MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
This is a following list of the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Villain. In 2012, the award was renamed Best On-Screen Dirt Bag, though the Best Villain moniker was reinstated the following year. Two of the winners also won Academy Awards for their performances. In 1999, Best Villain had a tie for Matt Dillon and Stephen Dorff.
Winners and nominees
| Year | Actor | Film | Role | |
| 1992 | Rebecca De Mornay | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Mrs. Mott | |
| 1992 | Robert De Niro | Cape Fear | Max Cady | |
| 1992 | Robert Patrick | ' | T-1000 | |
| 1992 | Alan Rickman | ' | Sheriff of Nottingham | |
| 1992 | Wesley Snipes | New Jack City | Nino Brown | |
| 1993 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Single White Female | Hedra Carlson | |
| 1993 | Danny DeVito | Batman Returns | Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin | |
| 1993 | Ray Liotta | Unlawful Entry | Officer Pete Davis | |
| 1993 | Jack Nicholson | A Few Good Men | Colonel Nathan R. Jessup | |
| 1993 | Sharon Stone | Basic Instinct | Catherine Tramell | |
| 1994 | Alicia Silverstone | The Crush | Adrian Forrester | |
| 1994 | Macaulay Culkin | The Good Son | Henry Evans | |
| 1994 | John Malkovich | In the Line of Fire | Mitch Leary | |
| 1994 | Wesley Snipes | Demolition Man | Simon Phoenix | |
| 1994 | Jurassic Park | T. Rex | ||
| 1995 | Dennis Hopper | Speed | Howard Payne | |
| 1995 | Tom Cruise | Interview with the Vampire | Lestat de Lioncourt | |
| 1995 | Jeremy Irons | The Lion King | Scar | |
| 1995 | Tommy Lee Jones | Blown Away | Ryan Gaerity | |
| 1995 | Demi Moore | Disclosure | Meredith Johnson | |
| 1996 | Kevin Spacey | Seven | John Doe | |
| 1996 | Jim Carrey | Batman Forever | Edward Nygma / The Riddler | |
| 1996 | Tommy Lee Jones | Batman Forever | Harvey Dent / Two-Face | |
| 1996 | Joe Pesci | Casino | Nicky Santoro | |
| 1996 | John Travolta | Broken Arrow | USAF Major Vick "Deak" Deakins | |
| 1997 | Jim Carrey | The Cable Guy | Ernie "Chip" Douglas | |
| 1997 | Robert De Niro | The Fan | Gil Renard | |
| 1997 | Edward Norton | Primal Fear | Aaron Stampler | |
| 1997 | Kiefer Sutherland | A Time to Kill | Freddie Lee Cobb | |
| 1997 | Mark Wahlberg | Fear | David McCall | |
| 1998 | Mike Myers | Dr. Evil | ||
| 1998 | Nicolas Cage and John Travolta | Face/Off | Castor Troy | |
| 1998 | Gary Oldman | Air Force One | Egor Korshunov | |
| 1998 | Al Pacino | The Devil's Advocate | John Milton | |
| 1998 | Billy Zane | Titanic | Cal Hockley | |
| 1999 | Matt Dillon | There's Something About Mary | Pat Healy | |
| 1999 | Stephen Dorff | Blade | Deacon Frost | |
| 1999 | Brad Dourif | Bride of Chucky | Chucky | |
| 1999 | Jet Li | Lethal Weapon 4 | Wah Sing Ku | |
| 1999 | Rose McGowan | Jawbreaker | Courtney Shayne | |
| 2000 | Mike Myers | Dr. Evil | ||
| 2000 | Matt Damon | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Tom Ripley | |
| 2000 | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Cruel Intentions | Kathryn Merteuil | |
| 2000 | Ray Park | ' | Darth Maul | |
| 2000 | Christopher Walken | Sleepy Hollow | The Headless Horseman | |
| 2001 | Jim Carrey | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | The Grinch | |
| 2001 | Kevin Bacon | Hollow Man | Sebastian Caine | |
| 2001 | Vincent D'Onofrio | The Cell | Carl Rudolph Stargher | |
| 2001 | Anthony Hopkins | Hannibal | Dr. Hannibal Lector | |
| 2001 | Joaquin Phoenix | Gladiator | Commodus | |
| 2002 | Denzel Washington | Training Day | Detective Alonzo Harris | |
| 2002 | Aaliyah | Queen of the Damned | Queen Akasha | |
| 2002 | Christopher Lee | ' | Saruman the White | |
| 2002 | Tim Roth | Planet of the Apes | General Thade | |
| 2002 | Zhang Ziyi | Rush Hour 2 | Hu Li | |
| 2003 | Daveigh Chase | The Ring | Samara Morgan | |
| 2003 | Willem Dafoe | Spider-Man | Norman Osborn / Green Goblin | |
| 2003 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Gangs of New York | William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting | |
| 2003 | Colin Farrell | Daredevil | Bullseye | |
| 2003 | Mike Myers | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Dr. Evil / Goldmember | |
| 2004 | Lucy Liu | O-Ren Ishii | ||
| 2004 | Andrew Bryniarski | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Thomas Hewitt / Leatherface | |
| 2004 | Demi Moore | ' | Madison Lee | |
| 2004 | Geoffrey Rush | ' | Captain Hector Barbossa | |
| 2004 | Kiefer Sutherland | Phone Booth | The Caller | |
| 2005 | Ben Stiller | White Goodman | ||
