Draft:List of The Expanse characters

The following is a list of fictional characters from the novel series The Expanse, by James S. A. Corey, the joint pen name of authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck and its television adaptation, developed by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby for the Syfy network and later Amazon Prime Video.

Overview

Book series

The story is told through the points-of-view of many main characters. There are two POV characters in the first book and four in books two through five. In the sixth and seventh books, the number of POV characters increases, with several characters having only one or two chapters. The eighth book returned to a more limited number with five. In the final ninth book, there is an increase in POVs with some chapters having multiple POV characters. Every book also begins and ends with a prologue and epilogue told from a unique character's perspective, who will occasionally interject in the main body of the novel.

POV characters

	Appears as a POV character
	Appears as a non-POV character
	No appearance

Number of chapters per point-of-view character

POV character	Books									Total
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Julie Mao	1									1
James Holden	28	18	14	14	12	11	8	3	13	121
Josephus Miller	27									27
Fred Johnson	1					1				2
Mei Meng		1								1
Bobbie Draper		11		1		2	14	5		33
Praxidike Meng		14				3				17
Chrisjen Avasarala		12		1		3				16
Manéo Jung-Espinoza			1							1
Carlos 'Bull' de Baca			14							14
Clarissa Melpomene Mao			14			1	1			16
Annushka Volovodov			12			1				13
Basia Merton				13						13
Elvi Okoye				16				13	7	36
Dimitri Havelock				13						13
The Investigator				6						6
Filip Inaros					1	7				8
Alex Kamal					13	2	1	7	3	26
Naomi Nagata					14	4	3	14	8	43
Amos Burton					12	1	1		2	16
Sauveterre					1					1
Namono						1				1
Michio Pa						10				10
Salis						1				1
Anderson Dawes						2				2
Jakulski						1				1
Vandercaust						1				1
Marco Inaros						2				2
Roberts						1				1
Paolo Cortazár							1			1
Camina Drummer							12			12
Santiago Jilie Singh							12			12
Winston Duarte							1		1	2
Teresa Duarte								11	3	14
Anton Trejo									1	1
Aliana Tanaka									12	12
Cara Bisset									3	3
Kit Kamal									3	3
Fayez Sarkis									1	1
Jillian Houston									1	1
Ekko Levy									1	1
Marrel Imvic									1	1

Television series

  = Main cast (credited)

  = Recurring cast (3+)

  = Guest cast (1–2)

Main cast

Character	Portrayed by	Appearances
		Season 1	Season 2	Season 3	Season 4	Season 5	Season 6
Joe Miller	Thomas Jane	Main		Special appearances
James Holden	Steven Strait	Main
Alex Kamal	Cas Anvar	Main
Naomi Nagata	Dominique Tipper	Main
Amos Burton	Wes Chatham	Main
Shed Garvey	Paulo Costanzo	Main
Juliette Mao	Florence Faivre	Main		Special appearance
Sadavir Errinwright	Shawn Doyle	Main
Chrisjen Avasarala	Shohreh Aghdashloo	Main
Bobbie Draper	Frankie Adams		Main
Camina Drummer	Cara Gee		Recurring		Main
Marco Inaros	Keon Alexander				Recurring	Main
Filip Inaros	Jasai Chase Owens				Guest	Main
Clarissa Mao	Nadine Nicole			Recurring	Guest	Main

Recurring cast

Character	Portrayed by	Appearances
		Season 1	Season 2	Season 3	Season 4	Season 5	Season 6
Dmitri Havelock	Jay Hernandez	Recurring
Shaddid	Lola Glaudini	Recurring
Octavia Muss	Athena Karkanis	Recurring
Arjun Avasarala	Brian George	Recurring	Guest		Recurring		Guest
Brothel Madam	Jane Moffat	Recurring
Gaunt Belter	Kyle Gatehouse	Recurring					Guest
Cobb	Michael Scratch	Recurring
Gia	Sara Mitich	Recurring
Avasarala's Grandson	Yatharth Bhatt	Recurring
Jules-Pierre Mao	François Chau	Recurring
Anderson Dawes	Jared Harris	Recurring	Guest
Lopez	Greg Bryk	Recurring
Michael Souther	Martin Roach	Recurring	Guest	Recurring
Fred Lucius Johnson	Chad L. Coleman	Recurring		Guest		Recurring
Antony Dresden	Daniel Kash	Recurring	Guest
Kenzo Gabriel	Elias Toufexis	Recurring
Sematimba	Kevin Hanchard	Recurring	Guest
Sutton	Hugh Dillon		Recurring
Augusto Nguyễn	Byron Mann		Recurring
Cotyar Ghazi	Nick E. Tarabay		Recurring
T. Hillman	Sarah Allen		Recurring
Richard Travis	Mpho Koaho		Recurring
L. Sa'id	Dewshane Williams		Recurring
Esteban Sorrento-Gillis	Jonathan Whittaker		Recurring
Staz	Alden Adair		Recurring
Paolo Cortázar	Carlos Gonzalez-Vio		Recurring			Guest
Diogo Harari	Andrew Rotilio	Guest	Recurring
Janus	Conrad Pla		Recurring
Michael Iturbi	Ted Whittall		Recurring
Martens	Peter Outerbridge		Recurring
Praxideke "Prax" Meng	Terry Chen		Recurring				Guest
Mei Meng	Leah Jung		Recurring
Lawrence Strickland	Ted Atherton		Recurring
Pyotr Korshunov	Jeff Seymour		Recurring
Pilot	Kunal Jaggi		Recurring
Nono Volovodov	Raven Dauda			Recurring
Katoa Merton	Jaeden Noel			Recurring
Anna Volovodov	Elizabeth Mitchell			Recurring			Guest
Medical Tech	Nicole Stamp			Recurring
Klaes Ashford	David Strathairn			Recurring
Tilly Fagan	Genelle Williams			Recurring
Monica Stuart	Anna Hopkins			Recurring		Recurring
Elio "Cohen" Casti	Brandon McGibbon			Recurring
Stanni Kulp	Ari Millen			Recurring
Hector "Hank" Cortez	Paulino Nunes			Recurring
Grigori	Brock Johnson			Recurring
Kolvoord	Chris Owens			Recurring
Behemoth Tech	Nabil Ayoub			Recurring
Riko Oshi	Sabryn Rock			Recurring
Jed Trepp	Hamed Dar			Recurring
Adolphus Murtry	Burn Gorman				Recurring
Coop	Kris Holden-Ried				Recurring
Lucia Mazur	Rosa Gilmore				Recurring
Elvi Okoye	Lyndie Greenwood				Recurring	Guest
Chandra Wei	Jess Salgueiro				Recurring
Grizzled Belter	Ahmed Moustafa				Recurring
Leelee	Dayle McLeod				Recurring
Tynan Crewman	Isaiah Adam				Recurring
David Draper	Kolton Stewart				Recurring
Nancy Gao	Lily Gao				Recurring	Guest
Thomas	Michael Xavier				Recurring
Scotty	Nabeel El Khafif				Recurring
Carol Chiwewe	Patti Kim				Recurring
Benji Draper	Steven Allerick				Recurring
Fayez Sarkis	Zach Smadu				Recurring
Diaz	Chai Valladares				Recurring
Felcia Mazur	Kyla Madeira				Recurring
Jakob Mazur	Steven McCarthy				Recurring
Avasarala's Aide	Vicki Kim				Recurring
Esai Martin	Paul Schulze				Recurring
Kellan	Bradley Gordon				Recurring
Lipson	Michael Brown			Guest	Recurring
Chike	Nathaniel McParland				Recurring
Mason	Christian Potenza				Recurring
Angeletti	Justin Michael Carriere				Recurring
Campaign Manager	Madison Walsh				Recurring
Barbapiccola Captain	Jamaal Grant				Recurring
Beltran	Tim Campbell				Recurring
Carlos "Bull" de Baca	José Zúñiga					Recurring
Felix Delgado	Michael Irby					Recurring
David Paster	Sugith Varughese					Recurring
Cyn	Brent Sexton					Recurring
Sakai	Bahia Watson					Recurring
Karal	Oluniké Adeliyi					Recurring
Leveau	George Tchortov					Recurring
Oksana Busch	Sandrine Holt					Recurring
Josep	Samer Salem					Recurring
Michio	Vanessa Smythe					Recurring
Emily Babbage	Lara Jean Chorostecki					Recurring
Tycho Engineer	Somkele Idhalama					Recurring
Erich	Jacob Mundell					Recurring
Bertold	Stephen Tracey					Recurring
Serge Kylo	Wilex Ly					Recurring
Yilmaz	Alex Hatz					Recurring
Hutch	Amanda Cordner					Recurring
Tesfaye	Andrea Davis					Recurring
Dahane	Christine Sahely					Recurring
Pella Crewmember	Hayley Pace					Recurring
UNN MP	Ricardo Betancourt					Recurring
Cebotari	Joyce Rivera					Recurring
Clarke	Sam Kalilieh					Recurring
Pella Officer	Emmanuel John					Recurring	Guest
Sandrine Kirino	Krista Bridges			Guest			Recurring
Sidiqi	Conrad Coates						Recurring
Gareth	Ted Dykstra						Recurring
Cara	Emma Ho						Recurring
Xan	Ian Ho						Recurring
Gary	Daniel Jun						Recurring
Dot	Dianne Aguilar						Recurring
Liang Walker	Stuart Hughes						Recurring
Rosenfeld Guoliang	Kathleen Robertson						Recurring
Nico Sanjrani	Jo Vannicola						Recurring
Tynan Crewmember	Virgilia Griffith						Recurring
Pella Officer	Kristian Kadirgamar						Recurring
Dewalt Crewmember	Mikael Conde						Recurring
Laconia Ensign	Tim Dowler-Coltman						Recurring
UNMC Supply Sergeant	Matt Birman						Recurring

Notable guest cast

• Jean Yoon as Theresa Yao (season 1), the captain of the MCRN Donnager
• Frances Fisher as Elise Holden (seasons 1, 4), one of Jim's mothers
• Rachael Crawford as J. Peñano (season 2), an MCRN admiral
• Atticus Mitchell as Sinopoli (season 3), a MCRN ensign who served aboard the MCRN Kittur Chennamma
• Natalie Lisinska as Shaffer (season 3), a lieutenant aboard the UNN Agatha King who is loyal to Souther
• Morgan Kelly as Mancuso (season 3), a lieutenant aboard the UNN Agatha King who is loyal to Souther
• John Kapelos as Ren Hazuki (season 3), a Savage Industries electrician assigned to the UNN Thomas Prince
• Yanna McIntosh as Chandra Lucas (season 3), the captain of the MCRN Askia, later captain of the MCRN Xuesen
• Tim DeKay as Emil Sauveterre (season 5), a Martian admiral
• Gabriel Darku as Yoan (season 6), a friend of Filip
• Dylan Taylor as Winston Duarte (season 6), a former Martian admiral on Laconia
• Vieslav Krystyan as Owain (season 6), a Belter on Ceres with a cat
• Joe Perry as Tadeo (season 6), a repair technician onboard the Pella

Crew of the Rocinante

The central characters of The Expanse are the crew of the Rocinante, a salvaged Martian naval gunship.

The main crew, present in all 9 books, consists of:

• James "Jim" R. Holden, the captain of the Rocinante, former UN Navy (UNN) officer; from Earth.
• Naomi Nagata, chief engineer and executive officer; a Belter.
• Amos Burton, mechanic and general muscle; an Earther with a mysterious past.
• Alex Kamal, pilot of the Rocinante, former Mars Congressional Republic Navy (MCRN) pilot; a Martian.

Throughout the progression of the series, several additional members join the crew for various lengths of time:

• Roberta "Bobbie" W. Draper, Martian gunnery sergeant in the MCRN, of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, later UN diplomat. Part of the crew of the Rocinante from Book 6 to Book 8.
• Clarissa "Claire" Melpomene Mao a.k.a. Melba Alzbeta Koh a.k.a. Peaches, a daughter of Jules-Pierre Mao, magnate of Mao-Kwikowski Mercantile from Luna; as Melba she is a licensed electrochemical technician. After forming a bond with her, Amos gives her the nickname Peaches. Part of the crew of the Rocinante from Book 6 to Book 7.
• Teresa Duarte a.k.a. Tiny, the daughter and heir of the High Consul of Laconia. Given the nickname Tiny by Amos Burton. Part of the crew of the Rocinante from Book 8 to Book 9.

The Outer Planets

• Josephus "Joe" Aloisus Miller, a Belter who worked as a detective for the Ceres station security firm, Star Helix Security. Frequently referred to as Detective Miller.
• Juliette "Julie" Andromeda Mao, the oldest child of Earther plutocrat Jules-Pierre Mao, former pinnace racer and Outer Planets Alliance convert.
• Frederick "Fred" Lucius Johnson, a former UN marine reviled as the "Butcher of Anderson Station," and now serves as the leader of the Outer Planets Alliance (OPA), a loose network which represents the Belters.
• Dr. Praxidike "Prax" Meng, the chief botanist of the RMD-Southern soy farm project on Ganymede and father of Mei Meng.
• Mei Meng, daughter of Prax.
• Carlos "Bull" de Baca, a member of the OPA serving as chief security officer aboard the Behemoth.
• Michio Pa, executive officer of the OPA ship Behemoth, later captain of the Free Navy ship Connaught.
• Basia "Baz" Merton, a welder from Ganymede, later citizen of Ilus.
• Manéo "Néo" Jung-Espinoza, a young Belter from Ceres
• Marco Inaros, a commander of Free Navy, a radical OPA branch.
• Filip Inaros, a teenage member of the OPA, and later Free Navy, and son of Marco Inaros and Naomi Nagata.
• Camina Drummer, chief of security at Tycho Station, later president of the Transport Union
• Jakulski, Roberts, Salis & Vandercaust, four techs, working for the Free Navy on Medina Station.

Mars

• Fayez Okoye-Sarkis, A geologist from Mars who worked on new colony worlds and later married Elvi Okoye.
• Emil Sauveterre, the captain of the MCRN Barkeith.
• Solomon Epstein, inventor of the "Epstein-Fusion Drive". He died testing his machine when he went into deep space with no way to get back.
• Kit Kamal, Son of Alex Kamal from his second marriage. He leaves Mars with his wife and son to the Nieuwestad system.

Earth

• Dmitri Havelock, a security contractor from Earth and former partner of Detective Miller.
• Chrisjen Avasarala, the UN Assistant Undersecretary of Executive Administration, later UN Secretary General. Most powerful official in the UN for most of her career.
• Dr. Elvi Okoye, a biologist from Earth, now a leading figure among citizens of the new colonies.
• Rev. Dr. Annushka "Anna" Volovodov, a Methodist pastor at St. John's United on Europa and Earth.
• Namono "Nono" Volovodov, wife of Anna, with whom she has a daughter, "Nami".

Laconia

• Winston Duarte, High Consul of the Laconian Empire, a defector from the Martian navy.
• Paolo Cortázar, a former member of Protogen's nanoinformatics research division, he is now the lead researcher on Laconia.
• Santiago Jilie Singh, a captain in the Laconian Imperial Navy and commander of the Gathering Storm.
• Anton Trejo, High Admiral of the Laconian Imperial Navy and captain of the Heart of the Tempest.
• Aliana Tanaka, a Colonel in the Laconian Imperial Navy and a former officer in the MCRN until defecting.
• Cara Bisset, a ten-year-old child who, with her parents, settled on Laconia. Cara died and was resurrected by the planet's repair drones.

Other Colony Systems

• Jillian Houston, a member of the Underground and crew member of the Gathering Storm, she hails from the Freehold system.
• Unnamed Gunner, a member of the Underground faction that joined on Ganymede and participated in the Siege of Laconia on the gunship Rocinante, from Brazil Nova.
• Ekko Levy, The captain of the Forgiveness from the planet Firdaws.
• Marrel Imvic, a Linguist onboard the Musafir from the Dobridomov system.