Poll: Best Performance by a Comedy Actor in a Villain Role

Results of 301 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Joe Pesci in Goodfellas (1990)

    

   Tommy DeVito
2. 2.
   

   Robin Williams in Insomnia (2002)

    

   Robin Williams as Walter Finch
3. 3.
   

   Danny DeVito in Batman Returns (1992)

    

   Danny DeVito as Penguin
4. 4.
   

   Steve Buscemi in Fargo (1996)

    

   Steve Buscemi as Carl Showalter
5. 5.
   

   Charles Chaplin in The Great Dictator (1940)

    

   Charles Chaplin as Hynkel
6. 6.
   

   Jim Carrey in Batman Forever (1995)

    

   Jim Carrey as Riddler
7. 7.
   

   John Goodman in 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

    

   John Goodman as Howard
8. 8.
   

   Steve Carell in Foxcatcher (2014)

    

   Steve Carell as John du Pont
9. 9.
   

   Jim Carrey in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)

    

   Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik
10. 10.
    

    Sacha Baron Cohen in The Dictator (2012)

     

    Sacha Baron Cohen as Aladeen, Efawadh
11. 11.
    

    Jason Bateman in Central Intelligence (2016)

     

    Jason Bateman as Trevor
12. 12.
    

    Vince Vaughn in Psycho (1998)

     

    Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates
13. 13.
    

    Eddie Murphy in Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)

     

    Eddie Murphy as Maximillian
14. 14.
    

    Sacha Baron Cohen in Les Misérables (2012)

     

    Thénardier
15. 15.
    

    Steve Martin in The Spanish Prisoner (1997)

     

    Steve Martin as Jimmy Dell
16. 16.
    

    #14

     

    Moe Howard
17. 17.
    

    Steve Carell in The Way Way Back (2013)

     

    Steve Carell as Trent
18. 18.
    

    Kevin James in Becky (2020)

     

    Kevin James as Dominick
19. 19.
    

    Simon Pegg in Terminal (2018)

     

    Simon Pegg as Bill
20. 20.
    

    Leslie Nielsen in Day of the Animals (1977)

     

    Leslie Nielsen as Paul Jenson
21. 21.
    

    Marlon Wayans in Little Man (2006)

     

    Marlon Wayans as Calvin
22. 22.
    

    Danny McBride in 30 Minutes or Less (2011)

     

    Danny McBride as Dwayne
23. 23.
    

    Donald Glover in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

     

    Donald Glover as Aaron Davis
24. 24.
    

    Bill Murray in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

     

    Bill Murray as Lord Krylar
25. 25.
    

    Mike Myers in Terminal (2018)

     

    Mike Myers as Mr. Franklyn
26. 26.
    

    David Spade in Warning Shot (2018)

     

    David Spade as Bobby
27. 27.
    

    #16

     

    Curly Howard as Curly Gallstone, Larry Fine as Larry Pebble, Moe Howard as Moe Hailstone
28. 28.
    

    Seann William Scott in The Wrath of Becky (2023)

     

    Seann William Scott as Darryl
29. 29.
    

    Jack Black, Adrien Dorval, and Nicole Parker in The NeverEnding Story III (1994)

     

    Jack Black as Slip
30. 30.
    

    Kevin Hart in Fool's Gold (2008)

     

    Kevin Hart as Bigg Bunny
31. 31.
    

    Ed Helms in We're the Millers (2013)

     

    Ed Helms as Brad Gurdlinger
32. 32.
    

    Terry Crews in Gamer (2009)

     

    Terry Crews as Hackman
33. 33.
    

    Jackie Chan in Police Woman (1973)

     

    Jackie Chan as Gang Leader
34. 34.
    

    Charlie Day in Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

     

    Charlie Day as Dr. Newton Geiszler
35. 35.
    

    Ed Helms at an event for Meet Dave (2008)

     

    Ed Helms as No. 2 - 2nd In Command