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CharacterSheet depicting the main traits of the characters from ''Film/{{Heat}}''.
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!!Los Angeles Police Department

[[folder:Hanna]]
!!Lt. Vincent Hanna
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I gotta hold on to my angst. I preserve it because I need it. It keeps me sharp, on the edge, where I gotta be."'']]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AlPacino [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Creator/JoseLuccioni (European French)[[/labelnote]]

->''"My life is a disaster zone. I got a stepdaughter so fucked up, because her real father's this large-type asshole. I got a wife, we're passing each other on the down-slope of our marriage. My third. Because I spend all of my time chasing guys like you around the block. That's my life."''

An experienced LAPD lieutenant that becomes obsessed with finding Neil [=McCauley=].
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* AntagonistInMourning: He's not happy when [[spoiler: Neil dies]].
* AmicableExes: [[spoiler:The end strongly implies he and Justine are going to divorce, with Justine asking if there's a chance their marriage can work and Vincent replying that he isn't the kind of man she wants. At the very least they end on good terms.]]
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Hanna is the most capable shot in his unit and the toughest in close quarters. Just ask [[spoiler:Cheritto, Hugh Benny and Neil.]]
* BadgesAndDogTags: A former U.S. Marine who joined the ranks of the Chicago Police, and later the LAPD.
* BecauseImGoodAtIt: The reason he gives for being a cop and hunting down guys like [=McCauley=]: he doesn't know how to do anything else and he doesn't want to. It's identical to the reason [=McCauley=] gives for pulling scores.
* BlingBlingBang: His ivory-gripped Colt [=M1991A1=] Series 80 Colt Officers ACP.
* BrokenAce: He's a brilliant cop but he's also a very damaged man who doesn't seem able to keep his personal life together.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He simply can't stop himself from trying to take down criminals, no matter how much it destroys his personal life.
* CradlingYourKill: Not quite cradling but Hanna does [[spoiler:comfort Neil by holding his hand as he bleeds to death]].
* DefectiveDetective: He's a very talented cop whose life is a self-described "disaster zone" as evidenced by his two failed marriages with a third on the rocks.
* {{Determinator}}: Nate warns Neil to be careful with Hanna, because he's unstoppable.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: He’s a highly experienced detective, having worked the robbery-homicide beat in both Chicago and Los Angeles for almost 30 years by the time of the film. He also served in the Marines in his youth.
* FatalFlaw: His absolute dedication to his work as a cop. Hanna is a talented detective, but his obsession with his work leaves his personal life in shambles, with two-going-on-three divorces under his wing. The reason he has such a connection with Neil is he recognizes the same obsession that he has himself and views Neil as a kindred spirit.
* FriendToAllChildren: In the original film, he has a good relationship with her stepdaughter Lauren. In ''Literature/Heat2'', he frequently visits Jessica Matzukas when she is comatose in the hospital.
* FriendlyEnemy: He and Neil may be on opposite sides of the law, but that doesn't mean they can't have a polite conversation. Hanna even says if he has to put down Neil, he wouldn't like it. [[spoiler:When he does have to put him down, Hanna holds Neil's hand as he dies.]]
* FunctionalAddict: Though it never made it into the final movie, WordOfGod (reinforced by scenes in ''Literature/Heat2'') is that Hanna habitually uses cocaine to keep his edge. Pacino continued to play him like that, explaining his hammy performance.
* GoKartingWithBowser: The scene wherein he drinks coffee with Neil.
* GutFeeling: "Neil is still here. I can feel it."
* HeroAntagonist: From Neil's POV, since the movie's screen time is evenly divided between Vincent and Neil as a VillainProtagonist.
* HotBlooded: He's a RabidCop who's brash, passionate and hot-tempered.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's brash and can be quite short-tempered and abrasive but it's clear he's got a good heart underneath it as seen in his scenes with his step-daughter Lauren to whom he's a much better parent than her [[ParentalNeglect biological father]].
* LargeHam: His dialogue can get bombastic on occasions. In the original screenplay, he was intended to be a cocaine addict, which Pacino retained in his performance.
* TheLostLenore: ''Literature/Heat2'' establishes that he has not gotten over the death of his first wife, who was killed in an alcohol-induced car accident.
* MarriedToTheJob: What Justine considers Vincent to be and he has been divorced 3 times because of this. Vincent justifies himself that he doesn't want to share with his wife all the horrendous crimes he has seen through his career.
* NoIndoorVoice: He ''is'' played by Creator/AlPacino, after all.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: He acts like an eccentric RabidCop towards his suspects until he scares/confuses them into telling him something useful.
* OutrankingYourJob: He acts as lead investigator for every crime in the film, from the climactic bank robbery to the murder of a prostitute. He does have subordinates under his command, but their duties are limited to assisting in the larger cases by running down leads, not handling cases of their own. Though we don't know if those detectives — Detectives Bosko, Casals and Schwartz, and Sergeant Drucker — are on any other active cases.
** The rank of Lieutenant is primarily a desk job [[CowboyCop but given how Vincent loves being out on the streets]]? Riding a desk would be an absolute living hell for the man.
* RabidCop: He is a particularly hot-tempered LAPD lieutenant when he gets his dander up.
** In ''Literature/Heat2'', he becomes so obsessed with catching Wardell that he point-blank tells Captain Baumann to stay out of his way and [[spoiler:throws Wardell's accomplice off the roof of a six-story building.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When Neil finds out Hanna and his men are watching him, Hanna tells the SWAT not to intervene as it would be useless to arrest the thieves for a simple burglary.
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Neil's blue.
* SemperFi: Former U.S. Marine which explains his excellent combat skills.
* SirSwearsALot: He is a foul-mouthed cop who speaks in shrill profanities when he gets riled up.
* TragicHero: Vincent's determination and ability to steel his emotions are part of what make him such a capable cop but are also why his personal life is a complete wreck as he rarely present with Justine and is emotionally absent when he is.
* TranquilFury: When he finds a scared Ralph, Justine's lover, at home. Except when he mentions his television.
-->'''Vincent:''' I'm angry. I'm very angry, Ralph. You know, you can ball my wife if she wants you to. You can lounge around here on her sofa, in her ex-husband's dead-tech, post-modernistic bullshit house if you want to. ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis But. You. Do. Not. Get. To. Watch. My. Fucking. Television. Set!]]''
* WickedStepmother: Inverted. His relationship with his stepdaughter Lauren shows his softer side and he's a much better and more caring parental figure to her than her biological father who barely acknowledges her existence and Lauren gets along very well with him.
* WorthyOpponent: He considers Neil this and openly praises his intellect and efficiency, [[SympathyForTheDevil as he states he will feel sorry if he kills him]]. [[spoiler:At the end, he shares a hand with a dying Neil to comfort his passing after shooting him.]]

