Your list of the best TV villains

[davids]

I guess a sub group would be in recurring roles. My list

Hawai five-O
Ho Fat the chinese red agent
Hume Cronyn as louis Fyler ex insurance agent who got down sized and decided to stike back a funny clasy villian

Wild Wild west
Count manzeppi leader of the eccentrics
and my pick for the best TV viliann of all time Doctor loveless a slick classy villian who is also a genius well ahead of his time. Who only wishes to make a pardise on earth. And doesn't really care how many people he has to kill to do it

Your choice?

[FanboyStranger]

Antawn Mitchell from The Shield.

Russell 'Stringer' Bell and Omar Little from The Wire, although I suppose Omar sort of falls into the anti-hero/folk hero mold.

I know these aren't yout standard cackling madmen, but I like my villains more realistic.

[Phil Clark]

Best TV Villain ever!!!

Frank Gorshin as the Riddler. The only character from the 60's Batman series that was played EXACTLY as he should have been.

[Chiasm]

Scorpius from Farscape.

Cigarette Smoking Man from X-Files.

Spike / Angelus / Darla / Drusilla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Granted only Drusilla stayed a bad guy the whole run of Buffy and Angel but when they were all bad they were really cool.

[Scott Evil]

In lieu of the Simpson's 20th Anniversary, my favorite one-shot 'villain':

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"...or you can go to Hammocks R' Us.. "

[Tommy]

THE MONARCH!

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"Well, look under M, for (shakes fist, intimidating glare) MONARCH!!"

[Tobias March]

G.O.B. Bluth :D Mainly for his I 'bleeped', (insert name of girl Michael likes)', bits.

Or all that guff about the suit. He possesses all the qualities of a supervillain, huge ego, completely self-involved and a somewhat one-track mind.

But if we are looking for a serious villain - Corin Redgrave in Ultraviolet. His bemused vampire held captive by the gang in this excellent British series brought real chills to his simple role.

[ragnarok_2012]

G.O.B. Bluth :D Mainly for his I 'bleeped', (insert name of girl Michael likes)', bits.

Or all that guff about the suit. He possesses all the qualities of a supervillain, huge ego, completely self-involved and a somewhat one-track mind.

But if we are looking for a serious villain - Corin Redgrave in Ultraviolet. His bemused vampire held captive by the gang in this excellent British series brought real chills to his simple role.

Actually, it was generally "I *bleeped* (name of girl GOB THINKS Michael likes)"

The age range of sexual partners GOB had on the show was impressively creepy (about 17 to 70 at a guess).

[Athena Bast]

Obediah Hakeswell - The Sharpe TV movies.

The character in the book is just scary and unbalanced and just some of the worst things you can think of for a person.

In the movies he's portrayed by Pete Postlethwaite. Nuff said right there.

[ragnarok_2012]

Jim Profit.

Gaius Baltar from the new BSG.

Luthor from JLU.

Bester from Babylon 5.

I'm partial to Saffron from Firefly.

[The Foreigner]

Ben from Lost.

Spike, Drusilla, Angelus, Mayor Wilkins and Glory from Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Leslie from Angel.

Laurie from That 70's Show.

Newman from Seinfeld (The first few seasons, anyway; he got gradually less evil as time went on-- and gradually less funny).

The Yellow-Eyed Demon and Meg from Supernatural.

Brainiac from Smallville.

[LordEd1976]

The Master from Dr Who
The Borg in their first two appearances in Star Trek: the Next Generation
Demona in Gargoyles
Arvin Sloane in Alias
Cancer Man from the X-Files
Phaeton in Exosquad

[StoneGold]

Come, vee go keel Moose and Squirrel.

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[davids]

These are all great choices but why are they so good?:evilsmile

[StoneGold]

These are all great choices but why are they so good?:evilsmile

Good writing and acting. There is no trick, it's just a simple trick. Seriously, stilted question. It's like asking why pie is tasty.

[StoneGold]

The dude on the left.

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[Eliseu Gouveia]

In no particular order

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Shego from Kim Possible
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Megabyte from Reboot
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Dr. Pankow from Parker Lewis can´t lose
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Gul Dukat from ST: DS9

[rick]

Jim Profit and Leland Palmer both make the list.

[ragnarok_2012]

Why?

Jim Profit is a consummate con man. Every episode of his short-lived series Profit he had his back to the wall and somehow came out on top by the end. He was smart. He was dangerous. He was charming. He was utterly amoral. Blackmailing a therapist into causing an enemy's breakdown, incest, selling a man to the Chinese government, framing a man for murder....he was capable of anything.

