Actors often become synonymous with their most popular function , and when such roles are villainous , it becomes difficult to imagine them as romantic character . From Darth Vader to Voldemort , there is no shortage of baddie who are equally as iconic as their heroic counterparts . All too often , the actors behind these characters become synonymous with the villains themselves and continue to be type as antagonists .

Once this happens , many   of the player ’s previous part tend to become forgotten . As is their nature though , actors wear many lid , and many of the chilling villain among them have also dabbled in their average share of sore and quixotic theatrical role on a quest for love .

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson may well bethe king of action motion picture , but he is also a well - practise scoundrel . As Barron inMiss Peregrine ’s dwelling For Peculiar Children , he terrify minor and grownup likewise . However , the Jackson that surprise audience inThe Hitman ’s Bodyguard , was a unlike one altogether .

WhileThe Hitman ’s Bodyguardmay be part legal action flick , it is certainly a quixotic comedy . Jackson ’s character devotes his every move to release his inmate married woman , and continue their life together . He may be a hitman , but he is also a loving and devoted husband , who revels in bestow human relationship advice on his untested companion - Ryan Reynolds .

Bill Skarsgård

Bill Skarsgård as Pennywisein 2017’sITis one of the more unforgettable villain carrying into action of late time . Skarsgård fulfilled the role as if it was made for him , and solidified his place as the villain . More nameless , however , are some of his more sensitive roles , such asBattlecreek , which was released the same twelvemonth .

Battlecreeksees Skarsgård portray the quiet lone hand Henry , who suffers from a rarified skin disease and is resign to living a living hidden from the sunlight . Henry ’s life story is switch forever when one night he encounter a young woman and begins to reconsider his determination .

Helena Bonham Carter

spoilt guys do n’t get much more terrifyingthan Bellatrix Lestrange , and thanks to Helena Bonham Carter , she will not be forget any time shortly . away from theHarry Pottermovies , Bonham Carter is probably easily hump for her employment with Tim Burton , although she does have some equally noteworthy earlier roles .

One of her most romanticist roles , is as Elizabeth , in Kenneth Branagh ’s 1994 adaptation ofMary Shelley ’s Frankenstein . Bonham Carter leave a attractively histrionic performance as the making love interest of Kenneth Branagh ’s Victor that is just as much a horror story as it is one of brokenheartedness .

Javier Bardem

As opponent to fellow villain Johnny Depp , Javier Bardem shows off his affinity for wickedness asCaptain SalazarinPirates of the Caribbean : all in Men tell apart No Tales . While this performance may not be quite as redoubtable as Him inmother ! , it is sure as shooting more visually baddie - esque .

In the mode of complete contrast , Vicky Christina Barcelonagraces viewers with a magical , smooth - talking , quintessentially Spanish Bardem as Juan Antonio . While Juan Antonio may be a womanizer , he is far from the villain as he woos three different charwoman simultaneously throughout the course of study of the movie , including Penelope Cruz .

Ralph Fiennes

Voldemort is in the top - tierof iconic villains , and his consistent recurrence throughout theHarry Pottermovies is not to be overleap . As is often the font with villains of this caliber , the actor behind the role may not always have been so clear to viewers .

The Ralph Fiennes that audience know as Voldemort , is quite unlike from the one seen in the multi - Oscar - winningThe English Patient . Fiennes may not have won the Oscar for his portrayal of Almasy , but he sure enough did advance the heart of Kristin Scott Thomas ' Katharine Clifton .

Lena Headey

Lena Headey both thrilled and appalled viewers for age as theconniving Cersei LannisterinGame of Thrones . As varied as this role may have been ,   it is nothing compare to the variety of Headey ’s own oeuvre . One of Headey ’s most romantic roles is in the 2005romantic comedyImagine Me & You .

opine Me & Youtells the story of Piper Perabo ’s role Rachel , who meets   florist Luce while unionise her wedding . The two quickly become friends , and despite being a newlywed Rachel soon begins to question her own sex and consider that she may have smell for Luce .

Michael B. Jordan

In Marvel’sBlack Panther , Michael B. Jordan playsErik Killmonger , the supervillainwho despite his respectable ideals , ultimately becomes the resister of the film . In a stark change of pace , the 2014 romanticist comedyThat Awkward Momentsaw Jordan play Mikey , the matrimonial Dr. who seemingly has his life together . Mikey finds himself on an unexpected way of life as his wife files for divorce and he is forced to move in with his carefree friend Jason , played by Zac Efron .

Willem Dafoe

WillemDafoe is a veteran soldier of baddie - act , and a carrying out like the Green Goblin inSpider - Manshows TV audience exactly why . While Dafoe may be almost too practiced at play the villain , there are some lesser - known roles   that take a completely different route .

In the 2011 sci - fi film4:44 Last Day on Earth , the apocalypse is sentimentally considered through the eye of a duet   as they prepare for   what is to come .   Dafoe plays a successful actor , alongside Shanyn Leigh as a Felis concolor , and the two   lovers spend their terminal day   occupy themselves in one another as they waitress for the oddment of the populace .

Michelle Pfeiffer

As iconic a operation as any is Michelle Pfeiffer ’s role asCatwomanalongside Michael Keaton and Danny DeVitoinBatman return . This was a defining role for Pfeiffer , and she has since depict an teemingness of unlike characters . One such role isOne Fine Dayin which Pfeiffer wreak a busy single mother living in New York .

Pfeiffer ’s theatrical role Melanie , after a series of mischance , finds herself having to spend the 24-hour interval with fellow single - parent George Clooney and their various Kid . The upshot that trace are as predictable and entertaining as is to be expected from a mid-90s wild-eyed - comedy .

Anthony Hopkins

Hannibal Lecter is quite possibly one of themost famous fabricated successive killersthere is , and Anthony Hopkins ' portrayal of him inThe secrecy of the Lambsmay well be equally as notorious . Despite his long and various calling , Hopkins will always beassociated with the use . One of his less remembered roles , however , was as writer C.S. Lewis in the 1993 biopicShadowlands .

In the story ground on the sprightliness of the writer , Lewis lives a life story mostly innocent of passionateness until he fit American poet Joy Gresham who gradually change his life for the good . The centering of the moving picture is on the relationship between the two as they get to hump one another and embark on a lifespan - long human relationship .

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