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The Governor

The best TV villains of all time rank among some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-tv-characters-of-all-time">greatest TV characters of all time</a> as well as some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/creepiest-characters-on-television">creepiest TV characters ever</a>. While some TV villains exist to make the lead characters appear more heroic, some of them are just plain old, nasty jerks. Regardless of their motivations, the top TV bad guys make us want to bust into the TV and kick some butt, fictional style.

Many of TV&#39;s greatest greatest villains didn&#39;t start that way; some of these men and women started out as virtuous people who took a skid into the darker ways of the world. Think of Breaking Bad&#39;s Gustavo Fring, a legitimate business man turned meth trafficking d-bag. Or Dexter Morgan who started out killing only bad guys and then went and got tangled up with killing people as a CYA offensive action. Of course, there&#39;s also people like&nbsp;Joffrey Baratheon of Game of Thrones&nbsp;and The Simpsons&#39; C. Montgomery Burns who seem to get off on tormenting people. They are the worst kind of awesome bad guys.

Who is the best <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/actors-you-forgot-played-tv-bad-guys/lina-lecaro" target="_blank">bad guy on TV</a>? What television shows have the greatest TV villains? &nbsp;This best television villains list has all the top TV villains in one place for you to vote on. If your favorite TV villain isn&#39;t on the list of the greatest TV villains, make sure to add them so other voters get to hate them as much as you do.

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Regina George

The best female villains include women whose roles are truly iconic and evil. Some of the greatest movie and television villains ever made this list. Whether it&#39;s a mentally unstable character who stalks her unsuspecting victim or a <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-unexpected-female-movie-villains/orrin-grey" target="_blank">conniving, totally immoral villain</a> who frames innocent people, this list includes all the big female villain names. It is, however, not complete, so please, feel free to add your favorite female TV and movie villains as well. Vote for the characters you think are the worst villains ever to grace the big or small screen.

What makes a great villain? A character that is morally bankrupt, complex, and tortured - and, more often than not, <a href="/list/most-stylish-villains-2010s/erin-cody" target="_blank">extremely well dressed</a>. The female villains listed here certainly fit the mold. Some are evil to their very core, allowing heroes to emerge and shine as they (hopefully) triumph against them. A villain is nefarious, vile and generally bad. Many are guilty of criminal behavior, to say the least. Some make us love to hate them (that&#39;s a sure sign of a fantastic female villain). We cheer if and when they meet their untimely ends, because they deserved it!

In film, some of the <a href="/crowdranked-list/the-best-movie-villains-of-all-time" target="_blank">best movie villains of all time</a> are women. Need proof? How about bunny-boiler Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) in Fatal Attraction&nbsp;or mentally deranged &quot;fan&quot; Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) in Misery? Sharon Stone&#39;s portrayal of femme fatale Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct&nbsp;earns her a best female villain place on the list, as well as a top spot among the sexiest characters in thrillers.

Some actresses&#39; best roles in movies or on TV shows came when they played villains. Rachel McAdams was unforgettably villainous as Regina George, aka Queen Bee, in Mean Girls.&nbsp;Helena Bonham Carter&#39;s played some interesting roles over the years, but none more wicked that Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter&nbsp;movies.

From the psycho exes to the stalkers and the femme fatales, enjoy this list of the best female villains in movies and television, and feel free to rerank it your way, too.

Villains

Loki

It seems <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-popular-movie-villain-year-you-were-born/mike-mcgranaghan" target="_blank">every year</a>, new iconic villains are coming out of the woodwork. While some of us tend to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/movie-villains-who-wore-out-their-welcome/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">despise movie villains</a>, plenty of movie-goers&nbsp;favor some of these antagonists. Whether that&#39;s due to a cool accent, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/over-the-top-comic-book-movie-performances/tyler-mitchell" target="_blank">an over-the-top performance</a>, or an intimidating disposition, some villains just stand out - and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/actors-who-got-big-after-playing-bad-guys/orrin-grey" target="_blank">redefine the actors playing them</a>.&nbsp;For instance, who doesn&#39;t have some type of fondness for Hannibal Lecter? How about the evil Darth Vader for that matter?&nbsp;Who are the greatest villains of all time? These movie bad guys are the scourge of the movie universe - and that&#39;s to say nothing of their <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/which-henchman-would-win-in-a-battle/matthew-ludwinski" target="_blank">loyal, powerful henchmen</a> - and you can now vote on the meanest villain ever to appear on film.

