Top 10 Movie Drug Dealers
#6
Todd Gainesplayed by Timothy Olyphantin Go (1999)
Doug Limans Gowas Pulp Fiction for Generation X - interweaving three stories into one sordid tale of sex, drugs and a dude who used to be in Grange Hill. With an eclectic ensemble cast, Go achieved impressive critical, if not commercial, success. Out of all the impressive performances in this lightning paced black comedy though, it is Timothy Olyphant that stands out as menacing, Santa hat-wearing dealer Todd Gaines, in what was one of his first major roles, following his performance as Mickey the freaky Tarantino film student in Scream 2. The Breakfast Club-referencing Gaines who quips that he gives head before he gives favours to Sarah Polleys amateur drug dealer Ronna spends much of Go holed up with Katie Holmes in his apartment after demanding some collateral in return for his drugs. Gaines is a business man who may or may not be borderline psychotic but there are hints that he may not be all bad and, in what seems to be a common trait for big screen drug dealers, is quite the philosopher.