And he was a senior executive in a large, transnational corporation.

Gaius Baltar from the new BSG. He's this fascinating combination of weak and powerful. He bears a great deal of responsibility for the near extermination of the human race....he's cracking under the pressure of guilt....and yet there's this mysterious voice in his head telling him that he's a servant of the one true God. He's survived so much. Even when it looks like there's no hope he manages to pull off a miracle.

Luthor from JLU. Clancy Brown did a great job of voice acting Luthor. I like the combination of super scientist and corporate executive (though they dropped the corporation early on as he took over the Legion of Doom). He wasn't just a scientist. He was a master manipulator.

Bester from Babylon 5. I honestly believe he cared about his fellow telepaths. And anybody that wasn't a human telepath was the enemy. I don't even think he perceived them as people as such. He was smart. He was arrogant. He had goals. He managed to tap into this creepy nazi vibe that worked well.

I chose Saffron from Firefly because she was so much fun. She wraps men around her little finger. She's beautiful. She makes men believe whatever she wants them to believe (mostly). And yet they gave her a certain vulnerability at times. She was an awesome recurring character.

[The Mirrorball Man]

Simon Adebisi from "Oz".
Luther Mahoney from "Homicide: Life on the Street"

[DubipR]

Simon Adebisi from "Oz".
Luther Mahoney from "Homicide: Life on the Street"

Amen on both of those. Luther Mahoney (played perfectly by David Allen Tellems) was one of the vilians in the past 20 years.

I'd also put Vern Schillinger from "Oz" on that list as well.

[Kaiju]

I'll add:

Morden from Babylon 5. "What do you want?" Never has such a simple question been so chilling.

The Greek and Marlo from The Wire. Stringer was smooth but eventually overplayed his hand. The Greek and Vondas from Season 2 were chilling. Marlo is an amoral, cold sociopath. He's a shark in human skin.

Livia Soprano

[Matthew E]

I was going to say Luther Mahoney.

Let's not forget about Ray Luca from Crime Story.

[tangentman]

Callisto and Alti from Xena: Warrior Princess

Lindsey, Lilah, and Marcus from Angel

Ava from Nip/Tuck: Season 2

Alexis from Dynasty, natch!

Aaron Echolls and "Beaver" from Veronica Mars

[Motormouse]

Servalan ~ Blakes 7

Scorpious ~ Farscape

Morden ~ Babylon 5

Cigarette Smoking Man ~ X-Files

Mandy ~ 24

Gaius Baltar ~ Battlestar Galactica (re-imagined)

The Hood ~ Thunderbirds

Captain Black ~ Captain Scarlet

Stewie ~ Family Guy

[TShark82]

Albert Golo - North of 60

Joker - Batman Animated Series

Alex Krycek X-Files

[yeoman]

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Megabyte from Reboot

"Mainframe Neo-Virals. I hate Mainframe Neo-virals."

Also, seriously, David Xanatos and Beast Wars' Megatron.

[Kristofer]

Cigarette Smoking Man and Alex Krycek - The X Files.

Evil Monkey- Family Guy

KARR - Knight Rider

The Joker- Batman: The Animated Series

Skelator - Masters of the Universe

The Borg - Star Trek: The Next Generation

[Wenatchee the Hatchet]

Joker DCAU
Lex Luthor DCAU
Spike/Drusilla from Buffy
Cigarette smoking man from X-Files
Mojo Jojo from Powerpuff Girls (ineffective but utterly memorable)

[DDM]

Megatron, Starscream, Insecticons, & Galvatron from Transformers (Generation 1)
Cobra Commander, Destro, & Zartan from G.I. Joe
Haggar, the Witch from Voltron: Defender of the Universe
Diana from V
Legion of Doom from Superfriends

[TShark82]

Megatron, Starscream, Insecticons, & Galvatron from Transformers (Generation 1)
Cobra Commander, Destro, & Zartan from G.I. JoeHaggar, the Witch from Voltron: Defender of the Universe
Diana from V
Legion of Doom from Superfriends

Destro rocks!

[Grazzt]

Leo McKern as Number Two in The Prisoner.

[hulahulk]

The dude on the left.

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We have a winner!!

My list of runners-up would include the aforementioned GI Joe and Transformer villians, Monty Burns from "The Simpsons", the Borg, and Gargamel from the Smurfs (evil incarnate, he was!).

I do offer one other slightly obscure one: Gary, the rival bar owner from "Cheers". It was great when he always got the best of Sam & the gang...but even better when they got revenge:evilsmile

[Kirayoshi]

I echo CSM from X-Files, as well as Dukat from DS9 and Spike from BtVS. Alas, Joss went and made him a good guy. I liked him better when he wanted to kill Buffy instead of get inside her panties.

