Top 10 Favorite Movie Characters of All-Time

[Bluprint]

Originally Posted by NuckChorris

Hey all, new member here but I've been visiting this site for a long time, good stuff here....

Anyways, in no order here are some of my favorites, there are many more of course:

Heros

1) Dr. Gonzo (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
2) Dutch (Predator)
3) Ripley (Alien)
4) Jack Burton (Big Trouble in Little China)
5) John McClane (Die Hard)
6) Private Jackson (Saving Private Ryan)
7) Doc Holiday (Tombstone)
8) Marv (Sin City)
9) Turkish (Snatch)
10) Indiana Jones (All his movies)

Villans

1) Hans Gruber (Die Hard)
2) Darth Vader (The Empire Strikes Back - He was the most ruthless in Empire)
3) The Joker (The Dark Night)
4) Lopan (Big Trouble in Little China)
5) Jean Baptiste Emanuel Zorg (The Fifth Element)
6) Biff Tannen (Back to the Future Series)
7) Neil McCauley (Heat)
8) Nicky Santoro (Casino)
9) The Predator (Predator)
10) John Kreese (The Karate Kid)

11) General Zod (Superman II)
12) The T-1000 (Terminator 2)

Minor Characters

1) Doc Bloc (Planet Terror)
2) Jesus Quintana (The Big Lebowski)
3) Leonard Smalls (Raising Arizona)
4) Waingro (Heat)
5) Ernie "Big Ern" McKracken (Kingpin)

Alot of nice choices. Lo Pan and Leonard Smalls are so of my favorites as well. Thanks for sharing

[Bluprint]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

I could have had this list go on and on, so I'll just leave it as this:

• Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton, Terminator and T2: Judgment Day)
• The Joker (Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight)
• Gandalf the Gray / Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen, Lord of the Rings saga, The Hobbit)
• The Bride /
  [Show spoiler]Beatrix Kiddo
  (Uma Thurman, Kill Bill Vol I and II)
• James Bond (Daniel Craig and Sean Connery primarily, various films)
• James Howlett / Logan / Wolverine (Hugh Jackman, X-Men trilogy, Wolverine)
• Alice (Milla Jovovich, Resident Evil 1 - 5)
• Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford, the Indiana Jones saga)
• Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Avengers)
• Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

Runner ups:

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• Col T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole, Lawrence of Arabia)
• Strider / Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen, Lord of the Rings saga)
• Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver, Alien, Aliens, Alien3, Alien: Resurrection)
• Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader (Star Wars I - VI)
• William Wallace (Mel Gibson, Braveheart)
• Tony Montanna (Al Pacino, Scarface)
• Gandhi (Ben Kingsley, Gandhi)
• Kagero (Ninja Scroll)
• Han Solo (Harrison Ford, Star Wars IV - VI)
• Selene (Kate Beckinsale, Underworld 1 - 4)
• Thomas Anderson / Neo (Keanu Reeves, the Matrix saga)
• Kikuchiyo (Toshiro Mifune, Seven Samurai)
• Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's)
• Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando, Streetcar Named Desire)
• John McClaine (Bruce Willis, Die Hard saga)
• Spock (Zachary Quinto, Star Trek 2009)
• James T. Kirk (William Shatner, Star Trek I - VII)
• Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson, Lethal Weapon I - VI)
• Riddick (Vin Diesel, Pitch Black, Chronicles of Riddick)
• Jack Burton (Kurt Russell, Big Trouble in Little China)
• Morpheus (Lawrence Fishurne, the Matrix saga)
• Trinity (Carrie Ann Moss, the Matrix saga)
• Spock (Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek I - VI, Star Trek 2009)
• Leonard McCoy (Karl Urban, Star Trek 2009)
• Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamilton, Star Wars IV - VI)
• Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp, PoTC 1 - 4)
• Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr, Sherlock Holes, SH: Game of Shadows)
• Bane (Tom Hardy, Dark Knight Rises)
• Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Destroyer)
• Ip Man (Donnie Yen, Ip Man, Ip Man 2)
• Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley, Watchmen)
• Ash (Bruce Campbell, Evil Dead saga)
• Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover, Lethal Weapon I - VI)
• Zen (JeeJa Yanin, Chocolate)
• Xander Cage (Vin Diesel, xXx)
• Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart, Maltese Falcon)
• Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes, Demolition Man)
• Frank Martin (Jason Statham, Transporter 1 - 3)

