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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Palpatine/Sidious has meme-worthy levels of ham throughout the entire film series. From [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide UNLIMITED POWER!!!!]] to [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem It's treason, then]] there is not a single scene that doesn't have copious amounts of pork, even if its [[ColdHam served cold]]. Palpatine is the trope codifier for a reason. He is notably hamtastic in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' after his secret Sith identity is revealed. Other villains who fit this trope include General Grievous, Darth Vader, and Darth Maul (the latter two of which are moreso [[ColdHam Cold Hams]]).
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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Creator/IanMcDiarmid as Palpatine/Sidious has meme-worthy levels of ham throughout the entire film series. From [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide UNLIMITED POWER!!!!]] to [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem It's treason, then]] then!]], after he is revealed to be a Sith Lord there is not a single scene that doesn't have copious amounts of pork, even if its [[ColdHam served cold]]. Palpatine is the trope codifier for a reason. He is notably hamtastic in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' after his secret Sith identity is revealed. Other villains who fit this trope include General Grievous, Darth Vader, and Darth Maul (the latter two of which are moreso [[ColdHam Cold Hams]]).
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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Palpatine/Sidious has meme-worthy levels of ham throughout the entire film series. From, From [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide UNLIMITED POWER!!!!]] to [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem I AM THE SENATE!]] It's treason, then]] there is not a single scene that doesn't have copious amounts of pork, even if its [[ColdHam served cold]]. Palpatine is the trope codifier for a reason. He is notably hamtastic in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' after his secret Sith identity is revealed. Other villains who fit this trope include General Grievous, Darth Vader, and Darth Maul (the latter two of which are moreso [[ColdHam Cold Hams]]).
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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Palpatine/Sidious has meme-worthy levels of ham throughout the entire film series. There From, [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide UNLIMITED POWER!!!!]] to [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem I AM THE SENATE!]] there is not a single scene that doesn't have copious amounts of pork, even if its [[ColdHam served cold]]. He's Palpatine is the trope codifier for a reason. He is notably hamtastic in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' after his secret Sith identity is revealed. Other villains who fit this trope include General Grievous, Darth Vader, and Darth Maul (the latter two of which are moreso [[ColdHam Cold Hams]]).
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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Palpatine/Sidious has meme-worthy levels of serious ham throughout the entire film series.series. There is not a single scene that doesn't have pork, even if its [[ColdHam served cold]]. He's notably hamtastic in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' after his secret Sith identity is revealed. Other villains who fit this trope include General Grievous, Darth Vader, and Darth Maul (the latter two of which are moreso [[ColdHam Cold Hams]]).
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** From the rest of the MCU, [[Film/IronMan1 Obadiah Stane]], [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008 The Abomination]] ("YOU DON'T DESERVE THIS POWER!"), [[Film/IronMan2 Ivan Vanko, Justin Hammer,]] [[Film/IronMan3 The Mandarin]] [[spoiler:(both the hammy actor used as a front and Aldrich Killian once he embraces his villainous plan)]], [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Red Skull]], [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 Ronan the Accuser]], [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Dormammu]], [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Ego the Living Planet]], [[Film/BlackPanther2018 Killmonger]], [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Electro]] and [[Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness Scarlet Witch]] are frequently exaggerated or just plainly enjoying themselves.
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** From the rest of the MCU, [[Film/IronMan1 Obadiah Stane]], [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008 The Abomination]] ("YOU DON'T DESERVE THIS POWER!"), [[Film/IronMan2 Ivan Vanko, Justin Hammer,]] [[Film/IronMan3 The Mandarin]] [[spoiler:(both the hammy actor used as a front and Aldrich Killian once he embraces his villainous plan)]], [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Red Skull]], [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 Ronan the Accuser]], [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Dormammu]], [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Ego the Living Planet]], [[Film/BlackPanther2018 Killmonger]], [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Electro]] and Electro]], [[Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness Scarlet Witch]] Witch]], [[Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever Namor]], [[Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania Kang the Conqueror]], and [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3 High Evolutionary]] are frequently exaggerated or just plainly enjoying themselves.
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* ''Film/BlueVelvet'' is a movie where most of the characters are pretty low-key, but the villain, [[Creator/DennisHopper Frank]], yells nearly every line.
* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick2004'': Creator/ColmFeore (The Lord Marshal), Creator/KarlUrban (Vaako), and Creator/ThandieNewton (Dame Vaako). Note that all three characters mentioned are Necromongers.
* In ''Film/CubeZero'' Canadian actor Michael Riley is completely hamming it up as Jax, the main bad guy the controllers upstairs send down. He's basically an over-the-top caricature who just revels in his evil and is clearly enjoying himself thoroughly.
* Creator/ColinFarrell's scene-chewing role as Bullseye in ''Film/Daredevil2003'' takes this trope and just runs with it to its funniest extent.
* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick2004'': Creator/ColmFeore (The Lord Marshal), Creator/KarlUrban (Vaako), and Creator/ThandieNewton (Dame Vaako). Note that all three characters mentioned are Necromongers.
* In ''Film/CubeZero'' Canadian actor Michael Riley is completely hamming it up as Jax, the main bad guy the controllers upstairs send down. He's basically an over-the-top caricature who just revels in his evil and is clearly enjoying himself thoroughly.
* Creator/ColinFarrell's scene-chewing role as Bullseye in ''Film/Daredevil2003'' takes this trope and just runs with it to its funniest extent.
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%% Zero context example* The evil god Braxus in the third ''[[Film/TheBeastmaster Beastmaster]]'' (DirectToVideo) film.
* ''Film/BlueVelvet'' is a movie where most of the characters are pretty low-key, but the villain, [[Creator/DennisHopper Frank]], yells nearly every line.
* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick2004'': Creator/ColmFeore (The Lord Marshal), Creator/KarlUrban (Vaako), and Creator/ThandieNewton (Dame Vaako). Note that all three characters mentioned are Necromongers.
* In ''Film/CubeZero'' Canadian actor Michael Riley is completely hamming it up as Jax, the main bad guy the controllers upstairs send down. He's basically an over-the-top caricature who just revels in his evil and is clearly enjoying himself thoroughly.
* 90% of Creator/TimCurry's roles fall under this. If he's playing a villain, there's a good chance it'll be an awesomely hammy performance. Tim Curry does not know any other way to act other than completely over the top, chewing every piece of scenery in sight. And we love him for it.
** ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'': "I'm just a Sweet Transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvaniaaaaaaa..."
** "[[Film/It1990 Excuse me, sir]]!! Do you have Prince Albert in a can?? YOU DO?? Well, ya better let the poor guy out!"
*** "Wuh-HUH! Wuh-HUH! Wuh-HUH!"
*** "They float... THEY ALL FLOAT!!!"
** Tim Curry outshines every Muppet as Long John Silver in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland''.
** ''Film/Annie1982''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzSSiMa29AE Eaaaaaaaaaaasy streeeeeeeeeeeeeet.]]
** ''Film/Legend1985''. Curry in the film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VMWNnFoi2g has a full pork dinner]].
