Your top 10 fictional villains

[Section_31]

Been done before but films and TV come and go so lists will no doubt fluctuate. 

 

T-1000 (Terminator 2).

 

General Zod (Terence Stamp) Superman II.

 

Gustavo Fring. (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul).

 

Tywin Lannister (Game of Thrones).

 

ED-209 (Robocop).

 

Weyoun (Deep Space 9).

 

Grand Admiral Thrawn (Star Wars Heir to the Empire books).

 

Prince Nuada (Hellboy 2).

 

Vincent (Collateral).

 

Ivan Drago (Rocky IV).

[Mook]

Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

[NoelM]

Hannibal Lector and Anton Chigurh.

[YorkshireRed]

Gripper Stepson. 
 

Nick Cotton. 
 

Professor Moriarty. 
 

Omar Little.
 

Tony Soprano.

 

Dick Dastardly.

 

Philippa Vale.

 

The Joker.

 

Hannibal Lector.

 

Francis Urquhart. 

 

[Remmie]

Stansfield from Leon. "You don't like Beethoven" & "That's why I stopped". Sublime

 

 

[Remmie]

 

[Elite]

Bricktop (Snatch)

Sonny (Dead Man's Shoes)

Percy (The Green Mile)

Tywin Lannister (Game of Thrones)

Ace Merrill (Stand By Me)

Stringer Bell (The Wire)

Al Swearengen (Deadwood)

[polymerpunkah]

Five off the top of my head.

 

Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum in "Night of the Hunter")

 

Tuco (Eli Wallach in "The Good The Bad and The Ugly")

 

Karla (The main antagonist in the George Smiley novels)

 

Beth Jarrett (Mary Tyler Moore in "Ordinary People")

 

Livia Soprano (Nancy Marchand in "The Sopranos")

 

Don't know if the last two are villains, but they certainly were a couple of my favourite movie/TV antagonists.

[Remmie]

15 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

Gripper Stepson. 
 

Nick Cotton. 
 

Professor Moriarty. 
 

Omar Little.
 

Tony Soprano.

 

Dick Dastardly.

 

Philippa Vale.

 

The Joker.

 

Hannibal Lector.

 

Francis Urquhart. 

 

Are they really villains, they are relatively sympathetic?

[littletedwest]

Frank ( once upon a time in the west)

Marlo stanfield (the wire)

Richie aprile ( the sopranos)

Francis Urquhart ( House of cards)

General zod ( the proper one mentioned by section)

Starscream ( transformers cartoon)

Alan Bradley ( coronation street)

 

 

[YorkshireRed]

Just now, Remmie said:

Are they really villains, they are relatively sympathetic?

Yes, wondered whether to nominate based on ‘nastiest villains’ or ‘favourite villains’. Some of mine are the latter, or maybe a bit of both. 
 

Plus, I like to see the good in even the most villainous of cunts. 
 

I’m pretty sure Gripper Stepson just didn’t know how to make friends. 

[Tony Moanero]

In no particular order:
 

Professor Marcus (Alec Guinness, The Ladykillers)

Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)

Tom Ripley (Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels)

Grand High Witch (Anjelica Huston)

Skeletor (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe)

The Master (Roger Delgado, Doctor Who)

Mr. Blue (Robert Shaw, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three)

The Joker (Cesar Romero, Batman)

Fagin (Ron Moody, Oliver!)

Ellen Berent Harland (Gene Tierney, Leave Her to Heaven) 

 

 

 

 

 

[Carvalho Diablo]

Tuco

Frank Booth

Bobby Peru

 

[littletedwest]

Oh should have added Mr Potter from its a wonderful life

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Hans Gruber may be my favourite. It's hard not to secretly root for him.

[tokyojoe]

Big Vern

[Skidfingers McGonical]

Emperor Palpatine.

 

[Vector Sigma]

1. Burke (Paul Reiser) - Aliens

2. Megatron - Transformers 80s cartoon

3. Ace Merrill (Kiefer Sutherland) - Stand.  by Me

4. Barnes (Tom Berenger) - Platoon

5. Grand Moff Tarkin (Peter Cushing) - Star Wars

6. Mr Igoe (Vernon Wells) - Innerspace

7. Jaws (Richard Kiel) - Moonraker

8. Percy Wetmore (Doug Hutchison) - The Green Mile

9. Mumm-ra - Thundercats 80s cartoon

10. Belloq (Paul Freeman) - Raiders of the Lost Ark

 

Edited April 17 by Vector Sigma
Wrong film for one!

[Carvalho Diablo]

2 minutes ago, Vector Sigma said:

1. Burke (Paul Reiser) - Aliens

2. Megatron - Transformers 80s cartoon

3. Ace Merrill (Kiefer Sutherland) - Stand.  by Me

4. Barnes (Tom Berenger) - Platoon

5. Grand Moff Tarkin (Peter Cushing) - Star Wars

6. Mr Igoe (Vernon Wells) - Innerspace

7. Jaws (Richard Kiel) - Moonraker

8. Percy Wetmore (Doug Hutchison) - The Shawshank Redemption

9. Mumm-ra - Thundercats 80s cartoon

10. Belloq (Paul Freeman) - Raiders of the Lost Ark

 

 

Percy was The Green Mile.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Remmie said:

Stansfield from Leon. "You don't like Beethoven" & "That's why I stopped". Sublime

 

 

Don't forget Zorg.

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Tony Moanero said:

In no particular order:
 

Professor Marcus (Alec Guinness, The Ladykillers)

Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)

Tom Ripley (Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels)

Grand High Witch (Anjelica Huston)

Skeletor (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe)

The Master (Roger Delgado, Doctor Who)

Mr. Blue (Robert Shaw, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three)

The Joker (Cesar Romero, Batman)

Fagin (Ron Moody, Oliver!)

Ellen Berent Harland (Gene Tierney, Leave Her to Heaven) 

 

 

 

 

 

Good list, but John Simm is the best Master.

[Tony Moanero]

42 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Good list, but John Simm is the best Master.

Not for me. Delgado is number one, and I’d have Anthony Ainley ahead of a John Simm.

[Alfie Noakes]

Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men.

 

Frightening.

[Captain Willard]

21 minutes ago, Alfie Noakes said:

Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men.

 

Frightening.

Interesting fact about that film, the 3 main characters are never in the same scene and what’s more 2 never appear in the same shot.