Top 10 Best Villain performances by Actors in Comics, who you got? 1 1

[eschnit]

Gold/Silver mix...

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

...I’m not certain I rank Ledger #1, but he’s hard to deny.  And for the sake of this kind of list, I may have appreciated say Romero more as the Joker than Molina as Doc Ock, but only included what I thought was the best or favorite performance for each character. So no two Jokers or Catwomen or whatever.

[Robot Man]

Ledger #1 no question. Was my first thought when I saw title of thread. 

[Spyder!]

On 9/3/2021 at 7:40 AM, Robot Man said:

Ledger #1 no question. Was my first thought when I saw title of thread. 

Same.

Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin is probably number 2 for me.  I also really liked Michael Shannon as General Zod.

[MrBedrock]

Mike Myers' Dr. Evil?

[circumstances]

what's his face from matrix as red skull?

[MrBedrock]

Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob?

[PopKulture]

On 9/3/2021 at 12:40 PM, MrBedrock said:

Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob?

After he framed Krusty, he was reading from "The Man In The Iron Mask."  Rather villainous in its own right.

[Cat-Man_America]

Alec Guinness or Anthony Hopkins   They both portrayed the same villain appearing in comics...  

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[mattn792]

#s 1-10 -- Topher Grace as Venom.

 

 

 

[MrBedrock]

Not a comic book movie...(well, sort of a comic book type movie)...but my favorite villain portrayal was Andrew Robinson as Scorpio in Dirty Harry.

[Chicago Boy]

The Malachi Brothers when they tried to give Fonzie "the Malachi Crunch"  in a Demolition Derby

[Chaz G.]

On 9/3/2021 at 3:21 PM, Chicago Boy said:

The Malachi Brothers when they tried to give Fonzie "the Malachi Crunch"  in a Demolition Derby

[goldust40]

There can only be one winner - Ronald Lacey as Arnold Toht in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Authentically nasty.

 

Edited September 3, 2021 by goldust40

[goldust40]

Honorary mention to Josh Brolin as Thanos.

[alexgross.com]

On 9/3/2021 at 12:37 PM, goldust40 said:

Honorary mention to Josh Brolin as Thanos.

i rate brolin's thanos way higher than an honorable mention! he's top 3 for me. the seamless integration of the 3d computer effects with his genuine facial expressions, body acting and voice acting made it so easy to forget thats not actually his face. when SPOILER ALERT!!! he has to sacrifice the one he loves, his tears are absolutely genuine. he's sympathetic, psychopathic and freaking amazing. 

tom hardy's silly bane cannot hold a candle to this performance or this character. i put him right under the ledger and phoenix jokers, alongside gene hackman as luthor, and ian mckellan belongs there as well as maggy. 

(-i know this is in the GA section but you did say G and S mix here.) though perhaps thanos is bronze... still a better movie villain than most of the rest...

Edited September 3, 2021 by alexgross.com

[eschnit]

On 9/3/2021 at 2:18 PM, MrBedrock said:

Not a comic book movie...(well, sort of a comic book type movie)...but my favorite villain portrayal was Andrew Robinson as Scorpio in Dirty Harry.

He was really disturbing. Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men also comes to mind.

[eschnit]

On 9/3/2021 at 1:37 PM, Cat-Man_America said:

Alec Guinness or Anthony Hopkins   They both portrayed the same villain appearing in comics...  

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If you’re referring to Hitler, I’m surprised that I don’t have a clue which movies you’re referring.  Bruno Ganz in Downfall comes to mind for a portrayal of that monster.

[Bird]

I thought Hardy was just okay as Bane. the character did nothing for me on screen. 

 

[Straw-Man]

if we're just going to devolve to movie baddies, then mitchum in both cape fear and night of the hunter is tops for me.  as great as deniro is, his max cady can't touch mitchum's imo.

[eschnit]

On 9/3/2021 at 2:34 PM, goldust40 said:

There can only be one winner - Ronald Lacey as Arnold Toht in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Authentically nasty.

 

Yeah, great scene