Iconic Film Characters

Indiana Jones portrayed by Harrison Ford

1. Most famous name in film history?
2. His appearance deserves a whole number:

. Whip
. Fedora Hat
. Gun
. Satchel
. Brown Jacket

3. Usually calm and collected
4. Good with his fists
5. Fantastic stunts
6. One liners
7. Getting chased by a giant boulder
8. Fear of snakes contrasts humourously with a typically brave man.

Henry Spencer portrayed by Jack Nance

1. His iconic hair
2. His expression, in the most widely used screenshot (above).
3. Black suit with pens in pocket
4. His presence in one of the most talked about surreal films of all time.

Stanley Kowalski portrayed by Marlon Brando

1. Stellaaaaaa
2. His broading appearence
3. Weak shirts ripping due to his muscles more times than normal.
4. It's Marlon Brando for God's sake, need more of a reason?

Don Vito Coreleone portrayed by Marlon Brando

1. His voice
2. His appearence, over weight with jowels
3. Appearing in what is often classified as the best film of all time.
4. Again, it's Marlon Brando!

Luke Skywalker portrayed by Mark Hamill

1. Hero of the francise
2. Baby faced, naive appearance.
3. Ending up less famous than Han Solo and actor Harrison Ford.

Also seen in the sequels:

The Empire Strikes Back
The Return of the Jedi

Han Solo portrayed by Harrison Ford

1. Coolest character of the trilogy
2. Witty and sarcastic
3. Embroiled in the infamous Who shot who first argument, involving Greedo after Lucas re-edited the film.

Also seen in the sequels:

The Empire Strikes Back
The Return of the Jedi

Princess Leia Organa portrayed by Carrie Fisher

1. The double bun hairstyle
2. The golden bikini
3. The relationship between her and Han Solo
4. Her unknown incest kiss with Luke.
5. A ballsy female character, preceding Ellen Ripley

Also seen in the sequels:

The Empire Strikes Back
The Return of the Jedi

Obi Wan Kenobi portrayed by Alec Guinness

1. Old and wise
2. Most recognisable name from the trilogy (Apart from Darth Vader).
3. The fact Guinness grew to hate being associated with the character.
4. Brown robes and a beard.

Also seen in the sequels:

The Empire Strikes Back
The Return of the Jedi

Darth Vader voiced by James Earl Jones portrayed by David Prowse

1. His Entire Appearance deserves a whole section:

. Mask
. Cloak
. Well built, daunting
. Heavy Breathing
. Red lightsaber
. Gloved hands
. Almost all black
. Enigmatic

2. One of the most famous villains in film history.
3. Involved in one of the most famous twists in film history.
4. Probably the most famous Star Wars character.

C-3PO portrayed by Anthony Daniels

1. Overtly feminine
2. Often rumoured to be Homo-Sexual
3. Comic relief
4. His friendship with R2-D2

Also seen in:

Episode IV: A New Hope
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

R2-D2 portrayed by Kenny Baker

1. Communicates through bleeps (Designed by Ben Burtt)
2. Overtly cute, even for a robot.
3. His friendship with C3-PO
4. His complex details

Also seen in:

Episode IV: A New Hope
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Chewbacca the Wookie portrayed by Peter Mayhew

1. His purr
2. His furr*
3. Tall
4. Devotion to his master

Also seen in:

Episode IV: A New Hope
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Yoda portrayed by Frank Oz

1. Short and Green
2. The way he speaks
3. Old and Wise
4. Adorable
5. Comic relief

Jabba the Hutt voiced by Larry Ward

1. Disgusting, slug-like appearance
2. Barely distinguishable words
3. Holding Princess Leia captive

Emperer Palpatine portrayed by Ian McDiarmid/Clive Revill

1. Cloacked, mysterious figure.
2. Old, cracked up face.
3. Harsh raspy voice
4. More Evil than Darth Vader
5. Has the ability to conjure up lightning.

Also seen in

Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Ewoks

1. Cute but ready to kill
2. Far too much screen time arguably made them more famous than they would have been already.

Alex DeLarge portrayed by Malcolm McDowell

1. His white overalls, stick on eyelashes and bowler hat
2. His use of the English language
3. His character arch
4. Singing 'Singin' in the rain'
5. The notorious rape scene

Norman Bates portrayed by Anthony Perkins

1. Everybody just knows his name
2. Anxiety
3. Famous quotes
4. Living in a huge, daunting house
5. Has a mother fixation. Most famous Oedipus tale in Film?

