# Who, or what, is your favorite villain?

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**Created:** [July 2, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-or-what-is-your-favorite-villain/986435 "2023-07-02T03:56:52Z")\
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It’s hard for me to pick one favorite _anything_ , so I’ll go with my most recent fave: **Madeline Usher** in The Fall of the House of Usher. A lot of the credit goes to Mary McDonnell, who delivers every line with Bette Davis pomp and disdain.

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Norman Stansfield and Oil Can Harry

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Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg

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**Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-or-what-is-your-favorite-villain/986435/204 "2024-02-27T14:47:57Z")

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The bad guys from Justified:

Boyd Crowder  
Dewey Crowe  
Dickie Bennett

Although, Dewey and Dickie were more bumbling than bad.

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**Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-or-what-is-your-favorite-villain/986435/205 "2024-02-27T20:03:15Z")

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I very much enjoyed Andrew Scott’s version of Moriarty from the _Sherlock_ series. Really well played and very finely attuned to be the foil / shadow of Benedict Cumberbatch’s version of Holmes.

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