Best heroes and villains of all time portrayed in a film?

[The Don]

Who are you favorite heroes and villains?
My favorite villain is the joker, in the dark knight. My favorite hero is the terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger). If you wan't you can post a comic book hero or villain, it's completly up to you :)

[Fez]

My favourite villain is (surprise) HAL.
Favourite hero has to be... not sure.

[Misawa]

Don't forget that Schwarzenegger was the villain in The Terminator.

Freddy Krueger
Jason Voorhees
Michael Myers
Darth Vader
Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs
Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs
Bruce from Jaws
Col. Hans Landa in Inglourious *******s
I could go on...

[Samantha.]

I love Freddy Krueger and also the Joker they're both great! They just make the films fantastic

[dbgtz]

Joker wins hands down for villain
dont know for hero.

[Neversoft]

Heroes
Leon (Leon, 1994)
Nanashi (Sword of the Stranger, 2007)
Kikuchiyo (Seven Samurai, 1954)
Gandalf (The Lord of the Rings, 2001 - 2003)
Peco (Ping Pong, 2002)

Villains
Gollum (The Lord of the Rings, 2001 - 2003)
Lee Woo-jin (Oldboy, 2003)
Anton Chigurh (No Country for Old Men, 2007)
John Doe (Se7en, 1995)
Annie Wilkes (Misery, 1990)

I also enjoy Jackie Chan's hero characters and Takeshi Kitano's anti-heroes.

Also, I feel this video is relevant.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPUmAd50o5k