| Anton Chigurh | |
|---|---|
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| First appearance | No Country for Old Men (2005) |
| Last appearance | No Country for Old Men (2007) |
| Created by | Cormac McCarthy |
| Adapted by | Joel and Ethan Coen |
| Portrayed by | Javier Bardem |
| In-universe information | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Professional hitman |
Anton Chigurh (/ʃɪˈɡɜːr/ shih-GUR) is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel No Country for Old Men. In the 2007 film adaptation of the same name, he is portrayed by Javier Bardem.
Bardem's performance as Chigurh was widely lauded by film critics—he won an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and a British Academy Film Award for the role. Other accolades include Chigurh's presence on numerous Greatest Villain lists, most notably in Empire's list of The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time, in which he was ranked #44,[1] as well as being named the most realistic film depiction of a psychopath by an independent group of psychologists in the Journal of Forensic Sciences.[2][3]
- ^ "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters". Empire Online. November 24, 2023.
- ^ Leistedt, Samuel J.; Linkowski, Paul (2014). "Psychopathy and the Cinema: Fact or Fiction?". Journal of Forensic Sciences. 59 (1): 167–174. doi:10.1111/1556-4029.12359. ISSN 0022-1198.
- ^ Engelhaupt, Erika (January 14, 2014). "The most (and least) realistic movie psychopaths ever". Science News. Archived from the original on January 22, 2014.