Who is the greatest asshole in movie history? Post your nominations here!

[Danger Mouse]

If this thread gets decent response, I'll compile it into a poll to determine the greatest 'prick of the cinema.'
So...playing an asshole. There is perhaps no greater joy for an actor to play not just a bad guy, but a complete dick. These guys aren't just evil, they're real jerks about it, and they're not always necessarily bad guys either.
I'll start it off with one of MY personal favorite movie assholes...
Carter Burke from 'Aliens'

Paul Reiser gets the best role of his life as this smarmy, callous prick from the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. Concerned only with returning a specimen of the alien, he attempts to sabotage the mission, causes the death of all the colonists, and releases a facehunger to attempt to impregnate Newt and Ripley. He justifies his horrendous actions with dollar signs. He thinks all the deaths are a 'real shame,' but he obviously is glad to kill whoever and whatever is necessary to get what he wants. The ultimate heartless corporate bloodsucker, Carter Burke is a stone cold prick, and my first pick for the greatest asshole in movie history!
Now one of you guys give it a shot!

[PassingFair]

1. You nailed it on the first try.

There is no point in going any further.

[Stuart G]

127. This is the Number 1 asshole of all time..

In fact, he worse than the Aliens in the movie.Carter Burke from 'Aliens'
...Paul Resier..
.great part, hated Burke... and outstanding thread.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Bruce Dern who played LongHair in the Cowboys

Asshole extraordinare who killed John Wayne but was brought to justice in the end.

[Danger Mouse]

8. Shit, he KILLED John Wayne...that's pretty cool!

:D

[Lasher]

75. I just hate him.

Every word he speaks comes ouy as a sneer.

[madura]

131. i love dhim in silent running andhe has a great daughter actress in Laura.

[Lasher]

136. He is a great actor.

It takes a special gift to be one of the villans we love to hate.

[HughBeaumont]

3. There should be no mention of movie assholes without the legend . . .

ZABKA!!

GIVE HIM A BODY BAG!!!! HA HAHHHHAHAAHAHAAAA!

[Shell Beau]

4. He did always play the spoiled brat asshole bully in the 80's!

:rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

5. Ooooh, that's a good one.

:D

[HEyHEY]

66. James Spader's entire portfolio

[Mad_Dem_X]

89. Pretty in Pink!

He was sooooo hot, but such a JERK!

[Critters2]

112. Spader in "Less than Zero". Evil and asshole at the same time!

Now THAT's acting!!!

[madura]

132. i was just thinking of him in Two Days in the Valley, what a prick!

but then again he did Stargate.

and boston legal
i love me some alan shore.

[sarge43]

147. Stewart Swinton, Wolf

Worthy of a cage match with Carter Burke.

[LynneSin]

99. He played the asshole in "Just One of the Guys" too

he was a good 80's asshole

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Vincent Gallo as Billy Brown in Buffalo 66.

Nevermind that he's a complete ass in real life. Good film, though.

[Danger Mouse]

7. What makes him an asshole? Share with the rest of the class

:D

[ghostsofgiants]

18. Pretty much everything he says and does.

[mitchum]

61. You are absolutely right; he is a renaissance asshole

[LynneSin]

92. Click the link and you'll know

http://www.vgmerchandise.com/store/product.php?productid=65&cat=4&page=1

[NYC_SKP]

39. We're spanning time...

...spanning time.

[ghostsofgiants]

45. Haha, I love that scene.

An asshole, but pretty funny nevertheless.

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. Toss up between Tom Cruise and ...

well, Tom Cruise is the first one who came to mind, and still the only one I can think of.

[Danger Mouse]

13. Tom Cruise in what? We're talking MOVIE assholes

not assholes in real life :D

[IndianaJones]

15. Taps. nt.

[Rabrrrrrr]

41. Oh, I thought we were talking about asshole actors.

I didn't know we were talking about characters.

