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Anime & Manga
- Dance in the Vampire Bund: Lord Ivanovic◊/Grigori Rasputin
- Darker than Black: Flower of Darkness: Harvest
- Devilman franchise:
- Dog Soldier: Zardoz◊
- Dokuro: Kawashima Junta◊
- Dragon Ball franchise:
- Fist of the North Star:
- Fullmetal Alchemist (2003): Solf J. Kimblee◊
- Happiness: Masami Sakurane◊
- Higurashi: When They Cry: "Staff Leader◊"
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders: Terence (Telence) T. D'Arby/D'Arby the Younger: 1◊, 2, 3
- Kekkaishi: Kagurou: Anime◊, Manga◊
- Killer Killer: Ted Chikatilo: 1, 2
- Marry Grave: Markov◊
- Moriarty the Patriot: Moires Baskerville◊
- Muhyo and Roji: Tomas◊
- O-Parts Hunter: Ikaros
- One Piece: Hody Jones◊
- Parallel Paradise: Kai
- Psyren: Aoi Yusaka
- Release the Spyce: Kurara Tendo
- Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit: Warlock◊
- YuYu Hakusho: Elder Toguro
Comic Books
- Adventure into Terror: Siegfried Mauller◊
- American Vampire: Hurin (aka the Gray Trader)◊
- The Batman Who Laughs: Dark Nights: Metal (1◊), The Batman Who Laughs (1◊)
- Abattoir◊ from Batman: Knightquest
- Black Mask (Roman Sionis) from Batman: 1, 2, New 52
- Deacon Blackfire◊ from Batman: The Cult
- Maro from Batwoman: 1◊, 2◊
- Bedlam: Madder Red◊
- Black & White (Image Comics): Jake Chang: [1]◊, [2]◊
- Black Manta: Aquaman (1◊); Brightest Day (1◊)
- Blake and Mortimer: "The Secret Of The Swordfish": Emperor Basam Damdu◊
- Booster Gold #23: Trigon the Terrible◊
- The Boys: Black Noir
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8: Simone Doffler◊
- Burning Fields: Decker Marce◊
- Cinder And Ashe: Lacey: 1◊, 2◊
- Clive Barker's Next Testament: Wick: 1◊, 2◊
- Daredevil: Bullseye: 1◊, 2◊
- Daredevil Noir: Eliza/The Bullseye Killer◊
- Darkman 1993 comic: Sanford Lowell◊
- Dark Nights: Death Metal: Robin King◊
- Darkseid: New Gods (1◊), The Nail (1)
- Death Sentence: David "Monty" Montgomery: 1, 2
- Devlin Waugh: Swimming in Blood: Aaron Landis◊
- Disney Kingdoms: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: George Willikers
- Empowered: Ninjette's father◊
- The End League: Wolfsangel
- E.V.I.L. Heroes: Chaos◊
- Generation X: Johnston Coffin◊
- Gore: The Little Match Girl
- Aaron Zimm◊ from Green Arrow Vol. 5
- Sgt. Scott Notting◊ from Green Arrow (Rebirth)
- Mongul the Elder◊ (Post-Crisis) from Green Lantern
- Major Force◊ from Guy Gardner: Warrior
- Halloween: Michael Myers:
- Chaos! Comics series: 1◊
- Halloween H20 comics: 1◊
- Hawkman: Onimar Synn
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2012 DC Comics series): Skeletor
- He-Man/ThunderCats: Skeletor and Mumm-Ra◊
- The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect: Maestro◊
- Iron Man: Wong-Chu◊
- The Iron Saint: Sweet Joe Petunia
- John Wick: Calamity
- The Joker:
- Main continuity Batman comics: A Death in the Family ( 1◊, 2◊); No Man's Land (1); Hush (1)
- Alternate continuities: Batman/Judge Dredd: Die Laughing (1◊)
- The Joker (2021): Punchline◊
- Jonah Hex (2005): Simon◊
- Judge Dredd (IDW Publishing): Judge Death◊
- Justice League Dark: The Upside-Down Man◊
