List of fictional left-handed characters

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1 Movies
2 TV shows
3 Video games
4 Books
5 Others
6 See also

[edit] Movies

The Little Tramp, played by Charlie Chaplin in nearly all of his films, ending with Modern Times. All the later roles played by Chaplin are also left-handed, including Monsieur Verdoux and Adenoid Hynkel, the Great Dictator. In several of his films, Chaplin plays a left-handed violin: the chin rest and the sounding post are reversed, and the strings are in reverse order.
Neo from The Matrix
Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) from "The Interpreter"
Keyser Soze from The Usual Suspects
Scar Predator (Alien vs. Predator)
Ralphie (A Christmas Story)
"The Italian Stallion" Rocky Balboa (Rocky series of movies)
King Théoden from The Lord of the Rings
Rafiki from The Lion King
A large number of characters from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children: Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo as original characters to the movie, as well as Sephiroth, Reno, Cid, and Tifa, who return from the game, where they were also left-handed. The connection that Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo all share with Sephiroth gives them all Sephiroth-esque appearances, so it is only natural that they all share his sword-arm as well.
John McClane (Bruce Willis) from the action film Die Hard is left-handed.
Jimmy Smith Jr. (Eminem) from the film 8 Mile is left handed.
Barry Pepper the sniper in Saving Private Ryan is left handed, as can be seen in the closeup scenes of him shooting with his Springfield rifle on his left shoulder, and occasionally having difficulty operating the right handed bolt action.
Liu Ti Lung, the boxer in the The One Armed Boxer vs. the Flying Guillotine, fights using only his left-arm (and both legs) considering his right-arm has been removed.
Steven Kovacs from The Cable Guy.He is writing and eating with his left hand. He also punches Chip with his left punch.
Even as an animal surviving on instinct, Zilla from the 1998 film Godzilla, has been seen using his left hand for attacking his enemies.
Misao, the boy character in the Kitano movie Kikujiro, is seen writing with his left hand in one of the first scenes of the film.
Dallas Winston in "The Outsiders."
Ash Williams from the Evil Dead series.
Detective Lt. William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) in Se7en, is seen throwing knives left-handed wearing his pyjamas.
Mikako in Voices of a Distant Star.
Kirin, in the first Ranma 1/2 movie.
Doctor Doolittle (in the musical film of that name) and Professor Henry Higgins in the film My Fair Lady — both portrayed by left-handed actor Rex Harrison — are shown making notations left-handed.

