Best bad guys

[PletdeKoe]

What do you think is the ultimate bad guy you've ever seen in a movie? It can be based on script, performance, direction etc.

The relentlessnes of the terminator is something I'll never forget.
Jack Nickelson as The Joker is one of the best performances ever.

 

[Dan]

Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight. His performance was terrifyingly (If that is even a word) good.

 

[David]

Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber.

 

[AudiMan2011]

Tom Hardy as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises.

 

[Lain]

Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Henry Fonda as Frank in Once Upon a Time in the West.

 

[Scaff]

Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight. His performance was terrifyingly (If that is even a word) good.

+1

Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber.

And as King John in Robyn Hood

And....

...Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men

 

[nobuffalo]

Darth Vader

 

[Lain]

Darth Vader

as...?

 

[prisonermonkeys]

And....

...Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men

I think you could nominate any role Bardem has played in an English-speaking film. Chigurh in No Country, Silva in Skyfall; even Felix in Collateral.

 

[Liquid]

Jeremy Irons as Simon Gruber in Die Hard With A Vengeance.

 

[F1GTR]

Cristoph Waltz as Col. Hans Landa in Inglorious Basterds.

 

[Lain]

Lot of Hans in this thread.

 

[Ken]

Gary Oldman. Done.

 

[GTMail]

Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight. His performance was terrifyingly (If that is even a word) good.

This. The Joker is probably was favorite villain ever.
Also James Purefoy as Joe Carroll in the TV show "The Following." He was excellent.

 

[KraigA]

Movies: Heath Ledger and Tom Hardy in The Dark Knight and Rises. Arnold Schwarzenegger as the terminator in T1. Pin Head from Hellraiser.
TV: Paul Kellerman in Prison Break, Gus Fring in Breaking Bad.

 

[Terronium-12]

Tyler Mane as Michael Myers in H2.

He had the look, and the added eccentricity of him making noises while doing the deed provided a bit more atmosphere to the character. It's not better than the original, but it was a refreshing take nonetheless.

 

[FiftyBelowZero]

HAL9000 is the very best. Just frightening.

 

[arora]

Eli Wallach as Tuco(ok he was only the ugly guy but still), as Calvera then