These are the greatest, most vile movie characters <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-hateable-villains-in-comedy-movies/elle-tharp" target="_blank">we love to hate</a>&nbsp;(or even <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/funny-villains-in-serious-movies/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">laugh at</a>) ranked by the wisdom of the crowd, which makes this ranking an accurate, real-time reflection of the crowd&#39;s collective opinion.

Count Dracula (Dracula)

It’s a fact of life that any film or television show that you love will be remade and you probably won’t like what the new generation of producers do to the thing you once held dear. The hardest type of changes to accept are villain remakes. We grow close to a villain, and once we’ve accepted something as super scary, or so bad that they’re good, it’s hard to accept anything else in their place. Remakes of iconic villains are so hard to pull off, especially if the villain that’s being remade is a cult classic like Pennywise the Dancing Clown, or Freddy Krueger, but that doesn’t mean that people are going to stop trying. Remember the good times and check out these famous villains who got a makeover.Most of the time, remakes of villains only end up making fans love the original version of that villain even more. For instance, there are so many versions of Leatherface saturating the chainsaw market that the only real choice is to pledge your undying allegiance to Gunnar Hansen. But sometimes it’s cool to have different versions of famous villains because it’s possible for an actor, or costume designer to bring something different to the table that makes you see that character in a new light. Keep that in mind while you’re exploring these famous villains who got a make over.Vote on the villain makeovers that you’re okay with, and leave us a comment about how you’d fix the character looks that you totally hate.

Dr. Gregory House

A detailed list of the most well-liked and loveable TV anti-heroes. The most likeable TV protagonists are listed in order from most popular to least. These ambivalent but likeable anti-heroes of TV can be changed in order of popularity to fit the viewer’s opinions. Or, you can copy to make your very own list of your most favorite TV anti-heroes. This villain list can then be re-arranged to suit your ideas. &nbsp; These ambivalent villains are a mixture of both good and evil and have managed to tug at the viewer’s heartstrings over the years. Do you remember most of these anti-heroes? This list answers the question, “Who are the most popular and likeable antiheroes of television?” Taking you on a road down memory lane, this list allows you to see which anti-heroes of TV were the worst and which were <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movie-villains-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the best villains</a> of TV shows. &nbsp; While some TV protagonists are pure evil, many have a touch of good in them that the viewer can easily see, making the viewer sympathetic towards these quite loveable villains of television series. The viewers can often find themselves wishing only the best results for these sometimes harmless TV villains. This list allows you to choose which television anti-hero you think is the best villain of television.

People love to live dangerously, which probably leads many of you out there to lust after fictional villains from pop culture. For one reason or another, people crush on villains, often attracted to their powers, their nefarious agendas, or their aptitude for emotional manipulation.&nbsp;*Swoons.&nbsp;That being said, usually people know their crushes on villainous fictional characters get into some awkward territory, especially if you're crushing on some sexy monsters. But in the same way some people can't help but be bad, other people can't help but be compelled by the bad boys and girls out there. Ranker reached out to you, the people reading the articles, to ask &quot;&quot;which villain are you weirdly attracted to, even though you know it's wrong?&quot;&nbsp;Included below are the crushes you told us about on our&nbsp;Facebook page, and why you find their bad sides just&nbsp;so good.A number of villainous women&nbsp;on this list make sense, as they will sometimes use&nbsp;their charms to get what they want. But villainous males are just as capable of detonating charm bombs, and in some ways much more insidiously. All of them somehow made their way into your affections, an implication that you may not be as good a person as you previously thought. Well, at least you have company!

