''
Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' is an American sitcom which premiered in September 2013 on
Fox
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Twelve sp ...
, and later moved to
NBC
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. The show revolves around the
detective squad of the
fictional 99th Precinct of the
New York Police Department, located in
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
.
Cast
Main
Supporting
Main characters
Jake Peralta
Andy Samberg
Andy Samberg (born David A. J. Samberg; August 18, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, musician, producer and screenwriter. He is a member of the comedy music group The Lonely Island and was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2005 ...
portrays Jacob Sherlock Peralta, a talented but childish detective. His last name is of
Spanish
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origin. Peralta often engages in pranks and makes immature jokes at the expense of his colleagues. He is fun-loving and sarcastic but is often motivated by his emotions more than his colleagues. Despite his goofiness, Peralta is smart, perceptive, and quick thinking, and as such has the best arrest rate in the precinct. In the pilot, Terry Jeffords explained to Captain Holt that Peralta is his best detective, that he likes putting away bad guys, and that he loves puzzles, although "the only puzzle he hasn't solved is how to grow up."
Jake's father, an
airline pilot
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, abandoned his family during his childhood, and he feels a strong tie to memories involving his father as a result, such as his favorite Brooklyn pizza joint. He also initially refused to celebrate
Thanksgiving
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, since he associated the holiday with his father's absenteeism. After Jake called his father out for his irresponsible parenting in "Captain Peralta", the two slowly began to mend their relationship over the course of the show. In the season 5 episode "
Two Turkeys", Jake's father Roger reveals that Jake has three half-sisters, along with an unknown number of half-brothers. He later meets one of his half-sisters, Kate, in the episode "
DFW".
Jake began his career as a patrol officer with the 74th Precinct and was partnered with Stevie Schillens; the two nicknamed themselves the "
Beatsie Boys
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". He was promoted to detective with the 99th Precinct in 2005. In 2016, Jake was forced to arrest Stevie, now a detective with the neighboring 98th Precinct, for planting evidence.
He had a strong emotional tie to his muscle car, a 1967
Ford Mustang, which he bought outright on his first day as a cop and always carried a positive association for him until he sold it to help pay for Terry's new child. He often quotes and makes references to his favorite movie trilogy, ''
Die Hard
''Die Hard'' is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan, with a screenplay by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. Based on the 1979 novel '' Nothing Lasts Forever'', by Roderick Thorp, it stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Al ...
''. In "The Bet", it is revealed that Jake is
Jewish
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, commenting on Amy who is wearing a dress he bought that she looks like "every girl at every
bat mitzvah he ever had a crush on".
Peralta has a strong connection to several workers in the squad. His best friend is Charles Boyle, who works with him at the precinct and admires Peralta; Charles also encourages his eventual romance with Santiago. Peralta and Gina Linetti are childhood friends, and he helped Gina get a job at the precinct as a civilian administrator. Diaz and Peralta were classmates at the police academy.
While Jake initially struggled with Captain Holt's strict management style, he eventually matured under Holt's supervision and came to see the captain as a father figure; even calling him "Dad" on many occasions. In "The Oolong Slayer", Jake achieved his lifelong dream to catch a
serial killer
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*
*
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* with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. While most authorities set a threshold of three ...
, but gave up credit for the arrest to the Chief of Brooklyn Detectives in exchange for effecting Holt's transfer back to the 99th Precinct. In season five, Holt put his career at risk by negotiating with mobster Seamus Murphy in order to free Jake and Rosa from prison after they were framed by Lt. Melanie Hawkins. The two also worked closely together to bring down Jimmy Figgis after being forced to go into
witness protection
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in
Florida
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.
Peralta continuously pranked and teased his partner Amy Santiago, masking his secret romantic feelings for her. Peralta confessed his feelings to her in "
Charges and Specs
"Charges and Specs" is the twenty-second episode and season finale of the first season of the American television police sitcom series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine''. The episode, written by Gabe Liedman & Gil Ozeri and directed by Akiva Schaffer, aired ...
" before going undercover for a
mafia
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operation. His romantic feelings for her developed further throughout season two and they shared their first kiss in the season finale, "
Johnny and Dora
"Johnny and Dora" is the twenty-third episode and season finale of the Brooklyn Nine-Nine (season 2), second season of the American television Police procedural, police sitcom series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine''. It is the 45th overall episode of the se ...
".
Jake and Amy start dating in "
New Captain
"New Captain" is the first episode and season premiere of the third season of the American television police sitcom series '' Brooklyn Nine-Nine''. It is the 46th overall episode of the series and is written by Matt Murray and directed by Michael ...
" and decided to move in together in "
Greg and Larry
"Greg and Larry" is the twenty-third episode and season finale of the third season of the American television police sitcom series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine''. It is the 68th overall episode of the series and is written by Andrew Guest & Phil Augusta ...
", but don't make it official until season four's "
The Fugitive". Jake proposed to Amy at the end of their annual Halloween heist in
HalloVeen
"HalloVeen" is the 4th episode of the fifth season of the American television police sitcom series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', and the 94th overall episode of the series. The episode was written by series co-creator Dan Goor and directed by Jamie Bab ...
and the two are later married by Captain Holt in
the season five finale. In season 7, Amy became pregnant with their child. Their son McClane "Mac" Peralta-Santiago (who was named after
John McClane
John McClane is a fictional character and main protagonist of the ''Die Hard'' film series, based on Joe Leland from Roderick Thorp's action novel, '' Nothing Lasts Forever''. McClane was portrayed in all five films by actor Bruce Willis, and ...
from ''Die Hard'') is born in the season 7 finale.
In the series finale, with Amy's new position taking up more of her time and making their parenting schedule difficult, Jake decides to quit his job to become a stay-at-home dad, not wanting his son to grow up without a father as he did. Jake is the only character, along with Captain Holt, to appear in every episode of the series.
Awards and decorations
The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Peralta.
In "Stakeout", he received a commendation for his work on Rosa's drug task force.
Rosa Diaz
Stephanie Beatriz
Stephanie Beatriz Bischoff Alvizuri (born February 10, 1981) is an American actress, model and singer. She is known for playing Detective Rosa Diaz in the Fox/NBC comedy series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' (2013–2021), and voicing protagonist Mi ...
portrays Rosalita "Rosa" Diaz, a smart, tough, aloof, and mysterious detective. She attended
parochial school and then later transferred to a prestigious
ballet
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school.
When she was younger, the pressure for her to succeed at ballet school eventually led her to commit several crimes (including "beating up ballerinas" and breaking into people's houses) which resulted in her leaving ballet school and eventually landing in
juvenile detention
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. In response, her parents effectively cut her out of their lives, leaving Rosa to turn things around on her own. Sometime after, she was classmates with Jake at the police academy.
Though Rosa is a loyal and effective member of the squad, her anger management issues and lack of sympathy for others terrify most of her coworkers. If Rosa is angry enough, people are too scared to even walk past her to go to the bathroom, something Terry and Holt attempt to use to increase precinct efficiency. She is highly secretive about her personal life. It is also established that she does not stay in any accommodation for long periods of time, and her neighbors know her by both a different name and a completely different personality. In the episode "Greg and Larry", Rosa also suggests that her real identity is even hidden from the squad. As revealed in "Cop-Con", she and Amy are younger than most of the other precinct members as they are hurt by a device that emits a loud noise to those under 35, whereas Jake and Boyle only pretended to be affected by it. At some point, Rosa became an accomplished
gymnast
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(which she considers her "deepest shame"), and is also highly skilled at
yoga
Yoga (; sa, योग, lit=yoke' or 'union ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consci ...
and
archery. In "White Whale", she told Amy that she attended medical school, business school, and has a pilot's license. In her spare time, she also fixes up old cars to sell to famous people and uses bolt cutters to make jewellery. She is also often seen riding motorcycles.
In season two, Rosa dated Captain Holt's nephew, Marcus, but broke up with him in season three. Later in the season, she found love with former undercover detective Adrian Pimento; the two get engaged in "Paranoia" while chasing a drug dealer through an alley, but their wedding is delayed when Pimento was targeted by mob boss Figgis and forced to flee. Once he returned, they decided to slow down after realizing they were rushing their relationship.
At the end of season four, Rosa and Jake were framed by their idol Lt. Melanie Hawkins and arrested. After months in prison at the beginning of season five, the two are freed thanks to the precinct exposing Hawkins's crimes. Following her time in isolation, she started spending more time with her family and ended her relationship with Pimento. While on the road trip home from their former captain's funeral, Charles overheard a woman calling her "babe" over the phone, leading Rosa to admit she is
bisexual. Later in the season, she officially came out to the precinct and her family. She had several relationships with other women over the course of the series such as an unseen woman that the squad nicknamed "Becky", one of Gina's friends, a cab driver named Alicia, and a woman nicknamed "Couscous", and a cosmetologist named Jocelyn. In season six, she started to patch up her relationship with her mother, who was initially disapproving of her bisexuality. In the episode "Valloweaster," she became the first three-time Halloween Heist Champion.
In season eight, Rosa left the NYPD after losing faith in the system in light of the
George Floyd protests
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and became a
private investigator
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. By the series finale, she is not in a serious relationship nor does she have children, but she makes it clear she is happy where she is in life.
Rosa appeared in every episode of the series but two: "
Coral Palms: Part One" and "
The Box".
Awards and decorations
The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Diaz.
In "Stakeout", she received a commendation for her work as the leader of a drug Task Force.
Terry Jeffords
Terry Crews
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portrays Terrence "Terry" Vincent Jeffords, the supervisor of the 99th Precinct's detective squad. An avid
bodybuilder
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, Terry's intimidating size and appearance are contrasted by his gentle-giant persona, being very caring and parental in nature. Jeffords is devoted to his wife and three young daughters, twins Cagney and Lacey, and Ava. He fears the danger of police work because of the possibility that he could leave his children fatherless. Following a
panic attack
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prior to the show's beginning, Terry was removed from fieldwork, but returned after saving Holt's life. He is high-strung, prone to nervous excitement, loves
yogurt
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, and has a tendency to
refer to himself in the third person. He is an effective and caring leader to the detective squad, often having to play the mature adult in order to keep them in line.
A
running gag
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throughout the series is for Terry to break things because of his incredible strength. He has been a detective since 1995 and used to be assigned to the 65th Precinct, where he was constantly mocked for a botched case which he and Jake later proved he was correct in. He was a
linebacker
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at
Syracuse University, where he graduated ''magna cum laude'', as revealed in "The Swedes". He also studied abroad in
Japan while in college and dated a Japanese student named Chiaki who broke his heart.
In season two, Terry almost got a
vasectomy
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at his wife's request, but Jake convinced him not to when he found out Terry secretly wanted to have more kids. His wife became pregnant later in the season and gave birth to their third daughter, Ava, in season three; Terry names Jake as Ava's godfather.
While Terry was satisfied with his role as a sergeant, he aimed to become a lieutenant during the first six seasons. As revealed in "The Honeypot", he brought a new pair of
suspenders that he planned to put on after he passed the lieutenant's exam but kept them in the box when he ended up failing and held onto them as a reminder of his higher goals. In "Moo Moo", he attempted to apply to be a city council liaison to take on more responsibilities but was rejected after reporting that another cop racially profiled him. In season six, Terry revealed to the group that he secretly passed the lieutenant's exam weeks before an impromptu '
Cinco de Mayo
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' heist that the precinct decided to hold to take his mind off the exam. He was nearly transferred to
Staten Island, but acting Commissioner Wuntch used her new position to allow him to stay at the Nine-Nine, primarily by forcing Holt to fulfil a one-year street patrol requirement. In the series finale, after Holt was appointed as the deputy commissioner of the police reform program, Terry succeeded him as the new captain of the 99th Precinct.
