# MTV Movie Award for Best Villain

This is a following list of the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Villain. In 2012, the award was renamed Best On-Screen Dirt Bag, though the Best Villain moniker was reinstated the following year. Two of the winners (Denzel Washington and Heath Ledger) also won Academy Awards for their performances. In 1999, Best Villain had a tie for Matt Dillon and Stephen Dorff. Aaliyah and Heath Ledger in 2002 and 2009 respectively were both posthumously nominated (Ledger posthumously won too). Daniel Radcliffe is the first recipient to win both this and Best Hero. Dwayne Johnson, Ewan McGregor and Tom Cruise have each received nominations in both categories, but never won in either. In 2017, when the award became the MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Villain, Jeffrey Dean Morgan was the first TV recipient to win.

## Winners and nominees

| Year | Actor | Film | Role(s) |
| 1992 | Rebecca De Mornay | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders |
| 1992 | Robert De Niro | Cape Fear | Max Cady |
| 1992 | Robert Patrick | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | T-1000 |
| 1992 | Alan Rickman | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Sheriff of Nottingham |
| 1992 | Wesley Snipes | New Jack City | Nino Brown |
| 1993 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Single White Female | Ellen Besch / Hedra "Hedy" Carlson |
| 1993 | Danny DeVito | Batman Returns | Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin |
| 1993 | Ray Liotta | Unlawful Entry | Officer Pete Davis |
| 1993 | Jack Nicholson | A Few Good Men | Colonel Nathan R. Jessup |
| 1993 | Sharon Stone | Basic Instinct | Catherine Tramell |
| 1994 | Alicia Silverstone | The Crush | Adrian Forrester |
| 1994 | Macaulay Culkin | The Good Son | Henry Evans |
| 1994 | John Malkovich | In the Line of Fire | Mitch Leary |
| 1994 | Wesley Snipes | Demolition Man | Simon Phoenix |
| 1994 | — | Jurassic Park | T. Rex |
| 1995 | Dennis Hopper | Speed | Howard Payne |
| 1995 | Tom Cruise | Interview with the Vampire | Lestat de Lioncourt |
| 1995 | Jeremy Irons | The Lion King | Scar (voice) |
| 1995 | Tommy Lee Jones | Blown Away | Ryan Gaerity |
| 1995 | Demi Moore | Disclosure | Meredith Johnson |
| 1996 | Kevin Spacey | Seven | John Doe |
| 1996 | Jim Carrey | Batman Forever | Dr. Edward Nygma / The Riddler |
| 1996 | Tommy Lee Jones | Batman Forever | Harvey Dent / Harvey Two-Face |
| 1996 | Joe Pesci | Casino | Nicky Santoro |
| 1996 | John Travolta | Broken Arrow | USAF Major Vick "Deak" Deakins |
| 1997 | Jim Carrey | The Cable Guy | Ernie "Chip" Douglas / The Cable Guy |
| 1997 | Robert De Niro | The Fan | Gil Renard |
| 1997 | Edward Norton | Primal Fear | Roy / Aaron Stampler |
| 1997 | Kiefer Sutherland | A Time to Kill | Freddie Lee Cobb |
| 1997 | Mark Wahlberg | Fear | David McCall |
| 1998 | Mike Myers | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Dr. Evil |
| 1998 | Nicolas Cage and John Travolta | Face/Off | Castor Troy |
| 1998 | Gary Oldman | Air Force One | Egor Korshunov |
| 1998 | Al Pacino | The Devil's Advocate | John Milton |
| 1998 | Billy Zane | Titanic | Cal Hockley |
| 1999 (tie) | Matt Dillon | There's Something About Mary | Pat Healy |
| 1999 (tie) | Stephen Dorff | Blade | Deacon Frost |
| 1999 (tie) | Brad Dourif | Bride of Chucky | Chucky |
| 1999 (tie) | Jet Li | Lethal Weapon 4 | Wah Sing Ku |
| 1999 (tie) | Rose McGowan | Jawbreaker | Courtney Shayne |
| 2000 | Mike Myers | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Dr. Evil |
| 2000 | Matt Damon | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Tom Ripley |
| 2000 | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Cruel Intentions | Kathryn Merteuil |
| 2000 | Ray Park | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Darth Maul |
| 2000 | Christopher Walken | Sleepy Hollow | The Headless Horseman |
