People I Want To See Do More Villain Work
by aarondalby-901-222438 | created - 29 Jul 2015 | updated - 03 Aug 2015 | PublicThis is a list of actors/actresses who I feel should play some more villains.
1. Richard Armitage
Actor | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Richard Crispin Armitage was born and raised in Leicester, England, to Margaret (Hendey), a secretary, and John Armitage, an engineer. He attended Pattison College in Binley Road, Coventry, where he discovered his love for acting. He took part in many theatre productions all over the UK, from ...
Past Works As A Villain:- Captain America: The First Avenger-Heinz Kruger The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies-Thorin
2. Christian Bale
Actor | The Dark Knight
Christian Charles Philip Bale was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK on January 30, 1974, to English parents Jennifer "Jenny" (James) and David Bale. His mother was a circus performer and his father, who was born in South Africa, was a commercial pilot. The family lived in different countries ...
Past Works As A Villain:-
American Psycho-Patrick Bateman
Would be a good Joker.
3. Javier Bardem
Actor | Skyfall
Javier Bardem belongs to a family of actors that have been working on films since the early days of Spanish cinema.
He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, to actress Pilar Bardem (María del Pilar Bardem Muñoz) and businessman José Carlos Encinas Doussinague. His maternal grandparents were...
Past Works As A Villain:-
Skyfall-Silva
No Country For Old Men-Anton Chigurh
Pirates Of The Carribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales-Captain Salazar
Won an Oscar for his portrayal of Anton Chigurh in No Country For Old Men.
4. Nicolas Cage
Actor | Face/Off
Nicolas Cage was born Nicolas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California, the son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (whose brother is director Francis Ford Coppola) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang. He is of Italian (father) and Polish and German (mother) descent. Cage changed his...
Past Works As A Villain:-
G-Force-Speckles
Face/Off-Castor Troy
Was nominated for Best Villain at the MTV Movie Awards for Face/Off.
Was Sam Raimi's first choice for the Green Goblin/Norman Osborn but the studio did not employ him because Spiderman was supposed to be a family film and Cage was much to scary for small children to watch the film.
Was considered for the role of Jonathan Crane in Batman Begins.
Was considered for the role of Mr X in Green Hornet but not cast when the character was written out of the script.
5. Steve Carell
Actor | The Office
Steve Carell, one of America's most versatile comics, was born Steven John Carell on August 16, 1962, in Concord, Massachusetts. He is the son of Harriet Theresa (Koch), a psychiatric nurse, and Edwin A. Carell, an electrical engineer. His mother was of Polish descent and his father of Italian and ...
Past Works As A Villain:-
Foxcatcher-John Du Pont
Bruce Almighty-Evan Baxter
Despicable Me-Gru
Was considered for the role of Joker in The Dark Knight.
Was nominated for an Oscar for his role as villain John Du Pont.
6. Matt Damon
Actor | Good Will Hunting
Matthew Paige Damon was born on October 8, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Kent Damon, a stockbroker, realtor and tax preparer, and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, an early childhood education professor at Lesley University. Matt has an older brother, Kyle, a sculptor. His father was of English and ...
Past Works As A Villain:-
Interstellar-Dr Mann
Was originally cast in the role of Dan White in Milk.
Was considered for the role of Harvey 'Two-Face' Dent in The Dark Knight.
7. Dane DeHaan
Actor | Chronicle
Dane DeHaan recently wrapped production on Amazon Studio's international cocaine drama Zero Zero Zero, in which he stars.
On the silver screen DeHaan was last seen as Billy the Kid in The Kid opposite Ethan Hawke and Chris Pratt. He played the title character in Luc Besson's Valerian and The City of...
Past Works As A Villain:- The Amazing Spiderman 2-Green Goblin/Harry Osborn Chronicle-Andrew Detmer
8. Benicio Del Toro
Actor | Sicario
Benicio Del Toro emerged in the mid-1990s as one of the most watchable and charismatic character actors to come along in years. A favorite of film buffs, Del Toro gained mainstream public attention as the conflicted but basically honest Mexican policeman in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000).
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Past Works As A Villain:-
Escobar: Paradise Lost-Pablo Escobar
The Wolfman-Lawrence Talbot
Dario-Licence To Kill
Was considered for the role of Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek Into Darkness.
