Why He’s Perfect: We’re still disappointed that Malkovich didn’t get a crack at The Vulture in Sam Raimi’s ill-fated Spiderman 4, so we’d like to fit him in here.

Arch, sinister, a bit barmy…Malkovich was born to play a comic-book villain! And no, we won’t make do with his turn in Con Air…

A flame-headed, centuries-old warlord, prone to grand-standing histrionics, Dormammu may be many things, but restrained ain’t one of them. Malkovich off the leash in full-on cackling loon mode? Yes please.

Essential Scene: Dormammu has Strange at his mercy, only to indulge in some sarcasm-laden trash talk that allows our hero a last-gasp reprieve. Loves a bit of trash talk, does Dormammu…

But if Malkovich can’t do it…