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[[folder:Casals]]
!!Det. Sammy Casals
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/WesStudi

One of Hanna's team members. He always informs Vincent about the latest news.
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* GlassCannon: Good with a gun, but quickly gets into trouble when he and Vincent go to arrest Hugh Benny, as Benny quickly wrestles him to the floor after he tries to use the shotgun as a club.
* NumberTwo: Casals is Vincent's second-in-command.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Casals uses a Smith & Wesson Model 36 revolver as his sidearm.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Uses a shotgun to ShootOutTheLock on Hugh Benny's apartment.
* SnipingTheCockpit: Takes out [[spoiler: Donald Breedan]] while the latter is driving the getaway car.

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[[folder:Drucker]]
!!Sgt. Drucker
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MykeltiWilliamson

Another of Hanna's team members who assists in tracking down [=McCauley's=] crew.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Drucker chuckles when [[LargeHam Vincent]] says "Because she's got a great ass!".
* TheBigGuy: Drucker is the most physically imposing of Hanna's unit and uses the biggest weapons.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Charlene Schiherlis is a potential accomplice and Alan Marciano assists the police though mostly becuase of the smuggling rap hanging over his head. Drucker, however, is sympathetic to the former and barely bothers to conceal his disdain for the latter [[AudienceSurrogate likely mirroring the viewers' own feelings]].
* OneHandedShotgunPump: While getting into place for the bank shootout.
* OnlyOneName: Drucker is the only one of Hanna's unit who doesn't have a first name.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Uses a shotgun during the bank shootout.
* TokenMinority: Of the primary cops, he's the only black guy.

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[[folder:Bosko]]
!!Det. Mike Bosko
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/TedLevine

Another of Hanna's team members who assists in tracking down [=McCauley's=] crew.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:He gets shot in the throat at the start of the bank heist shooting, giving him a quick but gruesome death.]]
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: [[spoiler: Shot in the throat by Shiherlis during the bank shootout.]]
* NumberTwo: Seems to share this role with Casals in Hanna's unit, despite Drucker outranking him, as he answers to Hanna directly and seems to be the one who passes on most of Hanna's directives down the chain of command, possibly owing to him belonging to the more experienced Detectives in the unit.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: The only one of Vincent's unit to die.]]
* TheWatson: Has this dynamic with Hanna.

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[[folder:Schwartz]]
!!Danny Schwartz
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JerryTrimble

Another of Hanna's team members who assists in tracking down [=McCauley's=] crew.
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* MauveShirt: Doesn't have any defining characteristics and barely speaks, and gets shot during the bank shootout, but survives with only a wounded arm.
* OnlyAFleshWound: Gets shot by Cheritto during the bank shootout, but survives.
* TheQuietOne: Doesn't get much dialogue lines as his comrades.
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!!Neil's Crew
[[folder:[=McCauley=]]]
!!Neil [=McCauley=]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I do what I do best. I take scores."'']]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RobertDeNiro

->''"A guy told me one time: Don't ever let yourself get attached to anything that you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner."''

