32. Jules Winnfield

Appearance: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Creator: Quentin Tarantino

Performer: Samuel L. Jackson

Defining moment: A brutal choice, with Tim Roth reaching for his wallet a very close second place (“It’s the one that says Bad Motherfucker.”), but the winner has to be quoting Ezekiel 25:17 before blowing away Brett (Frank Whaley). Righteous fury.

Fascinating fact: The quote isn’t actually, largely, from the Bible but from the 1976 Sonny Chiba action pic The Bodyguard.

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