* Creator/ColinFarrell's scene-chewing role as Bullseye in ''Film/Daredevil2003'' takes this trope and just runs with it to its funniest extent.
* ''Film/BlueVelvet'' is a movie where most of the characters are pretty low-key, but the villain, [[Creator/DennisHopper Frank]], yells nearly every line.
* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick2004'': Creator/ColmFeore (The Lord Marshal), Creator/KarlUrban (Vaako), and Creator/ThandieNewton (Dame Vaako). Note that all three characters mentioned are Necromongers.
* In ''Film/CubeZero'' Canadian actor Michael Riley is completely hamming it up as Jax, the main bad guy the controllers upstairs send down. He's basically an over-the-top caricature who just revels in his evil and is clearly enjoying himself thoroughly.
* 90% of Creator/TimCurry's roles fall under this. If he's playing a villain, there's a good chance it'll be an awesomely hammy performance. Tim Curry does not know any other way to act other than completely over the top, chewing every piece of scenery in sight. And we love him for it.
** ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'': "I'm just a Sweet Transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvaniaaaaaaa..."
** "[[Film/It1990 Excuse me, sir]]!! Do you have Prince Albert in a can?? YOU DO?? Well, ya better let the poor guy out!"
*** "Wuh-HUH! Wuh-HUH! Wuh-HUH!"
*** "They float... THEY ALL FLOAT!!!"
** Tim Curry outshines every Muppet as Long John Silver in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland''.
** ''Film/Annie1982''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzSSiMa29AE Eaaaaaaaaaaasy streeeeeeeeeeeeeet.]]
** ''Film/Legend1985''. Curry in the film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VMWNnFoi2g has a full pork dinner]].
* Creator/ColinFarrell's scene-chewing role as Bullseye in ''Film/Daredevil2003'' takes this trope and just runs with it to its funniest extent.
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* In ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'', UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.
%% Zero context example* [[AdaptationalVillainy Salman Rushdie]] in the movie ''International Guerrillas''.
%% Zero context example* [[AdaptationalVillainy Salman Rushdie]] in the movie ''International Guerrillas''.
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* 90% of Creator/TimCurry's roles fall under this. If he's playing a villain, there's a good chance it'll be an awesomely hammy performance. Tim Curry does not know any other way to act other than completely over the top, chewing every piece of scenery in sight. And we love him for it.
** ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'': "I'm just a Sweet Transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvaniaaaaaaa..."
** "[[Film/It1990 Excuse me, sir]]!! Do you have Prince Albert in a can?? YOU DO?? Well, ya better let the poor guy out!"
*** "Wuh-HUH! Wuh-HUH! Wuh-HUH!"
*** "They float... THEY ALL FLOAT!!!"
** Tim Curry outshines every Muppet as Long John Silver in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland''.
** ''Film/Annie1982''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzSSiMa29AE Eaaaaaaaaaaasy streeeeeeeeeeeeeet.]]
** ''Film/Legend1985''. Curry in the film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VMWNnFoi2g has a full pork dinner]].
** ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'': "I'm just a Sweet Transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvaniaaaaaaa..."
** "[[Film/It1990 Excuse me, sir]]!! Do you have Prince Albert in a can?? YOU DO?? Well, ya better let the poor guy out!"
*** "Wuh-HUH! Wuh-HUH! Wuh-HUH!"
*** "They float... THEY ALL FLOAT!!!"
** Tim Curry outshines every Muppet as Long John Silver in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland''.
** ''Film/Annie1982''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzSSiMa29AE Eaaaaaaaaaaasy streeeeeeeeeeeeeet.]]
** ''Film/Legend1985''. Curry in the film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VMWNnFoi2g has a full pork dinner]].
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* ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'': the Shakespeare-spewing General Chang, to the point where he actually spins around in his chair while yelling "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!!" in the midst of battle. Dr. McCoy lampshades it:
--> '''Dr. McCoy:''' I'd give real money if he'd shut up.
--> '''Dr. McCoy:''' I'd give real money if he'd shut up.
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--> '''Dr.McCoy:''' [=McCoy=]:''' I'd give real money if he'd shut up.
--> '''Dr.
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--> '''Dr. McCoy:''' I'd give real money if he'd shut up.
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* ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'': Although there were quite sober villains (such as the softly spoken Ra's al Ghul or the deadly serious Two-Face); [[Characters/TheDarkKnightTrilogyTheJoker The Joker]] and [[Characters/TheDarkKnightTrilogyBane Bane]], however, are conspicuous for their peculiar eccentricities:
** ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': Between laughing, gesturing, and grand speeches; The Joker's presence is exceptionally over-the-top and grandiloquent, at least by the standards of your ordinary Nolan antagonist.
** ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'': Bane, mainly during his public speeches. It also helps to see that everything he's saying are BlatantLies and he doesn't believe a word of them. It's almost as if he's mocking the very people he's trying to agitate.
%% Zero context example* The evil god Braxus in the third ''[[Film/TheBeastmaster Beastmaster]]'' (DirectToVideo) film.
* ''Film/BlueVelvet'' is a movie where most of the characters are pretty low-key, but the villain, [[Creator/DennisHopper Frank]], yells nearly every line.
* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick2004'': Creator/ColmFeore (The Lord Marshal), Creator/KarlUrban (Vaako), and Creator/ThandieNewton (Dame Vaako). Note that all three characters mentioned are Necromongers.
* In ''Film/CubeZero'' Canadian actor Michael Riley is completely hamming it up as Jax, the main bad guy the controllers upstairs send down. He's basically an over-the-top caricature who just revels in his evil and is clearly enjoying himself thoroughly.
* 90% of Creator/TimCurry's roles fall under this. If he's playing a villain, there's a good chance it'll be an awesomely hammy performance. Tim Curry does not know any other way to act other than completely over the top, chewing every piece of scenery in sight. And we love him for it.
** ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'': "I'm just a Sweet Transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvaniaaaaaaa..."
** "[[Film/It1990 Excuse me, sir]]!! Do you have Prince Albert in a can?? YOU DO?? Well, ya better let the poor guy out!"
*** "Wuh-HUH! Wuh-HUH! Wuh-HUH!"
*** "They float... THEY ALL FLOAT!!!"
** Tim Curry outshines every Muppet as Long John Silver in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland''.
** ''Film/Annie1982''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzSSiMa29AE Eaaaaaaaaaaasy streeeeeeeeeeeeeet.]]
** ''Film/Legend1985''. Curry in the film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VMWNnFoi2g has a full pork dinner]].
* Creator/ColinFarrell's scene-chewing role as Bullseye in ''Film/Daredevil2003'' takes this trope and just runs with it to its funniest extent.
* Creator/AlPacino as the devil in ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate''. Hell, Pacino in ''any'' role that's even ''remotely'' villainous.
-->''"God... is an ''absentee landlord!"''
* [[MeanCharacterNiceActor Andy Robinson]] is decidedly... [[ObviouslyEvil unsubtle]] as the Scorpio Killer in ''Film/DirtyHarry''.
