Good topic DE NIRO!
For me, I'll break it down a bit.
For a comedy sitcom I'm going with The Italian Stallionette on that one -
Jim Ignatowski from Taxi. The guy would crack me up just by walking into the scene. Christopher Loydd was just incredible.
"What does a yellow light mean?"
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For a drama series sitcom,
Tony Soprano hands down. Gandolfini did such a fantastic job with the character, making you like him one week, feel sorry for him the next, despise him the following week, and laugh with him the next one. Definitley a character that kept me interested because while I enjoyed watching him, at the same time I enjoyed trying to figure him out.
Honorable mention for a drama series character :
Jack Bower (Keifer Sutherland) from '24'
and
Sonny Steelgrave (Ray Sharkey) from 'Wiseguy.'
For a comedy -
Danny DeVito as Louie DePalma in 'Taxi.'