Awards and decorations
The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Jeffords.
Amy Santiago
Melissa Fumero
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portrays Amy Santiago, Jake's uptight, by-the-book, rule-following
Cuban-American
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partner, and later wife.
[ A self-acknowledged ]type A personality
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and neurotic overachiever, she continually tried to ingratiate herself with Holt, and any authority figure in arm's reach of her. In the pilot, Terry cites Amy's competitiveness to Holt as a result of her having seven brothers. Amy is a stickler for department protocol and is frequently exasperated by Jake's childishness, as well as the ease with which he succeeds as a detective. She was initially seen as Holt's teacher's pet
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, but over time is shown to command respect from others.
Amy was originally a patrol officer at the 64th precinct but requested a transfer to the 99th when her captain sexually assaulted her shortly after her promotion to detective. She didn't tell anyone for years out of fear of what it would do to her career, until she revealed it to Jake when they were investigating a sexual assault case in "He Said, She Said".
In the season one finale, Jake confessed that he wished something romantic could happen between them. She admitted to having feelings for Jake in " The Road Trip", which instigated issues in her relationship with Teddy Wells. The two shared their first kiss in "Johnny and Dora
"Johnny and Dora" is the twenty-third episode and season finale of the Brooklyn Nine-Nine (season 2), second season of the American television Police procedural, police sitcom series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine''. It is the 45th overall episode of the se ...
" and begin dating in "New Captain
"New Captain" is the first episode and season premiere of the third season of the American television police sitcom series '' Brooklyn Nine-Nine''. It is the 46th overall episode of the series and is written by Matt Murray and directed by Michael ...
," although their working relationship did not change at all. They decided to move in together in the season three finale "Greg and Larry
"Greg and Larry" is the twenty-third episode and season finale of the third season of the American television police sitcom series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine''. It is the 68th overall episode of the series and is written by Andrew Guest & Phil Augusta ...
", but do not do so until season four's " The Fugitive". Jake proposed to Amy at the end of their annual Halloween heist in "HalloVeen
"HalloVeen" is the 4th episode of the fifth season of the American television police sitcom series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', and the 94th overall episode of the series. The episode was written by series co-creator Dan Goor and directed by Jamie Bab ...
" and the two eventually married in " Jake & Amy". In season seven, Amy became pregnant with Jake's child and gave birth to their son, McClane 'Mac' Peralta in the season finale.
Near the end of season three, Amy went undercover as a pregnant inmate in a women's prison in Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
. This was done to cover Melissa Fumero's actual pregnancy at the time without making her character pregnant. Amy's actual pregnancy in season seven occurred when Fumero was pregnant with her second child.
After some uncertainty in taking the sergeant's exam as depicted in "Chasing Amy
''Chasing Amy'' is a 1997 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, and Jason Lee. The film is about a male comic artist (Affleck) who falls in love with a lesbian woman ...
", she passed the exam and began wearing her sergeant's uniform as well as commanding her own uniformed officers in "NutriBoom
"NutriBoom" is the 16th episode of the fifth season of the American television police sitcom series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', and the 106th overall episode of the series. The episode was written by David Phillips and directed by Trent O'Donnell. It ...
". In season eight, thanks to her efforts for the police reform program, Amy was promoted to become chief of the program. The additional responsibilities that came with her job ultimately led Jake to quit so they would not have to worry about Mac's parenting schedule.
In season six's "Casecation", she was revealed to be 36 years old. In "The Golden Child", it is revealed that Amy has a relatively strained relationship with her brother and fellow NYPD lieutenant David Santiago, and Jake later chided her mother for glorifying David's accomplishments over Amy's. Amy enjoys solving crosswords and attending trivia sessions, generally at Jake's expense, who often embarrasses himself when attempting to participate or becomes awkwardly excluded in conversation. She also has a severe allergy to dogs.
Awards and decorations
The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Santiago.
Charles Boyle
Joe Lo Truglio
Joseph Vincent Lo Truglio (; born December 2, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer and producer. Best known for his role as Charles Boyle on the Fox/NBC sitcom '' Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', he also was a cast member on the television series ' ...
portrays Charles Boyle, a nervous and clumsy but honest and hard-working detective.[ He is Jake's best friend, and almost completely idolizes him. He is divorced from his wife Eleanor, who had numerous affairs during their marriage, to the point where she has to pay alimony to him. He is also a huge, unapologetic ]foodie
A foodie is a person who has an ardent or refined interest in food, and who eats food not only out of hunger but also as a hobby. The related terms " gastronome" and "gourmet" define roughly the same thing, i.e. a person who enjoys food for plea ...
, maintaining a weekly Brooklyn pizza-ranking email and often relishing bizarre foreign cuisine that disgusts his coworkers.
For saving Diaz's life during "Christmas", during which he was shot in the buttocks, he was awarded the NYPD Medal for Valor in "The Bet", though he was overshadowed by a revered and heroic NYPD horse named Sergeant Peanut Butter. He continued to have a one-sided rivalry with Sergeant (later Lieutenant) Peanut Butter until he needed his help in getting Jake to the precinct in the season seven finale. In "The Swedes", it is revealed that Boyle is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. In season eight, Charles discovered that he is actually not a Boyle by blood as his mother had an affair with a florist who rivaled his father, but Lynn still raised him as a Boyle regardless. Despite this, he was declared as the "One True Boyle" after he was the only one to successfully open the grandmother dough jar at the family farm.
In the show's first season, Charles was smitten with Rosa, but he eventually got over her when he started dating Vivian Ludley, whom he met at Holt's birthday party. They get engaged but break up after Charles refused to move to Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
with her. He and Gina start engaging in casual sex in season two, and their brief relationship results in the marriage of his father and Gina's mother. In season three, he started dating Genevieve Mirren-Carter after he and Jake clear her name from an art theft. They eventually move in together and adopt a son from Latvia named Nikolaj.
In season five, Charles started his own food truck
A food truck is a large motorized vehicle (such as a van) or trailer, equipped to cook, prepare, serve, and/or sell food. Some, including ice cream trucks, sell frozen or prepackaged food; others have on-board kitchens and prepare food from scratc ...
business called "The One Thing", which specialized in meatball subs. The truck was burned down by one of Charles' former employees, but he was thankful it happened as running the food truck made him spend less time with his family and also built up a large debt. Outside of Hitchock and Scully, Charles is the only detective not to quit or change ranks by the end of the series. With Jake quitting his job in the series finale, Charles became the new senior detective of the precinct, and his new partner idolizes him similar to how he idolized Jake.
Charles has a habit of saying things that are overtly sexualized or otherwise inappropriate and rarely realizes it, despite the rest of the squad's disgust. He has appeared in every episode of the series except the season four opener " Coral Palms: Part One".
Awards and decorations
The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Boyle.
Gina Linetti
Chelsea Peretti
Chelsea Vanessa Peretti (born February 20, 1978) is an American comedian, actress, television writer, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for portraying Gina Linetti in the comedy series '' Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' and writing for '' Parks and ...
portrays Regina "Gina" Linetti, the 99th Precinct's sardonic and egomaniacal civilian administrator and Holt's assistant.[ Despite maintaining a clueless and dimwitted disposition most of the time, she can be surprisingly observant and often demonstrates signs of being more intelligent than she likes to show. Gina is obsessed with ]social media
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and is constantly on her phone. It is a running gag to try to pry her from her phone to the point where Holt becomes involved. She is extremely narcissistic and constantly praises and exalts herself, such as claiming to be a better dancer than Britney Spears in the episode "Karen Peralta". As the only civilian in the precinct, Gina often uses her outsider's perspective to assist the other detectives. In "The Party", to prevent the mostly working class
The working class (or labouring class) comprises those engaged in manual-labour occupations or industrial work, who are remunerated via waged or salaried contracts. Working-class occupations (see also " Designation of workers by collar colo ...
detectives from embarrassing themselves in front of a crowd of academics
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, Rosa tricks Gina into talking to a group of psychology professors at Holt's birthday party, who then took copious notes about her narcissistic personality. They concluded that she has a complete overlap of ego and id, a condition previously thought to be purely theoretical.
She casually admits on myriad occasions that she doesn't value her colleagues – except for Jake – as people. She was also childhood friends with Jake, who got her the job at the precinct. Gina also ruined Jake's senior year of high school by framing him as "the Tattler", though she did it to avoid Jake getting involved with the wrong crowd. She transferred to the Public relations Division with Holt in "Johnny and Dora", and returned to the 99th Precinct with him in "The Oolong Slayer". In the episode "The Apartment", it is revealed that she has been engaged eight times, but never married. In "The Fugitive Pt. 2", she declared that Charles' texts are so strange that she would rather get hit by a bus than receive another one from him. At the end of the episode, she received Charles' first unchecked, quality text for her, but while congratulating him, she ironically does indeed get hit by a bus and spends the next few episodes recovering from the incident. The penultimate episode of season four revealed she became pregnant following a relationship with Charles' cousin, Milton (which coincided with Chelsea Peretti's actual pregnancy). She was absent for the first half of season five on maternity leave after giving birth to a girl she nicknames "Iggy" (short for Enigma).
In the episode "Halloween IV", Gina revealed that in the fourth grade at a classmate's birthday party, a bowling ball fell onto her face. This incident knocked out her two front teeth; she has been wearing false teeth since.
In season six, Jake helps Gina realize that her talents would be better spent elsewhere and she quits her job. She becomes an internet celebrity and hosts a web show called "The G-Hive," in which she gives her viewers life advice. Her work has made her too busy to spend time with her former coworkers, but she is aiming to improve after Jake confronted her for not talking to them for months. In the series finale, Gina appears to have become wealthy from her new job to the point where she can afford an armored truck with "The G-Hive" logo on it.
Raymond Holt
Andre Braugher
Andre Keith Braugher (; born July 1, 1962) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Detective Frank Pembleton in the police drama series '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' (1993–1999), used car salesman Owen Thoreau Jr. in the com ...
portrays Raymond "Ray" Panuel Jacob Holt, the 99th Precinct's strict commanding officer. Holt is known for his cold, calm, robotic manner of speaking, overly formal demeanor, and lack of outwardly visible emotion, although his non-work friends frequently refer to him having a much more fun persona that is rarely seen by his colleagues. He has sophisticated and cultured interests, enjoying classical music, opera
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, and attending dinner parties with his husband's academic friends. The 99th Precinct is Holt's first command despite many years of outstanding service, and he attributes the delay to prejudice against both his race
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and homosexuality
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. He came out in 1987 and led a group that supported LGBTQ
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African-American NYPD members, which he himself created.[ He was a homicide detective in the 1980s, and spent twelve years in the Community Affairs Bureau immediately prior to promoting to Captain of the Nine-Nine.
