Famous Villain Protagonists

Name these main characters from literature, TV, and film, who were arguably more villainous than the typical protagonist.

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Debut	Hint	Character
1593	Power-hungry English noble who kills his way to the throne in a Shakespeare tragedy	Richard III
1890	Beautiful but hedonistic young man whose portrait ages and decays in his place	Dorian Gray
1955	Eloquent but depraved narrator obsessed with a 12-year-old girl	Humbert Humbert
1955	Charming con artist who lies and kills to live the high life in Italy	Tom Ripley
1962	Delinquent youth who delights in “a bit of the old ultraviolence”	Alex DeLarge
1969	Once-honorable son turned ruthless don of his family crime dynasty	Michael Corleone
1976	Lonely New York cabbie whose vigilante fantasies turn violent	Travis Bickle
1983	Cuban refugee who builds a bloody Miami drug empire	Tony Montana
1991	Manhattan investment banker with a taste for murder and luxury brands	Patrick Bateman

Debut	Hint	Character
1996	Charismatic founder of secret fight club who becomes an anarchist terrorist	Tyler Durden
1999	New Jersey mob boss juggling panic attacks, therapy, and murder	Tony Soprano
2003	Student who uses a deadly notebook to exact his sense of justice	Light Yagami
2006	Serial killer of questionable villainy, as he only kills killers	Dexter Morgan
2008	Chemistry teacher who becomes a meth kingpin known as Heisenberg	Walter White
2013	Southern politician who manipulates, murders, and monologues his way to power	Frank Underwood
2013	Stockbroker who scams his way to obscene wealth and debauchery	Jordan Belfort
2019	Mentally ill failed comedian whose violent breakdown sparks a citywide uprising	Arthur Fleck

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