A hermit is someone who prefers to live alone, distancing oneself from all civilization. This reclusive lifestyle tends to make hermits seem like crackpots, and let's be honest... they kinda are. They enjoy unkempt facial hair, fishing by the stream, eating beans right out of the can and crapping in the woods. Not a bad life, all things considered.
Actor Gene Hackman made an uncredited appearance in the 1974 comedy Young Frankenstein playing a blind hermit.
On The Walking Dead, Rick Grimes, Daryl Dixon and Oscar busted up into a hermit's shack to escape from some walkers. The undead broke through however and the hermit was killed. The undead broke through however and the hermit was killed. (WD: When the Dead Come Knocking)