History Characters / ALIAS

%%* BlackBestFriend

* DrinkOrder: He prefers the pricey and rare Chateau Pétrus 1982 (a fact that the Covenant [[YourFavorite is aware of]]), which is a strong indication of his sophisticated tastes.

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* DeadPersonImpersonation: We find out in season five that [[spoiler:Vaughn's real name is Andre Michaux, and his father wasn't working for the CIA, but rather, Prophet Five.]]

* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Sydney (after a while, at least; in the beginning he very clearly had a crush on her).

* FakeGuestStar: Despite appearing in nearly every episode of season two.

* PointyHairedBoss: Despite being bald, Kendall fits.

* BetaCouple: With Weiss.

* CainAndAbel: She and Sydney are prophesied to end up like this. [[spoiler:It comes to pass when Nadia is infected with the tainted water and zombified, then set upon Sydney by Elena, but she eventually recovers.]]
%%* TheIngenue

!!Thomas Grace
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Balthazar Getty

->'''Affiliations:''' APO

Brash, snarky agent who joins APO after Weiss leaves. His wife was killed years ago by an enemy agent, and seeing APO as golden resource decides to chase after revenge.

* CombatPragmatist: He has no interest in fancy martial arts, and states with no shame that he fights dirty.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
%%* HeroicSacrifice
%%* LeeroyJenkins
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Vaughn, though he's acknowledged as one for Weiss in-story.

!!Emily Sloane
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AmyIrving

->'''Affiliations:''' ''None''

Arvin Sloane's beloved wife and a mother figure to Sydney who is dying of cancer. She reveals to Sydney that she's always known Sloane wasn't a businessman and knows about SD-6. [[spoiler:After faking her own death with Sloane's help, she ultimately decides to act as an informant to the CIA on his illicit activities, no longer able to keep it to herself. At the last minute, however, she retracts the decision and decides to stay with Sloane - right up until Dixon accidentally shot her]].

* BrokenBird: She's introduced as she's dying of stage-four lymphoma, and later, we learn [[spoiler:her and Sloane's daughter died in infancy]].
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:She has her death staged by Sloane after he's ordered to kill her for uncovering the truth behind SD-6.]]
%%* IllGirl
* HiddenDepths: Turns out Emily isn't just a BrokenBird victim of Sloane: [[spoiler:she helped Sloane fake her death, [[{{Fingore}} cut off her own finger]], and was prepared to betray him in exchange for his not receiving the death penalty. She stays loyal to him at the end, but [[ThePowerOfLove can you really blame her]]?]]
%%* KilledOffForReal
* MoralityPet: For her husband. Every good thing Sloane ever does is either for or about her.
* ParentalSubstitute: Sydney says that she has always regarded Emily as a mother to her.

!!Renée Rienne
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Élodie Bouchez

->'''Affiliations:''' ''None''

A terrorist and the eighth most wanted individual on the CIA's blacklist. She once worked with Vaughn to investigate Prophet Five. Occasionally teams with Sydney to help take them down, but makes it clear that she's not a part of their team, and never will be.

%%* ActionGirl
%%* AntiVillain
* AloofAlly: Regarded widely as a loose cannon. She also refuses Sydney's invitation to join APO, stating that she prefers to be her own boss.

%%* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench
* {{Foil}}: To Vaughn; she has shades of Sydney, Irina, and Lauren.
%%* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's a hardcore terrorist with murky allegiances at best, but if Vaughn or Sydney need her she's always there for them.
%%* KilledOffForReal
* MsFanservice: Like most of the rest of the female cast.
* TortureForFunAndInformation: [[CrazyAwesome Ties a French agent to the hood of her car and speeds around a parking garage to get info out of him.]]
* WesternTerrorists: Regarded by the CIA as one of the most infamous.

!!Lauren Reed
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MelissaGeorge

->'''Affiliations:''' NSC / The Covenant

NSA agent who marries Vaughn during Sydney's two-year absence. Is later revealed to be a double agent in league with the Covenant and Sark.

* BelligerentSexualTension: With Sark.

%%* DarkActionGirl
* DeepCoverAgent: Is actually a double agent working for the Covenant, tasked to marry Vaughn to keep an eye on him, which makes her a {{foil}} for Irina. In contrast to Irina, Lauren doesn't have any feelings for her husband and nothing keeping her from trying to kill him.
* EvilCounterpart: To Sydney, like most of the female villains on the show. Very much Sydney's visual opposite, blonde-haired and blue-eyed and appearing very warm and friendly until she reveals the killer underneath. Additionally, her status as a double agent, with Sark as her partner / love interest, working with a parent against the other one recalls Sydney's prior story arcs.
%%* FemmeFatale
%%* MataHari
%%* OohMeAccentsSlipping

!!Elena Derevko
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SoniaBraga

The eldest of the Derevko sisters and the leader of the Covenant, she is widely regarded as the worst and most ruthless of them all. Elena watched over Nadia in Argentina because she knew Nadia would become important. She also poisoned the water supply in Svogda to activate a giant Mueller Device, but her plan (somewhat) failed and was eventually executed by Irina.

