Top 10 Most Hated TV Characters Thanks to Masterful Acting

Jack Gleeson played the arrogant, cruel teenage king so convincingly that he was named the most despised character in television history worldwide.

With his barbed-wire-wrapped baseball bat 'Lucille', Jeffrey Dean Morgan beat two of the show's most beloved characters to death.

With his sadistic torture of Theon Greyjoy, Iwan Rheon created a character even crueler and more terrifying than King Joffrey.

Lena Headey turned the ruthless queen of Westeros into a character who enjoyed the downfall of all her enemies with a glass of wine in hand.

Antony Starr portrays the ultimate superhero as a narcissistic, unstable sociopath with a god complex who holds all of humanity hostage.

David Morrissey played the charming but psychopathic leader of Woodbury, who kept his own infected daughter on a chain.

Anna Gunn even received death threats from fans because her character repeatedly obstructed the criminal activities of antihero Walter White.

As the manipulative matriarch of SAMCRO, Katey Sagal set up schemes that ultimately led to the destruction of her own family.

Jesse Plemons played the chillingly polite but utterly conscienceless nephew of neo-Nazi leader Jack, who shot a child without batting an eye.

The cowardly director of the Spanish Mint turned into an insufferable opportunist during the heist, repeatedly trying to play the hero at the expense of others.