He was listed as D FENS (his license plate) in the credits.
Yes, they do discover and use his name in the film, the credits notwithstanding.
An early Russell Crowe flick, The Silver Brumby, has him listed as “The Man”.
Of the twenty-six characters listed in the credits of the 1978 film The Driver, not a single one is given a name.
In Withnail & I the protagonist’s name is never revealed, and he’s listed in the credits as I.
In the last two Mad Max movies, Mel Gibson’s character’s name is never mentioned; he’s ‘The man from the desert’ or ‘The Man With No Name.’ (Dr. Dealgood describes him thus just before he fights Blaster in the Thunderdome) Likewise, most of the other characters are identified as ‘the Warrior Woman’ or ‘the Gyro Captain’ and the like.
There have been at least three Doctor Who movies.
The entire cast of The Driver are listed by what they do, rather than by name.
- Edited to add - Bah! Beaten by four posts…
“Blondie” is what Eli Wallach calls Eastwood in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. An impromptu nickname. I love that film.
I think Harvey Keitel is listed as “The Cleaner” in Pulp Fiction. Does that count, since it’s not a name?
Nope, he introduces himself to Jimmy,
THE WOLF: You’re Jimmie, right? This is your house?
JIMMIE: Yeah.
THE WOLF: (stick his hand out) I’m Winston Wolf, I solve problems.CMC +fnord!
Okay, got another one; the two main characters in The Polar Express are unnamed. In the credits they are listed as “Hero Boy” and “Hero Girl”.
True, but in the first movie they never reveal her name. They even bleep out her name in a line that Vernita Green speaks.
In “The Road Warrior,” I distinctly recall the leader of the oil refinery calling him “Max” while he is trying to get him to drive the truck. He says something about him wondering around, being a bum, etc., and says something like, “Is that all you are, Max?”
Surely, I’m not misremebering.
Somebody confirm, please.
Sir Rhosis
Not quite a lead, but Ralphie’s parents in “A Christmas Story” are just “Mrs. Parker” and “The Old Man.”
No love for Hero? The main character says outright in the beginning that he has no name; “Nameless” is as close as he comes.
I believe you are correct.
Plus, there was the earlier movie, “Mad Max”. I am reasonably sure both words referred to Mel Gibson.
Ah yes, indeed. I see now I was confusing him with a similar character of his in the remake “Point of No Return,” the American remake of “La Femme Nikita.” However, I see now Keitel was “Victor the Cleaner” in that rather than just “The Cleaner.”
Max Rockatansky, there’s at least one use (assuming these transcripts are accurate) of “Max” in each film,
Mad Max
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome
CMC +fnord!
In the BMW The Hire short films, we never learn the Driver’s name (or, for that matter, much about him, save that he has no kids and is no longer married).
IIRC, we never learn Kevin Costner’s character’s name in The Postman