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Queen

Who is the greatest animated Disney villain? Everyone, it seems, has a favorite. Over the decades, Disney movies have given moviegoers some of the most dastardly (and, as with so many movie villains, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-stylish-villains-2010s/erin-cody" target="_blank">immaculately dressed</a>) villains in cinema history. And now, thanks to the <a href="https://disneyplus.bn5x.net/c/1217251/707629/9358?subid1=601734&amp;subid2=Disney%2B&amp;subid3=comlink&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyplus.com%2F" target="_blank">magic of Disney+</a>, you can go back and rewatch these classic villains doing all kinds of villainous things again and again. They may be animated, but that doesn&#39;t mean they aren&#39;t, well, mean! This list includes some of the best <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/all-disney-villains-list-of-all-disney-enemies/all-enemies-and-supervillains">Disney movie villains</a> ever but are specifically villians in animated movies, so be sure to vote for your favorites, vote down the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/disney-villains-evil-plans-ranked-stupid/jessica-bedewi" target="_blank">villains you don&#39;t think are worthy</a> of the top spots, and add any disney villains who are missing. If you&#39;re thinking of your favourite Disney bad guys from television, hop on over to vote on the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/disney-cartoon-villains-on-disney-plus/molly-gander" target="_blank">Disney aninmated series with the best villains</a>.

Vote: <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-disney-princesses">The Best Disney Princesses</a>

Disney villains come in many forms. Some, like the evil sorcerer Jafar (&#39;Aladdin&#39;) and the &quot;Mistress of All Evil,&#39; Maleficent (&#39;Sleeping Beauty&#39;), have magical powers that allow them to wreak havoc on their poor, unsuspecting victims. Great Walt Disney movie villains may also be &quot;regular&quot; people who are simply bad apples.

Speaking of bad apples, Queen Grimhilde, from Disney&#39;s classic &#39;Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,&#39; didn&#39;t necessarily have magical powers, but she was cruel beyond measure to Snow White, and a schemer of the highest order. Certainly, the same could be said of the horrible, no good Cruella de Vil from Disney&#39;s &#39;101 Dalmatians.&#39;

Rank: <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movie-villains-of-all-time">The Best Movie Villains of All Time</a>

Some of the best Disney movie villains aren&#39;t even human. Examples? How about the evil python Kaa from &#39;The Jungle Book&#39;? And without question Scar, the power hungry, sinister baby brother of Mufasa in &#39;The Lion King&#39; is worthy of a spot on this list. Finally, last but certainly not least, the Big Bad Wolf from Walt Disney&#39;s &#39;Three Little Pigs&#39; is a menacing character.

Which Disney film villain is your favorite?

President Snow from Hunger Games

You know the villain as the Big Bad, the truly horrible no-good person who has <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-irredeemably-evil-villains/williamsbrianjake" target="_blank">no redeeming qualities whatsoever</a>. But as many great writers have said, &quot;every villain is a hero,&quot; given a different context. It&#39;s high time we take a look at some villains we&#39;ve written off as simply evil, and show you how, with just a slightly different perspective (okay, in some cases, a vastly different perspective), these people aren&#39;t quite as villainous as expected. No, sometimes these are villains just doing their jobs, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/good-parental-advice-from-villains/williamsbrianjake" target="_blank">giving solid advice</a>, or dealing with impossible situations where no reasonable person would think they had any good choices to make. Some of these people are just hard up for answers, and even the hero&#39;s solution makes things demonstrably worse.

But this list doesn&#39;t just limit itself to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/spider-man-villain-doc-ock/stephanroget" target="_blank">villains who were good</a>. We also look at villains who had a point, even if what they did was absolutely unforgivable. But really, if you think about it, plenty of our heroes have <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/mcu-villains-created-by-heroes/williamsbrianjake" target="_blank">done awful things</a> (Indiana Jones was just stealing artifacts and trashing monuments he had no business being around in the first place, y&#39;know), and it&#39;s all just a matter of perspective. Obi-Wan Kenobi was always rambling on about how things are different from a &quot;certain point of view.&quot; (Easy for him to say, Darth Vader&#39;s pretty cut and dry as a villain.) But put on your thinking specs and see how we argue for some of the bad guys (and gals!).