* ''Film/{{Downfall|2004}}'': Hitler, who's going on a movie-long VillainousBreakdown. "THAT WAS AN ORDER! STEINER'S ASSAULT WAS AN ORDER!'' Who do you think you are to disobey an order I give?! So this is what it has come to... The military has been lying to me... Everyone has been lying to me, even the SS!"
* Baron Vladimir Harkonen from Frank Herbert's ''Dune'' is already listed below under Literature, but Kenneth [=McMillan=]'s portrayal in Creator/DavidLynch's [[Film/Dune1984 adaptation]] is so insanely over-the-top it deserves an extra mention.
* Profion (played by Creator/JeremyIrons) in ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000''.
-->"Ha-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta"\\
"Myyyyyyyy DESTINNNYYYY!"\\
"You can run your Ladyship, but YOU'LL NEVER RUN FAR ENOUGH!"\\
"Let their blood RAAAAIIIIIN FRROOOMMMM THE SKKKKKAAAAHHHHHHH!"
* The first two acts of ''Film/EnemyMine'' have NoAntagonist and deal with the main characters working together to survive being marooned on a DeathWorld. We do get an actual villain much later in the movie in the form of Stubbs, a vicious and brutal slavedriver who makes up for lost time by being ''cartoonishly'' over-the-top evil, and shouts almost every line through a huge mouthful of scenery.
* ''Film/FaceOff'': Castor Troy, whether played by Creator/NicolasCage or Creator/JohnTravolta, is a being made of pure ham, jumping from memetically insane grins, creepily sexy comments, and dramatic one-liners within an instant. Troy is a terrorist who does things ForTheEvulz and to be as ridiculous as possible. Admittedly there's a bit of HamToHamCombat going on in the film, but Castor Troy is still at least a level above his rival Sean Archer in terms of hamminess.
* Creator/KevinKline as Otto in ''Film/AFishCalledWanda'', where the caricature of the ChaoticStupid (but [[BerserkButton don't call him that!]]) [[{{Eagleland}} Ugly American]] is taken to its most evil and ridiculous extreme. He even [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct won an Oscar for the role!]]
--> (while driving on the right in England) "Aaaaaassssshoooooooooleeee!!!"
* ''Film/GalaxyQuest'': Oh, Sarris...
-->"YouFool! You fail to realize that, with your armor gone, my ship will tear through yours like '''tissue paper'''."
-->"Prepare a tear-harness! '''For the Female'''."
* The Doctor from ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''. Even before [[spoiler:he becomes Cobra Commander]], he had his hammy moments, as Creator/JosephGordonLevitt puts in a weird voice and spouts overly dramatic lines to compensate the mask in his face.
* Every incarnation of Lord Voldemort in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films whether he's [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone possessing]], [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets younger]] or his present snake-faced wizard. The same goes for his Death Eaters. [[Creator/JasonIsaacs Lucius Malfoy]], [[spoiler: [[Creator/DavidTennant Barty Crouch Jr.]]]] and [[Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter Bellatrix Lestrange]] (with the latter's scenery eating making her all the scarier).
* In the 1980s film ''[[Film/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]]'', Creator/FrankLangella made Skeletor a Shakespearean villain with relish. He ultimately made him a force to be feared with.
* The ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' franchise gives us the likes of The Kurgan (Creator/ClancyBrown) in [[Film/{{Highlander}} the first movie]], General Katana (Creator/MichaelIronside) and David Blake (John C. [=McGinley=]) in ''Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening'', Kane (Mario Van Peebles) in ''Film/HighlanderIIITheSorcerer'', Jacob Kell (Bruce Payne) in ''Film/HighlanderEndgame'' and The Guardian (Cristian Solimeno) in ''Film/HighlanderTheSource'', all to varying degrees of success.
* ''Film/TheHobbit'' has [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Smaug]], much like in the [[Literature/TheHobbit source material]]. Along with overly dramatic dialogue lifted from the book, he's voiced by Creator/BenedictCumberbatch. Going further than the book he manages to some theatrical gestures, despite being a giant snake-like creature with no hands, like CirclingMonologue and shows off his sheer size in the most show-offy way he can.
* The Mayflowers in ''Film/HudsonHawk'', full stop.
--> '''Darwin Mayflower:''' If da Vinci were alive today, he'd be eating microwave sushi, naked, in the back of a Cadillac with the both of us! History! Tradition! Culture! Are not concepts! These are trophies I keep in my den as paperweights!
* In ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart1'', Snow's conversation with Katniss doesn't involve him shouting or gesticulating or anything like that, but now that he's dropped his facade, his stoic expression and soft monotone have been replaced with openly evil sneering and sadism.
* In ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'', UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.
%% Zero context example* [[AdaptationalVillainy Salman Rushdie]] in the movie ''International Guerrillas''.
* In ''Film/JackTheGiantSlayer'' Stanley Tucci is in non-stop ham mode as Roderick. For the giants, being hammy is almost a requirement.
* Many Film/JamesBond villains, such as Jonathan Pryce's CorruptCorporateExecutive media mogul Elliot Carver, from ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' and the RenegadeRussian General Orlov from ''Film/{{Octopussy}}''.
* Aeetes, the SorcerousOverlord of the nation of Colchis in the 1963 ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts''. Jack Gwillim probably never ate a single thing ever again, he devoured the scenery.
-->'''Aeetes:''' DESTROY THEM! KILL! KILL, KILL, KILL THEM ALLLLLLLLLLLL!
* This trope is seen in a nutshell in the [[MemeticMutation famous]] "I am the law!" scene in ''Film/JudgeDredd''. The good guy spits out the ultra-hammy "You betrayed the law!", and just to show that evil goes one step further, the bad guy responds with an even louder and hammier "LAAAWW!".
** This HamToHamCombat is deliberately averted in the 2012 film ''Film/{{Dredd}}'', where Creator/KarlUrban's delivery of the famous line is much quieter. But the villain, [[FluffyTheTerrible smug crime queen MaMa]], still fits the trope by having Creator/LenaHeadey clearly having fun playing a {{Card Carrying Villain}}ess.
* Eve Mauro clearly relishes her role as the psychotic Morgan in ''Film/KillerDreamHome''.
-->"This house ''will be mine''."\\
"Looks like we have moles all over the place, don't we? Guess I'm going to have to bury them."\\
"I refuse to entertain your husband's lapdog."\\
"He was going to leave this house to me when he died. I loved him, and he left everything to his selfish wife. And now you're trying to take what's mine!"
** During the climax Morgan outlines an elaborate and utterly barmy frame-up plot.
--->"It is going to be the affair of the century. Hot blonde Bliss Leary gets caught banging boss Josh. Wavy jules goes wild, ends up bashing hubby's head in with a hammer. Then kills anxious neighbour before strangling Miss Bliss to her untimely death."
* In ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', Commander Zhao, played by [[Series/TheDailyShow Aasif Mandvi]]. Averted with Fire Lord Ozai, who is somewhat of a LargeHam in the original cartoon but is soft-spoken and contemplative in the film.
