Top 10 Actor Performances of Comic Book Villains, who you got? 1 1

[eschnit]

I’ve been paying attention over the years.  Here’s my list...who did I leave off that you think should be included?  In most cases, it’s likely I chose to leave them off, but have seen the performances. But everyone has an opinion:

#1 Heath Ledger - The Joker

HM Cesar Romero, Jack Nicholson, Joaquin Phoenix 

#2 Gene Hackman - Lex Luthor

#3 Julie Newmar - Catwoman

HM Michelle Pfeiffer

#4 Bane - Tom Hardy

#5 Magneto - Ian Mckellen

#6 General Zod - Terence Stamp

#7 Green Goblin - Willem Defoe

#8 Penguin - Burgess Meredith 

#9 Talia al Ghul - Marion Cotillard

#10 Doc Ock - Alfred Molina

[MR SigS]

Honorable Mentions, at least.

 

Kevin- Tobey Maguire Woody Allen Elijah Wood  (Sin City)

Roark Jr- Nick Stahl (Sin City)

Top Dollar- Michael Wincott (The Crow)

Violator- John Leguizamo ()

Edited September 5, 2021 by MR SigS

[rexinnih]

I also thought Fassbender did a pretty good Magneto.

[PeterPark]

On 9/4/2021 at 2:27 PM, MR SigS said:

Honorable Mentions, at least.

 

Kevin- Tobey Maguire (Sin City)

Roark Jr- Nick Stahl (Sin City)

Top Dollar- Michael Wincott (The Crow)

Violator- John Leguizamo ()

Kevin was Elijah Wood 

[MattTheDuck]

My daughter would swear by Lee Pace as Ronan.

Not sure we can leave Tom Hiddleston off any such list.

[MR SigS]

On 9/4/2021 at 7:28 PM, PeterPark said:

Kevin was Elijah Wood 

Yep, when I reread it just now, I 

[alexgross.com]

dont know why this thread exists twice, but as i said in the other one, josh brolin as thanos is number 2 on my list after the two jokers. 

[innocuous]

On 9/4/2021 at 8:32 PM, MattTheDuck said:

Not sure we can leave Tom Hiddleston off any such list.

Good call out. Easily top 5.

[MGsimba77]

Danny Devito as Penguin 1992

Pfeiffer always = instant wood my whole life! So did Newmar 

[oakenfelder]

Honestly, Sebastian Stan in Winter Soldier was one of my favorites.

[jjonahjameson11]

Louis Jourdan as Arcane in the 1st Swamp Thing movie

[chrisco37]

Ledger Joker

Hiddleston Loki

Fassbender Magneto

Newmar Catwoman 

Molina Doc Ock

 

[Timeless icons]

On 9/9/2021 at 9:42 AM, oakenfelder said:

Honestly, Sebastian Stan in Winter Soldier was one of my favorites.

Yep. Winter Soldier was nasty. Wish he somehow went back to that. 

[Mr_Cosmic]

Alfred Molina - Doc Ock (In my opinion, this was the greatest casting choice in any superhero movie to date)

Heath Ledger - Joker

Michael Keaton - Vulture

Willem Dafoe - Green Goblin

I know theres only 4, but those are the ones that have stood out the most for me.

[eschnit]

On 9/4/2021 at 4:45 PM, rexinnih said:

I also thought Fassbender did a pretty good Magneto.

Magneto is definitely a villain obviously.  But I’m trying to remember something. I remember McKellen as Magneto in at least 2 or 3 X-Men movies 15-20 years ago.  And I remember Days of Future Past where I guess that was Fassbender.  In Days of Future Past, is he even really a villain?

[Jesse-Lee]

As a Joker guy I lean toward Ledger, although Nicholson was "my" live version of the Joker for a long time - I was in 6th grade when Burton's Batman came out, and I was fully enveloped in Bat-mania, from the books (I read Killing Joke, DKR, Year One, Death in the Family, Son of the Demon TPB, "The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told" and "The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told" to tatters in that same time frame) to wearing a Batman t-shirt basically non-stop, to the great Prince soundtrack (which is still on my regular driving Spotify playlist). The Adam West Batman was on TV after school and Romero was great, but the Burton movie was my #1 favorite film for a couple of years there - I got the VHS for Christmas when it came out and wore it out.

