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By: Amanda Mannen

October 20, 2023

You know what they say: Meryl Streep could do Cast Away, but Tom Hanks could never do The Devil Wears Prada. You’re just never going to buy America’s dad as the bad guy. On the flip side, Malcolm McDowell has probably given up any notion he had about being an action hero because he’s simply incapable of not looking like he’s thinking about mutilating you in ways you’ve never even heard of. It’s rare to find an actor who can pull a Prince Hans without being a literal cartoon.

That’s why Redditor Olivebranch99 recently asked r/Movies, “What actor can masterfully play a hero and villain equally?” They listed Michael Keaton (who “plays hero with emotional baggage really well” but “absolutely slayed as Vulture in the MCU and even the questionable Ray Croc in The Founder”); Daniel Radcliffe (who came off “as an incredibly douchey rich kid” in Now You See Me 2); and Rachel McAdams (who is “the good guy” in “90 pecent of the movies (they’ve) seen her in” but “one of the bitchiest bitches” in Mean Girls) as “a few that come to mind.” 

The hivemind, on the other hand, threw out…

25Gary Oldman
24Anthony Hopkins
23J.K. Simmons
22Mads Mikkelsen

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21Christoph Waltz
20Hugo Weaving

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19Alan Rickman
18Edward Norton

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17Bryan Cranston
16Ralph Fiennes

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15Sam Rockwell
14John Lithgow

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13James Earl Jones
12Joe Pesci

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11Russell Crowe
10Kathy Bates

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9Lee Pace
8Zachary Quinto

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7Adam Scott
6Willem Dafoe

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5Denzel Washington
4Woody Harrelson

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3Robin Williams
2Mark Hamill

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1Daniel Day-Lewis
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