Thriller film characters

Sam Spade is a fictional private detective and the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel, The Maltese Falcon.

Philip Marlowe is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler.

Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character in some of the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Thomas "Tom" Ripley is a fictional character in a series of crime novels by American novelist Patricia Highsmith, as well as several film adaptations.

Mikael Blomkvist is a fictional character created by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson.

Michael "Mike" Hammer is a fictional hard boiled detective created by the American author Mickey Spillane in the 1947 book I, the Jury.

Lisbeth Salander is a fictional character created by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson.

Chen Zhen (traditional Chinese: 陳真; simplified Chinese: 陈真; pinyin: Chén Zhēn; Jyutping: Can4 Zan1) is a fictional character created by Hong Kong writer Ni Kuang.

John H. Watson, known as Dr.

Inspector Harold Francis "Dirty Harry" Callahan is a fictional character in the Dirty Harry film series, encompassing Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983) and The Dead Pool (1988).

Anton Chigurh (pronunciation: /ʃᵻɡɜːr/) is the main antagonist of Cormac McCarthy's novel No Country for Old Men, and its film adaptation, in which he is portrayed by Javier Bardem.

Pinkie Brown is a fictional character, the main character and antihero in Graham Greene's 1938 novel Brighton Rock.

Kurt Wallander (Swedish pronunciation: [valˈlanːdər]) is a fictional character created by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell (1948 – 2015).

Isador Cortez, also known as Machete, is a fictional character in the four Spy Kids films, the Grindhouse fake trailer, and the Machete and Machete Kills films.

Norman Stansfield (billed as Stansfield) is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of Luc Besson's 1994 film Léon: The Professional.

Detective Alonzo Harris is the main antagonist in the 2001 film Training Day.

Irene Adler is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Benjamín "Benji" Dunn is a fictional character in the Mission: Impossible film series.

Colonel Sebastian Moran is a character in the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Catherine Tramell is a fictional character in the 1992 film Basic Instinct and its sequel, Basic Instinct 2.

Dr John Patrick "Jack" Ryan, Sr.

Brian O'Conner (also known as Brian Earl Spilner) is a fictional character and the main protagonist of The Fast and the Furious film series.

Frankenstein is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Death Race franchise.

Professor Robert Langdon is a fictional character created by author Dan Brown for his novels Angels & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003), The Lost Symbol (2009), and Inferno (2013).

Frank Booth is a fictional character and the main antagonist of David Lynch's 1986 psychological thriller Blue Velvet, portrayed by Dennis Hopper.

Ethan Matthew Hunt is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Mission: Impossible film series.

Simon Templar is a British fictional character known as The Saint.

Nick and Nora Charles are fictional characters created by Dashiell Hammett in his novel The Thin Man.

Matthew (Matt) Scudder is a fictional character, the most famous and enduring creation of American crime writer Lawrence Block.

Keyser Söze (/ˈkaɪzər ˈsoʊzeɪ/ KY-zər SOH-zay) is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1995 film The Usual Suspects, written by Christopher McQuarrie and directed by Bryan Singer.

Nancy Callahan is a fictional character from the graphic novel series Sin City, created by Frank Miller.

Parker is a fictional character created by Donald E.

Luther Stickell is a fictional supporting character in the Mission: Impossible film series who first appeared in Mission: Impossible in 1996 and is the only character besides Ethan Hunt to appear in all five films.

Sherlock Holmes (/ˈʃɜːrlɒk ˈhoʊmz/) is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Carlito Brigante is an eponymous character and the antihero of Carlito's Way and After Hours, novels by Edwin Torres.

Jack Reacher is a fictional character and the protagonist of a series of books by British author Lee Child.

The Jackal is a fictional character, the villain of the novel The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth.

Commander James Bond RN—code number 007—is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1952.