History Main / VillainousCheekbones

* In Sam Raimi's first ''Film/SpiderMan1'' film, the Green Goblin is played by Creator/WillemDafoe, who is able to pull off some truly disturbing leers in no small part because of this trope.

* Jareth from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''. Inevitable when you're played by David Bowie, and it's appropriate that the villain in a child's fantasy would have such a classically evil-looking trait.

* In Sam Raimi's first ''Film/SpiderMan1'' film, the Green Goblin is played by Willem Dafoe, who is able to pull off some truly disturbing leers in no small part because of this trope.

* Angelina Jolie as the title character in ''Film/{{Maleficent}}''. [[spoiler:Subverted in that she's not ''really'' a villain for the most part, just [[WomanScorned really pissed off]].]]

* Lady Macbeth in the 2010 television version of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''.

* In Sam Raimi's first ''Film/SpiderMan'' film, the Green Goblin is played by Willem Dafoe, who is able to pull off some truly disturbing leers in no small part because of this trope.

* Kycilia Zabi and M'quve in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''. Kycilia's especially, since her cheekbones are so sharp and more pronounced.

* Yoshikage Kira from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' sports a prominent set [[spoiler: and is an unrepentant serial killer with a bizarre hand fetish. He also has them after switching faces with Kosaku Kawajiri, probably due to sheer coincidence.]] As fans have noticed, he also has resemblance to the late Creator/DavidBowie with his swept back blonde hair, strong jaw, prominent cheek bones.

** Ursula from ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''--she may have a rotund face, but her cheeks could jab out your eyeballs.

* Spike from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' (although he makes a HeelFaceTurn). Most of the characters that Creator/JamesMarsters plays are villainous, and his cheekbones are very, very sharp.

* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' has this as a facial option for most species, and gets a lot of mileage out of it in terms of [[TheEmpire Imperial]] [[LawfulEvil soldiers and politicians]]; this is of course a [[InternalHomage direct reference]] to Tarkin, above.
* Humanoid vampires in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' default to having high cheekbones when they're starving and their monstrous nature is especially clear, since it uses a pre-set face for them. This is especially clear with the Dark Brotherhood's Vicente Valtieri, who always looks that way.

* Creator/NeilPatrickHarris as Dr. Horrible in ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''. In the commentary, during a GlovedFistOfDoom closeup, Creator/JossWhedon even notes, "But then underneath this light I was like, 'Ooh, look at Neil's cheekbones...'"

* The Red Skull from ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', especially after he loses his LatexPerfection. [[CaptainObvious He looks like a skull]] so it's not all that surprising that he lacks much flesh to smooth them.

* Creator/CirqueDuSoleil examples, often accomplished with the help of makeup or masks, include Fleur and some of the Nostalgic Old Birds in ''Theatre/{{Alegria}}'' and the Counselor and his equally wicked son in ''Theatre/{{KA}}''. However, in Cirque prominent cheekbones are not exclusively for the evil, but sometimes used for {{Tricksters}} (''Theatre/{{KOOZA}}'') or similarly mysterious-but-good characters (the Great Chamberlain in ''Theatre/NouvelleExperience'').

Compare LeanAndMean and EvilIsSexy, if you so desire. SisterTrope to SinisterSchnoz and ThinChinOfSin. Contrast with the LanternJawOfJustice and HeroicDimples, for the good guys.

** Missy, aka [[spoiler: the Mistress]] from the 2014 series, as played by Michelle Gomez.

* {{Discussed}} in ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'', where Elijah notes the fact that comic-book villains tend to have [[ThinChinOfSin sharp and pointy feature]], whereas [[LanternJawOfJustice heroes are lantern-jawed]].

Compare LeanAndMean and EvilIsSexy, if you so desire. SisterTrope to SinisterSchnoz and ThinChinOfSin. Contrast with the LanternJawOfJustice, for the good guys.

* Grand Moff Tarkin of ''Film/ANewHope'' [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first appears]] in a position of authority over ''Darth Vader'', so his villainous credentials would be pretty clear already, but he's still got this trope going in spades. [[MeanCharacterNiceActor Happily averted with]] Creator/PeterCushing himself.

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[[caption-width-right:330:From left to right: [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly Angel Eyes]], [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Judge Claude Frollo]], [[Film/ANewHope Grand Moff Tarkin]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} Anton Ego]].]]

* {{Discussed}} in ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'', where Elijah notes the fact that comic-book villains tend to have sharp and pointy feature, and [[LanternJawOfJustice heroes are lantern-jawed]].

* Thrax from ''OsmosisJones'' has dangerously pointy cheekbones. Then again, being a virus, he doesn't really have cheekbones so much as a capsid.

** [[HotScoop Freddie Lounds]], an amoral tabloid blogger, has some pretty severe cheekbones of her own.

* [[Manga/DragonBallZ Dr. Gero of the Android Saga]] has just huge cheekbones that not even his big bushy mustache can cover.

* Yoshikage Kira from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' sports a prominent set [[spoiler: and is an unrepentant serial killer with a bizarre hand fetish. He also has them after switching faces with Kosaku Kawajiri, probably due to sheer coincidence.]]

* SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm''. Perhaps the most so in ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood Under the Red Hood]]''.

* Angelina Jolie as the title character in ''Film/{{Maleficent}}''. [[spoiler:Subverted in that she's not ''really' a villain for the most part, just [[WomanScorned really pissed off]].]]