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toddly6666 11-20-07 02:06 PM

Which 1980s/1990s movie villain actors do you miss?
 
In Hollywood, it just seems like one can have a longer movie career playing heroes instead of villains. I remember that in the 1980s/1990s, there would always be that one actor who was playing villains in consecutive big-budget Hollywood films, and then they disappeared from cinema (but probably ending up still having a good tv/direct-to-video career). Which 1980s/1990s movie villain actors do you miss?

Here's my list:

1. Kurtwood Smith
http://www.movievillains.com/images/boddicker.jpg

2. Michael Ironside
http://www.forbisthemighty.com/acidl...l_ironside.jpg

3. Michael Wincott
http://www.movievillains.com/images/dollar.jpg

4. Ronny Cox
http://entimg.msn.com/i/150/TV/2/ronny_cox_150x225.jpg

5. Bolo Yeung
http://loserville.us/~chad_ghost/bloodsport8.jpg

6. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
http://www.fanboyplanet.com/intervie...rtalkombat.jpg


(and yes, it looks like i'm a fan of Paul Verhoeven's villains)

Brack 11-20-07 02:25 PM

I always thought Wesley Snipes played villains really well.

Dr. Henry Jones, Jr. 11-20-07 02:40 PM

William Zabka

story 11-20-07 02:45 PM

Al Leong
http://www.comicus.it/diegozilla/upl.../Al-742377.jpg

zooiiks 11-20-07 02:59 PM

I second William Zabka and I always considered Al Leong the henchman who dies in every movie rather than a villain

islandclaws 11-20-07 03:23 PM

I'll second Michael Ironside. He made such a great villiain with his tremndous intensity. Scanners is a friggin' classic thanks to him.

Hokeyboy 11-20-07 06:32 PM

Michael Dudikoff :mad:

cranberries fan 11-20-07 07:33 PM

Kurtwood Smith was the shit in RobCop!
Has he ever played a better bad-guy then in RobCop?

calhoun07 11-20-07 08:07 PM

Not exactly a villain but he was the nemesis for many characters in several movies:

http://www.nndb.com/people/993/00002...ey-coleman.jpg

Dabney Coleman.

Hokeyboy 11-20-07 08:07 PM


Originally Posted by cranberries fan
Kurtwood Smith was the shit in RobCop!
Has he ever played a better bad-guy then in RobCop?

Red Foreman.

Mr. Cinema 11-20-07 08:21 PM


Originally Posted by cranberries fan
Kurtwood Smith was the shit in RobCop!

great bad guy. "Just gimme my fuckin' phone call." I love that scene.

PopcornTreeCt 11-20-07 09:31 PM

I always thought John Travolta played some of the most badass villains in Broken Arrow and Face/Off. Though admittedly, Nic Cage did it better in the brief scene in the beginning of the film.

zekeburger1979 11-20-07 11:16 PM

William Atherton in Real Genius.

Rockmjd23 11-20-07 11:22 PM

http://movies.infinitecoolness.com/12/negotiator13.jpg

JT Walsh
He was an asshole in everything he's been in, but I liked him.
RIP

http://www.psychotronicvideo.com/wow...cast_drago.jpg
Billy Drago

http://www.montrealfilmjournal.com/i...b/R0000122.jpg
Vernon Wells...too bad he left movies to play on the BlueJays. ;)

toddly6666 11-21-07 02:23 AM

I forgot about JT Walsh and William Atherton, and I'll also add Jeffrey Jones..

Rainet 11-21-07 02:38 AM

http://ultranow.typepad.com/ultranow...ul_gleason.jpg

"don't mess with the bull young man, you'll get the horns"
Paul Gleason

E. Honda 11-21-07 04:56 AM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...5-secondus.jpg

Sven Ole Thorson!!

DthRdrX 11-21-07 06:22 AM

I about lost it when Michael Ironside was revealed as the major bad guy in that 3 or 4 parter of Texas:Walker Ranger.

Robert Davi needs a mention as well.

Snowmaker 11-21-07 07:47 AM

Surprised no one mentioned Brian Thompson yet.

http://www.nanarland.com/Chroniques/cobra/cobra13.gif


Or Jeffrey Jones:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../sdfghsdfg.jpg

coli 11-21-07 07:58 AM

I can't think of his name, but he was the blonde haired kid in Karate Kid who fought Ralph Macchio in the finals, and he also played the same arrogant badguy in Back to School with Rodney Dangerfield. He was always an unlikeable guy in the 1980's films.

Charlie Goose 11-21-07 08:28 AM

Brion James

http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/83/45/22m.jpg

Dr. Henry Jones, Jr. 11-21-07 08:31 AM


Originally Posted by coli
I can't think of his name, but he was the blonde haired kid in Karate Kid who fought Ralph Macchio in the finals, and he also played the same arrogant badguy in Back to School with Rodney Dangerfield. He was always an unlikeable guy in the 1980's films.

William Zabka.

Bandit03 11-21-07 09:50 AM

Thomas Wilson
http://www.movieactors.com/freezefra...tureone84.jpeg

Im also going with Michael Ironside

Mondo Kane 11-21-07 11:00 AM


Originally Posted by Snowmaker
Surprised no one mentioned Brian Thompson yet.

http://www.nanarland.com/Chroniques/cobra/cobra13.gif

I used to think this was the same guy
http://www.hotbadguys.com/images/kober.jpg

The Bus 11-21-07 11:40 AM

There's a guy whose name I can't think of now, but he always played a Mafia type. Tall, dark hair, skinny rather than fat, acne scars on the face. He'd be my pick.


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