Favourite Character

Nimrod's Son

Who is everyone's favourite character from a film and why?
I think mine is the angry Irish guy in the pub in Withnail & I. For the five minutes he's on screen he's hilarious. The fact he picks a fight with Paul McGann's character - "perfume ponce!" - for no real reason is brilliant...
"I'll murder the pair of yis!"

Bacchus

The Dude from Big Lebowski.
Why? Well... he's the Dude.

Retr0gamer

Nimrod's Son wrote:

I think mine is the angry Irish guy in the pub in Withnail & I. For the five minutes he's on screen he's hilarious. The fact he picks a fight with Paul McGann's character - "perfume ponce!" - for no real reason is brilliant...
"I'll murder the pair of yis!"

'Who are you, mac f*ck!'
He called I a perfumed ponce because he had to put essence of pertunia on his shoes after Withnail vomited of them.

johnny_ultimate

Very interesting thread alright. Don't know if I can pick one, so here are my favourites:

The Dude - already mentioned, but Jeez is he a hero! Dude for President!
Max Fisher, Rushmore - "I wrote and directed a hit play!" .the Ultimate loser. As they say in Red Dwarf, what a guy.
Frank the Rabbit - cause he's a giant rabbit who forecasts the end of the world. Duh.
William Miller - my hero. I'd like to say he reminds me of me... so I will.

There's a few favourites...

Pigman II

Nimrod's Son wrote:

Who is everyone's favourite character from a film and why?
I think mine is the angry Irish guy in the pub in Withnail & I. For the five minutes he's on screen he's hilarious. The fact he picks a fight with Paul McGann's character - "perfume ponce!" - for no real reason is brilliant...
"I'll murder the pair of yis!"

So many great characters in that film! Lets not forget Danny and Presuming Ed the Giant Spade. Oh and uncle Monty too of course.

TerrorFirmer

Withnail and I, what a great movie. The uncle in that was hilarious. What was the name of the actor again?

I absolutely love Charlie Sheen in Platoon, as well as Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe. Possibly my favourite movie ever in terms of characters as well as general content...

Necronomicon

Good thread alright, the only surprise is that I'm having trouble thinking of some.......John McLane will always be a classic for me. Samuel L. Jackson's Jules from Pulp Fiction is cool as well...he's a bad mother****er
Then you've got Ripley from Alien, Riddick from Pitch Black, and possibly my all-time favourite, Ash from Evil Dead.

The Lopper

The Man With No Name (Clint Eastwood) and Tuco (Eli Wallach) from the Good the Bad and The Ugly especially play off eachother.

Kevin Spacey's character in American Beauty (forget the name)

The Bollox

The Lopper wrote:

Kevin Spacey's character in American Beauty (forget the name)

Lester (something)

I like Winston Wolf from Pulp Fiction, there's something about his character

Hugh Hefner

Lester Burnham.


(I'm not saying he's my favourite character, just telling those guys his name.)

danniemcq

marvin the depressed robot. if only they had expanded his character

Vokes

Sean Bean's Boromir, i mean, even just for the death scene alone, that's some way to make your exit!

Respect :cool:

Nimrod's Son

MobileInfantry wrote:

Withnail and I, what a great movie. The uncle in that was hilarious. What was the name of the actor again?

Richard Griffith. Legend!

Illkillya

The Irish guy was very good alright. Other great characters that spring to mind are Jesus Quintana in Big Lebowski, and Luco Brasi in the Godfather.

Kingp35

Tyler Durden in Fight club. Some of the quotes are amazing in that movie

Big Nelly

Spud in Trainspotting......pure classic!!!!

Apart from that Donnie Darko charcter....just so f**ked up!! love that fim

Stifler in all 3 American Pie's(character also in Road trip)...watch them to get in good mood.....perfect Seann William Scott character

Horror fav: Hannibal Lector

yom 1

Personally I have always loved Colm Meaney in any Roddy Doyle movie

He is hillarious as Jimmy Rabitte (snr) in the Commitments and also as Daddy Curley (cant remember his first name) in the Snapper

Notable mentions go out to John McClain(diehard) and Andy Dufrane(shawshank redemption)

The Free Man

Raoul Duke, from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

he is my mentor. now wheres that pint of ether!!

pickarooney

Bit of an obscure one, but James Gandolfini's gay hitman in The Mexican was excellent.

TerrorFirmer

I somehow forgot to mention Ash From Evil Dead.

Best. Character. EVER

rubadub

Illkillya wrote:

Jesus Quintana in Big Lebowski, .

OMG! I was going to say him and didnt think anybody else ever would have mentioned him.

thatsa right, donta fuk with de jesus

mr T as clubber lang in rocky 3 is class, amazing lines. "Im gonna beat you like a dog, A DOG YOU HEAR!"

Sleepy

Good idea for a thread

Michael Corleone in 'The Godfather' - his journey from young man to the don is amazing.
Hannibal Lecter in 'Silence of the Lambs' - pure evil gift wrapped in a scholarly, polite package.
Rob Gordon in 'High Fidelity' - he's a thirty-something version of me.
Celine in 'Before Sunrise' & 'Before Sunset' - neurotic, beautiful and profound in equal measures
Lester Burnham in 'American Beauty' - oh, to be that witty and cutting!

Franky Boy

Lester Burnham without a doubt.

garred

I always wanted to be Indian Jones.
Colm Meaney (The Snapper) for comedy.
Micheal Myers for Horror

Shellie13

Hilary Swaks character in Million Dollar Baby!

CrimE

I know its a bit of a poor choice but its the very first charachter that popped into my head when I saw this thread.

Steve Stiffler (American Pie) I think he is one of the most ridiculously funny charachters ever. Dont know why but in all the films no matter what he says it sounds funny.

rubadub

CrimE wrote:

Steve Stiffler (American Pie) I think he is one of the most ridiculously funny charachters ever. Dont know why but in all the films no matter what he says it sounds funny.

Its his facial expressions too, eyes always open wide or a look of disgust/disbelief. I think everybody knows a stifler, from school etc.