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Staff Sergeant Don "Wardaddy" Collier
A battle-hardened U.S. Army staff sergeant in the Second Armored Division who commands an M4 Sherman "Easy Eight" tank nicknamed "Fury" and its veteran crew.
- Berserk Button: Don really hates the SS. When Americans bring in a surrendering soldier, Don approaches the soldier before straight up assaulting him, making Bible have to tear him away.
- Bilingual Bonus: He's fluent in both English and German, something he uses to his advantage when it comes to taunting the Nazis.SS Soldier: *in German* "You bastards! We're going to skin you alive!"
Don: *in German* "Shut up and send me more pigs to slaughter!!" - Drill Sergeant Nasty: A minor example. He has moments where he's a bit hard on his men, especially towards the New Meat Norman. Despite this, he never comes off as truly mean-spirited and is actually more of a Father to His Men.
- Everyone Has Standards: He'll kill any Nazi that poses a threat to him and his men, even Hitler youths. But he does not tolerate harassment towards surrendering German civilians. Especially from Grady.
- Face Death with Dignity: Even though he admits he's scared, he gives Norman the chance to escape the tank and calmly accepts his fate when the Nazis drop several grenades right in front of him.
- Father to His Men: He may not act like it all the time, but he promised his crew that he would get them back home. Shame he couldn't keep that promise.
- Jerkass Has a Point: His words may be harsh, but Don is nonetheless right when Norman protests executing a captured German soldier for wearing a U.S. Army coat.Don: "Not right"? We're not here for right and wrong. We're here to kill them. Why are you here? You're here to kill him. Do you know why he's here? He's here kill you. He's here to kill you, Norman.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's a tough as nails staff sergeant who will mercilessly kill any Nazi he sees, including Hitler Youths, but he's also A Father to His Men and doesn't tolerate senseless harassment towards civilians.
- Last Stand: When a column of Waffen-SS are approaching Fury (which has a broken tread but is still weapons-capable), he is willing to stay behind and kill as many as he can, motivating the rest of his crew to stand by him.
- Pet the Dog: For all his harsh attitude towards the Nazis, Don does show a softer side towards German civilians, as he acknowledges that they're just trying to get by and have nothing to do with the war.
- Shell-Shocked Veteran: Right from the get-go, it's clear he has anxiety from his years in the war.
- Would Hurt a Child: He's willing to shoot any German child pointing a gun at him. Given how dangerous a Hitler Youth with a Panzerfaust is, you could say it's justified.
Private Norman "Machine" Ellison
Played by: Logan Lerman
A fresh recruit whose only experience in the military is a clerk typist.- Affectionate Nickname: He earns his nickname "Machine" after finally being accepted into the crew.
- Beware the Nice Ones: While Norman is easily one of the kindest members of the crew, he starts to grow more of a backbone over the course of the film and even starts standing up to Grady.
- Break the Cutie: There's little room for doubt that the things he witnesses have forever changed him.
- His failure to shoot a Hitler youth wielding a Panzerfaust ends up destroying the commanding officer's tank, killing the entire crew. You bet he got chewed up for it.
- During a skirmish with anti-tank guns, Norman hesitates under fire, jeopardizing his crew.
- Angered with Norman's incompetence, Don forces him to execute a captured German soldier by wrestling the pistol into his hand and forcing him to pull the trigger.
- After building a comforting bond in a German girl named Emma, Norman is helpless to watch her get killed by German artillery.
- Blood Knight: He starts to become this over time. After gunning down several Nazi soldiers with the tank gun, Norman admits that it "felt good".
- Children Forced to Kill: Downplayed in that Norman clearly isn't a child. However, it's still quite shocking when Wardaddy puts a gun in his hand and forcefully wrestles him into executing a surrendering German soldier.
- Gaining the Will to Kill: Basically his entire character arc. A young typist at the start of the story, Norman becomes more battle-hardened and trigger-happy by the climax of the film.
- New Meat: He's the newest, and youngest, member of the team as well as the most inexperienced. You can imagine how things go for him…
- Sole Survivor: He's the only member of the tank crew that survives.
- Took a Level in Badass: Deconstructed. He becomes more hardened and capable nearing the climax of the film, but his psyche is clearly damaged from all the horrors he's seen and committed.
T/ 5 Boyd "Bible" Swan
Played by: Shia LaBeouf
The Tank Gunner and Token Religious Teammate of the crew.- Affectionate Nickname: "Bible" is almost too fitting for him.
- Badass Preacher: Bible is a religious man and a tough soldier to boot.
- Beware the Nice Ones: He's a devout Christian and overall Nice Guy, but that won't stop him from giving a Nazi a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown.
- Character Catchphrase: He shouts, "ON THE WAY!" before firing each shell. This is actually standard procedure to keep the loader from getting maimed by the recoiling breach.
- Covered in Mud: When he gets into a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown with a Nazi during the climax.
- Deadpan Snarker: When he isn't quoting from the Bible, he can be this.Bible: I'm done trying to convert you heathens. You mind if I continue invading Germany?
- Eye Scream: His death; being shot through the eye by a sniper.
- The Heart: He's the most compassionate among the crew and the only one who doesn't chastise or belittle Norman.
- Killed Mid-Sentence: Here, Searg-!
- Nice Guy: A bit downplayed. Bible still has a fowl mouth and gets into arguments with Grady, but he's also one of the more soft-spoken of the tank crew and doesn't give Norman that much of a hard time compared to the rest of the crew.
- Token Religious Teammate: He's the most outspoken Christian out of the entire tank team, in a surprisingly real and non-stereotypical way.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Grady. Bible seems to tolerate Grady the least among the crew, but is visibly devastated when he's killed by a Panzerfaust.
Corporal Trini "Gordo" Garcia
Played by: Michael Peña
- The Alcoholic: Gordo is always seen drinking from the bottle.
- Cruel to Be Kind: He's a bit hard on Norman during the first fight, but that's because if he screws up, he puts the rest of the crew in danger.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He throws himself over an active grenade to save the rest of the crew from getting blown up with him. Sadly, only one of them gets out of it alive.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He can be a bit surly at times, but he cares about the rest of the crew and is loyal to Don.
- The Navigator: He's the one who drives the tank.
- Token Minority: He's the only Hispanic member of an all-white crew. During WWII, Hispanics were classified as whites.
Private 1st Class Grady "Coon-Ass" Travis
Played by: Jon Bernthal
- The Bully: He's the most antagonistic towards Norman out of all the crew.
- Jerkass: He can be insensitive and downright unpleasant sometimes, and is a general pain to work with. However…
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold:…nearing the climax, we start to see that he's not so bad when you get to know him.
- Kick the Dog: He needlessly harasses Emma and Irma, much to Don and Norman's ire.
- Mr Fix It: He's seen repairing the tank during the opening scene.
- Pet the Dog: Near the climax, he gives Norman a sincere apology for how he treated him and says that he thinks he's a good man. He's even the one who gives Norman the nickname, "Machine".
- Troll: He seems to enjoy getting on Bible's nerves the most.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Probably most prominent with Bible.
- Took a Level in Kindness: He starts out a pretty obnoxious Jerkass, but eventually starts to warm up to Norman.
