List Of Heroes Characters

This is a list of fictional characters in the television series ''Heroes'', the ''Heroes'' graphic novels, and the ''Heroes'' webisodes.

Main characters

Character duration

In its inaugural season, ''Heroes'' featured an ensemble cast of twelve main characters. During the first season, the NBC ''Heroes'' cast page listed ten characters among the cast; Leonard Roberts arrived later, and Jack Coleman was promoted to series regular as of the eleventh episode.

For the second season of the show, Santiago Cabrera, Tawny Cypress, and Leonard Roberts left the main cast. Zachary Quinto and James Kyson Lee, who were recurring characters in the first season, were added to the main cast, and were joined by new cast members David Anders, Kristen Bell, Dana Davis and Dania Ramirez. Anders was originally meant to be a recurring character, but was promoted to a series regular prior to the start of the season. He is credited as a guest star for the first four episodes of season two.

For the third season, Cristine Rose, recurring in the first two seasons, was promoted to series regular. David Anders, Kristen Bell, and Noah Gray-Cabey were taken off the main cast and become special guest stars. Additionally, Dana Davis was no longer part of the main cast, with scenes involving her in the third season being cut.

For the fourth season, a new character Samuel Sullivan (portrayed by Robert Knepper) was added as a series regular. Originally cast as a recurring part, the part had been changed to a starring role. Dania Remirez left the main cast as well.

Character profiles

Other characters with special abilities

Introduced in Season One

Charlie Andrews

Charlene "Charlie" Andrews, portrayed by Jayma Mays (with K Callan playing an elderly Charlie in one episode), is a waitress at the Burnt Toast Diner in Midland, Texas, where Hiro Nakamura and Ando Masahashi stop to eat on their road trip to New York. After she reveals to Hiro that she had recently developed the ability to quickly memorize and recall any information with great accuracy in a seemingly unlimited volume, Sylar murders her in the diner's storeroom, removing her brain in the same manner as his other victims. Charlie and Hiro's relationship is the subject of the novel '' Heroes: Saving Charlie''. During ''Six Months Ago'', after accidentally traveling back in time six months while trying to save her life, Hiro steadily falls in love with her and she with him and she teaches him English. However, Charlie has a blood clot in her brain that will eventually turn into an aneurysm and kill her making her death inevitable no matter what Hiro does. He is unwillingly returned to his own time, depressed over his inability to save Charlie which affects his powers for the rest of the season. In season 4, after learning that he is dying, Hiro becomes determined once more to save Charlie, referring to her as his true love and seeing his failure to save her as his biggest mistake. In ''Once Upon a Time In Texas'', Hiro returns to the day of Charlie's murder to attempt to save her despite Samuel Sullivan warning against him messing with time as that day and time is a confluence of important events. Hiro is able to stop Sylar and send his past self back six months to ensure their relationship. However, after the two are reunited, Charlie's blood clot starts to develop into an aneurysm and she comes close to dying. Desperate, Hiro enlists Sylar's help to save her in exchange for information on his personal future. Sylar removes Charlie's blood clot through her left eye, saving her life, but Charlie is horrified by what Hiro tells Sylar of his future and that he'd save her instead of all those other people Sylar killed. Charlie storms out, but eventually returns to Hiro. She is then kidnapped by Arnold on the orders of Samuel Sullivan and displaced in time to force Hiro to cooperate. In "Brave New World", Hiro is finally reunited with Charlie, now an old woman who is dying of old age. She reveals the location and date she was transported to, but refuses Hiro's offer to go back in time and retrieve her as she has lived a wonderful life. Accepting this, Hiro says a final goodbye to Charlie and teleports away with Ando to stop Samuel.

