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50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films

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Joffrey Baratheon from “Game of Thrones,” or Mrs. Umbridge from “Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix” (and later books and films) are all examples of characters so detested that they make readers and viewers' blood boil. Sometimes this emotion transcends the screen and we begin to forget where the character ends and the actor begins.

One internet user wanted to know what actors portrayed a villain so effectively that people could no longer see them as anything else. The results were illuminating, so sit down and be sure to upvote your favorites as you read through people’s answers. Remember to comment your own examples if you didn’t see it here.

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#1

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films For me, it’s Joffrey Baratheon played by Jack Gleeson.

poopface41217 replied:

The ironic thing is I read Jack Gleeson is one of the kindest people and is active in volunteer efforts. I watched an interview where his co-star Sophie Turner said he was the greatest guy.

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Final score:

223points

Tobias Teller 1 year ago

Do someone really think actors who play villains are terrible people in real life?

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#2

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Imelda Staunton, Mrs Umbridge in Harry Potter.

forbiddenmemeories replied:

Honestly the biggest challenge for any new HP series is going to be matching the casting of the movies. Imelda Staunton is one of many who was absolutely perfect for her character and it's going to be hard to buy anyone else in the role.

Lunavixen15 replied:

I can't unsee Umbridge as her, even after reading the books again. She encapsulated Umbridge so well.

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Final score:

198points

nobodyever 1 year ago

But she is no Hagrid.

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50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films John Lithgow was so terrifying in Dexter that I kept expecting him to murder somebody in The Great British Bake Off.

Final score:

188points

Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

But he was so goofy I 3rd Rock from the Sun.

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Hollywood has a long track record of typecasting certain actors in specific roles. This is pretty prevalent among character actors who people can only see in one role. The cast of Star Trek, particularly the original series, struggled with this issue for the rest of their careers. For example, Nichelle Nichols who played translator and communications officer Uhura, believed that the role so defined her as an actress that no one was willing to hire her for anything else.

Star Trek seemed to be particularly cursed, as even established actors of stage and screen ended up “stuck” with connections to the show. Sir Patrick Stewart, who played Captain Picard in “The Next Generation” was turned down from a role because the director thought Picard overshadowed the actor. It’s worth noting that Sir Patrick Stewart has decades of experience and was and is a fully respected actor in his own right, yet still ended up typecast by this one role.

#4

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Giancarlo Esposito as Gus Fring in Breaking Bad and as Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian. When I saw Giancarlo Esposito in Community, I just about sh*t myself in fear.

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Final score:

163points

ANONYMOUS 1 year ago (edited)

I like this guy, he certainly made me emphasise with him sometimes

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#5

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Sam Rockwell in Green Mile was so disgusting and off-putting and perfect in his role that I still don’t like to look at him.

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Final score:

153points

Paola Martz 1 year ago

Watch him as Captain K Jojo rabbit so you can start loving him

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#6

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Bolton. I tell a lie as he was so cute in Vicious as Ash Weston.

sporkabork replied:

He freaked me out so much as Ramsay Bolton that I’m pretty sure I’d cross the street if I happened to see him out walking around. That’s a good actor.

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Final score:

143points

Audrey 1 year ago

He is adorable in misfits, can't believe he play a villain

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It seems like the inability to see an actor as separate from the character is just as present among casting directors as the audience. John Hamm, of Mad Men fame, recalled getting basically only pitches for films and shows set in the 1960s or about advertising. Despite his range, one excellent performance was enough to force him into the same role over and over again, with diminishing results and, no doubt, motivation.

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#7

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List.

Milkweedhugger replied:

Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort also!

anotherkeebler replied:

I've been scared of him all my life. I was so happy to see him play such a different character in The Grand Budapest Hotel.

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Final score:

134points

Somebodys grandmother 1 year ago

He is an excellent actor...

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#8

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Bastards.

crateofkate replied:

See his role on Basterds influenced my perspective of him so much I spent the entire movie waiting for him to betray Django and when the credits rolled and he hadn’t my mind was in denial

DeannaZone replied:
I loved that movie because of him, but unfortunately if I ever see or hear him in something I am like this is the bad guy ... he did is sooo good!

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Final score:

131points

Laura Lett 1 year ago

Christoph was Perfect for the role! He's the only reason I watch the movie. The whole story line was stupid.