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Shutter Island

What is it that makes a psychological thriller even better than having an ending where the villain wins? Maybe it’s because it’s an unexpected twist, or maybe it’s that sometimes it’s so refreshing when the predictable scenario of the hero sweeping in to win the final battle doesn’t actually happen. Sometimes it's fun to root for the bad guys for a change. What are the best movies where the bad guy wins? &nbsp; This list of the best movies where the villain wins, has been ranked by the community. There are many different genres and eras featured on the list, and though the bad guys all win in the end, they're still great films to watch. &nbsp; This list features the best movies where the bad guy wins including, Memento, Seven, No Country for Old Men, Hannibal, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Usual Suspects. Vote up the best films below and see how your favorite bad guy movies rank!

If you watch a lot of scary movies, you&rsquo;ve definitely had a moment where you realized you could <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/horror-movies-you-think-you-could-have-survived/ranker-horror" target="_blank">survive the horror movie</a> that you&rsquo;re watching. Even if it&rsquo;s full of scary movie monsters, most horror movies require the victims to be total idiots. Even the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/scariest-horror-movies-ever-made" target="_blank">scariest horror movies</a> ever made have some very easy to kill movie villains. A lot of horror movies not only require some form of suspension of disbelief, they also need you to believe that every character in the film would act like they had a full frontal lobotomy. People run upstairs, they ask &ldquo;who&rsquo;s there&rdquo; when they hear something move in the woods, and they let creepy little dolls hang out in their homes. No one in their right mind would do this. There are definitely a few <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/horror-movie-set-ups-you-and-_39_d-least-like-to-be-trapped-in/ranker-horror" target="_blank">horror movies you don&rsquo;t want to be stuck in</a> but the films cataloged here are the movies films that you could survive using half your brain.

There are some <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-most-utterly-terrifying-figures-in-film" target="_blank">truly terrifying figures in film</a>, however those characters aren&rsquo;t what you&rsquo;ll be reading about. This is a run down of every unbelievable horror movie monster and least scary horror movie villain &ndash; sorry in advance if your fave pops up at any point. Whether they&rsquo;re just a guy in a mask, a magical creature, or a <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-evil-doll-movies-list/all-genre-movies-lists" target="_blank">creepy evil doll</a> these are the movie monsters a kid could fight.

What makes an antihero cool? Well, they&rsquo;re usually pretty multi-dimensional. They possess villainous qualities, yes, but there are usually complex reasons behind their madness. And for all the devilish things they do, you often can&rsquo;t help but root for them. Hollywood has given movie lovers <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-relatable-tv-antagonists/josh-plainse" target="_blank">some awesome antihero characters</a>, but who are the best antiheroes in film?

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Movie antiheroes (and some villains &ndash;&nbsp;we as a society do like our bad boys) are often more memorable than the hero. Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver), Michael Corleone (Al Pacino in <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/godfather-trivia/coy-jandreau?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">The Godfather Trilogy</a>), Jimmy &ldquo;Popeye&rdquo; Doyle (Gene Hackman in The French Connection), The Man With No Name (Clint Eastwood in Sergio Leone&#39;s Dollars Trilogy), and Jim Stark (James Dean in Rebel Without A Cause) are all legendary and iconic film characters that have influenced and impressed the world over. They all also happen to be anti heroes.

This list of the greatest anti-hero film characters ranks these great characters who, despite their notable lack of what we usually describe as &quot;heroic&quot; traits, are nonetheless the heroes of their stories. Upvote the best antihero characters in film history below, and add any great antiheroes who aren&#39;t already listed!