Though it's funny how Cruise can manage, in almost every instance, to take even normal characters who should be likeable and turn them into assholes.

[madura]

133. Cruise in Magnolia - the ultimate a-hole extraordinaire.

[jobycom]

20. Yeah, he was a real asshole playing Ron Kovic, wasn't he?

[Rabrrrrrr]

42. I have no idea - one would have to ask the people he worked with on the film, I suppose.

Though from what I know of Cruise, he probably did act like an asshole during filming.

[jobycom]

44. His reputation is exactly the opposite.

He's a well liked co-star who is known for his professionalism and for being an Oscar magnet, in that many of his films have garnered Oscars and nominations for those working alongside him. Jamie Foxx, Jack Nicholson, Paul Newman, Cuba Gooding, Jr... long list. He's worked with, often at their request, the most respected names in Hollywood: Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Poul Thomas Anderson, Steven Speilberg, many more. Seems unlikely they'd want to work with him if he were such an asshole.

That's irrelevant, though. The thread was about characters, not the actors.

[MrCoffee]

10. Buddy Ackerman - Kevin Spacey's character in Swimming With Sharks

What a dick!

"Say this one time with me: 'Would you like that in a pump or a loafer?'... Good. Now memorize it, because starting tomorrow, the only job that you're going to be able to get is selling SHOES!"

[Duer 157099]

67. I even love Spacey when he's the biggest asshole of them all

Loved that movie, too.

But yeah, he does asshole so well doesn't he?

[Mad_Dem_X]

88. Yes!

"You're happy. I hate that!"

"My bath mat means more to me than you do!"

"No, I asked for Equal. The blue packet. This is Sweet n' Low. It's pink. It's not the same, is it?"

[IndianaJones]

11. Ben Afleck in Dazed and Confused. nt.

[LynneSin]

93. Fred O'Bannion was one of the biggest movie assholes ever

Got my vote for Ben Affleck in that movie!

[Midlodemocrat]

12. Wayne Knight as Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park.

His greed gets a lot of folks killed. And, not in a fun way.

[Danger Mouse]

14. Nedry is in a similar vein to Burke...although Burke's assholeishness

causes many more deaths than Nedry's.

[NewJeffCT]

16. Somebody had a similar thread a few weeks back - also naming Carter Burke

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=7882614

[Danger Mouse]

19. haha, that's incredible, i never even saw that thread!

i was in canadia at the time...but that says a lot about paul reiser in aliens! :D

[NewJeffCT]

17. Emperor Commodus in "Gladiator"

pretty assholey, IMO

[Danger Mouse]

21. He earns extra points for attempted incest.

[DS1]

22. My hero: Randal Graves

[NewJeffCT]

23. Randolph & Mortimer Duke from Trading Places

ruined a man over a $1 bet...

[LynneSin]

94. They ruined themselves over a $1 bet

Ultimately Ackroyd and Murphy came back

[southpaw]

24. Doug Hutchinson as Percy Wetmore in The Green Mile

Every bit as sadistic as he is cowardly, Percy's treatment of the prisoners (and the mice) on death row makes his ultimate comeuppance one of the most satisfying in movie history.

The horrible death of Eduard Delacroix (Michael Jeter) is the direct result of Percy sabotaging the execution... then he's too much of a weakling to watch.

[charlie and algernon]

50. I second Percy

that fucker deserved to be punched in the face multiple times

[madura]

135. yes yes, he gets the puce puckered asshole award.

[ForrestGump]

146. First one I thought of, too

I hate bullies/cowards, and he is a textbook example. As much as the executions depicted in the film might speak against capital punishment, old Percy's depredations kinda argue for it...though I guess he got a more fitting resolution in the story.

As brilliant as The Shawshank Redemption is, I think I may actually prefer The Green Mile with a very slight edge. It's a harder film to watch, though. Didn't see either film until 2006, but they were worth the wait.

