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10 Bad Boys of Summer

Guys in summer movies and TV series who show us life on the edge
By Lanford Beard Updated July 16, 2014 at 04:00 AM EDT
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Curtis, Snowpiercer

Chris Evans, Snowpiercer | Bad since: June 27, 2014 It may seem like the hero of steerage (Chris Evans) is on a noble mission, but living in horrific poverty…

Bad since: June 27, 2014
It may seem like the hero of steerage (Chris Evans) is on a noble mission, but living in horrific poverty for years will take its toll on anyone, and Curtis's take-no-prisoners approach to liberating his fellow lower-class passengers belies a darkness to his backstory.

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Idris Elba, Idris Elba: King of Speed

Idris Elba | Bad since: July 14, 2014 After winning a Golden Globe playing the haunted John Luther in BBC America's Luther , Elba returns to the Beeb's…
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Bad since: July 14, 2014
After winning a Golden Globe playing the haunted John Luther in BBC America's Luther, Elba returns to the Beeb's Stateside satellite in a docuseries about underground racing— a bad-boy hobby if there ever was one.

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The Joker, The Dark Knight

Heath Ledger, Christopher Nolan, ... | Bad since: July 18, 2008 Reinvented by Heath Ledger in a career-defining role that earned the troubled actor a posthumous Oscar, the green-haired ghoul of…
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Bad since: July 18, 2008
Reinvented by Heath Ledger in a career-defining role that earned the troubled actor a posthumous Oscar, the green-haired ghoul of Gotham is one of cinema's most vile villains, if only for his absolute glee in anarchy.

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Eric Northman, True Blood

True Blood, Alexander Skarsgard | Bad since: Sept. 28, 2008 The test of true badassery? Have you ever had to be clean-slated by amnesia to embrace your softer side? Whether…
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Bad since: Sept. 28, 2008
The test of true badassery? Have you ever had to be clean-slated by amnesia to embrace your softer side? Whether Eric's (Alexander Skarsgård) badness came in the form of that unfortunate season 1 wig or his lack of scruples about ripping out Wiccan hearts, no one would ever consider the former Swedish Viking warrior a goody-two-shoes.

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The men of Club Xquisite, Magic Mike

Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, ... | According to choreographer Faulk, this military-themed group number took the longest to film because Soderbergh, who usually appreciated an actor's slight misstep because it added…
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Sex, drugs, and stripper tales: Though Mike (Channing Tatum) dreamed of a more straight-and-narrow life populated by fire-hydrant furniture, most of the men at Tampa's sexiest strip club lived life faster and looser.

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Stephen Holder, The Killing

Joel Kinnaman, The Killing | Bad since: April 3, 2011 Though he seemingly overcame his drug addiction and settled down with a lady, an unexpected murder at the end of…
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Though he seemingly overcame his drug addiction and settled down with a lady, an unexpected murder at the end of season 3 put Holder (Joel Kinnaman) in cover-up mode and once again compromised his walk on the mild side. Good thing he's got a wry sense of humor to see him through all the tough times.

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Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Gary Oldman, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Bad since: June 4, 2004 A roaring, crazy-eyed maniac, Sirius (Gary Oldman) was the bane of the wizard world when Azkaban hit theaters in June…
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A roaring, crazy-eyed maniac, Sirius (Gary Oldman) was the bane of the wizard world when Azkaban hit theaters in June 2004. Thanks to years in the notorious prison, his dental hygiene was nearly as frightening as his purported criminal acts. And, sure, it turned out Sirius had been set up, but that didn't make him—or his infamous family tree—any less intimidating. You don't keep your wits about you under that much Dementor torment without harboring some serious darkness.

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Nate Fisher, Six Feet Under

Peter Krause, Six Feet Under | Bad since: Aug. 21, 2005 The first time we met Nate (Peter Krause), the Fisher clan's prodigal son was hooking up with a complete stranger…
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The first time we met Nate (Peter Krause), the Fisher clan's prodigal son was hooking up with a complete stranger he met while flying home to his father's funeral. Talk about a layover.

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John Connor, Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Edward Furlong, Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Bad since: July 3, 1991 The most literal bad boy on this list, John (Edward Furlong) never shied away from stirring up trouble with a…
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The most literal bad boy on this list, John (Edward Furlong) never shied away from stirring up trouble with a hoodlum twice his age and three times his size. Trained in rebellion by his hardcore mother, the teen terror would make good use of his misspent youth as the future leader of the rebellion against machines.

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Omar Little, The Wire

The Wire, Michael K. Williams | Bad since: June 16, 2002 A real Renaissance man—if you count thievery, murder, lying, and abject corruption as talents. And in David Simon's Baltimore, they…
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A real Renaissance man—if you count thievery, murder, lying, and abject corruption as talents. And in David Simon's Baltimore, they were. Omar (Michael K. Williams) was a survivor on streets where goodness was a detriment, not a virtue.

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