Archetypes | Heroes

 

The following chart is a work in progress. I add heroes to it as I come across them. If you have some suggestions to add, please email me.

Archetype
Character/Movie
Movie

TV

Books/Plays

Real
CHIEF

Henry Higgins

The King in The King and I (or in Anna & the King)

King Arthur

Family Man

Patton

Jerry Maguire

The Godfather

Captain Kirk

Alex Keaton

Jack Carrington from Dynasty

Fitzwilliam Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)

Antony

Henry V

Clinton

Henry VIII

Henry V

Eisenhower

Attila the Hun

Churchhill

Trump

Capone

Jagger
BAD BOY

James Dean

Kevin in Home Alone

Good Will Hunting

Five Easy Pieces

Elvis in Jail House Rock

Dirty Dancing

An Officer and a Gentleman

Hud

Escape from New York

Fonzie

Spike in Buffy, the Vampire Slayer

Huck Finn

Catcher in the Rye

Sean Penn

Mike Tyson

Charlie Sheen

Keith Richards

Billy the Kid

Jesse Ventura
CHARMER

Bill Murray in Ghostbusters

Fred Astaire

Eddie Murphy

What Women Want

Ferris Bueller

Cary Grant

Gordy in Oklahoma

Jack in Titanic

Maverick

Remington Steele

Nash Bridges

J.R. Ewing

Count Vronsky in Anna Kerenina

Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew

Cyrano de Bergerac

Reagan

GWB

JFK

Johnny Cochrane

Johnny Carson

BEST FRIEND

Tom Hanks

Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer

Kevin Spacey in American Beauty

Kevin Kline in Dave

Jimmy Stewart

Andy Griffith

Notting Hill

Drew Carey

Chandler from Friends

Christopher Robin

Jake Barnes

Mr. Knightly from Emma


Jimmy Carter

Michael J. Fox

Kurt Russell
LOST SOUL

Moonstruck

Bull Durham

Batman

Lethal Weapon

Charlie Allnut in The African Queen


Charlie Brown

Angel (in Buffy, the Vampire Slayer)

Vincent from Beauty & the Beast

Fox Mulder

Cain (from Genesis)

Hamlet

Heathcliffe

Quasimodo

Robert Downey Jr.

Van Gogh

Elvis

Hemingway

Michael Jackson

Nixon
PROFESSOR


Jeff Goldblum

Robin Williams in Flubber

Woody Allen

Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein

Rick Moranis

Northern Exposure

Methos in Highlander, the Series

Columbo

Drs. Crane

Ross from Friends

Harry Potter

Ellery Queen

Sherlock Holmes

Einstein

Bill Gates

Steven Spielberg

Jonas Salk
SWASHBUCKLER

Antonio Banderas's Zorro

Will Smith

Austin Powers

Errol Flynn’s Robin Hood

Romancing he Stone

Top Gun

Sinbad

Indiana Jones

Buck Rogers

Joey from Friends

Peter Pan

Jason & the Argonauts



Evel Kneival

Robin Williams

Columbus

TR

Picasso
WARRIOR


Die Hard

Dirty Harry

Braveheart

Superman

Gladiator


Steven Seagal in any of his movies

Anakin and Luke Skywalker

Speed

Walker Texas Ranger

Angel (in Angel)

Count of Monte Cristo

The Scarlett Pimpernel

Kill a Mockingbird

Buddha

RFK

MLK

Martin Luther

Rush Limbaugh

Wyatt Earp

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