[MicaelS]

25. I'd nominate

Senator / Emperor Palpaltine from Star Wars.

[Shell Beau]

26. Kevin Bacon's character in Sleepers.

He was sick asshole at that.

[av8rdave]

118. I read the book before I saw the movie

It was SOOO satisfying to see him get blown away!

[siligut]

27. Gregg Henry as Val Resnick in Payback

Maybe not the ultimate, but still a real asshole. He shoots his partner Porter, in the back, because he doesn’t want to share the loot with him, as he needs it to buy his way back into the mafia.

Then he gets Porter’s wife hooked on dope to keep her out of the way. He beats women up before and during sex and he shot the dog.

[The Doctor.]

161. Great pick!

Lucy Liu does get to beat the shit out of him though.

[Robeson]

28. Michael Keaton in "Pacific Heights" was an asshole supreme.

[Awsi Dooger]

137. That clicks with me

Nothing above is even close. And I feel no need to scroll further.

[sniffa]

29. This guy

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4432402

[BurtWorm]

35. You're gonna try to Rickroll us aren't you.

:hi:

[Danger Mouse]

36. Read it. It's awesome.

[BurtWorm]

38. I wish a Patton Oswalt piece was always on the other end of a potential Rickroll.

:toast:

[NewJeffCT]

51. That was friggin' awesome!

:rofl:

[pokerfan]

30. Ralph Macchio in the Karate Kid

Inserts himself into an emotionally charged argument between Elisabeth Shue and her boyfriend, taking her side apparently because she's blonde and has big boobs, picks a fight with her ex-boyfriend, gets his ass kicked and loses his newly found friends.

Picks a fight with one of Johnny's friends on the soccer field and gets himself kicked off the team.

Spies on Shue, misinterprets a situation and throws a tantrum.

Picks another fight by soaking Johnny with a hose. Gets his ass kicked again.

Every step of the way, Daniel-san is the passive-aggressive instigator.

[flvegan]

31. That Culkin kid in "Home Alone"

What a dick! Burglars can't make an honest living these days.

[DrDan]

80. in real life - there is no bigger a**hole

I remember him on Letterman when he was the big star. He was so obnoxious that Dave went to commercial, and when he came back - McCauley was gone.

What a jerk he was - and probably still is.

[deucemagnet]

32. Coffee is for CLOSERS!

[Danger Mouse]

33. Excellent pick.

:D

[pokerfan]

34. Michael Douglas in Fatal Attraction

His wife's out of town so this asshole thinks he can get some ass on the side. When it all blows up in his face, we're supposed to have sympathy for him? I don't think so.

Sure, Glenn Close was the villain but Michael Douglas was clearly the asshole.

[Danger Mouse]

37. I like that one!

[azmouse]

40. The psychologist from 'Miracle on 34th St'....

He hated Santa! Now that's an asshole!

[Maddy McCall]

43. Nurse Ratched.

[Danger Mouse]

47. Whoo...yeah, not much beats THAT.

[LynneSin]

102. I topped Nurse Ratched -s scroll down to the bottom

TOP THAT!

[QueenOfCalifornia]

73. I give you my vote.

She was ultra horrible.

And, the movie? It was perfection. How I love that film. :hi:

[MissMillie]

85. I'm kinda glad someone came up w/ a woman

all in the name of sexual equality...


:silly:

[RedShoes]

46. Ralph Fiennes in 'Schindler's List'

for real.

[carlyhippy]

48. Neidermeyer on Animal House

Carly

[LynneSin]

95. I was just going to nominate Doug Neidermeyer too

He was such an asshole!!

[Magrittes Pipe]

49. Frank Booth.

[Orrex]

I hear that he'll fuck anything that moves.

Don't be a good neighbor.

[Magrittes Pipe]

56. I'll send you a love letter.

Straight from my heart, fucker!

