Greatest Performance of a Movie Villain

[Bryan Danielson]

I got one for y’all!


Wesley Snipes as Phoenix in Demolition Man

Martha

 

[Geek Nasty]

I’m surprised Heath Ledger gets so much love. To steal someone els’e line Ledger played the Joker like a depressed heroine addict which wasn’t a stretch. And he stole the performance from Gary Oldman in The Professional. Jack Nicholson’s Joker was iconic. The shyt changed the way Hollywood looked at villians. They stopped being just the bad guy and turned into charismatic scene stealers. They started naming movies after the villains after Batman 1!

After that Anthony Hopkins, but that role kind of looks overdone in hindsight. Still love the movie. Personal favorite is Agent Smith. Nothing like it ever in movie history. A computer program who fukking hates humans and just wants to win so he can go home.

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

It's heath. It's one of the most iconic performances of all time.

 

[Lefty Gunz]

I’m surprised Heath Ledger gets so much love. To steal someone els’e line Ledger played the Joker like a depressed heroine addict which wasn’t a stretch. And he stole the performance from Gary Oldman in The Professional. Jack Nicholson’s Joker was iconic. The shyt changed the way Hollywood looked at villians. They stopped being just the bad guy and turned into charismatic scene stealers. They started naming movies after the villains after Batman 1!

After that Anthony Hopkins, but that role kind of looks overdone in hindsight. Still love the movie. Personal favorite is Agent Smith. Nothing like it ever in movie history. A computer program who fukking hates humans and just wants to win so he can go home.

No the fukk it wasn't.

We already saw Jack's Joker 20 year earlier. His name was Cesar Romero. It's literally the exact same goofy interpretation

 

[BXKingPin82]

Hannibal

and he wasnt even "technically" the villain in the movie.

 

[Geek Nasty]

No the fukk it wasn't.

We already saw Jack's Joker 20 year earlier. His name was Cesar Romero. It's literally the exact same goofy interpretation

Lol no it wasn’t. Jack’s Joker wasn’t a clown, he was an unpredicable psycho. Ledger’s love fest came after he died.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

had to go with the t-1000

 

[ECA]

Ya'll reaching with the Heath Ledger slander. He stole every scene he was in and TDK is considered the best comic book ever made mainly due to his performance.

 

[MewTwo]

I'm not talking to the character itself. This thread is specifically about the on screen performance of a villain by an actor/actress. Which was the most compelling?

Anthony Hopkins

 

[KravenMorehead™]

Heath Ledger was my choice.

That's a good ass list

 

[Alexander The Great]

pretty good list. i voted for jack.
would have added some of my favorites
Lonzo (denzel)
Commodus (Phoenix)
The Sheriff of Nottingham (Rickman)
Mister(Danny Glover)

 

[Nero Christ]

out of that list, I'd go with Lector but these villains need some love as well

Jack Torrance (better Nicholson villain performance than the Joker)

Keyser Soze

 

[Alpha Male]

Ya'll reaching with the Heath Ledger slander. He stole every scene he was in and TDK is considered the best comic book ever made mainly due to his performance.

its not an infallible performance though. low key there are times where he’s trying way too hard.

no way would I put it below Nicholson though.

 

[Micron]

Given the characters on that list, Thulsa Doom deserves a spot. James Earl Jones was a fantastic villain in Conan the Barbarian. It was like "what if a pimp from Oakland went to the age of swords and sorcery?"



He didn't make jokes. He was calculating, ruthless, and charismatic.

 

[CROM]

Given the characters on that list, Thulsa Doom deserves a spot. James Earl Jones was a fantastic villain in Conan the Barbarian. It was like "what if a pimp from Oakland went to the age of swords and sorcery?"



He didn't make jokes. He was calculating, ruthless, and charismatic.

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