Best Characters On TV (Past And Present)

[shortylickens]

Corporal Maxwell Klinger.

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[Perknose]

I'm going add one none of you has probably even heard of:

Dabney Coleman as Buffalo Bill Bittinger. He was the most convincing and hilarious sleaze ball ever!

Buffalo Bill is an American television situation comedy that featured the misadventures of an egotistical talk show host and his staff at a small TV station in Buffalo, New York.

It premiered May 31, 1983 on NBC and ran for only part of two seasons (1983-84).

Most of the humor came from Bill's completely unredeemable qualities and from the staff's frustration at dealing with him.

The series received 11 Emmy Award nominations (including two for Outstanding Comedy Series). Joanna Cassidy also won a Golden Globe Award in 1984.

Buffalo Bill has developed a cult following ever since its original network run, even though it was re-aired just once on A&E.

Former NBC President Brandon Tartikoff wrote in his memoirs that his biggest professional regret was canceling the show.

The cast featured a young and unbelievably HAWT Geena Davis, too!

 

[UberNeuman]

V - Ham Tyler - Michael Ironside

 

[TraumaRN]

John Locke (Lost)
Benjamin Linus (Lost)

 

[brblx]

yes.

 

[ichy]

omar from the wire.
pullo and vorenus from rome.

Omar comin!

Stringer Bell was awesome as well.

 

[jlee]

No Jack O'Neill from SG-1? I am disappoint.

 

[Gibsons]

Fozzy the bear
JR Ewing
Pinky
the Brain
Eric Cartman
Beavis
Butt Head

 

[Rhezuss]

Dexter Morgan - Dexter

Love that character!

 

[purbeast0]

Al Bundy

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[PottedMeat]

Bill McNeal ( Phil Hartman ) - News Radio

 

[her209]

Charlie Harper (Two and a Half Men)
Abed and Troy (Community)
Antonio (Wings)
Steve Urkel (Family Matters)
Tim Taylor (Home Improvement)
Vinnie (Doogie Howser, M.D.)

 

[her209]

Al Bundy

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And this.

 

[grrl]

Grover
Q (Star Trek TNG)
Omar
Paulie Walnuts (Sopranos)

 

[Anubis]

Randy Marsh

 

[Kirby]

Dexter Morgan - Dexter

Love that character!

Vince Masuka is easily the best character on Dexter.

 

[zebano]

Harry Solomon - 3rd Rock from the sun
Cosmo Kramer - Seinfeld
Sheldon Cooper - Big Bang Theory
Abigail Schutto - NCIS
Bruce Campbell
Jean Luc Picard - Star trek TNG
Mal - Firefly

 

[JoPh]