Moe Howard

Wherever there's a young outsider or a bumbling protagonist, there's a bully. Bullies help our downtrodden teen/pre-teen become a hero; help them make the speech or the punch that inspires the slow clap from their peers, and forces them to learn to kick standing on one leg like a crane. There are a lot of memorable movies and TV shows that feature&nbsp;some of the most memorable bullies in pop culture. Those who have seen any of the Back to the Future movies can attest that anyone from the Tannen family, Biff, Griff or Buford &quot;Mad Dog,&quot; are great examples of memorable bullies.&nbsp;Bullies can come in any size or form. Wayne Arnold from The Wonder Years and Eddie Haskell from Leave it to Beaver are two very different, yet menacing bullies who at one point were considered the biggest bullies on TV.Vote here for the most iconic bullies from big and small screen (no book bullies, that's too much for one list).&nbsp;There's plenty of great choices so vote who takes home the title of biggest bully.&nbsp;

Galactus

Who are the best comic book villains of all time? This list of top supervillains in comics includes some of the most notorious evil-doers in comic book history. Some of them are among the <a href="/crowdranked-list/best-marvel-villains" target="_blank">best Marvel villains</a> like Doctor Doom, Magneto and Galactus. Others are classic <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-comic-book-villains">DC Comics villains</a>&nbsp;like The Joker and Bane. Are they the best (or worst, depending on how you view supervillains)? Vote them up! Feel free to add any great comic book villains who are missing from the list, and you can also re-rank this list your way, in any order you like. Any and all great comic book villains have one thing in common: They are the absolute arch rivals of some of the greatest and <a href="www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-superheroes-all-time" target="_blank">best superheroes</a> in comics' history. Every great protagonist needs a worthy antagonist to balance things out, after all. Several of the top supervillains listed here began their evil careers in comic books, but they quickly took their evil deeds to the big screen, starring in some of the <a href="/crowdranked-list/the-best-superhero-movies-ever-made" target="_blank">best superhero movies ever made</a>.Who do you think are the top comic book villains? Vote now!

A great villain makes for great storylines. They are integral in making television shows suspenseful and complicated. Some villains make us root for them, while others makes us love hating them. Which TV villains from current (not cancelled) television shows are the most delightful to watch?This list of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-tv-villains-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best TV villains</a> includes main characters who are the bad guys, like Frank Underwood in House of Cards and Elizabeth Jennings in The Americans. Some antagonists have developed into the main villain, like Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones and Rowan Pope in Scandal. Other great TV villains include Harrison Wells in The Flash, Gavin Belson in Silicon Valley, and the Man in Black&nbsp;in Westworld.Vote up your favorite TV villains and evil characters. Only characters who are&nbsp;still alive can make the list, so don't expect to see Joffrey&nbsp;Baratheon or Jim Moriarty here.

Change is one of the few commonalities&nbsp;virtually all good fictional characters share. The journey of how they change is what makes them compelling, but&nbsp;not every character makes a change for the better. Somewhere along the way, they discover&nbsp;that&nbsp;deep down they are really <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/movie-heroes-who-are-actually-villains/anncasano" target="_blank">villains masquerading as heroes.</a>&nbsp;After this tragic turn, they break bad and&nbsp;eventually become evildoers worse than Walter White.

For those unaware, White&nbsp;is the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-likeable-tv-anti-heroes/ranker-tv" target="_blank">likable TV antihero</a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;Breaking Bad. He starts the series out as a terminally ill high school chemistry teacher and ends up&nbsp;in a much different place five seasons later. Meek Mr. White gradually transforms&nbsp;into an evil, power-hungry kingpin. The story made&nbsp;for some of the<a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-tv-shows-of-all-time" target="_blank"> best television of all time</a>, which just goes to show audiences always have&nbsp;a soft spot for good people who turn&nbsp;into villains.

Ghostface

Who are the best fictional serial killers of all time? These are serial killers featured in television shows and on film. To be clear, there is a difference between a serial killer and a mass murderer. A serial killer is one who kills individually, stalking a victim and murdering them in cold blood. Some of the most memorable movie and TV characters ever have been serial killers, so be sure to vote for the ones you liked the most -- and vote down any you didn&#39;t like. Also, feel free to re-rank this list any way you want, and add any notable fictional serial killers who are missing.

