50. Walter Sobchak
The Big Lebowski
John Goodman is a big guy, but beneath his huge presence and gruff voice beats the heart of a sweet and kind man. It's partly why he played Sulley in "Monsters, Inc." For all his formidable exterior, he's more or less a teddy bear inside.
Walter Sobchak is not John Goodman. Walter Sobchak is loud and angry and violent. He's a Vietnam veteran with a security service who enjoys bowling with a slacker and a whatever the hell Donnie is. He's abrasive, he does before he thinks. Above it all, he's just an asshole.
He's a loyal friend, though, I guess. Loyal even to his ex-wife, since he takes he care of her pedigree show dog when she goes on vacation. He even remains true to Judaism, the religion he converted to when he married, by observing the laws of Shabbat, otherwise known as Shomer Shabbos(which means he doesn't answer the phone, drive a car, turn on the oven, and he sure as fuck DOESN'T ROLL! SHOMER SHABBOS! Shomer fucking Shabbos.)
Defining moment: Believing a fifteen year-old boy stole The Dude's car, took the money in the back and bought himself a new car, Walter takes his frustation out on the boy's car with a golf club. Only to discover it belongs to the guy across the street. So much for teaching the boy what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass (or if you're watching it on television, what happens you find a stranger in the Alps).
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