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!!Martin ‘Marty’ Faranan
->'''Played By:''' Creator/ColinFarrell

%%* TheAlcoholic: Though he denies it.
* AuthorAvatar: He's [[Creator/MartinMcDonagh an Irish screenwriter named "Martin"]].
* BerserkButton: Commenting on his drinking is one for him.
* ButtMonkey: He goes through a ''lot'' of bad shit over the course of the film.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has quite a dry wit to him, usually in response to Billy's stupidity.
* DoesNotLikeGuns: He hates guns and refuses to use them, even in the face of life-threatening danger.
* FightingIrish: {{Inverted}}. Marty is an ActualPacifist.
* {{Jerkass}}: Especially when he's drunk.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: For all his flaws, Marty isn't a bad guy, feels immense guilt when he hurts anyone and is capable of genuine friendship, kindness and empathy.
* MostWritersAreWriters: Marty is a struggling writer who dreams of finishing his screenplay "Seven Psychopaths".
* NationalStereotypes: He's an alcholic Irish writer. Billy even lampshades it.
* OnlySaneMan: The only character who is not A) insane, B) a criminal or murderer, or C) all of the above.
* ShutUpHannibal: When Charlie is mocking Marty over [[spoiler: his men killing Hans]]:
-->'''Charlie''': Don't you wish you had a gun now?
-->'''Marty''': ...No, I don't. So why don't you go fuck yourself?
* SupportingProtagonist: Billy even points out that Marty's role is observing, and that nobody thinks he's a pussy for it.
%%* WouldntHitAGirl

!!Hans Kieslowski
->'''Played By:''' Creator/ChristopherWalken

* ActualPacifist: Never lays a hand on anyone throughout the movie, not even people who are directly threatening him. [[spoiler:He does drive his daughter's killer to suicide, but he doesn't get physical to do it.]]
* CoolOldGuy: He's polite, charming, charismatic and overall good company. And he's played by Christoper Walken so he's naturally this.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:He is the Quaker that Marty heard about, having stalked his daughter's killer for years until the killer went mad and committed suicide.]]
* DeadManWriting: [[spoiler:After his death, Marty finds a tape recorder that contains Hans' suggestions for how Marty could end his screenplay.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: He reacts to most situations he dislikes with Christopher Walken's [[TheComicallySerious Comically Serious]] wit.
* RealMenLoveJesus: He's a very devout old-fashioned Christian. His faith is specifically mentioned as the source of his confidence and tranquility.

!!Billy Bickle
->'''Played By:''' Creator/SamRockwell

* AffablyEvil: He really does want to be Marty's friend. Too bad he's a jerk at best and a sociopath at worst.
* AntiHero: Mixture of a [[UnscrupulousHero Type IV]] and [[NominalHero V]].
%%* AxCrazy: To an extent.
* DeadpanSnarker: Pretty much every line of his is a sarcastic remark.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: in his script animals don't die [[spoiler: at the end he puts his life on the line not to kill Bonnie, the dog]]
* TheHeavy: [[spoiler:None of the movie would have happened without Billy's actions.]]
%%* HeroicSacrifice
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Emphasis on the "jerk", but he does want to be a good friend to Marty. Just that often times, his obnoxiousness and psychopathy gets the better of him.
* PsychopathicManchild: Of the obnoxious and unpredictable variety.
* SerialKillerKiller: Arguably so, [[spoiler:since most of the mid-level mafia and Yakuza sorts he's targeted, such as the hitmen in the intro, are all killers.]]
* WildCard: There's really no telling what Billy will do in any given situation.
%%* WrongGenreSavvy