- Lady Death (Avatar Press): Sagos◊
- Mega Man (Dreamwave): Heat Man
- Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly: Hopcross Jilly
- Moon Knight:
- Mortal Kombat: Shang Tsung
- Nailbiter: "The Master◊"
- New Mutants: Selene◊
- Night Raven: Yi Yang◊
- Old Man Logan: The Maestro◊
- The Protectors: Mr. Monday◊
- Rat Queens: Voon
- Reborn: Lord Golgotha (as a human)
- Red Skull:
- Main continuity: Captain America (1◊, 2◊); Super-Villain Team-Up (1◊)
- Alternate continuities: Batman & Captain America (1◊)
- Red Sonja (Dynamite Comics): Kulan Gath: 1, 2, 3
- Robyn Hood: I Love NY: Vapor Lord
- Runaways: Ultron (1◊)
- The Sandman (1989): John "Doctor Destiny" Dee◊
- Carl "The Thousand" King from Spider-Man's Tangled Web
- Spirou & Fantasio: Zantafio◊
- Palpatine◊ from Star Wars: Infinities: A New Hope
- Mr. Haig◊ from Steel Annual #1-—Crucible of Freedom
- Radu from Subspecies 1991 comic: 1, 2◊
- Lex Luthor◊ from Superman: The Feral Man of Steel
- New 52 Anton Arcane◊ from Swamp Thing (New 52)
- Thor: Vikings: Harald Jaekelsson◊
- The Transformers (Marvel): Straxus
- Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (prequel comic): Shockwave: 1 2
- The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye:
- Doc Cross◊ from Two-Gun Mojo
- Über: Markus "Siegfried" Jung
- Ultimate Iron Man: Loni Stane: 1◊, 2◊, 3◊
- Valiant Entertainment: Master Darque◊
- Venom (Donny Cates):
- Warlock and the Infinity Watch: Count Abyss◊
- Wolverine: Origins: Omega Red◊
Fan Works
Film — Animated
- Batman:
- Batman vs. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder◊
- BoBoiBoy Movie 2: Retak'ka
- Hellboy Animated: Erzsebet Ondrushko◊
- Next Gen: Dr. Ares: 1, 2
- Osmosis Jones: Thrax: 1, 2
- Rock and Rule: Mok Swagger
- The Lion King (1994): Scar
- The Secret of NIMH: Jenner◊
- Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans: Bellroc
- Ultimate Avengers: Herr Kleiser◊
Film — Live-Action
- Action Jackson: Peter Dellaplane◊
- Alexander Nevsky: Hermann Von Balk◊
- All Hallows' Eve: Art◊
- American Psycho: Patrick Bateman◊
- The Beastmaster: Maax◊
- Birds of Prey (2020): Black Mask
- Child's Play: Charles Lee Ray/Chucky (Child's Play 2 [1◊]; Child's Play 3 [1, 2]; Curse of Chucky [1◊])
- Class of 1984: Peter Stegman◊
- Connected (2008): Fok Tak-nang
- Copycat:
- Daredevil (2003): Bullseye◊
- The Dark Knight: The Joker
- Deadpool (2016): Francis "Ajax" Freeman◊
- Dracula (1931): Dracula◊
- Goldfinger: Auric Goldfinger◊
- Halloween (1978): Michael Myers◊
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer: Henry
- Horror of Dracula: Dracula◊
- The House That Jack Built: Jack: 1◊, 2◊
- Jeepers Creepers: The Creeper◊
- Jonah Hex (2010): Burke
- Killing Zoe: Eric◊
- Kiss of Death: Tommy Udo◊
- The Last Horror Movie: Max Parry◊
- Marathon Man: Christian Szell◊
- The Night of the Hunter: Harry Powell◊
- No Country for Old Men: Anton Chigurh◊
- One Man's Justice: Karl Savak◊
- Resident Evil: The Final Chapter: Albert Wesker
- Ricochet: Earl Talbot Blake
- Runaway: Dr. Charles Luther◊
- Schindler's List: Amon Goeth◊
- Shocker: Horace Pinker
- Sin City: Roark "Yellow Bastard" Jr.
