Updated Favorite Character List... Top 50... Finally...
Added 2020-12-15 08:44:39 +0000 UTCI didn't include Ozark (Wendy, Marty, & Ruth) or Justified (Givens & Boyd) characters because there's plenty of time for them to disappoint me... but they would've been on it.
1. Frank Underwood (House of Cards)
2. Raymond Reddington (The Blacklist)
3. Captain James Flint (Black Sails)
4. Ragnar Lothbrok (Vikings)
5. Walter White (Breaking Bad)
6. Vic Mackey (The Shield)
7. Al Swearengen (Deadwood)
8. Tony Soprano (The Sopranos)
9. Rick Grimes (The Walking Dead)
10. John Locke (Lost)
11. Benjamin Linus (Lost)
12. Leopold Fitz (Agents of SHIELD)
13. Tywin Lannister (Game of Thrones)
14. King Ecbert (Vikings)
15. Captain Charles Vane (Black Sails)
16. Dr. Gregory House (House)
17. Harold Finch (Person of Interest)
18. Patrick Jane (The Mentalist)
19. “Gangsta Ass” Carol Peletier (The Walking Dead)
20. Claire Underwood (House of Cards)
21. Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish (Game of Thrones)
22. Ari Gold (Entourage)
23. Captain Jack Rackham (Black Sails)
24. Dexter Morgan (Dexter)
25. Dr. Walter Bishop (Fringe)
26. Amos (The Expanse)
27. Stringer Bell (The Wire)
28. Lucius Vorenus (Rome)
29. Lieutenant Frank Colombo (Colombo)
30. Admiral William Adama (Battlestar Galactica)
31. Samantha “Root” Groves (Person of Interest)
32. Thomas Shelby (Peaky Blinders)
33. Al Rothstein (Boardwalk Empire)
34. Detective Andy Sipowitz (NYPD Blue)
35. Doug Stamper (House of Cards)
36. Gustavo Fring (Breaking Bad)
37. James “Ghost” St. Patrick (Power)
38. Hannibal (Hannibal)
39. Will Graham (Hannibal)
40. Homelander (The Boys)
41. Mike Ehrmantraut (Breaking Bad)
42. Omar (The Wire)
43. Arthur Shelby (Peaky Blinders)
44. Job (Banshee)
45. Avon Barksdale (The Wire)
46. Rust Cohle & Marty Hart (True Detective)
48. Sameen Shaw (Person of Interest)
49. Juliet Burke (Lost)
50. Shane Walsh (The Walking Dead)
Comments
Where does Asian Elvis rank?? Lmao 🤣 I've just started watching sons of anarchy again on your Patreon 😂
Rebecca Karsner
2024-01-11 02:50:06 +0000 UTCHow is Rust 37 spots behind Rick Grimes. That show should be called "Shane was right, the end." He would have Negan his Bitch.
nate coleman
2023-07-29 23:36:01 +0000 UTCthis needs post succession updating
shenzi22
2023-07-12 17:19:25 +0000 UTCI'm surprised Ari Gold isn't higher.
Max
2021-12-17 17:12:13 +0000 UTCLol This was just live action
Jimmy Macram
2021-05-17 23:20:24 +0000 UTCHow is evil, insane, awesome, Light Yagami/Kira, not on the list
Kyle
2021-05-17 23:18:51 +0000 UTCColumbo?! Lol, nice one! "Just one more thing..."
Uncle 'Traveling' Matt
2020-12-17 06:39:00 +0000 UTCOMAR COMIN!
Constantine
2020-12-16 02:49:03 +0000 UTCThis list brings up some good memories for me... I love the wire. Such an underrated show...
Darnell Holland
2020-12-16 02:07:13 +0000 UTCI don't think Homelander can breathe in outer space, so Adama would likely have his #.
Robert Kruger
2020-12-15 18:36:15 +0000 UTCI think Denny Crane is equally awesome. Denny Crane.
Robert Kruger
2020-12-15 18:32:02 +0000 UTCWalter Bishop #25 , not sure how to respond to that...
David Herron
2020-12-15 18:21:14 +0000 UTCyeah just a few moments. But he doesn't have anything that makes a character great. He's not smart, (I don't mind being not smart or being naive at the beginning, as long as you learn something, like sansa for example.) He is just as stupid at the end as he was at the beginning. He also has no charisma or screen presence. He has no wit, and no sense of humor. He also has no ambitions, mostly he just wanders around aimlessy and tells people what he doesn't want. And on top of that the acting isn't all that great either. Those are all traits I look for in a great character. And he has none of them! 😂 Also in the last season he was completely useless. Yeah he's kindhearted and has some badass fighting moments...like a million other characters. Nothing special. But most of the time he's like a brick wall. Overall he's an okay character, but not even in the top 30 of the best Game of thrones characters.
Ninaofthe90s
2020-12-15 16:50:37 +0000 UTCAmos is way too low.
A L
2020-12-15 16:30:41 +0000 UTCThe Janos Slynt moment, Hardhome, Mance arrow, and Bastard Bowl events were a long stretch of Snow rising in the ranks. It was Peak Snow for a while.
Michael
2020-12-15 15:57:00 +0000 UTCSo this is for live action characters. Or did Killua fall off the list.
Cadmus Lochlan
2020-12-15 15:36:01 +0000 UTCAnd this is going to sound weird...but I'm sooooo glad Jon snow got kicked out of that list. I don't know what he was doing there in the first place. He's so lame in comparison to these amazing characters 😂😂😂
Ninaofthe90s
2020-12-15 13:53:50 +0000 UTCRoot made it pretty high I see. Love that. But I'm surprised there aren't more Lost characters (Jack, Hurley) and no Sherlock!
Ninaofthe90s
2020-12-15 13:50:14 +0000 UTCLooking at the list again, it's probably Homelander, isn't it? I'm not sure any amount of money, power, or military any of the others, who are all essentially normal humans, could direct at him would stop him...terrifying.
Michael
2020-12-15 13:41:40 +0000 UTCGood list; can't fault these choices. If all 50 existed in the same universe, and you told them that they had to defeat each other (any means; actual fighting, scheming, using influence and underlings, etc.) and only one could be left alive to "win", who do y'all think comes out on top?
Michael
2020-12-15 13:36:40 +0000 UTC3, 4 and 5 are in my top 5 too. Surprised Tommy Shelby isn't further up the list. And that Campbell isn't there purely for being a piece of garbage. Then again choosing only 50 isn't really many at all - solid list
PCG98
2020-12-15 12:42:41 +0000 UTCSolid list.
Ben Trotter
2020-12-15 12:27:43 +0000 UTCMy man Swearengen in the top 10. Excellent.
Griffen Rosado
2020-12-15 11:23:23 +0000 UTCI'm pretty sure Alan Shore (Boston Legal) would be on this list if you've seen the show so that is my only reason for asking: Have you seen Boston Legal? James Spader is one of the best and he plays such a brilliant character. I apologize if this was asked before.
David
2020-12-15 10:00:47 +0000 UTCAwesome to finally see the list. I assume you made this an entirely live-action list, but if you included anime characters would many make the list? How high would favs like Erwin, Killua, or King Bradley rank?
Jed U
2020-12-15 09:29:56 +0000 UTC