A criminal mastermind and thief operating in Los Angeles.
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* AffablyEvil: Neil may be a ruthless bank robber but he's not above polite conversation even with people he says he would murder if he had to, as witnessed by his genial encounter with Vincent. Also, when he takes the bank hostage, he stresses that he's not taking the bank customers' money, advises them against taking any action that could get themselves killed, and tells anybody with health problems that they can lean against the wall.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:He gives up a chance to make a clean getaway to get revenge on Waingro for the deaths of his crew and disruption of the bank heist, and by the time he tries to resume his escape plan, he sees Hanna coming right for him. He's forced to live up to his mantra of not getting attached by abandoning Eady, only to die anyway in a final showdown with Hanna. Neil lingers long enough to face death with dignity, and even Hanna is upset as he holds Neil's hand as he dies.]]
* AntiVillain: He's a Type I with some shades of a Type IV. He's a thief and he's not above killing, but he's a professional with standards, who avoids violence unless necessary and is loyal to his crew. He's also depicted as a somewhat pitiable figure as his mentality of never getting too attached to anything means he lives a very lonely life.
* ArcWords: The quote above. He learned that from a fellow inmate, and learned it the hard way when [[spoiler:his lover Elisa was killed by Otis Wardell]]. Later, [[spoiler:he forced himself to leave Eady behind before his final chase with Vincent]].
* BadassBandolier: Realistic version: he wears a utility vest stuffed with spare magazines for his assault rifle during the bank robbery and the shootout that follows.
* BankRobbery: The last job he plans with his gang.
* BeardOfEvil: The movie's a bit more complex than straightforward good vs. evil, but symbolically it's no coincidence that the NobleDemon bank robber sports a natty little goatee.
* BecauseImGoodAtIt: His stated reason for pulling jobs. He doesn't know how to do anything else and he doesn't want to either. Not unlike Hanna.
* BigBad: Of Vincent's story, as the career criminal who Vincent is trying to take down. In ''Literature/Heat2'' he's closer to a light-flavored VillainProtagonist.
* ConsummateProfessional: Just because Neil's a thief doesn't mean he isn't a professional with a strict code of conduct and a mindset that values pragmatism over personal feelings. As soon as Waingro ruins a bloodless robbery by murdering one guard, and the second guard is killed in self-defense, Neil doesn't hesitate in ordering the death of the third guard, because after two deaths, a third doesn't make much of a difference and there's no point in leaving a living witness. [[spoiler:Giving in to his personal feelings at the end of the movie ends up directly resulting in Neil's downfall.]]
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the GentlemanThief. He has the charm and all the connections, but he's painfully lonely and won't get close to anyone for fear that the cops will be right around the corner or that [[spoiler:his loved one may end up dead like Elisa]]. The final job he's involved in goes terribly awry, and results in over half of his crew being killed by the cops. Neil gets more violent as the film progresses, culminating in his revenge overriding his need to escape. [[spoiler:He ends up proving his own adage right when he flees (and leaves his girlfriend) after he sees Hanna pursuing him, and winds up dead at the end of the film.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
** In the book, Neil's love interest is a Mexican smuggler named Elisa, and he helps look after her daughter, Gabriela. [[spoiler:Elisa's brutal kidnapping and murder by Otis Wardell leaves Neil [[ItsAllMyFault wracked with guilt]] and commits him to the pragmatic, albeit lonely, philosophy of not forming personal attachments.]]
** In the film, forms a relationship with a woman named Eady, who's initially unaware of his criminal activities and whom he eventually plans on running away with. [[spoiler:When Neil sees Vincent coming for him, however, he ultimately lives up to his mantra and abandons her to try to escape on his own.]]
** It's also shown that he genuinely cares about the other members of his crew, particularly Chris.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's willing to commit murder if he thinks it's necessary, but usually tries to avoid that necessity. Of the three heist attempts we see, one is after midnight at a business with no night shift, while the other two are [[CrazyPrepared carefully choreographed plans]] that rely on intimidation, surprise, and nonlethal violence (with the clear threat of lethal escalation if someone doesn't cooperate) to cow security guards and witnesses. As Hanna points out, the third armored truck guard was murdered because at that point, [[PragmaticVillainy a third murder would cost them less than a live witness to the first two]], and Neil is ''pissed'' about those first two. So pissed, in fact, that he and his crew try to kill Waingro for it.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:After being mortally wounded, he's very dignified in his final moments. He doesn't curse out his killer--Hanna--he just says, "Told you I'm never going back."]]
* FatalFlaw: His obsession with his work as a robber and his inability to let go of it. He knows that his criminal life will ultimately lead him to his doom, yet he keeps going anyway because [[BecauseImGoodAtIt he's so damn good at it]] and he doesn't want to do anything else with his life. He sees Hanna as a kindred spirit, recognizing he has the same obsessive tendencies and determination that he has himself. [[spoiler: Ultimately, his life does come to an end, courtesy of Hanna.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: He swore he was never going back to prison. He ultimately keeps his word.
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Neil served in the Vietnam War as a Marine, and was apparently so good at it that the Army Rangers tried to recruit him. He has since become the leader of a highline robbery crew. It's also a parallel to Vincent Hanna, who is also ex-military and from the same service to boot.
* GentlemanThief: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed.]] Neil certainly acts the part, and generally is a ConsummateProfessional who has [[EvenEvilHasStandards standards]] and doesn't want to hurt anyone unless it's absolutely necessary. But he's left a lonely shell of a man, unable to trust anyone because of his status. The tragedy of his character is that he knows this about himself, but he's [[BecauseImGoodAtIt too good at it]] and he doesn't want to be stop being a criminal.
* HonorAmongThieves: Despite some bad habits, he has compiled a team of robbers who usually watch out for each other. Except for Waingro, who is too inhuman to count (and was just a one-off hire, anyway).
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:In ''Literature/Heat2'', Neil blames himself for Elisa getting killed by Wardell; he feels if she hadn't been involved with him, Wardell wouldn't have been able to kidnap and kill her. This is why, by the time the film takes place, Neil has vowed not to let himself have any attachments, and also probably why he abandoned Eady when he saw Vincent chasing after him - he didn't want the same thing to happen to her.]]
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:Even when Neil has the perfect chance to get away Scot-free with Eady, he ultimately can't let Waingro live after the latter caused the deaths of his crew. He makes time to kill him, and, unfortunately for Neil, the delay is enough for Vincent to catch up to him.]]
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: He confronts Charlene at the motel (because she's there to cheat on Chris) where he makes the call to Van Zant's drop man and bluffs his way into her room by pushing a janitor's cart to outside her door. No disguise is used.
* KarmicThief: He and his crew only target high-value targets like precious metal depositories, banks and corporate money vans. Invoked during the bank robbery scene when he tells the patrons that he wants the bank's money, not theirs.
* KnowWhenToFoldThem: Averted, despite claiming to live by this trope. [[spoiler:His failure to escape when he has the opportunity gets him killed.]]
* NeverGoingBackToPrison: When Neil and Vincent talk for the first time, Neil makes it clear in no uncertain terms that he will never go back to prison, and he doesn't understand criminals who commit crimes knowing they'll be caught. [[spoiler:When he's mortally wounded during his showdown with Hanna, all he says is, "Told you I'm never going back."]]
* NobleDemon: He is a ruthless, violent criminal willing to commit murder when it is necessary, but he takes no pleasure in it and makes every effort to minimize innocent casualties as much as possible. This explains why after the armored car robbery, Neil is ''pissed'' at Waingro for shooting the first guard, resulting in the crew having to kill the other two: there was no reason to kill them because all of the attackers were wearing hockey masks to hide their faces (and Waingro only invented the excuse that "He was making a move!" to justify his psychotic murder). One gets the idea that he'd be a pretty decent guy in a different profession.
* OneLastJob: He plans himself one last bank heist before his retirement.
* PaperThinDisguise: Twice: at the beginning of the film, he wears a paramedic uniform and carries a clipboard around to steal an ambulance. At the climax, he is able to walk through a hotel swarming with police merely by stealing a security guard's jacket and tie. He makes no other attempt to disguise his appearance. He knows enough that he mostly just needs a BavarianFireDrill and act like he belongs. Where he acquired the paramedic uniform might be an interesting NoodleIncident.
* PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler:To Waingro:]] "Look at me!"
* RedOniBlueOni: He's the stoic blue to Hanna's hot-blooded red.
* RevengeBeforeReason: By the near-end of the movie, he has an opportunity to leave the country with Eady and leave behind his life of crime forever. However, [[spoiler:he jeopardises (and ultimately destroys) that opportunity just so he pay back Waingro for betraying him and the crew. It goes against his personal code of dropping everything if the "heat" is on. He can't drop the revenge, and it ultimately ends in his death.]]
* SemperFi: Like Vincent, he was in the Marine Corps.
* TheStoic: Unlike his chaser, Vincent, he doesn't chew up the scenery and is cold and calculating, though he has a few {{Berserk Button}}s like Waingro, or Charlene meeting with her lover.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: He makes sure that [[spoiler:Waingro]] is really dead by giving him a BoomHeadshot after shooting him in the heart. Twice.
** A well-known execution method known as "The Mozambique Drill" designed to cleanly and assuredly terminate a target. (The hitman Vincent in ''Film/{{Collateral}}'', also directed by Mann, uses the same technique.)
* TragicMistake: [[spoiler: Neil's downfall can be directly traced back to the moment he tells Hanna about Eady while having coffee with him. After Neil kills Waingro at the hotel, Hanna arrives and picks Eady out in the crowd, a woman who looks to be waiting anxiously for a loved one. Hanna is able to put two and two together and Neil is forced to flee, setting up their final, fatal confrontation.]]
* VillainProtagonist: A bank robber who is a main character, but he has an equal role with Lt. Hanna, the cop trying to catch him.
* VillainousFriendship: Neil and his crew are a tight-knit bunch that care about each other. He lets Chris crash at his place after a fight with Charlene, then convinces Charlene to give him another chance instead of leaving him for her lover, and advises Cheritto against going on a risky job with him since he's in a financially stable place. [[spoiler:Neil ultimately endangers his shot at freedom to get revenge on Waingro for causing the deaths of Cheritto and Trejo, and the near-death of Chris.]]
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Neil is not a good person, sure, but he could have [[spoiler:left Chris behind during the big shootout after Chris took a bullet to the shoulder. He still goes out of his way to pick him up and get Chris out of there, even though it will mean slowing down his own escape and greatly handicap his ability to keep the police pinned down. Since Hanna already knows who's pulling the heist, there was no incentive for him to save Chris [[AFriendInNeed other than friendship.]]]]

