MCU: 10 British Villains In Marvel's Cinematic Universe - Ranked Worst To Best

10. Christopher Eccleston - Malekith

Despite trying to add some depth and history to the Nine Realms it's unfortunate that Malekith, nemesis of Thor's own grandfather, never quite lived up to expectations. Although Christopher Eccleston brought his customary gravitas to the character, he still suffered from two major setbacks.

Firstly, he was hardly the most original of characters. Said to be older than the universe itself and whose grand scheme was to plunge all of existence into the darkness from which he was born, there was nothing about Malekith which made the MCU's doomsday bringer stand out from any of the others available elsewhere. He even delegated the death of Asgardian Queen Frigga to a subordinate rather than kill her himself.

More than this though, despite being The Dark World's Big Bad he has to settle for second place on Thor's list of problems; the first of which being his strained relationships with just about everyone else in his life. Not only is Jane feeling abandoned as well as infected by the Aether, but he must also deal with Loki's grief at their mother's death before his own.

Even when causing the destruction of Greenwich in between all of this, all Malekith can do is come across as not enough style and even less substance.