* Gordon Currie's part in the ''Literature/LeftBehind'' movies is the hammiest of all, possibly because Currie was the only one who noticed [[HamAndCheese what kind of movie he was in]]. He plays TheAntichrist. You do the math.
* Given that ''Film/MadMax'' is a WorldOfHam, virtually all the villains fit this. The warlords of ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' deliberately exploit this, along with their ConspicuousConsumption, to come across as larger than life to their fanatically devoted followers, who in turn work themselves into a frenzy and commit suicidal acts in order to impress them.
* Calvera in ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960'' owns every scene he's in with relish.
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** Loki in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' tends to alternate between being frighteningly intense and [[SoftspokenSadist unsettlingly collected]]. Although that one "mewling quim" line does establish him pretty solidly as a LargeHam.
** Then there's [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Ultron]], who is [[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]] turned into an evil robot, along with uncannily puppet-like exaggerated movements and even singing a Disney song.
-->"[[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} There are... no strings on me.]]"
** From the rest of the MCU, [[Film/IronMan1 Obadiah Stane]], [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008 The Abomination]] ("YOU DON'T DESERVE THIS POWER!"), [[Film/IronMan2 Ivan Vanko, Justin Hammer,]] [[Film/IronMan3 The Mandarin]] [[spoiler:(both the hammy actor used as a front and Aldrich Killian once he embraces his villainous plan)]], [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Red Skull]], [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 Ronan the Accuser]], [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Dormammu]], [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Ego the Living Planet]], [[Film/BlackPanther2018 Killmonger]], [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Electro]] and [[Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness Scarlet Witch]] are frequently exaggerated or just plainly enjoying themselves.
** Honestly, it's easier to name the {{Big Bad}}s who ''aren't'' hammy. [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier The Winter Soldier]] is fairly low key and has barely any lines in the movie (the only time he's SuddenlyShouting, it's played for drama), [[spoiler:Alexander Pierce]] is a SoftSpokenSadist and [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Helmut Zemo]] never raises his voice above slightly loud [[spoiler:as he's a soldier on a revenge quest, he's not a cackling villain]]. [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming The Vulture]] is understated, except when yelling at his sidekicks. [[Film/AntMan1 Yellowjacket]] only has a few hammy lines once in full costume, and everyone in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' is subtle, in contrast to the movie being outlandish.
** The franchise's GreaterScopeVillain Thanos manages to ham without even talking in his scene in TheStinger of ''The Avengers'''. It only goes up from there when he actually gets a speaking role in ''Guardians of the Galaxy''. And then ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' is basically two hours of Thanos showing off no one can be as grandiose as him.
** Hela in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' who somehow manages to out-ham pretty much all the MCU villains before her. Constantly prone to {{Badass Boast}}s and EvilGloating, she likes to announce to everyone within earshot that she is the '''''Goddess of Death''''' at every single available opportunity, and [[SupermodelStrut saunters around Asgard acting like everywhere is her own personal catwalk]]. Even her fighting style has an inherent and entertaining flair for the dramatic.
** As soon as [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome Mysterio]] is revealed as a bad guy, he drops the serious façade he had built for a cheerfully smug personality, with subsequent interactions with Spider-Man in particular getting very theatrical.
** [[Film/BlackWidow2021 Dreykov]], a FatBastard who wants to taunt, gloat and overall be the biggest presence in the room.
** [[Film/ThorLoveAndThunder Gorr the God-Butcher]], whose FauxAffablyEvil manners only make him more scary.
* Pam Ferris as The Trunchbull in ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' devours the scenery with so much aplomb you have to wonder if ''that's'' her real TrademarkFavoriteFood rather than chocolate cake.
* Just about every Creator/MalcolmMcDowell villain role.
** Alex from ''Film/AClockworkOrange''.
** The CEO of Water and Power in ''Film/TankGirl''.
** Cochrane in ''Film/BlueThunder''.
** Even as Soren in ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'', at least compared to the subdued performance everyone else but Data hands in.
* Shao Kahn in ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'' is hammy whenever possible, [[PunctuatedForEmphasis and It! Is! GLORIOUS!]]
* Freddy Krueger in the later ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' films, as he started to have more fun tormenting his victims and became a theatrical wisecracker.
* Whenever someone gets possessed in ''Film/NightOfTheDemons1988'' and its sequels, you can bet they'll start chewing the scenery as well as faces.
* [[spoiler: The Wicked Witch of the West]] in ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'' is supposed to be terrifying, but instead, she is incredibly hammy, complete with Narm and Scenery Chewing.
* In ''Film/ThePinkPantherStrikesAgain'', Dreyfus seems fully aware that he has turned into a Bond villain and he is clearly loving every minute of it.
* In ''Film/{{Power Rangers|2017}},'' Rita is clearly having a lot of fun being evil. It especially stands out in this DarkerAndEdgier, more 'grounded' version. Everyone else is more subdued, more angsty, even characters who were a lot hammier originally. Alpha goes from an excitable worrywart to a DeadpanSnarker, and Zack goes from a quippy, show-offy DanceBattler to a brooding loner. Meanwhile, every scene of Rita's is every bit as much scenery-chewing fun as the original.
* Norman Stansfield in ''Film/TheProfessional''. '''EEEEVERYONE!!''' [[Film/BramStokersDracula Most]] [[Film/TheFifthElement other]] [[Film/TrueRomance villain]] [[Film/AirForceOne roles]] played by Creator/GaryOldman should count just as well.
* The hamminess is been disputed between Jellon Lamb (Creator/JohnHurt), who drunkenly chews every piece of the bar's scenery, and the Burns family led by Arthur (Danny Huston) in ''Film/TheProposition''. Then [[spoiler:Arthur]] kills [[spoiler:Lamb]] for trying to kill Charlie, leaving the hammy niche to him.
* Rhys Wakefield as the "Polite Leader" of the gang trying to invade Ethan Hawke's house in ''Film/ThePurge''. Right away, he gives a SlasherSmile similar to the one in his mask and continues mugging while speaking in an AffablyEvil tone that just shows he's full of himself.
* ''Film/{{Retroactive}}'': The murderous Frank, as played by [[Creator/JamesBelushi Jim Belushi]], is constantly cracking bad jokes and chewing up the scenery around him.
* Creator/ChristopherLee occasionally indulges in this. Although fully capable of being subtle and understated, he knows what's expected of him. His performance in ''Film/TheReturnOfCaptainInvincible'' especially showcases this.
* Creator/SalmaHayek, Creator/BenicioDelToro, and Demián Bichir play the villains in ''Film/{{Savages}}'' and do it with devilish glee. Especially del Toro's HamAndCheese performance.
* In ''Film/ScannersIITheNewOrder'', TheDragon Peter Drak is by far the most melodramatic of the villains, gleefully killing people with his mind and laughing about it afterwards. By contrast, during his most evil act [[spoiler:(murdering David's elderly mother for no reason)]] he is [[SoftSpokenSadist deliberately calm and quiet]].
