10 best villians you can cast
by Michael_Skarl | created - 21 Nov 2010 | updated - 21 Nov 2010 | PublicPeople that if you are making a movie today, you can not go wrong in getting them as your bad guy.
1. Alan Rickman
Actor | Die Hard
Alan Rickman was born on a council estate in Acton, West London, to Margaret Doreen Rose (Bartlett), of English and Welsh descent, and Bernard Rickman, of Irish descent, who worked at a factory. Alan Rickman had an older brother (David), a younger brother (Michael), and a younger sister (Sheila). ...
Absolutely no question here. Hans Gruber, The Sheriff of Nottingham, and of course, Severus Snape never could have been played by any one else.
2. Al Pacino
Actor | Serpico
Alfredo James "Al" 'Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies.
He was born April 25, 1940 in Manhattan, New York City, to Italian-American parents, Rose (nee Gerardi)...
"Say hello to the bad guy!" Need one say more. And if you do, any time Pacino decides to take a turn as a villian it always rises to the occasion.
3. Jack Nicholson
Actor | Chinatown
Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received an Oscar nomination in every decade from the '60s through ...
As if there is anything that these last two actors cannot do but when they go evil, they take it to another level.
4. Kevin Spacey
Actor | The Usual Suspects
Kevin Spacey Fowler, better known by his stage name Kevin Spacey, is an American actor of screen and stage, film director, producer, screenwriter and singer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s before obtaining supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in...
The man is Keyser Soze. For further proof: There were few that could have done so much with so little in those last few creepy minutes of Se7en.
5. Hugo Weaving
Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Hugo Wallace Weaving was born on April 4, 1960 in Nigeria, to English parents Anne (Lennard), a tour guide and teacher, and Wallace Weaving, a seismologist. Hugo has an older brother, Simon, and a younger sister, Anna, who both also live and work in Australia. During his early childhood, the ...
Agent Smith is certainly no one to mess with but even as Elrond in the Lord of the Rings I still didn't think I could trust him - that's why he is here.
6. Michael Wincott
Actor | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Widely respected among peers for his fearless commitment, Michael Anthony Claudio Wincott was born to an English father and Italian mother in Scarborough, a working class suburb of Toronto. His career began fortuitously in 1976 at the CBC, cast by Deidre Bowen, Clare Walker and director Mike Newell...
You might not know the name but if you heard the gravely voice you would know right away who he is.
7. Joaquin Phoenix
Actor | Walk the Line
Joaquin Phoenix was born Joaquin Rafael Bottom in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Arlyn (Dunetz) and John Bottom, and is the middle child in a brood of five. His parents, from the continental United States, were then serving as Children of God missionaries. His mother is from a Jewish family from New ...
His turn as Commodus got him on to this list. Not many other turns as a bad guy but after watching The Gladiator, he made my skin crawl and I wanted bury that guy myself.
8. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Actor | Mortal Kombat
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa got his first big break as an actor when he was cast in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor (1987). A US Army brat, he was born in Tokyo and lived in various cities while growing up. His father was in the army, stationed at Ft. Bragg (NC), Ft. Polk (LA) and Ft. Hood (TX). His...
I don't think I have seen him in anything that hasn't made me jump at least once - except maybe Planet of the Apes - oh, wait, I take that back I jumped up to get my money back on that one.
9. Gary Oldman
Actor | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Gary Oldman is a talented English movie star and character actor, renowned for his expressive acting style. One of the most celebrated thespians of his generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film and television, he is known for his roles as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), ...
Obviously if you have seen Leon the Professional then you get why he is here. But Oldman's somewhat comical bad guy role in The Fifth Element also shows the range that this guy has with his levels of bad guy-ing.
10. Jason Isaacs
Actor | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jason Isaacs was born in Liverpool. He studied law at Bristol University but fell in love with the theatre and directed, produced and appeared in dozens of productions there, at the National Student Theatre Festival and at the Edinburgh Festival. He graduated in 1985 but then attended the Royal ...
Not a lot of villian roles to his credit but those that he has taken, Lucious Malfoy and the main villian role in The Patriot, shows that he could be higher on this with more of those credits to his name.
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