Fiscal's Top 50 Favorite Characters

[Fiscal]

Thanks CQ for the great idea! This should be a lot of fun to create.



50. Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart)

My favorite smooth talking big tobacco lobbyist!

http://media.monstersandcritics.com/articles/1208130/article_images/nicknaylortobaccoapologist.jpg

"After watching the footage of the Kent State shootings, Bobby Jay, then seventeen, signed up for the National Guard so that he, too, could shoot college students."


49. General 'Buck' Turgidson (George C. Scott)

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/09/07/strangelove_wideweb__430x284.jpg

"I know how it is, baby. Tell you what you do: you just start your countdown, and old Bucky'll be back here before you can say "Blast off!" "


48. Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood)

I love Clint riding on his trail of vengeance.

http://blogs.amctv.com/movie-blog/josey-wales-560.jpg

"Now remember, things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is."


47. Jason Bourne (Matt Damon)

Bourne is just fun to watch. Some of the best modern day action sequences!

http://preparednesspro.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/bourne-self-defense-magazine1.jpg


46. Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)

Makes me wish I could do high school over again, this time as a student detective :D

http://calitreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/brick_photo.jpg

"Throw one at me if you want, hash head. I've got all five senses and I slept last night, that puts me six up on the lot of you. "

45. Rorschach/Walter Kovacs (Jackie Earle Haley)

The ultimate vigilante powerless superhero

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/8083/Rorschach_l.jpg

"You see, Doctor, God didn't kill that little girl. Fate didn't butcher her and destiny didn't feed her to those dogs. If God saw what any of us did that night he didn't seem to mind. From then on I knew... God doesn't make the world this way. We do. "

[christine]

very nice idea Fis. Look forward to seeing the rest. :)

[genesis_pig]

5 great ones so far... keep them coming..

[Classicqueen13]

Nice start! I love that line from Josey Wales!

[Fiscal]

44. Harry Lime (Orson Welles)

http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/joseph-cotton-orson-welles-the-third-man.png

Harry Lime (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000080/): Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't. Why should we? They talk about the people and the proletariat, I talk about the suckers and the mugs - it's the same thing. They have their five-year plans, so have I.
Martins (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001072/): You used to believe in God.
Harry Lime (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000080/): Oh, I still do believe in God, old man. I believe in God and Mercy and all that. But the dead are happier dead. They don't miss much here, poor devils.

43. The Dude (Jeff Bridges)

http://www.collider.com/wp-content/image-base/Movies/B/Big_Lebowski/the_big_lebowski_movie_image_jeff_bridges.jpg

"God d*mn you Walter! You f*ckin' *******! Everything's a f*ckin' travesty with you, man! And what was all that **** about Vietnam? What the F*CK, has anything got to do with Vietnam? What the f*ck are you talking about?"

42. John McClane (Bruce Willis)

http://greenduckiesgirl.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/bruce-willis-on-john-mcclane.jpg

"Yippee-ki-yay, motherf*cker."

41. Captain Quint (Robert Shaw)

http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/a-m/jaws/jaws_shot5l.jpg

"Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women. "

40. Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand)

http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/marge.jpg

"...And I guess that was your accomplice in the woodchipper. "

[honeykid]

Love the choices so far, especially those last five. I'm intriged to see the 40 characters you think are better.

[Fiscal]

39. Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman)

http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/13322/_1243554726.jpg

Royal (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000432/): Baby, I'm dying. I'm sick as a dog. I'll be dead in six weeks. I'm dying.
Ethel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001378/): What are you talking about? What happened? Oh, my God. I'm sorry. I didn't know. What'd they say? What's the prognosis?
Royal (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000432/): Take it easy, Ethel. Hold on. Hold on.
Ethel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001378/): Where's the doctor? Let's get...
Royal (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000432/): Wait a second. Listen. I'm not dying. But I need some time. A month. Maybe two. I want us to...
Ethel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001378/): What's wrong with you?
Royal (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000432/): Ethel.
Ethel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001378/): Are you crazy?
Royal (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000432/): Baby. I am dying.
Ethel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001378/): Are you or aren't you?
Ethel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001378/): Dying? Yeah.

38. Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas)

http://www.mannythemovieguy.com/images/gordon_gekko.jpg

"When I get a hold of the son of a bitch who leaked this, I'm gonna tear his eyeballs out and I'm gonna suck his ****ing skull. "

37. Robin Hood (Errol Flynn)

http://www.jdoughty.my.proz.com/errol-flynn-robin-hood.jpg

"I'll organize revolt, exact a death for a death, and I'll never rest until every Saxon in this shire can stand up free men and strike a blow for Richard and England."

36. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)

http://thegeekswereright.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/lecter0103.jpg

"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. "

35. Jessica Rabbit (Kathleen Turner)

Jessica would be the sexiest woman to ever live if she wasn't a cartoon, and some would still vote for her anyway :p

http://www.fanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/1sexy-gal-who-framed-roger-rabbit1.jpg

Jessica Rabbit (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000678/): You don't know how hard it is being a woman looking the way I do.
Eddie Valiant (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001364/): You don't know how hard it is being a man looking at a woman looking the way you do.
Jessica Rabbit (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000678/): I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.

[Yoda]

Love the choice of Brendan, though I also hate it because it'll make my choice seem less original/surprising if I ever sit down and do one of these lists, cuz he'd definitely be on it.

Nice start. :up:

[rauldc14]

I like the selections so far, especially Hannibal Lector and Marge Gunderson. And of course Jason Bourne as well.

[bigscreenbytes]

Great choices in The Dude, Hannibal Lector and Marge Gunderson...classics.

[ManOf1000Faces]

I liked the selection in Walter Kovacs,Rorschach and Jason Bourne. two great very strong action icons. :D

[Cries&Whispers]

Royal Tenenbaum, the Dude, and Rorschach are three of my favorite movie characters of all time.

This is a cool idea, more people should share their favorite characters.

[Fiscal]

34. The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenneger)

For Schwarzenegger, T2 is really the role of his life. The way he acts in this movie is just unbelievable. Best performance of his carreer.

http://babbleon5.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/james_cameron03.jpg

"What's wrong with your eyes?"


33. James Bond (Sean Connery)

My favorite Bond of all time, Sean Connery is a class act.

http://blog.iweb.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/sean_connery_as_bond.jpg


32. Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day)

I am not featuring many TV show characters on here, probably only two more later on down the list - so it goes to show how much I love It's Always Sunny and Charlie in particular.

http://www.theboudreaus.com/images/sunny.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYtjpIwamos

31. Vincenzo Coccotti (Christopher Walken)

http://www.empireonline.com/images/features/100greatestcharacters/photos/85.jpg

"Now, what we got here is a little game of show and tell. You don't wanna show me nothing but you're telling me everything."


30. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.)

I still think of the Iron Man films as a summer blockbuster, but Tony Stark as a character is brilliant to me. He is completely hilarious, witty, and resourceful and is far more interesting to me than "Iron Man".

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Business/images/tony-stark-iron-man.jpg


Pratt (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2111652/): Is it true that you went twelve-for-twelve with the Maxim Girls last year?
Tony Stark (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000375/): That is an excellent question. Yes and no. March and I had a scheduling conflict but fortunately the Christmas cover was twins.

[downthesun]

The addition of Charlie is genius, one of my favourite shows, the ranting and shouting between the gang is hilarious. I love how Charlie adopts a certain character in some episodes, like when he thinks he's Serpico and when he believes he's a knowledgable lawyer.

[Brodinski]

+ rep for all of those posts. I already mentioned in your top 100 that we have very similar taste in films; this also appears to be the case with characters. I especially like Bond (although - don't shoot me - I believe Daniel Craig to be equally good as Connery), The Dude, Quint and Nick Naylor (I still think Thank You For Smoking is by far Reitman's best film).

Very nice start to this list and I'm looking forward to your other choices.

