best bad guy

[Jack Scorpion]

Most people probably didn't see this movie, but Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast was terrifying.

Oh, yah, totally. He was a pretty vicious enemy to the British imperialists in Ghandi, too.

Clubber Lang (Mr. T) in Rocky III.
Grand Moff Tarkin (Peter Cushing) in Star Wars.

One of the most chilling ever: Boris Karloff in The Body Snatcher as Mr. Grey.

Most batman villains, forsure.
That artist-murderer in Phantom Lady.
John Candy in The Blues Brothers.... okay, just kidding.

 

[jake_fink]

A lot of good choices... so many great bad guys! Here are some more:

Neville Brand in DOA

Chalres McGraw in T-Men

Eduardo Ciannelli in Mysterious Doctor Satan and in Gunga Din

Orson Welles in Touch of Evil

Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear and Night of the Hunter

 

[Doh!]

All good choices, and here's another: Yul Brynner in Westworld. His cowboy killer is unstoppable. Merciless. As soulless as a robot.

Come to think of it, he was a robot -- scarier than even than The Terminator.

 

[dr greg]

mitchum

Cape Fear: 1962 was the last cool year I once
heard it said, who can forget it

 

[Doh!]

I LOVE Cape Fear!

Here's another unlikely villain: Henry Fonda as Frank, the gun-for-hire in Once Upon a Time In the West...

[Frank and his gang are standing in front of Timmy McBain, after killing the other family members]
Gang member: What are we going to do with this one, Frank?
Frank: Now that you've called me by name?
*BANG!*

 

[Mr_Misanthropy]

How about...

I also agree with Kurgan from Highlander and Bill the Butcher from Gangs of New York.

Hannibal Lecter wasn't "bad".. he just had a weird diet. lol

 

[Benny Holiday]

"Ultimate power!"

Emperor Palpatine, the power-hungry cat who destroyed a whole galaxy and warped the mind of messed-up ol' Anakin Skywalker. Yeah, I vote for him as #1 Bad Guy!

 

[DanielJones]

Mr. Glass in "Unbreakable".

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Burt Lancaster in Elmer Gantry. An evangelistic bad guy.