The 10 Most Evil Actors In Hollywood

We always here about all the actors who play the same type of good characters, you know who they are so I’m not going to go on about them, but ome of us actually like the evil characters in movies. Here is a list counting down the top 10 most evil actors in Hollywood.

10: Joe Pantoliano

Like that other Italian Joe (Pesci), Pantoliano may be small, but you don’t want to see him angry. Whether he’s a no-good stepdad in ‘Percy Jackson,’ a cold-hearted traitor in ‘The Matrix,’ a double-crossed mobster in ‘Bound’ or Tony Soprano’s blood-thirsty subordinate in ‘The Sopranos,’ Pantoliano is king when it comes to sleazy jerks.

9. Gary Oldman

Oldman is so good at being bad, even his “good” roles are a bit on the dark side, like Harry Potter’s godfather Sirius Black or Gotham police captain Jim Gordon. His unabashedly-malevolent characters — legendary vampire ‘Dracula,’ a wannabe presidential assassin in ‘Air Force One,’ vengeful Lecter victim in ‘Hannibal’ and his latest turn as a post-apocalyptic crime boss in ‘The Book of Eli’ — create a fabulous filmography of bad-natured souls.

08. Ian McShane

Although he’s been an actor for nearly 50 years, McShane made a name for himself in the States in 2004 for playing the foul-mouthed, pioneering pimp Al Swearengen on HBO’s ‘Deadwood.’ Anyone who has seen his Golden Globe-winning performance knows you just don’t cross McShane. In films, McShane’s best of the bad include a London kingpin in ‘Sexy Beast,’ a cruel hijacker in ‘The Terrorists’ and the animated villain Tai Lung in ‘Kung Fu Panda.’

07. Ray Winstone

Winstone is cut from the same cloth as his friend McShane; he’s an expert at playing bad-ass men. As an Irish mob boss’ henchman in ‘The Departed,’ a nasty deserter hunter in ‘Cold Mountain,’ an enigmatic agent in ‘Edge of Darkness’ and a fed-up gangster in ‘Sexy Beast,’ Winstone proves again and again that if you want brilliantly ominous, he’s the man for the job.

06. Jason Isaacs

The steely-eyed Brit’s standout performance as the sadistic Redcoat who kills Mel Gibson’s sons in ‘The Patriot’ set the tone for his popularity as Voldemort’s deliciously evil Death Eater — with awesome hair — Lucius Malfoy in the ‘Harry Potter’ series. On the small screen, Isaacs impressed critics as a hot-headed Providence mobster in Showtime’s drama ‘Brotherhood.’

05. Max von Sydow

The 80-year-old Oscar nominee has 107 film credits, but it’s his turns as corrupt men of authority or even the personification of evil itself that send shivers. Ever since the screen vet became Bond filmmakers’ first choice for the titular role of ‘Dr. No’ (eventually played by Joseph Wiseman), he’s been delivering chills in films like ‘Flash Gordon’ (as the Emperor Ming the Merciless), ‘Minority Report’ and ‘Rush Hour 3.’

04. Sean Bean

Bean squints, scowls and glares his way into villainous roles with such flair that the tiniest narrowing of his eyes can scare an audience. For proof, see him as an IRA terrorist in ‘Patriot Games,’ a double-crossing Bond villain in ‘Goldeneye,’ a violent wife-beater in ‘Essex Boys’ and a psychopathic hitchhiker in ‘The Hitcher.’ Even his Boromir in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy was appropriately edgy and and dark. This is one tough Englishman.

03. Danny Huston

Huston’s eyebrows alone are menacing, and he also possesses beady eyes, an intimidating height and an air of entitlement that makes him a wonderful upscale bad guy. There’s his creepy profiteer in ‘Edge of Darkness,’ the greedy corporatist in ‘The Constant Gardner,’ the head vampire in ’30 Days of Night,’ the killer outlaw in ‘The Proposition’ and the hateful General Stryker in ‘Wolverine.’ Certainly his father, the late director John Huston, who was famously evil himself in ‘Chinatown,’ would’ve been proud.

02. Jeremy Irons

Like Huston, Irons has perfected the art of playing a finer class of villain. Look no further than his Oscar-winning part as blue-blooded wife-hater Claus von Bulow in ‘Reversal of Fortune,’ or his maniacal bomber in ‘Die Hard With a Vengeance’ or the rich and ruthless rancher in ‘Appaloosa’ for a few examples of Irons’ infamous characters. Oh, and who can forget King Mufasa’s jealous, fratricidal brother, Scar, in ‘The Lion King.’

01. Alan Rickman

Maybe it’s the deep and imposing voice, or because he’s got a mean sneer, but Rickman is always game to play a nasty character. He has memorably depicted the slimy and seemingly-traitorous Severus Snape in the ‘Harry Potter’ films, the greedy and perverted Judge Turpin in ‘Sweeney Todd’ and terrorist Hans Gruber in the original ‘Die Hard.’ We love Rickman when he’s good, but when he’s bad, he’s irresistible.

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source: Hollywood’s 10 Most Eeeeevil Actors [Moviefone]