%%* BigBad: Of Season 4.
%%* BitchInSheepsClothing
* CainAndAbel: With Irina, though they're a double-villain example. Irina is shown to be ''less' villainous than Elena.
* TheChessmaster: Gaining Nadia's trust, setting up Irina (or, [[spoiler:who she thought was Irina]]) to be killed by Jack, creating [[spoiler:Arvin Clone]], building the city-wide Mueller Device? Yeah, this woman is five steps ahead of everyone else.
%%* CombatPragmatist
%%* EvilMatriarch
%%* GreaterScopeVillain: Of Season 3.
* TheHecateSisters: The Crone, to Irina's Mother and Katya's Maiden/Warrior.
%%* ManipulativeBitch
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: She doesn't even ''remotely'' come off as Russian.
%%* ParentalSubstitute: For Nadia.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: She gains access to Sydney's house by having herself beaten up and manipulating Nadia into offering her a place to stay.

!!"Arvin Sloane" / Ned Bolger
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Joel Grey

->'''Affiliations:''' The Covenant

The ultimate BigBad of the series. A Covenant cell director, then a member of... Wait, [[FlatWhat what?]]

His real name is Ned Bolger, and he was a U.S. Army corporal with a brainwave pattern staggeringly similar to that of Sloane's. This made him the ideal test subject to ''clone Sloane's brain'' onto a another person. Thus, Bolger actually ''became'' Arvin Sloane. He was programmed as such for several reasons: To access many of Sloane's resources to aid Elena in developing a giant Mueller Device, to frame the real Sloane for many of his activities, and to distract APO and Vaughn long enough to finisher her plan. He was ultimately caught and exposed for what he was - possibly becoming a vegetable.

* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Of a sort. He's real, but his memories isn't.]]
%%* BigBad: [[FlatWhat ...Huh?]]
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Practically acknowledged in-universe. Pretty much no one knows what the hell to make of him. Sloane in particular is ''[[DudeNotFunny not amused]]''.
* CastingGag: Both Joel Gray and Ron Rifkin portrayed the Emcee in different versions of ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'' - Gray won an Academy Award for his portrayal in the 1972 film version while both Gray and Rifkin were given a Tony award for the 1966 and 1998 Broadway revivals, respectively. In short, if anyone other than Rifkin was to portray Sloane, it would've been Joel Gray. And he does...kind of, in a weird surreal sort of way.
%%* TheChessmaster
%%* CloningBlues
%%* GoMadFromTheRevelation
* InSeriesNickname: Sydney and Marshall call him "Arvin Clone" and "Marvin Sloane." Sloane is ''[[DeathGlare not amused]]''.

!!Calvin [=McCullough=]
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Angus Scrimm

->'''Affiliations:''' SD-6 / The Covenant

A senior operative at SD-6, [=McCullough=] was one of the few agents privy to the truth behind Sloane's operation. He was primarily in charge of psychological examination, mental interrogation, and lie detecting. [[SarcasmMode Everybody loves]] [[TheDreaded McCullough]].

In truth, he was something of a DirtyCoward playing both sides for his own survival. After he escaped Sloane's dissolution and destruction of the Alliance of Twelve, he allied himself with Elena Derevko and created "Arvin Clone" for her using his own brain scans of Sloane from his days at SD-6. When Sloane discovered he was behind the experiment, he hastily poisoned his own coffee and committed suicide.

* ActionSurvivor: Not exactly, but any time something bad was happening at SD-6, he was conveniently not around for it. It's no coincidence either.
%%* BetterToDieThanBeKilled
%%* DirtyCoward
* TheDreaded: ''No one'' is terribly fond of [=McCullough=]'s lie detector test and exams. [[TheUnfettered Not even Jack]].
%%* DrivenToSuicide
%%* EvilOldFolks
%%* HeelFaceDoorSlam
* {{Jerkass}}: He makes ''Sloane'' look like a jolly old man.
%%* LivingLieDetector
* ManBehindTheMan: He was the one who created [[spoiler:the Arvin Sloane clone for Elena]].
* MindRape: Knows a thing or two about it.
* TortureTechnician: Of the psychological variety.
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!!Anna Espinosa
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GinaTorres / Creator/JenniferGarner

