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
Character	Actor	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

^ Hugh Simon only appeared in the first episode of Series 8.
^ Matthew Macfadyen only appeared in the first two episodes of Series 3.
^ Keeley Hawes only appeared in the first six episodes of Series 3.
^ 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.
^ Rory MacGregor only appeared in the first episode of Series 5.
^ Nicola Walker only appeared in the first five episodes of Series 5.
^ Rupert Penry-Jones only appeared in the first episode of Series 7.
^ Olga Sosnovska left in episode 7 of Series 4.
^ Raza Jaffrey only appeared in the first episode of Series 6.
^ Miranda Raison only appeared in the first three episodes of Series 8.
^ Hermione Norris only appeared in the first eight episodes of Series 6 before returning in Series 7.
^ Alex Lanipekun did not join until the fifth episode of Series 6.
^ 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

Tariq Masood (Shazad Latif) (2009–2011) – Technician & Data Analyst, Section D
Beth Bailey (Sophia Myles) (2010) – Junior Case Officer, Section D ^[3]
Lucas North (Richard Armitage) (2008–2010) – Chief of Section & Senior Case Officer, Section D
Ros Myers (Hermione Norris) (2006–2009) – Chief of Section & Senior Case Officer, Section D; formerly Senior Case Officer at MI5 and MI6
Jo Portman (Miranda Raison) (2005–2009) – Junior Case Officer, Section D
Malcolm Wynn-Jones (Hugh Simon) (2002–2009, 2010) – Technician & Data Analyst, Section D
Adam Carter (Rupert Penry-Jones) (2004–2008) – Chief of Section & Senior Case Officer, Section D; formerly Senior Case Officer at MI6
Connie James (Gemma Jones) (2007–2008) – Senior Analyst, Section D
Ben Kaplan DSO (Alex Lanipekun) (2007–2008) – Junior Case Officer, Section D
Zafar Younis (Raza Jaffrey) (2004–2007) – Junior Case Officer, Section D
Colin Wells (Rory MacGregor) (2002–2006) – Technician & Data Analyst, Section D
Sam Buxton (Shauna Macdonald) (2003–2005) – Administrative Officer, Section D
Fiona Carter (Olga Sosnovska) (2004–2005) – Seconded MI6 Officer, Section D
Zoe Reynolds (Keeley Hawes) (2002–2004) – Junior Case Officer, Section D
Tom Quinn (Matthew Macfadyen) (2002–2004) – Chief of Section & Senior Case Officer, Section D
Danny Hunter (David Oyelowo) (2002–2004) – Junior Case Officer, Section D
Tessa Phillips (Jenny Agutter) (2002–2003) – Senior Analyst
Jed Kelley (Graeme Mearns) (2002) – Administrative Officer, Section D
Helen Flynn (Lisa Faulkner) (2002) – Junior Case Officer, Section D

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.

Nicholas Blake – Home Secretary – (Robert Glenister) (2006–2009); killed 2010
Rachel Beauchamp – Foreign Secretary – (Jill Baker) (Series 7, Episode 6)
Gillian Calderwood – Chancellor of the Exchequer – (Selina Cadell) (Series 7, Episode 5)
Caroline Fox – Deputy Prime Minister – (Cheryl Campbell) (Series 5, Episode 10)
James Allan – Foreign Secretary – (Alex Jennings) (2006)
Ruth Chambers – Foreign Secretary – (Angela Bruce) (2007)
unnamed Home Secretary – (Jeff Rawle) (2005)
Alan Taylor – Cabinet Secretary – (2006)
Richard Maynard – Defence Secretary – mentioned but resigned later
Daniel Wise – Foreign Trade Minister – (Ian Bartholomew) (2006)
Andrew Lawrence – Home Secretary – (Tobias Menzies) (2009)
William Towers – Home Secretary – (Simon Russell Beale) (2010–2011)

Other guest stars

Series 1

Anthony Head – Traitor's Gate (1#4)
Tim Pigott-Smith – (1#5)

Series 6

Series 7

Paul Rhys as Alexis Meynell – Episode 5

References

^ 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.
^ "BBC - BBC One Programmes - Spooks - Dimitri Levendis character page - actor Max Brown".
^ "BBC - BBC One Programmes - Spooks - Beth Bailey character page - actor Sophia Myles".