20 Essential Movie Performances That Will Define 2017

10. Javier Bardem - Captain Armando Salazar (Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales)

Captain Salazar Pirates Of The Caribbean
Disney

The Role: A zombie pirate hunter who has spent many years trapped in the Bermuda Triangle, but after escaping, vows to acquire the Trident of Poseidon in order to exact revenge on Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp).

Why It'll Define 2017: Few actors can play a villain with such delicious vigour as Javier Bardem, so it's reasonable to expect that he'll be the most entertaining thing about the inconceivable fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

From the trailer alone, it looks like Bardem's going to easily upstage Depp with his grotesque, CGI-assisted performance, and bring some real terror to a franchise that's been running on fumes for quite some time.

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