Paul Sheldon

Paul Sheldon

Paul Sheldon is the main protagonist of Stephen King's 1987 horror novel Misery and the 1990 horror film adaption of the novel's same name. He is a romance novelist whose #1 fan, Annie Wilkes, is a villain. He wrote a successful novel series which involves a woman named Misery Chastain. He is portrayed by James Caan in the film.

Finally, at the end, eighteen months after killing Annie, he is able to walk with the help of a cane. However, in a restaurant, when a waitress tells him she's his number one fan, he accepts this compliment, but he is uncomfortable about it because he imagines her as Annie.