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Andrea Terry
Chef Andrea Terry is a fictional chef on FX's The Bear, played by Olivia Colman; owner of the three-Michelin-star Chicago restaurant Ever, mentor to Carmy and Richie, central to the episode "Forks."
Daphne Moon
Daphne Moon (later Daphne Crane) is the fictional Manchester-born physical therapist played by Jane Leeves on Frasier (NBC, 1993–2004), caretaker to Martin Crane and object of Niles Crane's long unrequited love, culminating in their season-10 marriage.
David Brent
David Brent is the fictional office manager played by Ricky Gervais in the BBC mockumentary The Office (2001–2003), boss of Wernham Hogg's Slough branch, prototype of Michael Scott, and later star of the film Life on the Road.
David Rose (Schitt's Creek)
David Rose is the pansexual eldest Rose child in Schitt's Creek (2015–2020), played by co-creator Dan Levy, famous for the wine analogy, Rose Apothecary with Patrick Brewer, and the show's 2020 Emmy sweep.
Domingo (Saturday Night Live)
Domingo is a recurring SNL character played by Marcello Hernández, debuting in the "Bridesmaid Speech" sketch (October 12, 2024, Ariana Grande episode), which parodies Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" and became season 50's most-watched sketch.
Doña Clotilde
Doña Clotilde, La Bruja del 71 (Bruxa do 71), a fictional vecindad neighbor in El Chavo del Ocho, played by Angelines Fernández, feared as a witch by the children and in unrequited love with Don Ramón.
General Lee (car)
The General Lee is the orange 1969 Dodge Charger of The Dukes of Hazzard (CBS, 1979–1985), with "01" doors, Confederate roof flag, and Dixie horn; over 300 were wrecked in stunts, about 19 survive, and Lee 1 sold to Bubba Watson in 2012.
Georgia Miller (character)
Georgia Miller, born Mary Reilly, is the fictional mother in Netflix's Ginny & Georgia, played by Brianne Howey (Nikki Roumel as teen Georgia): an abuse survivor, serial alias-user, and murderer acquitted in Season 3 and revealed pregnant.
Geraldine Jones (character)
Geraldine Jones, Flip Wilson's drag alter ego on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In and The Flip Wilson Show (NBC, 1970-74), a sassy Black woman character famous for "The devil made me do it" and "What you see is what you get."
Ginger Grant
Ginger Grant, also called simply Ginger, is the fictional Hollywood movie star stranded on Gilligan's Island (CBS, 1964-1967), played by Tina Louise after Kit Smythe's pilot version and Jayne Mansfield's declined offer, later recast as Judith Baldwin and Constance Forslund.
Gomez Addams
Gomez Addams is the patriarch of Charles Addams's Addams Family, unnamed in 1938 New Yorker cartoons until the 1964 ABC sitcom; played by John Astin, Raúl Julia, Oscar Isaac, and Luis Guzmán, devoted husband of Morticia.
Jackie Chiles
Jackie Chiles is the fictional Seinfeld attorney played by Phil Morris, a parody of Johnnie Cochran introduced in "The Maestro" (1995), featured in the series finale and a proposed 1999 spinoff.
José Jiménez (character)
José Jiménez, also Jose Jimenez, is a comedic Latino immigrant character created and played by Bill Dana on The Steve Allen Show from November 23, 1959, famous for "My name, José Jiménez," the astronaut routine, The Bill Dana Show (1963–1965), and his 1970 retirement amid stereotyping controversy.
Kristine Kochanski
Kristine Kochanski is the Red Dwarf navigation officer and Dave Lister's lost love in Red Dwarf, played by Clare Grogan (Series I, II, VI) and by Chloë Annett (Series VII onward) as a parallel-universe version who joins the regular cast.
List of Shameless (American TV series) characters
List of Shameless (American TV series) characters: the Gallagher family of Showtime's 2011-2021 adaptation, Frank, Fiona, Lip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, Liam, plus Kev, Veronica, and the Milkoviches, with cast, recasts, and finale fates.
