Actors Who’ve Played Both Comically Goofy and Seriously Evil Characters on TV or in Movies
Bryan Cranston (evil Heisenberg on Breaking Bad and goofy Dad on Malcolm in the Middle )
Christopher Eccleston (the villain in Thor: the Dark World and the sometimes goofy 9th Doctor on Doctor Who)
Kathy Bates (Cajun Mama in The Waterboy, Delphine Lalaurie in American Horror Story: Coven)
John Noble as Walter Bishop on Fringe. (Depending on his mental state, and which dimension*, the same character was goofy or evil.)
Jim Carrey as the Riddler and Jim Carrey as the Riddler.
Wil Wheaton (The goofy Evil Wil Wheaton on The Big Bang Theory, the totally evil serial killer/rapist Floyd Hansen in the Criminal Minds episode Paradise.
David Tennant (the sometimes-goofy 10th Doctor, and Brandon Block in “Secret Smile.”)
Brad Pitt (goofy-insane guy in 12 Monkeys and homocidal maniac in Kalifornia)
John Lithgow (seriously evil in Dexter; comically goofy in 3rd Rock From the Sun)
Ian McKellen (an ex-Nazi doctor in Apt Pupil; a dotty version of himself on Extras)
Anthony Hopkins - another actor who played seriously evil and comically goofy in the same movie, in RED 2
Actors Who’ve Played Both Comically Goofy and Seriously Evil Characters on TV or in Movies
Bryan Cranston (evil Heisenberg on Breaking Bad and goofy Dad on Malcolm in the Middle )
Christopher Eccleston (the villain in Thor: the Dark World and the sometimes goofy 9th Doctor on Doctor Who)
Kathy Bates (Cajun Mama in The Waterboy, Delphine Lalaurie in American Horror Story: Coven)
John Noble as Walter Bishop on Fringe. (Depending on his mental state, and which dimension*, the same character was goofy or evil.)
Jim Carrey as the Riddler and Jim Carrey as the Riddler.
Wil Wheaton (The goofy Evil Wil Wheaton on The Big Bang Theory, the totally evil serial killer/rapist Floyd Hansen in the Criminal Minds episode Paradise.
David Tennant (the sometimes-goofy 10th Doctor, and Brandon Block in “Secret Smile.”)
Brad Pitt (goofy-insane guy in 12 Monkeys and homocidal maniac in Kalifornia)
John Lithgow (seriously evil in Dexter; comically goofy in 3rd Rock From the Sun)
Ian McKellen (an ex-Nazi doctor in Apt Pupil; a dotty version of himself on Extras)
Anthony Hopkins - another actor who played seriously evil and comically goofy in the same movie…
Derek Jacobi (a killer in Dead Again; an over-the-top bad actor in an episode of Frasier)
Actors Who’ve Played Both Comically Goofy and Seriously Evil Characters on TV or in Movies
Bryan Cranston (evil Heisenberg on Breaking Bad and goofy Dad on Malcolm in the Middle )
Christopher Eccleston (the villain in Thor: the Dark World and the sometimes goofy 9th Doctor on Doctor Who)
Kathy Bates (Cajun Mama in The Waterboy, Delphine Lalaurie in American Horror Story: Coven)
John Noble as Walter Bishop on Fringe. (Depending on his mental state, and which dimension*, the same character was goofy or evil.)
Jim Carrey as the Riddler and Jim Carrey as the Riddler.
Wil Wheaton (The goofy Evil Wil Wheaton on The Big Bang Theory, the totally evil serial killer/rapist Floyd Hansen in the Criminal Minds episode Paradise.
David Tennant (the sometimes-goofy 10th Doctor, and Brandon Block in “Secret Smile.”)
