15 Best Ginger Characters In TV
14. Archie - Riverdale
An iconic redhead from the pages of the comics brought to life on TV. While the show isn't of the highest quality, it is refreshing to see a ginger character not only given the leading role but avoiding the standard archetypes that the hair colour often conveys. Archie (played by KJ Apa) shows that gingers can be standard leading men as well.
Living in the titular town of Riverdale has a lot of drawbacks, a constant sense of mystery, crime and gang activity make this almost ideal town a rather undesirable place to be. Archie navigates this toxic place as the audience see him go through plenty of mysteries, some good and some bad.
He is far from being the only ginger character in the show, Cheryl Blossom could have made it onto the list as well. But Archie shows something unique for a ginger character, in that his red hair doesn't hold him back from being the traditional desirable protagonist. It's a shame that KJ Apa is not a natural redhead, but the character still represents gingers well.