9points

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#9

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Jack Nicholson did such a good job as Jack Torrance that he gives me the creeps every time I see his face now.

Final score:

129points

Stephanie Did It 1 year ago

He's always given me the creeps, no matter what role he played, because of his dead eyes. He may be a great actor and certainly has earned a lot of praise and prestige, but those emotionless eyes never change.

63points

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There are historical examples of this as well. Soviet actor Mikheil Gelovani played Stalin no less than twelve times, which perhaps wasn’t quite as challenging range-wise, but the pressure to portray the murderous Premier of the Soviet Union no doubt added a certain level of difficulty. Regardless, both Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization and the idea that Gelovani could not depict “mere mortals” after playing Stalin all led to him being denied any other roles.

#10

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films How is Joaquin Phoenix not on here for Commodus in Gladiator?

Mud_Landry added:

Took me quite a while to watch Joaquin Phoenix in anything after Gladiator, his Commodus was so f*****g evil I couldn’t stand him in anything for years

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Final score:

127points

Hawkmoon 1 year ago

And now he has played the Joker and his acting is beyond this world.

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#11

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Charles Dance in well everything... Golden Child, GOT.

He could cure cancer tomorrow and he would still ring villain to me.

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Final score:

127points

Sue User 1 year ago

I always think of his prostectic eyes ( he had several with different patterns ) in Last Action Hero.

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#12

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Tom Felton reportedly gets a ton of hate for his portrayal of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter series.

trisharae_88 replied:

But also a super chill dude in real life.

Final score:

122points

Betsy Ray 1 year ago

Dearest friend of Emma Watson. Such a good actor.

31points

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Some actors actually end up “bonding” with a character so deeply that they begin to do public appearances as them. Clayton Moore, best known as the Lone Ranger, liked being the masked, former Texas ranger so much that Jack Wrather, who actually owned the rights to the character, had to issue a cease and desist letter. The dispute was ultimately resolved and Moore would continue to go out in public as the ranger.

#13

I've never forgiven Jeffrey Dean Morgan for killing Glenn. I used to really like him.

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Final score:

110points

Stephanie Did It 1 year ago

I fell in love with him on Grey's Anatomy and in P.S. I Love You, and when he killed Glenn he broke my heart forever.

40points

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#14

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and as Kai Winn in "Deep Space Nine".

LitherLily replied:

She is excellent at playing the villain. You are helpless against the tide of hate that washes over you.

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Final score:

105points

kate h 1 year ago (edited)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of my favorite movies of all time. All of the actors were great, but Louise Fletcher was incredible. She played her part SO well - I think the fact that there are real people out there like this makes it extra terrifying.

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#15

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Lena Headey in GOT. She's actually super nice when I've seen interviews but damn she was too perfect as Cersei.

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Final score:

104points

Libstak 1 year ago (edited)

She played Sarah Connor in The Terminator TV series before 300 and Game of Thrones, she was also in The Purge and Judge Dredd

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Ultimately, more creative directors will try to play “against type” by taking an actor best known for a specific genre or role and casting them in something very different. Bruce Willis was mainly known for romcoms before his career-making time in “Die Hard,” while rapper Ice-T was an unusual, but inspired choice for a police detective in “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”

#16

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Rosamund Pike played a sociopath so perfectly in *Gone Girl* that I have only recently been able to watch shows or movies that she is in.

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Final score:

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._. 1 year ago

But she was so good as Moirane (sp?) In the Wheel of Time series! (The content is a different story)

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#17

I don’t hate him but after watching Primal Fear and American History X if I saw Edward Norton in a dark alley I’d turn around and walk the other way.

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Final score:

90points

Kathy T 1 year ago

The curb scene in America History X has had a long lasting effect on me. That was just so twisted!

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#18

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Billy Zane in Titanic.

Fly_By_Orchestra added:

It's too bad; he's a cool dude.

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Final score:

85points

Awesome At Being Autistic 1 year ago

Nope, Billy Zane in "Dead Calm." Epic. That movie still puts the frighteners on me.

29points

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#19

Pam Ferris as Agatha Trunchbull in Matilda.

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Final score:

79points

Mikey 1 year ago

I remember her from darling buds of may.

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#20

Kathy Bates in Misery. It makes me sad because she is a great actress, but I can't get past it.

