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List of anti-heroes
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NOTE: This is a list of anti-heroes.
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Drama
- Adam in The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute
- Archie Rice in The Entertainer by John Osborne
- Donald in The Philanthropist by Christopher Hampton
- Felix Humble in Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones
- Guy in My Night with Reg by Kevin Elyot
- Laurence in Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh
- Michael Cartts in Japes by Simon Gray
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
- Stephanie Washburn in The Eclipse by Joyce Carol Oates
- Tom and Amy Bates in Brimstone and Treacle by Dennis Potter
- Vladimir and Estragon in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
- Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Literature
- Alan Sherwood in Altered States by Anita Brookner
- Alex in A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
- Alexander Portnoy in Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
- Alice (as well as some other characters) in King Solomon's Carpet by Barbara Vine
- Artemis Fowl in the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
- Arthur Abdel Simpson in The Light of Day (filmed as Topkapi) and Dirty Story by Eric Ambler
- Asa Leventhal in The Victim by Saul Bellow
- Barnaby Gaitlin in A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler
- Billy Fisher in Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse
- Case in William Gibson's Neuromancer
- Charlie in The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- Des Esseintes in Against the Grain by Joris-Karl Huysmans
- Dracula in Bram Stoker's [[Dracula]]
- Elric of Melniboné in stories and novels by Michael Moorcock
- Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser fictional characters created by Fritz Leiber
- Felix Nasmyth in Budding Prospects by T.C. Boyle
- Gerald Tarrant in The Coldfire Trilogy by CS Friedman
- Gollum (Sméagol) in The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Hannibal Lecter in Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, and Hannibal by Thomas Harris.
- Harry Paget Flashman in the Flashman books by George MacDonald Fraser
- Heracles in The Twelve Labors in Greek Mythology
- Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- Jack Skellington in "A Nightmare Before Christmas " by Tim Burton
- Jacopo Belbo in Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
- Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Jim Dixon in Lucky Jim, by Kingsley Amis
- John Wheelwright in A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
- Long John Silver in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Luke Wakefield in Mr Wakefield's Crusade by Bernice Rubens
- Marc Remillard in The Saga of Pliocene Exile by Julian May
- Mark Crawley (as well as some other characters) in A Vicious Circle by Amanda Craig
- Martin Brock in 12 Step Fandango by Chris Haslam
- Peter Jernigan in Jernigan by David Gates
- Pinkie Brown in Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
- Samuel Vimes in Terry Pratchett's Discworld books
- Soames Forsyte in the Forsyte novels by John Galsworthy
- Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- Thomas Covenant in The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
- Turin Turambar in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth universe
- Victor Mancini in Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
- Virgil Adams in Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington
- Meursault in L'Étranger or The Stranger by Albert Camus
- The narrator in Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
- Smith in The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe
- Steerpike in the Gormenghast novels by Mervyn Peake
- Stevens in The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Underground man, unnamed narrator in Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Yossarian (John) in Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Poetry
- Achilles in The Illiad by Homer
- Gerontion in Gerontion by T.S. Eliot
- Henry in The Dream Songs by John Berryman
- Warren Harding in Two Poems About President Harding by James Wright
- Satan in Paradise Lost by John Milton
Film
- Jango and Boba Fett in Star Wars
- Riddick in The Chronicles of Riddick
- Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon
- Tony Montana in Scarface
- The trader in Waterworld
- Wanda Gershwitz in A Fish Called Wanda
- Alfred J. Kwak
Comic books
- Batman (DC Comics)
- Catwoman (DC Comics)
- Cerebus the Aardvark by Dave Sim (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
- Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
- Elektra (Marvel Comics)
- Lady Death (Lady Death Comics) (Chaos! Comics , Crossgen, and Avatar Press )
- Hellboy (Dark Horse)
- The Incredible Hulk (Marvel)
- The Punisher (Marvel)
- Rayek in Elfquest (Warp Graphics, later DC Comics)
- Sandman (Vertigo)
- Spawn (Image Comics)
- Spider-Man (Marvel)
- Venom (Marvel)
- Wolverine (Marvel)
Television
- Al Swearengen in Deadwood
- Arnold Rimmer in Red Dwarf
- Beavis and Butt-head
- Bernard Black in Black Books
- Edmund Blackadder in Blackadder
- Eric Cartman in South Park
- George Costanza and, to a lesser extent, most of the other characters on Seinfeld
- Doctor Who most notably as portrayed by actors; William Hartnell, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy but many consider the Doctor to be an antihero in general.
- Homer Simpson in The Simpsons
- Kerr Avon and, to varying degrees, several of the other characters in Blakes Seven
- Malcolm Reynolds in Firefly.
- Peter Griffin in Family Guy
- Ren and Stimpy
- 'Satan' in South Park
- Timmy Turner from The Fairly OddParents.
- Tintin]] from The Adventures of Tintin.
- Tony Soprano in The Sopranos
- Vic Mackey in The Shield)
- Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave
- Rick Hunter in the animated show Robotech.
- Amuro Ray in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam
Video games
- 2-4601 (System Shock)
- 47 (Hitman series)
- Carl Johnson (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas)
- Max Payne
- Protoman (Megaman series)
- The player character of Unreal
- Tanner (Driver series)
- Wario (Wario series)
Last updated: 10-24-2004 05:10:45