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Jonas Kahnwald
Jonas Kahnwald, protagonist of Netflix's German time-travel thriller Dark, played by Louis Hofmann; his older selves are The Stranger and Adam, 33 years apart.
Kate Bishop (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Kate Bishop (MCU) is the Hailee Steinfeld character introduced in Disney+'s Hawkeye (2021), a 22-year-old archer inspired by the 2012 Battle of New York who becomes Clint Barton's protégée and successor; adapted from the 2005 Young Avengers heroine.
Kimberly Hart
Kimberly Ann Hart, the original Pink Ranger of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1995), played by Amy Jo Johnson; Pterodactyl Power Coin, Power Bow, later the Ranger Slayer and Pink comics.
Lassie
Lassie, also known from Lassie Come Home, is a fictional female Rough Collie created by Eric Knight in 1938, played on screen since 1943 only by male descendants of the dog Pal.
Laura Palmer
Laura Palmer: fictional homecoming queen of David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks, played by Sheryl Lee, whose murder and secret life drive the series, the 1992 film Fire Walk with Me, and the 2017 revival.
Lionel Luthor
Lionel Luthor is the Smallville TV character, father of Lex Luthor, created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (pilot, 2001), played by John Glover in 141 episodes, LuthorCorp founder/CEO, distinct from comic Lex's father Jules Thorul.
List of Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series) and Galactica 1980 characters
Character list for Battlestar Galactica (1978) and Galactica 1980: Adama, Apollo, Starbuck, Baltar, Boomer, Sheba, Serina, Cain, the Cylons, and the sequel's Troy, Dillon, Jamie Hamilton, and Dr. Zee.
List of characters in the Life on Mars franchise
Characters of the Life on Mars franchise: Sam Tyler, Gene Hunt, Annie Cartwright, Ray Carling, Chris Skelton in 1973 Manchester, and Ashes to Ashes leads Alex Drake, Jim Keats, and Martin Summers in 1980s London.
List of House of Cards (American TV series) characters
Characters of House of Cards, the Netflix political drama (2013–2018) created by Beau Willimon from the BBC series and Michael Dobbs's novel. Covers Frank and Claire Underwood, Doug Stamper, Zoe Barnes, Peter Russo, and the Shepherds of the final season.
List of Industry characters
Characters of Industry (HBO/BBC, 2020), the Mickey Down and Konrad Kay banking drama set at fictional Pierpoint & Co: Harper Stern, Yasmin Kara-Hanani, Robert Spearing, Eric Tao, Rishi Ramdani, Henry Muck, Whitney Halberstram, and Hayley Clay, with actors and season-by-season casting changes.
List of Peaky Blinders characters
List of Peaky Blinders characters: the Shelby family of the BBC crime drama, led by Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy), with Polly Gray, Arthur, John, Ada, Grace Burgess, Alfie Solomons, plus film and sequel-series characters Duke and Charles Shelby.
List of The Pitt characters
The Pitt characters: HBO Max medical drama cast list. Noah Wyle's Dr. Robby, Dana Evans (Katherine LaNasa), residents Santos, McKay, King, Mohan, Langdon, Collins, med students Whitaker and Javadi, plus season 2 addition Dr. Al-Hashimi.
List of Wednesday characters
Wednesday characters: Netflix series by Gough and Millar, Tim Burton-directed, set at Nevermore Academy, Jericho, Vermont. Cast includes Jenna Ortega (Wednesday), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Morticia), Emma Myers (Enid), Hunter Doohan (Tyler, the Hyde), Christina Ricci (Thornhill), plus Season 2 and 3 newcomers.
Louis Litt
Louis Litt is the fictional lawyer played by Rick Hoffman in Suits (2011–2019), a tax-law partner who manages the associates, rivals Harvey Specter, marries Sheila Sazs, and returns in Suits LA.
Marie Moreau
Marie Moreau is the hemokinetic protagonist of Gen V, the college spin-off of The Boys, played by Jaz Sinclair; her blood powers emerged at her first period, and she later appeared briefly in The Boys season 5 after Gen V's cancellation.
