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How much do you know about Movie Villains? | Quiz

A good villain often makes a good action movie. Test your knowledge of these cinematic bad guys. The questions are listed in order of difficulty.

A multiple-choice quiz by silverscreenselect. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
silverscreenselect

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
6,884

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
5988

Last 3 plays: Guest 187 (1/10), Guest 73 (6/10), Guest 24 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who supplied the voice for the villainous Scar in 'The Lion King'? Hint

Gary Oldman

Alan Rickman

James Earl Jones

Jeremy Irons

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Question 2 of 10

2. What former leading man won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar and revived his career as the sadistic sheriff who menaces Clint Eastwood in 'Unforgiven'? Hint

James Coburn

Roy Scheider

Gene Hackman

Richard Gere

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who played the mad Roman emperor Commodus in 'Gladiator'? Hint

Jonny Lee Miller

Robert Carlyle

Ewan McGregor

Joaquin Phoenix

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Question 4 of 10

4. Dougray Scott, who menaces Tom Cruise in 'Mission Impossible 2', played the romantic lead opposite Drew Barrymore in what film? Hint

Never Been Kissed

Ever After

The Wedding Singer

Boys on the Side

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Question 5 of 10

5. What European actor's first major role in an American film was as a terrorist who is pursued by cop Sylvester Stallone in 'Nighthawks'? Hint

Tcheky Karyo

Jean Reno

Juergen Prochnow

Rutger Hauer

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Question 6 of 10

6. What television sitcom star played a mercenary killer on the trail of John Travolta in 'Blow Out'? Hint

Ted Danson

Tim Allen

John Lithgow

Kelsey Grammer

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Question 7 of 10

7. Gregory Peck's only villainous performance was as what real life Nazi in 'The Boys from Brazil'? Hint

Adolf Hitler

Heinrich Himmler

Martin Bormann

Josef Mengele

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who played the mad Roman emperor Commodus in 'The Fall of the Roman Empire'? Hint

Anthony Hopkins

Stephen Boyd

Christopher Plummer

James Mason

9. What actor, who later played the lead in a popular television series, played a mobster who wants to switch identities with Robert Mitchum to return to the United States in 'His Kind of Woman'? Hint

Robert Stack

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

James Arness

Raymond Burr

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Question 10 of 10

10. What television celebrity played a mob boss who tries to kill Jim Brown in 'Slaughter's Big Ripoff'? Hint

Merv Griffin

Regis Philbin

Ed McMahon

Alex Trebek

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who supplied the voice for the villainous Scar in 'The Lion King'?

Answer: Jeremy Irons

Irons won a Best Actor Oscar as real life convicted criminal Claus Von Bulow in 'Reversal of Fortune'.

2. What former leading man won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar and revived his career as the sadistic sheriff who menaces Clint Eastwood in 'Unforgiven'?

Answer: Gene Hackman

Hackman won an earlier Best Actor Oscar in 'The French Connection'.

3. Who played the mad Roman emperor Commodus in 'Gladiator'?

Answer: Joaquin Phoenix

Phoenix is the brother of the late River Phoenix.

4. Dougray Scott, who menaces Tom Cruise in 'Mission Impossible 2', played the romantic lead opposite Drew Barrymore in what film?

Answer: Ever After

Scott played Prince Charming to Barrymore's Cinderella.

5. What European actor's first major role in an American film was as a terrorist who is pursued by cop Sylvester Stallone in 'Nighthawks'?

Answer: Rutger Hauer

Hauer had appeared in a number of European movies, including the award winning 'Soldier of Orange', prior to his American debut.

6. What television sitcom star played a mercenary killer on the trail of John Travolta in 'Blow Out'?

Answer: John Lithgow

Lithgow also played the villain in Sylvester Stallone's 'Cliffhanger'.

7. Gregory Peck's only villainous performance was as what real life Nazi in 'The Boys from Brazil'?

Answer: Josef Mengele

Peck's costar in the film, Laurence Olivier, played a Nazi villain himself in 'Marathon Man'.

8. Who played the mad Roman emperor Commodus in 'The Fall of the Roman Empire'?

Answer: Christopher Plummer

'The Fall of the Roman Empire' shares some remarkable plot similarities with 'Gladiator', including a number of the same historical characters and a fictitious general (Stephen Boyd and Russell Crowe) who is the hero.

9. What actor, who later played the lead in a popular television series, played a mobster who wants to switch identities with Robert Mitchum to return to the United States in 'His Kind of Woman'?

Answer: Raymond Burr

Burr also played the killer in 'Rear Window'.

10. What television celebrity played a mob boss who tries to kill Jim Brown in 'Slaughter's Big Ripoff'?

Answer: Ed McMahon

Sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction.

Source: Author silverscreenselect

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