Because you like Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator

Hoban Washburne shows you can be a hotshot space pilot *and* play with dinosaurs. See them in Firefly.

A girl who grew up on stories, Meggie Folchart is as loyal and intrepid as one of her fictional heroines. See them in Inkheart.

If Jack Torrance is one of his moods, you'll be the unlucky victim of the most bone-chilling, sinister yellers around. Bring your own axe. See them in The Shining.

Quiet and brooding, Ennis Del Mar keeps his true passions close to the chest. See them in Brokeback Mountain.

The quiet, intense Daryl Dixon lets his crossbow do the talking. See them in The Walking Dead.

A good guy who's made some bad choices, Scott Lang is driven in his quest for redemption. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

An infamous vampire, Alucard is a one-man killing machine with a philosophical side. See them in Hellsing.

The "runt" of his biker gang, Tetsuo Shima grapples with a perpetual inferiority complex. See them in Akira.

Kesuke Miyagi is a karate expert who thinks the best way a scrawny high schooler can learn how to defend himself is by washing every surface in sight. See them in The Karate Kid.

Though seemingly caring and calm, this motel owner has a mysterious streak of intensity. See them in Psycho.

Steve Rogers is a good soldier. But above all, he's a good man. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Sharply perceptive and stubbornly principled, Jane Eyre might not have a very loud voice, but she knows when and how to use it. See them in Jane Eyre.