Charles Deveaux

Charles Deveaux, portrayed by Richard Roundtree, is the wealthy father of Simone Deveaux, and one of the founding members of the Company. He owns the Deveaux Society, which opened with the goal to "fund causes that bettered the world", and the Deveaux Building, the rooftop of which is a frequently visited location in the series. At the beginning of the series, he is under Peter Petrelli's care due to his failing health, and he has recently lapsed into a coma. Charles believes that Peter is "like a son" to him, and that Peter's love and compassion can change the world, as opposed to his former partners' methods. In " Nothing to Hide", Charles and Peter telepathically share a dream in which they fly. After he awakens, he tells Simone about the dream and dies soon after. In "How To Stop An Exploding Man", Peter has a dream where he witnesses Charles discussing the explosion with his mother, seemingly shortly after Peter became his nurse. Charles then addresses Peter directly, telling Peter he can save the world because he can love. He then calls to Peter's past self who takes him away, telling the past Peter to call him Charles rather than Mr. Deveaux. In "1961", a younger Charles appears at Coyote Sands with Bob Bishop and Daniel Linderman. The trio meet and befriend Angela Petrelli and Charles is revealed to be telepathic. The group flees before the massacre at Coyote Sands and vow to form a Company to protect people like them from that ever happening again.

Hana Gitelman

Hana Gitelman ( he, חנה גיטלמן) is introduced in a four-part arc of the ''Heroes'' graphic novels. She made small, on-screen appearances in the series (played by Stana Katic) during " Unexpected" and "Five Years Gone", but has primarily featured in supplemental material. Hana has the ability to act as a living electronic transmitter and receiver, capable of intercepting and interpreting virtually any form of electronic signal and transmitting coherent signals of any type through thought alone. E-mail, text messages, and phone calls are all simple for her to receive and reproduce if necessary.

Meredith Gordon

Meredith Gordon, portrayed by Jessalyn Gilsig, is the biological mother of Claire Bennet and the older sister of Flint Gordon. Like her younger brother, Meredith has pyrokinetic abilities, which both enable her to create fire from her body and grant her immunity to the effects of it. Died in explosion by Sylar.

The Haitian

The Haitian, portrayed by Jimmy Jean-Louis, has the ability to erase peoples' memories as well as suppress the abilities of others' around him within a certain radius/area of himself. Noah Bennett uses his powers to his advantage as the Haitian works for him. For instance, in Season 1, Noah directs the Haitian to remove everyone's memories that are aware of his daughter Claire's ability to spontaneously regenerate. In the alternate futures of Seasons 1 and 3, the Haitian works for the enemy, helping Future Claire kill Future Peter in "I Am Become Death" and blocking Hiro's abilities so he cannot flee in "Five Years Gone" before being killed by Future Mohinder. The Haitian is killed in "Odessa" in self-defense by Noah Bennet.

Paulette Hawkins

Paulette Hawkins, portrayed by Tina Lifford, is the mother of D. L. Hawkins, and Micah's grandmother. Her relationship to Niki is tense, questioning her ability to raise Micah. In "One Giant Leap", she defends D. L. in front of Niki. Paulette is convinced that D. L. was framed for killing his crew. She is not seen again until " The Kill Squad, Part 3" where it is revealed that she has the power to enhance other people's abilities and had become a thorn in the Company's side and was locked in one of the five levels.

Sanjog Iyer

Sanjog Iyer, portrayed by Javin Reid, is an Indian boy whom Chandra Suresh had been observing prior to leaving for New York. Chandra's notes described Iyer as having a genetic marker allowing the boy to enter people's dreams, where he acts as a "spirit guide" of sorts. He appears in visions that Mohinder Suresh experiences after returning to India with his father's ashes. After Mohinder finds Sanjog, he explains to Mohinder that he does not enter the dreams of others, but that they instead come to him. Sanjog subsequently appears in several ''Heroes'' graphic novels, showing visions of the past to various individuals. In an interview with Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite, they state that Sanjog's character was considered for the storyline involving Molly and her nightmare man, Maury Parkman. However, the idea was scrapped for reasons they did not reveal.

