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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains is a list of the one hundred greatest screen characters (fifty each in the hero and villain categories) as chosen by the American Film Institute in June 2003. It is part of the AFI 100 Years... series. The list was first presented in a CBS special hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
John Carpenter is known best for crafting one of the greatest villains of all time with Michael Myers, but he also created a memorable hero in "Big Trouble in Little China.". For this late 1980s ...
This is a list of folk heroes, a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films.
(Top) 1 By ethnicity or nationality. 2 Other. 3 See also. Toggle the table of contents. Lists of superheroes. ... List of Asian superheroes; List of black superheroes;
1.1 America's Best Comics. 1.2 Impact. 1.3 Milestone Media. 1.4 WildStorm. ... The following is a partial list of teams of superheroes from various comic books ...
List of male action heroes and villains Character Actor(s) Works and other notes Ref. Jack Ryan: Harrison Ford: Works of Tom Clancy and its adaptations [1] Magnum Tom Selleck: TV series Magnum, P.I. [1] Sherlock Holmes: Robert Downey Jr. Films Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) [1] James Bond: Multiple James ...
A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to some group (cultural, ethnic, religious, etc.) who changes the world through invention or discovery.A typical culture hero might be credited as the discoverer of fire, or agriculture, songs, tradition, law or religion, and is usually the most important legendary figure of a people, sometimes as the founder of its ruling dynasty.
This list is for characters in fictional works who exemplify the qualities of an antihero—a protagonist or supporting character whose characteristics include the following: imperfections that separate them from typically heroic characters (such as selfishness, cynicism, ignorance, and bigotry); [1]