List of Spooks characters

This is a list of characters in the television series Spooks (known as MI-5 in some countries) is a British television spy drama series. It originally aired its first run on BBC One, for 10 series, from 13 May 2002 to 23 October 2011.

Character Actor Series
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sir Harry Pearce KBE Peter Firth Main
Malcolm Wynn-Jones Hugh Simon Main[a] Guest
Tom Quinn Matthew Macfadyen Main[b] Guest
Zoe Reynolds Keeley Hawes Main[c]
Danny Hunter David Oyelowo Main
Tessa Phillips Jenny Agutter Main Guest
Ellie Simm Esther Hall Main Guest
Maisie Simm Heather Cave Main Guest
Jed Kelley Graeme Mearns Main
Helen Flynn Lisa Faulkner Main[d]
Colin Wells Rory MacGregor Recurring Main[e]
Ruth Evershed Nicola Walker Main[f] Main
Sam Buxton Shauna Macdonald Main
Adam Carter Rupert Penry-Jones Main[g]
Fiona Carter Olga Sosnovska Recurring Main[h]
Zafar Younis Raza Jaffrey Guest Main[i]
Jo Portman Miranda Raison Main[j]
Ros Myers Hermione Norris Main[k]
Connie James Gemma Jones Main
Ben Kaplan DSO Alex Lanipekun Main[l]
Lucas North / John Bateman Richard Armitage Main
Tariq Masood Shazad Latif Main[m]
Dimitri Levendis Max Brown Main
Beth Bailey Sophia Myles Main
Erin Watts Lara Pulver Main
Calum Reed Geoffrey Streatfeild Main
Notes
  1. ^ Hugh Simon only appeared in the first episode of Series 8.
  2. ^ Matthew Macfadyen only appeared in the first two episodes of Series 3.
  3. ^ Keeley Hawes only appeared in the first six episodes of Series 3.
  4. ^ Despite being credited as part of the main cast in Series 1, Lisa Faulkner's character is very notably killed[1] in the second overall episode, "Looking After Our Own", and does not appear again.
  5. ^ Rory MacGregor only appeared in the first episode of Series 5.
  6. ^ Nicola Walker only appeared in the first five episodes of Series 5.
  7. ^ Rupert Penry-Jones only appeared in the first episode of Series 7.
  8. ^ Olga Sosnovska left in episode 7 of Series 4.
  9. ^ Raza Jaffrey only appeared in the first episode of Series 6.
  10. ^ Miranda Raison only appeared in the first three episodes of Series 8.
  11. ^ Hermione Norris only appeared in the first eight episodes of Series 6 before returning in Series 7.
  12. ^ Alex Lanipekun did not join until the fifth episode of Series 6.
  13. ^ Shazad Latif only appeared in the first two episodes of Series 10.

Final Series Leads

Main characters for Series 10:

  • Sir Harry Pearce KBE (Peter Firth) (2002–2011) – Head of Counter-Terrorism Department, MI5
  • Dimitri Levendis (Max Brown) (2010–2011) – Piracy & Terrorism Case Officer Section D [2]
  • Erin Watts (Lara Pulver) (2011) – Chief of Section & Senior Case Officer, Section D
  • Calum Reed (Geoffrey Streatfeild) (2011) – Junior Case Officer, Section D
  • William Towers (Simon Russell Beale) (2010–2011) – Home Secretary
  • Ruth Evershed (Nicola Walker) (2003–2006, 2009–2011) – Section D Intelligence Analyst, Home Secretary's Assistant (two episodes), originally seconded to MI5 from GCHQ

Former characters

MI5 staff

Other officers

  • Vaughn Edwards (Iain Glen) (2010) – Deniable intelligence operative who seemed to work for the highest bidder
  • Sarah Caulfield (Genevieve O'Reilly) (2009) – CIA agent
  • Viktor Sarkisian (Peter Sullivan) (2008–2009) – Head of the FSB's London office
  • Bob Hogan (Matthew Marsh) (2007) – Senior CIA liaison
  • Oliver Mace (Tim McInnerny) (2004, 2006) – Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, later Director-General of MI5
  • Juliet Shaw (Anna Chancellor) (2005–) – National Security Co-ordinator; status uncertain following end of Series 6
  • Christine Dale (Megan Dodds) (2002–2004) – CIA agent
  • Jools Siviter (Hugh Laurie) (2002) – MI6 Section Chief

Significant others

  • Maya Lahan (Laila Rouass) (2010) – Lucas's ex-girlfriend
  • Elizabeta Starkova (Paloma Baeza) (2008) – Lucas's ex-wife
  • Will North (Richard Harrington) (2004) – Zoe Reynolds' fiancé
  • Ellie Simm (Esther Hall) (Main cast Series 1, 2002–2003) – Tom's ex-girlfriend
  • Maisie Simm (Heather Cave) (Main cast Series 1, 2002–2003) – Ellie's young daughter
  • Vicki Westbrook (Natasha Little) (2003) – Tom's ex-girlfriend
  • Carlo Franceschini (Enzo Cilenti) (2003) – Zoe's ex-boyfriend

UK Ministers

These fictional UK cabinet ministers managed the team or have been characters in some episodes.

Other guest stars

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Series 4

Series 5

Series 6

Series 7

References

  1. ^ Peachey, Paul (22 May 2002). "Dozens protest to BBC over horrific death scene in 'Spooks'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  2. ^ "BBC - BBC One Programmes - Spooks - Dimitri Levendis character page - actor Max Brown".
  3. ^ "BBC - BBC One Programmes - Spooks - Beth Bailey character page - actor Sophia Myles".

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