Ryan O’Neal as ‘The Driver’ in Walter Hill’s movie The Driver (1978)

Clive Owen as ‘The Driver’ in The Hire: Follow (2001, Wong Kar-Wai)

Dwayne Johnson as ‘Driver’ in the underrated Faster (2010 George Tillman Jr)

Ryan Gosling as ‘Driver’ in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive (2011).

Mel Gibson as ‘The Driver’ in the forthcoming Get the Gringo (2012, Adrian Grunberg).