D&D 5E Best on screen depiction of the D&D Rogue

[Sacrosanct]

Previous polls here:
Barbarian
Bard
Cleric
Druid
Fighter
Monk
Paladin
Ranger

Scope: Rogue are right up there with fighters as far as having hundreds of archetypes in TV and Movie media. Therefore, the scope will be limited to fantasy only. That means no Jack Burton, Han Solo, or Jason from the Ice Pirates, despite them being classic rogues. Also, one particular show or movie might have several, so I'm going to limit it to the most popular of that show. As with previous polls, TV or Movies only. No literature. Also, you get 5 choices this poll. And of course there will be omissions of fan favorites (inevitable), but I'm trying to capture the most obvious or well known in order to keep it to people who would actually get some votes.

 

[Talltomwright]

I’m so glad Mouse is on here! He was my Rogue mental image growing up.

 

[Ashrym]

Some of those look more like fighters and a couple of bards in that list.

 

[Seramus]

Autolycus from Legendary Journeys!

 

[Ashrym]

Autolycus from Legendary Journeys!

I was about to make the same comment.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Same. For me it was Mouse, Mallack, and that thief illustration in the basic red box:

Mallack was the sort of good-hearted coward and scoundrel that would fit in many a D&D group. He even backstabs in the movie!

Snails, from the D&D movie also got my vote. Because there are two actors that knew the number on that movie and hammed it up: Jeremy Irons and Marlon Wayans.

I’m so glad Mouse is on here! He was my Rogue mental image growing up.

 

[Count_Zero]

I'm going to add Satou Kazuma from the anime KonoSuba here as well, as a thief recommendation.

EDIT: Though I voted for Woodchuck, Bilbo, and Mouse

 

[Bacon Bits]

A lot of these feel more like Fighters or Bards to me. We like to think of the narrative is a rogue surviving by their wits, but D&D rogues don't need wit one. It's all about agility. I think Malak is the best on-screen fantasy rogue, with a close following of Bilbo in spite of how awful the Hobbit movies are. Rogues just aren't that present in fantasy or period pieces. They don't make good heroes, and fantasy often involves heroes.

In general, however, I would say that Han Solo is the best on-screen rogue. Han has nothing going for him other than his ability to get out of a scrape. Ethan Hunt from Mission Impossible is maybe a good second... though I'm not sure if Bard isn't better for him. On-screen rogues almost always have much higher Int and Cha than they would normally have in D&D. Most on-screen rogues are in heist movies. So Baby in Baby Driver, as well as most everyone in Logan Lucky or Reservoir Dogs.

 

[Lanefan]

Copunt another write-in vote for Autolycus.

 

[Sacrosanct]

I mentioned it in the fighter poll, but should have added it here as well. Because fighter had so many examples, any swashbuckler type would go into the rogue poll. Pretty much dex based combatants.