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The Obsessive Investigator
Character Archetype
The Obsessive Investigator
56 films
55 actors
Actors with This Archetype
Christian Bale
François Cluzet
Abbie Cornish
Aidan Delbis
Aldis Hodge
Antonio Banderas
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Ben Affleck
Bradley Cooper
Brenda Blethyn
Brian Deacon
Camille Sullivan
Carlos Alazraqui
Charlie Sheen
Christopher Connelly
Christopher Reeve
Cillian Murphy
Craig Sheffer
David Duchovny
Donnie Wahlberg
Emily Lloyd
Ethan Hawke
Guy Pearce
Jason Flemyng
Javier Bardem
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jeff Daniels
Jeremy Brett
Jeremy Irvine
Jesse Plemons
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Films Featuring This Archetype
Fox Mulder
The X-Files
1993
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8.4
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
1984
·
8.2
Leonard
Memento
2000
·
8.2
Adrian Monk
Monk
2002
·
8.0
Sarah Linden
The Killing
2011
·
7.8
Bruce Wayne
Batman Begins
2005
·
7.7
Denzel Q. Crocker
The Fairly OddParents
2001
·
7.6
Richard Collier
Somewhere in Time
1980
·
7.5
DCI Vera Stanhope
Vera
2011
·
7.4
Michael Burry
The Big Short
2015
·
7.4
Edward Elric
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
2005
·
7.3
Jennifer Stirling
The Last Letter from Your Lover
2021
·
7.3
John O'Neill
The Looming Tower
2018
·
7.3
Douglas Quaid
Total Recall
1990
·
7.3
Jang Hae-joon
Decision to Leave
2022
·
7.3
Teddy
Bugonia
2025
·
7.3
Adrián
The Hidden Face
2011
·
7.3
Alexandre Beck
Tell No One
2006
·
7.2
Alex Cross
Cross
2024
·
7.0
Oswald Deuce
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985
·
7.0
Javert
Les Misérables
2000
·
6.9
Ellison Oswalt
Sinister
2012
·
6.9
The Lost Man
Exit 8
2025
·
6.9
Rusty Sabich
Presumed Innocent
1990
·
6.8
Stanley White
Year of the Dragon
1985
·
6.8
Eric Matthews
Saw II
2005
·
6.6
Pippa
The Voyeurs
2021
·
6.5
Fisher
The Element of Crime
1984
·
6.4
Wally Winthrop
W.E.
2011
·
6.3
Larry Byrne
Mirrors
2008
·
6.3
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