[baby_mouse]

52. Albert Spica in The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover

I know nobody will have seen that very weird, arty, gross flick. Albert Spica is one of the most revolting characters ever to be portrayed on screen.

[Danger Mouse]

111. That one has been on my list for a long, long time.

[NewEnglandGirl]

53. Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates)

in Misery. That's actually on tv tonight. That movie bothered me so much.

[Taverner]

54. Seconded

She is so evil that I can't watch that movie all the way through, from beginning to end.

I couldn't finish the book either.

That book and movie bother me.

[BeachBaby]

55. Billy Zane in "Titanic"

I used to think he was really hawt. Now, not so much.

[jobycom]

70. Oh, he was nasty, wasn't he? In every way an asshole can be an asshole.

Sexist, elitist, conniving, heartless... The Republicans would run him for president in a heartbeat.

[Alexander]

77. I would say Billy Zane in any movie.

[Danger Mouse]

113. He did a voice in the videogame "Kingdom Hearts".

Guess what he played?
An asshole. Just about as big an asshole as you can get, for a Disney/Squaresoft game, considering his character was basically responsible for wiping out almost all life in the universe and also conducted horribly torturous experiments on people to see 'how much darkness their heart could take before it collapsed,' and loved to torment people emotionally as much as physically. A full-on, grade A asshole in the extreme.

[Sugar Smack]

155. Did you see "Dead Calm"?

There he is again. :D A card-carrying asshole.

[speedoo]

169. Yeah, that movie always comes to mind re. Zane.

I thought he played that part very well. Has he ever played anything but a wicked bad guy?

[Orrex]

57. The guy in Rising Sun who got thrown into the concrete at the end

Oh. And Michael Crichton, too. He's a perfect asshole.

[Maddy McCall]

58. Oh, and Chet in "Weird Science"

Bill Paxton in one of his funniest roles ever.

[Initech]

59. Willie T. Stokes from Bad Santa

This guy:

[Danger Mouse]

116. He's an asshole, but he's a redeemable asshole.

[tigereye]

170. actually I think his sidekick was worse

[kat_kringle]

60. prince humperdinck

was the first one to come to my mind

(from the princess bride)

[Danger Mouse]

114. another excellent choice, and welcome to du!

chris sarandon certainly nails the 'smug asshole' part perfectly.
i like his comeuppance, too...no death, just left to live with the fact that he's an utter coward.

[kat_kringle]

124. exactly!!!

and i think that would be a fate worse than death!

thanks for the welcome!

[blonndee]

62. Jude Law as Dan in Closer

closely followed by the Clive Owen character...everyone was a villain and a victim in that movie, though. Loved it.

[Mobius]

63. Burke all the way

I can't think of anyone who tops him in this category.

[Danger Mouse]

115. I have another idea, too, which I'll post in-thread.

[SPQR]

64. Paul Gleason as Vernon

in The Breakfast Club. Asshole and a dick. Oh, and the dickless guy in Ghostbusters.

[jobycom]

71. hehe. I was going to pick Paul Gleeson as the deputy police chief in Die Hard.

He played assholes well.

I didn't realize he was dead, until I just looked him up on IMDB.

[NanceGreggs]

65. William Atherton ...

... as newscaster "Richard Thornburg" in Die Hard (reprised the character in Die Hard II.)

Although Hart Bochner, as greedy corporate go-getter "Harry Ellis" in Diehard I, definitely comes in as a close second.

[HughBeaumont]

79. Bochner was also the dick in "Breaking Away".

Atherton was the heavy in "Real Genius".

Six degrees, and all . .. . :)

[bertha katzenengel]

81. Also a prick in "Ghostbusters"

Bill Murray: We were fine until dickless here shut down the grid.

Mayor: Is this true?!

Bill Murray: Yes. It's true. This man has no dick.

:rofl:

[NewJeffCT]

83. good pick

Wasn't he also the "dickless" guy from Ghostbusters? The guy that tried to stop the Ghostbusters...