Holt is married to Kevin Cozner, the Chair of ]Columbia University
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's Classics department. He and Kevin own a corgi
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named Cheddar, a well-trained dog that they are both significantly attached to. Holt had a longstanding professional rivalry with Madeline Wuntch, with whom he came up through the ranks. The two were once friends, but their friendship soured after Holt rejected Wuntch's sexual advances on account of his homosexuality; while his career stalled, she kept advancing. After he and Peralta successfully solve a major case in "The Chopper", Bureau Chief Wuntch nominated him for a promotion to head of the NYPD Public Affairs Division, a promotion he was forced to accept to avoid Wuntch transferring his staff to undesirable precincts. During the number of weeks Holt was in charge of Public Affairs, he was unable to accomplish anything significant thanks to Chief Wuntch's constant micromanaging. After helping Peralta solve a serial killer case, Holt found himself transferred back to command of the Nine-Nine by the Chief of Brooklyn Detectives thanks to Jake giving him credit for the case. He owned a burgundy Chevrolet Corvair
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named Gertie which was his prized possession until it was stolen in "The Fugitive". Doug Judy purchased him a new identical one and names it Sexarella. He also had a mysterious tattoo that was left unknown until the series finale, where it is revealed to be Kevin's head on the body of Cheddar.
At the end of season three, Jake and Holt were forced to go into witness protection in Florida when they were threatened by crime boss Jimmy "The Butcher" Figgis. He worked at a family entertainment center called the Fun Zone under the alias 'Greg Stickler' until he and Jake baited Figgis into coming to Florida and taking the criminal down with the Nine-Nine. In season five, his life and career were put at risk when he made a deal with mobster Seamus Murphy in exchange for information to clear Jake and Rosa's names from Lt. Hawkins, but the Nine-Nine and Kevin helped him capture Murphy.
Later in season five, Holt learned that the New York City Police Commissioner
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was retiring at the end of the year and that he was on the shortlist of candidates to replace him. He spent the rest of the season campaigning to win the Commissioner title, but ended up losing to John Kelly. In season six, Holt was encouraged by Jake and Amy to stand up to Kelly's regressive policies, leading the Commissioner to retaliate against the Nine-Nine. However, Peralta and Wuntch team up, without Holt's knowledge, to take Kelly down, resulting in Wuntch being named interim Commissioner. This détente becomes short-lived as Holt was demoted to a uniformed officer by Commissioner Wuntch after she found out he was promoted to detective too soon earlier in his career. Shortly after Wuntch's death, however, he is quickly promoted back to captain in the middle of the seventh season. At the beginning of season eight, Holt and Kevin were separated as a result of the hardships they endured in 2020, but they got back together and started attending couples counseling, which eventually resulted in the two renewing their vows. For his work in the police reform program proposal, he was also promoted to deputy commissioner of the program.
Over the course of the series, Jake matures under his direction and Holt becomes more lighthearted in return; the two acknowledge they have a father-son dynamic with each other. In the series finale, Holt tells Jake if he had a son like him, he would be proud of the man Jake became.
Awards and decorations
The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Holt.
In "Stakeout", he received a commendation for his supervision of Det. Diaz's drug task force.
Michael Hitchcock
Dirk Blocker
Dennis Dirk Blocker (born July 31, 1957) is an American actor. He earned his first regular TV role on '' Baa Baa Black Sheep'' (1976–1978), playing pilot Jerry Bragg. From 2013–2021, he starred as Detective Michael Hitchcock on the Fox/NBC c ...
portrays Michael Hitchcock (season 2–present; recurring season 1), an enthusiastic but clueless detective who has been best friends and partners with Scully for over 30 years. Despite their inept nature, Hitchcock and Scully have both shown on occasion to be competent and even good detectives, though their laziness tends to keep them from demonstrating this most of the time. As revealed in "Hitchcock and Scully", the two were excellent detectives in their youths and had well-built bodies, but their careers and their physiques went downhill after they tried the buffalo wing
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s at their eventual favorite restaurant, Wing Slutz, which they frequently went to for the food and to check in on the manager (who was secretly an informant who helped them bring down a notorious mafia boss). Unlike most police detectives, Hitchcock and Scully are more than happy to do paperwork rather than expend any energy in the field.
The majority of the precinct tends to be disgusted by Hitchcock's more perverted nature and attitude towards women. It is revealed in " The Last Ride" that Hitchcock held the all-time record for closed cases at the 99th Precinct, one more than Jeffords as of that episode. This was mainly due to him being at the precinct twenty years longer than Terry. To celebrate, Hitchcock got a tattoo of himself holding a gun and putting it in his mouth, oblivious to what it actually implies. In season eight, Hitchcock seemingly retired after receiving a package as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic
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and moved to Brazil
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while keeping in touch with Scully and the precinct via FaceTime
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. However, the series finale revealed that he didn't retire and was actually living in his van, allowing him to win the final heist in the series.
Awards and decorations
The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Hitchcock.
Norm Scully
Joel McKinnon Miller
Joel McKinnon Miller (born February 21, 1960) is an American actor who is best known for portraying Don Embry on ''Big Love'' and Detective Norm Scully on ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine''.
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portrays Norman "Norm" Scully (season 2–present; recurring season 1), a middle-aged, lazy detective who has been best friends and partners with Hitchcock for over 30 years. Scully shows talent as a tenor
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opera
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singer and French speaker, has an understanding of Morse code and can "make great coffee
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Seeds of ...
", according to Jeffords. He also displays an uncanny ability to reassemble shredded documents in one episode. Scully routinely discloses disgusting medical issues like the entire bottom of his foot being a wart or having various strains of fungi
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. He claims to constantly have medical emergencies, and despite having a pacemaker fitted, he frequently suffers from heart attack
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s. He often embarrasses himself either unintentionally or willingly and admits to being indifferent to the judgment of others (most frequently, the fellow members of his squad.) In the early seasons, Scully is married and has a dog. The team is unsure which one of them is called Kelly, though it is later revealed in season seven that both of them had this name. After his wife left him, he began dating a woman named Cindy Shatz, who is very similar to him in her attire and personality. He has a twin brother named Earl, also portrayed by Miller.
Awards and decorations
The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Scully.
Recurring characters
NYPD and other law enforcement
* Patton Oswalt
Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is known as Spence Olchin in the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and for narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–present) as ...
as FDNY
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Fire Marshal
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Boone, the fire marshal of the local fire station. He leads the fire department in a rivalry against the detectives of the 99 but reaches a brief understanding with Jake when they discover that they both were abandoned at a young age by their fathers.
* Dean Winters
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as Captain Keith Pembroke, nicknamed "The Vulture", an obnoxious detective in the Major Crimes Unit
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notorious for taking over cases that are nearly solved and receiving all of the credit for closing them. He frequently makes lewd comments toward the squad and has a greatly inflated sense of self. After the death of Seth Dozerman, Pembroke became the Commanding Officer of the 99th Precinct until Captain Holt returned, where he treated the squad with disrespect. In "The Venue", the Vulture stole Jake and Amy's venue at the last second to host his wedding to a kind charity worker named Jean Munhroe. When the two discovered that he is unfaithful to Jean and was lying to her about his character, they decided to tell Jean at the cost of the Vulture taking their venue on their wedding night. He is recruited onto Jake's "suicide squad" to help take down Commissioner John Kelly. However, he made a deal with Madeline Wuntch to betray the 99 in exchange for becoming captain of the 69th Precinct, though the betrayal was part of Jake and Wuntch's plan to trick John Kelly. He is a recipient of the American Flag Breast Bar, World Trade Center Breast Bar, NYPD Medal of Honor, and Marine Corps Service Award.
* Kyle Bornheimer
Kyle Edward Bornheimer (born September 10, 1975) is an American actor and comedian known for his roles on the sitcoms '' Worst Week'', ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', '' Casual'', and '' Playing House''.
Life and career
Bornheimer was born in Mishawaka ...
as Sergeant Teddy Ramos (né Wells), a detective at the 82nd Precinct. Teddy used to date Amy Santiago, and they resumed their relationship after meeting up at a training exercise. Later Amy broke up with him again because she dislikes his dull personality and is unable to show interest in his home pilsner-brewing hobby. In season four, Teddy evaluated the Nine-Nine when the crime rate dropped and one precinct had to close. He claimed to have changed but Jake and Amy agree that he is still "The most boring man in America". He also admitted to Amy that he still loves her and proposed to her several times over the next few seasons. In season five, Teddy joined the bomb squad to impress Amy and tried unsuccessfully to steal her away from Jake on the day of their wedding. In season seven, Teddy reveals he married someone named Elizabeth Ramos, took her last name, and was expecting a child around the same time Jake and Amy were expecting theirs. Despite having a wife and child, he still wants Amy to marry him.
* Gabe Liedman
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as Oliver Cox, a lab technician who works as a DNA analyst and coroner at the 99th Precinct.
* Jason Mantzoukas
Jason Mantzoukas (, el, Ιάσων Μαντζούκας; born December 18, 1972) is an American actor, comedian, writer and podcaster. He is best known for his recurring role as Rafi in the FX comedy series ''The League'', and as one of the th ...
as Adrian Pimento, an emotionally unstable and volatile former detective who returned to the 99th Precinct after spending 12 years undercover in the organization of Jimmy "The Butcher" Figgis. He began dating Rosa in "Cheddar", and the two got engaged in "Paranoia", promptly before Pimento and the 99 were forced to fake his death. Pimento returned from hiding when Jimmy "The Butcher" Figgis was caught, but was refused his old job at the NYPD and became a Private Investigator. His relationship continued with Rosa, but she later broke up with him in season five. He spent the next couple of months in Alaska before returning to Brooklyn as an insurance agent in "Gray Star Mutual", but was fired and started working at a hand lotion store. In "Pimemento", he became a private investigator once more and started working with celebrities. In the series finale, after Rosa uses him as a distraction to try and win the final heist, he flew to Canada upon being hired to protect a diamond mine from a pack of wolves.
* James M. Connor as Deputy Commissioner Podolski, the NYPD's arrogant deputy police commissioner who uses his position for his own personal means such as keeping his rebellious son, Trevor, out of jail in "The Tagger".
* Michael G. Hagerty as Captain McGintley, the 99th Precinct's commanding officer before Raymond Holt, who was fired for his ineptitude and his permissive attitude toward the disruptive antics of Jake and his colleagues. McGintley later died in the episode "99" and the squad attended his funeral in Los Angeles.
* Kyra Sedgwick
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as Madeline Wuntch, a callous and unethical NYPD deputy police chief who shared a deep mutual hostility with Captain Holt. Wuntch and Holt were once partners and friends, but they fell out after Holt rejected her sexual advances and Wuntch gained promotions for which Holt was passed over, resulting in Wuntch eventually becoming Holt's direct superior. Wuntch constantly went out of her way to undermine the 99th Precinct, and appeared to take great pleasure in its and Holt's failures; Holt, in turn, gleefully insulted and belittled Wuntch every time their paths cross. In "The Chopper" and "Johnny and Dora", she culminated her victory over Holt when she makes him head of the NYPD Public Affairs Division, where she humiliated him by making him do menial jobs, although he is eventually transferred back to the 99 thanks to Jake. In "Suicide Squad", she helped Jake and the Nine-Nine expose Commissioner Kelly's illegal wiretapping activity and became the acting commissioner until a new one was decided on. Wuntch died in the episode "Ding Dong" from unknown causes. At her memorial, Holt admitted that he will genuinely miss her and their rivalry.
* Perry L. Brown as Marcus Marinovich, a judge at the New York Court of Appeals who sometimes oversees cases for the 99. He served as the judge when Peralta and Diaz were on trial in "Crime and Punishment
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* Will Hines as Carl Kurm, the Kings County District Attorney
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who sometimes works with the 99 during court cases.
