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Share your top 10 favorite characters from movies. They can be from any kinds of movies.

Here are mine:

1.) Patrick Bateman from “American Psycho” played by Christian Bale


2.) Vincent Vega from “Pulp Fiction” played by John Travolta


3.) Vincent from “Collateral” played by Tom Cruise


This could be my all-time favorite movie scene:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C167s9nEHRU[/youtube]

4.) Simon Hunt from “The Hunting Party” played by Richard Gere


5.) Lefty from “Donnie Brasco” played by Al Pacino


6.) Boromir from “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” played by Sean Bean


7.) Max from “Collateral" played by Jamie Fox


8.) Sean Maguire from "Good Will Hunting" played by Robin Williams


9.) Mr. Pink from “Reservoir Dogs” played by Steve Buscemi


10.) 'Moonlight' Graham from “Field of Dreams” played by Burt Lancaster


/EDIT 11.) Robert Angier from "The Prestige" played by Hugh Jackman

- Had to sneak this one in /ENDEDIT

Honorable Mentions: Several Samuel L. Jackson characters, Carl Hanratty from “Catch Me If You Can" played by Tom Hanks, Several characters from Batman movies, several characters from "Lord of the Rings minus the Hobbits.

With the exception of Patrick Bateman being my all time favorite movie character, the rest of the list is in no particular order.

Please, share yours.

10.

loved him in both of his Friday's

9.

really inspired to work harder and perform better in the classroom

8.

wish there was a bad guy like him in wrestling

7.

loved him in all fast and furious movies, great actor

6.

one of my fav b-ball movies, busy B was my boy

5.

what a role model he is love Stark and everything he stands for

4.

nuff said

3.

loved Rob Brown in Finding Forrester, a really under rated film

2.

Denzel was just superb in this role

1.

such passion from him in this film another inspirational role and performance

Verbal Kint Usual Suspects

Troy Crooklyn

Carla/Daniel The Other Sister

Heath Ledger - The Dark Night
Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs
Will Smith - Bad Boys
Lance Crouther - Pootie Tang
Robert Englund - Nightmare on Elm Street
Michael Madsen - Reservoir Dogs
Vinnie Jones - Snatch
Neil Patrick Harris - Harold and Kumar
Chi McBride - Waiting
Johnny Depp - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Taking out the obvious, Pacino's, De Niro's, Denzel's etc

In no particular order...

Vito Corleone - The Godfather I and II
Jules Winnfield - Pulp Fiction
Ellen Ripley - Alien, Aliens
Tyler Durden - Fight Club
Nick Naylor - Thank You For Smoking
Oskar Schindler - Schindler's List
Maximus Decimus Meridius - Gladiator
Tommy DeVito - Goodfellas
Andy Dufresne - Shawshank Redemption
Jeff Spicoli - Fast Times at Ridgemont High

1. Alonzo - "Training Day" - Actor: Denzel Washington
2. Dominic Toretto - "Fast & Furious" - Actor: Vin Diesel
3. Doughboy "Boyz n the Hood" Actor: Ice Cube

It's too late for a full 10 -- My mind ain't functioning too right at the moment.

In random order:
Sheldon Sands (Johnny Depp) - Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Gust Avrakatos (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) - Charlie Wilson's War
Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) - Die Hard
Sir Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush) - Elizabeth
Jesus Christ (Jim Caviezel) - The Passion of the Christ
Rambo (Sly Stallone) - All the Rambos
Godzilla (the guys in the suit) - All the Godzillas except the American-made ones
King Baldwin (Edward Norton) - Kingdom of Heaven
Everyone (everyone) - Glengarry Glenross

Can't think of a 10th one at the moment.

In no particular order:

Steve McQueen as Frank Bullitt (Bullitt)


Lenny Montana as Luca Brasi (The Godfather)


John Goodman as Walter Sobchak (The Big Lebowski)


James Dean as Cal Trask (East Of Eden)


Gene Hackman as Rupert Anderson (Mississippi Burning)


Robert Shaw as Bartholomew M. Quint (Jaws)


Denzel Washington as John Creasy (Man On Fire)


Yves Montand as Mario (Le Salaire De La Peur)


Julius Harris as Tee Hee Johnson (James Bond - Live And Let Die)


Robert DeNiro as Michael Vronsky (The Deer Hunter)


So many more great ones, Robert DeNiro alone could have gotten like ten spots (Jake LaMotta, Travis Bickle etc.)... really a great thread btw. It is really hard to think of the difference between the character and the actor and what you base your judgement on.

