Great TV / Movie Characters

GetOverTheBar · September 22, 2020, 11:36:41 AM

Just having a chat in work about David Brent from the Office, how he was one of the most cringworthy yet can't take your eyes off him characters in TV history.

What other great TV / Film characters come to your mind for any particular reason. Hero/Anti Hero/Villain/Comedic

Some come to my mind,

Benjamin Linus - Lost
Joffrey Baratheon - Game Of Thrones
Tony Montana - Scarface
Hannibal Lector - Silence of The Lambs
Rodger Kint - Usual Suspects
Tony Manero - Saturday Night Fever
Dr Evil - Austin Powers

Franko · September 22, 2020, 11:41:14 AM

Denzel Washington's Frank Lucas in American Gangster

GetOverTheBar · September 22, 2020, 11:48:48 AM

Francis Begbie - Trainspotting

That was another one I thought was a great character.

Franko · September 22, 2020, 11:50:03 AM

Quote from: GetOverTheBar on September 22, 2020, 11:48:48 AM
Francis Begbie - Trainspotting

That was another one I thought was a great character.

Cracking character

imtommygunn · September 22, 2020, 11:58:48 AM

Are you no talking to me because you're with a bird?

Great character in the first show - maybe a bit of a sad character in the second.

quit yo jibbajabba · September 22, 2020, 12:06:51 PM

Mcmurphy/Nurse Ratched/Chief - One flew over the Cuckoos nest

declan85 · September 22, 2020, 12:08:51 PM

Red Foreman - That 70's Show

Milltown Row2 · September 22, 2020, 12:10:18 PM

Eastwood in a lot of his films played the anti hero very well

The Dirty Harry films
Man with no name westerns
Joesy Wells

He managed to have some cracking lines in films that maybe didn't have or need a lot of dialogue.

GetOverTheBar · September 22, 2020, 12:12:20 PM

Quote from: declan85 on September 22, 2020, 12:08:51 PM
Red Foreman - That 70's Show

What a shout, I mind watching that one on RTE religiously.

lurganblue · September 22, 2020, 12:39:08 PM

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket.

J70 · September 22, 2020, 12:46:13 PM

Quote from: lurganblue on September 22, 2020, 12:39:08 PM
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket.

Lee Ermey wasn't even the actor hired to play that role. Kubrick brought him in as a technical advisor, as he'd actually been a Marine drill sergeant in real life. Apparently he improvised most of the dialogue himself, drawing from his own experiences.

One of the greatest, most memorable performances I've ever seen in a film.

Tony Baloney · September 22, 2020, 12:52:58 PM

Quote from: Franko on September 22, 2020, 11:41:14 AM
Denzel Washington's Frank Lucas in American Gangster

Add Alonzo Harris in Training Day. The guys has charisma to spare so he is usually the best thing on the screen even in a bad movie. Nrico woukd marry him.

HiMucker · September 22, 2020, 01:05:09 PM

Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast

Windmill abu · September 22, 2020, 01:10:35 PM

Alan Partridge

ziggy90 · September 22, 2020, 01:27:05 PM

Paulie Walnuts - The Sopranos.