The characters were despicable by design, but I thought these actors did a fantastic job in portraying them:

American Gothic (1995) - Gary Cole as Sheriff Lucas Buck
Once Upon a Time - Robert Carlyle as Mr. Gold/Rumpelstiltskin
Jessica Jones - David Tennant as Kilgrave
Invasion (2005) - William Fichtner as Sheriff Tom Underlay
Prisonbreak - Robert Knepper as T-Bag

I’m sure there are others, but these are the ones that first came to mind.

Glenn Close in Dangerous Liaisons

Anthony Perkins in Psycho

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BC's Sherlock's Moriarty.

Yes!

Absolutely love Andrew Scott in this role.
Also love Ruth Wilson as Alice in “Luther”.

Anonymous wrote:Jeremy Irons as Claus von bulow in Reversal of Fortune

wowwowowo - i know this dates me but he was so so hot and so so so naughty

Jeremy Irons as the voice of Scar too.

Anonymous wrote:BC's Sherlock's Moriarty.

Yes!

Anonymous wrote:Jeremy Irons as Claus von bulow in Reversal of Fortune

wowwowowo - i know this dates me but he was so so hot and so so so naughty

Yes!!

Jeremy Irons as Claus von bulow in Reversal of Fortune

wowwowowo - i know this dates me but he was so so hot and so so so naughty

Sam Waterston as Jack McCoy on Law and Order


He was the hero, not a villain.

Depends on the episode. Caved to Adam Schiff (Fred Thompson) too many times.

Anonymous wrote:JR Ewing

+1 You beat me to it. Great TV villain but a lousy business man. For all his double dealing, black mailing and scheming, he was always bested by his brother Bobby.

Anonymous wrote:Sam Waterston as Jack McCoy on Law and Order

He was the hero, not a villain.

Ursula - the little mermaid is my all time favorite

Maybe the Trunchbull is my second favorite.

I’m 48 - go figure

Was Jareth a villain? I guess so, but every girl I know would have ditched the little brother to live with David Bowie.

Sam Waterston as Jack McCoy on Law and Order

Ian McKellan was great as Magneto.