Buck Matthews — Eye of the Tiger Character Profile

About Buck Matthews

Vietnam War veteran returning home after prison. After his wife is murdered by a biker gang and the local sheriff refuses to help, he secures high-tech weaponry and allies to wage a one-man war, ultimately destroying the gang, rescuing his daughter, and exposing corrupt law enforcement.

Buck Matthews — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Gary Busey

Appears in

Eye of the Tiger (1986)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Buck Matthews — Social Former Inmate & Protector — Jamie (Jorge Gil)

  A past debt of protection that fuels their current alliance.

• Buck Matthews — Conflict Vigilante Vs Corrupt Official — Sheriff (Seymour Cassel)

  Moral opposites representing justice versus systemic corruption.

• Buck Matthews — Alliance Vietnam Comrade — J.B. Deveraux (Yaphet Kotto)

  Former military comrades who reunite to fight the biker gang.

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• J.B. Deveraux (Yaphet Kotto)
• Sheriff (Seymour Cassel)
• Christie Matthews (Denise Galik)
• Bingo Lady (Kathryn Fuller)
• Dawn (Kimberlin Brown)
• Police Officer (Ray Habercorn)
• Melody / Mini-Cam Reporter (Amelia Haas)
• Rolls Royce Driver (Nicholas Testa)
• Raider-Napper (James Staszkiel)
• Kidnapped Girl (Brigitte Muller)
• Jamie (Jorge Gil)
• Roger (Cooper Huckabee)