14 Actors People Think Nailed Villain Roles A Little Too Well

You know an actor’s done a good job playing a villain when even an off-set look at them makes your blood run cold. For me, that honour goes to ― since her role as Mrs Umbridge, I haven’t been able to watch her in anything else without shuddering. I’m always keen to hear about actors who so perfected their part that they had a similar effect on others ― so I was pretty excited to read the responses to Reddit user ’s post in the Subreddit .

“Which actor managed to nail being the ‘bad guy?’”, Here are some of the most-upvoted responses: “Strongly agree, but what about Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Bolton?” “He’s so damn good as Commodus. So easy to hate essentially from the second he arrives on screen..



. Incredible performance.” “RIP.

” “First guy that came to mind.” “He’s just so right for that part, but we also have to credit the writing.” “Hopkins is such an incredibly talented actor.

I don’t think there’s a role on this planet that he couldn’t absolutely nail. They could cast him as Gru in a live-action Despicable Me and he’d still nail it.” “He’s too good.

Bill the Butcher is terrifying.” “This is the guy that did Elrond, Agent Smith, Anthony in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Red Skull..

. How?!” “When he plays the good guy he is Willem Dafriend.” “He’s even better in the Patriot (dark comedy).

Incredible range.” “Nothing is scarier than giving someone all the punishment you can and having them laugh at you. ‘You’ve got nothing to threaten me with.

Nothing to do with all your strength’ ― chilling.” “She is stone-cold and utterly ruthless. Played completely against type and nailed it.

” “The cold glee with which she kills people is tremendous.” “He turned out to be a fantastic actor.” “They wrote outlandish lines no one could ever pull off credibly.

They said: ‘I. Will. BURN the heart out of you!’ Then in walked Andrew.

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