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David Tennant delivered a terrifying villain in Kilgrave, a man who used his superpowers for personal gain in the darkest, most selfish ways possible. The ability to control minds is a scary idea, and Jessica Jones looked at someone given this power who didn't have any grand ideas for world domination, but simply used and exploited everyone around him, not caring at all about their own feelings or desires and only focused on what would please him in the moment.

Francis Dolarhyde/The Tooth Fairy (Richard Armitage), Hannibal

Let the will of the people be known. The People's Choice winner for Best TV Villain 2015 is Hannibal’s Francis Dolarhyde/The Tooth Fairy (Richard Armitage). Thanks for voting!

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Vincent D'Onofrio's Wilson Fisk is a complicated man, and set the tone for Marvel's Netflix series offering the best exploration of villainy yet in the MCU. Fisk is flawed and brutal and evil, yet within that tough exterior, viewers can see the broken, sad child who grew into the Kingpin.

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The seeds of the "Who is Harrison Wells?" mystery were set in the pilot of The Flash, and it's a credit to Tom Cavanagh that the mystery remained captivating throughout an entire season. Reverse-Flash is a character viewers loved to love, and Cavanagh's engaging screen presence helped solidify him as more than a throwaway villain.

[Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon) – Game of Thrones]

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Iwan Rheon proved with Ramsay Bolton that there really could be a character more despicable than Joffrey Baratheon on Game of Thrones. He is sadistic, unapologetic and, in the most terrifying moments, somewhat sympathetic. It's a credit to Rheon's performance that Ramsay avoids being a cartoon.

[Francis Dolarhyde/The Tooth Fairy (Richard Armitage) – Hannibal]

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Considering Hannibal is a villain in and of himself, Richard Armitage had to deliver something different when he came into the series as Francis Dolarhyde. He was a tortured soul, and Armitage let the character delve into the more sympathetic elements of his personality to really make it hurt when he followed his villainous path as the Tooth Fairy.

[Black Jack Randall (Tobias Menzies) - Outlander]

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Black Jack Randall starts off as a depraved character and continues to become more and more hatable until the traumatizing, intense climax to Season 1. Tobias Menzies imbues Black Jack with a dark, seductive and sometimes even likable quality, particularly during the mid-point of the season. Menzies offers a brave performance through the end of the season -- especially impressive considering his much more relatable depiction of Frank Randall.