18. Captain Jean Luc Picard (Star Trek: Next Generation series)
I've always been a fan of Next Generation. It's just sci-fi enough to seem realistic (unlike the original series), but doesn't go over-the-top in trying to be realistic like Voyager or Enterprise (never watched DS9). And a large part of the reason why I love TNG (and why my favorite Star Trek movie is First Contact) has to be Captain Picard. First off, I love Patrick Stewart as an actor. He's just so wonderfully British and honestly seems like he could be a Bond villain in his everyday life. Even though Jean Luc is supposed to be French, I have no issue with casting a British actor who's known for performing Shakespeare in the role, because let's be honest...no one could ever take him seriously if he spoke with a French accent (I mean Jean Luc, not Patrick Stewart). He's just a very intelligent and diplomatic leader, and I like that about him. Yes, he has that inner fire and warrior spirit, but at the end of the day, he would ideally like all races and beings in the universe to co-exist peacefully. Okay, maybe not the Borg, but they started that s*** with him first, and even then, I'm not entirely sure that he wouldn't seek out a peaceful resolution with them if they were ever of the mindset that peaceful resolutions were okay. But yeah, he's generally cool, calm and collected, and yet has this air about him that he's a total badass, and I really think he sells the role of starship captain quite well.