List of The Bear characters
Characters of The Bear: Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), Sydney Adamu, Richie Jerimovich, Sugar, Mikey, Donna, Uncle Jimmy, and the Beef kitchen crew.
List of The Wonder Years characters
List of The Wonder Years characters covers both series versions: the 1988-1993 ABC original (Kevin Arnold, the Arnold family, Winnie Cooper, Paul Pfeiffer, narrator Daniel Stern) and the 2021-2023 reboot (Dean Williams, the Williams family of Montgomery, Alabama, narrator Don Cheadle), with actors and recurring roles.
Logan Roy
Logan Roy is the fictional media magnate of HBO's Succession, played by Brian Cox, who built Waystar Royco, a Murdoch-like empire with the ATN network, and died in Season 4 Episode 3.
Luca (The Bear)
Luca (The Bear): fictional Copenhagen pastry chef in FX's The Bear, played by Will Poulter; first appears in S2E4 "Honeydew", mentors Marcus, returns in seasons 3 and 4, Emmy-nominated.
Lurch (The Addams Family)
Lurch is the towering, mostly silent butler of Charles Addams' Addams Family, famous for "You rang?", first played by 6'9" Ted Cassidy on the 1964 ABC series, later by George Burcea and Joonas Suotamo in Netflix's Wednesday.
Mikey Berzatto
Michael "Mikey" Berzatto is Jon Bernthal's character in FX's The Bear: the eldest Berzatto sibling and owner of The Original Beef of Chicagoland, whose suicide before Season 1 leaves the shop to Carmy and drives the series, depicted in "Fishes" and the 2026 prequel "Gary".
Miranda Hobbes
Miranda Hobbes, played by Cynthia Nixon, is the cynical lawyer of HBO's Sex and the City and its sequel And Just Like That..., wife of Steve Brady, mother of Brady, and later divorced with a queer awakening.
Rebecca Howe
Rebecca Howe is the fictional manager of the Cheers bar in seasons 6–11 (1987–1993) of NBC's sitcom Cheers, played by Kirstie Alley; Alley won the 1991 Emmy and a Golden Globe for the role.
Rodney Trotter
Rodney Trotter (Rodney Charlton Trotter, "Rodders") is the younger brother of Del Boy in BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, played by Nicholas Lyndhurst 1981–2003 and 2014; married Cassandra, Trigger calls him Dave.
Sam Malone
Sam "Mayday" Malone is the fictional former Boston Red Sox relief pitcher and recovering alcoholic who owns the bar in NBC's Cheers (1982–1993), played by Ted Danson; he reappeared on Frasier in 1995.
Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane is the bumbling, corrupt sheriff of fictional Hazzard County, Georgia, played by James Best on The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979 to 1985.
Sookie St. James
Sookie St. James is the fictional chef from Gilmore Girls, played by Melissa McCarthy; best friend and later Dragonfly Inn co-owner of Lorelai Gilmore, married to Jackson Belleville, largely absent from the 2016 revival.
Sweeps (The Bear)
Gary "Sweeps" Woods, played by Corey Hendrix, is a supporting character in FX's The Bear; a utility player at the Original Beef who becomes its sommelier, with a backstory as a Cubs farm-team player.
Tina Marrero
Tina Marrero (Bettina "Tina" Marrero) is a fictional line cook turned sous-chef on FX's The Bear, created by Christopher Storer and played by Liza Colón-Zayas; the role won Colón-Zayas a 2024 Emmy, the first for a Latina in the supporting comedy category.
Uncle Albert
Uncle Albert (Albert Gladstone Trotter), fictional Only Fools and Horses character played by Buster Merryfield from 1985 to 1996; Grandad's brother, great uncle of Del Boy and Rodney, famed for the catchphrase "During the war...".