| 2001 | Jim Carrey | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | The Grinch |
| 2001 | Kevin Bacon | Hollow Man | Dr. Sebastian Caine |
| 2001 | Vincent D'Onofrio | The Cell | Carl Rudolph Stargher |
| 2001 | Anthony Hopkins | Hannibal | Dr. Hannibal Lecter |
| 2001 | Joaquin Phoenix | Gladiator | Commodus |
| 2002 | Denzel Washington | Training Day | Detective Alonzo Harris |
| 2002 | Aaliyah | Queen of the Damned | Queen Akasha |
| 2002 | Christopher Lee | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Saruman the White |
| 2002 | Tim Roth | Planet of the Apes | General Thade |
| 2002 | Zhang Ziyi | Rush Hour 2 | Hu Li |
| 2003 | Daveigh Chase | The Ring | Samara Morgan |
| 2003 | Willem Dafoe | Spider-Man | Norman Osborn / Green Goblin |
| 2003 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Gangs of New York | William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting |
| 2003 | Colin Farrell | Daredevil | Bullseye |
| 2003 | Mike Myers | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Dr. Evil / Goldmember |
| 2004 | Lucy Liu | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | O-Ren Ishii |
| 2004 | Andrew Bryniarski | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Thomas Hewitt / Leatherface |
| 2004 | Demi Moore | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Madison Lee |
| 2004 | Geoffrey Rush | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Captain Hector Barbossa |
| 2004 | Kiefer Sutherland | Phone Booth | The Caller |
| 2005 | Ben Stiller | DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | White Goodman |
| 2005 | Jim Carrey | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Count Olaf |
| 2005 | Tom Cruise | Collateral | Vincent |
| 2005 | Rachel McAdams | Mean Girls | Regina George |
| 2005 | Alfred Molina | Spider-Man 2 | Dr. Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus |
| 2006 | Hayden Christensen | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader |
| 2006 | Tobin Bell | Saw II | John Kramer / Jigsaw |
| 2006 | Ralph Fiennes | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Lord Voldemort |
| 2006 | Cillian Murphy | Batman Begins | Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow |
| 2006 | Tilda Swinton | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Jadis the White Witch |
| 2007 | Jack Nicholson | The Departed | Francis "Frank" Costello |
| 2007 | Tobin Bell | Saw III | John Kramer / Jigsaw |
| 2007 | Bill Nighy | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Davy Jones |
| 2007 | Rodrigo Santoro | 300 | King Xerxes |
| 2007 | Meryl Streep | The Devil Wears Prada | Miranda Priestly |
| 2008 | Johnny Depp | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Benjamin Barker / Sweeney Todd |
| 2008 | Javier Bardem | No Country for Old Men | Anton Chigurh |
| 2008 | Topher Grace | Spider-Man 3 | Eddie Brock / Venom |
| 2008 | Angelina Jolie | Beowulf | Grendel's Mother |
| 2008 | Denzel Washington | American Gangster | Frank Lucas |
| 2009 | Heath Ledger | The Dark Knight | The Joker |
| 2009 | Luke Goss | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Prince Nuada Silverlance |
| 2009 | Dwayne Johnson | Get Smart | Agent 23 |
| 2009 | Derek Mears | Friday the 13th | Jason Voorhees |
| 2009 | Johnathon Schaech | Prom Night | Richard Fenton |
| 2010 | Tom Felton | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Draco Malfoy |
| 2010 | Helena Bonham Carter | Alice in Wonderland | Iracebeth of Crims / Red Queen |
| 2010 | Ken Jeong | The Hangover | Leslie Chow |
| 2010 | Stephen Lang | Avatar | Colonel Miles Quaritch |
| 2010 | Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds | Colonel Hans Landa |
| 2011 | Tom Felton | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Draco Malfoy |
| 2011 | Ned Beatty | Toy Story 3 | Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear (voice) |
