Villainous and unsuccessful roles of famous actors (16 photos)

All the actors and actresses in this selection are masters of their craft. And with a capital letter! They can handle any role. Switching from a “heroic” role to a “villainous” one is a breeze for them. However, sometimes failures happen. And big ones. No, of course, they will receive their fees, but the reputational losses will be very serious. And, alas, it often happens that this is not their fault. After all, sometimes they end up in unsuccessful films, in which even the coolest actor (especially in a villainous role) will look... to put it mildly, unconvincing.

Marlon Brando in The Island of Doctor Moreau (1996)





IMDb: 4.6

Here the formulation is even more severe: how to turn from the greatest actor of all time into a Golden Raspberry winner. However, everyone already knows that the last years of Brando’s career were not the most outstanding, which, of course, does not diminish the level of his genius.

Eddie Redmayne in Jupiter Ascending (2015)



IMDb: 5.3

How to turn from an Oscar winner into a Golden Raspberry winner.

Christopher Lloyd in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)





IMDb: 6.6

A year before playing the role of his life, the actor appeared as Kruge in the far from successful film of the space franchise.

Christopher Walken in A View to a Kill (1985)



IMDb: 6.3

The Roger Moore era of Bond films generally does not have the highest audience ratings, so even the Oscar-winning actor in the role of the villain Max Zorin (a retired KGB agent, of course) could not save this film.

Colin Farrell in Daredevil (2003)



IMDb: 5.3

Martin Sheen in the movie Spawn (1997)



IMDb: 5.2

In this film, CIA Director Jason Wynn, played by Sheen, turned out to be an even bigger villain than the famous Defiler played by John Leguizamo. Despite the failure of Spawn, the actor had a great time and pleased his grandson, who turned out to be a big fan of the comic book of the same name.

Samuel L. Jackson in The Avenger (2008)



IMDb: 4.7

So there's also Scarlett Johansson singing backup. But the film has sunk so deeply that nothing can be done.

Sean Connery in The Avengers (1998)



IMDb: 3.8

There can never be too many Avengers. There are even more stars in this version - in addition to Connery, there is also Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes.

Cate Blanchett in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)



IMDb: 6.2

The insidious Irina Spalko gave us the finest cranberries.

Mads Mikkelsen in Indiana Jones and the Wheel of Fate (2023)



IMDb: 6.6

The latest example is from the most recent Indy movie starring Harrison Ford. Oh, if only Indiana Jones had remained a trilogy...

Julia Roberts in the film Snow White: Revenge of the Dwarfs (2012)



IMDb: 5.6

Believe it or not, this is not the last evil queen played by the star actress from the unimportant film adaptation of Snow White.

Charlize Theron in the film "Snow White and the Huntsman" (2012)



IMDb: 6.1

It can be assumed that Gal Gadot will soon be added to this couple. "Snow White" with her evil royal participation is due to be released in March 2025.

Patrick Stewart in The Conspirators (1997)



IMDb: 5.2

Christian Bale in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)



IMDb: 6.2

PlotThe most unnecessary film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe dragged down one of the most well-acted villains in the franchise.

Ewan McGregor in Birds of Prey: The Fantabulous Story of One Harley Quinn (2020)



IMDb: 6.1

Don't worry, DC's comic book movies are also throwing in some star-studded casts. Proven by this film.

Christoph Waltz in the film "The Green Hornet" (2011)



IMDb: 5.8

The Austrian actor's first role after the success of Inglourious Basterds. Here began Waltz's villainous marathon, which never gave us a better character than Hans Landa.