13 Celebs You'll Always Refer To By Their Character Name
It's funny how much we love our favorite TV characters. It's like the actors and actresses didn't even exist before we got to know them as certain characters, and even when they finish their run or the series ends forever, we still can't get over that. We'll always call them by their character names, and it's probably super annoying to them, since they want to move on with their lives and careers. They do star in other shows and films, and yet we still can't get over it. Sorry, celebs. It's not you, it's us. Actually, it is you -- but only because you did such an awesome acting job that your characters will live forever in our hearts and minds. Here are 13 celebs we'll always refer to by their character name. We just can't help it.
13 Jon Hamm = Don Draper
Will Jon Hamm ever be anything other than Don Draper? We don't know but at the same time, we don't really want to know. He made the best Don there could possibly be: dark and handsome and of course super mysterious. Basically, TV drama perfection. It's the curse of being such a good actor, we guess.
12 Jennifer Aniston = Rachel Green
Sorry, we know that Jen Aniston has done a bunch of good work since the Friends days. She's starred in some awesome comedies and, of course, taught us all that we should be doing yoga and drinking a ton (and we mean a ton) of water every single day of the week. But she'll always be Rachel to us. After all, there was even a haircut named after her (The Rachel) so that just proves how special that character is to us. We've all got a bit of Rachel Green inside of us.
11 Milo Ventimiglia = Jess Mariano
You've seen Milo on some other shows, like Heroes, but to you he is Jess from Gilmore Girls and that's just the way that it is. Maybe it's not fair because that was only a few years of his life and he's definitely had a career besides that mom/daughter show, but hey, life isn't always (or usually) fair. You just love Jess so much because he's so broody and handsome and all that jazz, so you don't care. He's Jess. You even gave last summer's alien drama The Whispers a chance because Milo was starring (and you were probably the only one watching).
10 Matt Chursky = Logan Huntzberger
Sorry Matt, you're in the same boat as our boy Milo. You've done an awesome job portraying the young, ambitious lawyer Cary on The Good Wife but we don't even really care about that because we loved you as Logan. Of course, not everyone loved you, because they were stuck in the past and were still debating Jess vs. Dean but we liked you. You were an interesting part of Rory's romantic story. But just look at this proof that you'll always be Logan to the world: The Good Wife is ending soon after seven seasons and you've headed back to Stars Hollow for the Gilmore Girls Netflix revival. So there.
9 Luke Perry = Dylan McKay
Luke Perry has had some other acting credits, but none of us really focus on anything except for his star turn as bad boy Dylan McKay on the original Beverly Hills 90210. That's mostly because of the Brandon vs. Dylan debate (there always has to be a debate about the good vs. bad boy on teen TV, it's basically a rule) and if you know what's good for you, you're team Dylan. It's just so obvious.
8 Sarah Michelle Gellar = Buffy Summers
We love Sarah Michelle Gellar… because she was the coolest, strongest, most independent teenager ever: Buffy Summers, of course. We watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer like it was going out of style and we still love having the opportunity to binge it thanks to our TV God Netflix. Sure, she was in the show Ringer (which flopped after a single season) and has had some other roles, but she's mostly a mom and wife today (which is totally awesome since she's an amazing mom and of course, her handsome hubby is Freddie Prince Jr.). But she'll always be Buffy to us.
7 Adam Brody = Seth Cohen
Take us back to the glory days of The O.C. We seriously loved that teen show. Seth Cohen is just the most perfect TV nerd that you could possibly find. Because he's adorable, cute, funny, and awkward, but the right kind of awkward. He's your dream nerdy boyfriend. You wish he existed in real life, basically. Again, we apologize, Adam, but since you went ahead and married Blair (aka Leighton Meester), you probably get that you can't get away from Seth.
6 Kristen Bell = Veronica Mars
Kristen Bell can't get far away from her teen TV detective, but we think she's just fine with that since she did publicize the Kickstarter campaign for the Veronica Mars movie and she's always talking about wanting to keep playing Veronica. She's one actress we can 100 percent get behind because she really understands that her most famous TV role is the one that people know and remember her for. She doesn't pretend otherwise.
5 James Van Der Beek = Dawson Leery
Aw Dawson. The ugliest crier in the world and the most charming film-obsessed boy next door you could find. No matter what James does (usually sitcoms that are kind of funny but get cancelled super quickly… poor James) he'll be Dawson to us for life. He brought an iconic 90s teen boy to life so he should be okay with that.
4 Kyle Chandler = Coach Taylor
Remember when the dark Netflix family drama Bloodline premiered last spring? You knew that Kyle Chandler was starring, but to him he is always and forever Coach Taylor from the fabulous Texas football show Friday Night Lights. So you didn't care what the show title was, you just knew that it was Coach Taylor's new show, and you were all in. He even guest-starred in a crazy episode of early Grey's Anatomy and you still thought he was the coach. Sorry Kyle, you can't get away from the role that made you successful and famous, but you probably don't mind that much.
3 Taylor Kitsch = Tim Riggins
OMG Tim Riggins. Just that name is enough to get us all hot and bothered. Sorry Taylor, we're forever calling you Tim Riggins and you'll just have to deal. It's your own fault for being so crazy hot and adorable and charming and basically any positive adjective we can think of. You created such a wonderful character and we will never get over it. You've tried, we know. You starred in some action movies that didn't go over too well and when you starred in the second season of True Detective, we all know how badly that turned out. So you can't move on from Tim.
2 Lauren Graham = Lorelai Gilmore
Ah, Lorelai. We love her. We want her to be our mom and we want to hang out with her at Luke's, gabbing over countless counts of strong caffeine and cheeseburgers with fries. We want to watch her and Luke spar romantically. We can't get over the fact that Lauren Graham is actually a person and not just Lorelai, because, well, they seem like one and the same. Seriously, just follow Lauren on Twitter -- she's just as funny and quick as her iconic Gilmore Girls mom, and since she's starring in the Netflix revival, we're never going to stop thinking of her as Lorelai. Even when she was on Parenthood playing another mom named Sarah, we still called her Lorelai. Sorry not sorry.
1 SJP = Carrie Bradshaw
Carrie Bradshaw is the ultimate TV character that will forever live on, right? We want to be her, we want to be friends with her, and we want her to be real. We'll never stop calling Sarah Jessica Parker Carrie, and we hope she's okay with that. She probably is since she's starred in two Sex and the City movies and has often hinted at a third one, so we get the feeling that she's just as in love with Carrie as we are. It must have been so fun to play such a fashionista for so many years.