->'''Affiliations:''' K-Directorate / Prophet Five / Followers of Rambaldi

A rival spy who works for K-Directorate and who is acknowledged to be Sydney's equal, if not superior, in the field. A fanatic follower of Rambaldi, like Sloane she too will go to any lengths to claim his endgame. Including shifting her own body to be the same as that of Sydney's.
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->'''Affiliations:''' FBI / CIA / Followers of Rambaldi

In charge of the FBI/CIA Joint Task Force and Operation "Bring Down the Alliance", he's something of an antagonist to Sydney due to his by the book approach. Turns out he's the best kind of guy, going out of his way to protect Sydney for nearly two years after she was captured and brainwashed. It was then revealed that he was not just a FBI agent, but the director of the Department of Special Research, specializing in keeping many of Rambaldi's artifacts safe. It was through his and Sydney's combined efforts during her two "missing years" that they uncovered most of his artifacts and kept them safe.

* ChangelingFantasy: Grew up as an orphan, but unfortunately, this comes true for her as an adult. Her mother is Irina Derevko and her father is Arvin Sloane.

* DatingCatwoman: Subverted. She's attracted to Sark when she thinks he's a civilian, but wants nothing more to do with him after learning he's with the bad guys.

* OddFriendship: With Marshall.

* UndercoverAsLovers: With Sark, at one point.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Sark, of course.

->'''Affiliations:''' NSA / The Covenant

!!Francie Calfo / Allison Doren

->'''Affiliations:''' SD-6 / The Covenant

Francie was Will and Sydney's best friend growing up and going to college. That is, until she was killed and [[BuffySpeak doppleganged]] by an assassin named Allison Doren posing as Francie for some time. Eventually, the ruse was gone and she and Sydney got into a fight that ended in a draw. She was later killed by Will Tippin as payback for killing Francie.

* BetaCouple: With Charlie during season one, and Will during season two.
** Allison was this with Sark.
%%* BlackBestFriend
* CloningBlues: Francie is doubled by Project Helix, and it turns out that the clone kills her.
* DarkActionGirl: As Allison.

* MomentKiller: A non-romantic version. Francie had ''horrible'' timing, and would constantly be calling Sydney at the most inopportune times - like the pilot, during an assassination attempt.
* SpotTheImposter: Apparently, the real Francie hates coffee ice cream. Oops?

%%* VillainsBlendInBetter

* BigBadDuumvirate: Shares the seat with Lauren Reed in Season 3.

* BigBadDuumvirate: With Sark in Season 3.

* EvilCounterpart: To Sydney, like most of the female villains on the show. Very much Sydney's visual opposite, blonde-haired and blue-eyed and appearing very warm and friendly until she reveals the killer underneath.

%%* JerkassFacade

* TheLancer: To his daughter Sydney.
* NoSocialSkills: He simply just doesn't see the need for them.
* NotSoStoic: When it comes to his daughter, and to a lesser extent, his wife.

The ultimate BigBad of the series. [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor An SD-6 cell director and member of the Alliance, then allied with Sark and Irina, then headed up APO]]. An obsessive devotee of Milo Rambaldi, Sloane will do anything to further his own endgame, which for years was unknown, until it was revealed to be [[LivingForeverIsAwesome immortality]].

* BadassGrandpa: He's not as combat capable as he was in his younger days, but he's still one tough old bastard, as [=McKenas=] Cole discovers.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: See AndIMustScream above.

* HotScoop: A male version.

->'''Portrayed by:''' Victor Garber

* CainAndAbel: Sydney and Nadia, who do their best to avert the prophecy that claims this. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, it sort of comes to pass in "Before the Flood", when Nadia is infected by the tainted water and zombified. Sydney doesn't kill her though, and eventually, she recovers.]]

* ManchurianAgent: [[spoiler: Along with the rest of the kids in Project Christmas, Sydney was [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood programmed]] to have certain skills and intelligence levels.]]

* DatingCatwoman: Between seasons two and three, when Irina was a traitor and Jack was suspected of it too. It was really all about [[spoiler: teaming up to find their daughter]].

** One of the most heartwarming is his hugging Will in return after [[spoiler: trading a Rambaldi artifact for Will's life and saving Will from torture]]. It's still awkward and Jack doesn't quite like the guy, but he's important to Sydney and worth saving.
** He and Sloane occasionally had these. There was a great one that zigzagged the trope all over the map in season three, when Jack helps Sloane fake his own death and they share a bottle of the same wine Sloane [[spoiler: used to fake his wife's death two years ago]].

* PapaWolf: Never '''ever''' harm Sydney. He once [[spoiler: shot his own wife]] because he believed they were trying to kill Sydney.

* TakingYouWithMe: His now-iconic [[spoiler: [[OutGambitted response]] to Sloane attaining immortality]].

