The 20 Greatest Villains Of All Time

11. The Joker (Batman)

Batman has had many enemies over the years, but none so evil as the villainous Joker. The Joker has been played out by Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger, Jared Leto, and most recently Joaquin Phoenix. The Joker is a misunderstood crazy man with deep psychosis.

He has psychotic problems on the inside, and covers himself with the face of a joker – someone that is always smiling on the outside, but is deeply disturbed and depressed on the inside. The Joker finds his joy in hurting others, and is a great super-villain that must be stopped by Batman. One of the most common stories of how the Joker came to look the way he does, is that he fell into a tank filled with chemical waste that turned his skin white, gave him green hair, and turned his lips bright red. This all drives him to become more insane than he already is.