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Pr0wl1ng_PaPayA
02-11-2008, 06:32 PM
Name your 5 most memorable characters from movies or tv series.
My top 5 from movies in no specific order.
1.Gerard Butler as King Leonidas(300)
2.Ed Norton as the narrator (Fightclub)
3.Brad Pitt as Mickey O'Neil (Snatch)
4.Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge(a clockwork orange)
5.Heath ledger as the Joker (Batman)
My top 5 from tv series
1.Hugh Laurie as Gregory House(House)
2.David Duchovny as Hank Moody (Californication)
3.James Spader as Alan Shore (Boston Legal)
4. Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson (How I met your mother)
5.Julian McMahon as Christian Troy (Nip/Tuck)
All these characters embody something absolutely awesome to me, that makes them memorable.
Some because they made me laugh(Barney), some because they scared me(Joker) and others just because they are made of pure awesome(Leonidas).
So give your list of most memorable characters.
[QUOTE=Pr0wl1ng_PaPayA;163867]Name your 5 most memorable characters from movies or tv series.
My top 5 from tv series
1.Hugh Laurie as Gregory House(House)
2.David Duchovny as Hank Moody (Californication)
3.James Spader as Alan Shore (Boston Legal)
4. Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson (How I met your mother)
5.Julian McMahon as Christian Troy (Nip/Tuck)
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Very well picked sir! Mine is basically the same
My top 5 from tv series
1.Hugh Laurie as Gregory House(House)
2. Jeremy Piven as Arie Gold (Entourage)
3.David Duchovny as Hank Moody (Californication)
4.James Spader as Alan Shore (Boston Legal) (Don't really watch BL much but the times that i have, Spader is definitely great)
5. Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson (How I met your mother)
Domanskip
02-11-2008, 06:58 PM
1. Seth McFarlain as Peter Griffon/Brian/Stewie etc. (Family Guy)- Best voice actor in history.
2. Edward Norton- Narrator (Fight Club)
3. Neil Patrick Harris (Doctor Horrible and How I Met Your Mother)
4. John Travolta- Vincent Vega (Pulp Fiction)
5. Kyle Chandler- Coach Taylor (Friday Night Lights)
Dead!Raven
02-11-2008, 07:16 PM
TV series :
Oscar Leroy- Corner Gas
Denny Crane- Boston Legal
Movies:
Jack Torrance(Jack Nicholson)- the shining
The Joker (Heath Ledger) - The Dark Knight
Kirk Lazarus ( Robert Downey Jr.) - tropic thunder
Cyberninja
02-11-2008, 07:21 PM
My Top 5 from Movies:
1. Sylvester Stallone as Rocky/Rambo
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator
3. Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones
4. Sean Connery as James Bond
5. Bruce Willis as John McClane
(5.1 James Earl Jones (voice) as Darth Vader)
My Top 5 from TV series:
1. Hugh Laurie as Dr Gregory House
2. James Spader as Alan Shore
3. Kelsey Grammer as Dr Frasier Crane
4. Jaleel White as Steve Urkel
5. Dan Castellaneta (voice) as Homer Simpson
Takiro
02-11-2008, 07:44 PM
Holand
House
Shin Natsume
GhOsT_828
02-11-2008, 07:51 PM
Jeremy Clarkson.
That is all.
Boggle24
02-11-2008, 07:52 PM
TV Series.
1. Summer Glau as River Tam (Firefly)
2. Nathan Fillion as Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)
3. Summer Glau as Cameron Phillips (Sarah Conner Chronicles)
4. Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing (FRIENDS)
5. Richard Dean Andeson as Jack O'Neill (Stargate SG1)
I'm gonna pull a Cyberninja here (sorry).
5.1 Edward James Olmos as William Adama (Battlestar Galactica) this guy is awesome.
Movies.
1. Arnie as the T101 from Terminator 2 Judgement day (I saw the second movie first, probably the character that I would remember above all others in years to come, it was just the most awesome thing in existence as a little boy, and definitely the reason I'm such a Terminator junkie)
2. Bruce Willis as John McClane
3. Peter Weller as Robocop.
4. Jean Claude van Damne as Pvt. Luc Deveraux (Universal soldier) so rad.
5. some robot as Johnny 5 from Short circuit.
