Booger, from Revenge of the Nerds
Donald Sutherland as Oddball in Kelly’s Heroes
Clint Eastwood as Philo Beddoe in Any Which Way But Loose. Actually, just about any Clint Eastwood character.
Mongo from Blazing Saddles.
Robert Shaw as Quint in Jaws.
Bull Meechum (Robert Duvall) from The Great Santini
Pinhead (Doug Bradley) from Hellraiser
Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) from MIB
Yes, I know - I like what most people would consider some pretty stupid movies.
Here’s a list. I included the actors because I think so much of why these characters were compelling stemmed from the choices that the actors made.
Juror #8 (Henry Fonda in Twelve Angry Men)
Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird)
Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca)
Walter Gibson (John Cusack in The Sure Thing)
Debi Newberry (Minnie Driver in Grosse Pointe Blank)
Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston in Office Space)
Will Graham (William Petersen in Manhunter)
Guy Fleegman (Sam Rockwell in Galaxy Quest)
Red (Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption)
Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer in Tombstone)
Buffy (Kristy Swanson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Gollum (Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
Ricky Roma (Al Pacino in Glengarry Glen Ross)