[ironflange]

68. Sergi López i Ayats in "Pan's Labyrinth"

Captain Vidal.

Not nice. Not nice at all.

I don't like him. I'd sooner hang out with the Pale Man.

[bookworm65t]

167. Check him out in With A Friend Like Harry and Dirty Pretty Things

a very good movie asshole. Definitely worth your time. :)

[wickerwoman]

69. Alex in A Clockwork Orange

His only redeeming feature is he thinks religion is hooey.

But I'd still agree that Carter Burke is a bigger asshole. Alex's crimes are relatively worse but at least he's honest about the fact that he is an asshole, whereas Burke probably thinks he's a nice guy.

[Jade Fox]

122. Good choice. n/t

[bluesbassman]

72. Judge Smails

Funniest asshole of all time.

[NewJeffCT]

84. $50 says you slice it into the woods!

Smails: "I'll have you know that gambling is illegal at Bushwood... and, I never slice."

(swings and slices it into the woods)

Smails: "Damn"

Rodney: "Okay, you can owe me!"

[HughBeaumont]

105. "I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber.

Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them."

Ted Knight was the KING of the Slow Burn.

[crimsonblue]

74. Jesus

from the movies "The Passion of the Christ" and "The Last Temptation of Christ". Who does he think he is, God or something? stupid martyrs.

[Zavulon]

76. Any character played by Matthew McConaughey comes to mind.

That guy acts about as well as Bush runs the country. FUCKING SUCKS.

However, in the spirit of the question, I'll go with Ben Affleck's character in Mallrats.

[DarkTirade]

103. I'm not an Affleck fan, but he plays a good asshole.

... hmm... wonder why that is? :P

[HughBeaumont]

106. O'Bannion + Shannon Hamilton.

"Oh, I SAW that you little sack of shit . . . You're DEAD, you hear me? Fuckin' DEAD!! EERRRRGH!!!"

vs

"That's it. You're dead, mallrat! I'm gonna fuck you up beyond repair!"


"Yeah, y'all didn't hear? I got a fuckin' shotgun pulled on my ass."

vs

"Yeah, who's your favorite New Kid. Yeah, call me Joey. Oh, come on. Don't make me get loose. Yeah, that's right. Call me Donnie. Oh, girl. Oh, please don't go girl."

[sarge43]

78. Mine

Assholes from classic westerners

Owen Thursday (Henry Fonda) Ft Apache

Old Man Clanton (Walter Brennan) My Darling Clementine

And the asshole we love inspite of his best efforts

Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) Blazing Saddles

[NewJeffCT]

82. Biff Tannen from the "Back to the Future" movies

"Why don't you make like a tree - and get outta here?"

[begin_within]

86. The most evil person ever to walk the face of the Earth:

General Shiro Ishii, in Hei tai yang 731 (1998) and Philosophy of a Knife (2008)

[loveable liberal]

87. delores umbrage.... she makes me cringe and I hate her. nt

[Danger Mouse]

110. good one...and she's even worse in book/movie 7!

[noonwitch]

90. Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda

Otto is the epitome of the word asshole.

[wickerwoman]

142. Do apes read philosophy?

Yes! They just don't understand it!

This is a great choice. I'm switching my vote. :-D

[ForrestGump]

144. I just finished watching it, a few minutes ago

Kev's a genius.

[Va Lefty]

91. Tim Robbins in "Bob Roberts"

[LynneSin]

101. I'd almost agree with that but I think Lukas Hart III was the bigger asshole in that movie

He was definately a bigger asshole in that movie!

[LynneSin]

96. George W. Bush - Farhenheit 9/11

Works for me!

[NewJeffCT]

97. The winnah! Everybody else is playing for second place

I would guess.

[Danger Mouse]

109. While I technically agree....

I was thinking fictional bad guys :hi:

[LynneSin]

128. well he plays a fictional president - I mean he hasn't won an election

:shrug:

[The Doctor.]

