HIGHLIGHTS: Darth Vader tops an entertainment industry survey of Hollywood’s favorite villains. Hannibal Lecter is second . . . followed by the Wicked Witch of the West, The Joker, and Nurse Ratched from “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”.
FULL STORY: The “Hollywood Reporter” recently conducted a survey of nearly 1,000 entertainment industry types, to come up with a list of Hollywood’s 25 favorite villains. Here are the results . . .
- Darth Vader from the “Star Wars” franchise
. . . played by David Prowse and voiced by James Earl Jones
- Hannibal Lecter from “Silence of the Lambs”, “Hannibal”, and “Red Dragon”
. . . played by Anthony Hopkins
- The Wicked Witch of the West from “The Wizard of Oz”
. . . played by Margaret Hamilton
- The Joker from “The Dark Knight”
. . . played by Heath Ledger
- Nurse Ratched from “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
. . . played by Louise Fletcher
- Miranda Priestly from “The Devil Wears Prada”
. . . played by Meryl Streep
- Norman Bates from “Psycho”
. . . played by Anthony Perkins
- Annie Wilkes from “Misery”
. . . played by Kathy Bates
- Colonel Hans Landa from “Inglourious Basterds”
. . . played by Christoph Waltz
- Anton Chigurh from “No Country for Old Men”
. . . played by Javier Bardem
- Hans Gruber from “Die Hard”
. . . played by Alan Rickman
- Baby Jane Hudson from “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?”
. . . played by Bette Davis
- Jack Torrance from “The Shining”
. . . played by Jack Nicholson
- Alex Forrest from “Fatal Attraction”
. . . played by Glenn Close
- Lord Voldemort from the “Harry Potter” franchise
. . . played by Ralph Fiennes
- Hal 9000 from “2001: A Space Odyssey”
. . . played by Douglas Rain
- Michael Corleone from the “Godfather” movies
. . . played by Al Pacino
- Tommy DeVito from “Goodfellas”
. . . played by Joe Pesci
- Alex Delarge from “A Clockwork Orange”
. . . played by Malcolm McDowell
- Terminator from “The Terminator”
. . . played by Arnold Schwarzenegger
- The Shark from “Jaws”
. . . played by three fake sharks, each named ‘Bruce’
- Tony Montana from “Scarface”
. . . played by Al Pacino
- Scar from “The Lion King”
. . . voiced by Jeremy Irons
- Wile E. Coyote from “Looney Tunes”
. . . voiced by Mel Blanc, in the very rare cases when he did speak
- Agent Smith from the “Matrix” movies
. . . played by Hugo Weaving
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