The creepiest film and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-tv-shows-about-serial-killers/ranker-tv" target="_blank">TV serial killers</a> often steal the show with their terrifyingly cool, chilling scenes. They manage to elude the good guys who are dutifully tracking them down, often for most of a movie or television show. Eventually, almost all of the fictional serial killers listed here are caught, but not before they leave behind horrifying reminders of their sick and twisted abilities. They are, quite often, some of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movie-villains-of-all-time" target="_blank">the best movie villains of all time</a> or <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/creepiest-characters-on-television" target="_blank">the creepiest characters on television</a>.

When you think of the &quot;best&quot; fictional serial murderers, who comes to mind instantly? Hannibal Lecter? That&#39;s certainly one of the most famous and memorable serial killers ever on film, thanks to Anthony Hopkins (who won an Academy Award for the role in &#39;Silence of the Lambs&#39;). Or how about mommy-obsessed Norman Bates (Anthony Hopkins), the serial killer who scared the wits out of everyone in Alfred Hitchcock&#39;s &#39;Psycho&#39;? There is no doubt that both of these characters are iconic, and among <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-most-utterly-terrifying-figures-in-film" target="_blank">the most utterly terrifying figures in film</a>. Both, interestingly enough, were brought to the small screen in 2013: Lecter in the NBC horror drama &#39;Hannibal&#39; and Bates in A&amp;E&#39;s drama &#39;Bates Motel.&#39;

Are serial killers the new vampires now? Could be. One thing is certain: The fictional serial killers listed here are among the characters you absolutely, positively do not ever want <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/worst-movie-character-to-have-knock-at-your-door-/aargh" target="_blank">knocking at your door</a>.

Prince Humperdinck

A list of fictional leaders who you’d most like to behead. Do you know of some fictional kings, queens, princes, or politicians that you really dislike? Are they all named Joffrey? Could you envision a horrible fate for these terrible kings? Browse through this list of fictional kings that you would most like to behead. These kings are ranked by the community from most want to behead, to not too horrible. If you don’t agree with the ranking, go ahead and vote up the kings you think should be beheaded.&nbsp;If you don’t see a particularly horrible king on the list, add him to the list below. Some kings are strong leaders and really help their people and country, while other kings are so evil and horrible that they don’t need to be leading a country. These kings are the ones that people would most like to see beheaded.

Heroes are great and all, but our favorite part of a film is usually the villain. They get the best lines, they have awesome gadgets, and they know what they want out of life. The one drawback to being a film villain is that for the most part, you&rsquo;re stuck with an ugly mug. Whether movie villains earn their ugliness through a Dorian Grey-esque bad deed-a-thon&nbsp;or they were just drawn that way is up for debate. However, the one thing that is definitely a fact, is that the fictional characters on this list have faces that only a mother could love.

Vote up the movie villain characters you think are the ugliest.

King John

This is a list about the best Shakespeare villains; it answers the question, “Who are <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-movies-where-the-bad-guy-wins/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the bad guys</a> in William Shakespeare’s plays?” Every play has a hero and a villain: who, in your book is the top villain of all-times in one of Shakespeare’s plays?While most villains are purely evil, the interesting thing about Shakespeare is that his villains are not always overtly evil. Some of them seem to only be facing a moral dilemma of sorts; they’re not the typical in-your-face evil plotters like other stories usually have. As a result, a lot of Shakespearean villains play very subtle roles. In addition to characters that are dubbed a villain but don’t play the typically evil roles that we think of when we hear that term, Shakespeare’s best plays also included some of the most notoriously evil characters in history, including: Richard III, Iago, Cornwall and Aaron the Moor. He was also notorious for making the audience fine sympathy for the bad guys (like Julius Caesar). The up-and-down emotions he caused the audience to feel are what made him famous. Shakespeare was also known for making his villainous characters seem incredibly real, struggling with common problems we each face like jealousy, heartbreak, greed and bitterness. He seemed to thrive on showing his audience the ironies of being judgmental since we are each the same in the end.