* Ken Marino
Kenneth Joseph Marino (born December 19, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He was a cast member on MTV's ''The State'' and has starred in shows such as '' Party Down'', '' Marry Me'', '' Burning Love'', and '' Chil ...
as Captain Jason "C.J." Stentley, the Nine-Nine's temporary, under-qualified captain when Jake and Holt were in witness protection. Not wanting his ineptitude to be evident, he gave everyone everything they asked for until Amy eventually requested he starts being more firm. This backfired after he rejected their request to go to Florida to assist Jake and Holt and he assigned them to the night shift. He was eventually removed from the Captain position after he was rewarded for taking down a major drug dealer (that Jake and Holt primarily took care of) and demonstrated his lack of professionalism in front of a group of reporters. It's revealed that Holt called the reporters in to help the crew return to the day shift. He is recruited onto Jake's "suicide squad" to help take down Commissioner John Kelly, with his role acting as a kidnapping victim, but his incompetence nearly derails their plans.
* Allison Tolman
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Early life and education
Tolman has two older ...
as Captain Olivia Crawford, a candidate for the Commissioner position Holt was also seeking. She holds the belief that precincts should be eliminated, creating a rivalry with Holt. However, she and Holt realized that their competition will split the votes and cause John Kelly to win. She eventually withdrew her candidacy to thank Holt for publicly calling out the selection committee when they admitted they only nominated her for PR purposes and had no intention of actually considering her for the role.
* Matt Walsh as Detective Lohank, a night-shift worker for the 99th precinct who shares Diaz's desk. Lohank is shown to have an unfortunate personal life; his wife is addicted to painkillers, whilst he suffers from prostate cancer. He owns a summer cabin, dubbed "Stink Puddle Manor", which he lends to Jeffords, Peralta, and Boyle in "Into the Woods
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".
* Vanessa Bayer
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as Debbie Fogle, Holt's partner when he got demoted down to patrolman. She doesn't appear to have any friends and is very naive. She mentioned that she became a police officer to solve her twin sister's murder, much to Holt's surprise. It is later revealed that she was working for a notorious crime boss named Silvio Nucci and stole machine guns and cocaine from the evidence locker room, the unintended consequence of Boyle telling her to more assertive. Jake and Rosa initially pretended to be dirty cops so they can get her to lead them to Nucci, but she overpowered both of them after ingesting some of the cocaine. After discovering most of Debbie's bad choices stemmed from her parents treating her poorly, Rosa empathized with her and convinced her to free them so they could take down Nucci together. Rosa later convinced the District Attorney to go easy on Debbie to give her a reduced sentence.
Family and friends of main characters
* Kevin Dorff
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as Hank, the bartender at Shaw's Bar, the squad's favorite bar.
* Marc Evan Jackson
Marc Evan Jackson (born August 21, 1970) is an American comedian and actor. Some of his roles include Sparks Nevada in the '' Thrilling Adventure Hour'', Kevin Cozner in '' Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' (he also hosts a podcast based on the sitcom, titled ...
as Kevin M. Cozner, Holt's husband and the Chair of Columbia University
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's Classics Department. Kevin dislikes the NYPD due to their mistreatment of Holt due to his (Holt's) race and homosexuality, but thaws a little when Jake shows him how much the 9-9 respects and cares for Holt. Like his husband, Kevin is cold, sardonic, formal, and unemotional (the couple's romantic nicknames for one another are "Captain Raymond Holt" and "Professor Kevin Cozner"), although he claims that Raymond is the "funny" one in their relationship, something that puzzles Jake. Kevin has a rapport with Holt's assistant Gina Linetti, referring to her by her first name (by contrast, he takes pains to always call Jake "Peralta"). He has learnt some self-defense techniques from his husband and uses them to rescue Holt and Jake from Seamus Murphy. Kevin and Holt own a Pembroke Welsh Corgi
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named Cheddar, who is often integral to the Halloween Heist.
* Craig Robinson as Doug Judy, aka "The Pontiac Bandit", an intelligent, happy-go-lucky thief and forger who exclusively steals Pontiac vehicles. Judy is first introduced in Season 1 when he is arrested by Rosa; he claims to have information about the Pontiac Bandit, a criminal Jake has been pursuing for eight years. In the end, he reveals himself as the Pontiac Bandit, and escapes. Judy, who subsequently appears in one episode each season, always stays one step ahead of Jake, who sees Judy as his nemesis, but by season three Judy considers Jake his best friend; by season four, the feeling is mutual. Judy helps Jake and Holt capture his (Judy's) foster brother, an escaped convicted murderer, and is given immunity for his past crimes. In season five, he gets blackmailed into taking hostages when a shady figure from his past threatens his mother; he enlists Jake's help in taking him down, and escapes again. In season six, Doug fakes his own death when a former associate threatens him; when he, Jake, and Terry investigate, they discover Judy's sister, Trudy, is operating as the new Pontiac Bandit. In season seven, he is engaged to a federal judge named Katherine Joyner and, after a bachelor party in Miami that ends with Jake arresting three members of his wedding party, asks Jake to be his best man. In season eight, he is arrested for his crimes in New Jersey and makes one last attempt to evade Jake, but ends up saving him from one of Trudy's men. However, he escapes after Jake gives him a pen to get out of his handcuffs, and moves to Amsterdam with his wife.
* Eva Longoria
Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón ( Longoria; March 15, 1975) is an American actress, producer, and director. After a number of guest roles on several television series, she was recognized for her portrayal of Isabella Braña on the CBS daytim ...
as Sophia Perez, a defense attorney who dates Jake in season two. Jake and Sophia meet in "Jake and Sophia" and engage in a one-night stand
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before he discovers that she represents a criminal against whom he is testifying. Despite the initial hostility, they eventually reconcile and begin a relationship. In "The Defense Rests", Sophia ends the relationship due to their professional and personal incompatibility, which leaves Jake saddened.
* Jillian Davis as Jenny Gildenhorn, Jake's childhood sweetheart. Throughout the first 2 seasons, Jake is shown to have a minor obsession with her, hung up from losing her to Eddie Fung at his bar mitzvah. Jenny makes her only appearance in "The Boyle-Linetti Wedding" as a wedding guest. Jake initially saw it as an opportunity to finally make a move on her. However, Jake moves on from Jenny after seeing her make out with another wedding guest. She isn't seen or mentioned afterward. Jenny is possibly bisexual, as it's mentioned she had a relationship with a woman named Tanya Astor. Tiffany Martin portrays Jenny as a teenager.
* Stephen Root
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as Lynn Boyle, Charles's father who engaged in a romantic encounter with Gina's mother, Darlene. He married Darlene in "The Boyle-Linetti Wedding". He is a retired florist and is known to get overly eager and take big risks like his son. The two eventually divorce with encouragement from Gina. In "Game of Boyles", it is revealed that Charles is not his biological son as his wife had an affair with a rival florist, but still chose to raise him like a true Boyle.
* Sandra Bernhard as Darlene Linetti, Gina's mother, who engaged in a romantic encounter with Charles's father, Lynn. She married Lynn in "The Boyle-Linetti Wedding". She is a travel agent and shares her daughter's confidence and superstitions. Gina convinced her mother to divorce Lynn after discovering she had been cheating on him to avoid further hurting the Boyle family.
* Marilu Henner
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as Vivian Ludley, a food author who becomes romantically involved with Boyle. In "Full Boyle", she and Boyle become engaged, until she breaks it off in "Charges and Specs" when Boyle refuses to move to Canada with her.
* Bradley Whitford
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as Captain Roger Peralta, Jake's absentee father and commercial airline pilot. He left his family when Jake was at a young age and has cheated on his wife with multiple women. He eventually attempts to reconcile with Jake and Karen even when the latter knew about an affair with their neighbor. In "Two Turkeys" it's revealed that besides Jake he has three daughters with other women and an unknown amount of other sons.
* Katey Sagal
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as Karen Peralta, Jake's mother. She is a public school art teacher who worked hard to raise Jake as a single mother after Roger left the family. Despite their past, Karen eventually begins dating Roger again much to Jake's discomfort.
* Martin Mull
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as Admiral Walter Peralta, Jake's grandfather on his father's side. A retired United States Navy Admiral who has a strained relationship with his son.
* Nasim Pedrad Nassim ( ar, نسیم) also transliterated as Nacim, Naseem, Nasseem, Nasim, Nesim or Nessim, is a unisex Arabic name. It is mostly used in Middle Eastern and South Asian cultures and language groups. It may refer to:
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as Katie Peralta, Jake's half-sister on his father's side as a result of Roger's affairs. She lives in Dallas, Texas, and has a chaotic personality that Jake and Amy have a hard time handling.
* Merrin Dungey
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as Sharon Jeffords, Terry's wife. She is kind and supportive towards her husband and his profession, but can occasionally be stubborn and does not like being lied to. She is often seen taking care of their twin daughters Cagney and Lacey and eventually gives birth to their third daughter Ava in season three.
* Kelsey and Skyler Yates (seasons 3–4) and Dani and Dannah Lockett (season 7) as Cagney and Lacey
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Jeffords, Terry and Sharon's twin daughters.
* Jamal Duff
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Early years
Duff was born in Columbus, Ohio, but as a child, moved west with his family to Tustin, California, ...
as Zeke, Terry's brother-in-law. Zeke has an even more intimidating physique than Terry and is also significantly taller. He often taunts Terry, calling him "Tiny Terry", and mocking his police work, leaving Terry to turn to Captain Holt for help.
* Jimmy Smits
Jimmy L. Smits (born July 9, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for playing attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s-1990s legal drama '' L.A. Law'', NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s-2000s police drama ''NYPD Blue'', Matt Santos ...
as Victor Santiago, Amy's father. He is a retired cop and is shown to be overly organized and competitive like his daughter. He initially does not approve of Amy's relationship with Jake, but changes his mind and respects his daughter's decision after the two solve one of Victor's older cases.
* Bertila Damas
Bertila Damas is a Cuban-born American actress.
Career
Damas began her career in Miami, where she worked in Spanish-language theater while in college. She was later accepted at the Circle in the Square Theater School in New York City. There, sh ...
as Camila Santiago, Amy's mother. Like her daughter, she can occasionally be over-controlling and competitive.
* Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda (; born January 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, actor, playwright and filmmaker. He is known for creating the Broadway musicals ''Hamilton'' (2015) and '' In the Heights'' (2005), and the soundtracks for the Disney animat ...
as David Santiago, Amy's older brother. He is an NYPD Lieutenant who often makes Amy jealous of his accomplishments and for being their parents' favorite child.
* Nick Cannon
Nicholas Scott Cannon (born October 8, 1980) is an American television host, actor, rapper, and comedian. In television, Cannon began as a teenager on ''All That'' before going on to host '' The Nick Cannon Show'', ''Wild 'n Out'', ''America's ...
as Marcus, Holt's nephew, who begins a romantic relationship with Detective Rosa Diaz in season two. Rosa breaks up with him in season three due to him being too emotional for her and also because he wanted to get married which she was not ready for.
* Niecy Nash
Carol Denise Betts (née Ensley; born February 23, 1970), known professionally as Niecy Nash-Betts (), is an American actress, comedian and television host, best known for her performances on television.