* Cristal Connors in ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' is one of the hammiest characters in this film from her campy mannerisms and lines to her strange obsession with doggy chow. And she is the main antagonist, [[spoiler:besides Andrew Carver]]. In fact, this was very much intentional as her actress Creator/GinaGershon admitted that she was campy on purpose, once she realized just [[SoBadItsGood what kind of film she was making]].
* EvilChancellor Jaffar in ''Film/SinbadOfTheSevenSeas'' hams it up in every scene he's in, even to the point where other characters start commenting on it.
* Creator/JimCarrey as Dr. Robotnik in ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|2020}}''. He's clearly having the time of his life bringing Robotnik to the big screen, combining his penchant for loud and manic characters with the already bombastic nature of the source character. Whether it's him dancing while preparing his vehicles, to screaming about his love of lattes with steamed Austrian goat milk, his portrayal is definitely one to be remembered. Then there's the moment Robotnik has a FreakOut, complete with [[MilkingTheGiantCow exaggerated movements]] after Sonic destroys his robots on the highway.
-->'''Robotnik:''' ''[stomping around his base]'' '''OUUUUUGH! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis GIVE ME A BIG! FAT!]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis BREAK!]]'''''
* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'':
** The Green Goblin. You can't really go subtle when you're flying around dressed as a green storybook monster, and Creator/WillemDafoe wisely didn't bother.
--->"I've watched you from deep behind Norman's cowardly eyes. Struggling to have everything you want, while the world tries to make you choose. Gods don't have to choose. We take."
** Whenever Doctor Octopus tries to be menacing, he talks as hammily as possible.
--->"Find him. Or I'll peel the flesh off her bones..." ''(while a tentacle opens and closes akin to a biting gesture)''
** Eddie Brock after bonding with the Venom symbiote.
---> "Ooh, my Spider-Sense is tingling, if you get what I talking about. ''Tiger''."
::
:: The later ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}'' solo movie takes it one step further, with the symbiote itself spouting evil phrases in [[EvilSoundsDeep a cavernous voice]], and Creator/TomHardy even adding in weird acting moments playing Eddie Brock to show it's contagious, like a parasite (''PARASITE?!!!!''). And [[Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage its sequel]] brings in two hammy villains on its own, Carnage and his lover Shriek.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Palpatine/Sidious is notably hamtastic in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' after his secret Sith identity is revealed. Other villains who fit this trope include General Grievous, Darth Vader, and Darth Maul (the latter two of which are moreso [[ColdHam Cold Hams]]).
* M. Bison in ''Film/StreetFighter'', [[MemeticMutation OF COURSE!!!]]. He's a tinpot wannabe dictator supervillain who makes several grandiose speeches about his plans to conquer the world, makes Chun-Li's attempted revenge fall flat with his ButForMeItWasTuesday retort, and in the climax, he finally loses it completely and declares himself a god while flying around his base shooting electricity at Colonel Guile. Creator/RaulJulia certainly gave himself a '''[[MemeticMutation DELICIOUS]]''' send-off. (Sagat is also a ham; he just pales in comparison to Bison.)
* [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' wasn't really hammy, just full of himself, but General Zod is a true ham. KneelBeforeZod's ham. Although his first instance was justified in that he was desperately pleading to avoid a FateWorseThanDeath.
** Luthor wasn't much hammier in ''Film/SupermanReturns'', was h-'''[[MemeticMutation WROOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG!!!]]'''
--->'''[[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]]:''' But millions of people will die!\\
'''Lex Luthor:''' ''BILLIONS!'' Once again, the press underestimates me.
** ''Film/ManOfSteel'' continues the tradition with its depiction of General Zod. And then ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' added another hammy Lex Luthor.
* Creator/OrlandoBloom as the Duke of Buckingham in ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|2011}}''.
* Almost every villain in ''Film/TronLegacy'' is a LargeHam (with the exception of [[TheQuietOne Rinzler]]), but especially the BigBad. CLU uses his hamminess to make our world open and available to all of his programs. Yes! '''[[MemeticMutation TO ALL OF THEM!!!]]''' And that's before you get to his agent, [[spoiler: Zuse, who chews the scenery with his Bowie-esque nature.]] A yin and yang of hams, if you think about it.
* Creator/GaryBusey and Creator/TommyLeeJones completely and utterly [[HamAndCheese enjoy themselves]] as the villains of ''Film/UnderSiege''. Jones even makes a [[Series/TheMuppetShow Muppet Show]] reference ''at the climax of the film''.
* [[Creator/JohnHurt Chancellor Adam Sutler]] in ''Film/VForVendetta'' cranks up the ham dial progressively [[VillainousBreakdown as the country wriggles out of his grasp]].
* ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'' has a young Creator/RussellCrowe as villain SID 6.7, a virtual assassin who once in the real world is having fun like nobody cares. One scene even has a criminal psychologist noting he likes to show off, "like a child to its parents".
* Komodo, oh dear sweet Komodo from ''Film/WarriorsOfVirtue''. The man is a giant ham and cheese sandwich, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i99ovxEGVU&t=414s these clips]] prove.
* Judge Doom from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', specially once [[spoiler:he's revealed to be a toon and yells in a CreepyHighPitchedVoice.]]
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
** Magneto, played by Creator/IanMcKellen, has a few moments of this, but he's calm the rest of the time. His younger self, portrayed by Creator/MichaelFassbender, also overacts whenever he's overtly threatening.
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse The title villain]] from ''Film/XMenApocalypse''. ''Rolling Stone'' [[http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/oscar-isaac-the-internets-boyfriend-becomes-a-leading-man-20160518#ixzz499q0lyJa reported]] it was "a performance that director Creator/BryanSinger calibrated by asking for 'quarter [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]],' 'half Skeletor' or 'full Skeletor.' Needless to say, '[[AGodAmI You can fire your arrows from the Tower of Babel, but you can never strike God!]]' called for full Skeletor."
** ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': Between laughing, gesturing, and grand speeches; The Joker's presence is exceptionally over-the-top and grandiloquent, at least by the standards of your ordinary Nolan antagonist.
** ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'': Bane, mainly during his public speeches. It also helps to see that everything he's saying are BlatantLies and he doesn't believe a word of them. It's almost as if he's mocking the very people he's trying to agitate.
%% Zero context example* The evil god Braxus in the third ''[[Film/TheBeastmaster Beastmaster]]'' (DirectToVideo) film.
* ''Film/BlueVelvet'' is a movie where most of the characters are pretty low-key, but the villain, [[Creator/DennisHopper Frank]], yells nearly every line.
* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick2004'': Creator/ColmFeore (The Lord Marshal), Creator/KarlUrban (Vaako), and Creator/ThandieNewton (Dame Vaako). Note that all three characters mentioned are Necromongers.
* In ''Film/CubeZero'' Canadian actor Michael Riley is completely hamming it up as Jax, the main bad guy the controllers upstairs send down. He's basically an over-the-top caricature who just revels in his evil and is clearly enjoying himself thoroughly.
* 90% of Creator/TimCurry's roles fall under this. If he's playing a villain, there's a good chance it'll be an awesomely hammy performance. Tim Curry does not know any other way to act other than completely over the top, chewing every piece of scenery in sight. And we love him for it.
** ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'': "I'm just a Sweet Transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvaniaaaaaaa..."
** "[[Film/It1990 Excuse me, sir]]!! Do you have Prince Albert in a can?? YOU DO?? Well, ya better let the poor guy out!"
*** "Wuh-HUH! Wuh-HUH! Wuh-HUH!"
*** "They float... THEY ALL FLOAT!!!"
** Tim Curry outshines every Muppet as Long John Silver in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland''.
** ''Film/Annie1982''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzSSiMa29AE Eaaaaaaaaaaasy streeeeeeeeeeeeeet.]]
** ''Film/Legend1985''. Curry in the film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VMWNnFoi2g has a full pork dinner]].
* Creator/ColinFarrell's scene-chewing role as Bullseye in ''Film/Daredevil2003'' takes this trope and just runs with it to its funniest extent.
* Creator/AlPacino as the devil in ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate''. Hell, Pacino in ''any'' role that's even ''remotely'' villainous.
-->''"God... is an ''absentee landlord!"''
* [[MeanCharacterNiceActor Andy Robinson]] is decidedly... [[ObviouslyEvil unsubtle]] as the Scorpio Killer in ''Film/DirtyHarry''.
* ''Film/{{Downfall|2004}}'': Hitler, who's going on a movie-long VillainousBreakdown. "THAT WAS AN ORDER! STEINER'S ASSAULT WAS AN ORDER!'' Who do you think you are to disobey an order I give?! So this is what it has come to... The military has been lying to me... Everyone has been lying to me, even the SS!"
* Baron Vladimir Harkonen from Frank Herbert's ''Dune'' is already listed below under Literature, but Kenneth [=McMillan=]'s portrayal in Creator/DavidLynch's [[Film/Dune1984 adaptation]] is so insanely over-the-top it deserves an extra mention.
* Profion (played by Creator/JeremyIrons) in ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000''.
-->"Ha-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta"\\
"Myyyyyyyy DESTINNNYYYY!"\\
"You can run your Ladyship, but YOU'LL NEVER RUN FAR ENOUGH!"\\
"Let their blood RAAAAIIIIIN FRROOOMMMM THE SKKKKKAAAAHHHHHHH!"
* The first two acts of ''Film/EnemyMine'' have NoAntagonist and deal with the main characters working together to survive being marooned on a DeathWorld. We do get an actual villain much later in the movie in the form of Stubbs, a vicious and brutal slavedriver who makes up for lost time by being ''cartoonishly'' over-the-top evil, and shouts almost every line through a huge mouthful of scenery.
* ''Film/FaceOff'': Castor Troy, whether played by Creator/NicolasCage or Creator/JohnTravolta, is a being made of pure ham, jumping from memetically insane grins, creepily sexy comments, and dramatic one-liners within an instant. Troy is a terrorist who does things ForTheEvulz and to be as ridiculous as possible. Admittedly there's a bit of HamToHamCombat going on in the film, but Castor Troy is still at least a level above his rival Sean Archer in terms of hamminess.
* Creator/KevinKline as Otto in ''Film/AFishCalledWanda'', where the caricature of the ChaoticStupid (but [[BerserkButton don't call him that!]]) [[{{Eagleland}} Ugly American]] is taken to its most evil and ridiculous extreme. He even [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct won an Oscar for the role!]]
--> (while driving on the right in England) "Aaaaaassssshoooooooooleeee!!!"
* ''Film/GalaxyQuest'': Oh, Sarris...
-->"YouFool! You fail to realize that, with your armor gone, my ship will tear through yours like '''tissue paper'''."
-->"Prepare a tear-harness! '''For the Female'''."
* The Doctor from ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''. Even before [[spoiler:he becomes Cobra Commander]], he had his hammy moments, as Creator/JosephGordonLevitt puts in a weird voice and spouts overly dramatic lines to compensate the mask in his face.
* Every incarnation of Lord Voldemort in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films whether he's [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone possessing]], [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets younger]] or his present snake-faced wizard. The same goes for his Death Eaters. [[Creator/JasonIsaacs Lucius Malfoy]], [[spoiler: [[Creator/DavidTennant Barty Crouch Jr.]]]] and [[Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter Bellatrix Lestrange]] (with the latter's scenery eating making her all the scarier).
* In the 1980s film ''[[Film/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]]'', Creator/FrankLangella made Skeletor a Shakespearean villain with relish. He ultimately made him a force to be feared with.
* The ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' franchise gives us the likes of The Kurgan (Creator/ClancyBrown) in [[Film/{{Highlander}} the first movie]], General Katana (Creator/MichaelIronside) and David Blake (John C. [=McGinley=]) in ''Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening'', Kane (Mario Van Peebles) in ''Film/HighlanderIIITheSorcerer'', Jacob Kell (Bruce Payne) in ''Film/HighlanderEndgame'' and The Guardian (Cristian Solimeno) in ''Film/HighlanderTheSource'', all to varying degrees of success.
* ''Film/TheHobbit'' has [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Smaug]], much like in the [[Literature/TheHobbit source material]]. Along with overly dramatic dialogue lifted from the book, he's voiced by Creator/BenedictCumberbatch. Going further than the book he manages to some theatrical gestures, despite being a giant snake-like creature with no hands, like CirclingMonologue and shows off his sheer size in the most show-offy way he can.
* The Mayflowers in ''Film/HudsonHawk'', full stop.
--> '''Darwin Mayflower:''' If da Vinci were alive today, he'd be eating microwave sushi, naked, in the back of a Cadillac with the both of us! History! Tradition! Culture! Are not concepts! These are trophies I keep in my den as paperweights!
* In ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart1'', Snow's conversation with Katniss doesn't involve him shouting or gesticulating or anything like that, but now that he's dropped his facade, his stoic expression and soft monotone have been replaced with openly evil sneering and sadism.
* In ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'', UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.
%% Zero context example* [[AdaptationalVillainy Salman Rushdie]] in the movie ''International Guerrillas''.
* In ''Film/JackTheGiantSlayer'' Stanley Tucci is in non-stop ham mode as Roderick. For the giants, being hammy is almost a requirement.
* Many Film/JamesBond villains, such as Jonathan Pryce's CorruptCorporateExecutive media mogul Elliot Carver, from ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' and the RenegadeRussian General Orlov from ''Film/{{Octopussy}}''.
* Aeetes, the SorcerousOverlord of the nation of Colchis in the 1963 ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts''. Jack Gwillim probably never ate a single thing ever again, he devoured the scenery.
-->'''Aeetes:''' DESTROY THEM! KILL! KILL, KILL, KILL THEM ALLLLLLLLLLLL!
* This trope is seen in a nutshell in the [[MemeticMutation famous]] "I am the law!" scene in ''Film/JudgeDredd''. The good guy spits out the ultra-hammy "You betrayed the law!", and just to show that evil goes one step further, the bad guy responds with an even louder and hammier "LAAAWW!".
