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Best action movie bad guys

posted 17 years ago by Petty_Thug
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As far as I'm concerned this movie has two great villains for the price of one in Lance Henriksen and Arnold Vosloo

Some of my other favourites are,

Paul Giamatti in Shoot 'em Up
Stuart Wilson in No Escape
James Woods in The Specialist
Bennett from Commando (The one who looked like Freddy Mercury on steroids)
Alan Rickman, William Sadler and Jeremy Irons from the Die Hard series
Clancy Brown in Highlander
Michael Ironside in Total Recall

What would these films be without these cocky SOB's?

[–] keith123300-1 16 years ago

I can't remember the actor's name, but Clarence Boddicker in Robocop. He is such a great villain.

[–] Evolution-X 16 years ago

His name is Kurtwood Smith. He played Red on "That 70s Show".

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[–] LaraCroftLegacy 16 years ago

Yes I agree Pik and Emil best two pair of badass villains ever in a action

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[–] jstallyn 15 years ago

I agree with your choices.

Might I add Dolph Lundgren in Universal Soldier.

[–] spliefer 15 years ago

Castor Troy in Face/Off
Benedict in Last Action Hero
T-1000 in Terminator 2

[–] jukeboxhero2 15 years ago

Yes I agree with a lot of those - Lance Henricksen definitely has been one of my favorites as the most memorable villains. But if I were to expand the genre from only action to other genres (sci-fi, horror, drama) as well, I would like to add some of my favorites!

John Lithgow - Cliffhanger
Russell Crowe - Virtuosity
John Travolta - Face-off
Billy Zane - Demon Knight
Christopher Walken - Suicide Kings
Wesley Snipes - Demolition Man
John Malkovich - Rounders

[–] yowchunfat 15 years ago

"Mr Poe couldn't make it... He's got an ear infection." LOL

James Woods was awesome in The Specialist. He had a good bad guy turn in The Getaway as well.

Some other great action movie bad guys that haven't been mentioned yet:

Gary Oldman - Leon
Rutger Hauer - The Hitcher
Powers Boothe - Sudden Death
Tommy Lee Jones/Gary Busey - Under Siege
James Caan - Eraser
Dennis Hopper - Speed
Daniel Day Lewis - Gangs of New York
Jet Li - Lethal Weapon 4
Taylor Negron - The Last Boy Scout
Ron Silver - Timecop
David Carradine - Kill Bill
Hugo Weaving - The Matrix
Micael Wincott - The Crow

That's all for now. I'll let you know if I think of any more.

[–] Sharkanana 15 years ago

Gary Oldman - Fifth Element
Michael Beign - Tombstone
Gabriel Byrne - End of Days

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William Forsythe - Out for Justice

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[–] sajmeister2000 15 years ago

Sargeant Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren) - Universal Soldier

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