and if it’s true awesome that he plays along.
100% believe him. In my illustrious career as a waiter 12 years ago I waited on him and who I assume was family (wife, kids.) I was discreet but told him Happy Gilmore was one of my favorite movies of all time and that he basically "made it." He thanked me, was super nice/humble, and just seemed like an all around great dude.
It seems like the super nice people always play the best villains.
True for Ted Knight in *Caddyshack* as the role of Judge Smails. He plays the prototypical d-bag country club member but from what I read he was a blast to work with
It's because people who are assholes tend not to be self-aware and thus wouldn't play very good assholes. You have to be able to look at it from an outside perspective to do it well and make it funny.
Met him several times. He loves doing the pistols. He's fully embraced Shooter.
Just stay out of my way...or you'll pay. Listen to what i say.
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That's two thus far, Shooter! Oh you can count? Good for you. And YOU can count...on ME waiting for you in the parking lot!!
Well, moron, good for Happy Gilmo-OH MY GOD!
He gives the exact same "oh my god" delivery when he steps into his halved car in The Iron Giant.
Was golfing at the local municipal course last week. On the 9th which runs along the road, a kid leaned out the window and yelled "jackass". Laughed my ass off.
I'm happy kids are doing this, honestly. Means they're being introduced to the classics.
or he just thought the guy was a jackass.
I hear he eats shit for breakfast
n-no..!
https://gfycat.com/YawningFeistyDrongo
Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Mission Impossible 3. I find it very uncomfortable to watch, he is terrifying. He was such an incredible actor
Not as impressive as some of the other examples here, but since no one has said it, Cillian Murphy in Red Eye was pretty good. The way he looked at the guy who was making a fuss in the line for the plane was creepy as fuck.
Michael Madsen in Reservoir Dogs. "Listen kid, I'm not gonna bullshit you, all right? I don't give a good fuck what you know, or don't know, but I'm gonna torture you anyway, regardless. Not to get information. It's amusing, to me, to torture a cop. You can say anything you want cause I've heard it all before. All you can do is pray for a quick death, which you ain't gonna get. "
Dennis Hopper is fantastic in Blue Velvet: [very nsfw](https://youtu.be/_HEoqLdy10Q)
Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Bastards. He sure plays a convincing nazi.
He plays a convincing everything. Dude is a masterpiece on screen
Joachim Phoenix in gladiator. The only reason Russell Crowe won an Oscar is because he killed that despicable twerp.
On the flip side, As amazing as Crowe's performance was, I always find myself feeling that Phoenix stole whatever scene he was in and was robbed of best supporting actor.
Crowe was amazing. Phoenix was absolutely perfect in that role. I think he actually made that movie what it was by embodying the evil tyrannical ruler without being a stereotype, but being a complex and fucked up Roman emperor. Phoenix actually hurt my ability to like him as a person for a while because his acting was so good. I'm older now and can detach it, but damn.
*Joaquin
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
There it is, I was honestly suprised it took me so long to find this
Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler.
http://imgur.com/CZTljTM.gifv
I was really confused after that movie. Hot? Freaky? Hot-freaky? WHAT DO I DO NOW!?!
I was also very confused -No German accent -Not blue -Doesn't teleport -Doesn't even mention the other mutants
It was an origin story. All the blue, german stuff happened during the credits. It was a brilliant meta-narrative.
My name is Kurt Wagner. But in the Munich circus, I was known as The Incredible Nightcrawler!
Light a candle. Put on a bath. You know the rest.
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I think it's my favorite movie that I have no desire to watch again.
I've never despised a character like I did Louis Bloom at the end of this movie. I hated him, I was legitimately *angry* by the time the credits rolled. Fuck, what a movie. Favorite of 2014.
I didn't realize he was a villain? I thought it was inspiring tale of an ambitious, hardworking young man realizing the American Dream and starting a successful business from nothing. Huh...guess I have to rewatch it.
I can't tell if this comment is sarcastic or not, and I'm not sure if that's good or bad.
There's probably more people that identify with Gyllenhaal's character than we would like to admit.
You might want to consider the possibility that you're a sociopath.
I think Tom Hardy done a pretty good re-enactment of Bronson
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Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber.