** This HamToHamCombat is deliberately averted in the 2012 film ''Film/{{Dredd}}'', where Creator/KarlUrban's delivery of the famous line is much quieter. But the villain, [[FluffyTheTerrible smug crime queen MaMa]], still fits the trope by having Creator/LenaHeadey clearly having fun playing a {{Card Carrying Villain}}ess.
* Eve Mauro clearly relishes her role as the psychotic Morgan in ''Film/KillerDreamHome''.
-->"This house ''will be mine''."\\
"Looks like we have moles all over the place, don't we? Guess I'm going to have to bury them."\\
"I refuse to entertain your husband's lapdog."\\
"He was going to leave this house to me when he died. I loved him, and he left everything to his selfish wife. And now you're trying to take what's mine!"
** During the climax Morgan outlines an elaborate and utterly barmy frame-up plot.
--->"It is going to be the affair of the century. Hot blonde Bliss Leary gets caught banging boss Josh. Wavy jules goes wild, ends up bashing hubby's head in with a hammer. Then kills anxious neighbour before strangling Miss Bliss to her untimely death."
* In ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', Commander Zhao, played by [[Series/TheDailyShow Aasif Mandvi]]. Averted with Fire Lord Ozai, who is somewhat of a LargeHam in the original cartoon but is soft-spoken and contemplative in the film.
* Gordon Currie's part in the ''Literature/LeftBehind'' movies is the hammiest of all, possibly because Currie was the only one who noticed [[HamAndCheese what kind of movie he was in]]. He plays TheAntichrist. You do the math.
* Given that ''Film/MadMax'' is a WorldOfHam, virtually all the villains fit this. The warlords of ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' deliberately exploit this, along with their ConspicuousConsumption, to come across as larger than life to their fanatically devoted followers, who in turn work themselves into a frenzy and commit suicidal acts in order to impress them.
* Calvera in ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960'' owns every scene he's in with relish.
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** Loki in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' tends to alternate between being frighteningly intense and [[SoftspokenSadist unsettlingly collected]]. Although that one "mewling quim" line does establish him pretty solidly as a LargeHam.
** Then there's [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Ultron]], who is [[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]] turned into an evil robot, along with uncannily puppet-like exaggerated movements and even singing a Disney song.
-->"[[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} There are... no strings on me.]]"
** From the rest of the MCU, [[Film/IronMan1 Obadiah Stane]], [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008 The Abomination]] ("YOU DON'T DESERVE THIS POWER!"), [[Film/IronMan2 Ivan Vanko, Justin Hammer,]] [[Film/IronMan3 The Mandarin]] [[spoiler:(both the hammy actor used as a front and Aldrich Killian once he embraces his villainous plan)]], [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Red Skull]], [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 Ronan the Accuser]], [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Dormammu]], [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Ego the Living Planet]], [[Film/BlackPanther2018 Killmonger]], [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Electro]] and [[Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness Scarlet Witch]] are frequently exaggerated or just plainly enjoying themselves.
** Honestly, it's easier to name the {{Big Bad}}s who ''aren't'' hammy. [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier The Winter Soldier]] is fairly low key and has barely any lines in the movie (the only time he's SuddenlyShouting, it's played for drama), [[spoiler:Alexander Pierce]] is a SoftSpokenSadist and [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Helmut Zemo]] never raises his voice above slightly loud [[spoiler:as he's a soldier on a revenge quest, he's not a cackling villain]]. [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming The Vulture]] is understated, except when yelling at his sidekicks. [[Film/AntMan1 Yellowjacket]] only has a few hammy lines once in full costume, and everyone in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' is subtle, in contrast to the movie being outlandish.
** The franchise's GreaterScopeVillain Thanos manages to ham without even talking in his scene in TheStinger of ''The Avengers'''. It only goes up from there when he actually gets a speaking role in ''Guardians of the Galaxy''. And then ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' is basically two hours of Thanos showing off no one can be as grandiose as him.
** Hela in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' who somehow manages to out-ham pretty much all the MCU villains before her. Constantly prone to {{Badass Boast}}s and EvilGloating, she likes to announce to everyone within earshot that she is the '''''Goddess of Death''''' at every single available opportunity, and [[SupermodelStrut saunters around Asgard acting like everywhere is her own personal catwalk]]. Even her fighting style has an inherent and entertaining flair for the dramatic.
** As soon as [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome Mysterio]] is revealed as a bad guy, he drops the serious façade he had built for a cheerfully smug personality, with subsequent interactions with Spider-Man in particular getting very theatrical.
** [[Film/BlackWidow2021 Dreykov]], a FatBastard who wants to taunt, gloat and overall be the biggest presence in the room.
** [[Film/ThorLoveAndThunder Gorr the God-Butcher]], whose FauxAffablyEvil manners only make him more scary.
* Pam Ferris as The Trunchbull in ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' devours the scenery with so much aplomb you have to wonder if ''that's'' her real TrademarkFavoriteFood rather than chocolate cake.
* Just about every Creator/MalcolmMcDowell villain role.
** Alex from ''Film/AClockworkOrange''.
** The CEO of Water and Power in ''Film/TankGirl''.
** Cochrane in ''Film/BlueThunder''.
** Even as Soren in ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'', at least compared to the subdued performance everyone else but Data hands in.
* Shao Kahn in ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'' is hammy whenever possible, [[PunctuatedForEmphasis and It! Is! GLORIOUS!]]
* Freddy Krueger in the later ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' films, as he started to have more fun tormenting his victims and became a theatrical wisecracker.
* Whenever someone gets possessed in ''Film/NightOfTheDemons1988'' and its sequels, you can bet they'll start chewing the scenery as well as faces.
* [[spoiler: The Wicked Witch of the West]] in ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'' is supposed to be terrifying, but instead, she is incredibly hammy, complete with Narm and Scenery Chewing.
* In ''Film/ThePinkPantherStrikesAgain'', Dreyfus seems fully aware that he has turned into a Bond villain and he is clearly loving every minute of it.
* In ''Film/{{Power Rangers|2017}},'' Rita is clearly having a lot of fun being evil. It especially stands out in this DarkerAndEdgier, more 'grounded' version. Everyone else is more subdued, more angsty, even characters who were a lot hammier originally. Alpha goes from an excitable worrywart to a DeadpanSnarker, and Zack goes from a quippy, show-offy DanceBattler to a brooding loner. Meanwhile, every scene of Rita's is every bit as much scenery-chewing fun as the original.
* Norman Stansfield in ''Film/TheProfessional''. '''EEEEVERYONE!!''' [[Film/BramStokersDracula Most]] [[Film/TheFifthElement other]] [[Film/TrueRomance villain]] [[Film/AirForceOne roles]] played by Creator/GaryOldman should count just as well.
* The hamminess is been disputed between Jellon Lamb (Creator/JohnHurt), who drunkenly chews every piece of the bar's scenery, and the Burns family led by Arthur (Danny Huston) in ''Film/TheProposition''. Then [[spoiler:Arthur]] kills [[spoiler:Lamb]] for trying to kill Charlie, leaving the hammy niche to him.