| 2005 | Jim Carrey | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Count Olaf | |
| 2005 | Tom Cruise | Collateral | Vincent | |
| 2005 | Rachel McAdams | Mean Girls | Regina George | |
| 2005 | Alfred Molina | Spider-Man 2 | Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus | |
| 2006 | Hayden Christensen | Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader | ||
| 2006 | Tobin Bell | Saw II | John Kramer / Jigsaw | |
| 2006 | Ralph Fiennes | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Lord Voldemort | |
| 2006 | Cillian Murphy | Batman Begins | Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow | |
| 2006 | Tilda Swinton | ' | White Witch | |
| 2007 | Jack Nicholson | The Departed | Frank Costello | |
| 2007 | Tobin Bell | Saw III | John Kramer / Jigsaw | |
| 2007 | Bill Nighy | ' | Davy Jones | |
| 2007 | Rodrigo Santoro | 300 | King Xerxes | |
| 2007 | Meryl Streep | The Devil Wears Prada | Miranda Priestly | |
| 2008 | Johnny Depp | Benjamin Barker / Sweeney Todd | ||
| 2008 | Javier Bardem | No Country for Old Men | Anton Chigurh | |
| 2008 | Topher Grace | Spider-Man 3 | Eddie Brock / Venom | |
| 2008 | Angelina Jolie | Beowulf | Grendel's Mother | |
| 2008 | Denzel Washington | American Gangster | Frank Lucas | |
| 2009 | Heath Ledger | The Dark Knight | The Joker | |
| 2009 | Luke Goss | ' | Prince Nuada Silverlance | |
| 2009 | Dwayne Johnson | Get Smart | Agent 23 | |
| 2009 | Derek Mears | Friday the 13th | Jason Voorhees | |
| 2009 | Johnathon Schaech | Prom Night | Richard Fenton | |
| 2010 | Tom Felton | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Draco Malfoy | |
| 2010 | Helena Bonham Carter | Alice in Wonderland | Iracebeth of Crims / Red Queen | |
| 2010 | Ken Jeong | The Hangover | Leslie Chow | |
| 2010 | Stephen Lang | Avatar | Colonel Miles Quaritch | |
| 2010 | Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds | Colonel Hans Landa | |
| 2011 | Tom Felton | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Draco Malfoy | |
| 2011 | Ned Beatty | Toy Story 3 | Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear | |
| 2011 | Leighton Meester | The Roommate | Rebecca Evans | |
| 2011 | Mickey Rourke | Iron Man 2 | Ivan Vanko / Whiplash | |
| 2011 | Christoph Waltz | The Green Hornet | Benjamin Chudnofsky / Bloodnofsky | |
| 2012 | Jennifer Aniston | Horrible Bosses | Dr. Julia Harris | |
| 2012 | Oliver Cooper | Project X | Costa | |
| 2012 | Bryce Dallas Howard | The Help | Hilly Holbrook | |
| 2012 | Colin Farrell | Horrible Bosses | Bobby Pellitt | |
| 2012 | Jon Hamm | Bridesmaids | Ted | |
| 2013 | Tom Hiddleston | The Avengers | Loki | |
| 2013 | Javier Bardem | Skyfall | Raoul Silva | |
| 2013 | Marion Cotillard | The Dark Knight Rises | Miranda Tate / Talia al Ghul | |
| 2013 | Leonardo DiCaprio | Django Unchained | Calvin J. Candie | |
| 2013 | Tom Hardy | The Dark Knight Rises | Bane | |
| 2014 | Mila Kunis | Oz the Great and Powerful | Theodora | |
| 2014 | Barkhad Abdi | Captain Phillips | Abduwali Muse | |
| 2014 | Benedict Cumberbatch | Star Trek Into Darkness | Khan Noonien Singh | |
| 2014 | Michael Fassbender | 12 Years a Slave | Edwin Epps | |
| 2014 | Donald Sutherland | ' | President Coriolanus Snow | |
| 2015 | Meryl Streep | Into the Woods | The Witch | |
| 2015 | Jillian Bell | 22 Jump Street | Mercedes | |
| 2015 | Peter Dinklage | ' | Bolivar Trask | |
| 2015 | Rosamund Pike | Gone Girl | Amy Elliott-Dunne | |
| 2015 | J. K. Simmons | Whiplash | Terence Fletcher | |
| 2016 | Adam Driver | Kylo Ren | ||
| 2016 | Tom Hardy | The Revenant | John Fitzgerald | |
| 2016 | Samuel L. Jackson | ' | Richmond Valentine | |
| 2016 | Hugh Keays-Byrne | ' | Immortan Joe | |
| 2016 | Ed Skrein | Deadpool | Francis Freeman / Ajax | |
| 2016 | James Spader | ' | Ultron | |
| 2017 | Jeffrey Dean Morgan | The Walking Dead | Negan | |
| 2017 | Wes Bentley | ' | Ambrose White | |
| 2017 | Mark Steger | Stranger Things | Demogorgon | |
| 2017 | Jared Leto | Suicide Squad | The Joker | |
| 2017 | Allison Williams | Get Out | Rose Armitage | |
| 2018 | Michael B. Jordan | Black Panther | N'Jadaka / Erik "Killmonger" Stevens | |
| 2018 | Josh Brolin | ' | Thanos | |
| 2018 | Adam Driver | ' | Kylo Ren | |
| 2018 | Aubrey Plaza | Legion | Lenny Busker | |
| 2018 | Bill Skarsgard | It | It / Pennywise the Dancing Clown | |
| 2019 | Josh Brolin | Thanos' | ||
| 2019 | Penn Badgley | You | Joe Goldberg | |
| 2019 | Jodie Comer | Killing Eve | Villanelle / Oksana Astankova | |
| 2019 | Joseph Fiennes | The Handmaid's Tale | Commander Fred Waterford | |
| 2019 | Lupita Nyong'o | Us'' | Adelaide Wilson |