" John Lithgow was so terrifying inDexterthat I kept gestate him to mutilate somebody inThe Great British Bake Off . "

Reddit useru/TheToughestHangrecentlyaskedwhich actors were so “perfectly hate-able” in a role that you had a hard time separating them from their character.

And there were so many great responses! Here are some of the top-voted answers:

take note : I ’m trusted these histrion were / are nice mass IRL ! It ’s just interesting to mean that they ’re so right at their cunning that people had a hard time shaking their incredible performances .

1.Imelda Stauntonas Professor Umbridge inHarry Potter

2.Antony Starras Homelander inThe Boys

3.LouiseFletcheras Nurse Ratched inOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nestand as Kai Winn inStar Trek: Deep Space Nine

4.Billy Zane as Cal Hockley inTitanic

5.Rosamund Pike as Amy Dunne inGone Girl

6.Giancarlo Esposito as Gus Fring inBreaking Badand as Moff Gideon inThe Mandalorian

7.John Lithgow as Arthur Mitchell (the Trinity Killer) inDexter

8.Mo’Nique as Mary Johnston inPrecious

9.Jesse Plemons as Todd Alquist inBreaking Bad

10.Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy inHarry Potterand as Colonel William Tavington inThe Patriot

11.Christoph Waltz as Standartenführer Hans Landa inInglourious Basterds

12.Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister inGame of Thrones

13.Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh inNo Country for Old Men

14.Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus inGladiator

15.Tobias Menzies as Captain “Black Jack” Randall inOutlander

16.Samuel L. Jackson as Stephen Warren inDjango Unchained

17.And finally, Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth inSchindler’s Listand as Voldemort inHarry Potter

Note : Some response have been edit for length and/or lucidness .

Jade Pinkett Smith saying, "That's interesting."

Delores Umbridge

Homelander

Side-by-side of Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched and Kai Winn

Screenshot from "Titanic"

Amy Dunne in "Gone Girl"

Side-by-side of Giancarlo Esposito in "Breaking Bad" and "The Mandalorian"

Arthur Mitchell in "Dexter"

Mary in "Precious"

Closeup of Todd

Side-by-side of Jason Isaacs in "Harry Potter" and "The Patriot"

Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds"

Closeup of Cersei

Closeup of Anton Chigurh

Joaquin Phoenix in "Gladiator"

Captain Jack Randall

Closeup of Stephen Warren

Side-by-side of Ralph Fiennes in "Schindler's List" and "Harry Potter"