Dr. Strangelove portrayed by Peter Sellers

1. His unkempt hair
2. His thick German accent
3. His mechanical hand
4. Wheelchair bound
5. His tendancy to compulsively 'Heil Hiter'

Marjor 'King' Kong portrayed by Slim Pickens

1. Thick Texan accent
2. Riding the bomb

Charles Foster Kane portrayed by Orson Welles

1. A character that is seen from young age until death.
2. Each stage of the character is played by Welles except for the child.
3. Welles was only 26 when this was released.
4. Saying Rosebud, one of the most famous opening lines of all time.
5. A character in what is often named The best film of all time.

Frankenstein's Monster portrayed by Boris Karloff

1. Flat top head
2. Heavey brow
3. Conductors through neck (Often mistaken for bolts)
3. Speechless (First film)
4. Audience feels sympathy for him

Dracula portrayed by Bela Lugosi (First official adaption) + Others

Typically characterised as having:

1. A Thick accent
2. A Piercing stare
3. A Cape
4. Fangs
5. Claw-like fingers
6. Introduced the concept of a handsome Dracula (1931 Version Only).

Hal 9000 voiced by Douglas Rain

1. Everyone recognises his bright red appearance.
2. Soothing yet menacing voice
3. Being a more human character than the actual humans.
4. Providing the film's most memorable quotes

Hannibal Lector portrayed by Anthony Hopkins and
Brian Cox in Manhunter (1986)

1. Posh English Accent
2. His stare
3. The noise he makes with his tongue
4. The mask
5. Incredibly smart

Gandalf the Grey/White portrayed by Ian McKellen

1. Most famous wizard in film and Literature history?
2. Long beard
3. His character change from Grey to White.
4. You shall not pass!

Gollum/Smeagol portrayed by Andy Serkis

1. Flawless CGI
2. Raspy voice
3. He is both a likeable and hateable character.
4. Split personality

The Eye of Sauron voiced by Sala Baker

1. Huge fiery eye
2. Keeps a constant watch over Mordor
3. A character that strikes fear into the heroes.
4. Like with Gollum, flawless CGI
5. Terrifying wail
6. CGI gives it a lot of emotion and movement, making it even scarier.

The Little Tramp portrayed by Charles Chaplin

1. Top hat, cane and suit
2. Adorably child-like
3. Classic slapstick comedy
4. Most memorable Chaplin character
5. Appearing in Romantic Comedies

Regan MacNeil portrayed by Linda Blair

1. The instantly recognisable use of Make up
2. The demon's voice (provided by Mercedes McCambride).
3. Crab walking down stairs with blood pouring out of her mouth.
4. That Crucifix scene
5. The throwing up scene
6. Extreme role for a child

Buzz Lightyear portrayed by Tim Allen

1. His catchphrase To infinity and beyond!
2. Appearing in the first feature length 3D animation.
3. A successful merchendise character

Also seen in the sequels:

Toy Story 2
Toy Story 3

Woody the Cowboy portrayed by Tom Hanks

1. The hero of the most revolutonary animation ever made.
2. The voice work from Tom Hanks
3. Another successful merchendise character

Jack Torrance portrayed by Jack Nicholson

1. Heeeereees Johnny!
2. The 'face in the door' image accompanying the above quote.
3. His Axe

Rocky Balboa portrayed by Sylvester Stallone

1. Uplifting story and character
2. Eye of the Tiger (For Rocky III)
3. His tendancy to say You know? at the end of sentences.
4. Adriannnne
5. He practices on Meat (Sly ended up flattening his knuckles doing this).

Jeff Lebowski a.k.a "The Dude" portrayed by Jeff Bridges

1. Laid back
2. Wearing his grey robe and sunglasses even when outside.
3. The quintessential lazy guy
4. Pop culture figure, appearing on T-Shirts etc
5. The Coen Brothers' most well known character.

The Joker portrayed by Jack Nicholson and
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (2008)

1. Most famous Batman villain in the comics and the films.
2. Clown make up and constant smile
3. 'Smile' caused by injury, the story differs.
4. Exaggerated mannerisms
5. Charismatic
6. Smart purple suit

Ash Williams portrayed by Bruce Campbell

1. An everyman caught up in horrific circumstances.
2. Reversed the Last Girl Standing ideology.
3. His chainsaw and gun (Second film)
4. Rubber faced
5. Arguably the most famous horror character that that isn't the villain.

Tony Montana portrayed by Al Pacino

1. The focus of one of the most iconic closing scenes of all time.
2. Say hello to my little friend!
3. Cuban accent
4. Huge guns and mountains of cocaine
5. Pacino's most recognisable role

Travis Bickle portrayed by Robert De Niro

1. Mohican
2. Both a villain and a hero
3. You talking to me? is so well known that, as a result, Bickle is too.
4. Inspiring the real life assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.