* TheMasochismTango: Irina marries Jack for his secrets, he [[spoiler:brainwashes their kid]], she fakes her own death, he becomes a bitter shell of a man, she betrays him to Sloane and [[spoiler: is doubled]], he [[spoiler:shoots her double in the head]], she gets better and comes after him, he forces her out of a building at gunpoint . . . and so it goes.

Sydney's CIA handler, who very quickly falls for her. Vaughn's father was also an agent, killed by Irina Derevko on a mission he didn't even agree with. It's later revealed this is only a half-truth. His real name is Andre Michaux, and both he and his father have been working all their lives to bring down Prophet Five - the real reason for his father's death.]]

* DeadPersonImpersonation: We find out in season five that [[spoiler: Vaughn's real name is Andre Michaux, and his father wasn't working for the CIA, but rather, Prophet Five.]]

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Lauren's betrayal and double-agent status pushes Vaughn over the edge. He becomes obsessed with hunting her down, and in the S3 finale, kills her in cold blood.]].

* HeroicBSOD: After [[spoiler: the death of his wife at Sloane's hands, Dixon goes rather spectacularly off the rails. He starts popping Vicodin, almost tortures a man to death, and then tricks the entire CIA into thinking he's going to blow himself and a mook up to get Sloane's whereabouts.]] He gets better, though.

* ScaryBlackMan: Subverts it - Dixon is the most level-headed guy around. Except for that one time he went off the rails due to [[spoiler: his wife's death]].

* TragicMistake: In "Truth Takes Time", Dixon serves as a CIA sniper on the assault on Sloane's villa. He [[spoiler: accidentally shoots Emily Sloane, who had been helping the CIA, instead of her husband.]] Later, Sloane takes revenge by [[spoiler: having Diane Dixon killed]].

* CommutingOnABus: Goes into Witness Protection after [[spoiler: Evil Francie / Allison Doren tries to kill him]], returns once in season three and once in season five to go on one-off missions with Sydney.

* TookALevelInBadass: After the events of season two. A couple years and a demotion drive him to [[spoiler: save Sydney]] and do what ''no one else in the series'' is apparently capable of - [[spoiler: tell her the complete truth about who he is, who he works for, and what happened to her during those missing two years]].

* CainAndAbel: She and Sydney are prophesied to end up like this. [[spoiler: It comes to pass when Nadia is infected with the tainted water and zombified, then set upon Sydney by Elena, but she eventually recovers.]]

Arvin Sloane's beloved wife and a mother figure to Sydney who is dying of cancer. She reveals to Sydney that she's always known Sloane wasn't a businessman and knows about SD-6. [[spoiler: After faking her own death with Sloane's help, she ultimately decides to act as an informant to the CIA on his illicit activities, no longer able to keep it to herself. At the last minute, however, she retracts the decision and decides to stay with Sloane - right up until Dixon accidentally shot her]].

* BrokenBird: She's introduced as she's dying of stage-four lymphoma, and later, we learn [[spoiler: her and Sloane's daughter died in infancy]].
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: She has her death staged by Sloane after he's ordered to kill her for uncovering the truth behind SD-6.]]

* HiddenDepths: Turns out Emily isn't just a BrokenBird victim of Sloane: [[spoiler: she helped Sloane fake her death, [[{{Fingore}} cut off her own finger]], and was prepared to betray him in exchange for his not receiving the death penalty. She stays loyal to him at the end, but [[ThePowerOfLove can you really blame her]]?]]

* ManipulativeBastard: Extraordinarily skilled in this regard, rivaled only by [[spoiler: Irina]].

* MoleInCharge: Of APO. No one really believes his intentions are good, but [[spoiler: poisoning the world's water supply]] in the name of keeping his cover is a bit too much devotion.

* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler: Dixon accidentally kills Emily, so Sloane has someone rig Diane Dixon's car with a bomb and has her killed]].

* TheSpymaster: Inarguably the best in the business: [[spoiler: as he is pardoned and hired by the CIA to lead a covert branch that resembles SD-6]]

* BreakoutVillain: Sark was supposed to be a one-off character, a gofer for K-Directorate or Irina or the Alliance. Fan reaction to David Anders was so great that he became more and more high-profile, eventually taking over the BigBad mantle [[spoiler: in the series finale flash-forward]].

* YouKilledMyFather: He's quite cross with Sydney about it. Until he learns [[spoiler: that he's still alive. Then he kills his father himself]].

* TheMasochismTango: Irina marries Jack for his secrets, he [[spoiler:brainwashes their kid]], she fakes her own death, he becomes a bitter shell of a man, she betrays him to Sloane and [[spoiler: is doubled]], he [[spoiler:shoots her double in the head]], she gets better and comes after him, he forces her out of a building at gunpoint . . . and so it goes.

