"American Film Institute named Hannibal Lecter (as portrayed by Hopkins) the number one film villain of all time and Clarice Starling (as portrayed by Foster) the sixth-greatest film hero of all time. In 2011, ABC aired a prime-time special, """", that counted down the best films chosen by fans based on results of a poll conducted by ABC and ""People"" magazine. ""The Silence of the Lambs"" was selected as the 1 Best Suspense/Thriller and Dr. Hannibal Lecter was selected as the 4 Greatest Film Character. The film and its characters have appeared in the following AFI ""100 Years"" lists: In"
"performance. In 2003, Hannibal Lecter (as portrayed by Hopkins) was chosen by the American Film Institute as the greatest villain in American cinema. In June 2010, ""Entertainment Weekly"" named him one of the ""100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years"". ""Red Dragon"" firmly states that Lecter does not fit any known psychological profile. In ""The Silence of the Lambs"", Lecter's keeper, Dr. Frederick Chilton, claims that Lecter is a ""pure sociopath"" (""pure psychopath"" in the film adaptation). In the novel ""Red Dragon"", protagonist Will Graham says that Lecter has no conscience and tortured animals as a child, but does"
"is ranked as the second-greatest villain on the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 film heroes and villains, behind Hannibal Lecter and before Darth Vader. His line ""A boy's best friend is his mother"" also ranks as number 56 on the institute's list of the 100 greatest movie quotes. In 2008, Norman Bates was selected by ""Empire Magazine"" as one of ""The 100 Greatest Movie Characters"". Bates also ranked number 4 on ""Premiere"" magazine's list of ""The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time"". Norman Bates Norman Bates is a fictional character created by American author Robert Bloch"
"over the top and down the other side"". In ""The Village Voice"", Amy Taubin expressed: ""Training Day, Antoine Fuqua's propulsive, elegantly written police thriller, offers the unsettling spectacle of Denzel Washington, whose old-fashioned combination of decency and sexiness suggests the African American counterpart to Gregory Peck (in his To Kill a Mockingbird period), as an LAPD cop so evil he makes Harvey Keitel's bad lieutenant look like even smaller potatoes than he was meant to be"". In June 2003, the American Film Institute named Alonzo Harris the 50th greatest screen villain of all time in its list ""AFI's 100 Years...100"
"mining magnate Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. In 2003, the American Film Institute declared Auric Goldfinger the 49th greatest villain in the past 100 years of film. In a poll on IMDb, Auric Goldfinger was voted the most sinister James Bond villain, beating out in order Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Dr. No, Max Zorin and Emilio Largo. Auric Goldfinger was played by German actor Gert Fröbe. Fröbe, who did not speak English well, was dubbed in the film by Michael Collins, an English actor. In the German version, Fröbe dubbed himself back again. ""Goldfinger"" was banned in Israel after it was revealed"
"Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Christopher Lee, Francis Lederer, Denholm Elliott, Jack Palance, Louis Jourdan, Frank Langella, Klaus Kinski, Gary Oldman, Leslie Nielsen, George Hamilton, David Niven, Charles Macaulay, Keith-Lee Castle, Gerard Butler, Duncan Regehr, Richard Roxburgh, Marc Warren, Rutger Hauer, Stephen Billington, Thomas Kretschmann, Dominic Purcell and Luke Evans. In 2003, Count Dracula, as portrayed by Lugosi in the 1931 film, was named as the 33rd greatest movie villain by the AFI. The character is closely associated with the western cultural archetype of the vampire, and remains a popular Halloween costume. Already in 1958, Cecil Kirtly proposed that Count Dracula"
"Years. In a special ""Entertainment Weekly"" issue, 100 new film classics were chosen from 1983 to 2008: ""Blue Velvet"" was ranked at fourth. In addition to ""Blue Velvet's"" various ""all-time greatest films"" rankings, the American Film Institute has awarded the film three honors in its lists: 96th on ""100 Years ... 100 Thrills"" in 2001, selecting cinema's most thrilling moments and ranked Frank Booth 36th of the 50 greatest villains in ""100 Years ... 100 Heroes and Villains"" in 2003. In June 2008, the AFI revealed its ""Ten top Ten""—the best ten films in ten ""classic"" American film genres—after polling"
"Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance. The character placed 48th in the American Film Institute's ""AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains"" in June 2003. ""Time"" placed him at #10 on their list of most memorably named film characters and #5 in best pop culture gangsters. ""Entertainment Weekly"" ranked the character #37 in their list of the 100 greatest characters of the past twenty years, #6 in ""most vile villains"", and #12 in the best heroes and villains. Ask Men ranked him #6 in their list of top ten film villains. ""Total Film"" ranked him #37 in their best"
