Stanfield falls in the former category.

This guy doesn’t just kill people with pretty little neck nibbleshe eats souls with hismilky eye.

Rip,Less Than Zero

Played by:James Spader

Sleaze, thy name is Rip.

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Played by:Clifton Collins Jr. Also, Friday is Hawaiian shirt day."

Franz Sanchez,License to Kill

Played by:Robert Davi

Bond villains are a flashy bunch.

They tend to come with razor-sharp metal teeth or sleek bald heads and a pussycat on their lap.

Al Pacino, Scarface | Played by: Al Pacino As Rick James taught us, cocaine is a hell of a drug. Though he begins with a code of honor, the

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Sanchez is more than just a narco-kingpin puttingTimothy Dalton’s 007 through his paces.

Plus, he’s smart enough to have chosen a young Benicio Del Toro as one of his henchmen!

Sanchez may not be the most cartoonish double-O adversary, but Davi makes him unforgettable.

The Wire | Played by: Jamie Hector Any dealer who starts a war against Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris) is either a force to be reckoned with or a

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Denzel Washington, American Gangster | Played by: Denzel Washington Portraying the real-life 1970s Harlem drug kingpin, who built an empire by smuggling heroin out of Southeast Asia in the coffins

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NCIS | Played by: Jacqueline Obradors Drug lording is usually a man’s world, but Paloma was the one calling the shots both in her Mexican cartel and

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Vince Vaughn | Played by: Vince Vaughn There’s only one thing this Jewish thug hates more than tanning weird, bat mitzvah crashers, and people who don’t know the

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Gary Oldman, True Romance | Played By: Gary Oldman Oldman’s dreadlocked jive-talking L.A. pimp is about 10,000 times more menacing than his Bram Stoker Dracula; this guy doesn’t just kill

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The Shield | Played by: Danny Pino This brutal Mexican drug lord had no qualms with putting heroin into schools, tattooing doves on the faces of women he

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Wesley Snipes, New Jack City | Played by: Wesley Snipes When discussing the first time he killed somebody, New York crack kingpin Brown says, ‘‘It’s always business — never personal.’’ In

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | Voiced by: Luis Guzmán A flop-sweating Tony Montana-meets-Napoleon Bonaparte, Diaz is the kind of guy who touts himself as a philanthrophist but is actually just

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2 Fast 2 Furious | Played by: Cole Hauser In one particularly memorable scene, the Argentinian drug lord forced a crooked cop to do his bidding by tying him down,

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Played by: Hazelle Goodman Homicide casting director Pat Moran called Goodman’s portrayal of the Baltimore drug mistress a ‘‘dragon lady?the ultimate bad girl in a

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City of God | Played by: Leandro Firmino da Hora A case of absolute power corrupting absolutely, the unchecked dictator raped, beat, and murdered his way through his isolated

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James Spader, Robert Downey Jr., … | Played by: James Spader Sleaze, thy name is Rip. Spader used him monotone affect to inhabit one of the more sinister dealers of the ’80s,

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Miami Vice | Played by: Miguel Piñero Leaving a trail of dirty cops and dead bodies — including the brother of Tubbs (Philip Michael Hall) — in his

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Christopher Walken, King of New York | Played by: Christopher Walken A gentleman’s trap lord, Frank White rides around Manhattan in limousines, runs his business out of the Plaza Hotel, and dresses

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Salma Hayek, Benicio Del Toro, … | Played by: Salma Hayek Whether it’s her highly unladylike language, ruthless ability to murder for business, or frightening haircut, Elena is as merciless as cartel

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Clifton Collins Jr., The Rules of Attraction | Played by: Clifton Collins Jr. This sweaty, twitchy Army vet clearly violates the first rule of dealing: Don’t get high on your own supply. His

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Gary Cole, Rosie Perez, … | Played By: Gary Cole Cole brings the same inimitable blank-faced smarm to his murderous Pineapple drug kingpin that he does to his drawling, suspendered Office

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Robert Davi, Licence to Kill | Played by: Robert Davi Bond villains are a flashy bunch. They tend to come with razor-sharp metal teeth or sleek bald heads and a pussycat

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Tcheky Karyo, Bad Boys (Movie - 1995) | Played by: Tchéky Karyo Fouchet the French drug kingpin is a classic bad guy. But if his über-villainy isn’t already completely obvious when he murders

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