The phrase "devilish character" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who has a mischievous, wicked, or playful nature.
Example: "The protagonist in the novel had a devilish character, always getting into trouble with his pranks."
Alternatives: "sinister personality" or "wicked nature."
Mr. Pacino, speaking by phone from Los Angeles, laughed at the suggestion that he had been playing a lot of devilish characters lately, including the Man Himself in Taylor Hackford's 1997 film "The Devil's Advocate".
Thom Geier of Entertainment Weekly describes the musical as "winsome and charming despite an alarming surfeit of devious and devilish characters".
Episode 8 was a thoughtful side trip into sympathy for Spacey's devilish main character, but by then I was exhausted, and only my compulsive streak kept me going until the finale — at which point I was critically destabilized and looking forward to Season 2. Sensually, visually, "House of Cards" is a pleasure.
Episode 8 was a thoughtful side trip into sympathy for Spacey's devilish main character, but by then I was exhausted, and only my compulsive streak kept me going until the finale at which point I was critically destabilized and looking forward to Season 2. Sensually, visually, "House of Cards" is a pleasure.
The memorable character actor -- best known for playing Satan on "Reaper" and for killing Laura Palmer on "Twin Peaks" -- will tackle another devilish role as a doctor who operates on patients against their will in an eighth season episode titled "God Complex".
B: No! He has done mostly dramas, many films where he was really frightening, playing devilish, nasty, violent characters!
Suddenly the phone line is alive with the voice of one of Mr. Winter's most memorable characters, that devilish old reprobate Maude Frickert, explaining that her brother, Lamar Gene, has been testing a new idea for manned flight.
The comic actor suppresses his smirk and his devilish stare and stays within character.
In the scene a woman is, in fact, filleting Affleck's character, weary husband Nick Dunne: A devilish Nancy Grace knockoff (Missi Pyle) is implying on her TV show that Nick has murdered his perfect, blond, missing wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike).