Fictional Characters

“Chaotic evil (CE) creatures act with arbitrary violence, spurred by their greed, hatred, or bloodlust.” - Dungeons and Dragons Basic Rules 5th Ed.We all know that in pop culture, our antagonists can be relied upon to think evil thoughts, say evil words, and do evil things, all for evil reasons. In the world of conventional storytelling, it’s safe to say that needing something, or more commonly someone, for the protagonists to pit themselves against, is of utmost importance-&nbsp;making “good bad guys” are essential.Poorly executed bad guys can ruin a story, and completely derail the lead and their struggle, creating a hot mess of a forgettable tale. In the world of Role Playing Games (RPGs), and Dungeons and Dragons in particular, chaotic evil player characters are frowned upon, or even banned from play completely because of the disruption and discord they bring to the table. In reality, when played properly, chaotic evil characters can bring a reality and random element to a campaign that’s hard to find otherwise.They do the same in modern comics, TV and movies. The truth is that chaotic evil characters can be great fun, as&nbsp;they are often far more interesting and complex than the protagonist. These are the&nbsp;top fifteen characters you never realized are chaotic evil.

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List of blonde villains in film, TV, comics, cartoons, and reality TV, ranked according to their capacities for pure evil. We&#39;re talking about the most famous blonde bad dudes/gals across the known universe and fictional universe. Are there sexy <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/comic-book-characters-with-blonde-hair/ranker-comics?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">blonde female superheroes</a> on this list? No. But there are (possibly) sexy blonde <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/hottest-marvel-comics-super-villains/ranker-comics?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">female supervillains</a>!&nbsp;

Sometimes the hair makes the character. For example, Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva in the movie&nbsp;Skyfall was at least 1/3&nbsp;more creepy&nbsp;because he had super blonde hair. Historically, fair skin and hair in narrative signified purity and goodness (see: Cinderella, Snow White [the skin, not the hair]), though this trope has shifted in modern storytelling. In Game of Thrones, golden-crowned&nbsp;Cersei and her son&nbsp;Joffrey Lannister both radiated evil, as did Harry Potter&#39;s father-and-son Death Eater duo&nbsp;Lucius and Draco Malfoy with their nearly shocking&nbsp;white hair. Notable <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-female-villains" target="_blank">blonde femme fatales</a>&nbsp;include Number Six in Battlestar Galactica, Alex Forrest from Fatal Attraction, and Elle Driver from Kill Bill.

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Number Six

Caprica-Six is a fictional character from the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series. She is played by actress Tricia Helfer.

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Draco Malfoy

Draco Lucius Malfoy is a character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. He is a student in Harry Potter's year belonging in the slytherin house. He is frequently accompanied by his two cronies, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, who act as henchmen. Draco is characterised as a cowardly bully who manipulates and hurts people to get what he wants; nevertheless, he is a cunning user of magic. He was played by Tom Felton in the Harry Potter film series.

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Regina George is a fictional character from the 2004 film Mean Girls.

Cersei Lannister

Cersei Lannister is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones. She becomes a prominent point of view character in the novels beginning with the 2005 fourth installment A Feast for Crows.
Cersei is portrayed by Lena Headey on the HBO series Game of Thrones. In 2014, she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance. In season 5, a young version of the character is portrayed by Nell Williams in flashbacks.

Ivan Drago

Ivan Drago (Russian: Иван Драго) is a fictional character from the Rocky films. He first appeared in the 1985 film Rocky IV, in which he is Rocky Balboa's rival. He also appears in the 2018 film  Creed II, in which he serves as the trainer to his son Viktor. He is portrayed by Dolph Lundgren. 
A poll of former heavyweight champions and prominent boxing writers ranked Drago as the third-best fighter in the Rocky film series.

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Prince Charming

Prince Charming is a fictional character from the 2004 film Shrek 2.

