# Favorite movie characters **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 29, 2000, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141 "2000-11-29T03:52:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/1 "2000-11-29T03:52:54Z")
Mine: Indiana Jones Han Solo Marty McFly Ferris Bueller Bugs Bunny Of course that is la crème de la crème, there are other great ones such as: Maverick Martin Riggs John McClane So, which are yours? * * * I see dead people. I am seeing my reflection in the mirror. Am I dead? ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/2 "2000-11-29T04:03:52Z")
hmm, some of my fav’s would be… Billy Madison Martin Riggs Maverick (Top Gun) Indiana Jones the main dude from Gone of 60 Seconds the black dude and the dude that can’t open his eyes from Half Baked Tim the Enchanter from Monty Python and the Holy Grail ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/3 "2000-11-29T04:22:01Z")
The really cool gay guy from Cruel Intentions (Joshua Jackson). Yummy. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/4 "2000-11-29T04:53:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hypergirl \* > \*\*The really cool gay guy from Cruel Intentions (Joshua Jackson). Yummy. \*\* Ryan Philippe? (I didn’t even see the film, but I think thats him.) ---
**Author:** ![HomeSlice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9d8465/32.png) [@HomeSlice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HomeSlice)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/5 "2000-11-29T04:57:17Z")
Debbie from Debbie Does Dallas 2000 ---
**Author:** ![Serendipity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Serendipity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serendipity)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/6 "2000-11-29T05:42:47Z")
Dimitri from “Anastasia” Arvid from “Swing Kids” (also Thomas, before he became a Nazi) Indiana Jones (I named my cat after him!) Jay and Silent Bob 😃 Lancelot from “MP and the Holy Grail” John Smith from “Pocahontas” Scott Evil from “Austin Powers” ---
**Author:** ![RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/7 "2000-11-29T06:15:59Z")
Ash from Evil dead / Army of Darkness ---
**Author:** ![Mofo\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/8 "2000-11-29T06:27:37Z")
Father MacGruder - “Dead Alive” Jules Winfield - “Pulp Fiction” Large Marge - “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure” Verbal Kint - “The Usual Suspects” Seth Gekko - “From Dusk Till Dawn” Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne) - "Miller’s Crossing Man From Another Place - “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me” All I can think of for now. ---
**Author:** ![Revedge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@Revedge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revedge)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/9 "2000-11-29T07:35:30Z")
The self aware bomb- “Dark Star” Harvey (Martin Mull)- “Serial” Agent Smith- “The Matrix” Zed- “Men In Black” Merlin- “Excalibur” Robbie the Robot- “Forbidden Planet” Decker (and his boss)- “Bladerunner” Teddy- “Arsenic and Old Lace” Bud- “Repo Man” ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/10 "2000-11-29T17:40:10Z")
Tyler Durden from “Fight Club” (I wish **my** imaginary friends were this cool!) Indiana Jones Jay and Silent Bob William Wallace from “Braveheart” ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/11 "2000-11-29T19:42:47Z")
Tyler Durden - Fight Club Narrator (His name is NOT Jack) - Fight Club Buddy - Six-String Samurai Austin Powers - Austin Powers IMM John Milton - Devil’s Advocate Drill Sergeant - Full Metal Jacket Leon - The Professional Zorg - Fifth Element … just to name a few. ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/12 "2000-11-29T19:52:10Z")
I once made a list of my top 10 favorite heroes and top 10 favorite villains from movies. Heroes 1. Prof. Keating, \* Dead Poets Society. \* 2. Henry Drummond, \* Inherit the Wind. \* 3. Atticus Finch, \* To Kill A Mockingbird. \* 4. Brother William, \* The Name of the Rose. \* 5. D’Artagnan, \* The Man in the Iron Mask. \* 6. Cyrano, \* Cyrano de Bergerac. \* 7. Spartacus, \* Spartacus. \* 8. William Wallace, \* Braveheart. \* 9. Eliza, \* My Fair Lady. \* 10. Frank Serpico, \* Serpico. \* Villains 1. Wolf Larson, \* The Sea Wolf. \* 2. Hannibal Lecter, \* The Silence of the Lambs \* 3. Darth Vader, \* Star Wars. \* 4. Frank, \* Once Upon a Time in the West. \* 5. Neil McCauley, \* Heat. \* 6. Kasper Gutman, \* The Maltese Falcon. \* 7. Nurse Ratched, \* One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. \* 8. Auric Goldfinger, \* Goldfinger. \* 9. Amon Goeth, \* Schindler’s List. \* 10. Mitch Leary, \* In the Line of Fire. \* ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/13 "2000-11-29T22:31:53Z")
Lesse… Draco and Bowen from Dragonheart Wolverine from X-men William Wallace from Braveheart Inigo Montoya and Wesley from Princess Bride Mushu from Mulan Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas Malcolm from Jurassic Park and The Lost World Scott Evil from Austin Powers Um that’s all I can think of right now… ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/14 "2000-11-29T23:16:42Z")
Aimee Thanatogenous ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/15 "2000-11-29T23:36:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by hypergirl \* > > \*\*The really cool gay guy from Cruel Intentions (Joshua Jackson). Yummy. \*\* > > Ryan Philippe? (I didn’t even see the film, but I think thats him.) \*\* No, he wasn’t gay in that movie. It was Joshua Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/16 "2000-11-29T23:59:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Serendipity \* > \*\*Indiana Jones (I named my cat after him!) > \*\* Dude! I had a cat named Indiana Jones! Another creepy similarity between us, I also loved Tomas from Swing Kids (pre-Nazi). Other favorites of mine include Giles De’Ath from the underlooked masterpiece Love And Death on Long Island, Bruce Willis’s cab driver in Pulp Fiction, and Jerry Lundegaard (sp? William H Macy’s character) from Fargo–out of all the characters, he just seemed the most real to me. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/17 "2000-11-30T00:03:14Z")
The various convenience store clerks in “Raising Arizona.” “Son, you’ve got a panty on your head.” Explaining how to put on a diaper, and, when asked if these balloons are in funny shapes: “No, not unless you think round is funny.” I’m sure I have many more favorite characters, but these guys have been stuck in my head today. ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/18 "2000-11-30T00:12:12Z")
Cale - Titan AE Joe Young - Orgazmo Burrito - Gothic Jackass (My own little video) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/19 "2000-11-30T00:22:43Z")
Obi-Wan (young and old) from Star Wars Indiana Jones Agent Smith (The Matrix) Deacon Frost (Blade) Blade (Duh) i’m having a severe case of brain fade. I can’t think right now. ---
**Author:** ![Serendipity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Serendipity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serendipity)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141/20 "2000-11-30T02:01:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ThisYearsGirl \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Serendipity \* > > \*\*Indiana Jones (I named my cat after him!) > > \*\* > > Dude! I had a cat named Indiana Jones! > Another creepy similarity between us, I also loved Tomas from Swing Kids (pre-Nazi). > \*\* That’s too eerie! 🙂 I cannot tell you how distraught I was when he became a Nazi. What about Eeyore from the various Winnie-the-Pooh movies? He rocks! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-characters/43141.md?page=2)