According to a poll conducted by Empire magazine, everyone’s favorite movie archeologist beat the likes of James Bond to the accolade, with 007 coming in second. Editor of the magazine Morgan Rees said that the result was ‘truly heartening’.
“It’s not hard to see why he’s so beloved: handsome, heroic, capable, but he’s also got flaws — not only is he afraid of snakes, he also makes mistakes,” he said. “You can relate to Indy. He’s human, not superhuman. There’s an element of knowingness and irony to him, that only heightens his appeal further. Plus of course, he really knows how to rock a fedora.”
Harrison Ford’s other iconic role that of Han Solo, landed in third place in the top 10 too.
Elsewhere, there were appearances from ‘Fight Club’s Tyler Durden and The Dude from ‘The Big Lebowski’, but sadly just one female character in the top 10 – Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley from the ‘Alien’ movies, at number seven. Also featuring were Darth Vader, The Joker and John McClane.
Here’s the full list
1. Indiana Jones
2. James Bond
3. Star Wars’ Han Solo
4. Batman
5. Alien’s Ellen Ripley
6. The Joker
7. Die Hard’s John McClane
8. Fight Club’s Tyler Durden
9. Star Wars’ Darth Vader
10. The Big Lebowski’s The Dude
