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Contemporary dramatic monologues for men
Serious pieces for men from the last few decades, listed by character, work and length. Most are copyrighted, so the text lives with the rights holder and the search opens the rest.
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Cullum from 12
Nikita Mikhalkov · film · dramatic · 2:46 min
- 2
King Henry II from The Lion in Winter
Anthony Harvey · film · dramatic · 0:52 min
- 3
Jules from Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino · film · dark · 0:53 min
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Donald from Interstellar
Christopher Nolan · film · anguished · 0:43 min
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Somerset from Se7en
David Fincher · film · anguished · 1:03 min
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Miller from Saving Private Ryan
Steven Spielberg · film · anguished · 0:58 min
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Calvin Candie from Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino · film · dark · 2:16 min
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Sweeney from American History X
Tony Kaye · film · anguished · 0:42 min
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Salvatore from Cinema Paradiso
Giuseppe Tornatore · film · anguished · 0:49 min
- 10
Norman from Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock · film · dark · 1:07 min
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Col Landa from Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino · film · dark · 1:23 min
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Leonard from Memento
Christopher Nolan · film · anguished · 0:40 min
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Leonard from Memento
Christopher Nolan · film · anguished · 0:42 min
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Old Salieri from Amadeus
Milos Forman · film · anguished · 1:26 min
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Old Salieri from Amadeus
Milos Forman · film · anguished · 0:44 min
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Tony from Avengers: Endgame
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo · film · anguished · 2:27 min
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Farina from Heat
Michael Mann · film · dark · 0:47 min
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Tony from Scarface
Brian De Palma · film · anguished · 1:24 min
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Joker from Joker
Todd Phillips · film · dark · 0:52 min
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Mr. White from Reservoir Dogs
Quentin Tarantino · film · dark · 1:37 min
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Nedry from Jurassic Park
Steven Spielberg · film · dark · 1:27 min
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Ellis from No Country For Old Men
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen · film · dark · 1:13 min
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Mcclane from Die Hard
John McTiernan · film · anguished · 0:54 min
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Hans from Die Hard
John McTiernan · film · dark · 0:45 min
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Travis from Taxi Driver
Martin Scorsese · film · anguished · 0:58 min
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Brick Top from Snatch
Guy Ritchie · film · dark · 1:01 min
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Brick Top from Snatch
Guy Ritchie · film · dark · 1:05 min
- 28
Errol from Snatch
Guy Ritchie · film · dark · 1:29 min
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Ace from Casino
Martin Scorsese · film · dramatic · 1:35 min
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Quint from Jaws
Steven Spielberg · film · dark · 3:20 min
Length is estimated at a spoken pace of about 150 words a minute. Public-domain pieces are printed in full on their own page; copyrighted ones list the character and the source.
Related: dramatic monologues for men under 2 minutes · comedic monologues for men under 2 minutes · one-minute monologues for men
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