Actor Larry Thomas holds the ignoble honor of having portrayed both Saddam Hussein and

Osama Bin Laden.

Thomas, a white American of Russian and Romanian Jewish heritage, sports an ambiguously

ethnic look that slanted em' roles as two of the world's most reviled boogie men, as

well as an entirely different sort of villain.

A one-off sign-filled character named Yevka Sem, but best known as the Supnatsi.

The character, based off the real-life Alliagana, the Persian-American owner-operator of famed

New York City eatery's Supkitchen International, made an indelible pop culture imprint with

his catchphrase, No Sup for You, which Thomas claims to have improvised.

The character also inspired a naming convention applied to those who operate as cruel despots

in what would normally be low-stakes circumstances.

In Los Angeles, that moniker was given to Kazanori Nozawa, who was dubbed the Sushi Natsi.

Nozawa, a Japanese immigrant who, in 1985, opened his eponymous sushi bar in the Studio

City neighborhood, was known for presenting precisely-prepared fish with the dishes dictated

according to the chef's discretion.

Much like the Supnatsi, the Sushi Natsi's food was as lauded as his stern service was

decried, which included famously ejecting actress Charlize Theron for daring to ask for

a substitution.

Despite, or perhaps in part due to the Nozawa's reputation, Angelino's cute up for hours

for the opportunity to endure his abuse and enjoy his cuisine, and the chef is widely

credited with popularizing the fixed-course omakase style in the United States.

In 2008, a frequent customer at Nozawa's counter named Jerry Greenberg, who'd earlier

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