The Most Memorable Sociopaths In TV History

Played by: Michael C. Hall

Memorable quote: "Monsters don't get to live happily ever after."

Played by: Mads Mikkelsen

Memorable quote: "I have let you know me, see me. I gave you a rare gift, but you didn't want it."

Played by: Benedict Cumberbatch

Memorable quote: "I'm not a psychopath, Anderson. I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research."

Played by: Andrew Scott

Memorable quote: "Every fairy tale needs a good old-fashioned villain."

Played by: Evan Peters

Memorable quote: " I… hated high school. So I’d come here and I’d look out at this vast, limitless expanse. Then it’s like, that’s your life, man. You can do anything, could be anything. Screw high school. That’s… it’s just a blip in your timeline."

Played by: Glenn Howerton

Memorable quote: "Hi. I'm a recovering crack head. This is my retarded sister that I take care of. I'd like some welfare, please."

Played by: Jodie Comer

Memorable quote: "You look like someone stuck a mustache on some fudge."

Played by: Jack Gleeson

Memorable quote: "They say Stannis never smiles. I'll give him a Red smile, from ear to ear."

Played by: Kelsey Grammer

Memorable quote: "That's right, dear. Enjoy your rest. The wedding was very tough on you, and the honeymoon is going to be... murder."

Played by: David Morrissey

Memorable quote: "In this life now, you kill or you die. Or you die and you kill."

Played by: Hugh Laurie

Memorable quote: "There’s no ‘I’ in team. There’s a ‘me’ though, if you jumble it up."

Played by: Kevin Spacey

Memorable quote: "Shake with your right hand, but hold a rock in your left."

Played by: Freddie Highmore

Memorable quote: "I'm afraid of you and I love you, and that's a bad combination."

Played by: Billy Bob Thornton

Memorable quote: "Because some roads you shouldn’t go down. Because maps used to say, 'There be dragons here.' Now they don’t. But that don’t mean the dragons aren’t there."

Played by: Jon Hamm

Memorable quote: "It's your life. You don't know how long it's gonna last, but you know it doesn't end well. You've gotta move forward ... as soon as you can figure out what that means."

Played by: David Tennant

Memorable quote: "Children should be seen and not heard. Or better still, not seen and not heard. Get into that closet!"

Played by: Iwan Rheon

Memorable quote: "If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention."

Played by: Aidan Gillen

Memorable quote: "Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some, are given a chance to climb. They refuse, they cling to the realm or the gods or love. Illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is."

Played by: Joe Pantoliano

Memorable quote: "Hey, if it's a boy, we'll name him after me. If it's a girl, we'll name it Tracee after you... that way she could grow up to be a c*ck suckin' slob just like her mother."

Played by: Jon Bernthal

Memorable quote: "There are worse things than dying, Bill. I wake up most mornings and I want it. I hope for it."

Played by: Jamie Dornan

Memorable quote: "No one knows what's going on in someone else's mind. And life would be intolerable if we did."

Played by: Teddy Sears, Tony Todd

Memorable quote: "Look at your hero. This man is no god. He is nothing!"

Played by: Darren Criss

Memorable quote: "He proposed to me. Didn't work out, but we're still friends."