Nash hosted the Style Network show '' C ...
as Debbie, Holt's sister. Unlike her brother, she tends to be loud and overdramatic about her life, making it difficult for Holt to be around her.
* L. Scott Caldwell as Laverne Holt, Holt's mother and a federal judge. Holt refers to her as "Your Honor".
* Mary Lynn Rajskub as Genevieve Mirren-Carter, an art curator who was initially framed for stealing her own paintings for the insurance money. She was eventually vindicated by Charles and begins dating him over similar interests. Genevieve and Charles adopted a son, Nikolaj, on whom he dotes.
* Antonio Raul Corbo as Nikolaj Boyle, Charles and Genevieve's adopted Latvian son.
* Danny Trejo
Danny Trejo ( ; born May 16, 1944) is an American actor. He has appeared in films including ''Desperado'', ''Heat'', and the ''From Dusk Till Dawn'' film series. With frequent collaborator and his second cousin Robert Rodriguez, he portrayed ...
as Oscar Diaz, Rosa's father. He is a school teacher who is intimidating and tough like his daughter. When Rosa comes out as bisexual, he doesn't take it well at first but manages to accept his daughter for who she is.
* Olga Merediz
Olga Merediz (born February 15, 1956) is an American actress and singer. Merediz originated the role of Abuela Claudia in the Broadway musical ''In the Heights'', for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Featured ...
as Julia Diaz, Rosa's mother. Unlike her husband, it took longer for her to fully accept her daughter's bisexuality.
* Sarah Baker as Kylie, Amy's only friend outside of the precinct, who works for the Department of Records.
* Cameron Esposito
Cameron Anne Young Anastasia Esposito (born October 17, 1981) is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster known for her show '' Take My Wife'', as well as her stand-up comedy and her podcast, '' Queery''. Esposito substantially focuses on topic ...
as Jocelyn Pryce, Rosa's former girlfriend who works as a cosmetologist.
* Joel McKinnon Miller as Earl Scully, Norm's twin brother who looks and behaves identically to him. The two had a brief falling out when Norm's wife cheated on him with Earl.
* Winston Story as Bill Hummertrout, a male prostitute whom Charles and Jake hire on the fifth Halloween heist due to his resemblance to Charles. He later gets the two involved in a pyramid scheme called "Nutriboom," and appears in all the heists starting from the fourth. During the events of the seventh heist, he appears to have become homeless during the six months the heist took place.
* Tim Meadows
Timothy Meadows (born February 5, 1961) is an American actor and comedian. He was one of the longest-running cast members on ''Saturday Night Live'', where he appeared for ten seasons and for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emm ...
as Caleb John Gosche, Jake's cellmate, a woodworker who is also a convicted cannibal child murderer. Despite his dietary tendencies, he and Jake become friends in prison and Caleb saves Jake's life when Jeff Romero, a gang leader, identifies Jake as a snitch. In "Sicko", Jake and Charles turn to him for advice when they are tracking a serial killer.[‘Lethal Weapon’s Damon Wayans: Michele Hurd Is “Wonderful;” ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ & ‘The Mick’ New Season Reveals – TCA](_blank)
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Antagonists
* Chris Parnell as Geoffrey Hoytsman, Sophia's boss at the Public Defender's office who has issues with drugs. Jake arrests him for using cocaine
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in "The Defense Rests", which ultimately leads to Sophia breaking up with Jake. He returned in "Sabotage", where he attempted to get revenge on Jake for ruining his life, but was foiled by Amy and Rosa.
* Aida Turturro
Aida Turturro ( ; born September 25, 1962) is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Janice Soprano on the HBO drama series ''The Sopranos''.
Early life and education
Aida Turturro was born in Buffalo, New York, daughter of ...
as Maura Figgis, the sister of notorious gangster Jimmy "The Butcher" Figgis. She leads a prison gang in a maximum-security women's penitentiary in Texas. Amy goes undercover as "Isabel Cortez" within the prison to learn the identity of Figgis' FBI contact from Maura.
* Eric Roberts
Eric Anthony Roberts (born April 18, 1956) is an American actor. His career began with a leading role in '' King of the Gypsies'' (1978) for which he received his first Golden Globe Award nomination. He was nominated again at the Golden Globes ...
as Jimmy "The Butcher" Figgis, a mobster whom Pimento went undercover to investigate. He made a threat against Jake and Holt's lives, forcing them to go into hiding. After months of witness protection, Jake and Holt lured Figgis into Florida to take him down with help from the Nine-Nine.
* Dennis Haysbert
Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the '' Major League'' film trilogy, Secret Service agent Tim Collin in the political thriller film '' Absolute Power'' ...
as Bob Annderson, a former partner of Holt's who eventually worked for the FBI. He is brought in to help find info on the mole working for Jimmy "The Butcher" Figgis, but when going to interrogate a witness, Annderson pulls a gun on Holt and revealed that he was the mole the entire time. The Nine-Nine was able to capture Annderson and con him into revealing the files he has on Figgis, leading to Annderson's arrest and the destruction of Figgis' empire.
* Gina Gershon
Gina L. Gershon (born June 10, 1962) is an American actress. She has had roles in the films ''Cocktail'' (1988), ''Red Heat'' (1988), '' Showgirls'' (1995), '' Bound'' (1996), '' Face/Off'' (1997), '' The Insider'' (1999), '' Demonlover'' (2002 ...
as Lieutenant Melanie Hawkins, the head of the NYPD's most elite task force. Jake and Rosa both admired her and competed against each other for a spot on her team. However, they soon learned that her team was a bank robbery crew. When they tried to work undercover to bring her down, she framed Jake and Rosa and got them convicted for armed robbery. However, Holt received inside information from mobster Seamus Murphy, leading to Hawkins' arrest and Jake and Rosa's exoneration.
* Paul Adelstein
Paul Adelstein (born April 29, 1969) is an American actor and writer, known for the role of Agent Paul Kellerman in the Fox television series ''Prison Break'' and his role as pediatrician Cooper Freedman in the ABC medical drama '' Private Prac ...
as Seamus Murphy, a notorious mobster. He assisted the Nine-Nine in exposing Hawkins' crimes, as the two sides saw Hawkins as a common threat. Murphy offered Amy incriminating information about Hawkins in exchange for a favor, which Holt told her to refuse. Holt later accepted the information himself to keep Amy safe and free Jake and Rosa from prison. When Murphy claimed his favor, Jake and Charles found a way to allow Holt to keep up his end of the bargain while secretly stopping Seamus' illegal activities. When Seamus discovered this, he threatened Kevin's life, leading to Jake and Kevin going into isolation for two months. Holt and Jake are captured by Seamus, but Kevin rescued both of them, and Murphy and his men were apprehended by the FBI.
* Phil Reeves
Phil Reeves is an American film and television actor and screenwriter. He is known for the roles of Charles Swedelson on the sitcom '' Girlfriends'', new Vice President Andrew Doyle in HBO's ''Veep'', as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff G ...
as Commissioner John Kelly. Kelly was named Commissioner at the beginning of Season 6
A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and po ...
, having won against Holt. His demeanor is extremely condescending and dismissive. Kelly planned to implement a "vigilant policing initiative", which Holt opposed as he believed it would simply be "stop-and-frisk" under a new name. Kelly retaliated by worsening the Nine-Nine's working conditions. In the episode "Sicko", he introduced an app that allows the public to send in anonymous tips; but it is revealed that Kelly has developed the app to cover up the illegal use of a Stingray Phone Tracker
The StingRay is an IMSI-catcher, a cellular phone surveillance device, manufactured by Harris Corporation. Initially developed for the military and intelligence community, the StingRay and similar Harris devices are in widespread use by local ...
to spy on civilians. When Jake and the Nine-Nine--together with the "Suicide Squad", Vulture, CJ, and Madeleine Wuntch--exposed him, he was fired, though Wuntch, as acting Commissioner, told Holt that Kelly had secured a "higher-paying job in the private sector".
* John C. McGinley as Frank O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan is the hard-headed, stubborn, ignorant and bombastic President of the (fictional) NYPD 'Patrolman's Union', and a recurring antagonist in Season 8
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, constantly getting in the way of the Nine-Nine's attempts to help actually reform the NYPD. He still lives with his mother despite being in his fifties, is a big fan of Billy Joel and views cops as completely infallible and undeserving of any kind of consequences or punishment, regardless of their actions and will defend dirty or overzealous cops with every underhanded trick and loophole he knows. He has a preternaturally high alcohol tolerance, enjoying beers regularly even at breakfast. His LGBTQ views are archaic at best; he attempts to blackmail both Holt and Rosa by threatening to reveal their sexualities to the public and is visibly mystified and annoyed when they tell him that they came out ages ago. Despite his attempts to sabotage the reform program, it passed but O'Sullivan still gets reelected to his position for life, a feat Holt believed was impossible.
Guest stars (in order of appearance)
* Fred Armisen
Fereydun Robert Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, Armisen was the co-creator and co-star of the IFC sketch comedy series '' Portlandia''. ...
as Mlepnos (also spelled Melipnos or Mlep(clay)nos), a confused foreign man living in a building where a murder took place. The detectives run into Mlepnos in the pilot episode while searching for witnesses. He shows up again in "Operation: Broken Feather". In "Jake and Amy", Hitchcock and Scully recruit him to perform the violin at Jake and Amy's wedding. In his recurring appearances, he denies meeting Jake before and changes his name.
* Andy Richter
Paul Andrew Richter (born October 28, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and talk show announcer. He is best known as the sidekick for Conan O'Brien on each of O'Brien's talk shows: ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Late Night'' and ' ...
as Hawley, a sarcastic and childish doorman who refuses to assist Jake during routine questioning.
* Pete Davidson
Peter Michael Davidson (born November 16, 1993) is an American comedian and actor. He was a cast member of the NBC late-night sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' (SNL) for eight seasons, running from 2014 to 2022.
Davidson's ...
as Steve, an at-risk kid who interrupts and makes fun of Diaz and Santiago. When Gina lists her reasons for joining the program, he still doesn't sign up for the Junior Police program.
* Helen Slayton-Hughes
Helen Slayton-Hughes ( Slayton; October 30, 1930 – December 7, 2022) was an American actress who was best known for playing Ethel Beavers in '' Parks and Recreation'', as well as over 200 theatre and television shows.
Personal life
Helen S ...
as Ethel Musterberg, a senile woman mistaken for a missing person.
* Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Mary Elizabeth Ellis (born May 11, 1979) is an American actress, best known for her recurring roles as The Waitress on the FX comedy ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' (2005–present), Nick's ex-girlfriend Caroline in the Fox sitcom ''New ...
as Rossi, a medical examiner whom Jake hooks up with.
* Kid Cudi as Dustin Whitman, a perpetrator Jake arrests on suspicion of burglary. Whitman mocks Jake by calling him "Joke Peralta" when he learns that Jake does not have sufficient evidence to convict him of a crime, but learns to his regret that he has underestimated Det. Peralta's ability.
* Stacy Keach
Walter Stacy Keach Jr. (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor and narrator. He has played mainly dramatic roles throughout his career, often in law enforcement or as a private detective. His most prominent role was as Mickey Spillane's fiction ...
as Jimmy Brogan, a crime writer from the 1970s whom Peralta greatly admires. Brogan is revealed to be bigoted, racist, homophobic, vengeful, and manipulative, disillusioning Peralta and leading to a physical altercation between the two when Peralta punches Brogan for slurs against Holt.