100. Tim Riggins from Friday Night Lights
99. The Bride from Kill Bill
98. Lisbeth Salander from The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels
97. Violet Weston from August: Osage County
96. Bernie Mac from The Bernie Mac Show
95. Wilhelmina from Ugly Betty
94. Truman from The Truman Show
93. Game Boys: Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series; Kratos from the God of War series; and Niko Bellic from Grand Theft Auto IV
92. Christopher Boone from The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time
91. Hancock from Hancock
90. Marge Gunderson from Fargo
89. Wikus van de Merwe from District 9
88. Napoleon Dynamite from Napoleon Dynamite
87. Tony Stark from the Iron Man series
86. Karen Walker and Jack McFarland from Will & Grace
85. Daniel Plainview from There Will Be Blood
84. Dr. Gregory House from House, M.D.
83. Jen Yu from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
82. Tracy Flick from Election
81. Amanda Woodward from Melrose Place
80. Gorillaz, the animated rock band
79. Elphaba from Wicked
78. Patty Hewes from Damages
77. Mimi Marquez from Rent
76. Tyler Durden from Fight Club
75. David Brent from The Office (original version)
74. Don Draper from Mad Men
73. Catherine Trammell from Basic Instinct
72. Kara “Starbuck” Thrace from Battlestar Galactica
71. Det. Alonzo Harris from Training Day
70. Mary Katherine Gallagher from Saturday Night Live
69. Miranda Priestly from The Devil Wears Prada
68. Effie White from Dreamgirls
67. Borat from Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
66. Allie and Noah from The Notebook
65. Lorelai and Rory Gilmore from Gilmore Girls
64. Maximus from Gladiator
63. John Locke from Lost
62. Jimmy Corrigan from Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
61. Vic Mackey from The Shield
60. Mary Jones from Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Saphhire
59. Master Chief from the Halo series
58. Thelma and Louise from Thelma & Louise
57. Clayton Bigsby from Chappelle’s Show
56. Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother
55. Tracy Jordan from 30 Rock
54. Juno from Juno
53. Edward Cullen from the Twilight saga
52. Annie Wilkes from Misery
51. Omar Little from The Wire
50. Pearl the Landlord from FunnyorDie.com
49. Vivian Ward from Pretty Woman
48. Red from The Shawshank Redemption
47. Corky St. Clair Waiting for Guffman
46. Jerry Maguire from Jerry Maguire
45. Stewie Griffin from Family Guy
44. Jack Bauer from 24
43. Cal Stephanides from Middlesex
42. Sydney Bristow from Alias
41. Harold and Kumar from the Harold & Kumar series
40. Ron Burgundy from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
39. Gob Bluth from Arrested Development
38. Elmo from Sesame Street
37. Keyser Söze from The Usual Suspects
36. Gollum from The Lord of the Rings
35. Dexter Morgan from Dexter
34. Cher from Clueless
33. Sarah Connor from Terminator 2: Judgment Day
32. Beavis and Butt-Head from Beavis and Butt-Head
31. Forrest Gump from Forrest Gump
30. “Stephen Colbert” from The Colbert Report
29. Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield from Pulp Fiction
28. Madea from several Tyler Perry films and plays
27. Frasier from Frasier
26. Kavalier and Clay from The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
25. Woody from the Toy Story series
24. Felicity Porter from Felicity
23. Austin Powers from the Austin Powers series
22. Eric Cartman from South Park
21. Roseanne Conner from Roseanne
20. Ally McBeal from Ally McBeal
19. Morpheus from The Matrix series
18. Sue Sylvester from Glee
17. Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider franchise
16. Bridget Jones from the Bridget Jones series
15. Shrek from the Shrek series
14. Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski from The Big Lebowski
13. Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean series
12. Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from The X-Files
11. Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld
10. SpongeBob SquarePants from SpongeBob SquarePants
9. Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City
8. Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs and its sequels
7. Edward Scissorhands from Edward Scissorhands
6. Rachel Green from Friends
5. The Joker from The Dark Knight
4. Tony Soprano from The Sopranos
3. Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. Harry Potter from the Harry Potter series
1. Homer Simpson from The Simpsons

 

[Kirby]

100. Tim Riggins from Friday Night Lights
99. The Bride from Kill Bill
*snip*
1. Homer Simpson from The Simpsons

I'm not sure what this is, but I know I don't like it. :hmm:

 

[Firsttime]

For real, it was Harry Potter at #2 that made me think that though.

+1 to Vince from Dexter and Gob from Arrested Development, really that whole cast could be on this list.

 

[Firsttime]

Awesome double post on my part.

 

[Kirby]

haha, i forgot about Gob. Buster was hilarious too.

not to mention that Portia de Rossi is hot as hell.

 

[nageov3t]

Sheldon kinda tests my suspension of disbelief... his character is basically the most annoying person ever imaginable with no redeeming qualities. I can't fathom that anyone would actually put up with his shit for more than 30 seconds.

 

[gimmewhitecastles]

Data - Star Trek TNG
B.A. Baracus - A-team
Kit - Knight Rider

 

[JoPh]

that list is from the more recent entertainment weekly mag. top 100 characters from the last 20 years