# Who's your favorite BAD GUY/GAL of all time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 26, 2000, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467 "2000-04-26T11:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/1 "2000-04-26T11:55:00Z")
In the movies, what nasty person is your personal favorite. You can have a couple, but your all time favorite. I think for me, it’s The Sheriff Of Nottingham ( Alan Rickman or Basil Rathbone) ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/2 "2000-04-26T12:00:00Z")
The three bad guys from “The three musketeers” with Tim Curry (the Bishop) taking top honors. * * * Destroyer of grammar matser or typos. Typo artist fo the world Untie! ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/3 "2000-04-26T12:02:00Z")
Alex Baldwin played a bad guy in a few movies. * * * \*\* _Sigh_. So many men, so few who can afford me \*\* _Original by Wally_ _I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it._ Homepage: [www.superlativeandsassy.com](http://www.superlativeandsassy.com) Occupation: Temptress Location: Ultra, California Interests: surpluses, excesses, abundances, extras, lagniappes _profile by UncleBeer_ ---
**Author:** ![concrete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@concrete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/concrete)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/4 "2000-04-26T12:58:00Z")
[http://i95eriol.island.liu.se/roydieing.jpg](http://i95eriol.island.liu.se/roydieing.jpg) I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the darkness near Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in the rain. Time to die. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/5 "2000-04-26T13:21:00Z")
Hanibal Lecter in ‘Silence of the lambs’. Brilliant AND evil. Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/6 "2000-04-26T13:24:00Z")
I have thought about it and I will have to say my favorite all time bad girl is … Ultress 😉 * * * One of the few to be personally welcomed to this board by Ed Zotti. Yours truly, aha ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/7 "2000-04-26T13:31:00Z")
Osip, I must ask which three bad guys you mean - the Musketeers were _good_ guys - please don’t say you are referring to them! And I humbly report that Tim Curry played a cardinal, not a bishop. Be careful, he might throw you in the dungeon for such a grievous error. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/8 "2000-04-26T13:44:00Z")
Charles Laughton as Dr. Moreau in _Island of Lost Souls_ (1933). Ernest Thesiger as Dr. Praetorius in _The Bride of Frankenstein_ (1935). John Lithgow as Dr. Lizardo in _The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai in the Fourth Dimension_ (1984). Hmmmm…three evil doctors. No WONDER I always skip my annual check-up. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/9 "2000-04-26T13:54:00Z")
Barbara Stanwyck in “Double Indemnity” Bette Davis in “The Little Foxes” Jean Harlow in “Red-Headed Woman” Jimmy Cagney in “Little Ceasar” Theda Bara in “A Fool There Was” Kathleen Turner in “Body Heat” Margaret Hamilton in “The Wizard of Oz” ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/10 "2000-04-26T13:55:00Z")
Oh, golly gee whiz, you KNOW I meant Jimmy Cagney in PUBLIC ENEMY! It’s early, what can I say . . . ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/11 "2000-04-26T14:05:00Z")
DAMN. I was all set to jump all over ya for that! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/12 "2000-04-26T14:07:00Z")
Kurtwood Smith as Clarence Boddicker in _Robocop_. “Can you fly, Bobby?” “No, Clarence, noooo!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/13 "2000-04-26T14:14:00Z")
One of my recent favorites is Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving), the lead AI in “The Matrix,” made even more amazing by the fact that he played a drag queen in “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.” For a hero, give me Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) from the “Alien” series. Bitch kicked ass. 😉 Esprix * * * Evidently, I rock. [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/14 "2000-04-26T14:24:00Z")
“DAMN. I was all set to jump all over ya for that!” —Oh, Ike; as if you needed an excuse to jump all over me. ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/15 "2000-04-26T14:33:00Z")
**aha** I’m not a bad girl, I’m just all **woman** * * * \*\* _Sigh_. So many men, so few who can afford me \*\* _Original by Wally_ _I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it._ Homepage: [www.superlativeandsassy.com](http://www.superlativeandsassy.com) Occupation: Temptress Location: Ultra, California Interests: surpluses, excesses, abundances, extras, lagniappes _profile by UncleBeer_ ---
**Author:** ![Liv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@Liv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liv)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/16 "2000-04-26T16:22:00Z")
I liked Edward Norton in Primal Fear. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/17 "2000-04-26T16:31:00Z")
Christopher Walken in ANYTHING. That guy’s freaking creepy! ---
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/18 "2000-04-27T05:02:00Z")
Well, I’m fond of Death in **The Meaning of Life** , but he’s not one of your more _frightening_ bad guys. And then there’s John Huston in **Chinatown**. * * * I’m your only friend I’m not your only friend But I’m a little glowing friend But really I’m not actually your friend But I am ---
**Author:** ![I.M.Kierkegaard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea5d25/32.png) [@I.M.Kierkegaard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.M.Kierkegaard)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/19 "2000-04-27T05:29:00Z")
What a great topic… isn’t it amazing how often the BAD person is the most memorable one in the movies? I’d say a short list would have to include Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) AND Ed Norton (Primal Fear)… but Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects was just unbelievable… a truly twisted and ruthless bad guy that you would never ever suspect. So that’d be my favorite. At least for now… off the top of my head… until I think of another one. * * * –I am Soren Kierkegaard.– “People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.” ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/20 "2000-04-27T05:30:00Z")
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