Best portrayal of the Devil in film

I'm really curious about this lately, because a lot of great portrayals of the greatest threat to Mankind come from...kinda non-memorable movies. You got Viggo Mortensen in The Prophecy, Peter Stormare in Constantine, even (to a hammy-yet-awesome degree) Tim Curry in Legend. There are good portrayals in well-known movies too, but I'm curious to see what people think is the BEST Devil they've ever seen.

For me? It's gotta be Daniel von Bargen (Sheriff Cooley) in O Brother Where Art Thou. He was just...so damned CREEPY. The fire in his glasses, the plain white outfit, the complete lack of emotion...it was perfect.

I loved the performance of Peter Cook in the original 1967 Bedazzled.

edited 6th Jul '12 9:02:18 AM by Premonition45

Definitely O Brother Where Art Thou. What most people always forget about the Biblical Devil is that at least at one point he truly believed himself to be a good servant to his God. Hubris being his flaw, and I feel they got that right.

Al Pacino in "The Devil's Advocate" and Robert De Niro in "Angel Heart".

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