i haven't seen a lot of movies. but pretty much denzel's character in all movies before "Unstoppable"

best movie he was ever in was Crimson Tide, my favorite movie. he's so bad ass in that movie

in no order

Boris the Bullet Dodger from Snatch
Alonzo from Training Day
Creasy from Man on Fire
Michael Corleone part I an II
Vincent from Collateral
Stansfield from Leon
Con. Hans Landa from Inglorious Basterds
Archie Hitcox from Ingloruis Basterds
Dignam from Departed

Some of mine overlap with some of yours. In no particular order:


Patrick Bateman in American Psycho


Roger "Verbal" Kint aka ***SPOILER*** in the Usual Suspects


Another Kevin Spacey character - Lester Burnham from American Beauty


Daniel Plainview in There Will be Blood


Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men


Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore


Tommy Wiseau as Johnny in The Room


Alonzo Harris in Training Day


Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds


Randy "The Ram" Robinson in The Wrestler

1. Jack Sparrow -- Pirates of the Caribbean (Johnny Depp)
2. Capt. Quint -- Jaws (Robert Shaw)
3. Han Solo -- Star Wars (Harrison Ford)
4. Hector Barbosa -- Pirates of the Caribbean (Geoffrey Rush)
5. Spider-Man -- Spider-Man and the Amazing Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield, Toby McGuire)
6. The Joker -- The Dark Knight and the original Batman (Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger)
7. Ellen Ripley -- Alien (Sigourney Weaver)
8. Philip Marlowe -- The Big Sleep (Humphrey Bogart)
9. Jaws -- Jaws, Jaws II (I don't recognise anything after that) (Bruce the Shark)
10. Harry Morgan -- To Have and Have Not (Humphrey Bogart)

Brooklyn_Yards wrote:
Verbal Kint Usual Suspects

Yessir, the first person I thought of when I saw this thread. Not going to do a list, but Pac(Bishop) from Juice deserves to be in here.

Q: Bishop, you're crazy!
Bishop: You know what? Last time you said that, I was kinda trippin', right? But now, you're right. I am crazy. And you know what else? I don't give a ****. I don't give a **** about you. I don't give a **** about Steel. I don't give a ****** about Raheem, either. I don't give a **** about myself. Look, I ain't ****. And you less of a man than me, so as soon as I figure you ain't gon be ****, *pow*! So be it. You remember that, ****. 'Cause I'm the one you need to be looking out for... *partner*!



The video clip from the dialogue referenced above.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj2hBPsoNpg[/youtube]

Not a Knicks poster but love the topic. No particular order and just off the top of my head. And

1. Val Kilmer- Doc Holiday in Tombstone
2. Sean William Scott- Stifler in all the American Pies
3.John Goodman-Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski
4. Heath Ledger- The Joker
5. Joseph Gordon Levitt- 50/50 ( Thought he did an excellent job)
6. Leonardo DiCaprio- Inception
7. Jeremy Renner- The Town
8. Will Farrell- Toss up between Jackie Moon from Semi-Pro and Brennan Huff from Step Brothers
9.Hugo Weaving- V in V for Vendetta
10. Daniel Day Lewis- The Butcher in Gangs of New York.

Im sure if i redid this list in five minutes it would change. So many good actors in good roles, even in bad movies.

Gotta love Geoffrey Holder as Baron Samedi in Live and Let Die.





Ving Rhames as Holiday in Holiday heart


who can forget Julius J Carry the third as Shonuff in the last dragon ?

Red: Pineapple Express. Played by Danny McBride

Arnie Grape: What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Played by Leonardo Dicaprio

Bill Murray: Zombieland. Played by Bill Murray

Derek Vinyard: American History X. Played by Edward Norton

Eduard Delacroix: The Green Mile. Played by Michael Jeter

Benjamin Button: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Played by Brad Pitt

Amelie Poulain: Amelie. Played by Audrey Tautou

Hannibal Lecter: (all of his movies.) Played by Anthony Hopkins

Andy: The 40 Year Old Virgin. Played by Steve Carell

Martin: The Human Centipede II. Played by Laurence R. Harvey

I can't believe I left this one off....

Luke: Cool Hand Luke. Played by Paul Newman

Joe Pesci as Tommy Devito in Goodfellas The GOAT performance
"What do you mean I'm funny ?? Funny How ??"

"Marko from Trepoia" from the movie Taken. (Inside joke between me and Shpati.)

I wouldn't even know where to begin with something like this

But sure

Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs has to be on my list