| 2011 | Leighton Meester | The Roommate | Rebecca Evans |
| 2011 | Mickey Rourke | Iron Man 2 | Ivan Vanko / Whiplash |
| 2011 | Christoph Waltz | The Green Hornet | Benjamin Chudnofsky / Bloodnofsky |
| 2012 | Jennifer Aniston | Horrible Bosses | Dr. Julia Harris |
| 2012 | Oliver Cooper | Project X | Costa |
| 2012 | Bryce Dallas Howard | The Help | Hilly Holbrook |
| 2012 | Colin Farrell | Horrible Bosses | Bobby Pellitt |
| 2012 | Jon Hamm | Bridesmaids | Ted |
| 2013 | Tom Hiddleston | The Avengers | Loki |
| 2013 | Javier Bardem | Skyfall | Tiago Rodriguez / Raoul Silva |
| 2013 | Marion Cotillard | The Dark Knight Rises | Miranda Tate / Talia al Ghul |
| 2013 | Leonardo DiCaprio | Django Unchained | Calvin J. Candie |
| 2013 | Tom Hardy | The Dark Knight Rises | Bane |
| 2014 | Mila Kunis | Oz the Great and Powerful | Theodora |
| 2014 | Barkhad Abdi | Captain Phillips | Abduwali Muse |
| 2014 | Benedict Cumberbatch | Star Trek Into Darkness | Khan Noonien Singh |
| 2014 | Michael Fassbender | 12 Years a Slave | Edwin Epps |
| 2014 | Donald Sutherland | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | President Coriolanus Snow |
| 2015 | Meryl Streep | Into the Woods | The Witch |
| 2015 | Jillian Bell | 22 Jump Street | Mercedes |
| 2015 | Peter Dinklage | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Dr. Bolivar Trask |
| 2015 | Rosamund Pike | Gone Girl | Amy Elliott-Dunne |
| 2015 | J. K. Simmons | Whiplash | Terence Fletcher |
| 2016 | Adam Driver | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Ben Solo / Kylo Ren |
| 2016 | Tom Hardy | The Revenant | John Fitzgerald |
| 2016 | Samuel L. Jackson | Kingsman: The Secret Service | Richmond Valentine |
| 2016 | Hugh Keays-Byrne | Mad Max: Fury Road | Immortan Joe |
| 2016 | Ed Skrein | Deadpool | Francis Freeman / Ajax |
| 2016 | James Spader | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Ultron |
| 2017 | Jeffrey Dean Morgan | The Walking Dead | Negan |
| 2017 | Wes Bentley | American Horror Story: Roanoke | Ambrose White |
| 2017 | Mark Steger | Stranger Things | Demogorgon |
| 2017 | Jared Leto | Suicide Squad | The Joker |
| 2017 | Allison Williams | Get Out | Rose Armitage |
| 2018 | Michael B. Jordan | Black Panther | N'Jadaka / Erik "Killmonger" Stevens |
| 2018 | Josh Brolin | Avengers: Infinity War | Thanos |
| 2018 | Adam Driver | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Ben Solo / Kylo Ren |
| 2018 | Aubrey Plaza | Legion | Lenny Busker |
| 2018 | Bill Skarsgård | It | It / Pennywise the Dancing Clown |
| 2019 | Josh Brolin | Avengers: Endgame | Thanos |
| 2019 | Penn Badgley | You | Joe Goldberg |
| 2019 | Jodie Comer | Killing Eve | Oksana Astankova / Villanelle |
| 2019 | Joseph Fiennes | The Handmaid's Tale | Commander Fred Waterford |
| 2019 | Lupita Nyong'o | Us | Adelaide Wilson / Red |
| 2021 | Kathryn Hahn | WandaVision | Agatha Harkness |
| 2021 | Aya Cash | The Boys | Klara Risinger / Stormfront |
| 2021 | Giancarlo Esposito | The Mandalorian | Moff Gideon |
| 2021 | Nicholas Hoult | The Great | Peter III of Russia |
| 2021 | Ewan McGregor | Birds of Prey | Roman Sionis / Black Mask |
| 2022 | Daniel Radcliffe | The Lost City | Abigail Fairfax |
| 2022 | James Jude Courtney | Halloween Kills | Michael Myers / The Shape |
| 2022 | Willem Dafoe | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Norman Osborn / Green Goblin |
| 2022 | Colin Farrell | The Batman | Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot / The Penguin |
| 2022 | Victoria Pedretti | You | Love Quinn |
| 2023 | Elizabeth Olsen | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch |
| 2023 | — | Cocaine Bear | The Bear |
| 2023 | Jamie Campbell Bower | Stranger Things | Henry Creel / One / Vecna |
| 2023 | Jenna Davis and Amie Donald | M3GAN | M3GAN (onscreen) and (voice) |
| 2023 | Harry Styles | Don't Worry Darling | Jack Chambers |