Because you like Captain Phillips in Captain Phillips

Part archaeologist, part philosopher, part politician, Jean-Luc Picard is an unashamed intellectual who runs a tight ship. See them in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Darcy Lewis is a razor-sharp scientist studying things that science can't explain. See them in Thor.

Blunt but anxious, Gretchen Ross bonds most easily with those who have lived tough lives like she has. See them in Donnie Darko.

Olive Hoover is an irrepressible child beauty queen (or would-be queen) who doesn't play by your rules. See them in Little Miss Sunshine.

Michael Kelso gets by on his good looks and his openhearted nature. See them in That '70s Show.

Wanderer is a Soul, a parasite sent into a host to take over their body, extracting information from them and colonizing their species. See them in The Host.

Ted is a cursing, smoking, drinking teddy bear who's anything but cuddly. See them in Ted.

Billy Butcher's job is to give everyone hell by any means necessary. See them in The Boys.

Michaelangelo is an above-ground crime-fighter by night, and a pizza-eating, sewer-dwelling mutant ninja turtle by day. See them in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Needles Kane says shut up and bleed. See them in Twisted Metal .

Zeratul is cryptic, mystic, and not to be messed with. See them in StarCraft .

A gifted detective, Rust Cohle is as dark and twisty as any murderer he chases. See them in True Detective Season 1.