* TheDragon: To Gordon at first. Then to [[spoiler: Irina]].

* TheChessmaster: Gaining Nadia's trust, setting up Irina (or, [[spoiler:who she thought was Irina]]) to be killed by Jack, creating [[spoiler: Arvin Clone]], building the city-wide Mueller Device? Yeah, this woman is five steps ahead of everyone else.

* BigBad: [[spoiler: Although not really.]]

* TheDragon: [[spoiler: To Irina, the real "Man."]]

* CivilianVillain: During seasons three and four.

%%* WomanInBlack

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: When static appears on the monitors of the Asiatic Space Agency, Sark immediately determines that someone must be attempting to sabotage the launch, and he orders the countdown to be initiated ahead of schedule. His action endangers Sydney's life sooner than she expected, giving her less time to complete her mission and escape.

* BadassBoast: ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "One in five, bitch! ONE IN FIVE!!!"]]''

* MindRape: In a scene that is worthy of being a CrowningMomentOfFunny, Marshall pumps him full of hallucinogenic drugs and cranks up heavy metal music while tied to a chair. Dean ''completely freaks out'' as a result.

The ultimate BigBad of the series. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment A Covenant cell director, then a member of...]] Wait, [[FlatWhat what?]]

->''¿Affiliations:''' The Man

!!!'''Syndey Bristow'''
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''Portrayed by Creator/JenniferGarner''

->''Affiliations:'' '''SD-6 / CIA / APO'''

* BadAssInDistress: She is captured and tortured ''a lot''.

!!!'''Jack Bristow'''
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''Portrayed by Victor Garber''

->''Affiliations:'' '''SD-6, CIA, APO'''

Sydney's father and Sloane's "former best-friend", also a double-agent for the CIA. A legendary game-theorist and strategist, Jack is excellent at espionage but crap at personal relationships - this has led to a rather soured social relationship with her. The one thing that will always be true however is that he has Sydney's welfare at heart, and ''be damned'' if anyone gets in the way of him protecting her.

!!!'''Michael Vaughn / [[spoiler:Andre Michaux]]'''
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''Portrayed by Michael Vartan''

->''Affiliations:'' '''CIA / APO'''

Sydney's CIA handler, who very quickly falls for her. Vaughn's father was also an agent, killed by Irina Derevko on a mission he didn't even agree with. [[spoiler:Turns out this is only a half-truth. His real name is Andre Michaux, and both he and his father have been working all their lives to bring down Prophet Five - the real reason for his father's death.]]

!!!'''Marcus Dixon'''
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''Portrayed by Creator/CarlLumbly''

->''Affiliations:'' '''SD-6 / CIA / APO'''

Sydney's field partner at SD-6 and one of her closest friends, she struggles with lying to him the most when she becomes a double agent. When SD-6 falls, Dixon reluctantly joins the real deal, and rises through the ranks to become Director of the CIA's Joint Task Force.

!!!'''Marshall Flinkman'''
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''Portrayed by Kevin Weisman''

->''Affiliations:'' '''SD-6 / CIA / APO'''

The resident technical wizard for SD-6, and later, the CIA. Marshall's gadgets and knowhow make him a good guy to have around . . . if you can get him to stop babbling.

* A DayInTheLimelight: "Tuesday" (the episode in which the mission to rescue Sydney mentioned above takes place).

!!!'''Eric Weiss'''
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''Portrayed by Creator/GregGrunberg''

->''Affiliations:'' '''CIA / APO'''

Vaughn's best friend, and later Sydney's. A CIA agent great with a sarcastic quip in a crisis, he's also one of the most reliable guys on the team.

!!!'''Will Tippin'''
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''Portrayed by Creator/BradleyCooper''

->''Affiliations:'' '''CIA'''

Sydney's best friend, a reporter who begins piecing together the strange circumstances surrounding Danny's (Sydney's fiancee) death. He eventually becomes an analyst for the CIA after Vaughn picks up on his talents.

!!!'''Assistant Director Kendall'''
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''Portrayed by Creator/TerryOQuinn''

->''Affiliations:'' '''FBI / CIA / [[spoiler:Followers of Rambaldi]]'''

In charge of the FBI/CIA Joint Task Force and Operation "Bring Down the Alliance", he's something of an antagonist to Sydney due to his by the book approach. [[spoiler:Turns out he's the best kind of guy, going out of his way to protect Sydney for nearly two years after she was captured and brainwashed. It was then revealed that he was not just a FBI agent, but the director of the Department of Special Research, specializing in keeping many of Rambaldi's artifacts safe. It was through his and Sydney's combined efforts during her two "missing years" that they uncovered most of his artifacts and kept them safe]].

