Dan Dreiberg - Watchmen
We kicked off our last Geek Gallery with Batman, so we'll kick this one off with fake Batman, Nite Owl II from Watchmen. While Nite Owl may not have the sheer badassery of Batman, he does have the gadgets, the fighting skills, and the color scheme (at least in the movie) to match. Plus, his geek cred is off the charts, as he's essentially a fanboy recreation of the original Nite Owl. All cosplayers take note, this is how it's done.

Dave Lizewski - Kick-Ass
Kinda like Nite Owl, Kick-Ass is a comic book fan turned vigilante. Kinda unlike Nite Owl he's a terrible fighter, has crappy gadgets, and has no idea what he's doing. Still, what he lacks in skill, he makes up for in determination. Though Kick-Ass may be Ass-Kicked more often than not, his heart and toughness endear him to the geeky and non-geeky alike.

Data - Star Trek TNG
It's almost unfair to count Data as a geek, as he's literally hardwired to be a number crunching, fact-quoting machine. But Data is so much more. He's an actor, a violin player, a Sherlock Holmes enthusiast, a…wait, that stuff is all just as geeky. Thankfully the Lt. Commander also has the added benefits of his android body: super strength, agility, durability, and resistance to aging and disease. So Data can have his cellular peptide cake and eat it too.

Tuvok - Star Trek Voyager
Discipline, control, precision, Tuvok is the perfect embodiment of the Vulcan paradigm. However, instead of using his nerdly powers for the usual scientific or medical applications, Tuvok is the chief of security and chief tactical officer. So he's just like his TNG, Klingon counterpart, Worf. But where Worf is mad, Tuvok is calm. Where Worf is afraid, Tuvok is calm. Where Worf is lustful, Tuvok is calm. Damn Vulcans.

Lester Freamon - The Wire
While he may not have the technical chops of some of the other members of the list, Lester puts the wire in The Wire. While the rest of his rough and tumble cohorts on the special case squad can barely figure out a pager, Lester uses his keen intellect and meticulous attention to detail to coordinate wire tapping initiatives and crack the codes and keyphrases used by the Barksdale crew. He also wears granny glasses, builds dollhouses, and dates a stripper. Yup.

The Lone Gunmen - The X-Files
Richard "Ringo" Langly, Melvin Frohike, and John Fitzgerald Byers weren't just conspiracy theorists, they were conspiracy NUTS. But, they were geekily gifted tech nuts who helped fellow geek, agent Fox Mulder, in his never-ending fight against the powers-that-be and agents of cover-up and misinformation. They also drive a bitchin' VW Van and were popular enough to spawn their own short-lived, ill-fated spinoff show. It would have been popular, but the government…

Lisbeth Salander - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
One look at Lisbeth, the titular Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and it's clear that she's a badass. What may not be immediately clear is that she's a tech whiz who uses her hacking and information gathering skills to bring down some of the sleaziest and most insidious criminals.

Chuck Bartowski - Chuck
How does a college dropout computer repairman transform into a weapon of mass destruction? Simple: by uploading a CIA/NSA supercomputer database directly into his brain. So really, all you need to get the girl, kick some ass, and save the world is the combined intelligence of several black ops military projects. Who knew?

David Lightman - WarGames
Shall we play a game? How about a game of Global Thermonuclear War? Sure! To high school whizkid David Lightman, hacking into the school's computers and playing Chess just wasn't exciting enough. And as impressive as breaking into a top defense computer is, what's even more impressive is halting nuclear Armageddon through the power of tic-tac-toe. Remember kids, the only winning move is not to play.

Stanley Jobson - Swordfish
Sure, Swordfish may not be the greatest movie—it's mainly known for Halle Berry being topless and John Travolta chewing so much scenery he apparently gained about 50 pounds—but Stanley Jobson is undoubtedly a seriously awesome hacker. Stanley's skills are best represented when he hacks a government network in under 60 seconds with a gun pointed at his head while receiving a…ahem…Monica Lewinsky special. H4x.

Samantha Carter - Stargate SG-1
A PhD in theoretical astrophysics and one of the main scientists involved with the Stargate Program, Sam Carter is more than your garden variety rocket scientist. A skilled pilot, marksman, and strategist, Sam proved that her skills in combat and command more than equal her science know-how, making her a key leader in the SG-1 team.

Kevin Flynn - Tron
Back when Tron was made, most people knew just about nothing about computers, so the idea of tiny humans riding glowing motorcycles inside our PCs may have seemed slightly plausible. Ok, so it was ludicrous even then. Still, Flynn managed to become a millionaire and tame the harsh digital landscape, all while wearing the iconic, yet ridiculous light suit. He then went on to become a Zen techno-revolutionary and live inside a computer for years. True geek heroism.

Thomas A. Anderson - The Matrix
Before he was The One or even Neo, he was just Thomas A. Anderson, programmer by day, hacker by night. And while he may have transcended 'the source code' to such an extreme that he eventually became a physical god within the Matrix, we still remember the days when he was baffled by a simple spoon, or lack thereof.

Gary Wallace and Wyatt Donnelly - Weird Science
Goofy as they may have been, this pair of sexually-unsatisfied high school outcasts just may be the most successful scientists on this list. Not only do they manage to hack a government mainframe, they're also able to create life! Alas, our own attempts to recreate the experiment have resulted in numerous fried Barbies but no Kelly LeBrocks.

Dr. Gregory House - House
Equal parts genius and madman, House is essentially a modern day mad scientist with a heart of…well, maybe not gold, but he does at least seem to have a heart, maybe, sometimes. Yes he lies (everybody lies), yes he manipulates, yes he abuses drugs, coworkers, and patients, but in the end he manages to unravel baffling medical mysteries and save lives. That's hero enough for us, or at least for this list.

Walter White - Breaking Bad
That's right, Walter White has the distinction of being the only character on both our Geek Villains AND Geek Heroes lists. Not willing to settle for 96% pure meth, he pushed it to the limit, with his 99% pure blue crystal—not for the money but FOR SCIENCE! That alone makes him a geek hero. Ok, ok, he kinda did do it for the money, but at least he also looks just like fellow fictional geek hero, Half-Life's Gordon Freeman.