Entertaining Movie Bad Guys

[RobertJ.]

Some bad guys in the movies are just plain fun to watch, even though what they're doing is wrong.

My vote for #1 would be Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, in Con Air.

My vote for #2 would be "Curly" Bill Brocius, in Tombstone.

Who do you like?

 

[Waywatcher]

Bill the Butcher, as played by Daniel Day Lewis, in the Martin Scorsese film Gangs of New York. Impeccable.

 

[Rogue Wizard]

There are so many to chose from! My current favorite is Boyd Crouter in Justified.

 

[Arik]

The Joker played by Heath Ledger

 

[Absalom]

The classic. I haven't been able to drink Chianti since 1991 without thinking of him .

 

[Cleandean]

I'll go softer.....as I like Westerns. ★ Lee Van Cleef

 

[safearm]

Lee Marvin as Liberty Valance.

 

[zzzippper]

Russell Crowe as Ben Wade in 3:10 to Yuma. He turned out to have a heart but they should have left him bad.

 

[kaaskop49]

Not a guy, but Sharon Stone's character Catherine Trammell in Basic Instinct stands out.

Second place: Joe Pesci in Goodfellas and Casino.

 

[Absalom]

Since several of you have now brought up classic Westerns, I feel compelled to add Henry Fonda in "Once upon a time in the West"; just because he played such a cool evil guy after a long acting career of never playing a really bad person.

 

[kaaskop49]

Since several of you have now brought up classic Westerns, I feel compelled to add Henry Fonda in "Once upon a time in the West"; just because he played such a cool evil guy after a long acting career of never playing a really bad person.

Good post, Absalom! How could I have forgotten this one? If you read any reprise of Fonda's career, this portrayal (Frank) is always cited as being noteworthy.

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

 

[Marshwheeling]

Brad Pitt in Kalifornia.

 

[UncleEd]

On the cerebral side:

Kevin Spacey

Se7en, The Usual Suspects, House of Cards

 

[Laketime]

Scorpio from Dirty Harry
Albert Ganz from 48 hrs

 

[wbraswell]

Darth Vadar
Jack Warden in "Used Cars"
Eli Wallach in "The Magnificent Seven"
Peter O'Toole in "Night of the Generals"
I think one of the things I don't like about modern movies is they develop the bad guy character too much. It's like they want to make you feel hate for a fictional character. I resent that.

 

[the ringo kid]

Lots of great choices. Heres more.

Burt Lancaster in"Vera Cruz.
Ernest Borgnine in Vera Cruz.
Charles Bronson in: Verra Cruz.


Captn. ""Red Legs""in: The Outlaw Josey Wales.

Cholla in: Every Which Way But Loose as well as in: Any Which Way You Can--he was the biker gang leader.

Scorpio in: Dirty Harry.

Dutch Henry Brown :::Stephen McNally::::in: Winchester seventy three.
Waco Johnny Dean :::: Dan Duryea::: in: Winchester Seventy three.

Stargecoach: Tom Tyler....

Jaws: The shark.

Wesley Snipes in: Demolition Man.

Captain Bligh: Charles Laughton: Mutiny on the Bounty.

 

[labworm]

Wouldn't want to meet up with this guy even if he was in a good mood.

 

[litenlarry]

Westerns...Jack Elam in everything..he had some humerus roles as well..

 

[wbraswell]

Oh, oh, I got a good one. Charles Bronson in "Villa Rides".
Harvey Korman in "Blazing Saddles".

 

[doublesharp]

Robert Mitchum as Max Cady in Cape Fear. Robert De niro was also great in the remake.

I liked Gary Oldman as Drexel in True Romance.

Blue Duck in Lonesome Dove

Alan Rickman has been a good badguy in several movies such as Die Hard and Quigley Down Under.