20 Bad Boys We Loved in 2013

The Governor may be a one-eyed homicidal dictator with major family issues but, damn, he makes it look good. Armed with a gravelly Southern drawl and face that looks like David Morrissey, you can almost forgive those that follow him to do unspeakable things. Almost. —Maricela Gonzalez

The wild-card Thor stepbrother returned this year, once again played with devious glint and glamour by Tom Hiddleston. In his third onscreen outing, Loki backstabbed pretty much everybody, sometimes more than once. The more he betrays, the more we love him. Superfans are calling for a film about Loki. Isn't that what Dark World was? —Darren Franich

Charles Michael Davis's Marcel knows how to be evil. After all, his maker is the big bad himself, Klaus Mikaelson (Joseph Morgan). But Marcel also saved Davina's (Danielle Campbell) life, not to mention that the King of New Orleans has a soft spot for local bartender Cami (Leah Pipes). He's 50 percent charm, 50 percent venom, and 100 percent yummy. Did we mention that he's ridiculously attractive? —Samantha Highfill

He may not have fought in the Hunger Games but that doesn't mean Gale isn't fierce. Plus, he's played by Liam Hemsworth, so any arguments against him are inherently invalid. He's a dream dystopian knight in dirt-covered armor — not like Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) needs one. —Maricela Gonzalez

With those soul-piercing hazel eyes and mischievous grin, Quentin (Terrence Howard) was mostly up to no good this Holiday. He gets points for lending financial help to Harper Stewart (Taye Diggs) and trying to prevent a rift between Julian Murch (Harold Perrineau) and his wife Candace (Regina Hall), but all the single ladies — and some of the married ones — would still be advised to watch their backs around this seductive fellow. —Andrew Asare

Bryan Cranston's Walt started out as a mild-mannered chemistry teacher. Post cancer-diagnosis, he morphed into a murderous kingpin who stopped at nothing, including poisoning kids, to build his blue meth empire. As the money piled up, and his ruthless war waged, we still rooted for Walt to come out on top. And when he took his last breath on the floor of a lab to the tune of Badfinger's ''Baby Blue,'' we were glad Mr. White had finally found peace — and that the show ended on a fitting note for its quintessential anti-hero. —Denise Warner

When this mystery man first appeared on Scandal in season 2, he was just a shadowy figure who seemed to want everyone dead. But then the finale bombshell arrived: Rowan/Eli (played with deliciously evil aplomb by Joe Morton) is the father of none other than Olivia Pope herself (Kerry Washington). Looks like the one thing the fixer can't fix is her own family, but, lucky for us, we relish the father/daughter duo's heated (and often ugly) exchanges. —Katie Atkinson

Alien is a second-rate drug dealer who preys on young girls in bikinis. But we love him when he's showing off his Calvin Kleins and busting out Britney Spears' ''Everytime'' on a piano. And when he meets an untimely and surprising death by machine gun, it breaks our hearts (just a little). —Denise Warner

Though Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) is out of the baseball big leagues, he's in HBO's big baddie league for most unfit husband and father. He fights coworkers, cusses like a sailor, and parties harder than anyone his age should. No one else can make us laugh as hard while being oh-so-terrible. But he's also capable of throwing a curve ball, like when a ruminative Kenny showed he's got a repentant heart in the series finale. —Jennifer Arellano

Smooth-talking Damon (Tremaine Neverson, a.k.a. Trey Songz) was definitely more of a Mr. Right Now than a Mr. Right for unlucky-in-love flight attendant Montana Moore (Paula Patton). And, sure, he came with his own baggage (ahem, crazy girlfriend), but when a bad boy comes with a hot tub?well, sometimes you just have to soak up the good times while they last. —Lanford Beard

James Spader's creepy performance as Red elevates the character above being your average campy supervillain. The slippery Red answers questions with more questions and oversees murders without batting an eyelash, but his shrouded past and mysterious connection to Liz (Megan Boone) make him not only intriguing, but endlessly watchable. —Shirley Li

Sitting at the head of the SAMCRO table, Jax (Charlie Hunnam) became more like the man he despised, Clay (Ron Perlman), until he realized he had to trust and lean on his brothers. He's hard enough to put a bullet in men, but it's those moments when he softens — telling his wife (Maggie Siff) that he understands why she'd fake a pregnancy and miscarriage — that keep us in his corner. —Mandi Bierly

Rarely do the phrases ''porn addict'' and ''heart of gold'' fit in the same sentence, but Joseph Gordon-Levitt's offbeat rom-com so successfully humanized Jon (Levitt) — a product of today's hypersexualized, overstimulated media landscape — that we were somehow unfazed when he watched skin flicks on his phone in class. —Lanford Beard

Cons: He sold his soul to the demon Moloch, acts as a mouthpiece for the utterly evil Headless Horseman, and, oh yeah, is a glorified zombie with the broken cervical vertebrae and gross sagging neck skin of Meryl Streep in Death Becomes Her.
Pro: He looks like John Cho.
Eh, let's call it a draw. —Hillary Busis

No one can deny that the South African leader's cause was noble. But the wages of justice in his case meant active, willful rebellion and serving an extended stay in jail — classic bad-boy characteristics. Bonus points: Mandela was portrayed by Idris Elba, who has played both bad (Luther) and badass (Pacific Rim) this year. —Lanford Beard

The definition of the buffoon, Alan (Zach Galifianakis) had good intentions behind everything he did. But let's not forget that some of the things he did throughout the course of the Hangover series included roofie-ing his friends, stealing a tiger, and doing immeasurable damage to at least one infant and at least one elderly man. —Lanford Beard

Sharlto Copley's primarily known for playing goofballs in District 9 and The A-Team, so it certainly was a shock when he walked onscreen as a mangy-haired super-soldier. Kruger's a walk-softly-carry-a-big-stick kind of guy: The first time we meet him, he's firing a futuristic mega-gun into the sky for some earth-to-orbit assassination. He's an unstoppable juggernaut, the craziest and most exciting part of a disappointingly bland movie. —Darren Franich

For every psychotic thing convicted murderer Ray did during season 3 of The Killing (a.k.a. the show that will not die), he showed a glimmer of humanity beneath his hard, nihilistic surface. Thanks in no small part to Peter Sarsgaard's masterful performance, viewers were captivated by Ray's off-kilter charisma, questioning his guilt, up until his final, defiant breath. —Lanford Beard

Martin Scorsese's upcoming epic of financial malfeasance and late '80s excess isn't out until Dec. 25. (Its snowdrifts of cocaine will make it a White Christmas.) But we're sure we're going to love watching Leonardo DiCaprio get his Gordon Gekko on as this real-life fraudster and high-living libertine. —Keith Staskiewicz

Yes, this subpar magician — sorry, illusionist — is an utter dirtbag who slept with his nephew's much younger ex-girlfriend (her?), performed an incredibly tasteless ''Jesus crucifixion illusion'' for a crowd of devout Christians, and concocted an elaborate revenge plot involving creepy masks and secretly videotaped sex...and that was just season 4! Even so, how can you not be charmed by Will Arnett's weirdo intensity and underlying vulnerability? Come on! —Hillary Busis