5. My Top 50 Movie Characters

Welcome to my top 50 movie characters of all-time. As films are released and as I watch more and more, some new characters may be added to the list, to stay tuned. Feel free to add comments.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS SECTION MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR FILMS YOU HAVE NOT SEEN YET, BY REVEALING THE IDENTITY/APPEARANCE OF A CHARACTER THAT MAY NOT BE KNOWN UNTIL THE END OF THE PARTICULAR FILM.

1) Rick Deckard – played by Harrison Ford in Blade Runner (1982)

2) James Bond – played by Sean Connery, George Lazemby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig in Dr. No (1962), From Russia With Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), Diamonds are Forever (1971), Live and Let Die (1973), The Man With the Golden Gun (1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), A View to a Kill (1985), The Living Daylights (1987), Licence to Kill (1989), GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World is Not Enough (1999), Die Another Day (2002), Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008) – Films listed are only those considered to be “part of the James Bond 007 series”.

3) T.E. Lawrence – played by Peter O’Toole in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

4) Darth Vader – played by David Prowse, Hayden Christensen & voiced by James Earl Jones in Star Wars – Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005), Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)

5) Indiana Jones – played by Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

6) Anton Chigurh – played by Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men (2007)

7) Dr. Hannibal Lector – played by Anthony Hopkins, Brian Cox and Gaspard Ulliel in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Hannibal (2000), Red Dragon (2002), Manhunter (1986) and Hannibal Rising (2007)

The Joker – played by Cesar Romero, Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger in Batman (1966), Batman (1989) and The Dark Knight (2008)

9) The Terminator – played by Arnold Schwarzenegger (and Roland Kickinger) in The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) and Terminator Salvation (2009)

10) Oskar Schindler – played by Liam Neeson in Schindler’s List (1993)

11) Sarah Connor – played by Linda Hamilton (and Lena Heady) in The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Terminator Salvation (2009) and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – TV Series (2008-09)

12) Luke Skywalker – played by Mark Hamill in Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)

13) Detective Harry Callahan – played by Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983) and The Dead Pool (1988)

14) Alex De Large – played by Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

15) Ellen Ripley – played by Sigourney Weaver in Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien³ (1992), Alien Resurrection (1997)

16) Andy Dufresne – played by Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

17) Forrest Gump – played by Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)

18) Michael Corleone – played by Al Pacino in The Godfather (1972), The Godfather: Part II (1974) and The Godfather: Part III (1990)

19) John Merrick – played by John Hurt in The Elephant Man (1980)

20) John Doe – played by Kevin Spacey in Se7en (1995)

21) Neo – played by Keanu Reeves in The Matrix (1999), Matrix Reloaded (2003), Matrix Revolutions (2003)

22) Captain Jack Sparrow – played by Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)

23) Freddy Krueger – played by Robert Englund in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), A Nightmare on Elm Street Part II: Freddy’s Revenge (1985), A Nightmare on Elm Street Part III: The Dream Warriors (1987), A Nightmare on Elm Street Part IV: The Dream Master (1988), A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989), Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991), New Nightmare (1994), Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

24) Han Solo – played by Harrison Ford in Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)

25) William Wallace – played by Mel Gibson in Braveheart (1995)

26) Raymond Babbitt – played by Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man (1988)

27) Rocky Balboa – played by Sylvester Stallone in Rocky (1976), Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky IV (1985), Rocky V (1990) and Rocky Balboa (2006)

28) Austin Powers – played by Mike Myers in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

29) Jack Torrance – played by Jack Nicholson in The Shining (1980)

30) John McClane – played by Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988), Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1992), Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), Die Hard 4.0 (2007)

31) Jack Ryan – played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Patriot Games (1992), Clear and Present Danger (1994) and The Sum of All Fears (2002)

32) R.P. MacMurphy – played by Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

33) The Man With No Name – played by Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

34) Police Chief Marge Gunderson – played by Frances McDormand – Fargo (1996)

35) Batman – played by Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney and Christian Bale in Batman (1966), Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), Batman & Robin (1998), Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008)

36) Klaatu – played by Michael Rennie and Keanu Reeves in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

37) Michael Myers – played by Tony Moran, George P. Wilbur, Don Shanks, Brad Loree and Tyler Mane in Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981), Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), Halloween 5 (1989), Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), Halloween Resurrection (2002), Halloween (2007) and H2: Halloween 2 (2009)

38) Jason Bourne – played by Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

39) The Bride – played by Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)

40) Jigsaw – played by Tobin Bell in Saw (2004), Saw II (2005), Saw III (2006), Saw IV (2007), Saw V (2008) and Saw VI (2009)

41) Tyler Durden – played by Brad Pitt in Flight Club (1999)

42) Obi-Wan Kenobi – played by Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor in Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars – Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), Star Wars – Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005), Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)

43) Ted Striker – played by Robert Hays in Flying High! (1980) and Flying High 2: The Sequel! (1982)

44) Walt Kowalski – played by Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino (2009)

45) Sergeant Hartman – played by R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket (1987)

46) Patrick Bateman – played by Christian Bale in American Psycho (2000)

47) Daniel Plainview – played by Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (2008)

48) Detective Captain John Book – played by Harrison Ford in Witness (1985)

49) Mick Taylor – played by John Jarrett in Wolf Creek (2005)

50) Jason Voorhees – played by Ari Lehman, Warrington Gillette, Richard Brooker, Ted White, C. J. Graham, Kane Hodder, Ken Kirzinger and Derek Mears in Friday the 13^th (1981), Friday the 13^th: Part II (1981), Friday the 13^th: Part III (1982), Friday the 13^th: The Final Chapter (1984), Jason Lives: Friday the 13^th Part VI (1986), Friday the 13^th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), Friday the 13^th Part IX: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989), Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993), Jason X (2001), Freddy vs. Jason (2003) and Friday the 13^th (2009)