ISTJ: “The Guardian”

ISTJ = Introverted, Sensing, Thinking Judger

Nickname Of The ISTJ: “The Guardian” or “The Inspector”

ISTJ Profile

• Logical
• Reserved
• Serious
• Practical
• Responsible
• Loyal
• Traditional
  

Good ISTJ Careers

• CEO
• CFO
• Engineer
• Pilot
• Military Officer
• Auditor
• Accountant
• Real Estate Agent

ISTJ Careers To Avoid

• Artists
• Copywriters
• Marketing
• Advertising
• Healers
• Poets

If you want to to take a paid test to determine the best ISTJ career for you, check out my friend Molly’s Myers Briggs Career Personality Tests.

Famous ISTJs

Business Leaders

• Warren Buffett
• Henry Ford
• John D. Rockefeller

Politicians

• Andrew Johnson (U.S. President)
• Ben Nelson (U.S. Senator, Nebraska)
• Benjamin Harrison (U.S. President)
• Condoleeza Rice
• Donald Rumsfeld
• George H. W. Bush
• George Washington (U.S. President)
• Herbert Hoover
• Hilary Clinton
• Jesse Helms
• Paul Coverdale (U.S. Senator, R-GA)
• Prince Charles
• Queen Elizabeth II
• Queen Rania of Jordan

Actors

• Anthony Hopkins
• Bell (No Country for Old Men)
• Bryan Mills (Taken)
• Captain John Miller (played by Tom Hanks in Road to Perdition)
• Captain Malcolm ‘Mal’ Reynolds (Firefly)
• David Sumner (Straw Dogs)
• Evelyn Cross Mulwray (Chinatown)
• Frank Lucas (American Gangster)
• Gary Sinise
• George Hamilton
• Hicks (Aliens)
• Gordon (Aliens)
• Hartigan (Sin City)
• Helen Hunt
• Jack Palance
• Jacqueline Bouvier (Simpsons)
• Jet Black (Cowboy Bebop)
• Julia Roberts
• Katie Cox (Burn After Reading)
• Kirk Douglas
• Leela (Futurama)
• Lucius Vorenus (Rome)
• Mace Mason (Strange Days)
• Major John Scott (Straw Dogs)
• Malcolm McDowell
• Mama Montana (Scarface)
• Maureen McCormick
• Michael Rappaport
• Michael Sullivan (played by Tom Hanks in Road to Perdition)
• Mr. Martin (hero of James Thurber’s Sitting in the Catbird Seat)
• Nikolai Luzhin (Eastern Promises)
• Nick Carraway (Great Gatsby)
• Ra’s Al Ghul (Batman Begins)
• Solomon Vandy (Blood Diamond)
• Walter Kovacs as Rorschach (The Watchmen)

Athletes

• Cathy Rigby
• Evander Holyfield, Heavyweight boxing champion
• Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Olympic athlete)

Other Famous ISTJs

• Rosalyn Carter
• Sam Donaldson
• Sparky Anderson (Baseball coach)
• Wilford Brimley
• Will Mellor
• William Sadler
• John Scheider
• Johnny Carson
• Terrence Stamp
• Thomas (Christ’s disciple)
• Everett McGill
• Falconer Abraham
• Francois Berleand
• Kris Kristofferson
• Kristy Young
• Peter Snow
• Henry Silva
• Gordon Matthew Sumner (“Sting”)
• Gordon Ramsey
• Michael Peter Balzary

Fictional ISTJs

• Akira (Simpsons)
• Angel Eyes (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)
• Bruce Wayne (Batman in Batman Begins)
• Cliff Clavin (Cheers)
• Dallas (Alien)
• Darth Vader
• Don Brodka (Try & Save security guard in Simpsons)
• Dwight (Sin City)
• Clint Eastwood playing Frankie Dunn plays in Million Dollar Baby
• Eddie (Simpsons)
• Eeyore (Winnie the Pooh)
• Fred Mertz (I Love Lucy)
• General Yevgraf Zhivago (Doctor Zhivago)
• Jason Bourne (Played by Matt Damon in Bourne Identity and entire Bourne Series)
• Jeffrey Lebowski (The Big Lebowski)
• Joe Friday (Jack Webb)
• Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest)
• Obi Wan Kenobi
• Patty & Selma Bouvier (Simpsons)
• Principal Skinner (Simpsons)
• Puddleglum, the marshwiggle (Chronicles of Narnia)
• Rabbi Krustofsky (Simpsons)

These Web site were very helpful for this article:

KnowYourType, TypeLogic, MyPersonality, Socionics, Personality-Tests,  Myers Briggs Personalities and SimilarMinds

I found these books useful:

• Introduction to Type
• The Art of Speedreading People

If you are enjoying the 16 Myers-Briggs Personality Types, you may also enjoy The 9 Enneagram Personality Types.

Note: If you want to read about all personality types, please go to The 16 Personality Types. If you want to learn your personality type, please go to take the Personality Type Test or one of these more sophisticated Myers Briggs Career Personality Tests.