* Jerry Minor
Jerome Charles Minor Jr. (born October 4, 1969) is an American actor, comedian and writer known for his comedic roles in numerous television programs such as ''Mr. Show'', ''Saturday Night Live'', ''Trigger Happy TV#US version, Trigger Happy TV'' ...
as Jerry Grundhaven, a defense attorney who antagonizes Diaz in court.
* Joey Diaz
José Antonio Díaz (born February 19, 1963), known professionally as Joey "CoCo" Diaz, is a Cuban-American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster. After pursuing stand-up comedy full time in 1991 in the Colorado and Seattle areas, Diaz relocat ...
as Sal, the owner of a pizzeria that got burned down; Jake and Charles have to deal with Fire Marshall Boone on the case.
* Allen Evangelista as "Savant" (Corey Park), the 99th precinct's IT director. He is hired after he hacks the precinct's server out of boredom (he was caught because his mom tipped off the police).
* Adam Sandler as himself, appearing at an auction Jake went undercover at. He proceeds to humiliate Jake onstage.
* Joe Theismann
Joseph Robert Theismann (born September 9, 1949) is an American former professional football player, sports commentator, corporate speaker and restaurateur. He rose to fame playing quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and Canad ...
as himself, appearing at an auction Jake went undercover at.
* Nate Torrence
Nathan Andrew Torrence (born December 1, 1977) is an American comedic actor known for several TV and film roles, most notably including Devon from ''She's Out of My League'', Wade from HBO‘s ''Hello Ladies'', Sully on the CW series ''Supernatu ...
as Super Dan, a local vigilante whom Rosa and Amy don't take seriously.
* Sean Whalen
Sean Whalen (born May 19, 1964) is an American actor and writer. He is known for his work in numerous TV shows, including ''Shannon's Deal'' and ''Grace Under Fire'', as well as movies, including ''The People Under the Stairs'' and ''Twister''. H ...
as Bill Voss, a criminal with several warrants who accepts a fake trip to the Bahamas before being arrested by Diaz and Jeffords.
* Beth Dover as Janice, a stationery store employee whom Charles and Jake go to pick up wedding invitations.
* Ian Roberts as Lucas Wint, a civic leader who Jake suspects is laundering money for drug dealers.
* Jenny Slate
Jenny Sarah Slate (born March 25, 1982) is an American actress, comedian, and author. Born and raised in Milton, Massachusetts, Slate was educated at Milton Academy and studied literature at Columbia University, where she became involved in the ...
as Bianca, the girlfriend of a powerful Italian-American
Italian Americans ( it, italoamericani or ''italo-americani'', ) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry. The largest concentrations of Italian Americans are in the urban Northeast and industrial Midwestern metropolitan areas, ...
mobster.
* Apollo Robbins
Apollo Robbins (born May 23, 1974) is an American sleight-of-hand artist, security consultant, self-described gentleman thief and deception specialist. ''Forbes'' has called him "an artful manipulator of awareness".
Early life
Robbins was bor ...
as Dan "Fingers" McCreary, a thief Jake hires to help steal Holt's watch during the Halloween heist.
* Dan Bakkedahl
Dan Bakkedahl (born November 18, 1969) is an American actor and improvisational comedian. He is best known for starring as Tim Hughes on the CBS sitcom '' Life in Pieces'', as Congressman Roger Furlong on the HBO series ''Veep'', and as Steve Nu ...
as Andrew Miller, a lieutenant and investigator from Internal Affairs. He investigates the 99th Precinct for a possible undercover mole until the detectives discover that he himself is spying on the precinct at the behest of Wuntch. Miller suffers from paranoid germophobia.
* Ed Helms
Edward Parker Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor and comedian. From 2002 to 2006, he was a correspondent on Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''. He played paper salesman Andy Bernard in the NBC sitcom '' The Offi ...
as Jack Danger (pronounced donger), an egomaniacal, incompetent, obnoxious agent for the United States Postal Inspection Service
The United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), or the Postal Inspectors, is the law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service. It supports and protects the U.S. Postal Service, its employees, infrastructure, and customers by enf ...
whom Jake had to deal with while tracking the Giggle Pig drug gang.
* Nick Kroll
Nicholas Kroll (born June 5, 1978) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is known for creating and starring in the Comedy Central series '' Kroll Show'', ''The Oh, Hello Show'', the FX comedy series ''The L ...
as Kendrick, a condescending agent from the Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries. Its stated missions involve anti-terr ...
who has no respect for the NYPD and makes detectives from the Nine-Nine serve as taped-up "hostages" during a counterterrorism training exercise for Federal law enforcement agencies. After Jake leads a 99th rebellion that sees the cops take out nearly all of the Feds, Kendrick manages to "shoot" Jake and informs him the NYPD will not be invited to any future events.
* Garret Dillahunt
Garret Lee Dillahunt (born November 24, 1964) is an American actor. He is best known for his work in television, including the roles Burt Chance on the Fox sitcom ''Raising Hope'', for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television A ...
as Dave Majors, New York City's best detective whom Jake and Amy greatly admire. He takes an interest in Amy much to Jake's dismay, but she turns him down, citing her previous relationship with Teddy.
* Bill Hader
William Thomas Hader Jr.''Finding Your Roots'', January 26, 2016, PBS. (born June 7, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the creator, producer, writer, director, and star of the HBO dark comedy series ''Barry'' (201 ...
as Seth Dozerman, the new Captain of the 99th Precinct after the transfer of Captain Holt to the Public Affairs Division. Within moments of meeting the squad, he rants about their lack of efficiency and his obsession with it, before suffering a heart attack. On his second day, he discloses that he has a genetic heart condition that drastically reduces his life expectancy. He then suffers another heart attack after witnessing Jake and Amy kiss and dies.
* Archie Panjabi
Archana Panjabi (born 31 May 1972) is a British actress. She has had various roles in both UK and US television including as Maya Roy in ''Life on Mars'' (2006–07), Nas Kamal in NBC crime drama '' Blindspot'' (2016–17, 2020), Kendra Malle ...
as Singh, an NYPD lieutenant who Boyle hooks up with at Dozerman's funeral. He laments being unable to pursue a relationship with her after learning that she is a vegan
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal product—particularly in diet—and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. An individual who follows the diet or philosophy is known as a vegan. ...
.
* Jon Daly
Jon Daly, sometimes credited as Jonathan C. Daly, Jon C. Daly or Jonathan Barney Daly, is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer best known for his sketch comedy work on the Comedy Central series ''Kroll Show''. In 2013 he starred as H ...
as Bram Applebaum, a half-Scottish bagpipe player for the NYPD Pipes and Drums
The NYPD Pipes and Drums is a Pipe band made up of active and retired police officers of the New York City Police Department (NYPD). It is associated with the Irish American Emerald Society and was formerly known as the Emerald Society's Pipe and ...
, who performs at Dozerman's funeral.
* James Urbaniak
James Christian Urbaniak (born September 17, 1963) is an American character actor. He is best known for his roles as Simon Grim in three Hal Hartley films: '' Henry Fool'' (1997), '' Fay Grim'' (2006) and '' Ned Rifle'' (2014), Robert Crumb in ...
as Nick Lingeman, Genevieve's ex-boyfriend and an art gallery owner who Jake and Charles suspect framed Genevieve.
* Stormi Henley as Dvora, Nick's assistant who is romantically interested in him.
* Nick Offerman as Frederick, Holt's ex-boyfriend who broke up with him after Holt threw Frederick's duck ornament off of the Brooklyn Bridge. As a gynocologist, Jake and Holt ask him to help Sharon Jeffords after she goes in labor, with Holt having to confess to throwing away the duck ornament as a condition.
* Anders Holm
Anders Christian Holm (born May 29, 1981) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is one of the stars and creators of the Comedy Central show ''Workaholics'' and starred in the short-lived NBC series ''Champions''. He, along wit ...
as Søren Knausgaard, a Swedish Interpol officer who works a case involving stolen jewels from Sweden with Jake and Rosa.
* Riki Lindhome
Erika "Riki" Lindhome (born March 5, 1979) is an American actress, comedian, and musician. She is best known as a singer and songwriter for the comedy folk duo Garfunkel and Oates.
After making her television debut in 2002 with minor roles in t ...
as Agneta Carlsson, a Swedish Interpol officer who works a case involving stolen jewels from Sweden with Jake and Rosa.
* Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson ( or ; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, he was a p ...
as himself, appearing in the precinct to aid Gina in her study of astrophysics. He is Terry's gym buddy.
* Kathryn Hahn
Kathryn Marie Hahn (born July 23, 1973) is an American actress and comedian. She began her career on television, starring as grief counselor Lily Lebowski in the NBC crime drama series ''Crossing Jordan'' (2001–2007). Hahn gained prominence ap ...
as Eleanor Horstweil, Charles's ex-wife who appears after Charles attempts to withdraw his sperm from cold storage.
* Oscar Nunez
Oscar Nunez (born November 18, 1958), sometimes credited as Oscar Nuñez, is a Cuban-American actor. He is best known for his role as the Dunder Mifflin accountant Oscar Martinez on NBC's ''The Office''.
He was a member of The Groundlings and l ...
as Dr. Porp, a doctor who diagnosed Jake and Holt with the mumps.
* Paul F. Tompkins as Orleans, the captain of the cruise ship Jake and Amy go on.
* Damon Wayans Jr.
Damon Kyle Wayans Jr. (born November 18, 1982) is an American actor and comedian. He is most widely known for starring as Brad Williams in the ABC sitcom '' Happy Endings'', for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award f ...
as Stevie Schillens, Jake's former partner who comes to the precinct after renovations commence at his own.
* Brad Hall
William Bradford Hall (born March 21, 1958) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known as a ''Weekend Update'' news anchor on ''Saturday Night Live'' and for creating the sitcoms ''The Single Guy'' and ''Watching Ellie''.
H ...
as John William Weichselbraun, a classical oboist who claims his instrument was stolen; also one of Holt's heroes.
* Kate Flannery
Kate Destiny Flannery (born June 10, 1964) is an American actress. Following her early theatre work, Flannery had her screen breakthrough playing Meredith Palmer on the NBC series ''The Office'', which won her two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Sh ...
as "Mean" Marge Bronigan, the precinct's custodian.
* Matt Besser
Matthew Gregory Besser (born September 22, 1967) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, and writer, best known as one of the four founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe, who had their own show on Comedy ...
as Holderton, a detective from the 65th precinct who makes fun of Terry for accusing a cat of being a thief.
* Maya Rudolph as Karen Haas, a United States Deputy Marshal who serves as Jake's and Holt's contact while they are in Witness Protection
Witness protection is security provided to a threatened person providing testimonial evidence to the justice system, including defendants and other clients, before, during, and after a trial, usually by police. While a witness may only require p ...
in Florida
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.
* Rhea Perlman
Rhea Jo Perlman (born March 31, 1948) is an American actress. She played head-waitress Carla Tortelli in the sitcom '' Cheers'' (1982–1993). Over the course of 11 seasons, Perlman was nominated for ten Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting ...
as Estelle, a member of Holt's alias Greg's walking group.
* Jorma Taccone
Jorma Christopher Taccone (; born March 19, 1977) is an American comedian, director, actor, and writer. He is one-third of the sketch comedy troupe The Lonely Island, with childhood friends Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer. In 2010, Taccone co-wr ...
as Taylor, the manager of a children's funhouse Holt works at while hiding as Greg.