Brad Pitt (goofy-insane guy in 12 Monkeys and homocidal maniac in Kalifornia)
John Lithgow (seriously evil in Dexter; comically goofy in 3rd Rock From the Sun)
Ian McKellen (an ex-Nazi doctor in Apt Pupil; a dotty version of himself on Extras)
Anthony Hopkins - another actor who played seriously evil and comically goofy in the same movie…
Derek Jacobi (a killer in Dead Again; an over-the-top bad actor in an episode of Frasier)
Christopher Lloyd (comic-goofy as Doc Brown in Back to the Future [among others] and evil as Jimmy in Twenty Bucks, among others)
Next up:
13 Names Associated with the JFK Assassination You Should Know (other than JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jack Ruby)
Jim Leavelle
Also a survivor of Pearl Harbor, he was the detective handcuffed to Oswald when Ruby shot him. Now 93, he’s been on several interview shows in the past few days and is apparently still very sharp and even has a good sense of humor. (When asked what he thought when Ruby shot Oswald, he said “I wish I’d stayed home today”.)
13 Names Associated with the JFK Assassination You Should Know
(other than JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jack Ruby)
Jim Leavelle, handcuffed to Oswald when Ruby shot Oswald
Jim Garrison, New Orleans District Attorney, conspiracy theorist
J.D. Tippit, police officer killed by Oswald
Jean Hill, witness to the assassination
Chief Justice Earl Warren, head of the Warren Commission
Kerry Wendell Thornley - served with Oswald in the Marines and wrote the only book about Oswald BEFORE the assassination
Gerald Ford, on the Warren Commission
Dr. William Clark, pronounced Kennedy dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital
Some sources identify Dr. Robert McClelland as the doctor who pronounced the death. But while McClelland was present and treated Kennedy, it was Clark who pronounced the death.
13 Names Associated with the JFK Assassination You Should Know
(other than JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jack Ruby)
Jim Leavelle, handcuffed to Oswald when Ruby shot Oswald
Jim Garrison, New Orleans District Attorney, conspiracy theorist
J.D. Tippit, police officer killed by Oswald
Jean Hill, witness to the assassination
Chief Justice Earl Warren, head of the Warren Commission
Kerry Wendell Thornley - served with Oswald in the Marines and wrote the only book about Oswald BEFORE the assassination
Gerald Ford, on the Warren Commission
Dr. William Clark, pronounced Kennedy dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital
Abraham Zapruder, home-movie maker who caught the action
Johnny Brewer - shoe store clerk who alerted the FBI of Oswald being in a nearly theater
Charles Bronson, another photographer with evidence examined by the Warren Commission, he also filmed the head shot (and no, not the actor)
Richard Nixon. Got his ass handed to him by JFK in what many considered a stolen election, happened to be in Dallas on 11-22-63. Coincidence? I think… well, yeah. Coincidence.
13 Names Associated with the JFK Assassination You Should Know
(other than JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jack Ruby)
Jim Leavelle, handcuffed to Oswald when Ruby shot Oswald
Jim Garrison, New Orleans District Attorney, conspiracy theorist
J.D. Tippit, police officer killed by Oswald
Jean Hill, witness to the assassination
Chief Justice Earl Warren, head of the Warren Commission
Kerry Wendell Thornley - served with Oswald in the Marines and wrote the only book about Oswald BEFORE the assassination
Gerald Ford, on the Warren Commission
Dr. William Clark, pronounced Kennedy dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital
Abraham Zapruder, home-movie maker who caught the action
Johnny Brewer - shoe store clerk who alerted the FBI of Oswald being in a nearly theater
Charles Bronson, another photographer with evidence examined by the Warren Commission, he also filmed the head shot (and no, not the actor)
Richard Nixon. Got his ass handed to him by JFK in what many considered a stolen election, happened to be in Dallas on 11-22-63. Coincidence? I think… well, yeah. Coincidence.
John Connally, Texas governor who was in the limousine with the Kennedys.
New topic: Politicians Who Survived Assassination Attempts
Teddy Roosevelt (took a bullet in the belly but went on to deliver his planned campaign speech)