- Thomas Fowler (Michael Redgrave), in The Quiet American (1958)
- Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni), in La Dolce Vita (1960)
- Howard Beale (Peter Finch), in Network (1976)
- Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman), in All the President’s Men (1976)
- Gray Grantham (Denzel Washington), in The Pelican Brief (1993)
- Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp), in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
- Rita Skeeter (Miranda Richardson), in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- Cal McAffrey (Russell Crowe), in State of Play (2009)
In chronological order.