I wanted to expand on "The Fassbender Psychopath Scale," introduced on the Kelly Clarkson show. So, I watched EVERY. FASSY. FILM and decided to rate them myself. Below are my general "psychopath" ratings for each character and reason why.
For context, I am swapping "psychopath" with "evil." I am in no way trying to tie this to any psychological disorders or do a deep dive into any characters. Just a very surface-level "how nefariously evil is this character?"
THERE ARE SPOILERS! So if there are any of Fassy's movies or shows you haven't seen, consider yourself warned!
The scale is 0-5 (sometimes 6), using 👿 and a zero will be a 😇
*Content Warning* Some of his characters do pretty evil things which I'll be describing in detail.
Let's go! 🦈
*Updated 07/27/2025*
Movies 🎥
300: Stelios 😇
Dedicated warrior fighting along side his king until the very end. I will give him a pass on a sexist joke this character said just this once.
Hunger: Bobby Sands 😇
He was on hunger strike during the Troubles and ended up starving to death. Very sad.
Eden Lake: Steve 😇
Guy and his girlfriend just trying to escape and survive a gang of murderous teenagers.
Blood Creek: Richard Wirth 👿👿👿👿👿👿
An undead Nazi necromancer? Who kills people and animals just to turn them into zombies he can control? Yeah that about takes the cake for how evil you can get in one movie. (Nazis get a default extra 👿 btw)
Fish Tank: Connor 👿👿👿👿👿
Oh boy, this guy... He grooms and rapes a child, and then if that wasn't bad enough, she's the daughter of his girlfriend, and if THAT wasn't bad enough, we find out he's got a wife and child he's been keeping this from. Dude…
Inglourious Basterds: Lt. Hicox 😇😇
Goes undercover to help defeat the Nazis. Helps get a few killed too, even though he dies in the process. Two thumbs way up! (and Nazi killers get an extra 😇)
Centurion: Quintus Dias 😇
This movie was kinda slow and I don't remember much. Think he was just a soldier, trying to survive.
Jonah Hex: Burke 👿👿👿
God this movie sucked but Fassy once again carried it on his back. He plays this creepy dude who blows up a train car, kidnaps the love interest of the protagonist and tries to kill him. He did kill a bunch of people on that train so a 3?
Jane Eyre: Mr. Rochester 👿👿👿
Keeps his wife, suffering from mental illness, locked in the walls and keeps it a secret so he doesn't scare off another woman he's trying to marry. Eeek!
X-Men series: Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto 👿👿
Erik's anger comes from a place of trauma and his worst fears keep coming to fruition. That being said, he does blindly distrust all humans, betrays Charles multiple times and causes so much unnecessary destruction.
A Dangerous Method: Carl Jung 👿👿
Doctor cheats on his wife with his patient, twice. One of his patients was also his subordinate at the time too.
Shame: Brandon Sullivan 👿
A man suffering with addiction and trauma, plus added guilt when his sister stays over. As much as I want to give him a zero, he does get pretty aggressive with his sister, who's also suffering from trauma.
Haywire: Paul 👿👿
I wasn't paying attention (he's not in it for that long) but I think he double crossed the main character and shot someone?
Prometheus/Alien Covenant: David 8 👿👿👿
I will defend David with my dying breath but to be honest, he does some horrendous things. Intentionally infecting humans with alien parasites, massacring an entire planet, killing and experimenting on someone he loved? Sorry David, you're getting a 3!
12 Years a Slave: Edwin Epps 👿👿👿👿👿👿
Sadistic slave owner and rapist, about as evil as it gets (and yes I put an extra 👿).
The Counselor: Counselor 👿👿
Don't remember too much but he's fairly vanilla, although he is helping out a drug cartel so...
Frank: Frank 😇
Poor Frank has done no wrong, just wants to make music and wear mask.
Slow West: Silas Selleck 👿
Starts out tricking the main character so he can find a bounty but has a change of heart.
Macbeth: Macbeth 👿👿👿👿
Murders the king in his sleep so he can become king, orders Banquo and his son killed (although the son does escape) and burns MacDuff's wife and children at the stake. One evil dude.
