Léon: The Professional/Characters

Leon

A mysterious assassin living alone. He ends up 'adopting' his young next-door neighbour after her family is murdered. Played by Jean Reno.

• Adorkable
• Anti-Villain: Type I
• Badass
• Badass in a Nice Suit
• Badass Longcoat: Covering an even more badass rig for his pistols, silencer, spare magazines, grenades and bolt cutters.
• Determinator
• Even Evil Has Standards: "No women, no kids."
• Hitman with a Heart
• Loners Are Freaks: before meeting Mathilda
• Noble Demon
• Professional Killer
• Trademark Favorite Food: Gotta have his milk.
• Villain Protagonist

Mathilda

An intelligent and tough young girl who becomes Leon's protege following the death of her family. Played by Natalie Portman.

• Abusive Parents
• Enfant Terrible
• Fille Fatale
• Hot For Teacher: Develops a crush on Leon
• Little Miss Badass
  • Faux Action Girl
• Little Miss Snarker
• Troubling Unchildlike Behavior
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds

Norman Stansfield

A corrupt DEA agent who slaughters Mathilda's family. Played by Gary Oldman.

• Ax Crazy
• Big Bad
• Dangerously Genre Savvy
• Dirty Cop
• Faux Affably Evil
• Hair-Trigger Temper
• Hand Cannon: Stansfield packs a snubnose .44 Magnum.
• Large Ham
• The Sociopath
• Sophisticated As Hell
• Villainous Breakdown: EV-ERY-ONE!!
• Wicked Cultured: He is a fan of both Mozart and Beethoven, specially Beethoven.
  • And Brahms.