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Final score:

76points

Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago

For me it's kinda opposite. She's usually the likeable character and when l watch Misery is just admiration at how good she is.

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#21

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Samuel L Jackson in Django Unchained. DiCaprio had a certain insane charisma to him in that movie, not Jackson. Perfectly portrays someone who sold out their own.

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Final score:

74points

Somebodys grandmother 1 year ago

Samuel L Jackson is ALWAYS to AWESOME ❤️❤️❤️❤️...

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#22

Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men. I watched No Country for Old Men in the theater and studiously avoided Javier Bardem until last year when I watched Dune. He’s a great actor; otherwise, Anton Chigurh wouldn’t have mentally scarred me for a decade.

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Final score:

74points

Christian Fuller 1 year ago

Also as Silva in Skyfall. Scarily sympathetic, but after that one scene, it's hard to look him in the face.

25points

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#23

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films I will never ever forgive Paul Reiser for betraying those Colonial Marines on LV426.

daddyvs replied:

I have hated Paul Reiser since the 80s because of Aliens.

billions_of_stars replied:

I remember Paul Reiser being on a talk show many years ago after he was in the movie Aliens. He talked to Jay Lemon or whoever it was about how he was doing standup once and before he even started people were booing him because they hated that character so much. He said something to the host along the lines of “they realize I’m not actually that guy, right?”

Final score:

69points

The Original Bruno 1 year ago

I was so torn about which Paul Reiser to see his character as when he starred in later seasons of Stranger Things. EXCELLENT casting.

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#24

Tobias Menzies who played Capt Randall on Outlander. Every movie and film he is in, I always hope his character dies. I think I would spit on him if I saw him in real life. He's actually really nice guy but was so good in his role that I just hate him.

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Final score:

63points

James016 1 year ago

His character was pure evil in Outlander

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#25

Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy in Harry Potter and as Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot.

Gotta say, he excels at portraying despicable villains.

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Final score:

63points

James016 1 year ago

Don’t forget as Hap in The OA

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#26

Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith in The Matrix.

Krampsport replied:

This!!! Agent Smith and he was forever a sinister and scary mf.

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Final score:

62points

cadena kuhn 1 year ago

Now watch Priscilla queen of the dessert. That'll throw u for a loop

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#27

This is gonna be a throwback but Robert Knepper as T-Bag in Prison Break. He played that character EXTREMELY well...like jeez. I've never been able to see him the same way since watching Prison Break.

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Final score:

60points

Fred L. 1 year ago

Scariest character on the whole show.

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#28

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films I've never seen her in anything but The Office, but it's always such a mind‐f**k when I see an interview or something with Angela Kinsey and she's smiling and seems somewhat likeable.

I got to meet her at a convention once, and she is incredibly sweet IRL. So are Oscar Nuñez and Brian Baumgartner.

I went to the convention dressed as Dwight and, when it was time for my picture with Angela, she exclaimed “Dwight!” Then she told me she was going to go “full Angela” for the photo, and she did.

GonzoThompson replied:

Brian was extra careful to make sure I got all the photos I wanted with him. We had already taken three or so when he asked me if I was sure I got everything I wanted with him.

All three of them are super nice people.

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Final score:

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elijah fisher 1 year ago

yea she seems awesome but any interview or whatever i've seen w her i fully expect her to actually go full angela

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#29

Jesse Plemons (poor man's Matt Damon) as Todd in Breaking Bad.

overmonk replied:

Same. It took years for me to see past his dead-fish sociopathic Todd and recognize his immense acting talent. He’s really very good.

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Final score:

58points

Elizabeth Elliot 1 year ago

'Meth Damon' as he's known!

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#30

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Chace Crawford as The Deep in The Boys. I see him in actor interviews and get the heebie-jeebies even though I know it’s just a character.

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Final score:

56points

The Doom Song 1 year ago

Yeah I'll never look at an octopus the same way

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#31

Doug Hutchison (Percy Wetmore in The Green Mile). Although I haven't seen him in much since, Lost being the only thing that comes to mind. He has some real-life issues though as well, having married a 16-year-old when he was 51.

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Final score:

54points

AnnaB Premium 1 year ago

He was super creepy in an episode of X-Files, too.

