Because you like Sam Fisher in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
An aristocrat-turned-tomb-raider, Lara Croft does her best thinking while plunging off cliffs. See them in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
Leonidas is not the kind of king who merely gives orders; rather, he's out on the battlefield fighting alongside his men. See them in 300.
An underdog with nothing left to lose, Donnie Creed has everything to prove. See them in Creed.
Although Morrigan knows every kind of magic there is, friendship is an untested area for her. See them in Dragon Age Series.
World domination and Superman's demise are next on Lex Luthor's to-do list. See them in DC Extended Universe.
Father to a murdered son and husband to a murdered wife, Maximus Decimus Meridius will have his vengeance. See them in Gladiator.
Billy Butcher's job is to give everyone hell by any means necessary. See them in The Boys.
Jason Bourne is suffering amnesia, but considering what he's done as a CIA assassin, maybe that's for the best. See them in The Bourne Identity.
Joel is a hardened, jaded survivor who keeps finding things to fight for. See them in The Last of Us.
Django was once a slave. Now that he has a taste of freedom, he understandably wants a full meal. See them in Django Unchained.
Loyal to his family and associates and distrustful of anyone else, Tony Soprano is a good guy to have on your side. See them in The Sopranos.