# The 20 best TV characters of 2016 according to Rolling Stone

Eleven from Stranger Things, Fleabag, Westworld's Dr. Ford and The Walking Dead's Negan: the 20 TV characters Rolling Stone named the best of the year in December 2016, in the article's order and with the actors who played them.

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- Aug 26, 2020 · Simon Baumann
- https://even.best/en/l/5090/the-20-best-tv-characters-of-2016-according-to-rolling-stone

## Top 20

1. **Michael (The Good Place)** (27 · ▲29 ▼2) — With Ted Danson (NBC): the architect of the "Good Place" in NBC's metaphysical comedy.
2. **Eleven (Stranger Things)** (23 · ▲25 ▼2) — With Millie Bobby Brown (Netflix): both the most powerful and the most vulnerable character on the show.
3. **Agent Dom DiPierro (Mr. Robot)** (16 · ▲17 ▼1) — With Grace Gummer (USA Network): the FBI agent who makes you root against the revolution.
4. **Marcia Clark (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story)** (14 · ▲18 ▼4) — With Sarah Paulson (FX): the prosecutor in the 1995 trial and the sexism she faced.
5. **Cornell „Cottonmouth" Stokes (Luke Cage)** (14 · ▲18 ▼4) — With Mahershala Ali (Netflix): a street-level supervillain from the Marvel/Netflix universe.
6. **Gatsby the Dog (High Maintenance)** (14 · ▲15 ▼1) — The dog of High Maintenance (HBO): infatuation and despair without a line of dialogue.
7. **Tulip O'Hare (Preacher)** (12 · ▲14 ▼2) — With Ruth Negga (AMC): her best on-screen work of the year.
8. **Dr. Robert Ford (Westworld)** (12 · ▲13 ▼1) — With Anthony Hopkins (HBO): the smiling co-founder and chief narrative architect of the park.
9. **Negan (The Walking Dead)** (10 · ▲13 ▼3) — With Jeffrey Dean Morgan (AMC): the villain with the baseball bat Lucille.
10. **Sarah (Horace and Pete)** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — With Laurie Metcalf (louisck.net): her nine-minute monologue in one unbroken close-up.
11. **Darius (Atlanta)** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — With LaKeith Stanfield (FX): the oddball who keeps everyone else on their toes.
12. **Portia Davenport (Search Party)** (9 · ▲15 ▼6) — With Meredith Hagner (TBS): the shallow hipster sidekick.
13. **Dennis Box (The Night Of)** (9 · ▲13 ▼4) — With Bill Camp (HBO): the quietly confident detective.
14. **Tig Bavaro (One Mississippi)** (9 · ▲12 ▼3) — With Tig Notaro (Amazon): the comedian processing her own tragedies.
15. **Chuck Rhoades (Billions)** (9 · ▲12 ▼3) — With Paul Giamatti (Showtime): the US Attorney battling hedge-funder Bobby Axelrod.
16. **Maria Bamford (Lady Dynamite)** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — With Maria Bamford (Netflix): the semi-autobiographical lead.
17. **Issa (Insecure)** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — With Issa Rae (HBO): the socially awkward young woman in Los Angeles.
18. **Richard Roper (The Night Manager)** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — With Hugh Laurie (AMC/BBC): the rapacious arms dealer.
19. **Frank Castle (The Punisher) (Daredevil)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — With Jon Bernthal (Netflix): Daredevil's enemy, ally and cautionary photo-negative.
20. **Fleabag (Fleabag)** (3 · ▲7 ▼4) — With Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Amazon): the title character of the London black comedy.

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