Awesome list! The casting of Linda Hamilton in The Terminator was PERFECTION! I couldnt imagine anyone else playing the part of Sarah Conner. Enjoyed reading ALL of your list! Thanks for sharing everybody

[Dr Lecterr]

Really surprised that Dr Hannibal Lecter isn't on most of these lists.

Hannibal Lecter
The Joker
John Coffey
James Bond
Darth Vader
Brett Maverick
Bane
Indiana Jones
Butch Cassidy (sundance too)
Gru

[Steelers629]

1. John McClane (Die Hard)
2. Leonard Shelby (Memento)
3. Patrick Bateman (American Psycho)
4. Aragorn (LOTR)
5. Tallahassee (Zombieland)
6. Michael Corleone (The Godfather)
7. Alonzo Harris (Training Day)
8. Mr. Blonde (Reservoir Dogs)
9. Tony Stark/Iron Man (Iron Man)
10. Tommy Callahan (Tommy Boy)

[Blu Reaper]

1. The Joker (Ledger)
2. Neo (Reeves)
3. Bane (Hardy)
4. King Leonidas (Butler)
5. Castor Troy (Cage)
6. Alice (Jovovich)
7. Scott Pilgrim (Cera)
8. Voldemort (Fiennes)
9. The Bride (Thurman)
10. Abraham Lincoln (Walker)

[Bluprint]

Originally Posted by Blu Reaper

1. The Joker (Ledger)
2. Neo (Reeves)
3. Bane (Hardy)
4. King Leonidas (Butler)
5. Castor Troy (Cage)
6. Alice (Jovovich)
7. Scott Pilgrim (Cera)
8. Voldemort (Fiennes)
9. The Bride (Thurman)
10. Abraham Lincoln (Walker)

EXACTLY REAPER MAN!!! SOME OF MY FAVORITES AS WELL!!!

[Bonzi]

Popeye Doyle (The French Connection)
David (Prometheus)
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (Full Metal Jacket)
Walter Sobchak (The Big Lebowski)
Seth Gecko (From Dusk Till Dawn)
Roger Thornhill (North by Northwest)
Carl Showalter (Fargo)
Vito Corleone (The Godfather)
Tuco Ramirez (The Good, the Bad, the Ugly)
Harry Tasker (True Lies)

Originally Posted by Bluprint

3. Pennywise (IT)

Originally Posted by Dead By Shaun

1. Ash (Evil Dead 1-3)

Originally Posted by DesertFoxGoggles

Snake Pliskin (Kurt Russel) - Escape From New York

Great choices!

[Chrysagon]

So many to choose from. Not in order.
Subject to change without notice:

Indiana Jones
Han Solo
Doc Holiday (Tombstone)
Judah Ben Hur
Atticus Finch (To Kill A Mockingbird)
Chrysagon De La Crue (The Warlord -- Charlton Heston) -- see my avatar
Neville (Omega Man)
Selene (Underworld)
Jack Sparrow
Captain Jean-Luc Picard

[blufellas]

1. Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)
2. Darth Vader (OG)
3. Homer Simpson (The Simpsons Movie)
4. Han Solo (Star Wars all 3)
5. Mr. Blonde (Reservoir Dogs)
6. Leonard Shelby (Memento)
7. Hit Girl ( Kick-Ass)
8. Anton Chigurh ( No Country For Old Men)
9. Rick Blaine (Casabalnca)
10 Marv (Sin City)

