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The World-weary Guardian
Character Archetype
The World-weary Guardian
37 films
37 actors
Actors with This Archetype
Albert Finney
Amy Ryan
Camryn Manheim
Charles Durning
Dave Bautista
David Clennon
David Opatoshu
Ed O'Neill
Eric Tsang Chi-Wai
Frankie Faison
Geraldine Page
Giuliana Calandra
Glenn Close
Graham Greene
Jack Warden
James Gandolfini
Jason R. Moore
Jessica Walter
John Lithgow
John Mahoney
José María Yázpik
Julien Guiomar
Juno Rinaldi
Kate Reid
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Kyle Chandler
Matt Clark
Michael Gambon
Michel Serrault
Neena Gupta
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Films Featuring This Archetype
Curtis Hoyle
The Punisher: One Last Kill
2026
·
8.4
Uncle Beto
Innocent Voices
2005
·
8.2
Sugar Bates
Banshee
2013
·
8.0
Jay Pritchett
Modern Family
2009
·
7.9
Fran Sinclair
Dinosaurs
1991
·
7.8
Arthur Artie Nielsen
Warehouse 13
2009
·
7.7
Shaughnessy
Primal Fear
1996
·
7.7
Martha Delacroix
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
·
7.2
Melanie Matthews
Sugar
2024
·
7.2
Tremblay
Conclave
2024
·
7.2
Joseph Bradley
Zero Dark Thirty
2012
·
7.0
Ray Eldridge
Finestkind
2023
·
6.9
Sister Silva
The First Omen
2024
·
6.8
Grace
Atlantic City
1980
·
6.8
Alex Larson
White Fang
1991
·
6.8
Robert
Light Sleeper
1992
·
6.7
Agatha Baker
It Feeds
2025
·
6.7
Tammy
The Moment
2026
·
6.4
Rita Canegatti
Journey with Papa
1982
·
6.4
Boyce
In the Lost Lands
2025
·
6.4
Dad Meaney
Eenie Meanie
2025
·
6.3
Mrs. Ritter
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984
·
6.3
Divisional commissioner Vermillot
Inspector Blunder
1980
·
6.3
Oz
Icefall
2025
·
6.3
Louis Stein
Bullet
1996
·
6.2
Big Ben
Problem Child
1990
·
6.2
Levade
Charlotte Gray
2001
·
6.1
Mickey
Killing Them Softly
2012
·
6.0
Bev
Cop Car
2015
·
6.0
Stuart Hiller
Tuff Turf
1985
·
6.0
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