* Rhys Wakefield as the "Polite Leader" of the gang trying to invade Ethan Hawke's house in ''Film/ThePurge''. Right away, he gives a SlasherSmile similar to the one in his mask and continues mugging while speaking in an AffablyEvil tone that just shows he's full of himself.
* ''Film/{{Retroactive}}'': The murderous Frank, as played by [[Creator/JamesBelushi Jim Belushi]], is constantly cracking bad jokes and chewing up the scenery around him.
* Creator/ChristopherLee occasionally indulges in this. Although fully capable of being subtle and understated, he knows what's expected of him. His performance in ''Film/TheReturnOfCaptainInvincible'' especially showcases this.
* Creator/SalmaHayek, Creator/BenicioDelToro, and Demián Bichir play the villains in ''Film/{{Savages}}'' and do it with devilish glee. Especially del Toro's HamAndCheese performance.
* In ''Film/ScannersIITheNewOrder'', TheDragon Peter Drak is by far the most melodramatic of the villains, gleefully killing people with his mind and laughing about it afterwards. By contrast, during his most evil act [[spoiler:(murdering David's elderly mother for no reason)]] he is [[SoftSpokenSadist deliberately calm and quiet]].
* Cristal Connors in ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' is one of the hammiest characters in this film from her campy mannerisms and lines to her strange obsession with doggy chow. And she is the main antagonist, [[spoiler:besides Andrew Carver]]. In fact, this was very much intentional as her actress Creator/GinaGershon admitted that she was campy on purpose, once she realized just [[SoBadItsGood what kind of film she was making]].
* EvilChancellor Jaffar in ''Film/SinbadOfTheSevenSeas'' hams it up in every scene he's in, even to the point where other characters start commenting on it.
* Creator/JimCarrey as Dr. Robotnik in ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|2020}}''. He's clearly having the time of his life bringing Robotnik to the big screen, combining his penchant for loud and manic characters with the already bombastic nature of the source character. Whether it's him dancing while preparing his vehicles, to screaming about his love of lattes with steamed Austrian goat milk, his portrayal is definitely one to be remembered. Then there's the moment Robotnik has a FreakOut, complete with [[MilkingTheGiantCow exaggerated movements]] after Sonic destroys his robots on the highway.
-->'''Robotnik:''' ''[stomping around his base]'' '''OUUUUUGH! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis GIVE ME A BIG! FAT!]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis BREAK!]]'''''
* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'':
** The Green Goblin. You can't really go subtle when you're flying around dressed as a green storybook monster, and Creator/WillemDafoe wisely didn't bother.
--->"I've watched you from deep behind Norman's cowardly eyes. Struggling to have everything you want, while the world tries to make you choose. Gods don't have to choose. We take."
** Whenever Doctor Octopus tries to be menacing, he talks as hammily as possible.
--->"Find him. Or I'll peel the flesh off her bones..." ''(while a tentacle opens and closes akin to a biting gesture)''
** Eddie Brock after bonding with the Venom symbiote.
---> "Ooh, my Spider-Sense is tingling, if you get what I talking about. ''Tiger''."
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:: The later ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}'' solo movie takes it one step further, with the symbiote itself spouting evil phrases in [[EvilSoundsDeep a cavernous voice]], and Creator/TomHardy even adding in weird acting moments playing Eddie Brock to show it's contagious, like a parasite (''PARASITE?!!!!''). And [[Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage its sequel]] brings in two hammy villains on its own, Carnage and his lover Shriek.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Palpatine/Sidious is notably hamtastic in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' after his secret Sith identity is revealed. Other villains who fit this trope include General Grievous, Darth Vader, and Darth Maul (the latter two of which are moreso [[ColdHam Cold Hams]]).
* M. Bison in ''Film/StreetFighter'', [[MemeticMutation OF COURSE!!!]]. He's a tinpot wannabe dictator supervillain who makes several grandiose speeches about his plans to conquer the world, makes Chun-Li's attempted revenge fall flat with his ButForMeItWasTuesday retort, and in the climax, he finally loses it completely and declares himself a god while flying around his base shooting electricity at Colonel Guile. Creator/RaulJulia certainly gave himself a '''[[MemeticMutation DELICIOUS]]''' send-off. (Sagat is also a ham; he just pales in comparison to Bison.)
* [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' wasn't really hammy, just full of himself, but General Zod is a true ham. KneelBeforeZod's ham. Although his first instance was justified in that he was desperately pleading to avoid a FateWorseThanDeath.
** Luthor wasn't much hammier in ''Film/SupermanReturns'', was h-'''[[MemeticMutation WROOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG!!!]]'''
--->'''[[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]]:''' But millions of people will die!\\
'''Lex Luthor:''' ''BILLIONS!'' Once again, the press underestimates me.
** ''Film/ManOfSteel'' continues the tradition with its depiction of General Zod. And then ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' added another hammy Lex Luthor.
* Creator/OrlandoBloom as the Duke of Buckingham in ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|2011}}''.
* Almost every villain in ''Film/TronLegacy'' is a LargeHam (with the exception of [[TheQuietOne Rinzler]]), but especially the BigBad. CLU uses his hamminess to make our world open and available to all of his programs. Yes! '''[[MemeticMutation TO ALL OF THEM!!!]]''' And that's before you get to his agent, [[spoiler: Zuse, who chews the scenery with his Bowie-esque nature.]] A yin and yang of hams, if you think about it.
* Creator/GaryBusey and Creator/TommyLeeJones completely and utterly [[HamAndCheese enjoy themselves]] as the villains of ''Film/UnderSiege''. Jones even makes a [[Series/TheMuppetShow Muppet Show]] reference ''at the climax of the film''.
* [[Creator/JohnHurt Chancellor Adam Sutler]] in ''Film/VForVendetta'' cranks up the ham dial progressively [[VillainousBreakdown as the country wriggles out of his grasp]].
* ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'' has a young Creator/RussellCrowe as villain SID 6.7, a virtual assassin who once in the real world is having fun like nobody cares. One scene even has a criminal psychologist noting he likes to show off, "like a child to its parents".
* Komodo, oh dear sweet Komodo from ''Film/WarriorsOfVirtue''. The man is a giant ham and cheese sandwich, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i99ovxEGVU&t=414s these clips]] prove.
* Judge Doom from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', specially once [[spoiler:he's revealed to be a toon and yells in a CreepyHighPitchedVoice.]]
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
** Magneto, played by Creator/IanMcKellen, has a few moments of this, but he's calm the rest of the time. His younger self, portrayed by Creator/MichaelFassbender, also overacts whenever he's overtly threatening.
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse The title villain]] from ''Film/XMenApocalypse''. ''Rolling Stone'' [[http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/oscar-isaac-the-internets-boyfriend-becomes-a-leading-man-20160518#ixzz499q0lyJa reported]] it was "a performance that director Creator/BryanSinger calibrated by asking for 'quarter [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]],' 'half Skeletor' or 'full Skeletor.' Needless to say, '[[AGodAmI You can fire your arrows from the Tower of Babel, but you can never strike God!]]' called for full Skeletor."
