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Richard Harrow
Richard Harrow is the disfigured World War I sniper and hitman of HBO's Boardwalk Empire, played by Jack Huston, half his face hidden by a tin mask; introduced in season 1, promoted to series regular, killed in the season 4 finale.
Richard Webber
Richard Webber is a fictional general surgeon on Grey's Anatomy, played by James Pickens Jr. since 2005, serving as Chief of Surgery at Seattle Grace Hospital.
Richie Jerimovich
Richard "Richie" Jerimovich, also "Cousin" or "Little Felon," is a fictional character in FX's The Bear, played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach; manager of The Beef turned front-of-house partner, Emmy-winning role.
Rick Grimes
Rick Grimes is the sheriff's deputy protagonist of The Walking Dead comic (2003, Robert Kirkman) and the AMC TV series played by Andrew Lincoln; he wakes from a coma into a zombie apocalypse, leads survivors, dies in comic issue #192, exits TV in Season 9, and returns in The Ones Who Live (2024).
Rick Sanchez
Rick Sanchez (Rick C-137) is the alcoholic, nihilistic genius scientist and co-protagonist of Adult Swim's Rick and Morty (2013–present), created by Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, voiced by Roiland then Ian Cardoni, traveling the multiverse with Morty via portal gun.
Ripley (TV series)
Ripley is Steven Zaillian's eight-episode 2024 Netflix limited series adapting Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley, starring Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, and Johnny Flynn, shot in black and white by Robert Elswit, winner of four Emmys and a Peabody Award.
Rita Bennett
Rita Bennett, later Rita Morgan, is a fictional character by Jeff Lindsay in the Dexter novels and Showtime series, Dexter Morgan's wife played by Julie Benz, murdered by the Trinity Killer in the season 4 finale.
River Song (Doctor Who)
River Song (Melody Pond), a Doctor Who character created by Steven Moffat and played by Alex Kingston: archaeologist, the Doctor's wife and assassin, meeting him in reverse timeline order, from 2008's Silence in the Library to Big Finish audio dramas.
Ro Laren
Ro Laren, Bajoran Starfleet officer in Star Trek played by Michelle Forbes; first franchise Bajoran, debuted TNG 1991 'Ensign Ro', defected to the Maquis in 'Preemptive Strike', returned as a Commander in Picard season 3.
Robbie Rotten
Robbie Rotten (Glanni Glæpur) is the main antagonist of the Icelandic children's series LazyTown, played by Stefán Karl Stefánsson; an underground, disguise-wearing inventor whose song "We Are Number One" became a 2016 meme.
Robert Goren
Robert 'Bobby' Goren is the fictional NYPD Major Case Squad detective in Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001-2011), played by Vincent D'Onofrio, created by René Balcer as a Sherlock Holmes-style, head-tilting genius partnered with Alexandra Eames.
Robert Romano (ER)
Robert "Rocket" Romano is a fictional surgeon on the NBC medical drama ER, played by Paul McCrane, who becomes chief of surgery and chief of staff at County General.
Robin (character)
Robin is Batman's DC Comics sidekick, debuting April 1940 in Detective Comics #38 (Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson). The mantle passed through Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, and Damian Wayne, each later adopting identities like Nightwing and Red Hood.
RoboCop (franchise)
RoboCop is an American media franchise centered on a cyborg Detroit policeman, starting with Paul Verhoeven's 1987 R-rated film written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner, continuing through RoboCop 2 (1990), RoboCop 3 (1993), and the 2014 José Padilha remake, plus TV series, comics, and games, now owned by Amazon MGM Studios.
Rocky the Flying Squirrel
Rocky the Flying Squirrel (Rocket J. Squirrel) is the Jay Ward cartoon flying squirrel, partner of Bullwinkle J. Moose, voiced by June Foray, starring in Rocky and His Friends (1959) and The Bullwinkle Show (1961-64), 326 episodes.
