Favourite movie characters

Neil McCauley (Robert DeNiro's character in Heat).
Hawkeye Pierce
Jake Taylor
Capt. Frank Ramsey

 

Huh. I guess 40 isn't too outlandish (see: Foreman, George). Thanks, Batman.

 

The Dude is certainly up there
Got to have some love for Crash Davis and Andy Dufresne.

But I've got to throw Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in there too. The dude reminds me of some people I know, especially the scene when Pvt. Pyle is in the bathroom with the gun and Hartman is screaming at Pvt. Joker with a series of questions that if he stopped and looked for five seconds would know the answer to. May have had a boss who was like that at some point. And of course his opening series of insults he gives to the recruits is priceless.

 

Reggie Dunlop. Was there ever a doubt?

But I can list some others too, including some which have already been mentioned here - Dirty Harry Callahan, Tuco Ramirez, Jake Taylor, George Bailey, Jefferson Smith, Rocky Balboa, Sean Thornton, Philo Beddoe.....the list goes on.

 

Booger

 

Can't believe I forgot Gunnery Sgt. Hartman.

"Get off my obstacle, Pyle!!"

 

A few of my faves ...

Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton), "Wizard of Oz"
Cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid), "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"
Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), "Misery"
Charles DeMar (Curtis Armstrong), "Better Off Dead"
Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), "Nightmare on Elm Street"
Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder), "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"
Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), "American Psycho"
The Joker (Heath Ledger), "The Dark Knight"
The Dude (Jeff Bridges), "The Big Lebowski"
Jules Winfield (Samuel L. Jackson), "Pulp Fiction"
Ellis "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), "Shawshank Redemption"
Brodie (Jason Lee), "Mallrats"
The Cable Guy (Jim Carrey), "The Cable Guy"
Pat Healy (Matt Dillon), "There's Something About Mary"
Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day Lewis), "Gangs of New York"
Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck), "To Kill A Mockingbird"
Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando), "On The Waterfront"
Dr. Evil (Mike Myers), "Austin Powers"
Marge Gunderson (Frances McDorman), "Fargo"
Carl Spackler (Bill Murray), "Caddyshack"
Annie Hall (Diane Keaton), "Annie Hall"
Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Karl Childers (Billy Bob Thornton), "Slingblade"
Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Col. Kilgore (Robert Duvall), "Apocalypse Now"
Otto West (Kevin Kline), "A Fish Called Wanda"
Col. Nathan Jessep (Jack Nicholson), "A Few Good Men"
Carl Showalter (Steve Buscemi), "Fargo"
Max Cherry (Robert Forster), "Jackie Brown"
Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), "No Country For Old Men"
Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), "Tropic Thunder"
Alan Garner (Zach Galifianakis), "The Hangover"

 

My No. 1 answer will always be Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr.

Faves who have been mentioned: Crash Davis, Ellis "Red" Redding, Gunny Sgt. Hartman, Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, Jason Bourne.

Those who haven't been mentioned:

Ray Kinsella
Lt. Frank Drebin
Doyle Lonnegan
Governor William J. Lepetomane
And FERRIS FUCKING BUELLER. (Man, we're slipping. 8) :)

 

I could mine at least 30 from the 30's and 40's, but will start with:

Sam Spade/Rick Blaine/Philip Marlowe
Nick and Nora Charles
Hugo Z. Hackenbush/Professor Wagstaff/Rufus T. Firefly

 

Miri. But not Zack.

 

Almost laughed out loud in the middle of the office when I read Henry's nod to Marilyn Chambers.

Pacino as Richard Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross
Another vote for Edward Norton as Worm in Rounders
Borat Sagdiev
Joe Pesci as Nicky Santoro in Casino

And this hasn't yet stood the test of time, but I really enjoyed Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network.

 

And don't forget Captain Geoffrey Spaulding, the African explorer.

Not to mention Signor Ravelli and The Professor.