"""Blowup"", ""The Conversation"", ""Apocalypse Now"", ""La Dolce Vita"", and ""Pulp Fiction"". ""Taxi Driver"" was ranked by the American Film Institute as the 52nd-greatest American film on its AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) list, and Bickle was voted the 30th greatest villain in a poll by the same organization. ""Empire"" also ranked him 18th in its ""The 100 Greatest Movie Characters"" poll, and the film ranks at No. 17 on the magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. ""Time Out"" magazine conducted a poll of the 100 greatest movies set in New York City. ""Taxi"
"cinema's greatest villains. He meanwhile gave an acclaimed reading of Ludwig van Beethoven in ""Immortal Beloved"" (1994). In the 21st century, Oldman is known for his roles as Sirius Black in the ""Harry Potter"" series, James Gordon in ""The Dark Knight Trilogy"", Lord Shen in ""Kung Fu Panda 2"" (2011), George Smiley in ""Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"" (2011), a human leader in ""Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"" (2014), and Winston Churchill in ""Darkest Hour"" (2017), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Films in which he has starred have grossed over $11 billion. In addition to"
"also appears in numerous iterations of the ""Star Wars"" Expanded Universe including television series (most substantially """"), video games, novels, literature and comic books. Darth Vader has become one of the most iconic villains in popular culture, and has been listed among the greatest villains and fictional characters ever. The American Film Institute listed him as the third greatest movie villain in cinema history on ""100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains"", behind Hannibal Lecter and Norman Bates. His role as a tragic hero in the prequel trilogy was met with mixed reviews. In the first draft of ""The Star Wars"","
"video game villains of all time, placing 59th and described as horrific not for its appearance or attacks but its persistence. 1UP.com named the battle against the Nemesis one of the ""25 of the Most Badass Boss Fights of All Time"", saying ""There are plenty of bosses worth mentioning from the ""Resident Evil"" series... but the one that to this day most people point to as the biggest badass of the bunch is Nemesis"". ""GamePro"" ranked the Nemesis 29th on their list of the ""47 Most Diabolical Video Game Villains of All Time"", noting the character ""made ""RE3"" memorable even"
"59th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into various forms of media, such as feature films, television series and video games. The Riddler has been voiced by John Glover in the DC animated universe, Robert Englund in ""The Batman"", and Wally Wingert in the . He has been portrayed in live-action by Frank Gorshin and John Astin in the 1960s ""Batman"" television series, Jim Carrey in the 1995 film ""Batman Forever"", and Cory Michael Smith in the FOX television show ""Gotham"". The Riddler has an obsession with riddles, puzzles, and"
"of the Bravo network's five-hour miniseries ""The 100 Scariest Movie Moments"". The Chicago Film Critics Association named it the sixth-scariest film ever made in 2006. In 2008, ""Jaws"" was ranked the fifth-greatest film in history by ""Empire"" magazine, which also placed Quint at number 50 on its list of the 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. The film has been cited in many other lists of 50 and 100 greatest films, including ones compiled by Leonard Maltin, ""Entertainment Weekly"", ""Film4"", ""Rolling Stone"", ""Total Film"", ""TV Guide"", and ""Vanity Fair"". In 2001, the United States Library of Congress selected it"
"""Aliens"" was ranked 35th on Bravo's ""100 Scariest Movie Moments"" for the scene in which Ripley and Newt are attacked by facehuggers; the original ""Alien"" was ranked second for the chestburster scene. IGN ranked it third in its ""Top 25 Action Films of All Time"", stating that ""there won't be an ""Alien"" movie as scary—or exciting—as this one made ever again."" Empire voted it the 'Greatest Film Sequel Of All Time'. The film is also recognized by American Film Institute in the 2003 list AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains: Ellen Ripley as the #8 hero. Philosopher Stephen Mulhall has"
"""The Terminator"" has received recognition from the American Film Institute. The film ranked 42nd on AFI's ""100 Years... 100 Thrills"", a list of America's most heart-pounding films. The character of the Terminator was selected as the 22nd-greatest movie villain on AFI's ""100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains"". Arnold's catch phrase ""I'll be back"" was voted the 37th-greatest movie quote by the AFI. In 2005, ""Total Film"" named ""The Terminator"" the 72nd-best film ever made. In 2008, ""Empire"" magazine selected ""The Terminator"" as one of ""The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time"". ""Empire"" also placed the T-800 14th on their list"
