Poll: Evil Kings and Emperors

Results of 1,474 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Sala Baker as Sauron in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"

    

   Sauron
2. 2.
   

   Jack Gleeson and Natalie Dormer in Game of Thrones (2011)

    

   Joffrey Baratheon
3. 3.
   

   Ian McDiarmid in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

    

   The Emperor
4. 4.
   

   Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator (2000)

    

   Commodus
5. 5.
   

   Jeremy Irons in The Lion King (1994)

    

   Scar
6. 6.
   

   Richard Brake in Game of Thrones (2011)

    

   Night King
7. 7.
   

   Patrick McGoohan in Braveheart (1995)

    

   King Edward I
8. 8.
   

   Malcolm McDowell in Caligula (1979)

    

   Caligola
9. 9.
   

   Mark Ferguson, Lawrence Makoare, and Brent McIntyre in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

    

   Witch king of Angmar
10. 10.
    

    Brian Cox in Troy (2004)

     

    Agamemnon
11. 11.
    

    Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

     

    Dracula
12. 12.
    

    Rodrigo Santoro in 300 (2006)

     

    Xerxes
13. 13.
    

    Max von Sydow in Flash Gordon (1980)

     

    Emperor Ming
14. 14.
    

    Peter Ustinov in Quo Vadis (1951)

     

    Nero
15. 15.
    

    Gerard Butler in Gods of Egypt (2016)

     

    Set
16. 16.
    

    Yul Brynner in The Ten Commandments (1956)

     

    Rameses
17. 17.
    

    Harry Sinclair in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

     

    Isildur
18. 18.
    

    Jude Law, Peter Ferdinando, and Geoff Bell in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

     

    Vortigern
19. 19.
    

    Nikolay Cherkasov in Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)

     

    Ivan
20. 20.
    

    David Rintoul in Game of Thrones (2011)

     

    Aerys Targaryen
21. 21.
    

    Eric Bana in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

     

    Henry Tudor
22. 22.
    

    #20

     

    Herod