Icons of Badassery may not always win, but they're always full of win. Hero or villain, they always carry themselves with a little style and a whole lot of attitude. Here are the best of the baddest:
Agent Coulson
Unflappable S.H.I.E.L.D. agent portrayed by Clark Gregg in Marvel Studio's Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012).
Amanda Woodward
Andre the Giant
Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson
Angelina Jolie
Angus MacGyver
Anthony Quinn
Axel Foely
The Bandit
Bansky
Batman and Robin
The Beastmaster
Beatrix "The Bride" Kiddo
Benjamin Linus
Bigfoot
Bill Murray
Black Panther
The Blues Brothers
Boba Fett
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Lee
Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers
Buffy Summers
Burt Lancaster
Captain America
Captain Jack Sparrow
Captain James Tiberius Kirk
Charles Bronson
Charles de Gaulle
Charlie's Angels
Charlton Heston
Chewbacca and Han Solo
Chow Yun Fat
Christopher Lee
Chuck Norris
Chuck Yaeger
Clarice Starling
Clark Gable
Conan
Connor MacLeod
Cthulu
The Cylons
The Daleks
Daniel Day Lewis
Daniel Trejo
Daredevil
Darth Maul
Demi Moore
Denzel Washington
Dirty Harry
Doctor Doom
Doctor Who
Dolemite
Don Draper
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
Dragonflies
The Dread Pirate Roberts
Dr. Evil
The Dude
The Dukes of Hazzard
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Edward James Olmos
Ellen Ripley
Ernest Hemingway
Errol Flynn
Evel Knievel
Ferris Bueller
The Flash
Frankenstein's Monster
Gandalf
Gene Hackman
General George S. Patton
General Grievous
George Washington
G.I. Joe
Godzilla
Gordie Howe
HAL
Harvey Keitel
Hellboy
Hit Girl
Hugo Weaving
Hulk Hogan
Humphrey Bogart
Idris Elba
The Incredible Hulk
The Incredibles
Indiana Jones
Inigo Montoya
The Iron Giant
Iron Man
J.R. Ewing
Jack Bauer
Jack Johnson
James Bond
James Cagney
James Coburn
James Dean
Jason Bourne
Jason Statham
Jaws
Jaws
Jeff Goldblum
Jet Li
Jim Morrison
Jimmy Smits
Joe Louis
John Carter of Mars
John Cusack
John Locke
John Malkovich
John Matrix
John McClane
Johnny Sokko's Flying Robot
John Rambo
John Shaft
John Wayne
The Joker
Jon Luc Picard
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
Kate Austen and Jack Shepherd
Katharine Hepburn
Kevin Spacey
Khan Noonien Singh
King Kong
King Leonidas and the 300 Spartans
Krrish
Kurt Russell
Lando Calrissian
Lee Marvin
The Lone Ranger
Mad Max
Malcolm X
The Man With No Name
Marlon Brando
Marty McFly
Maximus
McLovin
Michael Douglas
Mickey Rourke
Mike Ditka
Milla Jovovich
Actress who portrayed Leeloo in The Fifth Element (1987), Alice in Resident Evil (2002) and its sequels.
Mobile Suit Gundam
Morgan Freeman
Mr. Miagi
Mr. T
Muhammed Ali
Natalie Portman
Nathan Fillion
Neil Patrick Harris
Nick Nolte
Ninjas
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Omar Little
Optimus Prime
Pam Grier
Patrick Swayze
Patrick Warburton
Paul Newman
Phoenix
Popeye
The Predator
Princess Leia
R2-D2
Randy "Macho Man" Savage
Riggs and Murtaugh
River Tam
Robert Deniro
Robert Johnson
Robocop
Rocky Balboa
Rod Serling
Rorschach
Sam Elliott
Sam Rockwell
Samuel L. Jackson
Sarah Connor
Sauron
Sawyer
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Scott Pilgrim
Shaquille O'Neal
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson
Silver Surfer
Sitting Bull
The Six Million Dollar Man
Sonny Crockett
Space Ghost
Spartacus
Spiderman
Spock
Steve Irwin
Steve McQueen
Superman
Sidney Bristow
Tank Man
Tank Girl
Tarzan
The Terminator
Theodore Roosevelt
Thor
Ting
Tommy Lee Jones
Tony "Scarface" Montana
Tony Soprano
Toshiro Mifune
Trinity
Tron
Tyler Durden
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Tyrone Power
Ultraman
Underdog
Vince Lombardi
Voltron
The Warriors
The Wicked Witch of the West
William Holden
Will Smith
Wilma Deering
Winston Churchill
Wolverine
Wonder Woman
Worf
Xena
The Xenomorphs