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#32

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Adam Scott could play the sweetest guy ever but I would still wanta punch his face in because all I'd be able to see was Trevor from the Good Place.

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Final score:

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._. 1 year ago

OMG ITS BEN WYATT

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#33

Mo'Nique when she played the mom in Precious.

SmellyCheeseDiseass replied:

Oh this is a good answer. Funnily enough Mo'Nique is apparently one of the biggest sweethearts in the world.

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Final score:

50points

Cara G 1 year ago

One of the most difficult books I've ever read and films I've ever watched. To this day I cannot see a bucket of fried chicken and not immediately think of Mo'nique as Precious' mother.

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#34

Kiefer Sutherland in Stand By Me.

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Libstak 1 year ago

He was pretty evil in The Lost Boys too, in a sexy kinda way

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#35

Antony Starr Homelander in The Boys.

ballplayer0025 replied:

100% He is so good at it that initially I was like "holy s**t where his this guy been hiding?" But ultimately because of it I will never be able to see him as anything but homelander.

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Final score:

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Liu Woods 1 year ago

I opened this list solely to see if he was on it! For every cast video all the comments are always joking about this

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#36

Bryce Dallas Howard as Hilly Holbrook in The Help, after that I can't stand her in anything else...

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48points

The Doom Song 1 year ago

I made you a pie Miss Hilly

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#37

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films For me, Matt Damon in The Departed was so absolutely hateable that even when I see him in things like The Martian, for example, I’m still like “oh, absolutely not. Just leave him there.”

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Final score:

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D. Pitbull 1 year ago

Holy. Moly... did NO ONE like him in Good Will Hunting?????? I can't be alone in this. wtf. I think Matt Damon ROCKS.

63points

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#38

The Mist (2007) has a character named Mrs Carmody who was a religious nut they were all trapped in the grocery store with. She was played by actress Marcia Gay Harden, who I still can't stand to this day because of that character.

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SCP 4666 1 year ago

Dale and Andrea from Walking Dead also starred in this film

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#39

David Schwimmer as Cpt Sobel in Band of Brothers. I swear his O3 character caused me to have flashbacks of bad company commanders.

Final score:

44points

BetterBitterButter 1 year ago

He was really good as Captain Sobel in the "Band of Brothers ".Thanks for reminding me of BoB. It's time for my annual rewatch.

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#40

Kirsten Dunst as Amy in 1994’s Little Women. I will never forgive her for burning that manuscript. Then her character grew up married Laurie?! What. A. B***h.

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Final score:

38points

Janner Wingfeather 1 year ago

Laurie should have married Jo, and I will die on that hill.

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#41

Major Frank Burns from M*A*S*H, His lack of empathy and overall ego made me hate the guy. They tried a couple of times expressing on why he came out the way he did...but it just wasn't enough. Always getting in the way of Hawkeye treating patients, leading on Hotlips, and just being an overall shithead the way he treated the locals in Korea. That being said Robert Duvall did a great job.

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Final score:

35points

Shyla Bouche 1 year ago

Larry Linville hated the character. He actually quit the show because Frank had not grown or changed at all. Linville is (was?) a nice guy with a good sense of humor.

23points

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#42

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films I actually had this issue this morning. I was watching Breaking Bad and Jesse's AA leader was on. Perfectly softly spoken gentle man. Hate him on sight. Had to Google him. Turns out he was a character in Sabrina the Teenage Witch that I watched as a child (Zelda's husband) and he was such a bastard I've apparently carried a dormant instinctual hatred for him ever since.

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The Original Bruno 1 year ago

Jere Burns also played a compulsive liar and womanizer in Dear John for five seasons in the early 90s.

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#43

Kevin Bacon in Sleepers, when he played [character] who killed Magneto's family I was like, 'that was good casting'.

_Goose_ replied:

Haven’t been able to enjoy him in anything since.

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Final score:

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Fat Penguin 1 year ago

You don’t talk bad about the legendary Kevin Bacon

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#44

Shooter McGavin.

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32points

madbakes 1 year ago

Yep, I definitely wanted to kick his face through the screen

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#45

JK Simmons after watching him in Whiplash.

mrstonewallin replied:

'Not quite my tempo' just echoes through the head.