[edit] TV shows

The android Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation is allegedly ambidextrous, and Brent Spiner (the actor who portrayed Data) has claimed that he intentionally depicts Data using both hands interchangeably. However, Spiner is himself left-handed, and his scenes as Data almost invariably depict Data favoring his left hand.
In Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Ship in a Bottle", the fictional character Professor Moriarty (from the Sherlock Holmes stories) is established as left-handed. There is no information in the original Sherlock Holmes canon either to confirm or to refute this.
Gin, part of the Black Organization and Akai Shuichi of FBI from the Detective Conan (Case Closed) anime series.
Tuvok, the Vulcan security officer in Star Trek: Voyager, was portrayed by left-handed actor Tim Russ, who played Tuvok with left-handed traits.
Rob Petrie, played by left-handed actor Dick Van Dyke in The Dick Van Dyke Show. In the episode "The Impractical Joke", Rob mentions that he is left-handed.
Gary Sparrow in Goodnight Sweetheart and Rodney Trotter in Only Fools and Horses are both left-handed ... as are all other roles performed by left-handed actor Nicholas Lyndhurst.
Sha Gojyo, from Gensomaden Saiyuki.
Some characters from The Simpsons: Bart Simpson, Montgomery Burns, Ned Flanders, Moe Szyslak, Martin Prince, Nelson Muntz, including Lisa Simpson and Krusty the Clown. In fact, Ned Flanders opened a store designed for left-handed people known as the Leftorium. Homer Simpson was shown holding a pencil with his left hand but switched to his right in the next scene.
Haruhara Haruko, from FLCL.
Echizen Ryoma and Tezuka Kunimitsu, from Prince of Tennis.
Peter Griffin, Chris Griffin, and Stewie Griffin from Family Guy. In fact, most of the characters have a tendency to switch from right-handed to left-handed between episodes.
Eric Cartman, and Herbert Garrison from South Park.
Chuckie Finster, from Rugrats.
David Starsky, from Starsky and Hutch. In the episode "Captain Dobey, You're Dead," Hutch starts up a running joke, teasing Starsky about his left-handedness throughout the episode.
SpongeBob, from SpongeBob SquarePants (In one episode, as part of a joke, he is shown to have two left hands).
Arnold, from Hey Arnold! (sometimes right-handed).
Helga, from Hey Arnold!.
Dilbert, from the show Dilbert.
The comic strip character Andy Capp, who is notoriously work-shy, once turned down a job offer for "a good right-hand man" by claiming to be left-handed. It is not clear whether Andy is indeed left-handed, or whether he merely said this as an excuse.
Number Six, the title character in The Prisoner, is right-handed (played by right-handed actor Patrick McGoohan). In the episode "The Schizoid Man", Number Six was subjected to aversion therapy which made him perform actions left-handed.
Doug Funnie, from the show Doug.
Ginger Foutley, from As Told By Ginger.
Lisa Cuddy, James Wilson, and Eric Foreman, from House
Gromit, from Wallace and Gromit
Reggie Rocket, from Rocket Power.
Lex Luthor, from Smallville. (This is only due to the fact that Michael Rosenbaum is left-handed. the incarnations of Luthor in the comics and Superman movies appear to be, for the most part, right-handed)
Both Petes, from The Adventures of Pete & Pete.
Wheezie, from Dragon Tales. (Doesn't have a right hand.)
Armon, from Mummies Alive!. (Might've been forced to switch to his left arm at one point, as he lost his right arm prior to the series.)
Michael Vaughn, (actor Michael Vartan is left-handed) from Alias.
Brain Powers, from Arthur.
Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza from Seinfeld.
Zim from Invader Zim (Has been seen using right hand.)
Hayate Gekkou and Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto
Zartan from G.I. Joe
Dale, from Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers.
Mambo from Duckman (Doesn't have a right hand.)
Most of the Muppets, including Big Bird.
Pidge from Voltron.
Xandir from Drawn Together. (This is possibly in reference to the fact that Xandir is based on Link from The Legend of Zelda, who is also left-handed.).
Detective Goren from Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Roronoa Zoro and Shanks from One Piece. Shanks lost his left-arm saving the life of a young Luffy and yet, even as a former left-handed swordsman, retains almost all his prowess in combat.
At least one known past life of Aang in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Theodore "T.C." Calvin from Magnum P.I..
Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist. As a Child (in flashbacks) he is shown drawing transmutation circles right-handed, however, following the written portion of the State Alchemy Exam he complains that his wrist hurts, which means that he must have been writing left handed Alphonse Elric In some episodes, the screen shows him drawing a transmutation circle with his left hand; unlike Edward, he is originally left-handed. Also, Alphons of Earth has been seen holding a fork with his left hand. Just about every person in this show able to do alchemy without a circle is ambidextrous.
Ryo Hayakawa from Princess Nine. She is the star pitcher of the Kisaragi School's Baseball team throwing and batting left handed. She is also seen using chop sticks with her left hand.
Saito Hajime from Rurouni Kenshin. The character is based on the real-life member of the Shinsengumi, and it is also historically accurate that his most feared attack was his left-handed thrust.
Ruthie Camden, the youngest daughter in 7th Heaven, writes left handed and sets the table left handed.
Rick from the television show The Young Ones. In the episode "Bomb", he is seen writing a poem and also filling in a telegram with his left hand. Rik Mayall who protrays him in the series is also left-handed.
Trowa Barton of Gundam Wing. His Gundam Heavy Arms has a gattling gun mounted on its left hand (although gundams, in theory, are created both handed).
Theodore Jay Jarvis Johnson (TJ) from the fifth season of Power Rangers, Power Rangers Turbo, was seen to be batting left-handed in the episode "The Curve Ball."
Buttercup from Powerpuff Girls. Shown playing guitar left-handed. Cartoon Orbit has a cToon with Buttercup playing left handed guitar.
Ishida from Bleach.
Ayu Tsukimiya, from the game and anime series Kanon.
Millions Knives from Trigun. He built two revolvers: one right-handed which he gives to his brother Vash the Stampede and one left-handed that he uses. But he can be seen using his revolver as a right-hander.
Kira Ford and Trent Fernandez from Power Rangers: Dino Thunder
Aster Phoenix, from the anime Yugioh GX. In an early episode of the second season, he caught a fork with his left hand and ate while holding it (although he may as well be ambidextrous due to his good nature in other sports).
James from Team Rocket of Pokémon. In an early episode of Diamond and Pearl, he is seen to use a fork with his left hand.