!!Charlie Costello
->'''Played By:''' Creator/WoodyHarrelson

%%* BaldOfEvil
%%* BeardOfEvil
%%* BigBad
%%* TheDeterminator
* FauxAffablyEvil: Charlie can be pretty well spoken and have moments of genuine kindness to Bonnie, but he's mentally unstable and will pretty much kill anything that moves.
* HairTriggerTemper: When it comes to his dog. Granted, he is a psychopath, but when his dog walker loses his Shih Tzu, he has her hunted down, tied to a chair, ''and then starts threatening to murder her.'' He does settle for shooting the wall behind her when she's found innocent, however.
%%* {{Jerkass}}
%%* MadeOfIron
* OnlyAFleshWound: Double-subverted. When Charlie arrives to reclaim his dog, he makes a show of being unarmed. [[spoiler:Billy shoots him in the spine, and then is disgusted to find he ''was'' unarmed (save for a flare gun). For the next few minutes, Charlie's paralyzed and helpless, unable to move his legs... until Marty helps him back to his car. Then he's back to normal, revealing that Billy only clipped him ("Just a flesh wound, kid"), and grabs a gun from his glove compartment.]]
* PetTheDog: Literally, in the case of his genuine concern for his dog, Bonnie. He also lets his dog caretaker live after finding out about the scam Billy and Hans run, realizing she wasn't at fault.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Charlie makes racist and homophobic comments throughout.
* PsychopathicManchild: Of the unstable and dangerous variety.
%%* TheSociopath
%%* TattooedCrook

!!Zachariah Rigsby
->'''Played By:''' Music/TomWaits

* AffablyEvil: He's nothing but polite and friendly to Marty. [[spoiler:He even spares Marty when its clear he's been having a rough time.]]
* CoolOldGuy: For a serial killer in his later years, he's pretty good company. He's also played by Tom Waits, making him this by default.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:Marty forgot to put the message to Maggie at the end of the film? Better go kill him. Though hearing how resigned Marty is to this, Zachariah seems to take pity on him and let him live.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He’s disturbed by his girlfriend’s level of brutality.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He's a brutal serial killer with Tom Waits' legendary gravelly voice.
%%* MoralityPet: His rabbit.
* OutlawCouple: With Maggie in the past, two [[SerialKiller Serial Killers]] (or [[SerialKillerKiller Killer Killers]]) in love who indulged in some [[BloodyHilarious spectacularly over-the-top violence]].
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Despite his initial plans to kill Marty for forgetting to include the message to Maggie in the film, he spares him after all he's been through and even shows him some sympathy.]]
* RetiredMonster: He seems to have retired from the serial killer game, though it is left unclear considering he was perfectly willing to go after Marty if he forgot the message to Maggie.
* SerialKillerKiller: In the past, where he and Maggie would presumably go hunting for the worst of the worst. We don't see a whole lot of this, though, so how much of it is [[UnreliableNarrator actually true is a mystery]].

!!Kaya
->'''Played By:''' Creator/AbbieCornish

* AdvertisedExtra: She's on the cover with the rest of the characters, but her effect on the plot is actually rather minimal.
%%* MsFanservice: In Billy’s ‘ending’.
%%* WhatHappenedToTheMouse

!!Angela
->'''Played By:''' Creator/OlgaKurylenko

%%* AdvertisedExtra: Much like Kaya.
%%* DisposableWoman

!!Paulo
->'''Played By:''' Creator/ZeljkoIvanek

%%* BaldOfEvil
%%* TheDragon
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
%%* HonestAdvisor
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: He doesn’t actively [[spoiler:betray Charlie, but does get fed up when his boss tries to shift blame to him.]]
%%* OnlySaneEmployee

!!Myra Kieslowski
->'''Played By:''' Linda Bright Clay

%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
%%* DeadpanSnarker
%%* DefiantToTheEnd
%%* MalignedMixedMarriage

!!Dennis
->'''Played By:''' Kevin Corrigan

%%* TheBrute
%%* TooDumbToLive

!!Larry and Tommy
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelPitt and Creator/MichaelStuhlbarg

* BoomHeadshot: They are killed after a man in a mask shoots their heads off.
* TheCameo: They only appear at the start of the movie before being killed off.
* SeinfeldianConversation: Their conversation at the beginning.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: They start the movie while discussing various topics. Suddenly, a man in a mask walks up and blows both of their heads off.

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