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Final score:

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Keith T 1 year ago

Watch OZ… his portrayal of a white supremicist is amazing and creepy. To this day that’s all I think about when I see him

27points

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#46

50 People List Actors Who Were Such ‘Perfectly Hateable’ Villains, They Can’t Stand Them In Any Other Films Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey as Christian Grey.

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DeVille 1 year ago (edited)

Serves you right for watching it frankly. Now as for The Fall, he was frighteningly good in that.

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#47

Michael Fassbender's role in 12 Years a Slave made me want to punch him. Had to remind myself hes just a great actor. Where is he though? After the X Men films he doesn't seem to be doing much.

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Final score:

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Ken Beattie 1 year ago

Looks like he took a break during covid. Nothing since 2019. But he's got 8 upcoming projects coming out in the next year or so.

6points

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#48

Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo in the Fargo TV show. He actually played him *too* well, do much so in anything else he does I can't get past it.

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Final score:

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The Original Bruno 1 year ago

No, Billy Bob Thornton is ALWAYS creepy as hell, even when playing the good guys. The fact that he could be a good guy ("Pushing Tin," for instance) when being so creepy is a testament to his acting skills.

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#49

Idris Elba as Charles Minor.

kiwimag5 replied:

God he was so good in this role. The period of time when Charles thought Dwight was a reasonable person was perfect. So well done.

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Final score:

20points

SallytheCamel 1 year ago

Miner? But i hardly know her!

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#50

I always hated Steve Zahn, but I couldn't put my finger on why. It was because he was such a convincing s**t in "Riding in Cars with Boys." I almost forgot about the movie entirely and him being in it, but my impression of him stayed.

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Marc 1 year ago

What?!? Steve Zahn rules! DJ Davis in Treme!

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#51

It’s a show but Ron Livingston as Jack Berger in Sex and the City. He plays such a whiny, insecure p*ssy in the show that I hate him and his stupid face haha.

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11points

Betsy Ray 1 year ago

He broke up with Carrie on a Post It note! Who does that?

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#52

Michael McKean in "Better Call Saul" Aka,"Chuck McGill"
He was perfectly cast and was excellent in his role. I know it's just great acting and he is a nice man and a good musician. But he just reminds me of my older brother as well. A man that asks,"How are you?" ,Then when you speak he goes blank and you can read it in his face that he goes blank and doesn't give a f**k about you or what you say because you are beneath him.
He lights up like a f*****g Xmas tree when around people he wants to impress but for normal people he's just a bland,uppity,elitist snobby prick.
(Omg! that felt. good to say that)

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Final score:

10points

Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago

I couldn't help but feel compassion for him (at times). He was so obviously incapable of having functional emotions that it was pity worthy for me. But yeah, primarily an a*s.

2points

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#53

Saoirse Ronan in Atonement.

limepompom replied:

I commented the same thing. I cannot rewatch that movie because I get so mad. And I haven't watched any of her new stuff.

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Final score:

9points

Luke Branwen 1 year ago

With those eyes, I wouldn't be able to hate her even if she killed a guy right in front of me. /hj

1point

#54

Laura Linney as Wendy byrd in Ozark. I hated wendy in that show and now hate her in other show.

Final score:

9points

Pam Belcher 1 year ago

Loved her in The Big C

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#55

I watched Dragonheart as a very young child and I have never been able to fond David Thewlis likeable ever since. When they cast him as Remus Lupin I was so upset--he was a comfort character when I first read the books but casting David Thewlis ruined it for me.

Final score:

7points

Troy Parr 1 year ago

David Thewlis has been cast as the bad guy so often that it was a nice surprise to see him as Remus Lupin.

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#56

Tim Roth as Cunningham in Rob Roy. So hard to not see him as a complete bastard in anything else.

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Final score:

6points

Nina 1 year ago

I watched the series 'Lie to me' before I watched Reservoir Dogs, that was quite a mindboggle as well (for the difference)

4points

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#57

Pablo Schreiber.
He is such a good actor and was so convincing in his role as William Lewis in Law and Order SVU. So every time I see him in anything else, I still see him as the evil pos he portrayed for at least the first few scenes.

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Final score:

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D. Pitbull 1 year ago

Pablo Schreiber... what a mind f**k. Yes, in Law & Order... oh good grief heebie jeebies!!! Then I see him as Mad Sweeney ... and I'm laughing my a**e off. THEN... I read up on him... and he's .. he's Canadian... from my province!!! Born in a place with a population of like... 10 people?????? AND... cousin of Sabretooth (Lieve Schreiber). The absolute wtf-ness of it all... I just have to admire the entire cyclone of it all.

