22. Travis Bickle

Appearance: Taxi Driver (1976)

Creator: Paul Schrader

Performer: Robert De Niro

Defining moment: Bickle kindly gives his date a Kris Kristofferson album she already owns; then takes her out to a porn film.

Fascinating fact: One of Schrader’s inspirations for Bickle was Harry Chapin’s song Taxi.

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