163. ....

That went out my nose and it hurt.

Don't do that again!

Oh, and it was a Logitech wireless... using the Graphic User Interface keyboard by clicking a mouse sucks!

[LynneSin]

98. also Pat Healy from "There's Something About Mary". Matt Dillon the creepy asshole

nuff said

[Blue-Jay]

100. Alan Rickman's character in "Closet Land".

Underrated movie, BTW.

[BrklynLiberal]

104. I have loved Alan Rickman for years. I would see ANYTHING he was in..even that dumb

comedy "Galaxy Quest".
Have you seen "Truly, Madly, Deeply"?

[tigereye]

171. I've heard that was a wonderful movie

keep forgetting to rent it, though. He was funny in Galaxy Quest.

[sarge43]

107. The Sheriff of Nottingham, Robin Hood: Prince of Accents All Over The Road

Another memorable asshole by Rickman.

"Why a spoon, cousin?"

"Because it will hurt more, your twit!"

[Canuckistanian]

143. Alan Rickman in "The Barchester Chronicles"

As the Very Reverend Obadiah Slope.

[graywarrior]

108. This is the greatest thread ever.

[Danger Mouse]

117. I HAVE ANOTHER PICK....IT'S FRANK FROM 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST'

Henry Fonda plays against type as the ruthless killer Frank.
In his first scene in the movie, he guns down a young kid. To be fair, he only did it because one of his idiot goons called him by name first (can't have any witnesses now), but yeah.
And he rapes the main character. He's every inch the despicable, lousy prick, and those eyes...damn, they'll give you chills.

[yardwork]

134. I was just going to post this. He's the first movie asshole I ever really hated.

[sarge43]

152. That scene where he drums his fingers on Cardinale's bare back ....

The memory can still make my skin crawl.

[av8rdave]

119. Lane Smith as the DA in "My Cousin Vinny"

He plays lots of parts like that.

[lunatica]

120. Lee Van Cleef

Not only was he the evilest bad guy, but he was a real asshole to the women too.

[jmowreader]

121. Clarence Boddicker in Robocop is my favorite...

If Murphy hadn't killed this guy, he had a future with Blackwater. A completely soulless prick.

My second choice was Dick Jones, the OCP executive he was working for.

Another real jewel was Roger Simmons, the electrical contractor in The Towering Inferno. I think he was really working for KBR. He managed to burn the building down during the dedication party.

[Jade Fox]

123. Gina Gershon in "The Insider"........

a tiny role, yet utterly reprehensible.

[Zhade]

125. James Cameron? He's a proven thief (stole the Terminator idea from Harlan Ellison, lost in court).

Also stole the idea for the execrable "Dark Angel" series from a Japanese manga artist named Yukito Kishiro (Gunnm, aka Battle Angel Alita).

Quick story - guy I lived with when I first moved to Hollywood did FX work. His buddy worked on True Lies (built the horse prop Ahnuld "rides" in the elevator at the beginning of the film).

Guy's 8-months pregnant wife shows up at the end of the day's shoot to pick him up. Cameron proceeds to SCREAM at her - "who the fuck are you, get the fuck off my set you bitch!"

Her husband had to APOLOGIZE to Cameron to keep his job.

Fucking douchebag.

EDIT: ooops, didn't read the OP well enough, didn't realize you meant fictional asshole!

[Danger Mouse]

129. Fuck that, NO job is worth my (fictional) wife being called a bitch by some egotistical prick.

But he probably needed the job because of the pregnant wife and all.
Ugh. What a dick.
He gets extra points for directing that steaming pile 'Titantic'

[ForrestGump]

145. Cameron's a slimeball

Well, he used to be, anyway. Don't know if he got better in that respect since the '90s.

I can't stand the sight of him, and his giant inflatable ego.

