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Criteria: Hero - One who shows great courage, valor, bravery, self sacrifice, in the face
of danger or injustice, and who is admired for their noble qualities and achievements.
These Movie characters best demonstrate the 'heroic' nature.
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| Last Updated 5-1-07 |
Newly added names are in RED | Edited By: Oyinlade I |
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1. ATTICUS FINCH (Gregory Peck) - in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
2. JAMES BOND (Sean Connery) - in DR. NO (1962)
3. INDIANA JONES (Harrison Ford) - in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
4. RICK BLAINE (Humphrey Bogart) - in CASABLANCA (1942)
5. OSKAR SCHINDLER (Liam Neeson) - in SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
6. T. E. LAWRENCE (Peter O'Toole) - in LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
7. WILL KANE (Gary Cooper) - in HIGH NOON (1952)
8. GEORGE BAILEY (James Stewart) - in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
9. MOSES (Charlton Heston) - in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)
10. MAHATMA GANDHI (Ben Kingsley) - in GANDHI (1982)
11. JEFFERSON SMITH (James Stewart) - in MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
12. TERRY MALLOY (Marlon Brando) - in ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
13. TOM JOAD (Henry Fonda) - in THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
14. SHANE (Alan Ladd) - in SHANE (1953)
15. ELLEN RIPLEY (Sigourney Weaver) - in ALIENS (1986)
16. CLARICE STARLING (Jodie Foster) - in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
17. HAN SOLO (Harrison Ford) - in STAR WARS (1977)
18. NORMA RAE WEBSTER (Sally Field) - in NORMA RAE (1979)
19. DETECTIVE HARRY CALLAHAN (Clint Eastwood) - in DIRTY HARRY (1971)
20. ROCKY BALBOA (Sylvester Stallone) - in ROCKY (1976)
21. ROBIN HOOD (Errol Flynn) - in THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
22. VIRGIL TIBBS (Sidney Poitier) - in IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
23. BUTCH CASSIDY & SUNDANCE KID (Paul Newman/Robert Redford)
- in BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
24. SPARTACUS (Kirk Douglas) - in SPARTACUS (1960)
25. THELMA DICKINSON & LOUISE SAWYER (Geena Davis/Susan Sarandon) - in THELMA & LOUISE (1991)
26. ALVIN C. YORK (Gary Cooper) - in SERGEANT YORK (1941)
27. HENRY "LOU" GEHRIG (Gary Cooper) - in THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (1942)
28. SUPERMAN (CLARK KENT) (Christopher Reeve) - in SUPERMAN (1978)
29. JUROR #8 (MR. DAVIS) (Henry Fonda) - in 12 ANGRY MEN (1957)
30. LUCAS "LUKE" JACKSON (Paul Newman) - in COOL HAND LUKE (1967)
31. ERIN BROCKOVICH (Julia Roberts) - in ERIN BROCKOVICH (2000)
32. PHILIP MARLOWE (Humphrey Bogart) - in THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
33. BOB WOODWARD & CARL BERNSTEIN (Robert Redford/Dustin Hoffman)
- in ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
34. ANNIE SULLIVAN (Anne Bancroft) - in THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962)
35. TARZAN (Johnny Weissmuller) - in TARZAN THE APE MAN (1932)
36. REUBEN J. "ROOSTER" COGBURN (John Wayne) - in TRUE GRIT (1969)
37. BEN "OBI-WAN" KENOBI (Alec Guinness) - in STAR WARS (1977)
38. THE TRAMP (Charlie Chaplin) - in CITY LIGHTS (1931)
39. LASSIE (Pal) - in LASSIE COME HOME (1943)
40. FRANK SERPICO (Al Pacino) - in SERPICO (1973)
41. GENERAL GEORGE PATTON (George C. Scott) - in PATTON (1970)
42. MR. CHIPS (MR. CHIPPING) (Robert Donat) - in GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (1939)
43. FATHER EDWARD J. FLANAGAN (Spencer Tracy) - in BOYS TOWN (1938)
44. ZORRO (DON DIEGO DE VEGA) (Tyrone Power) - in THE MARK OF ZORRO (1940)
45. VITO CORLEONE (Marlon Brando) - in THE GODFATHER (1972)
46. BATMAN (BRUCE WAYNE) (Michael Keaton) - in BATMAN (1989)
47. MARGE GUNDERSON (Frances McDormand) - in FARGO (1996)
48. BILLY COSTIGAN (Leonardo DiCaprio) - in The Departed (2006)
49. KAREN SILKWOOD (Meryl Streep) - in SILKWOOD (1983)
