Actors that were great playing the Bad Guy

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  1. barryalan

    barryalan Cat in Space

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    Jane Greer in Out of the Past. So sweet and innocent looking until she murders Robert Mitchum's ex-partner in cold blood. Doesn't stop with him, either.
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  2. barryalan

    barryalan Cat in Space

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    Ann Savage, star of Detour. In that film she plays the ultimate femme fatale from hell!
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  3. cathandler

    cathandler Senior Member

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    Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction...
     
  4. Solitaire1

    Solitaire1 Carpenters Fan

    I strongly agree, especially in the early episodes when he was a ice cold villain and real threat.
     
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  5. Jeff Kent

    Jeff Kent Forum Resident

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    Willem Dafoe

    Wild at Heart

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  6. Maranatha5585

    Maranatha5585 BELLA + RIP In Memoriam

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    Bogart
    Edward G
    Cagney
    Mitchum

    Along with a seemingly endless list of other great older and more current actors…
     
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  7. Big Jimbo

    Big Jimbo Forum Resident

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    Margaret Wycherly as Ma Jarrett in “White Heat”. Absolutely creepy
    Tony Sirico as Paulie “Walnuts” Gaultieri in “Sopranos”
    Charles Laughton.
     
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  8. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    Christopher Walken in True Romance...
     
  9. Scooterpiety

    Scooterpiety Ars Gratia Artis

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    Gary Sinise in Ransom (1996)
    James Cromwell in L A. Confidential (1997)
     
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  10. DVEric

    DVEric Satirical Intellectual

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  11. Playloud

    Playloud Nobody’s Hero

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    Gene Hackman - The Quick and the Dead, or just about anything he plays the villain in.

    Raymond Cruz as Tuco in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Very disturbing character.

    Heath Ledger in The Dark Night. Great psycho portrayal.
     
  12. Andy Smith

    Andy Smith .....Like a good pinch of snuff......

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    First name on my list.
     
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  13. Uncle Miles

    Uncle Miles Wafting in and out of Forum

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    Did anyone cite Angela Lansbury yet?
    I was surprised how great a villain she was (Manchurian Candidate)
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  14. 80steen

    80steen John McClane

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    William Zabka
    The Karate Kid, Just One of the Guys, Back to School
     
  15. RickH

    RickH Connoisseur of deep album cuts

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    Dwight Yoakum
    Andy Griffith
    Ricardo Montebahn
     
  16. Evethingandnothing

    Evethingandnothing Forum Resident

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    Keanu Reeves

    No, bear with me, I've only seen one film where he plays a bad guy (The Gift) and it was his most convincing role.
     
  17. Pete Norman

    Pete Norman Forum Resident

    Tony Dalton as Lalo in Better Call Saul...
     
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  18. neo123

    neo123 Senior Member

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    John Malkovich

    In The Line Of Fire
    Con Air
    Ripley's Game


    Couple other movies I'm forgetting.


    Besides being great at playing villains, he's also great at playing sleazebags, who aren't necessarily villains.
     
  19. johnot

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    I am surprised that no one has mentioned Henry Fonda as the main villain in Once Upon A Time In The West. An incredible performance.
     
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  20. Carl Swanson

    Carl Swanson Senior Member

    Dan Duryea
    Skip Homeier
     
  21. Pizza

    Pizza With extra pepperoni Thread Starter

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    Henry Fonda is one of those rare actors that can play both bad guys and good guys effortlessly.
     
  22. finslaw

    finslaw muzak to my ears

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    You can't leave off his quotable role as Sully from Commando:

    Sully : Here, have some beers in Val Verde, Matrix. It'll give everyone a little more time with your daughter.
    John Matrix : You're a funny guy Sully, I like you. That's why I'm going to kill you last.
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    John Matrix : [holds Sully upside-down over a cliff by his leg] Listen, loyalty is very touching. But it is not the most important thing in your life right now! But what IS important is gravity! I have to remind you Sully, this is my weak arm!
    Sully : You can't kill me Matrix! You need me to find your daughter!
    John Matrix : Where is she?
    Sully : I don't know. But Cooke knows, I'll take you to where I'm supposed to meet him!
    John Matrix : But you won't.
    Sully : Why not?
    John Matrix : Because I already know. Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last?
    Sully : That's right, Matrix! You did!
    John Matrix : I lied.

    [Matrix releases Sully, who falls to his demise]
     
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  23. jason88cubs

    jason88cubs Forum Resident

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    J.T. Walsh
     
  24. Bob A. Gosselin

    Bob A. Gosselin Just an ordinary guy

    Marlon Brando as Lee Clayton in The Missouri Breaks




    Brando is brilliant and at his most eccentric. The Lee Clayton character he created and plays is mesmerizing.
     
  25. Honey Bunches of Sadness

    Honey Bunches of Sadness Forum Resident

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    Levine did manage a long-lasting role as a police captain in the TV series Monk.
     

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