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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.[1]

Overview

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Book series

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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

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  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[a] 13[b] 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[c] 6
Filip Inaros 1 7 8
Alex Kamal 13 2 1 7 3 26
Naomi Nagata 14 4 3 14 8[b] 43
Amos Burton 12 1 1 2[c] 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[b] 12
Cara Bisset 3[c] 3
Kit Kamal 3[b] 3
Fayez Sarkis 1 1
Jillian Houston 1 1
Ekko Levy 1[b] 1
Marrel Imvic 1 1
  1. ^ Including one interlude
  2. ^ a b c d e Including one split chapter
  3. ^ a b c Interludes

Television series

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  = Main cast (credited)
  = Recurring cast (3+)
  = Guest cast (1–2)

Main cast

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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

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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[a] 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
  1. ^ In season four, Arjun Avasarala is portrayed by Michael Benyaer.

Notable guest cast

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  • 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

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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.

References

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  1. ^ Liptak, Andrew (May 26, 2018). "It's official: Amazon has saved The Expanse". The Verge. Retrieved May 27, 2021. Alcon Entertainment has confirmed that Amazon will pick up the show for a fourth season, after outcry from the show's fans.