Roger Sterling
Roger Sterling Jr. is the fictional senior partner and accounts executive of Sterling Cooper on AMC's Mad Men (2007-2015), played by John Slattery in four Emmy-nominated seasons. Son of co-founder Roger Sterling Sr., he inherits the Lucky Strike account and embodies the show's older, wealthy establishment generation.
Romana (Doctor Who)
Romana (Romanadvoratrelundar) is a Time Lady companion of the Fourth Doctor in Doctor Who, played by Mary Tamm (1978-79) then Lalla Ward (1979-81); assigned by the White Guardian for the Key to Time quest, later President of Gallifrey in Big Finish audios.
Romulan
Romulans: fictional Star Trek alien species, an offshoot of Vulcans who rejected Surak's logic and founded the Romulan Star Empire on Romulus and Remus, known for cloaking devices, the Tal Shiar, and the 2387 supernova that destroyed their homeworld.
Ronin (Marvel Comics)
Ronin is a masked vigilante identity in Marvel Comics, first worn by Maya Lopez (Echo) in New Avengers #11 (2005) and later by Clint Barton in New Avengers #27; other users include Red Guardian and Blade, and Clint used it in Avengers: Endgame.
Ronon Dex
Ronon Dex, the Satedan warrior played by Jason Momoa in Stargate Atlantis; a former Wraith "Runner" from planet Sateda, introduced in "Runner" (2005), who joined Atlantis Reconnaissance 1 as Aiden Ford's replacement.
Rory Williams
Rory Williams is a fictional Doctor Who companion, a nurse and husband of Amy Pond, played by Arthur Darvill (2010–2012) alongside the Eleventh Doctor; known for dying and returning, the 2,000-year Last Centurion vigil, and departing in The Angels Take Manhattan.
Rose Tyler
Rose Tyler is a Doctor Who companion played by Billie Piper, first appearing in "Rose" (2005) as the Ninth Doctor's companion; companion to the Ninth and Tenth Doctors, separated at the Battle of Canary Wharf, later subject of the Dimension Cannon audio series.
Rosita Espinosa
Rosita Espinosa is a Walking Dead survivor introduced in comic #53 (2008) and played by Christian Serratos from TV season 4; known for Abraham romance, the failed Negan shooting, and her season 11 finale death.
Ruby (Supernatural)
Ruby (Supernatural) is a demon in the TV series Supernatural, played by Katie Cassidy (season 3) and Genevieve Cortese/Padalecki (season 4, 15.13), who manipulated Sam into killing Lilith to free Lucifer and was killed by Dean.
Ruby Sunday
Ruby Sunday is a fictional Doctor Who companion, the Fifteenth Doctor's first companion, played by Millie Gibson; a foundling left at a church on Christmas Eve 2004, debuting in The Church on Ruby Road (2023).
Rue Bennett
Rue Bennett (Ruby Bennett), protagonist and narrator of HBO's Euphoria played by Zendaya, a biracial teen navigating drug addiction, grief, and bipolar disorder; created by Sam Levinson from his own addiction experience; dies of an overdose in the season 3 finale.
Rupert Giles
Rupert Giles, also Rupert Edmund Giles, is the fictional Watcher, Sunnydale High librarian, and mentor of Buffy Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), played by Anthony Stewart Head; known for his Ripper past and unmade BBC spin-off.
Rural purge
The rural purge was the mass cancellation of rural-themed television series, chiefly by CBS in 1971, to make way for shows aimed at younger, urban viewers.
Rust Cohle
Rustin "Rust" Cohle is the fictional Louisiana homicide detective played by Matthew McConaughey in True Detective season 1 (2014), created by Nic Pizzolatto; known for pessimist monologues, the "Tax Man" nickname, and "time is a flat circle".
Ryan Atwood
Ryan Atwood (later Ryan Atwood-Cohen) is the fictional protagonist of Fox's teen drama The O.C. (2003-2007), played by Ben McKenzie: a troubled teen from Chino, California taken in by the Cohen family, whose romance with Marissa Cooper and eventual career as an architect anchor the series.