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Spike

Spike, played by James Marsters, is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Spike is a vampire and played various roles on the shows, including villain, anti-hero and lover. For Marsters, the role as Spike began a career in science fiction television, becoming "the obvious go-to guy for US cult [television]". For creator Whedon, Spike is the "most fully developed" of his characters. The character was intended to be a brief villain, with Whedon originally adamant to not have another major "romantic vampire" character like Angel. Marsters says "Spike was supposed to be dirty and evil, punk rock, and then dead." However, the character ended up staying for the second season, and then returning in the fourth to replace Cordelia as "the character who told Buffy she was stupid and about to die."
Within the series' narrative, William was an unsuccessful aspiring poet in the Victorian era who was mocked and called "William the Bloody" because of his "bloody awful" poetry.

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Daenerys Targaryen

Daenerys Targaryen is a fictional character of the book Game of Thrones.

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Jareth

Jareth, the Goblin King is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the 1986 fantasy movie Labyrinth. Jareth is a powerful, mysterious creature who has an antagonistic yet strangely flirtatious relationship with Sarah, the film's protagonist. He also appears in the film's adaptations, including the Marvel comic books, story book, graphic novel, novelization, coloring books, and photo album.

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Lucius Malfoy

Lucius Malfoy is a fictional character from Harry Potter literary series.

Tate Langdon

Tate Langdon is a fictional character from the tv series American Horror Story.

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Joffrey Baratheon

Joffrey Baratheon is a fictional character from A Game of Thrones book and its TV-series adaptation Game of Thrones.

Biff Tannen

Biff Howard Tannen is a fictional character in the Back to the Future trilogy. Thomas F. Wilson plays Biff in all three films as well as the Universal Studios ride, and voiced the character in the animated series.
Biff is a tall, arrogant, violent bully who obtains what he wants by intimidating others into doing his work for him, or by cheating. He and his family members have a tendency to misuse idioms in a way that makes them appear foolish and comical despite their intention to insult or intimidate. His favorite insult is "butthead".

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Glory

Glory is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer portrayed by Clare Kramer. Glory is a god from a hell dimension and was the main antagonist of the fifth season.

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Johnny Lawrence

Johnny Lawrence is a fictional character from the 1984 film The Karate Kid and 1986 film The Karate Kid, Part II.

Cato

Cato is a fictional character from 2012 film Hunger Games.

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Roy Batty

Roy Batty is a fictional character from the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and appeared in the movie Blade Runner.

Heather Chandler

Heather Chandler is a fictional character from the 1988 film Heathers.

Sue Sylvester

Susan "Sue" Sylvester is a fictional character of the Fox musical comedy-drama series, Glee. The character is portrayed by actress Jane Lynch, and has appeared in Glee from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Sue was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan. For the show's first four seasons, Sue is the coach of the William McKinley High School cheerleading squad, and a ruthless bully to both students and faculty members alike. Because her cheerleading squad competes with the glee club for the school's limited funding, she is often at odds with the club and more particularly its director Will Schuester. Sue is the main antagonist throughout the series' run. In the show's fifth season, Sue is made the school's new principal.
Due to Lynch's initial limited availability, Sue was originally set to be a recurring character while Lynch was working on a Damon Wayans pilot for the American Broadcasting Company. When that pilot fell through, Sue became a starring role. The character has been acclaimed by critics.

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Buffalo Bill

Jame Gumb is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of Thomas Harris's 1988 novel The Silence of the Lambs and its 1991 film adaptation, in which he is played by Ted Levine. In the film and the novel, he is a serial killer who murders overweight women and skins them so he can make a "woman suit" for himself.

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Eric Northman

Eric Northman is a fictional character in The Southern Vampire Mysteries, a series of thirteen books written by New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris. He is a vampire, slightly over one thousand years old, and is first introduced in the first novel, Dead Until Dark and appears in all subsequent novels. Since the book series is told from the first person perspective of Sookie Stackhouse, what readers perceive of his character is influenced by what Sookie comprehends. HBO's television series True Blood is based on this book series and the character of Eric Northman is portrayed somewhat differently. A List of True Blood characters has a detailed description of Eric's character from the TV show.

Elle Driver

Elle Driver is a fictional character from the two-part movie Kill Bill.

List of blonde villains in film, TV, comics, cartoons, and reality TV, ranked according to their capacities for pure evil. We're talking about the most famous ...