!!!'''Nadia Santos'''
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''Portrayed by Creator/MiaMaestro''

->''Affiliations:'' '''APO'''

Sydney's long-lost sister, who grew up in an orphanage in Argentina and was secretly watched over by her Aunt Elena. Worked for Argentinian intelligence before joining APO. [[spoiler:She is in fact Sydney's step-sister, with her father being Sloane. And for some reason, she's the key to unveiling one of Rambaldi's endgames through the injection of "Rambaldi fluid" as well as a key to one of his prophecies - the one in particular where she and Sydney are forced to fight.]]

!!!'''Rachel Gibson'''
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''Portrayed by Rachel Nichols''

->''Affiliations:'' '''The Shed / APO'''

A young analyst who worked for The Shed before learning that it was really a branch of [[WesternTerrorists Prophet Five]]. She was then rescued by Sydney and brought into APO with Sydney as her handler.

!!!'''Thomas Grace'''
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''Portrayed by Balthazar Getty''

->''Affiliations:'' '''APO'''

Brash, snarky agent who joins APO after Weiss leaves. His wife was killed years ago by an enemy agent, and seeing APO as golden resource decides to chase after revenge.

!!!'''Emily Sloane'''
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''Portrayed by Amy Irving''

->''Affiliations:'' ''None''

Arvin Sloane's beloved wife and a mother figure to Sydney who is dying of cancer. She reveals to Sydney that she's always known Sloane wasn't a businessman and knows about SD-6. [[spoiler: After faking her own death with Sloane's help, she ultimately decides to act as an informant to the CIA on his illicit activities, no longer able to keep it to herself. At the last minute, however, she retracts the decision and decides to stay with Sloane - right up until Dixon accidentally shot her]].

!!!'''Arvin Sloane'''
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''Portrayed by Ron Rifkin''

->''Affiliations:'' '''The Alliance Of Twelve / SD-6 / APO / Prophet Five'''

The ultimate BigBad of the series. [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor An SD-6 cell director and member of the Alliance, then allied with Sark and Irina, then headed up APO]]. An obsessive devotee of Milo Rambaldi, Sloane will do anything to further his own endgame - whatever it may be. [[spoiler: [[LivingForeverIsAwesome Which is to say, immortality.]]]]

!!!'''Julian Sark'''
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''Portrayed by Creator/DavidAnders''

->''Affiliations:'' '''The Man / SD-6 / The Covenant / Prophet Five / Followers Of Rambaldi'''

The mysterious and cultured young lieutenant to "The Man." A clever criminal and "businessman" with self-described "flexible loyalties," he'll switch ''several'' different sides at the drop of a hat. No one's really sure ''what'' he wants, but according to him, he just wants to be on the "winning end."

* AmazonChaser: He is very attracted to [[ActionGirl action girls]]. He was romantically involved with badass females such as Allison Doren and Lauren Reed, plus he has a long-running crush on Sydney Bristow. The more these ladies showcase their skills, the more turned on he is.

!!!'''Irina Derevko / Laura Bristow'''
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''Portrayed by LenaOlin''

->''Affiliations:'' '''The Man / Prophet Five / Followers Of Rambaldi'''

Sydney's mother, who isn't quite as dead as everyone thinks. She shows up in season two as a prisoner of the CIA and gains Sydney's trust. Irina will always be out for herself, though. [[spoiler:She's the real face of "The Man", with Khasinau as her decoy. Despite appearing KIND of benevolent to Sydney, she's arguably the other BigBad in the series, seeking the same thing as Sloane and destroying anyone who gets in her way - be it Sydney or Jack.]]

!!!'''[=McKenas=] Cole'''
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''Portrayed by Creator/QuentinTarantino''

->''Affiliations:'' '''SD-6 / The Man / The Covenant'''

A former SD-6 top operative who has a major bone to pick with Arvin Sloane - one of the many reasons he chose to become an agent of "The Man." Despite getting apprehended by the CIA after his successful infiltration of SD-6, he somehow managed to get out and become the second most powerful man in The Covenant - the details of which are a "good story."

!!!'''Kelly Peyton'''
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''Portrayed by Creator/AmyAcker''

->''Affiliations:'' '''The Shed / Prophet Five'''

The ultimate BitchInSheepsClothing. She was an agent of The Shed, and Rachel's supposed best friend. In truth, she was Dean's [[TheDragon dragon]] and was just as manipulative - if not way more ambitious - than he was. After Dean was taken out, she became a member of Prophet Five and served [[spoiler:Irina]] alongside Sark.