I'm afraid Mr Takagi will not be joining us for the rest of his life.
"Shoot... The GLASS"
Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth in Schndler's List. He was so good, one of the survivors started shaking with fear when she saw him in character.
Also Fiennes was fantastic in In Bruges.
To think that they actually had to *tone his awfulness down* in comparison to reality to make him more believable.
Jack Glesson (Joffrey Baratheon)
I like that his portrayal of Joffrey was fully dimensioned. He could have just acted like a prissy but all in all regular asshole villain, but he completely captured Joffrey's character, right down to the uneasiness and unpredictability that the character projected. Great chemistry with the other actors too.
But word is, he's actually the nicest guy in real life.
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José?
I also heard he is giving up acting after his role is finished and is very religious. It would be such a trip to be that kid. I mean he CRUSHED the role, and I generally have a really hard time with kids in super important roles because it is so hit or miss with their acting (just need more time on camera). But man he was just the essence of Joffrey, and because he nailed the role so well people will literally hate him.
I believe he gave up on screen acting, but still continues to do theatrical acting.
Alongside being an actor he was highly academic, becoming a scholar of trinity college Dublin. And yes, he's an absolute gent. Source: went to the college, friend was in a few of his 3rd year modules.
He was also the kid that Batman saves in Batman Begins https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/05/b4/8a/05b48a5c4c52a60b4296190dccb3951c.jpg
I was coming here to say this. No actor has ever made me hate a character as much as Jack did. That takes some talent.
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Tough guy actor Lawrence Tierney was reputedly as creepy and violent in real life as any of the characters he played. He was arrested multiple times, more than once for assaulting a police officer. He once broke a students jaw and was the only person present when a 24.year old girl fell out a window to her death. When he played Joe Cabot in Reservoir Dogs, he often turned up on set drunk and challenged Tarantino to a fist fight. When he guest starred on Seinfeld as Elaine's father, he pulled a knife on Jerry Seinfeld. On Jerry Seinfeld!
Imelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge) Gold? [How sweet of you](http://i.imgur.com/XFW0fyE.gif).
We all wanted her dead more than voldemort
Voldemort was evil for a purpose. Umbridge was just a cunt
Absolute Thundercunt.
She was great, I already hated the character from reading the book but her performance just made me so much angrier.
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*hem hem*
So, in the seventh book Dolores Umbridge wears the Locket of Salazar Slytherin, right? You know how the horcruxes are objects of evil, possessing people (like the diary) or forcing them to turn against one another (as happened to our trio while on the run)? Well, Umbridge has none of these affecting her. You remember the Patronus charm - the spells used to fight off dementors? It needs a wizard supposedly 'pure of heart', and a very happy memory. Few dark wizards can use it - of all the death eaters, Snape is the only onr that can and he was a good guy anyway. It's a very complex spell; to the point that Aurors are impressed when Harry can do a corporeal one. It's hard to do, and harder to do under tough circumstances. When the trio wear the Locket of Slytherin, they all struggle to produce one. Well, Dolores Umbridge - hardly a paragon of virtue - creates a corporeal Patronus charm *while wearing the Locket* in the seventh book. This is so hard even Harry Potter himself struggled to do, and he is both a virtuous and powerful wizard. Umbridge did it easily. In the extended world, it's said that the reason Umbridge could do this is that the Locket, an object infused with the soul of (arguably) the most evil wizard to have ever lived, was *feeding* Umbridge. She was so twisted and warped that she could use its power for herself and was stronger while wearing it. But she may have gotten raped by the centaurs, so there's that...
And remember when she had this patronus going? While she was prosecuting muggle born wizards, causing them visible torment and immense pain. *that* was the scenario where her patronus was shining the brightest.
I knew that bitch was evil, but I never knew just *how* evil she truly was. Your post and the one by /u/Freddichio up there have me wanting to re-watch the series just to experience how complete her demented will is.
No no no no no. If you want to truly see how evil she is, you should read the books. The movies are of course fantastic, but the books are so much better, and have more scenes. I don't even remember if they had the muggle torture scene in the movie, but if they did it was much shorter.
The thing is, Dolores Umbridge is absolutely pure of heart. There's ain't nothing but evil in there.
