The Bobcat Nation

TV series or movie character? Not your favorite actor but the character the actor played in a movie or TV series.


TV Series
1a. Tony Soprano
1b. Al Swearengen


Movie
Jason Bourne
Les Grossman
Lloyd Christmas
Jeffery Lebowski -The Dude

Hard to pick a favorite, but the following would be in my top 5.

TV = McGyver

Movie = Jose Wales [Dyin' ain't much of a livin' boy]

Movie:
1. Rocky Balboa
2. Forest Gump
3. "Dirty" Harry Callahan
4. "The Donger" Long Duk Dong
5. Old Man Parker (Ralphie's dad in A Christmas Story)

TV:
1. Tony Soprano
2. Cosmo Kramer
3. Joey Tribbiani
4. Dr. Mark Greene
5. Eric Cartman

Dwight Shrute from the Office
Andy Dwyer from Parks and Recreation (also shout out to Tom Haverford)
Charlie Day from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Dexter Morgan from Dexter
Hank Moody from Californiacation

Dexter Morgan - Dexter
John Locke - Lost
Richard Alpert - Lost
Doug Wilson - Weeds
Tobias Fünke - Arrested Development
Walter Bishop - Fringe
*And Hank Hill, obviously

Jillian

Interesting that it's all men selected so far, so I'll go with lady characters.

Pheobe from Friends
Joy from Earle (so mad they got rid of that show!)
Dr Bailey from Greys

TV - Omar (The Wire), David Brent (The Office UK), Mr. Eko & Ben Linus (Lost), Bill McNeal (NewsRadio), Jack Bauer (24). Honorable mention to Ron Swanson and his Pyramid of Greatness (Parks & Recreation).

Movies - Alpha gets it right with The Dude and Lloyd Christmas. Also Clark Griswold, Don Vito Corleone, and Captain Oveur.

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Good call on Bill McNeal. Jimmy James is up there too. (Loved News Radio).
Hawkeye Pierce
Mimi on the Drew Carey Show
Alan Harper on Two and half Men
Jim Reed on Adam 12 (back in my kid days)
Captain Marvel (also from my kid days)

Movies:
Jason Bourne
Han Solo
Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin's in the Hunt for Red October)
The Stranger (High Plains Drifter)
Tia (Escape to Witch Mountain-had a big crush on her when I was a kid. Named a dairy cow after her-which is the highest form of flattery)
Carl Spackler

ChiOCat wrote:Jillian

Interesting that it's all men selected so far, so I'll go with lady characters.

Pheobe from Friends
Joy from Earle (so mad they got rid of that show!)
Dr Bailey from Greys

Great call Chi........................I love everything about Joy............everything.

Great thread.

Movies
Paul Crewe (the opening scene is how I'd like to start every weekend)
Dr. Hannibal Lecter (it's fun to go up to complete strangers, especially women, and talk to them in his voice)
John Blutarsky (smashing Stephen Bishop's guitar on the staircase. I always had that scene in my head when I'd walk across the bridge from the Press Box to Wa-Griz and that guy was always out there banging on the drums.)

TV
Cheryl David (she's really not that hot, but damn, oh, and she plays off Larry so well)
Uhura
Barney Fife

Newman or David Puddy from Seinfeld

Jerry: "Hello, Newman."
Newman: "Hello, Jerry."


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Puddy to Elaine: "What do I care? You're the one going to hell!"

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Movie:
1. Rocky Balboa
2. Batman (excluding the Val Kilmer and George Clooney versions)
3. Detective Frank Drebin
4. Doc Brown

Television:
1. Elliot Stabler (Law & Order: SVU)
2. House (duh)
3. Agent Jethro Gibbs (NCIS)
4. Tommy Oliver

Tommy - rescue me

BearCat wrote:Movie:
1. Rocky Balboa
2. Batman (excluding the Val Kilmer and George Clooney versions)
3. Detective Frank Drebin
4. Doc Brown

Television:
1. Elliot Stabler (Law & Order: SVU)
2. House (duh)
3. Agent Jethro Gibbs (NCIS)
4. Tommy Oliver

Love it when Stabler goes off on somebody.....

Fletch-best of all time or should I say "Harvey Davidson"

MashTun wrote:

BearCat wrote:Movie:
1. Rocky Balboa
2. Batman (excluding the Val Kilmer and George Clooney versions)
3. Detective Frank Drebin
4. Doc Brown

Television:
1. Elliot Stabler (Law & Order: SVU)
2. House (duh)
3. Agent Jethro Gibbs (NCIS)
4. Tommy Oliver

Love it when Stabler goes off on somebody.....

Agreed. Definitely one of the best, if not the best, show on TV.

T.V.

1.Swearengen
2. Nixon (Band Of Brothers)
3.Dexter

Movie
1. Clark Grizwald
2. fletch
3. Carl (office Space)

Also a shout out to the guy in my avatar, enough though he is a cartoon. I'd party with him.

Dick Winters (R.I.P, Band of Brothers)
Raylan Givens (Justified)
Hank Hill (The Man)
Prof. Bishop (Fringe)
Agent Gibbs (NCIS)
Adam Richman (Man v Food)
That's all I got at the moment, for TV.