Top 5 television characters

[Splendid Splinter]

The sitcom thread by @Cosmo - made me think of creating this thread. Who are your top five television characters?

-Archie Bunker
-Cliff Clavin
-George Costanza
-Jax Teller
-Ralph Kramden

 

[Tighthead]

Thomas Sullivan Magnum

 

[playthrough]

Dr. Johnny Fever
JR Ewing

 

[Mngwa]

My personal top five?

Hawkeye Pierce
Spock
David Rose
Jon Snow
Murphy Brown

 

[JimmyHoward33]

Phillip Jennings
Toby Zeigler
Archie Bunker
Vic Mackey
Greg House

 

[sgreenwell]

In no particular order...

- Homer Simpson
- Bill McNeal
- George Costanza
- Selina Meyer
- Lenny Briscoe

McNeal is probably the flimsiest one, but christ, Hartman was so forking good.

 

[da man]

I'll take Burt Campbell.

 

[JimmyHoward33]

Christ I forgot Pete Campbell

 

[DanOregon]

Hard to separate the character from the performance. But I do think of shows that wouldn't have existed been/been worth watching without them. Another one.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Jethro Gibbs
Andy Sipowitz
Elaine Benes
Stewie Griffin
Jack McCoy

 

[Mngwa]

Walter White

 

[DanOregon]

Fun to think about the great shows and the characters who were indispensable to their success. (Leads excepted) A few of the previous shows mentioned:
Mad Men: Peggy Olson
Agree with Fever and WKRP
All in the Family: Edith
Mary Tyler Moore: Lou Grant
Sons of Anarchy: Gemma
The Shield: Wyms

And pretty much every character played by Andre Braugher