Who are you top 5 Film characters of all time?

gemma-the-husky · 08/01/13 - 16:12

favourite Characters, who were not the star.

here's a couple
Teddy KGB - Rounders
William Strannick - Under Siege

and here's a couple, who were the star
Buddy The Elf - Elf
Eisenstein - The illusionist

rachymac · 08/01/13 - 19:58

Rory O'Shea - Inside I'm Dancing
Connor and Murphy MacManus - Boondock Saints
Barry - High Fidelity
Calcifer - Howl's Moving Castle
Edward Bloom - Big Fish

enudzio · 20/01/13 - 18:04

lots of different choices.

pericom · 20/01/13 - 22:07

Don Logan - Sexy Beast

Hoodwink - Sugarhouse

Everlong Girl · 20/01/13 - 22:31

Live Action

Johnny Depp - Captain Jack Sparrow - Pirates of the Caribbean
Barry Pepper - Private Daniel Jackson - Saving Private Ryan
Viggo Mortensen - Aragon - The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Tom Hiddleston - Loki - Thor/Avengers Assemble
Claire Danes - Juliet Capulet - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

Animation

Jack Skellington - The Nightmare Before Christmas
Thomas O'Malley - The Aristocats
Crush - Finding Nemo
Timon and Pumbaa - The Lion King
Belle - Beauty and the Beast

Dandem · 20/01/13 - 22:56

Jason Bourne - The Bourne Trilogy
Ron Burgundy - Anchorman
White Goodman - Dodgeball
Billy Bickle - Seven Psychopaths
Bill "The Butcher" Cutting - Gangs of New York

guestofseth · 20/01/13 - 23:13

Not sure if these are my definite top 5, but they're the ones who came to mind when I saw the thread title.

Margo Channing (Bette Davis) - All About Eve
Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) - All About Eve
Beatrice (Emma Thompson) - Much Ado About Nothing
The Joker (Heath Ledger) - The Dark Knight
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) - Ferris Bueller's Day Off*

*I love all three of them really, it's hard to choose between them but since he's the star.

Cissy Fairfax · 20/01/13 - 23:36

James Garner as Hendley in the Great Escape is brilliant, but then Great Escape & Magnificent Seven were full of terrific characters.

Leslie Nielsen as the doctor in Airplane would have to be in there, Rowan Atkinson as the vicar in Four Weddings, throw in Steve McQueen/Hiltz and Pele for his goal in Escape to Victory for my 5.

Harsh on the knight (Cleese) who gets enhiliated at the start of the Holy Grail with his "flesh wound" who just misses out.

Cissy Fairfax · 20/01/13 - 23:41

Snowyface wrote: »

Ponyboy - The Outsiders
Neville Longbottom - Harry Potter
Billy the Kid - Bill+Ted's Excellent Adventure
Brian - Breakfast Club
Dodger - Oliver!

Special mentions to King Julian - Madagascar, Bill+Ted, and Captain Barbosa from PotC :cool:

satellite wrote: »

Red - Morgan Freeman/Shawshank
Deckard - Harrison Ford/Blade Runner
Somerset - Morgan Freeman/Seven
Spartacus - Kirk Douglas
Chris - Yul Bruner/Magnificent Seven
And so many more!

Smerph wrote: »

Marty McFly - Back to the Future
Phil Connors - Groundhog Day
The Narrator - Fight Club
Alfred - Dark Knight Trilogy
James Bond

quirkyquirk wrote: »

In no order

Marty Mcfly - Michael J.Fox
Harry Callahan - Clint Eastwood
Rocky Balboa - Sylvester Stallone
Martin Riggs - Mel Gibson
Indiana Jones - Harrison Ford

Bolded ones, all brilliant suggestions.

Mart_UK · 21/01/13 - 13:16

No particular order:

Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)
Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction)
Norman Bates (Psycho)
Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
Tony Montana (Scarface)

ChuckyBlackhart · 21/01/13 - 15:03

James Bond. Connery, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan. Certainly NOT Craig, whose films have meant I hate current Bond. They're not Bond movies!

