Sigourney Weaver in Aliens (1986)
... female space heroine
◄ IMDb Polls
Poll: The Most Impressive Genre or Sub-Genre Icon
Some actors defined a genre with one of their characters like no other.
Which of these genre defining characters would you choose as the most clear candidate? ... the one and only ...
Discuss here.
Make Your Choice
-
-
Natalie Portman in Black Swan (2010)
... ballerina -
Charles Chaplin in City Lights (1931)
... tramp -
Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
... FBI agent -
Sylvester Stallone in Rocky (1976)
... underdog boxer -
Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
... adventure hero -
Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
... psychopathic psychatrist -
Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
... pirate -
Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
... female revenger -
Toshirô Mifune in The Bushido Blade (1981)
... samurai, Inspired by pbn -
Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry (1971)
... police officer -
Sylvester Stallone in First Blood (1982)
... guerilla combat soldier -
Leonard Nimoy in Star Trek (2009)
... humanoid alien -
Eli Wallach in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
... mexican outlaw -
John Wayne in Rio Bravo (1959)
... cowboy -
Tom Hulce in Amadeus (1984)
... classic musician -
Margaret Hamilton in The Wizard of Oz (1939)
... wicked witch -
Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator (1984)
... terminating killer cyborg -
Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
... innocent prisoner -
James Stewart, Donna Reed, Carol Coombs, Karolyn Grimes, Jimmy Hawkins, and Larry Simms in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
... family father -
Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society (1989)
... teacher -
Al Pacino in Scarface (1983)
... drug kingpin -
Peter Sellers in Being There (1979)
... simpleton -
Sean Connery in Goldfinger (1964)
... secret agent -
Ralph Fiennes in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
...bad sorcerer -
Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)
... mafia boss -
Mel Gibson in Braveheart (1995)
... historical medieval hero -
Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games (2012)
... dystopian female fighter -
Keir Dullea in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
... astronaut -
Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can (2002)
... con man -
Christopher Lee in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
... vampire -
Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988)
... X-Mas crusher
