antihero

Bardem’s villain is built more like an aughts-edition antihero.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

Wolverine’s clash with Magneto, the perennial antihero, left him severely injured, physically and mentally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Rice’s readers might not have been quite so queasy about this; her antihero has a way of making many horrors palatable.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

But Cranston, whose role as the antihero Walter in “Breaking Bad” launched a meteoric rise to major stardom, accepted the situation at the time with grace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

He refuses to characterize Laxman as a seductive antihero, perhaps on the moral grounds of not wanting to make such a man seem attractive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

Now private-equity executives fill the roles of villains or antiheroes in shows like Billions and Succession, the latter providing this bit: “You know how, like, everyone hates you?”

From Barron's ● Dec. 5, 2025

They were the protagonists; they were among the first antiheroes in crime fiction.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

“You know how they talk about antiheroes, the people who are the bad guys but they really aren’t? That’s my dad.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2023

Nuanced antiheroes were not this show’s jam, and never did dark doings define the day.

From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2023

The Bard's villain of villains echoes throughout entertainment, manifesting in the likes of Tony Soprano and Walter White – antiheroes positioned in their stories as heroes.

From Salon ● May 18, 2023