!!!'''Gordon Dean'''
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''Portrayed by Tyrees Allen''

->''Affiliations:'' '''The Shed / Prophet Five'''

The leader of The Shed, and a member of Prophet Five. Like Sloane, he too used his installation as a ruse for the CIA. Unlike Sloane, he could not keep the deception up as efficiently and was quickly exposed and forced on the run.

!!!'''Renée Rienne'''
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''Portrayed by Élodie Bouchez''

->''Affiliations:'' ''None''

A terrorist and the eighth most wanted individual on the CIA's blacklist. She once worked with Vaughn to investigate Prophet Five. Occasionally teams with Sydney to help take them down, but makes it clear that she's not a part of their team, and never will be.

!!!'''Lauren Reed'''
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''Portrayed by Melissa George''

->''Affiliations:'' '''NSA / The Covenant'''

NSA agent who marries Vaughn during Sydney's two-year absence. Is later revealed to be a double agent in league with the Covenant and Sark.

!!!'''Elena Derevko'''
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''Portrayed by Sonia Braga''

->''Affiliations:'' '''The Covenant'''

The eldest of the Derevko sisters and the leader of the Covenant, she is widely regarded as the worst and most ruthless of them all. Elena watched over Nadia in Argentina because she knew Nadia would become important. She also poisoned the water supply in Svogda to activate a giant Mueller Device, but her plan (somewhat) failed and was eventually executed by Irina.

!!!'''Arvin Sloane? / [[spoiler:Ned Bolger]]'''
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''Portrayed by Joel Gray''

->''Affiliations:'' '''The Covenant'''

The ultimate BigBad of the series. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment A Covenant cell director, then a member of...]] Wait, [[FlatWhat what?]]

[[spoiler:His real name is Ned Bolger, and he was a U.S. Army corporal with a brainwave pattern staggeringly similar to that of Sloane's. This made him the ideal test subject to ''clone Sloane's brain'' onto a another person. Thus, Bolger actually ''became'' Arvin Sloane. He was programmed as such for several reasons: To access many of Sloane's resources to aid Elena in developing a giant Mueller Device, to frame the real Sloane for many of his activities, and to distract APO and Vaughn long enough to finisher her plan. He was ultimately caught and exposed for what he was - possibly becoming a vegetable.]]

* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Of a sort. He's real, but his mind isn't.]]

* CastingGag: Both Joel Gray and Ron Rifkin portrayed the Emcee in different versions of ''{{Cabaret}}'' - Gray won an Academy Award for his portrayal in the 1972 film version while both Gray and Rifkin were given a Tony award for the 1966 and 1998 Broadway revivals, respectively. In short, if anyone other than Rifkin was to portray Sloane, it would've been Joel Gray. And he does...kind of, in a weird surreal sort of way.

!!!'''Calvin [=McCullough=]'''
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''Portrayed by Angus Scrimm''

->''Affiliations:'' '''SD-6 / [[spoiler:The Covenant]]'''

A senior operative at SD-6, [=McCullough=] was one of the few agents privy to the truth behind Sloane's operation. He was primarily in charge of psychological examination, mental interrogation, and lie detecting. [[SarcasmMode Everybody loves]] [[TheDreaded [=McCullough=]]].

[[spoiler:In truth, he was something of a DirtyCoward playing both sides for his own survival. After he escaped Sloane's dissolution and destruction of the Alliance of Twelve, he allied himself with Elena Derevko and created "Arvin Clone" for her using his own brain scans of Sloane from his days at SD-6. When Sloane discovered he was behind the experiment, he hastily poisoned his own coffee and committed suicide.]]

* JerkAss: He makes ''Sloane'' look like a jolly old man.

!!!'''Anna Espinosa'''
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''Portrayed by GinaTorres / [[spoiler: Creator/JenniferGarner]]''

->''Affiliations:'' '''K-Directorate / Prophet Five / Followers Of Rambaldi'''

A rival spy who works for K-Directorate and who is acknowledged to be Sydney's equal, if not superior, in the field. A fanatic follower of Rambaldi, like Sloane she too will go to any lengths to claim his endgame. [[spoiler: Including shifting her own body to be the same as that of Sydney's]].

!!!'''Zhang Lee'''
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''Portrayed by Rik Young''

->''Affiliations:'' '''FTL / The Covenant'''

Dr. Zhang Lee, more commonly known as "Suit N' Glasses" or the "Sadistic Dentist of Asian Persuasion", he was a [[TortureTechnician "communications expert"]] for FTL before lending his expertise to The Covenant. Despite being very good at his job, his luck of late has been rather bad as his latest torture subjects were [[ActionGirl Sydney]], [[BadassNormal Will]] and [[BewareTheNiceOnes Marshall]]. Things just got worse and worse for him.

