Get some heavy duty styling creme/wax (not sure what the English name for it is). The one you're looking for is often tagged as 'out of bed' look, because you'll need it with your hair. How do I know? Because it looks like you got the same hair as I do - lots and lots of fine hair that drops down like a brick.

Try out some of the cheaper brands (the brand of the store you're shopping at are often cheaper for example) to get an idea of what you'll need and what you like. You'll find that you want your hair a bit shorter than in the first few pictures, especially weeded out a bit by a proper hairdresses, and then you can do tons with the right styling product. The last pic 'works', but you can do way way way better.

Just my two cents, because I think you can do LOADS with what you have. You just need to do it.

edit - one look you can sport is getting it pretty short, but still with some volume and styling the front to the side (either right or left, but stick with it as you'll need to get a haircut for it and with a good hairdresser, you can simply wash your hair and have it fall into shape, meaning you don't need to put much crap into it for the first two-three weeks.) More daring would be to flip it all back, but you'd probably need loads of gel to get it like that, which seems a bit much for someone with no experience with styling his hair.