Movie Talk - Which famous actors have never taken a role playing a villain or a "bad guy?" John Wayne came close in The Searchers and Red River, and was Genghis Khan. The inverse of Nice Character, Mean Actor — the guy playing the Big Bad, the badass, or the For the Evulz Evil Overlord is, off-camera, the nicest, sweetest person you'll ever meet.Maybe they were previously pigeonholed into nice guys roles and they're relishing the chance for Playing Against Type; maybe they're in it for the Money, Dear Boy; maybe they're the resident Large … Although thought to have died at the end of the sixth film, he returned in Furious 7 where he redeemed himself by helping older brother Deckard (Jason Statham) to rescue Dom Toretto’s son from Cipher. Brits have cropped up as heavies in Hollywood movies since way back when. Yet if the actor behind their villain isn’t believable or interesting, then the conflict means nothing and you’ve lost your audience. However, there’s a group of actors in Hollywood so well versed in depicting bad guys that it seems like they were born to play that character. These are the people who you can automatically picture as the bad guy. https://www.thetalko.com/13-actors-who-can-only-play-bad-guys British actor Luke Evans played the main bad guy in Fast & Furious 6, a former paramilitary turned criminal mastermind called Owen Shaw. With 21 successful seasons, so far, "Law and Order: SVU" stands apart as the franchise's longest-running spin-off — in fact, it's already surpassed the 20-season run of the original series. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories . Today, we here at Bright Side have gathered together … - taken a role playing a villain or a bad guy? Even professional actors and actresses sometimes have a hard time portraying negative characters on screen. It is believed that one of the toughest things to play in movies are villain roles. Actor Matt Damon played the hard-boiled CIA assassin Jason Bourne in the Bourne action movie series (2002-2016), appeared as Texas Ranger LaBoeuf in True Grit (2010), and as astronaut Mark Watney in The Martian (2005). Maybe Will I think there are quite a few actresses who have had long careers who never played a villain, but the list seems a lot thinner for male actors. Clancy Brown. When Hollywood wants someone to play the bad guy, it casts a Brit. Of course, this is not an entirely new phenomenon. Of course, some do it more often than others, but most guys seem to have done it at least once. Other celebrities who played criminals on the series include Henry Winkler, Robin Williams, and Hilary Duff. However there’s a group of actors in Hollywood so well versed in being the bad-guy, it's practically second nature. Cary Grant I don't think ever did. People never know this guy’s name. This is from 1982 about kids in Juvenile Hall. 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