Daniel Linderman

Daniel Linderman, portrayed by Malcolm McDowell, has the ability to heal the injuries and illnesses of living organisms; this includes healing the "scars" created by mental manipulation, thereby allowing him to restore lost memories and remove implanted thoughts. He served in the U.S. Army with Arthur Petrelli, whom he ended up healing from the brink of death, in the Vietnam War under the code name "Austin". After the war, Daniel found himself living a nomadic, solitary existence. Though he occasionally drowned his sorrows in alcohol, nothing eased the pain of his war memories. Then he met Linda Tavara, whom he thought he could trust his secret with, but he ended up killing her in self-defense; Linda's list led him to reunite with Arthur. He eventually became a reputed mobster, and founder of Linderman Corporation under the guidance of Adam Monroe. He acts as one of the main villains of ''Genesis'' before being killed by D. L. Hawkins for threatening his family. In the "spirit walk" of ''Villains'', it is revealed that Arthur was the one who ordered Nathan's accident, not Linderman and that Linderman was disturbed by Arthur's treatment of his wife. Despite his evil ways, Linderman still possessed a shred of decency inside him and healed the damage done to Angela's mind so she'd know the truth about what Arthur was doing.

Eden McCain

Eden McCain, portrayed by Nora Zehetner, is a Company operative with the power of persuasion, to control others through verbal communication. Born "Sarah Ellis", her father left her to live with her stepmother at an early age, which caused her stepmother to blame her for her father's actions and to abuse her for it. She discovered her power after saying "I wish you'd just die!" to her stepmother, which caused her heart to instantly stop beating. She headed west, adopted her new name, and began living selfishly until being taken in by Noah Bennet and the Haitian, who persuaded her to work with them. On Noah's orders, she moved in near Chandra Suresh and befriended him in order to remove Claire Bennet's name from the list of posthumans. She later attempts to kill Sylar during his imprisonment, but he's able to subjugate her. With no other choice Eden kills herself before Sylar could steal her powers.

Kaito Nakamura

Kaito Nakamura, portrayed by George Takei and Eijiro Ozaki (in a flashback), is a stern and powerful businessman in Japan and the father of Hiro Nakamura. He is the CEO of Yamagato Industries, and he is described as a man with "real power" by his underlings. He is initially very disappointed with Hiro, who does not show any sort of drive, though he eventually comes to respect his son as he develops into a hero. He is one of the founders of the Company. It is revealed in a deleted scene (in the season two DVD boxset) that he has the power of studying a situation and predicting its outcomes, though in the series he never uses this ability.Weiland, Jonah, (October 1, 2007)

, Comic Book Resources. Retrieved on December 31, 2007.

Claude Rains

Claude Rains, portrayed by Christopher Eccleston, is a former employee of the Company and agent alongside Noah Bennet. His real name is unknown; his pseudonym, first used while working for the Company, references the actor who starred in ''The Invisible Man''. A posthuman, he has the ability to turn himself, any personal objects he touches, and other people invisible. Claude's power is limited to the visible spectrum; it does not make him inaudible, nor does it mask his body heat or other such emissions, allowing him to be tracked through thermal imaging or similar methods. Claude guides Peter Petrelli and teaches him how to use his power, however, several powers then begin to overwhelm him at once, until Claude knocks him unconscious. Peter rescues the unconscious Claude by using the power of flight absorbed from his brother Nathan. Later, Claude is so apprehensive of the threat posed by Bennet that he ends his partnership with Peter.

Ted Sprague

Theodore "Ted" Sprague, portrayed by Matthew John Armstrong, has the ability to generate and manipulate radiation, which he only discovers after being abducted by the Haitian. At first, he has very little control over his power and is extremely destructive, causing such harmful side-effects as radiation poisoning, which ends up killing his wife. When he gains better control over his ability, Ted realizes he is also able to produce an EMP when necessary. He was eventually brutally killed by Sylar and his corpse left behind after Sylar caused a car accident that killed his captors and left him hanging upside down by himself.

Brian Davis

Brian Davis, portrayed by David Berman, is an evolved human who has the ability to move things by the use of his mind. Sylar, who stole Davis's contact information from Chandra Suresh, called up Davis and gave him an alias, choosing "Sylar" from the brand name of a watch that he was working on, telling him he can fix his problem. When he revealed his telekinetic ability to Sylar, Davis asked Sylar if he could remove it. Sylar, driven by his aggression and hunger for power killed him and stole his ability, making him the first of several victims.