[Fiscal]

I really enjoy Daniel Craig as James Bond, too!

Thanks everyone, I look forward to others making a characters list as well - this is fun :)

[christine]

So glad you chose Marge Gunderson. If I was to make a list like this she'd be in my top 5

[Classicqueen13]

This is fun :)

I agree! It's so different from a Top 100 movies, but I'm not sure why.

[Fiscal]

29. Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson)

http://www.thenation.com/sites/default/files/images/media/doc/16a/1232660773-large.jpg

"You're dumber than you think I think you are."

28.Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd)

http://img.groundspeak.com/cache/d263ce4b-909e-4ce9-bb35-900c9c3c182e.jpg

"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious sh*t."

27. Keyser Soze (Kevin Spacey)

http://www.wreckthetapedeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/usual-suspects-spacey_l.jpg


"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist"

26. Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci)

http://www.nleastchatter.com/realdirtymets/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/goodfellas_xl_01.jpg

"Sure, mom, I settle down with a nice girl every night, then I'm free the next morning. "

25. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks)

http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/home/blog_data/5/5/images/forestgump.jpg

"My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

[WBadger]

Whoa. Epic list.

[Fiscal]

24. Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen)

http://humordistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/01.jpg

"If you keep talking like a bitch, I'm gonna slap you like one."

23. Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem)

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/ncfom_chigurh_gun-431x300.jpg

"What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?"

22. Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe)

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/071211/gladiator_l.jpg

"At my signal, unleash hell."

21. "Dirty" Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood)

http://api.ning.com/files/XIchRE-p1aLG9Z7sQCEzpJUxLjLqyRRC0lr5p5kFHRZxcRo46l4tnEkzqzSR8CTWZMwu6iOWK9hywmRXTWwvkwq6yIZO9tGG/Harry_Callahan1.jpg

"I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"

20. Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell)

http://circulador.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/42.jpg

" It had been a wonderful evening and what I needed now, to give it the perfect ending, was a little of the Ludwig Van. "

[genesis_pig]

This page has some killer characters.. Keep it up..

[planet news]

43?

http://i756.photobucket.com/albums/xx205/planetnews/opinionlikedude.jpg

[Fiscal]

19. Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nxZ80QwRbt4/SqrChhP2BiI/AAAAAAAABTs/6nYZ_VmMtWo/s400/Patrick.jpg

"I want to stab you to death, and then play around with your blood."

18. Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg)

http://blog.jinni.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/boogie_nights.jpg

"You're not the boss of me, Jack. You're not the king of Dirk. I'm the boss of me. I'm the king of me. I'm Dirk Diggler. I'm the star. It's my big d**k and I say when we roll."

17. Ash (Bruce Campbell)

http://www.eathorror.com/images/ash.jpg

"Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my boomstick!"

16. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H4_1ySoYfME/SsfvvryZvOI/AAAAAAAAKSA/pVU_Yt6DbhU/s320/NormanBates.gif

" I think I must have one of those faces you can't help believing."

15. Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell)

http://witneyman.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/confessions.jpg

" I came up with a new game-show idea recently. It's called The Old Game. You got three old guys with loaded guns onstage. They look back at their lives, see who they were, what they accomplished, how close they came to realizing their dreams. The winner is the one who doesn't blow his brains out. He gets a refrigerator."

[rauldc14]

Love, love, love the inclusion of the crazy psychopath Norman Bates.

[Fiscal]

14. Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt)

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv15/OfficialSonny/tyler-durden.jpg

"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything."

13. The Joker (Heath Ledger)

http://knightleyemma.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/joker.jpg

"Oh, you. You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You are truly incorruptible, aren't you? Huh? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. And I won't kill you because you're just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever."

12. Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles)

http://www.empireonline.com/images/features/100greatestcharacters/photos/98.jpg

"You know, Mr. Bernstein, if I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man."

11. Blondie (Clint Eastwood)

http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/nmedia/18/64/88/09/18829038.jpg

"The way I figure, there's really not too much future with a sawed-off runt like you."

