My top 5 has pretty much already been mentioned. I have to add a few more: TV: - Dwight Shrute - The Office - Norm - Cheers - Kramer - already mentioned but have to again because he was awesome Movies: - Dr. Gonzo (although supposed to be a real person) - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Frank the Tank Ricard - Old School - Sidnee Deane - White Men Can't Jump
TV: James Arness as Matt Dillon - Gunsmoke, longest running TV show ever Larry Hagman as JR Ewing, "Dallas" Movies: Clint Eastwood - Spagetti Westerns, Fist Full of Dollars, Few Dollars More, Good Bad and Ugly, still fun to watch.
My second 10: MOVIES 1. Clint Eastwood -- The Man With No Name -- A Fistful of Dollars 2. Anthony Quinn -- Alexis Zorba -- Zorba the Greek 3. James Stewart -- Ransom Stoddard -- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence 4. Dustin Hoffman -- Jack Crabb -- Little Big Man 5. Marlon Brando -- Vito Corleone -- The Godfather TV 1. Max Baer -- Jethro Bodine -- The Beverly Hillbillies 2. Leonard Nimoy -- Spock -- Star Trek 3. Abe Vigoda -- Lt. Fish -- Barney Miller 4. George Wendt -- Norm Peterson -- Cheers! 5. Tony Shaloub -- Adrian Monk -- Monk
Movies - All Time Great - Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski 1. John Wayne - Big Jake 2. Clint Eastwood - Outlaw Josey Wales 3. Robert Duval - Apocalypse Now 4. Shirley McClain - Steel Magnolias 5. Benicio Del Toro - The Usual Suspects Television - 1. Steve Landesberg(Det. Arthur Dietrich) - Barney Miller 2. Tony Sirico(Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri) - The Sopranos 3. Henry Winkler(The Fonz) - Happy Days 4. Nicholas Colasanto(Coach) - Cheers 5. Harvey Korman - The Carol Burnett Show
I gotta go with LSUtiger327 with Ari from Entourage. What a great character. Movies: I also gotta agree with Supafan. Clark W. Griswald is the chit! But, ya'll seem to be forgetting: Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
Been trying to narrow down the tv side. Too hard to do, but my favorite current tv character has to be Crabman.
I concur the entire Earl cast would make up my top 5 of favorites if my list were limited to shows in production. It would go Randy Jamie Presley Crabman Earl Earl's Dad
limited to shows in production: sayeed from lost crabman catalina from earl (too hot) moe from the simpsons (in my mind the same show i liked is no longer in production) dr house (although he is less interesting in newer episodes) turtle i like every person on mythbusters, but they arent characters.