Zane Taylor

Zane Taylor, portrayed by Ethan Cohn, is the first person to respond to Mohinder's calls when Mohinder resumes his father's research. Zane leaves a phone message on Mohinder's answering machine, inviting him to Virginia Beach to talk; however, Sylar arrives first and impersonates Mohinder. After an anxious Zane displays his ability to liquefy objects, Sylar kills him. When Mohinder arrives later on, Sylar impersonates Zane and demonstrates Zane's power to liquefy the toaster instantly. According to the article reporting his death, Zane is a musician; he is even seen wearing a Ramones T-shirt, which Sylar then wears while impersonating him.

Molly Walker

Molly Walker, portrayed by Adair Tishler, possesses the ability to locate any person in the world using a pin and a map just by thinking of them. She first appears in Episode 2 when her parents are brutally murdered by Sylar when Molly was a young girl. She is then taken into custody by The Company, where it is revealed that she has the same medical condition that killed Mohinder's sister Shanti, which prevents her using her powers. Mohinder treats Molly with antibodies from his own blood, realizing this is the cure. Molly shows that she is healed by locating Matt Parkman on a map. Later, she explains how her power works, and when mentioned, she refers to Sylar as "the boogeyman". She then locates Sylar, giving his location as Isaac's loft. Later, Matt, who went to find Sylar, calls Mohinder to warn him that Sylar may be on his way, though Molly, using her power, says "he's already here." The two escape the building with the help of Niki, D. L. and Micah. In Kirby Plaza, they all witness the bout between Sylar and Peter Petrelli. As paramedics take the wounded Matt away on a stretcher, Molly runs up and asks him not to die, that says that he is her hero.

Molly returns in Season 2, having been adopted by Parkman and Suresh; as a favor to Matt, she locates his father Maury, despite fearing him as the "Nightmare Man" who torments her, she then collapses in shock. Mohinder delivers her to the Company, thinking it would be better for her there. In the Season 2 finale, she is menaced by Sylar, but escapes unharmed; she makes a few brief appearances in Season 3, but eventually disappears from the series without explanation. In the graphic novels, she is shown as having been sent to live with Mohinder's mother in India, hopefully out of harm's way.

In ''Heroes Reborn'', Molly played by Francesca Eastwood, reappears as a young woman who is being used by Erica Kravid to track "evos" after Claire's reveal of their existence. While she is eventually rescued by Noah Bennet, Molly seems to be mentally unstable and refuses to tell Noah anything more than that Claire is dead and that she was part of a group that was doing anything to protect "them", later implied to be Claire's children Nathan (a.k.a. Tommy Clark) and Malina. She then committed suicide to shut down an evo tracking system. In the episode "June 13 — Part 1", she is encountered by Mohinder at the Odessa Peace Summit and he gives her a copy of his research on a coming disaster in case something happens to him. Molly survives the bombing and attempts to help Caspar Abraham locate Claire while Noah is distracted by chasing his own future self. Killed herself while her body was strapped.

Dale Smither

Dale Smither, portrayed by Rusty Schwimmer, is an auto mechanic with the ability of enhanced hearing; she constantly listens to rap music in order to drown out all the sounds which she is exposed to. In " Unexpected", she is contacted by Mohinder and Sylar (posing as Zane Taylor), and is subsequently murdered by Sylar.

Candice Wilmer

Candice Wilmer, portrayed by Missy Peregrym, is an agent of the Company who has the ability to create illusions. She appears in the first two volumes, Genesis and Generations. She can manipulate her own body and a large area around herself, effectively trapping someone if she wishes, and change any detail instantly. She is originally paired with Noah Bennet and is seen using her powers to taunt multiple characters. After Noah's betrayal of the Company is revealed at Candice's hands, she is seen operating on her own. She aides Mr. Linderman in the kidnapping of Micah Sanders in ".07%", and watches after Micah in "Landslide." In "How to Stop an Exploding Man", Candice is confronted and knocked out by Niki Sanders who, with D. L., came to New York for Micah. She is seen hinting at her true obese self in the episode "Landslide". In " Kindred" Candice had assumed the form of a beautiful red-head under the alias of Michelle and is revealed to be tending a wounded and powerless Sylar, who she maintains constantly trapped under her illusions. She reveals to him that she works for the Company and it was she who pulled him off of Kirby Plaza. She is soon afterwards nevertheless attacked and murdered by a frustrated Sylar, who attempts to absorb her illusion's power, but it does not work. After her death, her form reverts to its original self of the overweight woman.

