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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Who's the best 80's baddie and name a movie he/she was in.

I'll get the ball rolling with a man that was destined to play a bad guy:

Richard Lynch

One of his better movies was Invasion USA.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mick - Teen Wolf

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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"Who's the best 80's baddie and name a movie he/she was in.

I'll get the ball rolling with a man that was destined to play a bad guy:

Richard Lynch

One of his better movies was Invasion USA."

‘It’s time.’

Richard Lynch was a brilliant, perennially typecast bad guy in so many 80’s films. He was particularly hissable in sword and sorcery flicks, The Barabarians and The Sword and The Sorcerer

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By *razelMan
over a year ago

South East

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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Brad Dourif: If an eighties film required a bit of a looney bad guy, Brad was often the man signed up. Most famous for playing the serial killer in and voicing that scary little bugger doll Chucky in the Child’s Play series.

Brian Thompson: He played the badass, big bad guy heavy in many an eighties film; Probably most notably playing opposite Sylvester Stallone in Cobra

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By *avexxMan
over a year ago

cheshire

that chucky nasty little fucker

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Who's the best 80's baddie and name a movie he/she was in.

I'll get the ball rolling with a man that was destined to play a bad guy:

Richard Lynch

One of his better movies was Invasion USA.

‘It’s time.’

Richard Lynch was a brilliant, perennially typecast bad guy in so many 80’s films. He was particularly hissable in sword and sorcery flicks, The Barabarians and The Sword and The Sorcerer

Was that Barbarians movie the one with those twin brothers?

If I remember rightly, Richard Lynch had quite an amusing death at the end.

Having lost some fingers earlier in the movie, he tried to fire a crossbow with a finger he'd lost.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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William Smith: Instantly recognisable in villainous roles from back in the 1970’s, right through the eighties and nineties.

Probably best remembered as the hard as nails main fighter, Jack Wilson who Clint Eastwood tackles in, Any Which Way You Can.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Biff from Back to the future

"Mc flllllyyyy

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"William Smith: Instantly recognisable in villainous roles from back in the 1970’s, right through the eighties and nineties.

Probably best remembered as the hard as nails main fighter, Jack Wilson who Clint Eastwood tackles in, Any Which Way You Can.

And as Arnie's dad in Conan the Barbarian (but not a baddie of course)

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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"Who's the best 80's baddie and name a movie he/she was in.

I'll get the ball rolling with a man that was destined to play a bad guy:

Richard Lynch

One of his better movies was Invasion USA.

‘It’s time.’

Richard Lynch was a brilliant, perennially typecast bad guy in so many 80’s films. He was particularly hissable in sword and sorcery flicks, The Barabarians and The Sword and The Sorcerer

Was that Barbarians movie the one with those twin brothers?

If I remember rightly, Richard Lynch had quite an amusing death at the end.

Having lost some fingers earlier in the movie, he tried to fire a crossbow with a finger he'd lost."

That’s the one

The Barbarian brothers were better known in the wrestling ring (hence why their acting chops were not exactly of the late Sir Lawrence Olivier’s quality)

It was an admittedly cheapo affair but was really rather fun and Lynch’s presence, as always, elevated it tenfold

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Brad Dourif: If an eighties film required a bit of a looney bad guy, Brad was often the man signed up. Most famous for playing the serial killer in and voicing that scary little bugger doll Chucky in the Child’s Play series.

Brian Thompson: He played the badass, big bad guy heavy in many an eighties film; Probably most notably playing opposite Sylvester Stallone in Cobra

Of course, Brian 'cheek bones' Thompson.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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Michael Ironside.

Whenever you see Michael’s name in an eighties/nineties flick, you can pretty much bet your bum that he’s either playing the main villain or else a gruff and no nonsense army type

Probably most famous as playing the villain in David Cronenberg’s, head exploding classic, Scanners

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By *estarossa.Woman
over a year ago

Flagrante

Terminator

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By *lexanderSupertrampMan
over a year ago

Gourock

Rutger Hauer in the Hitcher

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Token Asian baddie that never speaks, Al Leong.

Lethal Weapon, Die Hard and Big Trouble in Little China to name a few.

I think he was in Black Rain too.

