I liked Mark Pellegrino’s Satan. Smooth, likeable when he wanted to be, convincing when he wanted to be, but ultimately a deeply evil and angry child of a petulant God.
Tom Ellis’ Lucifer was campy and fun, but once in a while when he put on his devil face and got really mad he could be quite scary. But the portrayal was that the devil was just misunderstood and not a bad guy, but he had serious daddy issues.
I’m partial to Paul Williams in Phantom of the Paradise, though it’s arguable whether he’s actually the Devil.
Came to post this. Plus this show came out when I was 20 something. Which just cemented my view on the character at the time.
The realm the Devil chose to inhabit and use was very apt.
Mr. Skin in Highway 61.
Me, too, but I liked the book a lot better (The Club Dumas).
A short-lived animated show some years ago – God, the Devil and Bob – had a decent Devil. And Jim Garner as God.
This is my vote, 90% because of this scene. The Devil is chasing someone across the country, and he’s run out of money, so he stops at a church bingo game and wins everything. As he walks out the door, someone mutters that he’s a cheater, and he stops:
…and there’s also this scene, in which the Devil buys another soul.
Oh, yeah, how could I forget this one? The Bingo Exit Scene alone makes him deliciously evil.
"Lady, you can’t cheat at bingo. If you could, I would, but you can’t. I won because I was lucky.
Lucky to wind up in a town full of losers!" >Ostentatiously dumps the macrame plant holder someone donated as a prize n the garbage before walking out<
I approve, obviously, of your taste in scenes.
This is what I get for not scrolling enough!
IIRC There was a huge outcry against the show. It showed G-d as just wanting us to be kind to each other and the devil as impotent, lying coward. You can see how this is objectionable.
Wasn’t God represented as a sort of Jerry Garcia hippie dude?
Not that I recall, but my memory may be off. I do remember he reveals himself to Bob in a bar over a beer.
Nice! And Bob was French Stewart. The show was ahead of its time.
Clearly the sheriff who’s chasing McGill and his compatriots around.
But in the sense of the story (The Odyssey retold as set in 1930s Mississippi), the sheriff isn’t the devil, he’s the analogue of Poseidon.
Spoilered for those who haven’t seen this fun little movie:
He’s NOT actually Satan though, as the end of the film makes clear much to his despair. So he’s disqualified 
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But I do so love that second scene where he is negotiating for that little girl’s soul - that is actually my favorite scene in the entire film (Jello Biafra playing an asshole Customs officer is up there as well, just for the meta joke). Priceless indeed.
Ima just say it was Mr. Skin, not the actor, who met the OP’s requirement :).
There was a version of The Devil and Daniel Webster with Jennifer Love Hewitt, but I don’t think it was ever released. Most depictions of the devil are a combination of malevolent and seductive. I feel like there’s some potential in having a devil who’s bugs-ear cute, but this remake was allegedly dreadful.
I just looked it up, and the actual title was Shortcut to Happiness. According to Wikipedia, the rights were acquired from a bankruptcy court a few years after it was filmed, and it was shown at a few festivals, but it doesn’t say much about an actual release.
Wow… this many replies and no one has mentioned him:
