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The Institutional Guardian
Character Archetype
The Institutional Guardian
46 films
46 actors
Actors with This Archetype
Alan Alda
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Ben Miles
Catherine Disher
Christopher Walken
Connie Britton
Costas Mandylor
Courtney B. Vance
David Selby
David Strathairn
Edward Mulhare
Emmanuelle Bercot
Forest Whitaker
Frank McRae
George Coe
Harold Perrineau
J.K. Simmons
Jing Tian
Joan Allen
John Goodman
John Spencer
Kenji Hamada
Kyle Chandler
Larry Miller
Lee Sung-min
Leon Lai Ming
Martin Balsam
Michael Chiklis
Michael Gaston
Miguel Sandoval
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Films Featuring This Archetype
Choi Kang-seok
Teach You a Lesson
2026
·
9.5
Val Cooper
X-Men '97
2024
·
8.6
Will Pope
Blood: The Last Vampire
2009
·
7.9
Commander Danny Hart
The Capture
2019
·
7.7
Self - National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Unsolved Mysteries
2020
·
7.7
Colonel Weber
Arrival
2016
·
7.6
Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent
Lewis
2007
·
7.6
Ron Carver
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
·
7.6
Devon Miles
Knight Rider
1982
·
7.5
Tom Milton
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
·
7.5
Manuel Devalos
Medium
2005
·
7.5
Vince McMahon
Undertaker: The Last Ride
2020
·
7.4
Thomas Watters Jr.
Bridge of Spies
2015
·
7.2
Mike Costello
Unforgettable
2011
·
7.2
Warren Sharp
Eddie the Eagle
2016
·
7.2
FBI Director James Womack
The Rock
1996
·
7.2
Lt. Jackson
Felon
2008
·
7.1
Commisioner Ed Davis
Patriots Day
2016
·
7.1
Juliette Levesque
Paris Has Fallen
2024
·
7.0
Joseph Bradley
Zero Dark Thirty
2012
·
7.0
Superintendent Yeung Kam Wing
Infernal Affairs III
2003
·
7.0
Dr. Weber
The Entity
1982
·
6.8
Interpol Officer Henry
Citizen Vigilante
2026
·
6.8
S.O.E. Official
Allied
2016
·
6.8
C.W. Wagner
Elsbeth
2024
·
6.8
Team Leader Hwang
Love and Leashes
2022
·
6.8
Self - Presenter
Tagesschau
1952
·
6.8
Major Alistair Gregorys
Spencer
2021
·
6.7
Haden
48 Hrs.
1982
·
6.7
Director Yamamoto
SPRIGGAN
2022
·
6.7
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The World-weary Protector
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