I also would add:

Nicole Wallace/Elizabeth Hitchens(Olivia d'Abo), from Law and Order: Criminal Intent. She was Moriarty to Bobby Goren's Holmes, and a splendid villainess.

Demona, Xanatos, MacBeth, Coyote, the Pack, the Archimage and Oberon. All from Gargoyles. Cartoon series with the best rogues gallery ever.

Q, various Star Treks. Especially his earlier eps, where he saw himself as judge and jury of mankind. Later eps(especially his Voyager appeareances) made him look like Mxyzptlk from Superman. Just get him to say his name backwards and be done with it!

Vedek Kai Winn: DS9. Soft-spoken, a cunning politician and knowledgable theologian, but capable of doing anything, up to and including murder, to further her goals. Louise Fletcher took Nurse Rachett and cranked her up to eleven!

Koloth, classic Trek, if only on potential. I once read an interview with William Campbell, the actor who played him, and he revealed that Roddenbery's original plan was to make Koloth a recurring villain, Kirk's arch-foe. Campbell said that he saw Koloth as something of a gentleman villain, one who would respect Kirk and even save his life on occasion. His attitude being, "No one gets to kill James T. Kirk but me." That would have been cool to see.

[Kevin Vetter]

Baal - Stargate SG-1
Starscream - Transformers Cybertron
Ryan Oreily -Oz
Ignignot, Err, Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past - Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Legato Bluesummers - Trigun

[Motormouse]

Almost forgot about these twats!:rolleyes:
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[pitbull in a skirt]

-The Joker and Harley Quinn from Batman
-Ares God of War (more of a semi-villian though) and Callisto and Alti from Xena, even though technically I can't stand either one.

[Stretch Dude]

Negaduck from Darkwing Duck: Pure unadulterated psychotic malevolence. His "The Switch" speech is one of the best "How I'm going to kill you" monologues EVER.

Mr. Burns from The Simpsons: 'Nuff said.

[ultramandingo]

Stephen Colbert - Lex Luthor to Jon Stewart's Jimmy Olsen

........and BEARS!

[tangentman]

We can't mention best G.I. JOE villains without a nod to The Baroness!

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TV Should Be Good:

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[LordEd1976]

Negaduck from Darkwing Duck: Pure unadulterated psychotic malevolence. His "The Switch" speech is one of the best "How I'm going to kill you" monologues EVER.

I remember Darkwing tricking Negadukc into walking into an ambush by telling him he had a flower delivery. When that doesn't work he say "Skulls for Negaduck."

The look on Negaduck's face is priceless. To this day I still laugh out loud when I think about it.

[Jared]

Murdoch from Macguyver. The man who wouldn't die.

President Charles Logan from 24. The reveal of his villainy was terrific, and managed to be plausible despite turning much what the audience previously thought about the character on its head. Gregory Itzin delivered a wonderfully complex performance, and should have won an Emmy.


Vic Mackie. He accepts bribes, murdered a fellow cop, and generally wipes his ass with any notions of "due process" but is so compelling (and effective) that somehow, you find yourself rooting for him.

[pitbull in a skirt]

TV Should Be Good:

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LOL. I don't watch Veronica Mars but thats rock that banner anyway :D

[Tequilamokinbrd]

In lieu of the Simpson's 20th Anniversary, my favorite one-shot 'villain':

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u28/Scott-Evil/9a78238d.gif

"...or you can go to Hammocks R' Us.. "





Quoted for Truth, Hank Scorpio owns all.







.....and I'm a little upset I didn't get here sooner to post him first:)

[Thorlief]

Vic Mackie. He accepts bribes, murdered a fellow cop, and generally wipes his ass with any notions of "due process" but is so compelling (and effective) that somehow, you find yourself rooting for him.

I always

root for him..guess its his charisma :D

Kai Winn Adami from DS9; she's pure evil. Treacherous, false, uncapable of forgiving, relentless. When she's smiling at you she has already plkanned your homicide. I always hoped for Nerys to slap her face and kill her for good, bute being the biggest Bajorian religious leader saved her from that fate (since Kira is attached to her faith)

[brundlefly]

Already seen many of my faves listed (Baltar, Jim Profit, Luther Mahoney, Adebesi), but I'll add:

Al Swearengen and George Hearst from Deadwood
Stringer Bell and Avon Barksdale from The Wire
Brother Justin Crowe and Professor Lodz from Carnivale
Sheriff Lucas Buck from American Gothic
Mel Profitt from Wiseguy
Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons