List of Chuck characters

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Chuck cast members at San Diego Comic-Con in 2010

Chuck is an American television series developed by writer/producers Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak and is broadcast by NBC. The title character of the series is Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi), an affable and anxious Nerd Herd associate at Buy More who unwittingly downloads the entire CIA/NSA secret database subliminally into his brain. During the series he is protected by CIA agent Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strahovski) and NSA agent John Casey (Adam Baldwin) while helping the CIA and NSA in spy missions.

Contents

Timeline

  = Starring
  = Recurring/Guest
  = Archive footage or voiceovers
CharacterSeason
Season One
(2007–2008)
Season Two
(2008–2009)
Season Three
(2010)
Season Four
(2010–2011)
Season Five
(2011–2012)

Main cast

Chuck Bartowski Zachary Levi
Agent Sarah Walker Yvonne Strahovski
Col. John Casey Adam Baldwin
Morgan Grimes Joshua Gomez
Dr. Ellie Woodcomb Sarah Lancaster
Dr. Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb Ryan McPartlin Ryan McPartlin
Michael "Big Mike" Tucker Mark Christopher Lawrence Mark Christopher Lawrence
Jeff Barnes Scott Krinsky Scott Krinsky
Lester Patel Vik Sahay Vik Sahay
Anna Wu Julia Ling Julia Ling Julia Ling
Brigadier General Diane Beckman Bonita Friedericy Bonita Friedericy Bonita Friedericy

Other special agents and intelligence officers

Agent Bryce Larkin Matt Bomer
Director Langston Graham Tony Todd Tony Todd
Cole Barker Jonathan Cake
Stephen J. Bartowski Scott Bakula Scott Bakula
Agent Daniel Shaw Brandon Routh Brandon Routh
Mary Elizabeth Bartowski Unknown woman Linda Hamilton
"Greta" Olivia Munn, Isaiah Mustafa,
Stacy Keibler, and Summer Glau
Jane Bentley Robin Givens
Clyde Decker Richard Burgi
Gertrude Verbanski Carrie-Anne Moss
Nicholas Quinn Angus Macfadyen

Other Buy More employees

Harry Tang C. S. Lee
Fernando Jesse Heiman
Michael "Skip" Johnson Michael Kawczynski
Mr. Mercer David Burke
Emmett Milbarge Tony Hale
Hannah Kristin Kreuk

Other family members

Jack Burton Gary Cole Gary Cole
Bolonia Grimes Patricia Rae
Dr. Honey Woodcomb Morgan Fairchild Morgan Fairchild
Dr. Woody Woodcomb Bruce Boxleitner
Alex McHugh Mekenna Melvin
Kathleen McHugh Clare Carey

FULCRUM agents

Tommy Delgado Anthony Ruivivar
Jill Roberts Jordana Brewster
Alexander Winterborne Mark Pellegrino Mark Pellegrino
Vincent Smith Arnold Vosloo
Ted Roark Chevy Chase

The Ring agents

Ring Elders Five unknown actors
The Director Mark Sheppard
Justin Sullivan Scott Holroyd

Volkoff Industries

Alexei Volkoff Timothy Dalton
Vivian McArthur Lauren Cohan
Riley Ray Wise

Minor characters

Agent Carina Miller Mini Andén Mini Andén
Lou Palone Rachel Bilson
Roan Montgomery John Larroquette John Larroquette
Heather Chandler Nicole Richie Nicole Richie
Premier Alejandro Goya Armand Assante
Hugo Panzer "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
Evelyn ShawKelly Thiebaud
Adelbert "The Belgian" de Smet Richard Chamberlain
Zondra Mercedes Masohn

Main and supporting characters

Special agents and intelligence officers

Buy More employees

Current and former employees of the Buy More where Chuck and Casey worked for most of the series.

Other friends and relatives

Antagonists

The Ring

The Ring is a hostile organization introduced in passing in the season two finale, "Chuck Versus the Ring." The episode revealed no further information about the organization, other than that FULCRUM is only one part of it. According to Chris Fedak, the Ring has a specific goal revealed only as different from the goals of Fulcrum. [13]

FULCRUM

FULCRUM is the codename of a hostile espionage organization which served as the series' main antagonist, and it was later revealed to be a part of The Ring.

  • Dr. Jill Roberts (Jordana Brewster) was Chuck's girlfriend at Stanford. Bryce introduced Chuck and Jill as noting that Jill had a fondness for games such as Zork. After he was expelled Jill broke up with him, claiming to have started dating Bryce Larkin, and later obtained a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering. Five years and four months after they broke up, the two bump into each other at a technology conference at which she is presenting on behalf of the biotechnology company she works for and begin seeing each other again. Chuck reveals to her that he is a CIA agent. After decrypting a database, Casey and Sarah discover that Jill is a FULCRUM agent. She later admits that she and Larkin never actually dated. After being arrested Jill later returns and, with Chuck's help, escapes both FULCRUM and government control. First seen in: Chuck Versus the Ex .
  • Ted Roark (Chevy Chase) was the founder and CEO of Roark Instruments and is the nemesis of Stephen J. Bartowski. He is credited with creating some of today's most successful computer technologies but stole many of Stephen's ideas as his own when they were graduate school classmates. Though a major media figure, he is in charge of creating the new Intersect for Fulcrum. He captures Stephen, now revealed as Orion, and threatens to kill his family unless he helps him finish the Intersect. Stephen covertly double-crosses him and reprograms the computer to instead remove the Intersect images from Chuck's head when Roark tries to use it to upload the Intersect into a group of Fulcrum agents. After Beckman's airstrike begins, Roark flees and surprisingly survives the attack. He comes to Ellie's wedding, threatening to kill Ellie if Chuck doesn't turn over the Intersect, but is thwarted by Chuck, Sarah, Stephen, Bryce Larkin, and a special forces team led by John Casey. They arrest Roark and detain him in a cell in Castle, but he is executed by a member of Casey's team who is actually a member of the Ring. First seen in: Chuck Versus the Dream Job .

Volkoff Industries

Volkoff Industries is the public business front owned by an international arms dealer named Alexei Volkoff. They maintained a headquarters building in a former KGB installation in Moscow, and possess other known assets in Venezuela and Hong Kong. Like The Ring and Fulcrum before it, Volkoff Industries is the central antagonist of Chuck's fourth season. Little other specific information has been revealed so far in the series, other than that they use a number of other companies as public fronts for their arms shipments. Casey and Sarah had spent several months prior to "Chuck Versus the Anniversary" on assignment attempting to track down the organization, and it has been revealed that Volkoff Industries is somehow tied to the disappearance of Mary Elizabeth Bartowski. Volkoff has established an underground weapons pipeline called "Project Beacon," which extends to Burma [14] and Costa Gravas. Beacon includes a stolen nuclear controlled panel that could have bombed several American cities. [15] Volkoff has been present in the series as early as "Chuck Versus the Cougars," when Heather Chandler attempts to extort F-22 plans from her husband for Volkoff (revealed when Hugo Panzer was hired to kill her for the failure). [14] Volkoff's ability to manipulate prison transfers, relationship with Mary, and former connections to the Soviet Union would suggest a far-reaching political power. Volkoff has a valuable database named Hydra.

Verbanski Corporation

Verbanski Corporation is the main competition to Carmichael Industries, the freelance spy organization operated by Chuck and his colleagues, in season 5.

Guest stars

References

  1. Episode Title: TVFanatic.com
  2. "Chuck Versus the Cougars": Agent Graham states that he has seen the real name on her birth certificate, but Sarah cuts him off before he can say it
  3. "Chuck Versus the Dream Job"
  4. 1 2 "Chuck Versus the Colonel"
  5. 1 2 "Chuck Versus the Pink Slip"
  6. "Chuck Versus Operation Awesome"
  7. 1 2 "Chuck Versus the Helicopter"
  8. "Chuck Versus the Best Friend"
  9. 1 2 "Chuck Versus the Ring"
  10. "Chuck Versus the Suburbs"
  11. 1 2 "Chuck Versus the First Kill"
  12. "Chuck Versus the Sandworm"
  13. Interview, April 27, 2009: What's Alan Watching?
  14. 1 2 "Chuck Versus the Cubic Z"
  15. "Chuck Versus the Coup d'Etat"
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