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Top 10 Bad Guys on "24" and Their Next Villainous TV Roles

David James - May 24, 2010

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After 24 airs its series finale (Monday, May 24, 2010 at 8pm ET/PT on FOX), a whole class of villains will be out of a job. When 24 ended each year, we always wondered whether the show would ever jump backward in time and revisit the early days of its villains. Once the series is over, we know that won't be an option anymore. So in honor of the 24 series finale -- and the guaranteed unemployment of its baddies -- TV Tango takes a look back at the top 10 bad guys on 24 and casts them in their next TV roles.

 

Face it. These rogues won't be out of work long since they are on the most wanted list.

 

 

 


Name: Victor Drazen (played by Dennis Hopper)

Aliases: None Known

Occupation: Warlord/Mercenary

Nationality: Balkan

Seen On: Day 1
Caution: Drazen participated in various ethnic cleansing campaigns throughout Eastern Europe and plotted the assassination of President David Palmer during Season One. He escaped from prison with help from his sons.

Remarks: Drazen appears on an upcoming episode of HOUSE, MD as a patient exhibiting strange symptoms -- nothing new for this show -- and Chase is devastated when he realizes he must treat a heartless warlord. Again, like last season. Plus, Victor's sons return to spring him from the prison that is Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.



Name: Sherry Palmer (played by Penny Johnson Jerald)

Aliases: None Known

Occupation: Ex-Wife of President David Palmer

Nationality: American

Seen On: Days 1, 2, 3
Caution: Palmer did anything and everything to further her ex-husbands career (and her own) including withholding medicine from former financial-backer Alan Milliken, causing his death. Her incredible abilities of persuasion made her a dangerous opponent.

Remarks: Sherry is currently filming the next season of SURVIVOR in Nicaragua. Insiders tell us that within a week, she has already talked the other contestants into forming three separate alliances, giving her immunity for at least the next two tribal counsels. She even convinced the producers to give her a five-second head start on the challenges.



Name: Nina Myers (played by Sarah Clarke)

Aliases: Yelena, Sarah Berkeley

Occupation: Chief of Staff, Los Angeles Domestic Unit

Nationality: American

Seen On: Days 1, 2, 3
Caution: Myers is fluent in four languages and will use them to lie, cheat, and kill her way out of any situation. Most notable crime: the murder of Teri Bauer.

Remarks: Always the chameleon, Nina takes the role as the newest host body for Azazel's daughter on SUPERNATURAL. She's a complete natural for the part since she's fluent in demon -- one of her many tongues. She's even a threat to kill her own father.




Name: Miranda Stapleton (played by Mia Kirshner)

Aliases: Mandy, Rothenburg

Occupation: Professional Assassin

Nationality: Unknown

Seen On: Days 1, 2, 4
Caution:  Miranda "Mandy" Stapleton is one of the world’s deadliest assassins, making two attempts on President Palmer’s life. Mandy was pardoned for her previous crimes, but she remains at large.

Remarks: Mandy just finished shooting her guest appearance as the long lost sister of Dexter Morgan on Showtime’s DEXTER. What happens when one of the world's deadliest assassins meets her serial-killer brother? He frames her for the murder of Trinity and then drowns her. Blood is definitely not thicker than water in the Morgan family.



Names: Ramon and Hector Salazar (played by Joaquim de Almeida and Vincent Laresca)

Aliases: None Known

Occupation: Drug Smugglers

Nationality: Mexican

Seen On: Day 3
Caution: The Salazars are drug cartel members who value family over the lives of innocent people. Both brothers were involved in the Cordilla Virus incident.

Remarks: Now that Leonel and Marco (a.k.a. The Cousins) on BREAKING BAD are dead, The Salazars will be the next Mexican pair to track Hank.



Name: Dina Araz (played by Shohreh Aghdashloo)

Aliases: None Known

Occupation: Wife of Navi Araz, Terrorist

Nationality: Turkish

Seen On: Day 4
Caution: Araz was one of the main conspirators in Habib Marwan’s terrorist cell. Although she aided CTU and Jack Bauer in the end, countless lives were lost due to Dina’s research and planning.

Remarks: Dina and her family move to Wisteria Lane on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES next season. As she recruits candidates for a new terrorist cell, she's looking for people with a killer past.
Now that Paul Young is back in the neighborhood, she targets him since he's best known for killing his wife (and voice of the show) Mary Alice.



Name: General Cheng Zhi (played by Tzi Ma)

Aliases: None Known

Occupation: Consulate Head of Security

Nationality: Chinese

Seen On: Days 4, 5, 6
Caution: Zhi stopped at nothing to avenge the death of Consul Koo Yin when Jack Bauer’s team inadvertently got him shot. Zhi utilizes violent torture tactics in order to extract information from his victims.

Remarks: Cheng Zhi will guest star on THE BIG BANG THEORY season finale as a random fan at
Comic-Con. When Sheldon, Leonard and Wallowitz take their annual July trip to San Diego for the event, Sheldon convinces Leonard that the General is actually George Takei.



Name: Charles Logan (played by Gregory Itzin)

Aliases: None Known

Occupation: President

Nationality: American

Seen On: Days 4, 5, 6, 8
Caution: Although he's a former President of the United States, Logan was loyal only to himself. He even plotted with terrorists to enact his own agendas -- at the cost of American lives.

Remarks: Logan will join the cast of the new series THE EVENT on NBC. As an advisor to newly elected President Martinez (Blair Underwood), Logan will teach him how to deal with the Russians. Maybe Logan will even get it right this time.



Name: Graem Bauer (played by Paul McCrane)

Aliases: None Known

Occupation: Chief Executive Officer – BXJ Technologies

Nationality: American

Seen On: Days 5, 6
Caution: Graem shares a gene pool with both Jack and Phillip Bauer, making him a cunning and resourceful villain. He used his company BXJ Technologies to aid and abet the Russian separatists in Season 5 and Abu Fayed in Season 6.

Remarks: On the season finale of CHUCK, Graem is unveiled as the new head of Fulcrum. First order of business? Finish building an evil Intersect and appear as Chuck's long-lost brother so that he can infiltrate the CIA.



Name: Jonas Hodges (played by Jon Voight)

Aliases: None Known

Occupation: Executive of Starkwood

Nationality: American

Seen On: Day 7
Caution: Hodges has had known dealings with General Benjamin Juma, trading weapons and training for space to develop and test a biological weapon. Hodges planned to unleash the deadly toxin on American soil in order to scare the US Government into turning national security over to Starkwood.

Remarks: Hodges will appear on next season of V when he mistakenly sells weapons grade plutonium to the Visitors. After he completes the transaction with Anna, she dispatches her soldiers to bomb his shuttle and then blames the Fifth Column.