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By *929Man
over a year ago

bedlington

The predator

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ivan Drago. That fucker killed Apollo Creed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Alan Rickman in Die Hard and Robin Hood, King of Thieves x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Also, that one from Karate Kid but I loved that film. The story of a hopeful young karate enthusiast whose dreams and moxie take him all the way to the All Valley Karate Championship. Of course, sadly, he loses in the final round to that nerd kid. But he learns an important lesson about gracefully accepting defeat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Darth Vader

Discussion over

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By *estarossa.Woman
over a year ago

Flagrante

Charles Dance.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Michael Ironside.

Whenever you see Michael’s name in an eighties/nineties flick, you can pretty much bet your bum that he’s either playing the main villain or else a gruff and no nonsense army type

Probably most famous as playing the villain in David Cronenberg’s, head exploding classic, Scanners

I'd say his role in total recall

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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Jeffrey Combs: Has invariably played/s creepy and unhinged antagonists throughout his career.

Probably best remembered as the obsessed and nutty, Herbert West in the Re-Animator series.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

There's a difference to be made between those actors that played baddies and actors that only played baddies.

As far as I'm aware, Richard Lynch was only cast as a bad guy.

Conversely, Michael Ironside for example, has played many bad roles but has also been cast in poritive roles too (Starship Troopers)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Freddie krueger

Mola ram

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The MCP

Judge Doom

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I instantly thought of Kathy Bates character in Misery but I'm 1 year out 1990. What Twat she was

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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Robert Davi: Has played one or two good guy roles (Die Hard for instance) but generally if you see his name appear, fully expect him to be dishing out often sadistic trouble for the hero.

Probably best remembered as the main villain in the Timothy Dalton Bond film, Licience To Kill (which also starred a very young Benicio del Toro who himself, is no stranger to villainous roles)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jack Nicholsons joker

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By *aptain Caveman41Man
over a year ago

Home

Khan, star trek the wrath of Khan

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

the Predator.great concept and franchise.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Robert Davi: Has played one or two good guy roles (Die Hard for instance) but generally if you see his name appear, fully expect him to be dishing out often sadistic trouble for the hero.

Probably best remembered as the main villain in the Timothy Dalton Bond film, Licience To Kill"

Also a Fratelli brother in the Goonies.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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Henry Silva: Always made for a delightfully demented bad guy (as he was frequently typecast) in such films as, Sharky’s Machine with Burt Reynolds and Above The Law with Steven Seagal.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I instantly thought of Kathy Bates character in Misery but I'm 1 year out 1990. What Twat she was

I'll allow that because some of it was probably filmed in 89.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Bennett in commando.

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

Freddy Kruger obviously.

Ronny Cox - the guy that played Cohaagen in Total Recall and Dick Jones in RoboCop

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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago

west midlands

Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice. Can't think if he was a baddie in anything else but Beetlejuice is still one of my fav 80's film villians.

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

Pinhead,Hellraiser

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Of course, not all 80’s bad guys were necessarily outright, hands on tough guys.

Some opted for more underhanded approaches; Paul Gleeson and Hal Holbrook being two examples.

Gleeson invariably played unyielding authority figures, typically corrupt FBI agents etc. and often eventually revealed to be the main villain.

He’s probably best remembered as the stern teacher in The Breakfast Club though (a semi villain as it were…?)

Holbrook similarly, typically played sneering and corrupt roles. Most famous was as the main villain in Magnum Force starring Clint Eastwood

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Bennett in commando."

Vernon Wells, who also played Wez in Mad Max 2.

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By *ez669Man
over a year ago

East Kilbride

michael myers from Halloween was in my nightmares as a kid and that tune

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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Another classic typecast baddie: The late, Robert Tessier.

His trade mark shaven head and intimidating physique garnered him numerous acting roles playing the heavy in both films (such as the previously mentioned, The Sword And The Sorcerer) and TV (The A-Team etc)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Brian Cox as Hannibal and Tom Noonan as Francis Dollarhyde in Manhunter

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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Probably more a 1990’s villain but our very own, Bruce Martin Payne.

Highly adept at playing well spoken psychopaths in such films as, Passenger 57, opposite Wesley Snipes, Highlander: Endgame and Howling 6: The Freaks amongst a zillion others

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Jonathan Banks.