Chucky. The killer doll whose, simultaneously cute and disturbing.

Michael Myers. The mysterious killer from the original Halloween series.

Ajax. The Warriors.

Peter from the original Dawn of the Dead. Somehow charismatic while blasting zombies!

Mentions too, to Kevin McCalister (Home Alone) and Indiana Jones.

[Deleted User] · 21/01/13 - 19:02

The Joker - Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Captain Jack Sparrow - Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean
Gandalf - Ian McKellen - The Lord of the Rings
Col. Hans Landa - Christopher Waltz - Inglorious Basterds
Jules Winnfield - Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction

SilverCrown · 21/01/13 - 19:09

Peregrin 'Pippin' Took - The Lord of the Rings
Gordon Bombay - The Mighty Ducks
Jack Skellington - The Nightmare Before Christmas
Rooster Cogburn - True Grit (John Wayne one)
Thor - Thor

gemma-the-husky · 22/01/13 - 12:40

and Uncle Buck, of course.

And all the main characters in Midnight Run

and Henry Brubaker

Inspiration · 22/01/13 - 14:10

Just 5.. but I could name so many more:

Lola in Run Lola Run (Played by Franka Potente)
Jason Bourne in the Bourne Films (Played by Matt Damon)
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding in The Shawshank Redemption (Played by Morgan Freeman)
Ripley in the Alien Films (Played by Sigourney Weaver)
Édith Piaf in La vie en Rose (Played by Marion Cotillard)

[Deleted User] · 23/01/13 - 03:54

John McLean - Die Hard

John Kersey - Death Wish

Indiana Jones

Sally Bowles - Caberet

Cody Jarret - White Heat

cliffy91 · 23/01/13 - 11:27

Michael Corleone - The Godfather II
Travis Bickle - Taxi Drivers
Tommy DeVito - Goodfellas
Norman Bates - Psycho
Sonny - Dog Day Afternoon

[Deleted User] · 24/01/13 - 05:40

Ash williams (evil dead)
tarzan
Coffy (coffy)
Inspector Clouseau
roger thornhill

Parthenon · 24/01/13 - 06:56

Hannibal Lecter
Carlito Brigante
Lester Burnham
Martin Riggs
Keyser Soze

enudzio · 02/03/13 - 23:14

Andy Dufresne hournable mention.

zooooooooooooo · 02/03/13 - 23:25

Edward Lionheart played by Vincent Price in Theatre Of Blood.

Matron played by Hattie Jacques in Carry On Doctor.

Lawrence Talbot played by Lon Chaney Jr in several Universal films.

Inspector Closeau played by Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther films.

Norman Pitkin played by Norman Wisdom in several of his films.

Ancient IDTV · 02/03/13 - 23:34

Norman Bates (Psycho)
HAL 9000 (computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey)
Sherlock Holmes (As portrayed by Basil Rathbone in 14 films)
Cody Jarrett (White Heat)
Rupert Pupkin (The King of Comedy)

SecretLifeoBees · 03/03/13 - 07:44

Lisa Rowe - Girl Interrupted
Susannah Kaysen - Girl Interrupted
Chunk - The Goonies
Josie Gellar - Never Been Kissed
Muriel Heslop - Muriel's Wedding

[Deleted User] · 04/03/13 - 02:40

Ray Simms - Still Crazy
Scarlett O'Hara - Gone With The Wind
Sarah Connor - Terminator 2
Lucas and Rex Manning (can't choose!) - Empire Records
Hard Harry - Pump Up the Volume

[Deleted User] · 04/03/13 - 02:52

Alex - A Clockwork Orange
Jack Burton - Big Trouble In Little China
George Taylor - Planet of The Apes
Darth Vader - Star Wars Original Trilogy
Frank Black - Blue Velvet

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