10.William 'Bill the Butcher' Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis)

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn75/halonsteele/billthebitcher.jpg

"You see this knife? I'm gonna teach you to speak English with this f*cking knife!"

[Fiscal]

Whoa. Epic list.

Thanks man!

I hope others try the character list, I'm curious to see.

[Juno MacGuff]

Thanks man!

I hope others try the character list, I'm curious to see.It may be something I might attempt in the future , but I think it will be 10 x harder than making the movies list.

[downthesun]

This is a great list Fiscal, you and I seem to have very similar taste when it comes to movies. I'm sure at least half your characters would make my top 50 list. When I find some time I really want to sit down and bash out a list and get it up on here.

[planet news]

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn75/halonsteele/billthebitcher.jpg


a challenger approaches ...
http://i756.photobucket.com/albums/xx205/planetnews/dp.png

-in a fight, c'mon yall. Who?

[Cries&Whispers]

Uhhmmm.... Bill the Butcher with his butcher knives vs. Daniel Plainview with his bowling pin?.... I gotta go with Bill Cutting.

These two performances are actually very similar, but I think his character in There Will Be Blood was better.

[planet news]

No doubt.

[Fiscal]

Yeah Plainview is in my top 10 for sure. NOT DONE YET SHITTTT

[planet news]

Not to try and spoil anything but I got my fingers crossed for Hit-girl.

[Fiscal]

9. Larry David (Himself)

God, what can I say about Curb Your Enthusiasm? This is the perfect sitcom, and Larry David is a comedic genius. Mr. David admits that not every great actor can be given an idea and asked to improvise a situation in front of the camera, but CYE and Larry gather the best of them and execute it flawlessly!

"Pretty. Prettttyyy...Pretty Prettty Good"

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2008/04/01/curb460.jpg

If your easily offended, blah blah, NSFW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MFebZlUJ7E

8. Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro)

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Entertainment/Images/raging-bull-robert-deniro.jpg

"There's no way I'm goin' down. I don't go down for nobody."

7. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford)

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/05_01/IndianaJones1L_468x663.jpg

"You want to talk to God? Let's go see him together, I've got nothing better to do."



6.John Malkovich (Himself)

http://images.allmoviephoto.com/1999_Being_John_Malkovich/john_malkovich_being_john_malkovich_001.jpg

"This portal is mine and must be sealed up forever. For the love of God."

[Fiscal]

5. Frank TJ Mackey (Tom Cruise)

http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/rsz/434/x/x/x/medias/04/66/25/046625_ph1.jpg

4. Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson)

http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/82/24382-004-4A792B67.jpg

3. Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant)

You don't understand how tempted I am to put Raylan Givens at number 1. It just wouldn't be fair, Justified is only one season deep - but I have watched it over and over again already. I absolutely loved the show, I should also have the character Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins), but I can get my Justified fix on the list by just adding Timothy Olyphant's excellently acted Raylan Givens here at number 3.

http://media.daemonstv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/JUSTIFIED-FX-15.jpg
2. Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis)

http://www.empireonline.com/images/features/100greatestcharacters/photos/29.jpg

1. Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro)

http://www.empireonline.com/images/features/100greatestcharacters/photos/18.jpg




The end.

[planet news]

Fine list. Very fine job. Can't say I'd change much knowing what I "know about" characters. They "ought" to be a little bit quirky and flamboyant, I feel.

P. S. P. T. Anderson sure writes some great characters.

[Cries&Whispers]

Your list is awesome. I'd do my own, but it would have at least half of the people on yours, so I'm not sure people would care. My favorites from your list in no particular order:

The Dude--should have been higher
Travis Bickle--my same number one

The Joker
Frank T.J. Mackey
Daniel Plainview/Bill the Butcher Cutting
Jakes Gittes
Jake LaMotta
Indiana Jones
Dirk Diggler

[Classicqueen13]

Congrats on finishing! I feel like I need to speed it up on mine :)