Beverly Hills Cop

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By *ob and DeeWoman
over a year ago

crook

Ivan Drago (rocky 1V) he killed Apollo Creed.

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By *unandgamegeekMan
over a year ago

Bolton

The Warlock from the 1989 movie Warlock was a baddie. Julian Sands was great in that movie.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Ivan Drago (rocky 1V) he killed Apollo Creed."

Dolph Lundgren, also a baddie in Universal Soldier and Johnny Mnemonic.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Hwang Jang-Lee: Fans of classic kung fu movies (The Shaw Brothers prolific output for instance) will recognise this name instantly.

Played the perennial bad guy in about a billion films

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

The Kurgan from Highlander

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"The Kurgan from Highlander "

Clancy Brown

He seems like a really lovely bloke in real life.

He also provides the voice for Mr Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants.

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By *pool6969Man
over a year ago

Bedworth

"Who's the best 80's baddie and name a movie he/she was in.

I'll get the ball rolling with a man that was destined to play a bad guy:

Richard Lynch

One of his better movies was Invasion USA."
his was the bad guy on most vhs

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By *oofy321Man
over a year ago

moon base zero

"Michael Ironside.

Whenever you see Michael’s name in an eighties/nineties flick, you can pretty much bet your bum that he’s either playing the main villain or else a gruff and no nonsense army type

Probably most famous as playing the villain in David Cronenberg’s, head exploding classic, Scanners

Ham Tyler in v

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

"The Kurgan from Highlander

Clancy Brown

He seems like a really lovely bloke in real life.

He also provides the voice for Mr Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants."

"I have something's to say...

It's better to burn out, than to fade away. Uurrgghhhh!!!"

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By *oofy321Man
over a year ago

moon base zero

"The Kurgan from Highlander

Clancy Brown

He seems like a really lovely bloke in real life.

He also provides the voice for Mr Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants."

Also played a teacher in the goldbergs when they did an episode about highlander and not even a nod..brilliant

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Michael Ironside.

Whenever you see Michael’s name in an eighties/nineties flick, you can pretty much bet your bum that he’s either playing the main villain or else a gruff and no nonsense army type

Probably most famous as playing the villain in David Cronenberg’s, head exploding classic, Scanners

Ham Tyler in v"

Yes indeed; I was frankly shocked to see him playing a good guy in it to

Actually, I was even more shocked at the charming character of, Willy - the lovable, friendly reptilian who was played by none other than a pre-Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund

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By *oofy321Man
over a year ago

moon base zero

"Michael Ironside.

Whenever you see Michael’s name in an eighties/nineties flick, you can pretty much bet your bum that he’s either playing the main villain or else a gruff and no nonsense army type

Probably most famous as playing the villain in David Cronenberg’s, head exploding classic, Scanners

Ham Tyler in v

Yes indeed; I was frankly shocked to see him playing a good guy in it to

Actually, I was even more shocked at the charming character of, Willy - the lovable, friendly reptilian who was played by none other than a pre-Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund

V was brilliant

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Darkness from Legend

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Michael Ironside.

Whenever you see Michael’s name in an eighties/nineties flick, you can pretty much bet your bum that he’s either playing the main villain or else a gruff and no nonsense army type

Probably most famous as playing the villain in David Cronenberg’s, head exploding classic, Scanners

Ham Tyler in v

Yes indeed; I was frankly shocked to see him playing a good guy in it to

Actually, I was even more shocked at the charming character of, Willy - the lovable, friendly reptilian who was played by none other than a pre-Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund

V was brilliant "

Amen

I loved that series

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By *tephanjMan
over a year ago

Kettering

Alan rickman in die hard

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Darkness from Legend "

Unrecognisable, but it was Tim Curry under that scary makeup no less

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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago

west midlands

"Alan rickman in die hard"

He was a brilliant baddie, I know it wasn't an 80's film but I loved him as the The Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.

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By *elix SightedMan
over a year ago

Cloud 8

Skeletor. That bastard never died.

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By *ir SupremacyMan
over a year ago

Bolton

What about The Karate kid villains...they were some bad boys for sure .

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Alan rickman in die hard

He was a brilliant baddie, I know it wasn't an 80's film but I loved him as the The Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves."

He did milk his death scene a bit though.

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