[edit] Video games

Link from Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series. However, he is right-handed in the Wii version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess in order to take advantage of the Wii Remote. He is one of the main creations of Shigeru Miyamoto, who is ambidextrous and prefers his left hand, and has intentionally created many of his characters to be.
Bowser Jr. from various Mario games. Additionally, The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 has portrayed Ludwig, Lemmy and Wendy Koopa as left-handers.
Although Mario plays sports games right-handed by default, these games also usually have the option to choose to switch to left-handed, a rare detail in video games. Also, in New Super Mario Bros, Mario and Luigi throw fireballs with their left hand. Additionally; Waluigi, Bowser Jr., Shy Guy, Dry Bones, Boo, and Petey Piranha from Mario Superstar Baseball all throw lefty as their default setting. However, in the opening movie from Mario Power Tennis, Waluigi scribbles with his right hand.
Kain Highwind and Palom from Final Fantasy IV
Raphael Sorel, Aeon Calcos (The original Lizardman) and Siegfried Schtauffen/Nightmare, from the Soul series. Additionally, Cervantes de Leon is questionable, as he uses his much larger and heavier sword in his left hand, while the sword in his right doubles as a gun, which covers both common ways of determining laterality. He may simply be ambidextrous.
Sephiroth, Reno, Cid and Tifa from Squaresoft's Final Fantasy VII are left handed, as seen also in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. In Cid's case, he may have taken this trait from the character Kain Highwind of Final Fantasy IV (see above), from whom he takes many other traits as well. Additionally, Barret only has a left hand, as his right was destroyed and replaced with a gun-arm.
Shion Uzuki from the Xenosaga series.
Angelo from the Square Enix game Dragon Quest VIII
Yoshimitsu from the Tekken series (but not Yoshimitsu from the Soul Calibur series)
Johnny, Sol Badguy and Baiken from the Guilty Gear series.
The Space Marine, the player's character, in Doom
Lefto Or (Aka. Leftor), Horst Hiemelman, and Wendy Lachesis from Princess Maker 2
Shadow the Hedgehog from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He appears to be ambidextrous in Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Heroes, but is left-handed in the Shadow the Hedgehog game (however, he only used his left hand to hold guns and use Chaos Control. He uses his right hand for everything else, such as throwing, picking up boxes, hanging onto bars, etc.).
Black Doom from the Shadow the Hedgehog (video game), he is seen using his left hand various times, such as near the end when he performs a mind control on Shadow.
Some units and heroes from Warcraft 3, such as: Peasant, Footman, Knight, Grunt, Wind Rider, Troll Batrider, Shaman, Dryad, Priestess of the Moon, Death Knight, Far Seer, Crypt Lord, Beastmaster, Pandaren Brewmaster, and Tinker.
Donkey Kong - In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Donkey Kong uses his left hand to punch/charge-up punch.
Nana and Popo, the Ice Climbers, as seen in Super Smash Bros. Melee
Pit, as seen in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, shoots his bow left-handed style, and uses the golden rings on his left arm to power up his shots.
Nick "Kang" Wilson from True Crime: Streets of LA is left handed. When holding only one weapon, he holds it with his left hand and only holds a gun with his right hand when using two weapons.
Luke fon Fabre from Tales of the Abyss.
Ayu Tsukimiya, from the game and anime series Kanon.
Rain Qin from Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix. Rain holds and fires all weapons in the game with her left hand, and a cutscene specifically states that she is left handed.
Sothe from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: The Goddess of Dawn.