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[[folder:Shiherlis]]
!!Chris Shiherlis
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/ValKilmer

Neil's most trusted man. He is also in trouble with gambling and drug addiction, which trembles his marriage with Charlene.
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* AffablyEvil: Ruthless bank robber he might be, but he's generally a level headed, calm guy when not on the job.
* AscendedExtra: Goes from a supporting character in the film to one of the two protagonists (along with Hanna) in ''Literature/Heat2''.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: While working security for his new employers in Paraguay, Chris is asked to escort an American who they think is a prospective customer. Chris is immediately [[SpotTheThread able to glean]] that the man has come under false pretenses because 1.) his passport has telltale imperfections, 2.) he doesn't correctly identify which gang controls the drug trade near the U.S. side of the Tex-Mex border, 3.) he doesn't get an inside reference to Fort Bragg despite claiming to be ex-military, and 4.) says that he was trained as an Army Ranger at Fort Bragg, when Rangers are actually trained at Fort Benning.
* CharacterDevelopment: While skilled at what he does, Chris is easily the most short-tempered of Neil's crew in the original film. By ''Literature/Heat2'', the [[BreakTheHaughty experience of being separated from his family and living in exile in Paraguay]] seems to have forced him to mellow out. [[spoiler:This helps him mature enough to the point that he decides to [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy leave Charlene and Dominick alone]] when he sees that they're living a happy life without him.]]
* ColdSniper: During the drive-in shootout.
* CopKiller: [[spoiler:Guns down Bosco in the bank shootout.]]
* TheDragon: Neil's right-hand man.
* DomesticAbuse: While he never hits Charlene, he makes an implicit threat while menacingly closing in on her when she tells him of her intention to walk out on him with their son after his gambling addiction costs them once again a big pile of money, making this scene uncomfortable to watch and Chris UnintentionallyUnsympathetic .
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Whatever Chris' flaws, there's no doubt that he genuinely loves Charlene and his son and having to leave them destroys him. [[spoiler:He ultimately chooses not to reinsert himself into their lives when he sees that they're perfectly happy with Charlene's new boyfriend.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's noticeably shaken after the guards are killed in the opening robbery.
* TheGamblingAddict: The main problem he has, which is the reason his marriage with Charlene (who met in Vegas) is on the rocks.
* HairTriggerTemper: Gets pissed off really easily, especially when his wife needles him about his many flaws.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Of the crew, he and Neil are probably closest.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Is quite possessive of his wife and reacts with violent anger when she's fed up with his gambling addiction and threatens to leave him with their kid, yet sheepishly admits to Neil of having been unfaithful to her in a "nothing regular" type of way.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Even though Chris had always planned to reunite with Charlene and Dominick, when he sees them with her new boyfriend, he decides to let Charlene have her own life, and return to Ana and her family instead.]]
* ImportantHaircut: He gets one when he was trying to disguise himself from the police spot check and get back with Charlene and Dominic.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:He's the only member of Neil's crew (other than Nate, their fence, who in the original script was supposed to get caught,) who eludes the police, but he only does so because Charlene, whom he had been having vicious marital problems with throughout the film and had been cheating on him with Marciano, warns him about Sgt. Drucker and the other cops at their house. Chris is able to escape, but is forced to abandon his son and wife (who he just then realizes really still does love him.)]]
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He has the longest hair of Neil's crew and is quite a looker. Aaron Grimes described his appearance and demeanor as a "surfer sociopath".
* {{Manchild}}: Charlene describes him as a "child growing older" and his throwing a tantrum shortly after certainly didn't help his case.
* MrFanservice: He's quite the looker of the group.
* OhCrap: When he sees Casals and Drucker as the gang walks out with the money.
* OnlyAFleshWound: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Gets shot in the clavicle by Casals during the bank shootout. While it doesn't kill him, ''Literature/Heat2'' establishes that the injury puts him in no condition to flee Los Angeles on his own. Both the injury and the incomplete treatment of it by Neil's veterinarian leave Chris in excruciating pain until he is able to reach Paraguay, when he is finally treated by a real doctor.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:The only surviving member of Neil's crew at the end of the film.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: With Charlene. Though it's technically his fault for living his criminal lifestyle in the first place.
* TantrumThrowing: Has a brief one when he loses his temper during his argument with Charlene and when he storms out of his house.
* TattooedCrook: Sports two tattoos on both his arms.