So I thought this video was kind of a cool take - it lays out why Nicholson's Joker is the scariest Joker. I thought they make a lot of good points:

 

Edited September 18, 2021 by Jesse-Lee

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

On 9/4/2021 at 1:27 PM, MR SigS said:

Honorable Mentions, at least.

 

Kevin- Tobey Maguire Woody Allen Elijah Wood  (Sin City)

Roark Jr- Nick Stahl (Sin City)

Top Dollar- Michael Wincott (The Crow)

Violator- John Leguizamo ()

Definitely agree with these. 

Also nobody mentions.

Aaron Eckhart- Two Face.

Stephen Dorff- Deacon Frost

Gene Hackman- Lex Luthor 

 

[Waylander]

On a side note / question are there any actors apart from Michael Keaton who have played a major comic book hero and a major comic book villain?

Edited September 21, 2021 by Waylander
Clarity - I think

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

On 9/21/2021 at 8:02 AM, Waylander said:

On a side note / question are there any actors apart from Michael Keaton who have played a major comic book hero and a major comic book villain?

In addition: 

Hugo Weaving: V (for Vendetta) / Red Skull

Hugh Jackman: Wolverine/ X-24

Ryan Reynolds: Deadpool / Juggernaut

(Also Deadpool / Evil Deadpool)

Tom Hardy: Venom / Bane

Ray Stevenson: The Punisher/Firefly

Samuel L. Jackson: Nick Fury / The Octopus ( The Spirit)

Idris Elba: Heimdall / Bloodsport

Jim Carrey: Colonel  Stars and Stripes / Riddler

J.K. Simmons: Commissioner Gordon/J. Jonah Jameson

Josh Brolin: Cable / Thanos

Mickey Rourke: Marv / Whiplash

Michael B. Jordan: The Human Torch /  Erik Killmonger

Shawn Ashmore: Iceman / Lamplighter

Terence Stamp: The Stick( Elektra) / Zod

Karl Urban: Judge Dredd / Skurge The Executioner

Michael Clarke Duncan: Kilowog (Green Lantern)/ Sin City Villan also as Villan in Daredevil (series) 

Scarlett Johansson: Black Widow / Silken Floss( The Spirit. )

Michelle Pfeiffer: Catwoman / Janet Van Dyne

Halle Berry: Storm / Catwoman

Liam Neeson: Darkman / Ra's Al Ghul

Adewale Akinnuoye-Adbage: Killer Croc(Semi Hero) / Kurse

Christian Bale: Batman / Gorr The God Butcher

I am sure there are more, but that is what I can think of off the top of my head.

[Waylander]

On 9/21/2021 at 4:06 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

In addition: 

Hugo Weaving: V (for Vendetta) / Red Skull

Hugh Jackman: Wolverine/ X-24

Ryan Reynolds: Deadpool / Juggernaut

(Also Deadpool / Evil Deadpool)

Tom Hardy: Venom / Bane

Ray Stevenson: The Punisher/Firefly

Samuel L. Jackson: Nick Fury / The Octopus ( The Spirit)

Idris Elba: Heimdall / Bloodsport

Jim Carrey: Colonel  Stars and Stripes / Riddler

J.K. Simmons: Commissioner Gordon/J. Jonah Jameson

Josh Brolin: Cable / Thanos

Mickey Rourke: Marv / Whiplash

Michael B. Jordan: The Human Torch /  Erik Killmonger

Shawn Ashmore: Iceman / Lamplighter

Terence Stamp: The Stick( Elektra) / Zod

Karl Urban: Judge Dredd / Skurge The Executioner

Michael Clarke Duncan: Kilowog (Green Lantern)/ Sin City Villan also as Villan in Daredevil (series) 

Scarlett Johansson: Black Widow / Silken Floss( The Spirit. )

Michelle Pfeiffer: Catwoman / Janet Van Dyne

Halle Berry: Storm / Catwoman

Liam Neeson: Darkman / Ra's Al Ghul

Adewale Akinnuoye-Adbage: Killer Croc(Semi Hero) / Kurse

Christian Bale: Batman / Gorr The God Butcher

I am sure there are more, but that is what I can think of off the top of my head.

Wow - evidently, I need to watch more films