Candice Wilmer's origins are later revealed in the "Betty" graphic novel where it is shown that Candice's true name is actually Betty, a rather plain-looking person in high school, usually dressing in black and hanging out with her friend Ren Metzger. They were bullied by classmates, including cheerleaders and football players. As she endured these emotions, Betty discovered she had the power to create horrific illusions. She first started by growing large pimples on the face of a rival girl gossiping about her in the bathroom. Her friends became horrified only to realize that it vanished. She then targeted Arthur Campbell, creating the illusion of a demon in the form of his father, which drove him to insanity. Immediately others planned to retaliate against the alternative crowd and some of the players beat up Ren. Ren became hospitalized and when Betty showed him her power of illusion, he went into shock and died. Betty retaliated against the entire school during a pep rally when she create the illusion of people melting and exploding into flames. On the road, Betty decided to change her appearance, from an obese "emo" kid to a tall thin lady with a fair complexion, taking on the name of "Candice".

Introduced in Season Two

Bob Bishop

Robert Bishop, portrayed by Stephen Tobolowsky, has the ability of alchemy, allowing him to change the atomic properties of objects into materials such as gold. This can also be used as an offensive weapon; in one instance he turns a man's arm into gold, not only rendering it useless but also causing great pain. Known as Bob to his colleagues, he is one of the twelve members of the group established by Adam Monroe thirty years prior to the events of Kirby Plaza. He directs much of the tracking and capture of targets of the Company and he is their financial source, using his ability to create unlimited amounts of gold and other "resources." Following the death of Linderman at the end of Volume One, he takes over as head of the Company. He is also Elle's father, and though she was trained to work for the Company from birth, he constantly criticizes her actions. Bob is killed by Sylar at the beginning of Volume Three. It is revealed in "1961" that he met Angela Petrelli, Daniel Linderman, and Charles Deveaux while a "prisoner" at Coyote Sands.

Alejandro Herrera

Alejandro Herrera, portrayed by Shalim Ortiz, is the twin brother of Maya Herrera. Alejandro has the ability to absorb and neutralize his sister's poison emission; to do so, he must make physical contact with Maya and calm her down. He is very protective of her even after the initial manifestation of Maya's power kills their friends and his new wife in his native Dominican Republic. When she runs away, he tracks her down and discovers his ability to stop the progression of the poison she emits. They flee the police through Mexico, trying to get to New York in the hope that Mohinder can cure her. Along the way they meet Sylar, who joins them. Maya trusts Sylar, but Alejandro does not, and when Alejandro reveals his intention to force Maya to leave with him, Sylar kills him.

Maury Parkman

Maury Parkman, portrayed by Alan Blumenfeld, is Matt Parkman's father, having abandoned Matt when he was thirteen. He is one of the twelve founders of the Company and, like his son, Maury is a telepath; however, his powers are much more developed than Matt's. Instead of just reading surface thoughts, he can read people's memories and manipulate their perceptions of reality, allowing him to trap people in nightmares based on their deepest fears and insecurities.

Victoria Pratt

Victoria Pratt, portrayed by Joanna Cassidy and Jaime Ray Newman, was a founding member of the Company and biological engineer. In 1977, she met Shanti Suresh and began to do research on the Shanti virus. On Company orders, she experimented on the virus, and weaponized it, creating Strain 138, which is capable of killing 93% of the world's population, including both humans and posthumans. When Monroe attempted to steal the strain, Pratt insisted that the program on the virus be stopped, and the strain destroyed. Kaito Nakamura and the other founders did not agree and locked the virus away at Primatech Paper in Odessa, Texas. Pratt was not happy about the decision. She is killed by Monroe in her house.