"""Goodfellas"" at #10 in their 2002 poll ""The 100 Greatest Films"". ""Empire"" listed ""Goodfellas"" at #6 on their ""500 Greatest Movies Of All Time"". ""Total Film"" voted ""Goodfellas"" #1 as the greatest film of all time. ""Premiere"" listed Joe Pesci's Tommy DeVito as #96 on its list of ""The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time,"" calling him ""perhaps the single most irredeemable character ever put on film."" ""Empire"" ranked Tommy DeVito #59 in their ""The 100 Greatest Movie Characters"" poll. ""Goodfellas"" inspired director David Chase to make the HBO television series ""The Sopranos"". Chase said """"Goodfellas"" is the Koran"
"won ""Best Virtual Performance"" and went on to deliver an obscenity-laden acceptance speech in character. The speech itself was so well received that it won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. This clip can be found as an easter egg in ""The Two Towers"" DVD. ""Wizard Magazine"" rated Jackson's Gollum as the 62nd greatest villain of all time, from among 100 villains from film, television, comics and video games. In addition, Serkis as Gollum was placed thirteenth on ""Empire's"" ""100 Greatest Movie Characters of all Time"". He was also ranked the Number 1 pick in the Watchmojo.com"
"character because he acts out of rage and self-preservation and shows where science and technology can go wrong. Godzilla was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards. He is one of only three fictional characters to date ever granted the award. He also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004. WatchMojo.com listed Godzilla as #1 on their ""Top 10 Giant Movie Monsters"" list. ""Wizard"" ranked Godzilla as the #44 greatest villain of all time. Godzilla in popular culture As an enduring and iconic symbol of post-World War II cinematic history, Godzilla, the"
"Book Villain of All Time. The character made his film debut in the 2016 film ""Doctor Strange"", performed through motion capture by Benedict Cumberbatch and voiced by Cumberbatch and an unidentified British actor. Dormammu first appeared in ""Strange Tales"" #126–127 (November – December 1964), but had been mentioned previously in dialog, along with his realm the ""Dark Dimension"". Writer Mike Conroy said: After being established as the ruler of an alternate dimension (later described as the god-tyrant of its denizens), Dormammu became a perennial foe of Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Strange, who until this time had dealt almost exclusively with off-beat"
"appears during the Halloween Party. From the unsubtle symbolic name to her hideous physical appearance, Cruella's evil is overt. In 2002, ""Forbes"" ranked Cruella as the thirteenth wealthiest fiction character, citing the single 65-year-old has a net worth of $875 million, obtained through inheritance. Cruella was listed as the 39th greatest villain in American cinema in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains. Also, in Ultimate Disney's Top 30 Disney Villains Countdown, Cruella ranked #6. Glenn Close portrayed Cruella de Vil in the 1996 film ""101 Dalmatians"" and its 2000 sequel ""102 Dalmatians"". The film reinvented Cruella as the vindictive,"
"for ""Armaan"" in 2003 and Amrita Singh for ""Kalyug"" in 2005. Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra are the only actors to be nominated in the supporting category for the same role. Preity Zinta for ""Armaan"" in 2003 is the only actor to be nominated for the Best Actress award as well as this award in the same year. The following 14 actors have received multiple Best Villain nominations. The list is sorted by the number of total awards (with the number of total nominations listed in parentheses). In the list below, the winner of the award for each year is"
"and memorable."" Khan is also recognized as a great villain outside of the ""Star Trek"" series. The Associated Press called the character ""one of sci-fi's great villains"". In 2002, the Online Film Critics Society's 132 members voted Khan as the 10th Greatest Screen Villain of all time, the only ""Star Trek"" character to appear in the listing. In 2006, ""Emmy Magazine"" voted Khan ""TV's Most Out-of-This-World Character"", beating out other science-fiction characters such as The Doctor and Commander Adama. Editors wrote that ""Khan was so cool we would've bought a Chrysler Cordoba if he'd told us to,"" referring to an"
"comedy horror film ""JimSAW"". The character of Albert Wesker has been well received by video game publications. In 2006, IGN ranked Wesker number three on their list of most memorable villains, claiming that ""Res Evil fans know that whenever Wesker shows up, trouble isn't far behind,"" and also ranked him as the 14th-best video game villain in 2010. In 2008, ""GamePro"" ranked Wesker as the 40th-most diabolical video game villain of all time. An IGN article from March 2010 titled ""Big Boss of the Day: Resident Evil's Albert Wesker"" discussed his appearances across the franchise, comparing him with other video"
"Deathstroke Deathstroke (Slade Joseph Wilson) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is a mercenary and assassin who serves as the archenemy of the Teen Titans, specifically Dick Grayson. Over the years, writers have developed him as an adversary of other superheroes in the DC Universe as well, such as Batman and Green Arrow. Deathstroke has been ranked as the Greatest Villain of All Time by ""Wizard"" magazine, and as the 32nd Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time by IGN. The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into multiple forms"