50. T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) - in TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991)
51. JIMMY POPEYE DOYLE (Gene Hackman) - in THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
52. FORREST GUMP (Tom Hanks) - in FORREST GUMP (1994)
53. ROY HOBBS (Robert Redford) - in THE NATURAL (1984)
54. CAPTAIN JOHN H. MILLER (Tom Hanks) - in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
55. SISTER HELEN PREJEAN (Susan Sarandon) - in DEAD MAN WALKING (1995)
56. LUKE SKYWALKER (Mark Hamill) - in STAR WARS (1977)
57. MALCOLM X (MALCOLM LITTLE) (Denzel Washington) - in MALCOLM X (1992)
58. THE DIRTY DOZEN (Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes,
Trini Lopez, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Clint Walker, Ben Carruthers,
Tom Busby, Stuart Cooper, Colin Maitland) - in THE DIRTY DOZEN (1967)
59. STANLEY KOWALSKI (Marlon Brando) - in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
60. ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Henry Fonda) - in YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (1939)
61. THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Van Heflin, Gig Young, Robert Coote) - in THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1948)
62. WILLIAM WALLACE (Mel Gibson) - in BRAVEHEART (1995)
63. LT. JOHN W. DUNBAR (Kevin Costner) - in DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
64. PRIVATE WITT (James Caviezel) - in THE THIN RED LINE (1998)
65. JOE MILLER (Denzel Washington) - in PHILADELPHIA (1993)
66. WILM HOSENFELD (Thomas Kretschmann) - in THE PIANIST (2002)
67. ELIOT NESS (Kevin Costner) - in THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987)
68. STEVE BIKO (Denzel Washington) - in CRY FREEDOM (1987)
69. HAWKEYE (Daniel Day-Lewis) - in THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1992)
70. JOHN BOOK (Harrison Ford) - in WITNESS (1985)
71. THE FELLOWSHIP (Eiljah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, and Billy Boyd)
- in LORD OF THE RINGS: TWO TOWERS (2002)
72. ETHAN HUNT (Tom Cruise) - in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1996)
73. PAUL RUSESABAGINA (Don Cheadle) - in HOTEL RWANDA (2004)
74. GENERAL MAXIMUS DECIMUS MERIDUS (Russell Crowe) - in GLADIATOR (2000)
75. BELLE (voice of Paige O' Hara) - in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
76. JIM GARRISON (Kevin Costner) - in JFK (1991)
77. JOHN SHAFT (Richard Roundtree) - in SHAFT (1971)
78. JIM LOVELL (Tom Hanks) - in APOLLO 13 (1995)
79. COACH DON HASKINS (Josh Lucas) - in GLORY ROAD (2006)
80. DETECTIVE JOHN MCCLANE (Bruce Willis) - in DIE HARD 1988)
81. FOXY BROWN (Pam Grier) - in FOXY BROWN (1974)
82. DR. RICHARD KIMBLE (Harrison Ford) - in THE FUGITIVE (1993)
83. DANIEL Lai IIJSSO (Ralph Macchio) - in THE KARATE KID (1984)
84. JEFFREY WIGAND (Russell Crowe) - in THE INSIDER (1999)
85. TRIP (Denzel Washington) - in GLORY (1989)
86. RUDY RUETTIGER (Sean Astin) - in RUDY (1993)
87. ANDY DUFRESNE (Tim Robbins) - in THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)
88. CAPTAIN DAVENPORT (Howard E. Rollins, Jr.) - in A SOLDIER'S STORY (1984)
89. RON KOVIC (Tom Cruise) - in BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (1989)
90. NEO (Keanu Reeves) - in MATRIX, THE (1999)
91. ANDREW BECKETT (Tom Hanks) - in PHILADELPHIA (1993)
92. CELIE (Whoopi Goldberg) - in THE COLOR PURPLE (1985)
93. WILLIAM MUNNY (Clint Eastwood) - in UNFORGIVEN (1992)
94. ANNIE PORTER & JACK TRAVEN (Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves) - in SPEED (1994)
95. MICHAEL (Robert De Niro) - in THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
96. REBECCA MORGAN (Cicely Tyson) - in SOUNDER (1972)
97. MAX (Jamie Foxx) - in COLLATERAL (2004)
98. FURIOUS STYLES (Laurence Fishburne) - in BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991)
99. LT. PETE "MAVERICK" MITCHELL (Tom Cruise) - in TOP GUN (1986)
100. "CRAZY" JOE CLARK (Morgan Freeman) - in LEAN ON ME (1989)
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