Celebrating Dads on the Page and the Screen
In honor of Father’s Day, we’ve rounded up a few of our favorite fictional fathers (and father figures) from literature, film and television.
UD students, staff and faculty can check out the books, movies and TV series that gave us these dynamic dads by following the links below.
Books and Movies
Matthew Cuthbert from Anne of Green Gables
Hans Hubermann from The Book Thief
Bob Cratchit from A Christmas Carol
Arthur Weasley and Sirius Black from Harry Potter
Read Books 1-7 | Watch Movies 1-8
Maverick Carter from The Hate U Give
Read His Prequel, Concrete Rose
Rahim Khan from The Kite Runner
Jean Valjean from Les Misérables
Mr. Bennet from Pride and Prejudice
Mr. Emerson from A Room with a View
Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird
Movies
Sonny Koufax from Big Daddy
Jason “Furious” Styles Jr. from Boyz n the Hood
Mason Evans Sr. from Boyhood
Marlin from Finding Nemo
Mac MacGuff from Juno
Mufasa from The Lion King
Daniel Hillard from Mrs. Doubtfire
Gil Buckman from Parenthood
Jefferson Davis from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Bryan Mills from Taken
Television
Andre “Dre” Johnson from Black-ish
Watch Season 1
Alan Matthews from Boy Meets World
Watch Seasons 1-7
Louis Huang from Fresh Off the Boat
Watch Season 1
Eric Taylor from Friday Night Lights
Watch Seasons 1-5
James Evans from Good Times
Watch Season 1
Phil Dunphy, Jay Pritchett, Mitchell Pritchett and Cameron Tucker from Modern Family
Watch Seasons 1-9
Frank Costanza from Seinfeld
Watch Seasons 1-9
Johnny Rose from Schitt$ Creek
Watch Seasons 1-3
Tony Soprano from The Sopranos
Watch the Complete Series
Jack Pearson and Randall Pearson from This is Us
Watch Seasons 1-3