Gary Oldman 

 I will start with Gary Oldman in “True Romance”; a truly glorious “Baddie”. This film has 3 great bad guys; Oldman, Walken and Hopper but Hopper plays a good guy in “True Romance”…. Oldman’s performance(“It’s not “White boy day” is it ?” )is so magnificently over the top, and may compete with Lee Marvin in “Who shot Liberty Valance” for the number one slot. Oldman is also superbly evil in “Leon”, and the amyl nirate sniffing sequences are hilarious and scarey. Oldman also plays Lee Harvey Oswald in “JFK”, and a hideously deformed character(Mason Verger) in “Hannibal”.

Christopher Walken

Where Gary Olman goes for “in your face” or “over the top” villains, Walken goes for cold, calulating and terifying villains like his Role in “True Romance” … I love the way that in total disgust after shooting Dennis Hopper,  he spits out his (seems like a peach stone)  on the now dead Hopper … (More of Walken to come)

Lee Marvin

“The man who shot Liberty Valance” … This was a rip roaring villain, and completely over the top, not unlike Gary Oldman in ”True Romance” (Am I obsessed with this film ? … only the beginning of it). It makes you scared and amused in equal measure.

Lee Van Cleef

Lee was the “Bad” in “The good, the bad and the ugly” so … it’s official … he’s “bad”

Lee J Cobb

BOY is he bad in “On the waterfront”, and not very loveable in “12 angry man”