Today is National Boss Day – a day to thank your boss for being a kind and fair employer throughout the year.
It’s celebrated in the United States, Canada and Lithuania but that doesn’t mean that we can’t take a moment to appreciate our own bosses here.
There are many types of boss: the kind mentor, the robot, the micro-manager, the dreamer, the people pleaser and the bully, to mention a few.
Here’s a list of some of the best known fictional bosses - can you spot yours on the list?
The mob boss: Tony Soprano from The Sopranos (James Gandolfini) or Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) from The Godfather trilogy
The socially-unaware and awkward boss: David Brent (Ricky Gervais) and Michael Scott (Steve Carell) from The Office
The ‘man that other men would die for’ boss: Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart)
The horrible boss: The Devil Wears Prada’s ice queen Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep)
The idealist: The West Wing’s President Jed Bartlett (Martin Sheen)
The money-grabbing and power-hungry boss: Wall Street’s Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas)
The quick thinking, inspirational boss: Star Trek’s Captain James T. Kirk of USS Enterprise (William Shatner)
The never-satisfied boss: Mad Men’s Don Draper (Jon Hamm)
The highly intuitive and sarcastic boss: Dr Gregory House (Hugh Laurie)
The fair and caring tough-love boss: M from James Bond (Judy Dench)
The suave, controlling and confident boss: 30 Rock’s Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin)
The boss-who-forgets-his-employees-names: Mr Burns from The Simpsons (voiced by Harry Shearer)
The more-of-a-friend boss: High Fidelity’s Rob Gordon (John Cusack)
The completely incompetent boss: Basil Fawlty from Fawlty Towers (John Cleese)
The mentor and father-figure boss: Homeland’s Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin)
Who’s your favourite fictional boss?
