Top 10 Tim Burton Characters

By Christian Bone / January 26, 2013

Tim Burton is a director known for creating an array of eccentric characters that populate his macabre films. In fact, its common for him to build his films around his characters think how many Burton films are named after someone featured in it making many of his works feel like character pieces. Even those of his films that are adaptations contain Burtons own spin on the source characters. Usually Burtons own spin creates outcasts, misunderstood by the world around them. Its true of household names such as Edward Scissorhands and Batman to his take on director Ed Wood. Arguably, as they are more personal to the man, these are the 10 best of Tim Burtons weird and wonderful creations. Oh, before you read on, you should probably prepare to see Johnny Depps face a few times over the coming pages.

10. Sweeney Todd & Mrs. Lovett

Played by: Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter

Appeared in: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

I'm slightly cheating here by letting these two share a space but my reasoning is that they belong as a double act. Embittered by years wrongfully spent in prison, Sweeney Todd decides to get his revenge on London but killing those that call at his barber shop while his neighbour Mrs Lovett uses the leftovers as meat for her pie shop. Depp and Carter are excellent as the brooding barbarous barber and his peculiar partner in crime; perhaps its down to these two that Burton's macabre musical works so well. Although there are some catchy songs too.