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[[folder:Cheritto]]
!!Michael Cheritto
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Yeah, stop talking, okay, slick?"'']]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/TomSizemore

A veteran acquaintance of Neil.
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* AffablyEvil: He's ruthless for sure, but when not on the job he's a nice enough guy.
* BloodKnight: The only reason why he still does heists, despite being in a stable financial position (unlike Chris), is because it's fun for him; "it's the juice", in his words.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: Shot in the head by Hanna.]]
* TheBrute: Cheritto's a big guy who's usually put in charge of keeping hostages in check (i.e. intimidation) during heists.
* DeathGlare: During the scene at the truck stop diner, he delivers a very cool one to dissuade fellow diners from noticing Waingro getting beaten up.
* DramaticSlip: [[spoiler:Trips and falls in a fountain during the shootout.]]
* DumbMuscle: Subverted. He's competent at what he does, but follows Neil's lead even when told he has to make his own choice.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cheritto has a wife and children, neither of whom has any idea what he does for a living before [[spoiler: he gets killed by Hanna.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's as put off by Waingro as the rest of the crew.
* FailedASpotCheck: He thought he was free by using a little girl as a human shield, but forgot to look behind...
* HappilyMarried: Unlike most of the other members of Neil's group.
* HumanShield: He uses a little girl as a shield while running away from the police. Unfortunately [[spoiler:for him, [[FailedASpotCheck he was unaware that Hanna was aiming at him and got shot]]]].
* TheNicknamer: Cheritto has a habit of calling people "Slick." Unfortunately for him, this VerbalTic is overheard by a witness and then Hanna realizes a seemingly useless informant actually has a solid lead when [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay he refers to Cheritto using the nickname.]]
* NobleDemon: Cheritto's a bad guy by any standards, but he does show to have redeemable qualities and his UndyingLoyalty to Neil proves he isn't a monster.
* {{Retirony}}: {{Invoked}}. Neil tells him this decision (about whether or not to take down the bank score) is his alone, and he has a long pause of consideration. He's probably the most financially established and careful man in the crew. You can see he's weighing up the rewards against the very real risk. He decides to go for it for the thrill more than anything else. At the bank, you can detect fear and desperation in his actions. Then he calms down and chuckles once inside the "safety" of the getaway car... before Hanna's team swoop in to take them down, with Hanna personally shooting Cheritto. To rub more [[KickTheDog posthumous "salt in the wound"]], we see his wife suddenly pay attention to the news story. She had no idea what he actually does for a living, and now she's about to lose everything she ever loved about him.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Uses a shotgun to take out the driver at the drive-in theater.
* TattooedCrook: Richard Torena tells Vincent that Cheritto has a peacock tattoo on his left arm, among several other "jailhouse tats".
* TragicMistake: [[spoiler:Opting to stay on the bank job (he didn't need the money ''at all'' and was just in it for the "action") didn't really work out for him either, also leading to a final, fatal encounter with Hanna.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Neil, even when Neil tells him he can walk away. [[spoiler: He gets killed for the trouble.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: More like "would endanger a child" since he gets his police pursuers to stop shooting at him by taking a little girl hostage.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Trejo]]
!!Trejo
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DannyTrejo

Another of Neil's main team members.
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* AffablyEvil: Generally a pleasant enough guy when he's not robbing banks.
* AlmostDeadGuy: [[spoiler:He's able to utter some final lines to [=McCauley=] before demanding to be shot.]]
* TheDriver: His role in the group is the getaway driver.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He has a wife whom he loves greatly. [[spoiler:He's forced to turn traitor after Waingro takes her hostage, only to find out Waingro killed her anyway. When Trejo's left mortally wounded and with his wife dead, he begs Neil to put him out of his misery.]]
* HappilyMarried: Like Cheritto, he genuinely loves his wife [[spoiler:and losing her was the main reason he wanted to [[MercyKill be killed.]]]]
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler: He begs Neil to put him out of his misery after his wife is killed and he's mortally wounded by Waingro.]]
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler:Waingro takes his wife hostage to force Trejo to turn traitor. Waingro, being a psychopath, kills her anyway.]]
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:At his request, he's on the receiving end of one from Neil since he knows he's dead anyway.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:He's forced to turn traitor against [=McCauley's=] crew after Waingro abducts his wife.]]
* TheQuietOne: Unlike Chris and Michael, he doesn't talk very much.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Waingro]]
!!Waingro
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I had to get it on. He was making a move, I had to get it on!"'']]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KevinGage