Was originally cast as Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode I-The Phantom Menace but left the project after most of the character's dialogue was removed.
9. Angelina Jolie
Actress | Maleficent
Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award-winning actress who rose to fame after her role in Girl, Interrupted (1999), playing the title role in the "Lara Croft" blockbuster movies, as well as Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), Salt (2010) and Maleficent (2014). Off-screen, Jolie has become ...
Past Works As A Villain:-
Maleficent-Maleficent
Beowulf-Grendel's Mother
Was considered for the role of Ava Lord in Sin City 2.
10. Michael Keaton
Actor | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Quirky, inventive and handsome American actor Michael Keaton first achieved major fame with his door-busting performance as fast-talking ideas man Bill Blazejowski, alongside a nerdish morgue attendant (Henry Winkler), in Night Shift (1982). He played further comedic roles in Mr. Mom (1983), Johnny...
Past Works As A Villain:-
RoboCop-Raymond Sellars
Cars-Chick Hicks
Beetlejuice-Betelgeuse (in a way)
Is a fancast favourite for the role of Norman Osborn.
11. Julianne Moore
Actress | Far from Heaven
Julianne Moore was born Julie Anne Smith in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on December 3, 1960, the daughter of Anne (Love), a social worker, and Peter Moore Smith, a paratrooper, colonel, and later military judge. Her mother moved to the U.S. in 1951, from Greenock, Scotland. Her father, from ...
Past Works As A Villain:- Seventh Son-Mother Malkin Carrie-Margaret White
12. Will Poulter
Actor | We're the Millers
Will Poulter is an English actor, recognized for his performances as Lee Carter in Son of Rambow (2007), Eustace Scrubb in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010), and Kenny Rossmore in We're the Millers (2013). Will was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of Caroline (...
Past Works As A Villain:-
The Maze Runner-Gally
It-Pennywise (upcoming)
The Revenant-Jim Bridger (upcoming)
Is one of my top picks for the Joker.
13. Eddie Redmayne
Actor | Les Misérables
British actor Eddie Redmayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor (for The Theory of Everything (2014)).
Edward John David Redmayne was born and raised in London, England, the son of Patricia (Burke) and Richard Charles Tunstall Redmayne, a businessman. His great-grandfather was Sir Richard ...
Past Work As A Villain:-
Jupiter Ascending-Balem Abrasax
Elizabeth: The Golden Age-Thomas Babington (opposes Elizabeth so, ish)
Was considered for Harry Osborn in The Amazing Spiderman 2.
14. Michael Shannon
Actor | Take Shelter
Michael Corbett Shannon was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of Geraldine Hine, a lawyer, and Donald Sutherlin Shannon, an accounting professor at DePaul University. His grandfather was entomologist Raymond Corbett Shannon.
Shannon began his professional stage career in Chicago. His ...
Past Work As A Villain:-
Man Of Steel-General Zod
8 Mile-Greg Buehl
Is a fancast favourite for Jaws from the James Bond series.
15. Kevin Spacey
Actor | The Usual Suspects
Kevin Spacey Fowler, better known by his stage name Kevin Spacey, is an American actor of screen and stage, film director, producer, screenwriter and singer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s before obtaining supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in...
Past Work As A Villain:- The Usual Suspects-Keyser Soze Superman Returns-Lex Luthor Horrible Bosses-Dave Harken A Bug's Life-Hopper Se7en-John Doe
16. Miles Teller
Actor | Whiplash
Miles Alexander Teller is an American actor and musician. For his performance in the film The Spectacular Now (2013), he won the Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. He has appeared in the films Rabbit Hole (2010), Footloose (2011), Project X (2012), That ...
Past Works As A Villain:- Divergent-Peter
17. Christoph Waltz
Actor | Django Unchained
Christoph Waltz is an Austrian-German actor. He is known for his work with American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, receiving acclaim for portraying SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds (2009) and bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained (2012). For each performance, he won...
Past Works As A Villain:-
Inglourious Basterds-Col. Hans Landa
Spectre-Franz Oberhauser (upcoming)
Big Eyes-Walter Keane (in a way)
Horrible Bosses 2-Bert Hanson
The Three Musketeers-Richelieu
The Green Hornet-Chudnofsky
Won an Oscar for portraying villain Hans Landa.
Is a fancast favourite for roles such as Baron Von Strucker and Baron Zemo.
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