[Enrique]

126. Chad in "In the Company of Men"

someone in the theater said, late into the movie, "what an asshole!" I was like duh.

[Sugar Smack]

165. Pretty much!!

Good call.:D

[madura]

130. Michael Keaton in Pacific Heights

renter/scammer puts the owners through total misery and has the law on his side.

i love keaton so it was great to see him play the big slimey badass. i'm sur ehe enjoyed it

[Mobius]

138. The Tall Man from Phantasm

played by the Late Great Angus Scrimm.

[Mobius]

139. oooh oooh oo ooo Lance Hendrickson - in Dead Man

[6000eliot]

140. Old Man Potter in It's A Wondeful Life,

and it can't be an accident that almost everybody connected to the Bush administration sounds just like him, especially Cheney.

[recoveringdittohed]

141. Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear (the original) & NIght of the Hunter

One of the best actors at playing movie assholes.

[sarge43]

148. Least we forget the ladies ....

Joan Crawford (Fay Dunaway) Mommy Dearest

[Mad_Dem_X]

149. Sigourney Weaver in "Working Girl" nt

[bookworm65t]

176. Shelley Winters in A Patch of Blue

My vote for Best White Trash Character of All Time.

[LeftinOH]

150. Miss Gulch in The Wizard of Oz...bicycle riding old biddy.

[Kajsa]

151. Kevin Durand who played Martin Keamy on 'Lost'.

Keamy was a Class A jerk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Keamy

[robertpaulsen]

153. Fred Thompson - In the Line of Fire

It's almost like he wasn't acting in the film - he was that character.

[Stuart G]

154. A Character from Star Wars..A New Hope.

Since this is a changing character, I would list him only in, "A New Hope"
As I left the theater in l977, I recall that this villain was so well drawn that you couldn't do anything but hate him......OR "what an asshole."........

So little did we know, there was more to it than that..\.......
therefore....I also vote for first impressions as we left the theater in l977 of:

.......DARTH VADER

[Sugar Smack]

156. I'd like to submit Telly from "Kids".

Maybe his buddy Casper, as well.

[martymar64]

157. Frank Booth ( Dennis Hopper) - Blue Velvet - PSYCHOTIC ASSHOLE

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[hvn_nbr_2]

158. The guy who told Paul Newman, "What we have here is a failure to communicate." nt

[Spirochete]

159. King Edward from Braveheart.

[Evoman]

160. My two picks..... Captain Harris from Police Academy and the EXTREME dudes from Harold and Kumar.

[The Doctor.]

162. Stellan Skarsgård as "Gregor" in "Ronin" with Robert deNiro...

Gregor is the double-crossing thief who steals a case the Russian mob wants. He nearly blows the head off a girl at a playground as a negotiating tactic, then arranges the assasination of an innocent figure skater just to leverage the Russian mob boss who's dating her.

[Resuscitated Ethics]

164. Heston as the Cardinal in the Oliver Reed 'Three Musketeers'

He was an asshole.

Also Jan Malmsjo aka the Bishop in Fanny and Alexander (1982). He was an asshole whose crazy famous last words 'the pain' got cheers in the theater I was in--- cruelty to assholes is philosophically wrong but...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083922/maindetails

[Missy Vixen]

166. Stanley Tucci's character in "Big Trouble"

Nobody's seen "Big Trouble", but it's hilarious. It has an amazing cast, and Tucci plays a guy you're actively hoping will get whacked, sooner than later. In the meantime, you're laughing till you're crying!

Julie

[sarge43]

168. A total psycho asshole

Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) White Heat "Top of the world, Ma!"

[speedoo]

172. Tom Berenger as Sgt. Barnes in Platoon. nt

[speedoo]

173. Alec Baldwin as Blake in Glengarry Glen Ross. nt

[sarge43]

174. A stench of assholes - L.A. Confidential

All the male characters - not unlike a Republican convention.

[behave]

175. richard gere internal affairs