A vicious criminal with murderous tendencies that joins up with Neil for one heist job.
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* AloneWithThePsycho: All the prostitutes that spent time with him and got killed.
* ArchEnemy: To Neil, particularly after [[spoiler:he raped and murdered Trejo's wife, while leaving Trejo alive only to be killed by Neil out of mercy.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:His dirty tendencies and lack of honesty won't leave any remorse for his death at the hands of Neil.]]
* AxCrazy: Easily the most unstable and violent person in the whole film.
* BarbarianLonghair: He's got long hair and is a vicious psychopath.
* BeardOfEvil: He has a large mustache and fewer standards than Neil.
* BigBadDuumvirate: He teams up with Van Zant to spoil Neil's plans.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: His encounters with the teenage prostitutes. At first, he comes across as very affable and charming but it’s all an act to get the young women to let their guards down and once that happens? [[WouldHitAGirl He wastes no time revealing his true intentions.]]
* BlatantLies: He claims the guard in the opening robbery was making a move. In reality, the guard was doing nothing and Waingro killed him just for fun.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Neil shoots him]] in the head to make sure he is really dead [[spoiler:if he ever had a heart]].
* DirtyCoward: He acts pretty tough whenever he's threatening and killing people who can't fight back, [[spoiler: but when Neil has him cornered he's a whimpering mess.]]
* DumbMuscle: What he is despite his belief to the contrary.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first time we see him, he demands a free coffee refill from a roadside cafe (where it's hinted he's already made himself a nuisance), then walks away as soon as he sees Cheritto's truck without either waiting for his refilled cup or telling the employees to forget it. He doesn't do much more than introduce himself before assuming he's part of [=McCauley's=] crew going forward, then glowers at Cheritto when the latter asks him to be quiet so he can concentrate. Even before his actions at the armored car heist, we already know he's an inconsiderate blowhard with anger issues.
* {{Ephebophile}}: He has a preference for underage girls, and then kills them for his own psychotic amusement.
* EvilIsPetty: [[EstablishingCharacterMoment The first thing he does]] in the movie is grab an empty coffee cup from a local dinner, pretend he already paid for it for a free refill and then walks away without even taking it.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can come across as polite and cheery but he's a repulsive monster underneath it.
* ForTheEvulz: His main motivation for his actions.
* HateSink: Easily the most hateful, vile, depraved and despicable character in the entire film. He lacks any kind of EvilVirtues or sympathetic qualities, being a petty, sadistic {{Jerkass}} who is not particularly smart. For bonus points, he's also a DirtyCoward and a possible SerialRapist. [[spoiler:His interference also ends up resulting in the deaths of Neil's entire crew, save for Chris, whose life is destroyed.]]
* ILied: He threatens to kill [[spoiler:Trejo's]] wife hostage unless he sells out his crew. [[spoiler:Waingro ends up violating and killing her despite Trejo doing as he asked, then he mortally wounds Trejo as well.]]
* ItsPersonal: He goes to work for Van Zant to get revenge on the crew for trying to kill him. [[spoiler:[=McCauley=] later endangers his shot at a clean getaway to kill him in revenge for Waingro causing the deaths of his crew.]]
* KickTheDog: Almost everything he does but raping and murdering Anna and leaving Trejo alive and in pain so Neil would have to kill him really takes the cake.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: During the armored car heist, he has a differently shaped hockey mask than the rest of the crew and his long hair sticks out of it.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Waingro somehow silently manages to disappear right after [=McCauley=] tries to execute him, even with the rest of the crew on the lookout.
* OnlyOneName: We only know him as Waingro, nothing else.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He has a swastika tattooed on his chest.
* PsychoForHire: First time by Neil, though he pushed his BerserkButton for killing one of the van's guards. Second time by Roger Van Zant as both shared a common enemy in Neil.
* PsychoPartyMember: He starts the movie as member of a professional crew of thieves, but becomes such a kill-happy madman that ConsummateProfessional Neil [=McCauley=] risks attempting to execute him in public after their first heist turns into a bloodbath due to Waingro's sadism. After Waingro escapes he allies with Neil's enemies in the underworld and does everything he can to bring Neil down, but then goes above and beyond when he rapes and kills the wife of a member of Neil's crew and beats the crew member to near death when the guy attempts to avenge her, all for no reason other than because Waingro is an uncontrollable nutcase. By this point Neil is so furious with the psycho that despite being the subject of a police manhunt Neil takes time out of his getaway to hunt down Waingro and [[DoubleTap kill him properly]].
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Given how Neil found Anna's bloodied and naked corpse in the bedroom, its strongly implied that Waingrio and his goons did this to her.
** Also to the underaged prostitutes he murders as well.
* {{Sadist}}: He takes immense pleasure in causing the suffering of others.
* SerialKiller: A coroner says that his [[JackTheRipoff prostitute killings]] are going serial.
* SixthRangerTraitor: His impulsive ruthlessness ends up botching the armored car heist and nearly gets himself killed by Neil during the diner meeting for his troubles until a momentary distraction caused by a police car patrolling the area allowed Waingro to escape with his life. He would later be hired by Roger Van Zant, who secretly plots the elimination of Neil's team.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He thinks he's a badass and savvy thief, on par with Neil, when he's really just an idiotic thug who kills for pleasure. He also clearly imagines that he's Neil's archenemy when Neil thinks of him as a minor annoyance in the grand scheme of things.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite being the film's BigBad, along with Van Zant, he has less than ten minutes of screentime.
* SmugSnake: He clearly thinks he's a badass (his characterisation in the original movie ''LA Takedown'' even explicitly boasts this) but, in reality, he has no guts or brains.
* TheSociopath: He kills for pure enjoyment, doesn't seem to have any feelings for anyone, and has a grandiose sense of self-worth despite having little in the way of skill or resourcefulness to back it up.
* TheStarscream: After the armored car heist, he escapes getting killed by Neil and later works with Van Zant to eliminate Neil and his crew. [[spoiler: He even rats out the crew by informing the authorities (Hanna's unit) about Neil's bank robbery plan by tracking down Trejo and compromising his position with Neil's crew by luring him near a police checkpoint, coercing him to sell out critical information about the bank heist plan, and forcing Neil to hire a new getaway driver for the bank heist, who happens to be an ex-convict and isn't as skilled as Trejo is in that field, possibly contributing to the heist going down badly.]]
* StupidEvil: Murdering one of the armored truck guards ForTheEvulz not only caused one of the other guards to try to shoot back and kill the crew, it necessitated the death of the third guard to eliminate all witnesses. He essentially turned a bloodless crime into a triple homicide ''and'' truck robbery, upping any criminal sentence, for no reason.
* TattooedCrook: He has quite a few tattoos and he's a thief and murderer.
* WouldHitAGirl: He’s a serial killer of underage prostitutes and also rapes and kills Trejo’s wife.
[[/folder]]

