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AJames Bondactor is only as honest as his villain , and every Bond player has one baddie who ’s more iconic than all the others . Megalomaniacal villains bent on world domination are a authoritative Bond archetype and these movies would n’t be the same without them . These villains often reflect problems in the literal world . The spiritualist power Elliot Carver inTomorrow Never pall – and his plan to commence World War III just for the exclusive news reporting – predict the “ fake news ” epidemic years before that term exist . alliance baddie are a crucial part of the popping culture landscape painting , but some are more memorable than others .
Every Bond histrion has a handful of forgettable villains that did n’t make much of an impression . Sean Connery faced the generic villain Emilio Largo inThunderballand the controversially campy duo of Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd inDiamonds Are Forever . Roger Moore took on the typically moustache - spin warmonger General Orlov inOctopussy – even the not bad Steven Berkoff could n’t salvage that character . But they have just as many unforgettable villains who left a lasting impact . From Connery ’s nefarious nemesis Blofeld to Moore ’s metal - toothed menace Jaws , every Bond actor has had their bonny part of iconic villains .
5Timothy Dalton
Franz Sanchez (Licence To Kill)
Timothy Dalton only ever appeared in two Bond plastic film , but out of his two villain , license to defeat ’s Franz Sanchez is much more memorable thanThe Living daytime ’ Brad Whitaker . Whitaker is a typically smarmy arm bargainer who adheres to all the Bond villain clichés , but Sanchez is wholly alone within the 007 canyon . Licence to Killis basically Bond versus Scarfaceas 007 pursues a personal blood feud against a unpitying drug lord . Sanchez is one of the most cruel hamper villains . He kill and maim people for playfulness . He ’s so malign that he gets the audience emotionally adorn in Bond ’s fight against him .
4Daniel Craig
Raoul Silva (Skyfall)
When Daniel Craig hold on the role of 007 , he introduced a sense of gritty reality that completely reinvented the Bond franchise for a post - Bourneworld . Some of his villain were pretty underwhelming , likeQuantum of Solace ’s generic oil big businessman Dominic Greene and walking , spill the beans plot of ground machine Mr. White , but there were spate of majuscule ones , too . Rami Malek give way a subversively subdued turn as deplorable conceiver Lyutsifer Safin inNo Time to Die . Dave Bautista ’s Mr. Hinx was a terrific bestial inSpectre . Mads Mikkelsen set a high-pitched legal profession for the Craig era ’s villains with his sinister performance as Le Chiffre inCraig ’s first Bond moving picture , Casino Royale .
As enceinte as those villains are , arguably the most iconic baddie from the Craig epoch is Raoul Silva , the cyberterrorist who sought revenge against M for leaving him for stagnant inSkyfall . Silva ’s plan does n’t make pure sense – he claim an awful convoluted road ask crashing tube trains and smuggling guns into a court just to get to the very childlike proceeds of a jambon - fisted plate intrusion – but everything else about the reference make up for those logical stumble . Javier Bardem gives an unnerving Oscar - caliber performance on equivalence with his good turn as Anton Chigurh , and his complex personal ties to M give him an understandable motivation .
3Pierce Brosnan
Alec Trevelyan (GoldenEye)
Xenia Onatopp and Elektra King were fascinating femme fatales , but arguably the great scoundrel of the Pierce Brosnan era was Alec Trevelyan fromhis first ( and best ) outing , GoldenEye . Sean Bean is always a hefty concealment comportment , andTrevelyan ’s bow was bolster up with a disgraceful twist and a personal link to Bond . Trevelyan was Bond ’s colleague with the callsign 006 , and when he was seemingly killed in action , 007 mourned his death . Then , he matte up the con game of betrayal when he learned that Trevelyan was not only still alive , but also in cahoots with the sorry guys . This emotionally charged storyline made Trevelyan more memorable than most other Bond baddie .
2Roger Moore
Jaws (The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker)
The big - than - life nature of Roger Moore ’s Julian Bond motion picture meant thatMoore ’s 007 had plenty of great villains . Live and Let Die ’s Mr. Big is a spot - on homage to the scoundrel of blaxploitation movie . A scene to a Kill ’s Max Zorin is delightfully nonconcentric ( too outre , harmonize to some ) . Christopher Lee gave a compelling turn as Francisco Scaramanga , the claim character inThe Man with the Golden Gun , fundamentally characterized as the anti - James Bond . Like Bond , he ’s a sharpshooting , inhuman - blooded killer whale , but unlike Bond , he ’s not on the right side of Justice Department . They ’re all fantastic villains – especially Scaramanga – but none of them are Moore ’s most iconic baddie .
Moore is the only Bond actor whose most iconic baddie isa henchman who stole the show from their employer . Jaws , the metal - toothed menace play by Richard Kiel , proved to be so popular among devotee that he was brought back for a second picture , which is unheard of for henchmen . After working for Karl Stromberg inThe Spy Who Loved Me(and contract a bite out of his shark ) , Jaws reappeared on the staff of Hugo Drax ’s outer space station inMoonraker . A huge , hulking collaborator with metallic element tooth was complete for the Moore movies ; he suits the pic ’ quirky , glossa - in - impertinence comedic esthesia , but he ’s also authentically intimidate .
1Sean Connery/George Lazenby
Ernst Stavro Blofeld (You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever)
George Lazenby only ever starred in one Bond movie , so he only ever face one Bond villain , and that motion picture was sandwiched into the center of Sean Connery ’s bow , so he had to share his baddie with Connery . But that scoundrel happened to be Bond ’s ultimate large bad , Ernst Stavro Blofeld . Connery look other unforgettable villains like Dr. No and Auric Goldfinger , but Blofeld was their boss . Blofeld ’s delineation in the Bond movies – particularly inYou Only Live Twice – has influenced how supervillains are depict on - screen for X . Blofeld is the quintessential Bond villain : a fiendish criminal brain who ’s always one step in the lead of 007 .
A crowd of different actors have put their own stamp on the persona of Blofeld over the years . Telly Savalas played the character opposite Lazenby inOn Her Majesty ’s Secret Serviceand Charles Gray take on the part opposite a returning Connery inDiamonds Are Forever . Butthe most iconic take on the character ( by far ) is Donald Pleasence ’s chilling performancealongside Connery inYou Only Live Twice . The glint in Pleasence ’s scarred center is both mesmerizing and unsettling ; he ’s a captivating presence whenever he appears on - screen . EveryJames Bondmovie villain since Pleasence ’s Blofeld has been contend for the silver ribbon .
