# 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:** 2
**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 27, 2000, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/21 "2000-04-27T05:34:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by I.M.Kierkegaard: > **…Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects was just unbelievable… a truly twisted and ruthless bad guy that you would never ever suspect** I gotta go with you there. I forgot about his bad guy role in “Seven”. Yikes! ---
**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 27, 2000, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/22 "2000-04-27T05:38:00Z")
Ukelele says: > [@](#): > > John Lithgow as Dr. Lizardo in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai in the Fourth Dimension. Ike, I knew there was a reason I loved you. Dr. Lizardo is the quiessential bad guy that you love to watch in action. “Laugh it up, Monkey Boy.” ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/23 "2000-04-27T05:58:00Z")
Easy question. Malcolm McDowell as Alex in _A Clockwork Orange_. [http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~butting/kubrick/alex.jpg](http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~butting/kubrick/alex.jpg) “I was cured all right.” * * * I have chainmail underwear. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/24 "2000-04-26T20:24:00Z")
Well, having just seen this again last night, I’ll have to vote for Anne Baxter in _All About Eve_. Deviously evil! ---
**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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/25 "2000-04-26T20:29:00Z")
. . . Did you think of me, Arnold, dear? —Eve, the Golden Girl ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/26 "2000-04-26T21:07:00Z")
I’m rather fond of Alan Rickman as the Sherriff of Nottingham, too. I also thought he was great as Hans Gruber in _Die hard._ …_unfortunately, he won’t be joining us for the rest of his life_… * * * Cristi, Slayer of Peeps I made my husband join a bridge club. He jumps next Tuesday. (title & sig courtesy of UncleBeer and WallyM7!) ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/27 "2000-04-26T21:15:00Z")
Predator in Predator 1. Gary Oldman in Air Force One. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/28 "2000-04-26T23:38:00Z")
Klaus Kinski in “Nosferatu”. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/29 "2000-04-26T23:43:00Z")
Actually, Eve, now I know what lurks behind your sweet façade. You may have everyone else fooled, but not me. (I did think of you when the title flashed across the screen.) ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/30 "2000-04-26T23:47:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Mr. Cynical: > \*\*Christopher Walken in ANYTHING. > > That guy’s freaking creepy!\*\* I’m with you, he plays an excellent whacko! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/31 "2000-04-27T03:53:00Z")
Gary Oldman, _Air Force One_ Gary Busey & Mitch Ryan, _Lethal Weapon_ “Morty” in _Undercover Blues_ ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/32 "2000-04-27T06:25:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Easy question. Malcolm McDowell as Alex in _A Clockwork Orange_. I agree entirely with this one. * * * “Organs gross me out. That’s _organs_, not orgasms.” -the wallster ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/33 "2000-04-27T06:42:00Z")
my favorite at the moment is \*\*DARTH VADER ! \*\* * * * Check out my site: [Chief’s Domain](http://qfg.tierranet.com) ---
**Author:** ![Cowboy\_Greg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Cowboy\_Greg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy_Greg)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/34 "2000-04-27T06:50:00Z")
Angela Lansbury in _The Manchurian Candidate_. Just totally chilling. * * * “It’s a sunny little doomed planet, inhabited by a number of frisky little doomed animals.” ---
**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/35 "2000-04-27T08:12:00Z")
Nobody’s mentioned Jack Nicholson? That smile of his just creeps me out. – Sylence * * * You need Degas to make De Van Gogh. ---
**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 27, 2000, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/36 "2000-04-27T11:37:00Z")
Han Gruber…ahhhh, the new age bad guy german. Mitout zee black polished hessians und uni-form of zee Ghermahn mil-uh-tary. I like heem vhery much. ---
**Author:** ![concrete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@concrete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/concrete)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/37 "2000-04-27T11:49:00Z")
Sylence…you talking about this… he’s up their on my list. [http://www.allwall.com/images/PRODUCTS/large/10021000/10021889.jpg](http://www.allwall.com/images/PRODUCTS/large/10021000/10021889.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/38 "2000-04-27T12:53:00Z")
John Lithgow as Eric Qualen in “Cliffhanger”. He was _pure_ evil! * * * You must unlearn what you have learned. – Yoda ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/39 "2000-04-27T13:18:00Z")
Had some serious childhood trauma from the child-catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I know, I know…sounds silly. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467/40 "2000-04-27T16:48:00Z")
John Lithgow in Ricochet. Just as evil as he was in CLiffhanger. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-bad-guy-gal-of-all-time/16467.md?page=3)