Steve Jobs: Steve Jobs 👿👿
Greedy businessman, neglectful father, stole credit from his friend & business partner and also just kinda full of himself.
The Light Between Oceans: Tom Sherbourne 👿
I know he and his wife were heartbroken after their miscarriages but he does technically kidnap a child, keeping her from her grieving mother. He does eventually turn himself in.
Assassin's Creed: Cal/Aguilar 👿
Callum Lynch, sentenced to death after killing a pimp, "avatars" his assassin ancestor Aguilar. (It is about assassins after all, had to give him something).
Song to Song: Cook 👿👿👿
This movie was hard to follow but I'm giving him a three because he might be a groomer? (he met the main character, who he later sleeps with, at 16) and he screwed Ryan Gosling's character out of the copyright to his songs.
Alien Covenant: Walter 1 😇
Don't really think Walter can be evil, he doesn't have the capacity that David does.
The Snowman: Harry Hole 👿👿
This police detective describes himself as "selfish," although he struggles with alcoholism. The only thing I thought was inexcusable was he was physically aggressive with his police partner, Katrine.
The Killer: The Killer 👿👿
Eh I mean he's a hitman so...
Next Goal Wins: Thomas Rongen 👿
Intentionally misgenders and deadnames a character because he's upset at her, later apologizes. Also a bit of a jerk to everyone at the beginning.
Kneecap: Arlo Ó Cairealláin 👿
He did a few car bombings, although no indication that anyone was hurt and he did kneecap a few people planning on harming his son. Also, he was kinda distant from his family from being on the run. I think I'll give just one.
Black Bag: George Woodhouse 👿
A secret agent so dedicated to his wife, he'd do anything to protect her. Hmm I'm compelled to not give him anything but at this point...(will need to watch this again).
Kung Fury 2: Colt Magnum/Tae Kwon Doom 👿👿👿👿👿
Sorry for the spoiler of a movie that hasn't been released yet but from the leaked sizzle reel, Colt Magnum, Kung Fury's partner, turns out to be the villain Tae Kwon Doom. He joined the Nazis and brought Hitler back from the dead. Automatic maxed-out evilness score.
TV 📺
A Bear Named Winnie: Lt. Coleburn 👿
He brings a baby bear to a military camp. Also leaves the bear at a zoo, letting her live out her life in a small cage instead of releasing her back to the wild when he had the chance.
William & Mary: Lukasz 👿👿👿👿
Jumped through the episode to watch the Fassy bits but ew... Guy molests the midwife that just delivered he and his girlfriend's baby.
Sherlock Holmes & The Case of the Silk Stocking: Charles Allen 👿👿👿👿👿
Even though it's two characters, I'm rating them the same. One's a child molester and murder and one knew about it and did nothing.
The Agency: Martian 👿
He is knowingly putting himself, his daughter, the CIA AND his girlfriend at risk all because he can't let his relationship go? (Spoiler: he still can't and ends up going double agent to rescue her).
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I have finally seen all his feature length films but please share any suggestions of what I should watch next.
He's an Iron Snake apothecary who specializes in making powerful healing soups and brewing the best ales and wines for his soups. Soups so powerful it can dissolve nurglings, he actively claims his perpetual stew can heal the Emperor but the custodes wouldn't let him in the throne room.
Unbeknownst to him, he's actually a twin. Where is his twin? Tune in next week.
Stelios snorted. “Yes, you are. You pretend to be all innocent and sweet, but let’s be honest here.” He looked at her from head to toe. “If you had the opportunity, we would all be kissing your feet now.”
“Well, you can be the first one if you want.” Her eyes dropped meaningfully to her feet.
“Princess, if I get my mouth on your skin, you can be sure it won’t be to kiss your feet.” He said it so matter-of-factly that Margaery couldn’t react for a minute.
“You, sir, are so crass.” She accused him.
“I’m not a ‘sir’.”
“Clearly.” She snorted.
“You have too many men fawning over you already, Lady Tyrell.” He reminded her. “You don’t need another one.”
“And you think you know what I need?” She challenged him.
She should know better than to say something like that to a Spartan. “You need some crassness.”