!!!'''Francie Calfo / Allison Doren'''
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''Portrayed by Merrin Dungey''

->''Affiliations:'' '''SD-6 / The Covenant'''

Francie was Will and Sydney's best friend growing up and going to college. That is, until she was killed and [[BuffySpeak doppleganged]] by an assassin named Allison Doren posing as Francie for some time. Eventually, the ruse was gone and she and Sydney got into a fight that ended in a draw. She was later killed by Will Tippin as payback for killing Francie.

!!!'''Yekaterina "Katya" Derevko'''
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''Portrayed by Isabella Rosselini''

->''Affiliations:'' '''K-Directorate'''

The middle Derevko sister. She is just as morally ambiguous as Irina, but not nearly as ruthless as Elena. She and Jack have an...''interesting'' relationship.

!!!'''Kazari Bomani'''
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''Portrayed by Djimon Hounsou''

->''Affiliations:'' '''The Covenant'''

A wealthy African ArmsDealer who once did quite a bit of business with Arvin Sloane. When Sloane defected back to the CIA during the TimeSkip, he provided the intel that brought Bomani down. Early in Season 3, Sark and the Covenant break him out of jail and he soon achieves a nebulously high-ranking position within the organization.

!!!'''Roberts'''
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''Portrayed by Michael Kenneth Williams''

->''Affiliations:'' '''N/A'''

A professional thief and contract mercenary hired by "Arvin Sloane" ([[spoiler:Actually Ned Bolger]]) to steal a number of items for a Rambaldi device. In addition to this job, he was also hired to string Vaughan along with bogus information regarding his father's death.

!!!'''Avian'''
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''Portrayed by Oz Perkins''

->''Affiliations:'' '''The Covenant'''

Elena Derevko's right-hand man and hacker, a mysterious mook who carries out her dirty work while she plays the part of "Sophia." Very arrogant, to say the least.

!!!'''Alexander Khasinau'''
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''Portrayed by Derrick O'Connor''

->''Affiliations:'' '''The Man'''

The true identity of "The Man" - the elusive leader of the mysterious organization opposing everyone and everything. He seeks to usurp the Alliance of Twelve and control all weapons and intelligence trade routes. [[spoiler:In truth, he's TheDragon to the real "Man", Irina Derevko. In the past, he also served as her handler in the KGB when she infiltrated the US as "Laura Bristow".]]

* InTheBlood: Sydney has inherited her extreme amounts of {{badass}} from both her parents; she has all of Irina's fiery temper and unpredictability, but tempered by Jack's pragmatism and ability to forgive.

* {{Badass}}: Respected by absolutely ''everyone'' as a man not to be screwed around with. Sydney in particular becomes rather ''giddy'' (compared to her usual father-daughter angst) when she sees him in action for the first time.

* {{Badass}}: While he started out as mostly a NonActionGuy, he eventually proves that he's a capable agent of almost Sydney's caliber in the field.

* {{Badass}}: The guy learns enough about SD-6 on his own to pose a serious threat to them, endures torture numerous times, and kills a ''trained assassin'' with his ''bare hands'' in combat. He's a ''news reporter''.

%%* {{Badass}}

* {{Badass}}: He single-handedly destroys FTL, whom the Alliance, K-Directorate ''and'' the CIA have been trying to shut down for ''decades''.

* ActionMom: One of the most {{Badass}} characters in the whole show.

* {{Badass}}: Was Sloane's best operative until Sydney showed up.

* {{Badass}}: So much so, her methods take even ''Jack'' by surprise.

%%* {{Badass}}

* BlondeGuysAreEvil: See the picture? Now read the tropes.

* BlondesAreEvil: On this show, it's a guarantee.

Due to the [[HeelFaceTurn insanely ambiguous]] [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder nature of every and all characters involved]], they will simply be listed under very broad "Good Guys" and "Bad Guys - some more, some less obvious than others.

* GenreSavvy: In "Echoes," he sees right through Michael and Jack's plot to secretly track him to CRF headquarters despite their careful attempts to ensure that Sark doesn't suspect anything. Just for the heck of it, Julian decides to lead his armed pursuers to an abandoned building in Johannesburg which has absolutely nothing to do with CRF.

* TheCastShowoff: Kevin Weisman is a talented drummer, and demonstrated it in Marshall's proposal to Carrie.

* TheAtoner: He ''genuinely'' becomes one of the good guys (if not completely distrusted) at the start of the fourth season, and does what he can to atone and find the BiggerBad [[spoiler:Elena Derevko]]. Unfortunately, it just wasn't meant to be.

* BigBad: Of Season 4.
* BiggerBad: Of Season 3.

* ParentalSubstitute: For Nadia.

''Portrayed by David Anders''