If you can count him as a villain, Godzilla, when he's mean, particularly G-85. When he's not playing kiddie spiritual hero (which is also fun), Gojira is totally bad-ass, with no remorse for human or monster life!
On the human side of things, Dustin Hoffman as Hook has always been a favorite performance of mine. Christopher Lloyd's turns as villains, even in 80's camp films, are also very unique and convincing!
Oh, and for total creep factor, Robin Williams in One Hour Photo... wow!
Dr. Christian 'The White Angel' Szell from "The Marathon Man".
"...is it safe?"
xmiyux
03-04-06, 06:55 PM
Brannaugh as Iago in Othello.
raven56706
03-04-06, 07:12 PM
George Bush in Fahrenheit 9/11
AnonomusBob15
03-04-06, 08:53 PM
Tom Cruise in Collateral.
Johnny Boy
03-04-06, 09:53 PM
Some more cool villains:
-John Malcovich as any villain
-Christopher Walken as any villain
-That dude in Robocop 2 who became the "bad robot"
-Boy #6 Kazuo Kiriyama in Battle Royale
-Girl #11 Mitsuko Souma in Battle Royale (she's painfully beautiful)
-The lady who played Satan in The Passion of the Christ (she's pretty sexy herself)
-Osama Bin Laden in Fahrenheit 9/11 (George Bush is a villain, but he's not "cool", so he doesn't qualify)
Nick Martin
03-04-06, 10:21 PM
-That dude in Robocop 2 who became the "bad robot"
Cain. Made the drug 'Nuke'.
Played by Tom Noonan, who is probably best known as serial killer Francis Dollarhyde in "Manhunter".
Johnny Boy
03-04-06, 10:27 PM
Cain. Made the drug 'Nuke'.
Played by Tom Noonan, who is probably best known as serial killer Francis Dollarhyde in "Manhunter".
Thanks. He was great. I've never seen Manhunter, maybe I'll rent it sometime.
MASAMUNE2
03-04-06, 10:50 PM
how about Ian McKellen in Richard III???
Apone
03-04-06, 11:06 PM
Hannibal Lector, Silence of the Lambs.
Common people! 2 pages and not one person.
Benny, Commando.
Benny is a repressed homosexual who wears chain mail and has a strange knife fetish for Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger). Not to mention super human strength from high voltage, definitely "cool."
Thanks. He was great. I've never seen Manhunter, maybe I'll rent it sometime.
If you're a fan of the original "CSI", star William Petersen- who is the lead in "Manhunter", is the man in pursuit of Noonan's character...Noonan later appeared on an episode of "CSI" in what was obviously an intentional reunion of sorts.
MartinBlank
03-05-06, 12:15 AM
George Bush in Fahrenheit 9/11
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Walken, Oldman, and Saddam from South Park.
kvrdave
03-05-06, 12:32 AM
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Mr. Glass
Johnny Boy
03-05-06, 12:51 AM
If you're a fan of the original "CSI", star William Petersen- who is the lead in "Manhunter", is the man in pursuit of Noonan's character...Noonan later appeared on an episode of "CSI" in what was obviously an intentional reunion of sorts.
Believe it or not I've never seen CSI. I know it's a popular show but I try to avoid shows and television in general unless it's sports or news (including E news) related. Can't stand most shows. That's interesting though.
Fincher Fan
03-05-06, 05:16 AM
Gary Oldman as Stansfield in Léon.
Ginwen
03-05-06, 06:02 AM
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Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper) in Blue Velvet: He's not really cool though, just very villainous.
T1000
03-05-06, 06:04 AM
Another favorite of mine is the T-1000 played by Robert Patrick in T2.
Yeah!
al_bundy
03-05-06, 11:09 AM
Shylock in The Merchant of Venice as played by Al Pacino
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for a really killer psycho!
Maxflier
03-05-06, 04:17 PM
Darth Maul
xmiyux
03-05-06, 04:21 PM
Darth Maul
Oddly enough i think Darth Maul could have been a really cool villain if he had been developed at all. Some of the books go into him a bit more and make him more intriguing.
Personally i like the more imperious villains in Star Wars like Count Dooku or even Grand Moff Tarkin.
Some of my favorite villains who haven't been mentioned are
Chuck De Nomolos (Joss Ackland in B&T Bogus Journey)
Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman in Blazing Saddles)
Go Fujita (Billy Chow in Fist Of Legend)
Richie Madano (William Forsythe in Out For Justice)
Lord Summerisle (Christopher Lee in The Wicker Man)
Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman in Superman)
Scorpion (Chien Sun in The Five Venoms)
SuicycoDave
03-06-06, 04:43 PM
Oh yeah and don't forget get Kakihara (Tadanobu Asano in Ichi The Killer)
Darth Vader
Freddy Krueger
Jason Voorhees
The Joker
Pinhead
Ra's al Ghul
The Tripods
The Yellow Bastard
Mrs. Voorhees
The Tall Man
gabeon
03-28-06, 02:35 PM
What about Julian Sands in Warlock?
coli
03-28-06, 02:42 PM
Darth Vader is the coolest villain (1977-83) The biggest bad ass, and one of the few times in movie history that I began rooting for the bad guy.
(1999-2005) You have to wipe out anything that was done about him post-1999, as he turned into a whiny little lovesick teenager who didn't get his way, and then he finally yells,
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" to put the final nail in the coffin and more of a reason why sometimes we dont need to know about the past of a character.
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