!!Vincent's Family

[[folder:Justine Hanna]]
!!Justine Hanna
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DianeVenora

Vincent's third wife. While she still loves him, she is growing a bit tired of Vincent's [[MarriedToTheJob workaholism]].
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* AmicableExes: [[spoiler:The end strongly implies Vincent and Justine are going to divorce, with Justine asking if there's a chance their marriage can work and Vincent replying that he isn't the kind of man she wants. At the very least they end on good terms.]]
* MsFanservice: As played by Diane Venora. Her first scene is a sex scene between her and Vincent.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lauren Gustafson]]
!!Lauren Gustafson
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/NataliePortman

Justine's daughter from her other marriage and Vincent's stepdaughter. She's driven to depression because of her father's neglect.
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* BathSuicide: [[spoiler:She tries to do this, after she got seriously distraught that her biodad wouldn't give her the time of day. When he gets home from work Hanna finds her lying in his bathtub with her wrists cut. He {{i|nterruptedSuicide}}mmediately ties her arms and legs to stop the bleeding, and rushes her to the nearest ER. It's got more {{Squick}} than when Bosko gets shot during the bank robbery shootout, or when the three guards are killed in the armored car robbery.]]
* BreakTheCutie: She's a teenage girl who just wants to be loved by her father but suffers from depression because he keeps neglecting her. This eventually causes her to try to take her own life.
* BrokenBird: The poor girl just wants to be loved by her dad who makes it clear how little interest he has in being in her life.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:She slits her wrists in the bathtub. Fortunately, Hanna gets there in time.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: She panics because her deadbeat father's half an hour late, then dissolves in tears when she realizes he's probably not coming. Her overreaction to her father's absence presages her suicide attempt late in the film.
* InterruptedSuicide: Vincent found her in his hotel room's bath with some cuts in a wrist and a leg. [[spoiler:Luckily Vincent got her to the hospital and she survived just in time.]]
* MoralityPet: She helps show Vincent's softer side as he is much gentler with her than others, even Justine, and cares far more about her than her own deadbeat father.
* ParentalNeglect: By her natural father, which drives her to the aforementioned.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Charlene Shiherlis]]
!!Charlene Shiherlis
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AshleyJudd

Chris' wife who is getting tired of his difficult life. She has a little son with him named Dominic.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Which is what attracted her to both Chris and Alan.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Gets a chance to rat out Chris after being made clear what will happen to her and her son if they she doesn't cooperate with the authorities and already being on the outs for him due to his gambling addiction, still warns Chris to stay away when he tries to go back to her.
* MamaBear: She makes it clear that, if she goes, Dominic goes with her.
* MsFanservice: Even Hanna thought so.
[[/folder]]

!!Neil's Associates
[[folder:Nate]]
!!Nate
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JonVoight

An old associate of Neil that provides him with key information for his schemes.
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* AffablyEvil: He is related to the criminal underworld but he is quite a CoolOldGuy.
* CoolOldGuy: He's an old crook with a pragmatic mindset and an almost fatherly relationship with Neil.
* EvilGenius: He suggests targets for Neil to hit.
* KarmaHoudini: Though according to the script, he was later arrested by Hannah.
* KnowledgeBroker: Neil consults him for intelligence on potential heists and police opponents.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Helps Neil and Chris after the botched heist when it would have been far safer and easier not to do so.]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Breedan]]
!!Donald Breedan
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DennisHaysbert

A young man on parole that works in a restaurant with a nasty boss.
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* TheBigGuy: At 6'5, he's easily the most physically imposing character in the film. While he works as a driver rather than a robber, the fact that he easily pushes his boss down shows that he's very physically capable.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:He's the first of the crooks to die, which happens after bullets fired from Casals and Drucker pierce the windshield and hits him in the head.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: He is presented as a man on parole with a new job at a restaurant with no clear signs of relation to the plot. But after Trejo leaves because he is supposed to be chased by the police, Neil, who met him at prison, finds him in the restaurant and proposes him to be the getaway driver.
* ChronicVillainy: When Breedan's introduced, he's determined to go straight. Unfortunately, the constant abuse he suffers from his boss in an unfulfilling job leads him to jump at the chance to join Neil's crew.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Breedan gets character presence and importance on the same level as Neil, Vincent or Chris. Then, [[spoiler:he's suddenly shot and killed driving the car after the bank heist]].
* HappilyMarried: He adores his wife Lily who loves him in turn and tries to help him stay straight, sadly to no avail.
* NoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler: Gets shot in the head by possibly as many as Hanna, Casals and Drucker. ''All at once.'' And keep in mind that Drucker has a shotgun. Albeit some of them may have been shooting the car itself to bring it to a halt.]]
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:He gets screen time and development in a seemingly unrelated storyline until he crosses paths with Neil (an old prison associate) who recruits him for a job. Unfortunately, Breedan doesn't end up surviving the heist.]]
* ShaggyDogStory: After getting out of prison, he's working a dead-end job with a BadBoss. Then he gets brought back into the criminal life when Neil needs a getaway driver. [[spoiler:This leads to him getting shot in the head while driving his new comrades away from a bank.]]
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: He shoves his crooked boss to the ground and quits when Neil comes to him about the gig.
* TragicVillain: He makes an honest effort to reform and make an honest living but his mistreatment by his boss drives him back to crime.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Roger Van Zant]]
!!Roger Van Zant
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/WilliamFichtner