[mayday72]

Rocky Balboa
John Rambo
Darth Vader
Martin Riggs
John McClane
The Terminator
Indiana Jones
Batman (MK)
Batman (CB)
Jack Sparrow

[stvn1974]

Malcolm Reynolds
Roy Batty
Spock
Captain James T. Kirk
Ash
James Bond
Indiana Jones
Batman (Adam West and Michael Keaton)
Snake Plissken
Darth Vader

[gotexas872]

1. Daniel Plainview
2. Anton Chigurh
3. Marv
4. Jacob Palmer
5. Sebastian Valmont
6. Gordon Gekko
7. Mark Zuckerberg
8. Riddick
9. William T. Soke
10. Tony Montana

Honorable Mention: Neo, James Bond, John Constantine, Jesse James (Brad Pitt), T-800

[cricepng]

Darth Vader
James Bond
Wolverine
Westly (the Man in Black from the Princess Bride)
John McClane (Die Hard)
Rocky
Lara Croft
Joker (1989)
Sir Robin (Moty Python and the Holy Grail)
Buddy (Elf)

[TheZoof]

1. Indiana Jones
2. Hicks

[Show spoiler] (had a good cry when I found out he wasn't in part 3)

3. Anton Chigurh
4. The Road Warrior
5. Dr. Richard Kimble
6. Hannibal Lector
7. The Joker (Ledger)
8. Neil McCauley
9. Martin Riggs
10. Doc Brown

[Punishment1o1]

In no particular order:

1. Boba Fett (Original Star Wars Trilogy)
2. Joe/Manco/Blondie (The Man With No Name Trilogy)
3. The Joker (The Dark Knight)
4. Legolas (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy)
5. Marv (Sin City)
6. Marty McFly (Back to the Future Trilogy)
7. Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes)
8. Bryan Mills (Taken)
9. Wolverine (X-Men movies)
10. Beck (The Rundown)

Honorable mentions: Max Rockatansky (Mad Max Trilogy), Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones Quadrilogy), Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th series)

[Lacit170]

1 - Raoul Duke (Fear and Loathing)
2 - Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder)
3 - Jack Torrance (The Shining)
4 - Freddy Krueger
5 - David Wooderson (Dazed and Confused)

[Show spoiler]Mathew McConaughey

6 - Chunk (The Goonies)
7 - Lloyd (Dumb and Dumber)
8 - Peter Gibbons (Office Space)
9 - Smokey (Friday)
10 - Ralphie (A Christmas Story)

This list was way too hard to make.... we should do this but themed. Horror, comedy, etc etc

[Rodney-2187]

1. Darth Vader - Star Wars
2. Howard Beale - Network
3. Indiana Jones
4. The Dude - The Big Lebowski
5. V - V For Vendett
6. Jack Burton - Big Trouble In Little China
7. Rick - Casablanca
8. Jay and Silent Bob
9. Maude - Harold and Maude3
10. Harvey Pekar - American Splendor

[qb2333]

So many great characters on film over the years. Nearly impossible to identify 10 only. Some of my favorites in no order:

Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter
Heath Ledger as the Joker
Al Pacino as Tony Montana
Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance
Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands
Sean Connery as James Bond
Charlie Chaplin as The Tramp
Clint Eastwood as 'Dirty' Harry
Denzel Washington as Det. Alonzo Harris
James Earl Jones as Darth Vader

[UltraMario9]

1. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford, Raiders)
2. Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer, Blade Runner)
3. Rorschach (Jack Haley, Watchmen)
4. Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood)
5. First Lieutenant Aldo "The Apache" Raine (Brad Pitt, Inglorious Basterds
6. Jules Winnfield (Sam Jackson, Pulp Fiction
7. Teddy (A.I: Artificial Intelligence
8. Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund, ANOES
9. The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Watchmen)
10. Dr. Ian Malcom (Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic Park)