"movie characters by Digital Spy, commenting that ""Julia Roberts and Charlize Theron may have taken a stab at this role in two competing 2012 blockbusters, but they didn't get anywhere near the kind of creepiness of Disney's evil Queen,"" as well as among ten scariest Disney villains of all time by entertainment.ie. In 2014, E! ranked ""the original head bitch in charge"" as the seventh top Disney Villain, while WatchMojo.com ranked her as the ninth top Disney animated villain and the fifth greatest female movie villain of all time. Nerdist put the Disney Villainesses ""starting in 1937 with the Evil"
"film because she kept missing. Although Pileggi was fitted for the lenses, production ultimately added the effect digitally at ""appropriate moments"". Azazel has been met with universal praise from critics and fans alike, with the latter voting him as the best villain of the series in a poll conducted by BuddyTV. ""[You] have to realize that without [Azazel] there would be no reason for the boys to hunt in the first place,"" viewers wrote, also calling him the ""oldest arch nemesis"" and a ""classic supernatural badass"". The results of the poll revealed that Azazel had won with 75% of the"
"June 17, 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its ""AFI's 10 Top 10""—the best ten films in ten ""classic"" American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. ""The Usual Suspects"" was acknowledged as the tenth-best mystery film. Verbal Kint was voted the #48 villain in ""AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains"" in June 2003. ""Entertainment Weekly"" cited the film as one of the ""13 must-see heist movies"". ""Empire"" ranked Keyser Söze #69 in their ""The 100 Greatest Movie Characters"" poll. In August 2016, James Charisma of ""Paste"" ranked ""The Usual Suspects"" among Kevin Spacey's greatest film performances."
"his unfunny redneck sheriff from ""Live and Let Die."""" Chris Nashawaty of ""Entertainment Weekly"" argues that Scaramanga is the best villain of the Roger Moore James Bond films, while listing Mary Goodnight among the worst Bond girls, saying that ""Ekland may have had one of the series' best bikinis, but her dopey, doltish portrayal was a turnoff as much to filmgoers as to fans of Ian Fleming's novels"". ""The Times"" put Scaramanga as the fifth best Bond villain in their list, and Ekland was the third in their list of the top 10 most fashionable Bond girls. ""Maxim"" listed Goodnight"
"Comic Book Villain of All Time. Kevin Bacon played the character in the film """". Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, Sebastian Shaw first appeared in ""Uncanny X-Men"" #129 (January 1980). Comic artist John Byrne based the appearance of Sebastian Shaw on British actor Robert Shaw. Sebastian Shaw was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His power first manifested shortly after he was accepted to engineering school and his father Jacob Shaw died after he contracted an incurable disease. Sebastian Shaw devoted himself to his studies and created Shaw Industries, becoming a millionaire by age 30 and a billionaire"
"improves upon ""Saw"" ""perverse fascination with ""Seven""-style murders and brutally violent puzzles"" and that Jigsaw's intellectual games make ""Hannibal Lecter look like the compiler of ""The Sun""s quick crossword"". He ended his reviews saying, ""Morally dubious it may be, but this gory melange of torture, terror and darkly humorous depravity appeals to the sick puppy within us all"". Tobin Bell was nominated for ""Best Villain"" at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards for his role as Jigsaw, though the award went to Hayden Christensen for his role as Darth Vader in """". Saw II Saw II is a 2005 American horror"
"film's antagonist, along with the concept of ""nightmares themselves as being a dimension"", but Feige felt ""getting across the idea of the Dream Dimension as another dimension"" would have been challenging alongside everything else that the film introduces. Dormammu, ""the most present villain in the comics"", became the film's main villain. During the early development process, Marvel, Derrickson, and Spaihts all envisioned Benedict Cumberbatch playing the title role. By the end of June, Marvel had reportedly been looking at Tom Hardy and Jared Leto for the film's lead as well, while Édgar Ramírez, who worked with Derrickson on 2014's ""Deliver"
"Dipjol Monowar Hossain Dipjol (; born 15 June 1958) is a Bangladeshi actor, businessman, and former ward commissioner. Dipjol is arguably the greatest and scariest villain in history. He has been convicted on numerous charges, including possessing illegal firearms and ammunition, and amassing and concealing illegal wealth. He has been proven innocent and released from jail due to lack of evidence. He was born on 15 June 1958 at Bagbari, ward no. 9, Mirpur, Dhaka. He is married to Rumana Monowar. He is a Dhallywood film actor, and owns Dipjol Food Industries Limited. Dipjol is the most well-known villain in"