List My 43 Favorite Fictional Villians

“You givin’ me the high hat/ You givin’ me the high hat!? NOBODY gives Me the high hat!”

Willem Defoe in Wild at Heart – What a complete creep! maybe I should list him as a Favorite villain, but he certainly is memorable.

As played by Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men. This guy was awesome.

Although Dickens died before being able to finish his work, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”, the villain proved to be one of the author’s more insidious creations.

_{NOT Anikin Skywalker – Big difference here…}

I suppose most fans of H.P. Lovecraft’s writing might slip dread Cthulhu into this category; but truth be told, little is mentioned of the myth containing any substance. By far more insidious and developed is the insane villainous mastermind who plays antagonist in Lovecraft’s “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward”. A must read, especiall in the autumn months.

The original template for so many villains both literary and film, Moriarty was the only man who could best Sherlock Holmes.

Even Super-Britches earns only contempt from this classic marvel villain.

The original genetically superior badass. Seen in Star Trek’s Space Seed and The Wrath of Khan (as pictured).

One of my favorite Christopher Plummer moments in the movie Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country.