# \_\_\_\_\_\_ never plays a villain, except in \_\_\_\_\_\_ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 21, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/______-never-plays-a-villain-except-in-______/503771 "2009-07-21T20:09:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/______-never-plays-a-villain-except-in-______/503771/81 "2009-07-23T14:01:58Z")
> [@willthekittensurvive](#): > > Jim carrey in the cable guy Also, the Riddler in _Batman Blows_ or whichever one it was. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/______-never-plays-a-villain-except-in-______/503771/82 "2009-07-25T14:52:59Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Oh, she hardly counts for this thread, after all the people she offed in _Murder, She Wrote._ > > What, you think it’s just a coincidence that all those people die violently whenever she’s around? Cabot Cove had the highest murder per capita rate in the world, approaching nearly 1:1. Don’t tell me she wasn’t behind that! > > Tom Bosley was probably an accomplice. There is a part of England that rivals Cabot Cove called MidSomer,a rural paradise of thatched cottages,country pubs and charming scenery with a murder rate that would make the police chief of Rio De Janeiro quake in his boots. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/______-never-plays-a-villain-except-in-______/503771/83 "2009-07-25T15:19:38Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > - The Dead Pool\* > > Gah I watch too many movies. Err? Carrey plays a rock star who gets offed in the first few minutes. And toss out Sam Jackson, he also played a Nazi in _The Spirit_. A Nazi! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/______-never-plays-a-villain-except-in-______/503771/84 "2009-07-25T17:18:54Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > Err? Carrey plays a rock star who gets offed in the first few minutes. > > And toss out Sam Jackson, he also played a Nazi in _The Spirit_. > > A Nazi! Sam Jackson has already made our list of people who play villains, as he has done several tiems before the Spirit. I’d point out that **Ben Affleck** is a villain in Mall Rats, by the way. I don’t think Boiler Room can count as a “villain”. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/______-never-plays-a-villain-except-in-______/503771/85 "2009-07-25T18:35:05Z")
How about Noah Wyle in _Enough_? ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/______-never-plays-a-villain-except-in-______/503771/86 "2009-07-25T19:00:14Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Sam Jackson has already made our list of people who play villains, as he has done several tiems before the Spirit. That’s what I meant, toss him out list of folks who meet the criteria. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/______-never-plays-a-villain-except-in-______/503771/87 "2009-07-25T20:05:44Z")
Did Charlie Chaplin ever play a bad guy other than [Adenoid Hynkel](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032553/)? (And he also played a good guy in that movie) ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/______-never-plays-a-villain-except-in-______/503771/88 "2009-07-26T00:22:17Z")
Not a big older movie buff, but has folksy old Burl Ives played a villain in anything but _The Big Country_, where he won an Oscar? And I think _The Firm_ was most memorable for Tom Cruise being able to punch out The Oatmeal Man, Wilford Brimley. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/______-never-plays-a-villain-except-in-______/503771/89 "2009-07-26T00:31:04Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Kevin Costner never plays a villain, except in Mr. Brooks, where he is totally insane. He’s an escaped convict and murderer in _A Perfect World_, though his character is a bit ambiguous. One of his best roles, by the way. His somewhat constipated acting style works perfectly for the character he plays. ---
**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/______-never-plays-a-villain-except-in-______/503771/90 "2009-07-26T00:55:28Z")
**Margaret Wycherly** (1) “Good Guy” Role: In Gary Cooper’s 1941 movie Sergeant York, she plays the role of Mother York, (Alvin York’s mother). (2) “Bad Guy” Role: In James Cagney’s 1949 movie White Heat she plays the role of Ma Jarrett, (Cody Jarrett’s mother). (Cody Jarrett is played by James Cagney.) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/______-never-plays-a-villain-except-in-______/503771/91 "2009-07-26T03:08:13Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > He’s an escaped convict and murderer in _A Perfect World_, though his character is a bit ambiguous. One of his best roles, by the way. His somewhat constipated acting style works perfectly for the character he plays. I know. Mr. Brooks is also one of his better performances. He should really just focus on playing oddball killers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/______-never-plays-a-villain-except-in-______/503771.md?page=4)