Mel King (The Pitt)
Mel King (Dr. Melissa King) is a fictional second-year, later third-year, emergency medicine resident on HBO Max's The Pitt, played by Taylor Dearden. A neurodivergent doctor and caregiver for her autistic twin sister Becca, she is The Pitt's acclaimed portrayal of workplace neurodivergence.
Mike Ross (character)
Mike Ross (Michael James Ross) is the fictional lawyer played by Patrick J. Adams in Suits (2011–2019): a college dropout with a photographic memory hired by Harvey Specter despite lacking any law degree, later imprisoned for fraud, then married to Rachel Zane and leading a Seattle legal clinic.
Mike Wheeler (Stranger Things)
Mike Wheeler, played by Finn Wolfhard, is the de facto leader of the Party in Netflix's Stranger Things (2016–2025); friend of Will, Dustin, and Lucas, love interest of Eleven, Dungeon Master, returning leader in season 5.
Philippa Georgiou
Philippa Georgiou, also Emperor Philippa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centaurius, is a Star Trek character played by Michelle Yeoh: Prime Universe USS Shenzhou captain, Mirror Universe Terran Emperor, and Section 31 operative.
Preston Burke
Preston Burke is a fictional cardiothoracic surgeon on Grey's Anatomy, played by Isaiah Washington in seasons 1-3 and 10. He left Cristina Yang at the altar, won a Harper Avery, founded the Klausman Institute in Zurich, and exited when Washington was fired in 2007.
Rassilon
Rassilon is a Doctor Who character, one of the founders of Time Lord society on Gallifrey and its Lord President. First mentioned in The Deadly Assassin (1976), seen in The Five Doctors, The End of Time (Timothy Dalton) and Hell Bent (Donald Sumpter).
Raymond Reddington
Raymond "Red" Reddington, played by James Spader, is the criminal-mastermind protagonist of NBC's The Blacklist (2013–2023), an FBI informant whose true identity, including the Katarina Rostova implication, stays unresolved until his death in the 2023 finale.
Robin Buckley
Robin Buckley is a fictional character from Netflix's Stranger Things, played by Maya Hawke; introduced in season 3 at Scoops Ahoy, the show's first openly gay character, later a Smith College student in the finale.
Saru (Star Trek: Discovery)
Saru (Star Trek: Discovery), Kelpien Starfleet officer played by Doug Jones; first Kelpien in Starfleet, from Kaminar; chief science officer, first officer, captain, and later Federation ambassador who marries T'Rina.
Sonic screwdriver
The sonic screwdriver is the Doctor's multipurpose tool in Doctor Who, first seen in Fury from the Deep (1968). Powered by ultrasonic waves, it picks locks, scans, and repairs, but fails on wood and deadlock seals; at least ten Doctor-owned versions have appeared on screen.
Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
Ted Wheeler is a fictional character in Netflix's Stranger Things: the oblivious husband of Karen and father of Mike, Nancy, and Holly Wheeler in Hawkins, Indiana, played by Joe Chrest in all five seasons (2016–2025).
The Deep (The Boys)
The Deep (Kevin Moskowitz) is the Aquaman parody of The Seven in Prime Video's The Boys, played by Chace Crawford; gilled, fish-talking, disgraced for assaulting Starlight, and killed by sea creatures in the 2026 series finale.
The Doctor (Star Trek)
The Doctor is Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH) in Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001), played by Robert Picardo. Created by Lewis Zimmerman, he gains a 29th-century mobile emitter, the ECH command role, and hologram rights.
The Frenchman (The Boys)
The Frenchman, called Frenchie (real name Serge), is a character from Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's comic The Boys and its Prime Video adaptation, played by Tomer Capone; the team's chemist and weapons maker, killed by Homelander in the series' penultimate episode.
The Man from Another Place
The Man from Another Place is the red-suited dwarf figure of Twin Peaks' Red Room, played by Michael J. Anderson, who speaks backward-recorded dialogue and identifies himself in Fire Walk with Me as MIKE's severed arm.