A money launderer who holds a grudge against Neil for robbing him and offering to re-sell his stolen bonds to him.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:He tried to mess up with Neil only for the master thief to shoot him in the chest.]]
* BigBadDuumvirate: He teams up with Waingro to spoil Neil's plans.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He's a businessman who uses Malibu Equity Investments to handle investment portfolios for offshore money laundering and drug money. He's also not above killing people who steal from him to send a message.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Or resignation, at least.
-->'''Neil:''' ''[With a gun aimed]'' Waingro. Where is he? ''Where is he?!''\\
'''Van Zant:''' ''[Resigned]'' How the hell would I know?\\
''[Gets shot]''
* FatalFlaw: His ego. He could have easily accepted an offer from Nate and Neil that would have netted him a healthy profit and kept his operation going without any issue but he couldn't stand the idea of the criminal world thinking he was an easy target and someone to be messed with and tried to set up Neil and his crew as example killings, to show everyone he wasn't a pushover. This blows up in his face in the worst way possible and [[spoiler: ends up getting him killed.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: He cultivates the facade of a cool, slick crime boss, but it becomes clear quite fast that he's anything but.
* ImproperlyParanoid: Normally after a master criminal promises to kill you for your betrayal, it would be smart to take action to kill him first. What Van Zant doesn't realize is that the police pressure put on Neil has caused him to put vengeance on the back burner. [[spoiler:At least until Van Zant hires Waingro in an effort to get Neil and his crew killed, at which point Neil kills him in retribution for the death of his friends.]]
* ItsPersonal: He backfires Neil with an assassination attempt and fake money for trying to re-sell his own bonds to him. Then it backfires on him horribly when [[spoiler:Neil later found out about his plans and had him personally killed]].
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: His reason for trying to kill Neil to reclaim his bearer bonds instead of just making a profit by both buying them back and collecting the insurance for them. Even if it's more profitable, he doesn't want the underworld to think it's okay to steal from him.
* NonActionBigBad: He's one of the main antagonists of the film but he's not even close to a combatant and relies on hired muscle to do his dirty work for him.
* OhCrap: When his attempt to kill Neil for stealing from him fails, Neil gives him a call and lets him know in no uncertain terms that he will be coming for his head. Van Zant's reaction is one of utter horror and he spends the next few days hiding out of his office.
* RevengeBeforeReason: He would have collected 100% on the insurance for his stolen bearer bonds ''and'' made an extra 40% by buying back the bonds from Neil and his crew at a discount. Instead, [[spoiler: he tries to have them killed as a message to the underworld that stealing from him is a bad move. Unfortunately for him, this backfires horribly and Neil not only had survived the assassination attempt, but eventually hunted van Zant down and killed him for his troubles.]]
* SmugSnake: He badly overestimates his own skill against Neil, thinking of Neil as just an uncivilized thug he can easily outsmart and have killed to show he's not to be messed with.
* SwissBankAccount: He's a money launderer, of course he has one of these.
* VillainsOutShopping: When Neil breaks into his home, Van Zandt is seen watching and enjoying a hockey game.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Seems to think he's a feared and powerful crime boss who is untouchable and can treat a low-level crook like Neil however he likes. He quickly figures out just how badly mistaken he was.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hugh Benny]]
!!Hugh Benny
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!!!'''Played By:''' Music/HenryRollins

Van Zant's bodyguard and the one who informs the police that Neil was planning a bank heist.
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* TheDragon: He's Van Zant's right-hand man.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of Van Zant's group, as Van Zant and Waingro are both killed by [=McCauley=].]]
* TheStoolPigeon: Rats out Neil to the police.
[[/folder]]

!!Others

[[folder:Eady]]
!!Eady
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AmyBrenneman

A graphic designer and Neil's love interest.
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* AgeGapRomance: She is quite a deal younger than Neil.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Averted. She didn't know Neil was a criminal and master thief, and is quite shocked after learning the truth.
* BreakTheCutie: She was shocked when the news talked about the bank heist and Neil's involvement in it though she gave him a chance. [[spoiler:Then the poor girl is completely speechless when Neil abandons her when Vincent chases him.]]
* SatelliteLoveInterest: She's given a little backstory but mostly her role revolves around her relationship with Neil and opening the possibility of him growing attached to someone enough to give up his "looking out for number one" mentality. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he doesn't.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: She tells Neil that she saw him various times in the bookshop where she works.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alan]]
!!Alan Marciano
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/HankAzaria

Charlene's lover from Las Vegas.
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* ButtMonkey: He can barely open his mouth without someone telling him to shut up.
* {{Jerkass}}: Living with Chris is hell for Charlene. But with Alan? He insults her and he clearly only wanted her for sex.
* PluckyComicRelief: Along with the Torena brothers and Vincent's LargeHam, he also provides the funniest moments of the film.
* StunnedSilence: Al Pachino ad-libbed Vincent's "She's got a [[LargeHam GREAT ASS]]" line, and Alan's confused, mouth-gaped stare (used for his image here!) was Hank Azaria himself utterly dumbstruck with how left field it was.
[[/folder]]