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A favorite movie or TV character/role?

Bill, from Kill Bill.
What an amazing role... i mean, i know the script and directing is from Tarantino, but just the way he talks, moves, his clever wit, his somewhat 'cool' look, and that 'i wish he was my grandad/dad' element he has about him. After watching it i just couldn't get over how great i thought he was.
RIP David Carradine :(
 
Gosh, to many to mention for me I think but a few standouts would be:

Sam Jackson as Jules from Pulp Fiction.

Virgil Hilts from The Great Escape (mainly because i'm probably a little bit too obsessed with Steve McQueen)

Billy Bob Thornton's character in Bad Santa.

Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka - Genius!

On the TV side:

John Cleese as Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers

Ricky Gervais as David Brent in The Office

Matt Berry as Douglas in The IT Crowd.
 
Michael Scofield-Prison Break
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Oh boy. I could go on and on with this topic.

  • Col. Zachary Smith in Lost in Space (season 1): Originally a great villain role, with Smith portrayed as a scheming, murder-minded traitor to his country.
  • Number 6 in The Prisoner: Do I really have to explain?
  • Capt. Jack Harkness in Torchwood: Always with a smile, as if he knows a lot that we the audience don't.
  • Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H: Wisecracker extraordinaire.
  • Danny Ocean in "Ocean's Eleven/Twelve/Thirteen": Smooth, debonaire, and always has something up his sleeve.
  • Eli Cross in "The Stunt Man": Funny and lovable, in spite of being a raging egomaniac.
 
Edmund Blackadder. And Jayne in Firefly. Edit - after some more thought, Kryten in Red Dwarf too.

Best female character is Veronica Mars.

ravenvii said:
Wesley Wynham-Pryce from Buffy (briefly) and Angel.
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He's one of maybe two American actors who could pull off an English accent for his character (Johnny Depp in the post above being the other one). Had me fooled at any rate. Maybe because he actually lived in London for a while.
 
I'm glad someone else mentioned Malcolm Tucker. His style of verbal abuse is second to none! :D

One of my all time favourite characters is Tyler Durden. (Fight Club)

Many great characters have already been mentioned, particularly Dexter, House and Basil Fawlty.
 
Josh Holloway as Sawyer in Lost. Over the six seasons of that show his character runs just about the entire spectrum from evil, to good, back to evil again (or does it?). You never quite know what to expect from him - then he does something, and you realize it's exactly what you should have expected from him. As contradictory as that sounds, you know it's true.
 
Al Bundy: I am Al Bundy. Working class, check. Car is 10 years older than you eldest child, check. Can't catch a break, check. Annoying neighbors, check. Hate my job, check. Not a loser, check. Read my favorite Bundy spiel of all time to learn why.

From He Thought He Could. Bundy's speech to the librarian:
"So you think I'm a loser? Just because I have a stinking job that I hate, a family that doesn't respect me, a whole city that curses the day I was born? Well, that may mean loser to you, but let me tell you something.
Every morning when I wake up, I know it's not going to get any better until I go back to sleep again. So I get up, have my watered-down Tang and still-frozen Pop Tart, get in my car with no upholstery, no gas, and six more payments to fight traffic just for the privilege of putting cheap shoes on the cloven hooves of people like you. I'll never play football like I thought I would. I'll never know the touch of a beautiful woman. And I'll never again know the joy of driving without a bag on my head.
But I'm not a loser. 'Cause, despite it all, me and every other guy who'll never be what he wanted to be are still out there being what we don't want to be forty hours a week for life. And the fact that I haven't put a gun in my mouth, you pudding of a woman, makes me a winner."
 
Has to be Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly and Dr Gregory House from House, M.D no doubt. And speaking of irate and witty doctors on the Telly, i would add Perry Cox from Scrubs in there as well.
 
Actor James Cromwell. Here he is as three completely different characters, in flawless performances:

Captain Smith, in "L.A. Confidential"

Dubya's daddy, in "W."

Price Philip, in "The Queen"
 
Mousse said:
Al Bundy: I am Al Bundy. Working class, check. Car is 10 years older than you eldest child, check. Can't catch a break, check. Annoying neighbors, check. Hate my job, check. Not a loser, check. Read my favorite Bundy spiel of all time to learn why.

From He Thought He Could. Bundy's speech to the librarian:
"So you think I'm a loser? Just because I have a stinking job that I hate, a family that doesn't respect me, a whole city that curses the day I was born? Well, that may mean loser to you, but let me tell you something.
Every morning when I wake up, I know it's not going to get any better until I go back to sleep again. So I get up, have my watered-down Tang and still-frozen Pop Tart, get in my car with no upholstery, no gas, and six more payments to fight traffic just for the privilege of putting cheap shoes on the cloven hooves of people like you. I'll never play football like I thought I would. I'll never know the touch of a beautiful woman. And I'll never again know the joy of driving without a bag on my head.
But I'm not a loser. 'Cause, despite it all, me and every other guy who'll never be what he wanted to be are still out there being what we don't want to be forty hours a week for life. And the fact that I haven't put a gun in my mouth, you pudding of a woman, makes me a winner."
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**** YEAH!!! :cool:
 
Mousse said:
From He Thought He Could. Bundy's speech to the librarian:
"So you think I'm a loser? Just because I have a stinking job that I hate, a family that doesn't respect me, a whole city that curses the day I was born? Well, that may mean loser to you, but let me tell you something.
Every morning when I wake up, I know it's not going to get any better until I go back to sleep again. So I get up, have my watered-down Tang and still-frozen Pop Tart, get in my car with no upholstery, no gas, and six more payments to fight traffic just for the privilege of putting cheap shoes on the cloven hooves of people like you. I'll never play football like I thought I would. I'll never know the touch of a beautiful woman. And I'll never again know the joy of driving without a bag on my head.
But I'm not a loser. 'Cause, despite it all, me and every other guy who'll never be what he wanted to be are still out there being what we don't want to be forty hours a week for life. And the fact that I haven't put a gun in my mouth, you pudding of a woman, makes me a winner."
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That was one of my favorite episodes. And that may be the best monologue in the history of television.
 
Good thread idea.

TV:

Gregory House from House
Kramer from Seinfeld

Movies:
Joker from The Dark Knight. I love Ledger's manic portrayal of the Joker. It's hard to believe it's even him. He completely becomes the character.
Jack Burton from Big Trouble in Little China. He plays a trucker macho-type in a campy movie that never takes itself seriously. I loved this film as a child, and still to this day I love Russel's macho but also funny tough guy role.
Hannibal Lector from The Silence of the Lambs. Exquisitely crafted creepy character.
Wall-E. Anthropomorphism is common in animated features, but it's often done to animals which are known to express emotions and love. However, the fact that they could make me care about a character that has no human traits is a testament to story-telling.
 
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