Faith Roswell is a Senior Writer on Screen Rant's Classic TV team. Since earning her degree in Creative Writing over a decade ago, Faith has written articles on film and TV from a variety of different angles. Faith now combines her knowledge of psychology with her love of monster movies to give more insight into what makes the best ones.  You may have read her Screen Rant lists and features covering horror, sci-fi, and fantasy, or read her Amazon Top 10 book, "Movie Monsters of the Deep." Faith has had an extensive career as a writer, appearing on BBC live radio, researching true crime for Rotten Mango podcast, and writing for publications including Mental Floss, Atlas Obscura, and The Daily Jaws before beginning here at Screen Rant.  After appearing in British TV shows like Byker Grove and Queer as Folk, Charlie Hunnam's best TV show role was also his breakout. Playing the tormented biker Jax Teller in FX's Sons of Anarchy put the actor in the public eye, and even 18 years later, Jax remains one of the most compelling criminal characters in TV history. Hunnam has branched out with blockbusters like Pacific Rim and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, but he excels at playing more emotionally complex characters, which has translated well to his regular appearances in crime dramas. Jax Teller was by no means a good guy, which he acknowledged by the time Sons of Anarchy came to its tragic end. Jax was violent, ruthless, hypocritical, and impulsive, while also being charming and motivated by the desire to do the right thing, but this mix of traits made him into one of TV's best antihero characters that we couldn't help but root for. Now, Hunnam's next big TV role will be the anti-Jax Teller, with Prime Video adapting Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' graphic novel series, Criminal, which explores an interconnected universe of crime stories. Hunnam will be playing Leo Patterson, the lead role in Criminal, which has already been described as Prime Video's most exciting crime thriller. A Variety article reports the character as “a brilliant master thief who sees all the angles, and specializes in plans with no guns and no violence." While there are thefts in Sons of Anarchy, Jax's strength is not in the planning, with many of his ideas going wrong and leading to both guns and violence. One of his failings is his occasional tunnel-vision, without the measured approach that made some of the show's best villains so formidable. Writer and creator Ed Brubaker will be Criminal's writer, showrunner, and executive producer. Both Jax and Leo are career criminals, but while Jax thinks that he is thinking several moves ahead, he is largely transparent to characters who know him well, which is why he fooled June Stahl but rarely outwitted Gemma or Clay. On the other hand, Leo thinks like a chess player, and could easily outsmart a character like Jax. The comparison does not end there, with both characters being defined by their relationship to their fathers. Criminal will repeat Jax Teller's Sons of Anarchy story in a major way, even while the characters are polar opposites. Jax might be flawed, but he can never be called a coward, and he takes tremendous personal risks while trying to make his father's vision for the club a reality. Leo is also compared to his father, who was jailed for murdering the city's most dangerous man, but with other criminals seeing him as a coward due to his attempt to avoid violence at all costs. Hunnam's role in Criminal continues a trend that has quietly defined much of his career, with the actor regularly playing charismatic men on the wrong side of the law. Despite playing Ned Kelly, Papillon's John Lincoln, The Gentlemen's Raymond Smith, and a host of other career criminals, Hunnam has never been marketed as the definitive crime drama actor in Hollywood in the way that other actors like Al Pacino became inextricably linked with gangster movies. That said, Hunnam is now getting the roles he deserves after Sons of Anarchy highlighted his ability to bring nuance to morally-compromised characters. Playing Leo will not just continue Hunnam's career trajectory, but is almost certain to introduce him to viewers who may only be familiar with his role as Jax Teller. The characters in Criminal are flawed and compelling, with many betraying people they love, making the wrong decisions, and regretting their choices. Portraying the emotional effect of these deep personal conflicts is what Hunnam does best, and Criminal could finally get him the recognition he deserves as one of the crime drama genre's most underrated leading actors.