Top 10 Most Iconic TV Villains

With the cold, controlled owner of Los Pollos Hermanos, Giancarlo Esposito created the most formidable and calculating villain in the history of the medium.

William B. Davis rarely spoke, but as a shadowy figure in the background he pulled the strings of the alien conspiracy for decades.

James Gandolfini brilliantly balanced a loving father and a brutal sociopath who didn't hesitate to have his own friends killed.

The tragedy of a man who claimed to do everything for his family, but eventually admitted he did it because he was good at it and it made him feel alive.

Billy Bob Thornton played the hitman as an incarnation of pure evil who sows chaos wherever he goes.

A terrifying deconstruction of Superman: all-powerful, completely unpredictable and emotionally deeply damaged.

Mads Mikkelsen portrayed the cannibalistic serial killer as a refined gourmet and psychologist who toyed with the minds of the FBI.

With his leather jacket and baseball bat Lucille, Negan combined brutal terror with a twisted sense of order and charisma.

Charles Dance dominated every scene as the ruthless head of the family who would do anything for the survival of the Lannister dynasty.

As second-in-command of the Barksdale organization, Idris Elba tried to run the drug trade like a respectable legitimate business.