West Rosen

West Rosen, portrayed by Nicholas D'Agosto, has the ability to fly. He was abducted by Mr. Bennet and the Haitian for examination prior to the start of the series, though he tried to escape. He saw Mr. Bennet before being recaptured and having his memory wiped, though he still remembers Bennet's glasses. Years later, he and Claire become classmates at Costa Verde High School. They date in season 2 with West eventually learning the truth about his kidnapping. He and Noah Bennet later team up to save Claire, but West breaks up with her when she wants to reveal her powers. In "Let It Bleed" she tells Peter that she and West are now Facebook friends and she calls him so Peter can copy his power as a way of remembering Nathan.

Introduced in Season Three

Bridget Bailey

Bridget Bailey, introduced by the BBC in its mirror of Heroes 360 information and portrayed by Tehmina Sunny, has the ability of psychometry. Her exchanges with Mohinder Suresh were later included on NBC.com as part of Heroes Evolutions. Her first message, entitled "I need some advice", began on July 11, 2007.

Luke Campbell

Luke Campbell, portrayed by Dan Byrd, is a teenage boy with the ability to project microwave beams from his hands. He embarked on a road trip with Sylar in order to find Sylar's biological father. The effects of his power vary from object to object. He is able to melt a figurine, boil liquid from a distance without damaging the mug, and burn a person to death from the inside out.

Eric Doyle

Eric Doyle, portrayed by David H. Lawrence XVII, has the ability of "puppet mastery", which allows him to control the actions of others by manipulating them like a puppeteer. In the webseries "Nowhere Man" he displays control over inanimate objects by closing a door without touching it. He is initially captured by the Company after causing people to seemingly commit suicide with his ability. He later escapes during the confrontation between Elle and Sylar, and returns to running "Doyle's Marionette Theater". He has obsessive romantic feelings for Meredith Gordon, which are renewed after she goes to him fearing that Claire is going to attempt to capture him. Doyle is eventually recaptured after forcing Meredith, Claire and Sandra Bennet to play a variation of Russian roulette, not knowing about Claire's ability. In "Dual", he is freed by Noah Bennet along with two others and offered freedom for killing Sylar. He attempts to save Meredith, but Sylar breaks free of his control and incapacitates him. During "Redemption" he goes back to his old ways and forces Emma Coolidge to use her powers to draw thousands of innocent people to the Carnival to be murdered by Samuel. Following a prophetic dream by Peter, Sylar confronts Eric to save Emma, but falls under his control. However, Eric makes the mistake of partially releasing his control over Emma to taunt her about her deafness and she hits him with a sonic blast, breaking his control over Sylar. Sylar pins Eric, but ties him up in lights rather than kill him as he has now turned to the side of good with Peter's help.

The German

The German, portrayed by Ken Lally, has the ability of magnetism manipulation, allowing him to control ferrous objects and materials. He is originally introduced in the graphic novel " Berlin, Part 1", where he is captured by the Company. He subsequently escapes Level 5 in "The Butterfly Effect" along with a dozen other prisoners, and joins a group of them in robbing a bank. In "One of Us, One of Them", he is killed by Knox after disagreeing with his plan.

Flint Gordon, Jr.

Flint Gordon Jr., portrayed by Blake Shields, is Meredith Gordon's younger brother, who also possesses the power of pyrokinesis. He produces extremely hot blue flames as opposed to Meredith's orange flames. He is slow-witted, causing him to be more of a lackey than a leader, especially when around Meredith; nevertheless, he is gleefully violent, cruel, and sadistic, and openly revels in using his powers to hurt people. He and Meredith were separated as children after Meredith accidentally used her ability to burn down their abusive father's house.

Samson Gray

Samson Gray, portrayed by John Glover, is the biological father of Sylar (Gabriel Gray). Like his son, he possesses the ability of intuitive aptitude, allowing him to steal the abilities of other super-powered humans. He is responsible for the death of Gabriel's mother back in 1980. Appearing in "Shades of Gray', he is old and dying of terminal cancer, hiding from Nathan's agents in an old trailer in the woods of Newark, New Jersey

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