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#58

I hated Robin Wright's character in House of Cards so much it ruined the Princess Bride for me.

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Final score:

6points

Pixie 1 year ago

Nothing can ruin The Princess Bride for me (I haven't watched House of Cards though - I know "inconceivable" isn't it 😋)

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#59

Not a huge role, but Parker Posey in Dazed and Confused. She played a mean girl so well that’s all I can see her as in everything now.

Final score:

5points

Saddest_Lion 1 year ago

Her character in "Best In Show" is even more hate-able

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#60

We're not going to mention Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick in Election (1999)?

She was so perfectly insufferable that this role literally almost torpedoed her career before it ever really started.

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Final score:

5points

Tim 1 year ago

Was she really the villain, though? She didn't cheat on her wife and rig a high school election.

3points

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#61

John Huston in ‘Chinatown’.

CluelessNoodle123 replied:

Oh God. I watched that movie once, like 10 years ago, and still haven’t been able to watch it again.

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Final score:

5points

#62

Jason Sudeikis in Colossal. He and Anne Hathaway are childhood friends and he helps her out when she moves back to their hometown (and there’s stuff with giant monsters). The way he goes from nice on the surface to jerk to horrible… whenever I see him I think that he’s probably mean in real life and don’t get how he could be the lead in a feel-good show like Ted Lasso (I haven’t actually watched it). I even thought he was pretending to be nice on The Mindy Project, and there’s no reason given on screen why that would be the case. Pretty irrational but yes, he did it so well in Colossal that now I think he’s a mean guy pretending to be nice.

Final score:

5points

BetterBitterButter 1 year ago

I thought this movie was a typical alien invasion movie and then i watched it and really liked it.Hated Jason Sudeikis's character but he found redemption (in my eyes) with Ted Lasso.

1point

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#63

Tony Dalton was so unnerving as Lalo that everyone doubted him the moment he showed up in Hawkeye.

Of course, that was the idea: to cast him as a red herring.

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Final score:

4points

#64

Beth Grant in Donny Darko, she is definitely a type cast actor for a hateable character, the scene in darko where she is teaching a course on morality is a great exchange and only so good because the actors were great, But every time I see her I still have bleed over hate.

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Final score:

4points

#65

Olivia Coleman in Fleabag. Cant look past it now.

keestie replied:

Watch some interviews with her; IRL, she is an absolute treasure.

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Final score:

3points

The Milk In Your Fridge 1 year ago

she’s an incredible actress, although I love her as Anne in The Father :)

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#66

Penelope Cruz in Blow.

El_Pasteurizador replied:

This is the one for me. Absolutely could not stand her in any other film after that. I know it's ridiculous, but god. f**king. damn... What a c**t she plays in that movie.

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Final score:

2points

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François Carré 1 year ago

Quite the same as Robin Wright. I will always love Penelope Cruz no matter what.

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Colin 1 year ago

I avoid Tom Cruise movies. Not because of a particular role, I just can't watch him. He comes of as smarmy on screen and in interviews.

24points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago

I mean his brain has probably been turned to mush by Scientology….

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Enlee Jones 1 year ago

He’s always rubbed me the wrong way, and I’m going back to his “Risky Business” days and before he joined that stupid cult. Yuck and double yuck. 🤮

1point

Cara G 1 year ago

For me, it was his role in Magnolia. He was absolutely astonishingly fantastic in it as a narcissistic motivational speaker who is literally obsessed with himself. After seeing him in that film, his off screen persona began to make sense. The Scientology, the odd controlling of Nicole Kidman and their two children, the declarative way he would say such outlandish things, the whirlwind romance with Katie Holmes who supposedly had his poster on her wall as a teen (yuck!), the couch jumping on Oprah, the weird PDA for the paparazzi, the even weirder secrecy around Suri's birth and entire existence.... The man is actually mentally ill. That's how he was able to embody that character so completely and effectively. He knows how to hurt people.

0points

Apatheist Account2 1 year ago

Obviously from a younger audience. Anyone around 60 who saw Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as a 5-7 year-old will still be traumatised by Robert Helpmann as the Child Catcher. I still get shivers when I think of him.