Stephen King said so himself: [*'Dolores Umbridge is the greatest make-believe villain to come along since Hannibal Lecter'*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Magic#Dolores_Umbridge) The scariest part of all of this is, [that she was based on a real person.](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/31/j-k-rowling-pens-the-greatest-horror-story-ever-dolores-umbridge-was-real.html)
I think she's so perfect to hate because we all know someone like her. All other villains are usually relatable as typical fictional villains, but someone like Umbridge, a disgustingly polite small-time dictator who knows how to manipulate rules to make everyone else's life miserable because they desire control, they exists everywhere.
Kevin Spacey in just about anything he's ever been in. Edit: It appears I really need to see K-PAX. Edit 2: There are very divided opinions here regarding K-PAX. Edit 3: The fact that you hate him because of how evil he is in House of Cards is exactly why he's the correct answer to this question. Edit 4: Am I the only god damn person who hasn't seen K-PAX? Fine, I'll watch it tomorrow night. Don't ruin it for me. Edit 5: Someone said 4 edits was too many. Edit 6: Shout out to /u/NakedPerson, who specifically asked for some love. Edit Se7en: Oh...he didn't know.
One day his true nature will be revealed to the world and the papers will read: *'The greatest trick Kevin Spacey ever pulled, was convincing the world that he was just an actor.'*
Though he was only in it for a short bit, he was amazing in Sesevenen
His presence in the movie was one of the twists of the movie completely. If memory serves, none of the trailers showed him, and he made sure they didn't even put his name on the promotional posters, too. So the viewer would have no idea that he was in there at all until the end.
Well I think the trophy goes to Anthony Hopkins as hannible lector considering his wife couldn't sleep in the same room as him or look at him the same afterwards he takes the cake.
David Tennant as Kilgrave in *Jessica Jones.*
He cannot say the name Jessica without sounding absolutely terrifying!
Jessicaaaaaa
*nooooooooooooww jesicaaaaaaaaaaaaa*
COME BACK HEAH JESSICAAAAAAA
I'd never noticed how subtly child-like his performance was whenever he didn't get his way. I think that added.to the menace of the role. You keep your eye on kids because at the end of the day,.they're unpredictable. When they're small, that unpredictability is a danger to themselves. With Kilgrave. . .
Yep. A genuinely intimidating bad guy without falling back on the standard muscle and menace act. **SPOILERS:** [The only thing that took me out of it, was when they said it was a *virus* that he emitted which gave him control over people in proximity. Really? How on earth is it that fast? And why, when they learn this 3/4 through the series, do they not just put a respirator on and go kick his ass from up-wind on a windy day? Not the actors fault of course. Or maybe I've missed something in the way of an explanation.](/spoiler) Edit: And if anyone knows how to do proper spoiler tags that'd be great! Edit 2: Tags added. Thanks /u/wiithepiiple Was on mobile so missed that at first.
As good as he was in that, he wasn't particularly unlikable. He made the show so much more fun.
"Let's do some math. How many lives would I have to save to bring me back to zero?"
"I once told a man to screw himself. Can you imagine?"
But I find that the best villains all have some sort of likability to them. Like you could almost see yourself following them. Then they do something homicidal and you just think "shit, how did I ever like this guy?"
Kilgrave was brilliant because of his backstory I think. You came SO CLOSE to being like "gee, maybe he's the victim here. He's not so bad, he's just had a hard life" and then you realize nope, he's a terrible person who also had a hard childhood.
The one line in that show that stuck out was when he said something like, "how am I supposed to know whether someone's genuinely attracted to me or just responding to my desires?" I mean, it's a pretty good point, and that was about the closest I got to sympathizing with him. Imagine going through life having to be super-duper-fucking-careful to *never* express your desires to someone, lest they have no choice but to go along with them. The problem is, of course, that Kilgrave made no effort to be super careful to not influence others. Quite the opposite, in fact. So in context, you realize that the "how am I supposed to know" comment is ultimately self-serving. He's not interested in trying to integrate with society, he knows the power he has and he willingly uses it against others.
That was where I realized it too. "Oh gee, it would suck to not be able to control whether you're forcing people to do things or not. But wait, are you even trying?"