I <3 Summer glau
Domanskip
02-11-2008, 08:31 PM
Jeremy Clarkson.
That is all.
God dammit I totally forgot about Top Gear.
My revised list:
1. Jeremy Clarkson - Top Gear
2. Richard Hammond - Top Gear
3. James May - Top Gear
4. The Stig - Top Gear
5. Oliver - Top Gear (only some will know who this is :))
w00t!
02-11-2008, 08:48 PM
Niel Patrick Harris wins
He'll brand everyone else
Liszt
02-11-2008, 09:01 PM
1 Jim Carrey as Count Olaf (A Series of Unfortuenate Events)
2 Heith Ledger as the Joker (The Dark Knight)
3 Richard Griffiths as Falstaff (The Merry Wifes of Winsor - BBC version)
4 Ian McDiarmid as Palpitine (Star Wars)
5 Tom Hulce as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Amadeus)
Cleric
02-11-2008, 09:14 PM
Series
Jeremy Piven as Arie (Entourage)
James Caan as Ed de Line(Las Vegas)
Tie between Alan Shaw and Denny Crane (work best as a duo)
Eric Cartman
Greg House
Movies
Darth Vader
Ledger's Joker
Hannibal Lector
Kevin Space as Lester Burnam in American Beauty
Jack Nicholson in everything, but specifically The Departed
Michael Clark Duncan as John Coffey in The Green Mile
Domanskip
02-11-2008, 09:23 PM
James Caan as Ed de Line (Las Vegas)
Insufferable character for me. Arrogant prick.
Phantom_ZA
02-11-2008, 10:22 PM
1. Jack Nicholson- Melvin Udall (As good as it gets)
2. Al Pacino- Tony Montana (Scarface)
3. Jack Nicholson- Frank Costello (The Departed)
4. Denzel Washington- Frank Lucas (American Gangster)
5. Javier Bardem- Anton Chigurh (No country for old men)
Serminigo
02-11-2008, 11:47 PM
From movies (in no particular order)
Narrator (Ed Nortorn) from Fight Club
Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell) from A Clockwork Orange
Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Dr Strangelove (Peter Sellers) From Dr Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
and who could forget
The Guy in a bear suit (?????) from The Shining
I just noticed that I have three stanley kubrick films on the list; I guess he makes very memorable characters.
wrathex
02-11-2008, 11:58 PM
movies:
Arnold Schwarzenegger - The Terminator
Rutger Hauer - Blade Runner (the blonde Nexus- 6 leader of the replicants)
Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides - Dune
Anthony Kingsley Daniels as C-3PO - Star Wars
Sigourney Weaver as Ripley - Alien
tv:
Samantha Carter - Stargate
Hugh Laurie - House
James Callis — Dr. Gaius Baltar in Battlestar Galactica
Patrick Stewart - Picard in Star Trek
Brent Spiner as Data in Star Trek - top top favourite lol
spid3r
03-11-2008, 07:58 AM
My top 5 from movies in no specific order.
1.Harrision Ford(Indiana Jones)
2.Jigsaw(Saw) - Dont laugh
3.Brad Pitt(Snatch)
4.Neo(Matrix)
5.Joker (Knight)
My top 5 from tv series
1.Jack Bauer(24)
2.James Woods (Sharks)
3. Sawyer (Lost)
4. Michael (Prison Break)
5. Christian (Nip/Tuck)
dunjin
03-11-2008, 05:45 PM
TV Series
1. G.O.B. from Arrested Development. [Best show ever. Best character ever.]
2. Bender from Futurama.
3. Greg House from House.
4. Sayid from Lost. [Ben is also a great character.]
5. Andy Millman's agent from Extras. [lol, caught_wanking]
Movie films
1. Steve Zissou from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
2. Bill from the Kill Bill movies.
3. Royal Tenenbaum from The Royal Tenenbaums.
4. Danny Vinyard from American History X. [<3 Norton]
5. The Dude from The Big Lebowski.
Telur
03-11-2008, 06:21 PM
Movies:
1. Brandon Lee - The Crow
2. Stuart Townsend - Queen of the Damned
3. Heath Ledger - Batman: The Dark Knight
4. William Squire - Lord of the Rings
5. Jim Carey - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
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