Favorite movie characters...

[Brodirt]

not leading, that is! Skip the dual leads too. I'm looking for supporting characters and sidekicks.

Harry Lime played by Orson Wells in The Third Man

The Gyro Captain, played by Bruce Spence in The Road Warrior

Morpheus, played by Laurence Fishburn in The Matrix triology

Hans Gruber, played by Alan Rickman in Die Hard

Mickey, played by Burgess Meredith in Rocky

 

[pmast]

Most if not all of the supporting cast in Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles.
Christopher Walken in Biloxi Blues.

 

[TonyH]

Jackie Gleason in Smokey and the Bandit

Meatloaf in Fight Club

Harvey Keitel in Taxi Driver (and Pulp Fiction)

John Cazale in anything

Clyde in Every Which Way But Loose

James Whitmore in the Shawshank Redemption

Ossie Davis in Do the Right Thing

Scatman Crothers in The Shining

 

[ex-bugonaut]

Walter Brennan in Rio Bravo (and in any movie he did with Gary Cooper).

 

[Confuzius]

It's a tie:
Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken respectively as Clarence's dad and The Consigliere in True Romance.

 

[jkh]

Luke Wilson as Richie Tenenbaum (aka The Baumer) in The Royal Tenenbaums

 

[Bertilak]

It's a tie:
Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken respectively as Clarence's dad and The Consigliere in True Romance.

Stop the clock! I think we have a winner!

 

[NorthALABeeKeep]

Chief Dan George as the Indian Chief Lone Watie in the Outlaw Josey Wales....You must endeavor to persevere

Robert Duvall as Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now....Charlie don't surf!!

 

[Brodirt]

It's a tie:
Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken respectively as Clarence's dad and The Consigliere in True Romance.

Stop the clock! I think we have a winner!

Oh yes! I might pay good money for that scene alone.

 

[smoothjim]

not leading, that is! Skip the dual leads too. I'm looking for supporting characters and sidekicks.

I just stumbled onto this thread, and without actually thinking it thru, I just want to say quickly:


Bruno Kirby in anything.

 

[nikkuchan]

Milton in Office Space
Jay and Silent Bob in most of Kevin Smith's films.
Bluto in Animal House

 

[blackfoot]

Will Greer as Bear Claw in Jeremiah Johnson.

 

[Bertilak]

Will Greer as Bear Claw in Jeremiah Johnson.

"You skin that one and I'll go get another."

 

[blackfoot]

"You skin that one and I'll go get another."

Elk don't know how many feet a horse has!

 

[TorzJohnson]

Chris Penn as Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs

Powers Booth as Curly Bill in Tombstone

Alec Baldwin as Blake in Glengarry Glen Ross

Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood

 

[blackfoot]

Chris Penn as Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs

Powers Booth as Curly Bill in Tombstone

Alec Baldwin as Blake in Glengarry Glen Ross

Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood

Alec Baldwin played me?

 

[ytsejammer]

Roddy piper as Nada in They Live

shark played by Lawrence Taylor in Any Given Sunday

...will think of more

 

[Shane]

Tobey Maguire in Wonder Boys

Martin Balsam in Psycho

Tom Sizemore in Saving Private Ryan

Bob Gunton in The Shawshank Redemption

Ian Holm in Alien

 

[thermographer]

Morgan Freeman as Red in "The Shawshank Redemption"

 

[Leche]

Willem Dafoe in "Platoon"
Justin Bartha in the "National Treasure" Series.
Don Cheadle in "Boogie Nights"
Adam Baldwin as Animal Mother in "Full Metal Jacket"