* Betsy Sodaro as Jordan Carfton, a lady who took a video that could expose Jake and Holt while they were in Witness Protection.
* Esther Povitsky
Esther Povitsky (born March 2, 1988), formerly known by the stage name "Little Esther", is an American actress and comedian. She is the co-creator and star of the comedy series ''Alone Together'' (2018), and starred as Izzy in the Hulu series '' ...
as Emily, Gina's new assistant granted by Captain Stentley. She's under strict orders from Gina to mock Amy whenever there's an opening.
* Jim O'Heir
Jim O'Heir (born February 4, 1962) is an American actor and comedian, perhaps best known for portraying Jerry Gergich on the NBC sitcom '' Parks and Recreation''.
O'Heir first became active in Chicago theater and improv during the late 1980s ...
as Reynolds, a homophobic police sheriff in Florida who detains Jake and Holt after stopping them with a copious number of guns and amount of ammo.
* Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Claire Deschanel (; born January 17, 1980) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She made her film debut in '' Mumford'' (1999) and had a supporting role in Cameron Crowe's film '' Almost Famous'' (2000). Deschanel is known for h ...
as Jess Day, a Los Angeles
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resident who is visiting New York and unwillingly assists Jake in chasing a suspect. Deschanel's appearance is part of a crossover between ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' and ''New Girl
''New Girl'' is an American television sitcom created by Elizabeth Meriwether and produced by 20th Television for Fox that originally aired from September 20, 2011, to May 15, 2018. The series revolves around a kooky teacher, Jessica Day ( Zoo ...
''.
* Fred Melamed
Fred Melamed (born May 13, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for portraying Sy Ableman in the Coen Brothers' ''A Serious Man'' (2009). He is also known for his collaborations with Woody Allen appearing in seven of ...
as DC Parlov, the author of the Skyfire books, which Terry (and later Jake) are huge fans of. He begins to receive death threats, resulting in Jake and Terry having to protect him. Later the manuscript for his upcoming book is stolen, but it turns out to be an inside job resulting in his arrest.
* Eric Edelstein
Eric Edelstein is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing the role of Bobby Mallison in '' Shameless'', Chad in ''Clarence'', B.O.B. in the '' Monsters vs. Aliens'' television adaptation, and Grizzly "Grizz" in ''We Bare Bears ...
as Kurt Ovarp, a Skyfire fan who Jake and Terry suspect sent the threat to DC Parlov.
* Marshawn Lynch
Marshawn Terrell Lynch (born April 22, 1986) is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. Nicknamed "Beast Mode", he spent the majority of his career with the Seattle Seahawks. Lync ...
as himself, who witnesses a prison escape after the transport van crashes.
* Charles Baker as George Judy, an escaped convicted murderer, and Doug Judy's former foster brother.
* Jama Williamson
Jama Williamson (born March 12, 1974) is an American actress. She was active in New York City theater throughout the early 2000s, during which she appeared in such shows as Avery Crozier's ''Eat the Runt'', Hunt Holman's ''Spanish Girl'', A. R ...
as Rachel, Teddy's girlfriend who witness him propose to Amy after Jazz brunch.
* Kimberly Hébert Gregory
Kimberly Hébert Gregory ( née Hébert; born December 7, 1972) is an American actress. She began her career in theatre before her breakthrough role as Dr. Belinda Brown in the HBO comedy series ''Vice Principals'' in 2016.Meriah Dot"Vice Princip ...
as Veronica Hopkins, Terry's ex-girlfriend and fellow NYPD officer. She holds a massive grudge against Terry for their break-up (as she finds out Terry planned to break up with her a year earlier without telling her) and holds it against the precinct when she's assigned to audit it.
* Nathan Fillion
Nathan Fillion (; born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian-American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on '' Firefly'' and its film continuation '' Serenity'', and Richard Castle on '' Castle''. , he was starring as J ...
as Mark Deveraux, an actor who plays a detective on a series called ''Serve & Protect''. Deveraux attempts to assist Jake and Rosa when a crime occurs on the show's set, though he's later revealed to be the culprit and is kicked off the show.
* Greg Germann
Gregory Andrew Germann ( ; born February 26, 1958) is an American actor who is known for playing Richard Fish on the television series '' Ally McBeal'', which earned him a Screen Actors Guild award. He also is known for his roles as Eric "Rico" ...
as Gary Lurmax, the executive producer of ''Serve & Protect''. He nearly gives Jake a consulting position on the show, but after Jake lashes out at him and accuses him of a crime he didn't commit, he gets back at Jake by creating an unlikable character on the show named Jake Peralta and has him brutally murdered.
* Kelly Sullivan as Cassie Sinclair, an actress who plays a detective on a series called ''Serve & Protect''. She reports her laptop as stolen, prompting Peralta and Diaz to investigate the set. She is described as rapidly gaining popularity on the show, with a spin-off for her character being developed and causing tensions on the set.
* Desmond Harrington
Desmond Harrington (born October 19, 1976) is an American actor. He has appeared in '' The Hole'' (2001), ''Ghost Ship'' (2002), and '' Wrong Turn'' (2003), Desmond joined the cast of the Showtime series '' Dexter'' in its third season, as D ...
as Maldack, an NYPD uniformed officer who used racial profiling
Racial profiling or ethnic profiling is the act of suspecting, targeting or discriminating against a person on the basis of their ethnicity, religion or nationality, rather than on individual suspicion or available evidence. Racial profiling involv ...
to stop and question Sergeant Jeffords in " Moo Moo". After an unsuccessful meeting with Maldack, and much deliberation with Captain Holt, Jeffords filed an official complaint about the incident.
* Andy Daly
Andrew J. Daly (born April 15, 1971) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He starred as Forrest MacNeil on the Comedy Central series ''Review'', and had a supporting role in the HBO comedy series ''Eastbound & Down'' as Terrence Cutler. ...
as Jeffrey Bouche, Holt's rival who hurts his presentation at Cop-Con.
* Audrey Wasilewski as Cindy Shatz, a Cop-Con attendee who is extremely similar to Scully and later begins dating him.
* Ryan Phillippe
Matthew Ryan Phillippe (; born September 10, 1974) is an American actor. After appearing as Billy Douglas on the soap opera ''One Life to Live'', he came to fame in the late 1990s with starring roles in films including ''I Know What You Did Las ...
as Milton Boyle, Boyle's cousin who begins a relationship with Gina when he impregnates her.
* Brent Briscoe
Brent Briscoe (May 21, 1961 – October 18, 2017) was an American character actor and screenwriter.
Early life
Briscoe was born in Moberly, Missouri. After completing his education at the University of Missouri, Briscoe launched his career as a ...
as Matthew Langdon, an ex-NYPD officer who went into hiding once learning of Hawkins crookedness. It's later revealed he's an associate of Hawkins, tricking Jake and Rosa into bringing him in as a witness.
* Eugene Cordero
Eugene Cordero is an American actor, writer, and comedian. Frequently appearing in comedic roles, he has been featured as a series regular on the comedies ''Other Space'' (2015), '' Bajillion Dollar Propertie$'' (2017–2019), ''Tacoma FD'' (201 ...
as Pandemic, a hacker and friend of Boyle who tries to help clear Peralta and Diaz from crimes.
* Kulap Vilaysack
Kulap Tukta Vilaysack ( ; born May 11, 1980) is an American actress, comedian, writer, director, and showrunner. She co-hosts the ''Add To Cart'' podcast with SuChin Pak on Lemonada Media. She was the co-host of the '' Who Charted?'' podcast o ...
as Jennifer "Nightmare" Huggins, a hacker and colleague of Pandemic who tries to help clear Peralta and Diaz of bank robbery.
* Scott Aukerman
Scott David Aukerman (born July 2, 1970) is an American writer, actor, comedian, television personality, director, producer, and podcast host. Starting as a writer and performer in the later seasons of the sketch series ''Mr. Show'', Aukerman is ...
as Glandis, a hacker and colleague of Pandemic who tries to help clear Peralta and Diaz of bank robbery.
* Lou Diamond Phillips
Louis Diamond Phillips ( born Upchurch; February 17, 1962) is a Filipino-American actor and film director. His breakthrough came when he starred as Ritchie Valens in the biographical drama film '' La Bamba'' (1987). For ''Stand and Deliver'' (19 ...
as Jeff Romero, another inmate whose gang Jake joins.
* Toby Huss
Tobias Huss (born December 9, 1966) is an American actor, known for portraying Artie in the Nickelodeon series '' The Adventures of Pete & Pete'' (1993–1996). He is also known for his voice-over work on the long-running animated series ''King of ...
as Granville, a prison warden
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who tries to cut a deal with Jake to work as a snitch
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* Informant
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* ''Snitch'' (1998 film) or ''Monument Ave.'', an American crime drama directed by Ted Demme
* ''Snitch'' (2011 film) or ''Witness Insecurity'', an American thriller starring Edward Furlong
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* Danielle Aubuchon as Jenny, Hitchcock's prison hook-up, possibly girlfriend, who is incarcerated in the same penitentiary as Diaz.
* Amy Okuda as Chiaki, Terry's girlfriend while living in Japan.
* Maria Thayer
Maria Christina Thayer is an American actress and comedian. She first earned public recognition for her portrayal of Tammi Littlenut on the cult series ''Strangers with Candy'' in 1999. Thayer has also had supporting roles in the comedy films '' ...
as Jean Munhroe, The Vulture's ex-fiancé who works at a charity that provides rice to starving children in Africa.
* Rob Huebel as Landon Lawson, a rival fantasy author to Parlov.
* Reggie Lee as Ronald Yee, a forensic expert whom Holt and Amy try to impress.
* Paul Scheer
Paul Christian Scheer (born January 31, 1976) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, director, and podcaster.
Scheer is a SAG award-winning actor known for his roles in Showtime's comedy series '' Black Monday'' and FX/ FXX's '' The ...
as Devin Cathertaur, the Cyber Crimes division leader who takes the precinct's bandwidth.
* Mike Mitchell as Kyle Murphy, Seamus's dimwitted nephew who's been excluded from the Mafia family for his ineptitude.
* Chris Bauer as Dennis Kole, a Negotiator for the NYPD Emergency Service Unit, with the terrible record of having 49 of his first 50 jumpers
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**A waist-length top garment of dense wool, part of the Royal Navy uniform and the uniform of the United Stat ...
die. He was called onto what was his first hostage situation
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in a jewelry store on Atlantic Avenue in "The Negotiation
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". The hostage-taker, who turned out to be Doug Judy, called for Det. Peralta to negotiate instead, and then later Detectives Diaz and Scully, something that Kole was resentful about.
* Sterling K. Brown as Philip Davidson, a dentist who is a suspect in a murder case that Holt and Peralta interrogate throughout a night.Sterling K. Brown to Guest Star on ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’
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* Romy Rosemont
Romy Rosemont (born October 28, 1964) is an American actress, who has appeared in multiple television series, including ''Shark'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', '' Prison Break'', and '' Private Practice''. She got her b ...
as Claire Damont, Davidson's lawyer.
* David Fumero
David Fumero (born Joseph Sentielo-Fumero on December 29, 1972) is a Cuban-American actor and former fashion model. Fumero is best known for his role as Cristian Vega on ''One Life to Live''.
Personal life
David Fumero was born on December 29, ...
as Melvin "Vin" Stermly, Amy's favorite crossword puzzle author who is also a swimsuit model.
