Drive (film)/Characters

The Driver
"Played By: Ryan Gosling

"If I drive for you, you get your money. You tell me where we start, where we're going, where we're going afterwards. I give you five minutes when we get there. Anything happens in that five minutes and I'm yours. No matter what. Anything a minute on either side of that and you're on your own. I don't sit in while you're running it down. I don't carry a gun. I drive.""


 * Anti-Hero: Type IV.
 * Ax Crazy
 * Badass
 * Badass Driver
 * Beware the Quiet Ones
 * Boring but Practical
 * Back Insignia
 * Combat Pragmatist
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Doesn't Like Guns
 * Drop the Hammer
 * Hidden Depths
 * Limited Wardrobe
 * No Kill Like Overkill
 * No Name Given
 * The Quiet One
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge
 * The Stoic
 * Not So Stoic
 * Unstoppable Rage
 * Would Hit a Girl

Irene
"Played By: Carey Mulligan"


 * Armor-Piercing Slap
 * Broken Bird
 * Girl Next Door
 * Horrible Judge of Character: Although it's easy to sympathize with her, she did manage to get involved first with Standard and then the Driver. But they're either charming or seemingly harmless, so it's hard to fault her too deeply.
 * Morality Pet

Benecio
"Played By: Kaden Leos"


 * Morality Pet
 * Staring Kid

Standard Gabriele
"Played By: Oscar Isaac

"You know, we're here celebrating but it's a shameful thing... what I did. And I have a lot of making up to do to everyone. But second chances are rare. Right? And that's worth celebrating.""


 * The Atoner
 * Butt Monkey
 * Chew Toy
 * Hidden Depths
 * Redemption Failure
 * Robbing the Mob Bank: Although he didn’t know.
 * Sacrificial Lamb

Shannon
"Played By: Bryan Cranston

"What happened to all the ashtrays in this town?""


 * Bad Boss
 * Butt Monkey
 * Born Unlucky
 * Game-Breaking Injury
 * I Coulda Been a Contender
 * Mr. Fixit

Bernie Rose
"Played By: Albert Brooks

"My partner is a belligerent asshole with his back up against a wall, and now, so am I.""


 * Affably Evil
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Big Bad
 * Brutal Honesty
 * Doesn't Like Guns
 * Hidden Depths
 * Knife Nut
 * Retired Complete Monster
 * Those Two Bad Guys: with Nino.
 * Villainous Valor

Nino
"Played By: Ron Perlman

"Take a fucking hike. I want to talk to my partner. [pause] I'm just fucking with you. How you doing, Shannon? How's the fucking leg?""


 * Big Bad Wannabe: He's certainly an intimidating criminal, but he wants more.
 * The Dragon: Sort of to Bernie. They're pretty much on equal footing, but Bernie is smarter and savvier. Nino tends to be more subservient to Bernie and doesn't seem able to succeed much without him. Played more straight with the East Coast Mafia.
 * The Dog Bites Back: Never seen firsthand in the movie, but he was the dog for the East Coast Mafia and his  is largely motivated by anger.
 * Faux Affably Evil: Thinks he's a charmingly evil criminal boss. He's only three of those four things.
 * Hidden Depths
 * Jerkass
 * Motive Rant
 * Smug Snake
 * Those Two Bad Guys: with Bernie.
 * Too Dumb to Live

Blanche
"Played By: Christina Hendricks"


 * Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Averted. Hard.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Fiery Redhead: Averted. She's quite cool and emotionless.
 * The Stoic
 * Not So Stoic
 * Not So Stoic

Cook
"Played By: James Biberi"


 * Butt Monkey
 * The Dragon: to Nino.
 * Big Bad Wannabe
 * Jerkass
 * Loan Shark
 * Loan Shark

"Skitter"
A small lizard creature with a case of amnesia. Remembers nothing before waking up in prison, though Nosh says he took a nasty hit while defending him.

Nosh
A Veetan scientist, falsely arrested for the murder of the previous Emperor. His old crew broke him out of prison, and he insisted on bringing Skitter along, as payback for protecting him earlier.

Fernando
The previous Emperor's grandson, and head engineer of The Machito.