Anton Chigurh

**Anton Chigurh** is the main antagonist of the 2005 novel *No Country for Old Men* by Corman McCarthy and its 2007 film adaptation of the same name. He is a ruthless and cold-blooded assassin who spends the majority of the film targeting Llewelyn Moss and trying to kill him while killing anyone else who inconveniences him and is labeled as among the most prominent characters of the unstoppable killing machine genre.

He was portrayed by Javier Bardem.

## What Makes Him Magnificent?

* He is pretty intimidating and gives off a chilling vibe whenever he appears.
* He kills a cop in a stealthy manner by sneaking up behind him while he's on a call and then strangling him to death with his cuffs while being able to uphold him trying to escape.
* He manages to find a car to drive in by driving up to a random driver's car under the guise of a police officer, telling him to step out of the car, shooting him in the head with a gas tank hose, getting in the car, and driving off.
* He has a pretty clever method of breaking into places like cabins as he uses his gas tank to blast a lock out of a door to break in.
* He shows a moment where he is able to think on his feet and act quickly like when he quickly killed the Mexican gangsters at the hotel where he nearly found Llewelyn who were also after him like Anton before they could land any shots on him.
* He manages to deduce that the money which was labeled with a tracking device was in the vents by using one of his coins to unscrew the nails keeping the vents shut and sees the scrapes in the vent.
* He deduces that Llewelyn was waiting for him to bust into his room at another motel to take an opportunity to shoot at him and as such, blocks out the lights so he wouldn't be able to see his shadow underneath the door and manages to break in and nearly kill him.
* He stealthily kills the driver of the car Llewelyn hitchhiked to get on and comes close to killing Llewelyn himself and would have done so had Llewelyn not driven the car past him.
* He manages to quickly dodge the shots Llewelyn fired at him by hiding behind a car and then stealthily sneaking away from the gunshots.
* He sets up a clever plan to stealthily rob a store of medics he needs to heal his wounds by causing a car to blow up to create a diversion while he does so.
* He displays a moment of using his surroundings to his advantage such as when he shot Carson Wells with his gun while the phone was ringing so it wouldn't be heard before picking it up to make a deal with Llewelyn Moss.
* He stealthily sneaks into Carla Jean Moss' house by opening her window and then confronting her while sitting down before seemingly killing her.
* He manages to get out of the car accident situation at the end by tying up his wounds with a shirt one of a couple of nearby buys would give him and leaving after telling them they didn't see him.
* He manages to get away with all of his actions without getting caught at all.
* He has a few pet-the-dog moments like when he spared the gas station worker after he won the coin flipping game and gave him his quarter, gave Carla Jean Moss a chance to live by flipping a coin to decide her fate, and giving a young boy a few bucks after he gave him his shirt in spite of him telling him he doesn't need the money before Anton walks off.

## What Hinders His Magnificence?

* He nearly killed a gas station worker just for annoying him by trying to make small talk, which shows that he can be petty at times. However, he did wind up sparing him when he won his coin toss and this is the only petty moment he has, so this isn't too strong of a prevention.

## What Makes Him A Baddie?

* He is a mass murderer, having a body count of multiple victims he came across, such as
	+ A police officer whom he strangled to death with cuffs
	+ A random driver whom he shot in the head to steal his car
	+ Two of his employer's men by shooting them
	+ Several Mexican criminals who are also after Llewelyn Moss by shooting them
	+ A hotel clerk by shooting him
	+ A man trying to give Llewelyn Moss a ride by shooting him in the head
	+ Carson Wells by shooting him in the chest so that he can take the money for himself
	+ Carson Wells' employer by shooting him in the chest
	+ Llewelyn Moss' wife by shooting her in the head to honor a promise he made to Llewelyn Moss
* He also nearly kills or creates some situations that could have ended up getting people killed, such as
	+ Trying to shoot a crow on the way to a motel Llewelyn Moss was at
	+ Blowing up someone's car to create a distraction so that he could successfully rob a pharmacy to heal his wounds

## Trivia

* He is the first candidate to be approved as a NMB and have his own page.