[edit] Books

Rorschach, from DC comics' Wactchmen.
Manhattan Guardian, from DC comics' Seven Soldiers of Victory project is shown wielding a truncheon in his left hand and a shield in his right.
Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch from Michael Connelly's detective series.
Ojo the Lucky (née Unlucky) from L. Frank Baum's Oz books.
Robert E. Lee 'Bob' Ewell, from Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
Levsha/Lefty from The Tale of Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea
Sergeant Raymond Shaw from The Manchurian Candidate
Gottfried Plattner, in The Plattner Story by H. G. Wells (1896) is a right-handed man who is accidentally rotated through the fourth dimension of space. When he returns to our world, he is mirror-reversed and left-handed.
Ted Dolliver, in the novel The Land of No Shadow by Carl H. Claudy (1933) is a right-handed man who is rotated through the fourth dimension of space. When he returns, he is left-handed. His entire body has become mirror-reversed: his heart is now on the wrong side of his body, and his wristwatch runs counter-clockwise with all of its components reversed.
Mitch Rapp from Separation of Power
Konrad from All Tomorrow's Parties
Allie Caulfied from The Catcher in the Rye. His brother Holden is suspected of being left-handed as well.
Beverly Marsh and Michael Hanlon from Stephen King's novel It
Roland Deschain, a gunslinger from Stephen King's The Dark Tower books was forced to become left handed in The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three after a monster known as a lobstrosity bit off most of his fingers on his right hand. Throughout the rest of the series Roland was forced to use his left hand on most things he did regularly with his right.
Lord Voldemort (Tom Riddle) from the Harry Potter series. Additionally, he marks all of his followers with a special tattoo (the Dark Mark) on their left arm, possibly related to the fact that this is his wand arm.
Secheb, one of the murder suspects in The Weighing of the Heart by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre (2002), a murder mystery set in ancient Egypt. The murder weapon is a longbow with a leather grip that is well-worn on its left side but only slightly worn on its right side. When an investigator flings the longbow at Secheb, he instinctively catches it with his left hand. He explains this by stating "Enuk smehi", Egyptian for "I am left-handed."
Erik from Phantom by Susan Kay.
Richard MacDuff, from Douglas Adams' novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
One of the coal miners in How Green Was My Valley was left-handed. After crippling his left hand in an accident, he must contend with well-meaning strangers who (not knowing he was left-handed) tell him he's lucky the injury was to his left hand.
In Justice League comics of the 1960's, Wonder Woman's lasso is usually on her left hip, and used by her left hand.
Teen Detectives Nancy Drew, and Joe Hardy (of the Hardy Boys) are shown by some illustrators with their watch on their right wrist, which is more common among left-handed people.
Hobbes from Bill Watterson's "Calvin And Hobbes" is often shown to be left handed. Calvin though primarily right handed, is sometimes portrayed as a left hander.
Kay Scarpetta, main character in Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta series.
Following the Zero Hour reboot of the Legion of Super Heroes, Cosmic Boy was fairly consistently shown as having his flight ring on his left-hand. This has not been maintained in the more recent incarnation of the team.
Ichi from Koroshiya Ichi is shown to use a Southpaw stance when using a kicking machine.
Johnny Tremain was forced to become left handed after an accident left his right hand severely crippled.
Artemis Fowl (from the Artemis Fowl series) was born left-handed (even though he has taught himself to be ambidextrous).
Rosie, from Stephen King's novel Rose Madder.
Eleret, from Patricia C. Wrede's novel "The Raven Ring."
Samantha "Sam" Madison from Meg Cabot's novel "All American Girl."

[edit] Others

A large percentage of characters from The Wotch
Bonnie and Leddinger, characters of Dean Dodrill and from his potential future movie, the Elysian Tail.
Tux, the penguin mascot for Linux, who is occasionally shown with weaponry to "protect" the computer user.
Ziggy Stardust, from the David Bowie (Left handed himself) album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, is said to play the guitar "left hand(ed)."
A reasonable and realistic number of the Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures, including some unique characters: Alusair Obarskyr, Rhek, Ulmo Lightbringer, and Ghaele Eladrin. None of these characters have been featured outside of minis.
Homestar Runner has been shown playing the bass as well as other instruments left handed (though technically he has no hands at all)
Luann DeGroot, from the comic strip Luann.
The Blue Cat and Pink Cat from the flash movie Nightmare City and it's sequel, Nightmare City: Catastrophe
Near from Death Note is seen cutting paper using his left hand.
A large number of characters on Magic: The Gathering cards are left handed.
The comic-strip detective Dick Tracy is right-handed. However, after midget criminal Jerome Trohs crippled Tracy's right hand in a vise, Tracy learned to shoot left-handed until he recovered from the injury. Throughout the run of his comic strip, Dick Tracy sporadically encountered left-handed criminals, usually after discovering some clue indicating that the crime had been committed by a southpaw.