* Will Shortz
William F. Shortz (born August 26, 1952) is an American puzzle creator and editor and crossword puzzle editor for ''The New York Times''.
Early life and education
Will Shortz was born and raised on an Arabian horse farm in Crawfordsville, Indi ...
as Sam Jepson, a friend of Vin's who Jake suspects is behind a series of fires.
* Jay Chandrasekhar
Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken Lizard ...
as himself, who gets conned into being the celebrity spokesperson for the pyramid scheme Nutriboom.
* Kirk Fox
Kirk Fox (born August 26, 1969) is an American actor, screenwriter, and stand-up comedian.
Career
Television
Fox played Sewage Joe on ''Parks and Recreation'' and was a regular on Nickelodeon's '' How to Rock'' as Mr. March. Other credits incl ...
as Kurt, Kate Peralta's ex-boyfriend.
* Reginald VelJohnson
Reginald VelJohnson (born Reginald VelJohnson; August 16, 1952) is an American actor. He is best known for playing police officer characters, such as Carl Winslow on the sitcom ''Family Matters,'' which ran from 1989 to 1998, and LAPD Sergeant ...
as himself, whom Charles hires for Jake's Bachelor Party to give a clue for their scavenger hunt but ends up being their designated driver.
* Blake Anderson
Blake Raymond Anderson (born March 2, 1984) is an American actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter, and fashion designer. Beginning in 2006, Anderson helped create and join the sketch-comedy troupe Mail Order Comedy, which produced online videos ...
as Constantine Kane, a member of a rock band whom Amy once dated. He is still in love with Amy and takes a gig to perform at Jake's and Amy's wedding to try to win her back, but Amy burns the contract before it can happen.
* Akiva Schaffer
Akiva D. Schaffer (; born December 1, 1977) is an American film director, comedian, actor, and writer. He is a member of the comedy group The Lonely Island along with Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone. He began his career with The Lonely Island maki ...
as Brett Booth, a 63rd Precinct detective who is running a task-force which Peralta and Boyle both want to join, but Booth refuses them as he still holds Jake accountable for his visual impairment.
* Gina Rodriguez
Gina Alexis Rodriguez-LoCicero (born July 30, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for her leading role as Jane Villanueva in The CW satirical romantic dramedy series ''Jane the Virgin'' (2014–2019), for which she received a Golden Glo ...
as Alicia, a taxi driver and potential love interest for Rosa whom Terry tries to push towards.
* Kyle Gass
Kyle Richard Gass (born July 14, 1960) is an American musician, comedian and actor best known for co-founding—and being a member of—Tenacious D, a Grammy-winning comedy band. He also co-founded the bands Trainwreck and the Kyle Gass Band, ...
as Dario Moretti, a money launderer turned bomber whom Amy arrested. He attempted to ruin Jake's and Amy's nuptials by planting a bomb in the air vents of the recreation center on the day of their wedding.
* Daniel Di Tomasso
Daniel di Tomasso (born 30 January 1983) is a Canadian actor. In 2013, he began starring as a series regular in the television drama series ''Witches of East End'', as Killian Gardiner. Di Tomasso also appeared on ''Beauty and the Beast'', ''Gr ...
and Robert Maffia as Gio Costa, a well-mannered drug-running mafia boss whom Hitchcock and Scully apprehended in the 1980s.
* Decker Sadowski and Donna D'Errico
Donna Jeanette D'Errico (born March 30, 1968) is an American actress and model. She posed for ''Playboy'' as its Playmate of the Month for September 1995 and had a starring role (1996–1998) on the television series '' Baywatch''. She continue ...
as Marissa Costa, ex-wife of criminal Gio Costa, who lives under a pseudonym as Donna, the manager of a Wing Slutz in Marine Park. She worked as a CI for Detectives Hitchcock and Scully in the mid-1980s and aided in the capture of her then-husband for his drug crimes. Hitchcock and Scully stole one of Gio Costa's bags of drug money to help protect her in her new identity, and frequently stopped by Wing Slutz to check in on Marissa's safety.
* Paul Rust
Paul Robert Rust (born April 12, 1981) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He starred in the 2009 film '' I Love You, Beth Cooper'' and in the Netflix series ''Love''.
Early life
Rust was born in Le Mars, Iowa, the son of Jeanne and Bob ...
as Mikey Joseph, one of Jake's and Gina's former classmates who is still pursuing his high-school ambitions of making it as a Ska
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bassist.
* Eugene Lee Yang as a staff member of The Manhattan Club, a bar which Jake and Gina visit.
* Mario Lopez
Mario Lopez (born October 10, 1973) is an American actor and television host. He has appeared on several television series, in films, and on Broadway. He is known for his portrayal of A.C. Slater on '' Saved by the Bell'', '' Saved by the Bell ...
as himself, who gets tricked into attending Gina's going away party only to be rejected.
* Nicole Byer
Nicole Byer (born August 29, 1986) is an American comedian, actress, and television host. She is known as the host of the Netflix comedic reality bake-off series ''Nailed It!'' (2018–present), for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award no ...
as Trudy Judy, Doug Judy's younger sister who succeeds him as the new "Pontiac Bandit" after discovering his notes. Despite going to prison in her first appearance, she is released early for good behavior and remains close with Doug.
* Rob Riggle as Rob Dulubnik, an NYFD firefighter whom the Nine-Nine compete against to have control over Shaw's.
* Michael Mosley as Franco McCoy, a detective of the NYPD CSU. McCoy is self-enthusiastic to the point of arrogance and clashes with Peralta and Diaz at an 'unsolvable' crime scene.
* Karan Soni
Karan Soni (born January 8, 1989) is an Indian-American actor and comedian. Often appearing in comedic roles, he came to prominence for playing Dopinder in the films ''Deadpool'' (2016) and its sequel ''Deadpool 2'' (2018).
Born in New Delhi, ...
as Gordon Lundt, a spy whom Commissioner Kelly sent to spy on Holt. He was trying to get the opening as the Civilian Administrator.
* Jonathan Chase as Seth Haggerty, a banker whose penile injuries caught the imagination of the 99.
* Briga Heelan
Briga Heelan (pronunciation ) (born April 2, 1987) is an American actress and comedian. She is known for her work on the sitcoms ''Cougar Town'', '' Ground Floor'', ''Undateable'', ''Love'', ''Great News'', and ''B Positive''.
Early life and e ...
as Keri Brennan, an expert in statistical arbitrage, who was sexually assaulted by her boss and decided to press charges in a "he said, she said" scenario.
* Richard Finkelstein and E.J. Callahan as Ernest Zumowski aka "The Disco Strangler", Holt's most infamous collar from his career as a detective, who is feared dead in a prison van accident.
* Ike Barinholtz
Isaac Barinholtz (born February 18, 1977) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer. He is best known for his starring roles in the comedy series ''MADtv'' (2002–2007), ''Eastbound & Down'' (2012), '' The Mindy Project'' (20 ...
as Gintars Irbe, a Latvian clothing counterfeiter who is Nikolaj's biological father.
* David Paymer
David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, and television director. He has been in films such as '' Mr. Saturday Night'', ''Quiz Show'', ''Searching for Bobby Fischer'', '' City Slickers'', ''Crazy People'', '' ...
as William Tate, a therapist with a murdered client. He was investigated by Jake and Charles, and later revealed as the murderer.
* Julia Sweeney
Julia Anne Sweeney (born October 10, 1959) is an American actress, comedian, and author, who gained fame as a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1990 to 1994. She played Mrs. Keeper in the film ''Stuart Little'' and voiced Brittany in ' ...
as Pam, a patient in the hospital room next to where Jake and Amy are having their "Casecation" and constantly is entering their room.
* Oliver Muirhead
Oliver Muirhead (born 29 May 1957) is an English character actor, known for often portraying pompous country gentlemen. In 1986, he also directed the musical pantomime '' A Christmas Held Captive''. In addition to acting, Muirhead has also le ...
as Wesley Allister, the dean at the classics department Kevin works at and who thinks Captain Holt is unintelligent.
* Bob Stephenson as Randy, a janitor at the university who stole the expensive coins and tried to frame another professor.
* Sarah Claspell as Heather, one of the uniformed officers under Santiago's command.
* Sean Astin
Sean Patrick Astin (né Duke; February 25, 1971) is an American actor. His acting roles include Samwise Gamgee in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy (2001–2003), Mikey Walsh in ''The Goonies'' (1985), Daniel Ruettiger in '' Rudy'' (1993), Dou ...
as Knox, a murder suspect who disguises himself as an NYPD sergeant to erase the evidence of his crime.
* Travis Coles as "Broadway" Brian Floomryde, a would-be performer who works as a civilian administrator in the records department of the 99th Precinct. Jeffords managed to convince Floomryde to quit his job to pursue his Broadway dreams so as to remain at the Precinct; however, after learning that he was vocally untalented and had a young family, Jeffords told Floomryde not to quit.
* Nicole Bilderback as Julie Kim, the new Captain of the 99th Precinct for a day while Holt spends his time as a patrolman. She quits after she finds out that Peralta is trying to dig up some dirt on her.
* Jim Rash
James Rash (born July 15, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He portrayed the role of Dean Craig Pelton on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Bes ...
as Dr. Jones, Pimento's doctor who claims he is suffering from anterograde amnesia
In neurology, anterograde amnesia is the inability to create new memories after the event that caused amnesia, leading to a partial or complete inability to recall the recent past, while long-term memories from before the event remain intact ...
when in reality, he is trying to kill Pimento since his wife hired Pimento to investigate if he was having an affair.
* Michael McDonald as Adam Jarver, Wuntch's nephew. He initially pretends to be another nemesis to Wuntch at her memorial at his late aunt's request to expose Holt's insults toward her as a final attempt to ruin her rival's career, but Holt outsmarted both of them by throwing a fake memorial.
* J. K. Simmons
Jonathan Kimble Simmons (born January 9, 1955) is an American actor, considered one of the most prolific and well-established character actors of his generation. He has appeared in over 200 films and television roles since his debut in 1986. He i ...
as Frank Dillman, a detective respected by Holt for his highly analytical approach. Despite his keen observational skills, he was fired by the NYPD and SFPD and worked part time at a Yarn Barn.
* Eva La Dare as Captain Brenda Shawnks, the lead on the selection panel for the NYPD Police Band
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.
* Will Hines as Carl Kurm, an Assistant district attorney
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who tries to get Hitchcock & Scully punished for not taking down the name of a witness needed in court.
* Kenny Stevenson as Officer Mark, a uniformed officer at the 99 who often appears with the squad.
* Jon Gabrus as Curt, a firefighter with the FDNY who responded to the 99's call when a powercut trapped Holt & Jeffords in an elevator, and later delivered Santiago's child.
* Jill Basey as Dotty, an elderly civilian who asks Peralta & Boyle for help during a blackout, only to constantly criticise them and later be arrested.
* Ellie Reed as Kayla, a bachelorette whose pedal pub is commandeered by Peralta & Boyle.
* Brendan McNamara as Russ, a suspected drunk-driver who stages a crash to cause a blackout.
* Paul Witten as Todd, a man Amy and Rosa set Holt up on a date with in an attempt to bring him closer to Kevin.
* Joanna Newsom as Caroline Saint-Jacques Renard, the associate principal cellist for the Berlin Philharmonic whom Holt hired to perform during the final heist.
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Lists of American crime television series characters
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