Harry Callahan portrayed by Clint Eastwood

1. Complete Badass
2. An arsenal of famous quotes
3. Well, do ya punk?
4. Remarkably youthful for a 41 year old

(I suppose I have a bit of a man crush on Eastwood)

T-800 Terminator portrayed by Arnold Schwarznegger

1. Having only 15 lines but each one memorable (First film).
2. Daunting
3. Cool and careless
4. His character arch from the first and second film.
5. A machine covered with flesh
6. I'll be back...You better believe him

Ellen Ripley portrayed by Sigourney Weaver

1. Ballsy female hero, the quintessential icon of Girl Power.
2. White tank top
3. Uses massive guns
4. Get away from her you bitch!

John Rambo portrayed by Sylvester Stallone

1. Well known name
2. High death counts (except the first one)
3. Good with traps and weapons
4. Almost always shirtless
5. Red bandana

Jules Winnfield portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson

1. Afro
2. Having the best lines in the film
3. The bible speech
4. Generally being a badass

Robot Maria portrayed by Brigitte Helm

1. Most common character associated with the film.
2. Appearing as just a machine and a machine with flesh.
3. Part of a revolutionary Science Ficion film.

E.T voiced by Pat Welsh + others

1. A memorable look; short, brown, extendable neck.
2. E.T Phone Hoooome
3. A character that moves an audience to tears.
4. Glowing finger
5. Strange voice

Thomas A. Anderson "Neo" portrayed by Keanu Reeves

1. Ability to slow bullets
2. The iconic bullet dodge scene
3. His trenchcoat
4. His sunglasses
5. Keanu Reeves is actually good...

Pinocchio voiced by Dickie Jones

1. Famous for his nose growing when he lies
2. A character in one of the darkest Disney films
3. Most famous Disney character?

Frank N. Furter portrayed by Tim Curry

1. Cross dressing
2. Good singing voice
3. The main role in one of the most famous Midnight Movies of all time.

Forrest Gump portrayed by Tom Hanks

1. His southern accent
2. His extraordinary encounters
3. Life is like a box of chocolates...

John McClane portrayed by Bruce Willis

1. Yipee Kie Yay Motherf*cker
2. Action hero of the 1980's. An Everyman.
3. Tank top
4. Witty one liners

Caesar Enrico Bandello portrayed by Edward G. Robinson

1. The first mainstream portrayal of a Gangster
2. Robinson's unique nasally voice
3. Tendancy to say See? a lot

Carrie White portrayed by Sissy Spacek

1. Having pig blood dumped on her
2. Her telekinetic powers
3. Having a religious nut for a mother
4. Having a period in the school shower

Captain Jack Sparrow portrayed by Johnny Depp

1. Flamboyant
2. Often drunk
3. Exaggerated speech
4. But where has all the rum gone?

Leatherface portrayed by Gunnar Hanson

1. Chainsaw Wielding Maniac
2. His disfigured face, covered wtih the droed skin of his victims.
3. His kills are not actually too gory but are horrifying in other ways.
4. One of the first maniacs of the 70's generation of killers.
5. His slaughterhouse apron

Michael Myers portrayed by Nick Castle, Dick Warlock+ Others

1. The most memorable masked maniac
2. Often associated with being the first slasher film villain.
3. Not actually being the first but arguably the most successful.
4. His mask, based on the face of William Shatner.
5. Kills primarily with a butcher knife
6. Indestructable
7. Real face only seen once
8. Black overalls

Jason Vorhees portrayed by Steve Daskewisz, Warrington Gillette, Richard Brooker, Kane Hodger + Others

1. Hockey Mask*
2. Machete as chosen weapon
3. Killing teenagers stupid enough to go to the same camp.
4. Tall and overpowering
5. Starring in the most sequels out of all of the slasher icons.
6. Raggy clothes
7. Deformed face
8. Pillowcase mask appearing before Hockey mask.
9. Outside of film rivalry with other icon of the 80's Freddy Krueger, later starring in a crossover.

Freddy Krueger portrayed by Robert Englund

1. Knife-fingered glove
2. Red and green striped jumper
3. Burnt face
4. Fedora hat
5. A slasher film icon that speaks
6. Kills victims in their dreams
7. Witty (More so in the sequels)
8. Becoming a dark-comedy character as the sequels go on.
9. Outside of film rivalry with other icon of the 80's Jason Voorhees, later starring in a crossover.

Charles Lee Ray "Chucky" voiced by Brad Dourif

1. Scariest doll on earth?*
2. Messy ginger hair
3. Just being a killer doll is iconic enough
4. Dungarees
5. Appearance gradually deteriorating as the sequels pile up
6. Like with Krueger, he is a comedy villain in the two latest films.

"Ghostface" portrayed by Various

1. Long and creepy Ghost resembling mask
2. Inept and clumsy yet clever and cunnining
3. For all 3: Portrayed by several people, more than 1 villain
4. Having one of the best opening kills of all time.