The Dude

Jeffrey Lebowski or The Dude is the main protagonist of the 1998 crime comedy film The Big Lebowski.

Why He Rocks

 * 1) Jeff Bridges did a great job playing the Dude.
 * 2) He is filled with memorable quotes such as "The Dude abides" and "That's just like, your opinion, man".
 * 3) The Dude is mostly laidback.
 * 4) He hilariously litters his sentences with swearing and the word "man".
 * 5) He symbolically represents 1960s culture as a counterpart to Walter Sobchak.

Trivia

 * The Dude was based on Jeff Dowd.
 * The Dude inspired a religious cult called Dudeism.
 * An early draft showed that the Dude is the heir to the Rubik's Cube fortune.
 * A good amount of the Dude's quotes have become internet memes.
 * His quote to The Big Lebowski “You human paraquat” was improvised by Jeff Bridges.