There’s a long tradition in American filmmaking of having a sneering, classically trained British actor step in to play the villain in a big-budget production, whether that’s Claude Rains, Anthony ...

He’s used to playing villains, but even when Mark Strong plays a good guy he ends up making bad choices. The British actor’s new show “Temple,” based on a Norwegian drama and premiering Monday on ...

“That’s part of the joy of playing a character like that. You know there’s going to be some fight at the end, and you know the morality tale dictates that the bad guy has to lose.” Photo-Illustration: ...