- Slashers: Dr. Ripper◊
- Sleepy Hollow (1999): Lady Van Tassel: 1◊ 2◊
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: Palpatine
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation: Vilmer Slaughter◊
- Thor: Ragnarok: Hela◊
- Venom (2018): Riot: (1◊, 2◊)
- A View to a Kill: Max Zorin◊
- Wait Until Dark (1967): Harry Roat◊
- The Warrior's Way: The Colonel◊
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Judge Doom
- X-Men: Apocalypse: Apocalypse◊
- You Only Live Twice: Ernst Stavro Blofeld◊
Literature
- Anno Dracula: Seven Days in Mayhem: Dracula◊
- Danganronpa Zero: Junko Enoshima◊
- Uncle Tom's Cabin: Simon Legree◊
- The Witcher:
- Leo Bonhart from Tower of the Swallow: 1◊ 2◊
- Vilgefortz of Roggeveen◊ from Lady of the Lake
Live-Action TV
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Dr. Werner Reinhardt/Dr. Daniel Whitehall◊
- Alcatraz: Kit Nelson◊
- Arrow: Lonnie Machin / Anarky◊
- Bates Motel: Jake Abernathy◊
- Boardwalk Empire: Giuseppe Colombano "Gyp" Rosetti◊
- Bosch: Raynard Waits◊
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Caleb◊
- Criminal Minds (Korean series): Kim Yong-chul (aka "The Reaper")◊
- Game of Thrones:
- Kamen Rider Brave: ~Let's Survive! Revival of the Beast Rider Squad!~: Takeshi Asakura◊
- Lost: Martin Keamy◊
- Masters of Horror: Moonface◊
- The Outer Limits (1995): Karl Rademacher◊
- Ripper Street: Carmichael◊
- Rizzoli & Isles: Charles "The Surgeon" Hoyt◊
- Smallville: Brainiac◊
Music
Tabletop Games
Video Games
- AdventureQuest 3D: Talyn the DragonLord◊
- Batman: Arkham City: The Joker◊
- Borderlands 3: Tyreen Calypso (1, 2)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops: Lev Kravchenko◊
- Call Of Duty Infinite Warfare: Salen Kotch◊
- Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time: The N.Tropy duo◊
- Crowscare: Venna: 1◊, 2◊
- EvilQuest: Galvis◊
- Fallout 2: Frank Horrigan: 1, 2
- Ghost Recon Wildlands: El Sueño
- Golden Axe: The Duel: Death Adder
- Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters: Amon Sur◊
- Jak II: Renegade: Baron Praxis
- The Legend of Tian-ding: General Shimada◊
- Manhunt 2: Leo Kasper: (1◊, 2◊)
- Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance: Sundowner
- Mortal Kombat 11:
- Red Dead Redemption II: Micah Bell◊
- Shovel Knight: The Enchantress
- Silent Hill: Homecoming: Judge Margaret Holloway◊
- Street Fighter V: F.A.N.G
- Twisted Metal franchise:
- Needles "Sweet Tooth" Kane◊ from Black
- Krista "Dollface" Sparks from the 2012 reboot.
Visual Novels
Webcomics
- Everyday Heroes: Wrecking Paul: 1, 2◊
Web Animation
Western Animation
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: NOS-4-A2◊
- Courage the Cowardly Dog: Katz◊
- Final Space: Lord Commander (1, 2◊)
- Gravity Falls: Bill Cipher (1◊, 2)
- Over the Garden Wall: The Beast◊
- The Powerpuff Girls (1998): Dick Hardly
- Redwall: Cluny the Scourge◊
- Spider-Man: The Animated Series: Carnage: 1◊, 2◊
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Pong Krell◊
- Superman: The Animated Series: Darkseid: 1◊, 2◊
- Transformers: Animated: Megatron
- Transformers: Cyberverse:
- What If…? (2021): Infinity Ultron◊
- Wizards (2020): Bellroc
- X-Men: The Animated Series: Omega Red◊