97. Ben Kingsley as Don Logan
      Sexy Beast (2001)

Although some may be clamoring for Kingsley’s Oscar-winning turn as Gandhi to be included on this list, for our money, it’s his role here as the sadistic gangster Don Logan that truly deserves the nod. A.O. Scott of The New York Times described Logan as “the opposite of Gandhi: He’s pure violence, a sociopath who radiates menace even while sitting perfectly still mouthing pleasantries.” Never has such violence been so neurotically personified in a character, nor delivered with such rage and resonance. Kingsley, sinews strained as he frothingly delivers Logan’s brutal poetry of coercion to a shrinking Ray Winstone, is an image that continues to leave a chilling mark on our lizard brains.

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