antihero

Bardem’s villain is built more like an aughts-edition antihero.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

Rice’s readers might not have been quite so queasy about this; her antihero has a way of making many horrors palatable.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

But Potter, who struggled with unchecked mental illness, depicted himself as an antihero outsider with a spiritual connection to the ravens of Yosemite, and could also be juvenile, selfish and oblivious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

“The character is the ultimate antihero and she’s a mother” — something that is rarely allowed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

Greg Norman, former LIV Golf CEO, views himself as an antihero who improved golf for players despite controversy and a nearly $600 million loss for LIV Golf Ltd in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

We are introduced to mortgage-backed securities and to the people who dreamt them up and abused them, antiheroes of the 2007-09 debt debacle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Now private-equity executives fill the roles of villains or antiheroes in shows like Billions and Succession, the latter providing this bit: “You know how, like, everyone hates you?”

From Barron's ● Dec. 5, 2025

The original NWO, which consisted of “Hollywood” Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, were so bad they became antiheroes and immensely popular.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2025

There were love triangles, villains, antiheroes, flashbacks, flash-sideways and a trail of clues that fans eagerly pieced together in an attempt to understand the cryptic island at the center of the show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2024

In place of demigods and antiheroes, women were his preferred orbit.

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2023