List of fictional characters with bipolar disorder
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Fictional characters who exhibit and/or have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Film
| Year | Character | Actor(s) | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Mr. Jones | Richard Gere | Mr. Jones (1993 film) | Mike Figgis | |
| 2008 | Maria Elena | Penélope Cruz | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Woody Allen | Not diagnosed in film, but exhibits drastic mood swings consistent with mania and depression.[1] |
| 2009 | Mark Whitacre | Matt Damon | The Informant! | Steven Soderbergh | |
| 2011 | Mia Conlon | Olivia Wilde | On the Inside | D. W. Brown | |
| 2012 | Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr. | Bradley Cooper | Silver Linings Playbook | David O. Russell | [2] |
| 2014 | Cam Stuart | Mark Ruffalo | Infinitely Polar Bear | Maya Forbes | The film is based on the filmmaker's life with her bipolar father. |
| 2015 | Gloria Gerringson | Taryn Manning | A Light Beneath Their Feet | Valerie Weiss | |
| 2015 | Carla | Katie Holmes | Touched with Fire | Paul Dalio | |
| 2015 | Marco | Luke Kirby | Touched with Fire | Paul Dalio | |
| 2019 | Rick Dalton | Leonardo DiCaprio | Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood | Quentin Tarantino | |
| 2022 | Clemence Miller | Alex Heller | The Year Between | Alex Heller |
Television
Comics
| Year | Character | Series/Franchise | Author/Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Namor[citation needed] | Invaders | Marvel Comics |
| 1942 | Two-Face[citation needed] | Batman | DC Comics |
| 1960 | Multi-Man[citation needed] | Challengers of the Unknown | |
| 1962 | Hank Pym[24] | Ant-Man | Marvel Comics |
| 1962 | Will Magnus[citation needed] | Showcase | DC Comics |
| 1963 | Doctor Polaris (Neal Emerson)[citation needed] | Green Lantern | |
| 1963 | Magneto[citation needed] | X-Men | Marvel Comics |
| 1964 | Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)[25] | Spider-Man | |
| 1966 | Mimic[26] | X-Men | |
| 1966 | Peacemaker[citation needed] | Checkmate | DC Comics |
| 1968 | Creeper | Outsiders | |
| 1968 | Polaris[citation needed] | X-Men | Marvel Comics |
| 1978 | Count Vertigo[citation needed] | Black Canary/Green Arrow | DC Comics |
| 2000 | The Sentry | The Sentry | Marvel Comics |
| 2001 | Alexander Nero[citation needed] | Green Lantern | DC Comics |
| 2019 | Wasp (Nadia van Dyne)[27] | The Unstoppable Wasp | Marvel Comics |
Literature
| Year | Character | Book | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Mr. Market | The Intelligent Investor | Benjamin Graham | |
| 1962 | Esther Greenwood | The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath | Character's struggles with depression were based on the ones that the author experienced herself. |
| 1987 | Annie Wilkes[citation needed] | Misery | Stephen King | Also appears in the 1993 film adaptation. |
| 1989 | Thad Beaumont | The Dark Half | Stephen King | Also appears in the 1990 film adaptation. |
| 1999 | Marigold Westward | The Illustrated Mum | Jacqueline Wilson | Also appears in the 2003 TV film adaptation. |
| 2011 | Leonard Bankhead[citation needed] | The Marriage Plot | Jeffrey Eugenides | The book's plot is heavily driven by Leonard's mental illness. |
| 2015 | Theodore Finch[citation needed] | All the Bright Places | Jennifer Niven | Also appears in the 2020 film adaptation. |
Video Games
| Year | Character | Actor(s) | Game | Developer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Alan Wake | Ilkka Villi, Matthew Porretta | Alan Wake, Alan Wake 2 | Remedy Entertainment | Alan describes himself as manic-depressive in the manuscript page Barry's Struggles With Artists in Alan Wake 2.[28] |
| 2017 | Gregg Lee | No voice acting | Night in the Woods | Finji | Implied by the story and his characteristics to be bipolar. Also suggested by the character Bea in the game. [29] |