9points

JP Doyle 1 year ago

I was thinking the same thing. Also, Margaret Hamilton influenced an entire generation as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. It always astounded me seeing that lovely little old lady selling Maxwell House Coffee

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SailorLex 1 year ago

Did I just miss Zachary Quinto as Syler, or was he not on the list? I was terrified of him for a time. Seeing him in Star Trek came as a shock. Since then I learned to love him hugely because of his portrayal of Spock.

4points

Silre 1 year ago

I loved Sylar. I named my Death Knight in Wow after him.

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Cara G 1 year ago

You didn't miss him, unfortunately. Sylar was one of several paradoxes created by the Heroes universe, and one that rightly pìssed me off. Sylar was never in control of his ability to obtain the powers of others because that WAS his power. He had no more control over it than Peter Petrelli had by absorbing the powers of others via close proximity. The main difference is that Sylar had to manually remove it from their brain, which meant killing them, until he obtained Peter's power of absorption through someone else (I honestly don't remember, I used to keep a flow chart of characters but that was 15 years ago). Anyway, I never understood why Peter's power was good but Sylar's was bad when, ultimately, neither of them had any control over their power. And it was essentially the same power but Sylar had to physically remove it while Peter could just absorb it. Sylar didn't WANT to murder anyone but his power forced him to kill in order to obtain more powers, which was ultimately his entire power. Didn't seem logical or fair to me.

0points

Colin 1 year ago

Equally creepy in NOS4A2

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Colin 1 year ago

I avoid Tom Cruise movies. Not because of a particular role, I just can't watch him. He comes of as smarmy on screen and in interviews.

24points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago

I mean his brain has probably been turned to mush by Scientology….

20points

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Enlee Jones 1 year ago

He’s always rubbed me the wrong way, and I’m going back to his “Risky Business” days and before he joined that stupid cult. Yuck and double yuck. 🤮

1point

Cara G 1 year ago

For me, it was his role in Magnolia. He was absolutely astonishingly fantastic in it as a narcissistic motivational speaker who is literally obsessed with himself. After seeing him in that film, his off screen persona began to make sense. The Scientology, the odd controlling of Nicole Kidman and their two children, the declarative way he would say such outlandish things, the whirlwind romance with Katie Holmes who supposedly had his poster on her wall as a teen (yuck!), the couch jumping on Oprah, the weird PDA for the paparazzi, the even weirder secrecy around Suri's birth and entire existence.... The man is actually mentally ill. That's how he was able to embody that character so completely and effectively. He knows how to hurt people.

0points

Apatheist Account2 1 year ago

Obviously from a younger audience. Anyone around 60 who saw Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as a 5-7 year-old will still be traumatised by Robert Helpmann as the Child Catcher. I still get shivers when I think of him.

9points

JP Doyle 1 year ago

I was thinking the same thing. Also, Margaret Hamilton influenced an entire generation as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. It always astounded me seeing that lovely little old lady selling Maxwell House Coffee

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SailorLex 1 year ago

Did I just miss Zachary Quinto as Syler, or was he not on the list? I was terrified of him for a time. Seeing him in Star Trek came as a shock. Since then I learned to love him hugely because of his portrayal of Spock.

4points

Silre 1 year ago

I loved Sylar. I named my Death Knight in Wow after him.

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Cara G 1 year ago

You didn't miss him, unfortunately. Sylar was one of several paradoxes created by the Heroes universe, and one that rightly pìssed me off. Sylar was never in control of his ability to obtain the powers of others because that WAS his power. He had no more control over it than Peter Petrelli had by absorbing the powers of others via close proximity. The main difference is that Sylar had to manually remove it from their brain, which meant killing them, until he obtained Peter's power of absorption through someone else (I honestly don't remember, I used to keep a flow chart of characters but that was 15 years ago). Anyway, I never understood why Peter's power was good but Sylar's was bad when, ultimately, neither of them had any control over their power. And it was essentially the same power but Sylar had to physically remove it while Peter could just absorb it. Sylar didn't WANT to murder anyone but his power forced him to kill in order to obtain more powers, which was ultimately his entire power. Didn't seem logical or fair to me.

0points

Colin 1 year ago

Equally creepy in NOS4A2

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