Top 10 Gonzo Characters

What defines a 'gonzo' character?  Recklessness.  Fly by the seat of your pants attitude. They are troublemakers and pranksters.  When they enter frame things are ratcheted up on the crazy scale.  And, maybe most importantly, they represent an element of danger (to themselves or those around them).  However, they cannot be mentally disturbed.

My list is definitely thin on women, but not for lack of trying.  If you have some good ones that slipped through my cracks, let me know.

Tyler Durden – Fight Club
Willy Wonka – Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Al Czervik – Caddyshack
Joker – Batman and The Dark Knight
Walter Sobchak – Big Lebowski
Alex DeLarge – A Clockwork Orange
Johnny Boy – Mean Streets
Borat – Borat
Colonel Kilgore – Apocalypse Now
Rick Vaughn – Major League

Rest of the Best

Doc Brown – Back to the Future
Lil' Ze – City of God
Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read – Chopper
Ace Venture – Ace Ventura
Harry Dunne – Dumb and Dumber
Roger Rabbit – Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Yoon Tae-goo "The Weird" – The Good, The Bad, & The Weird
Marty Augustine – The Long Goodbye
Jack Sparrow – Pirates of the Caribbean
Maude – Harold and Maude
Jackie Flannery – State of Grace
Steve Stifler – American Pie
Fred O'Bannion – Dazed and Confused
Animal – The Muppets
Chuck Barris – Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
John H. Mallory – Duck, You Sucker
Grandpa Edwin Hoover – Little Miss Sunshine
Frank Booth – Blue Velvet
Anton Chigurh – No Country for Old Men
Steve Lattimer – The Program
Charlie Wax – From Paris in Love
Brad Pitt – Kalifornia
The Cable Guy – The Cable Guy (never realized this was his actual name in the movie)
Michael 'Charles Bronson' Peterson – Bronson
Toecutter – Mad Max