John Doe (Se7en)

John Doe was a psychopathic serial-killer and chief antagonist of the movie Se7en - he was obsessed with the seven Deadly Sins of Christianity and killed his victims in symbolic murders representing each of them in an attempt (at least in his mind) to remind the world about the inevitability to avoid sins, his insanity was based on fanaticism and obsession but did little to damage his knowledge, in fact his madness may of added to it as he was a twisted mastermind who was comfortable with toying with the authorities and seemed to enjoy playing a game with them in a similiar fashion to killers such as Jack the Ripper.

He was portrayed by Kevin Spacey.

These crimes are listed as part of his master plan:


 * Forcing an obese man to feed himself to death (representing the first sin, Gluttony)
 * Arranging a fatal bloodletting of a rich attorney (representing the second sin, Greed)
 * Tying up a drug dealer and child molester on a bed for a year to let him die from shock (representing the third sin, Sloth)
 * Forcing a man wearing a bladed S&M device to simultaneously rape and kill a prostitute (representing the fourth sin, Lust)
 * Mutiliating a young model's face to drive her into suicide (representing the fifth sin, Pride)

Ultimately, John Doe is finally tracked down by the film's protagonist Detective David Mills and his partner Detective William Somerset. Being caught, Doe reveals to the detectives that he was jealous of Mills' normal life (representing the sixth sin, Envy), having raped and murdered Mills' pregnant wife Tracy by decapitating her. Unable to control his rage over the loss of his wife and the truth of her pregnancy (as Tracy never told him before), Mills angrily shoots Doe to his death (despite Somerset's objections). Despite Doe having died at the hand of Mills, his plan has succeeded, since via his masterful manipulation throughout the film, his own death became the final part of his plan (with Mills completing the seventh and final sin, Wrath). Following Doe's death, Mills becomes catatonic, and is taken away by the police, much to Somerset's discomfort.