History Characters / CrossingLines

* ManInWhite: Dons an all-white outfit while in Russia.

-->'''Played by:''' William Fichtner

-->'''Played by:''' Donald Sutherland

-->'''Played by:''' Goran Višnjić

* BadassBeard: An almost Santa Claus-ish one.
* BadassGrandpa: Thoroughly proven when he takes out the men Dimitrov sends to capture him.

* CoolOldGuy: Designed with this in mind.

* FakeNationality: Marco is supposed to be an Italian national, yet Goran Višnjić is actually Croatian-American.

A heavy weapons specialist from the Northern Irish Police Service, Tommy [=McConnel=] has the most checkered past of any member of the SCU. Part of a sprawling clan of Irish criminals, Tommy was excommunicated from the family after he joined the police. Angry and with a chip on his shoulder the size of Belfast, Tommy has the shortest temper and the meanest hook of anyone on the team. [[spoiler:Left the team between season two and three, as Richard Flood had just become the father of Gabriella Pression's baby.]]

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With his former partner, whose son may actually be his.
** [[spoiler:It's revealed towards the end of the second season that the boy is his after all. He immediately vows to clean up his act and support the kid as best he can.]]

** TwoferTokenMinority: In the third season, it's revealed that she's [[spoiler: lesbian]].

* MadeOfIron: Takes a hell of a beating in the season one finale, but is up and mobile moments later.

* AmbiguousDisorder: May have had OCD or been somewhere on the autism spectrum. A case of it being ambiguous in-universe and out, as Anne-Marie knew her behavior was slightly off, but was not formally diagnosed. [[spoiler: In fact, Hickman mentions her mother had her genetically tested for autism as a child, although he did not say what the results were.]]

* MoodSwinger: Gerald's swings from calm to screaming in seconds, and it's clear that despite his best efforts he has little control over his temper.

!!Anka Jergen

* AssholeVictim: All four of Anka's victims were dreadful people. It is very hard, for instance, to have any sympathy for Amelie, whose dark secret was that she had seduced her mother's boyfriend. And that is [[spoiler: before we find out about what they did to Anka's brother]].

* ExpectingSomeoneTaller[=/=]{{Hackette}}: The team never say what they were expecting the hacker to look like, but the blonde knockout clearly was not it.

* KarmaHoudini: Suicide is not illegal in Germany, which means that convincing somebody to commit it is not illegal either. The most Anka can be charged with is harassment and invasion of privacy. She is unlikely to do any prison time, and will likely go after Stefan, the surviving victim, again.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Anka's four victims [[spoiler: turned her shy younger brother into an online joke, resulting in his suicide.]] Her goal is to do the same to them.

!!Alexander Dimitrov
-->'''Played by:''' Marcel Iures

An ex-colonel in the Russian Army, Alexander Dimitrov is the head of a vast organization with tendrils throughout Europe. He was the man responsible for blowing up Louis Daniel's son, Etienne, and continues to harbor a vendetta against the Daniels, which he pursues throughout season one.

* VillainOfTheWeek: Of "Desperation & Desperadoes".

An American human trafficker with a history of selling children, Phillip Genovese operates out of a traveling carnival, snatching up kids and then vanishing along with the other carnies. A crass, thuggish man who revels in his criminal status, he is the one who shot Carl Hickman in the hand, ending his time at the NYPD.

* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Genovese didn't have the highest bodycount of anyone on the show, but the disgust with which he and his one-time partner and fellow slaver Alex Robak are treated is evidence that this trope is in play.

* TheSociopath: Probably the most overt example on the show, with a personality that could best be described as malignantly and deliberately antisocial.

* ItsPersonal: With Niccolo Conti, and any other Mafia-style organization for that matter.

* ParentalAbandonment: Her mother and father were blown up by a car bomb set by Conti. [[spoiler: Apparently her father is still alive, and she goes missing at the end of the second season after she attempts to locate him.]]

A heavy weapons specialist from the Northern Irish Police Service, Tommy [=McConnel=] has the most checkered past of any member of the SCU. Part of a sprawling clan of Irish criminals, Tommy was excommunicated from the family after he joined the police. Angry and with a chip on his shoulder the size of Belfast, Tommy has the shortest temper and the meanest hook of anyone on the team. [[spoiler:Left the team between season two and three, as Richard Flood has just become the father of Gabriella Pression's baby.]]

The leader of the International Criminal Court's Special Crimes Unit, and a former Parisian police officer, Major Louis Daniel is a driven man, haunted by the death of his son and the impending collapse of his marriage. He puts saving people's lives ahead of everything else, regardless of personal cost, and has the respect of everyone who works for him. [[spoiler: He is shot and killed at the end of the second season.]]

A former sergeant with France's Police Nationale, Anne-Marie was the youngest member of the team, and the one who most sought the approval of the others. Possessed of an eidetic memory, and specializing in border crimes and human trafficking, Anne-Marie was nevertheless unsure of herself, and looked up to both Louis and Hickman as mentors. [[spoiler: She is killed in a car crash at the end of season one.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: Phillip Genovese makes his move against the team at the same time that Dimitrov comes after Louis. If the two even know of one another, it has not been demonstrated yet.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His late wife and his brother-in-law, Bartov.

* {{Archenemy}}: To Carl Hickman who pursues him across two continents. Genovese for his part, initially has no idea who Hickman is, but comes to take it personally after Hickman [[spoiler:shoots him in the head in the season one finale]].

* BigBadEnsemble: He and Dimitrov likely do not even know of one another's existence.

* HardHead: [[spoiler: Gets shot in the head but does not die in the season one finale]].
* ItsPersonal: It was personal for Hickman from the start. Following his arrest at Carl's hands and subsequently narrow brush with imprisonment, it is personal for Genovese as well.
* {{Jerkass}}: Is introduced yelling at Hickman (who is pretending to be a garbage collector at the carnival) to clean up a Port-A-John that was knocked over. This serves as an excellent introduction to his overall personality.

* WouldHitAGirl: Killed one girl, beat another to a pulp, and knocked a third out, all in the space of two episodes.

* {{Archenemy}}: To Carl Hickman who pursues him across two continents. Genovese for his part, initially has no idea who Hickman is, but comes to take it personally after Hickman [[spoiler: shoots him in the head in the season one finale]].

* ManOfWealthAndTaste

* TheLancer: To Louis, acting as the team's second-in-command, and a sounding board for most decisions. [[spoiler:Fans speculated that he would become the new leader, but this was not the case, as he presumably left the team to move to New York.]]

* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion: Killed in order to establish the show plays for keeps.]]

* [[spoiler: CharacterDeath: He is killed at the end of the second season after inadvertently walking in on a stand-off between Hickman and Anna.]]

* {{Badass}}: The most obvious one on the team.

* {{Badass}}: He leaves most of the heavy lifting to Tommy, but when he has to fight, Louis is more than capable of kicking ass with the rest of the team.

* BlondesAreEvil: She is a blonde with supermodel looks. She is also a completely ruthless cyber-criminal who caused three successful suicides and one attempted one.

* TheLancer: To Louis, acting as the team's second-in-command, and a sounding board for most decisions. [[spoiler: Looks like he will now be upgraded to team leader after Louis' untimely death.]]

!!Detective First Grade Carl Hickman
-->'''Played by:''' William Fichtner
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The viewpoint character of the series, Carl Hickman is a former NYPD detective, who held the city's record for most arrests. That was before Phillip Genovese shot him in the hand, leaving him crippled and dependent on morphine to get through the day. Bitter, emotionally damaged, and viewing himself as a failure, Hickman is recruited onto the team by Louis, who briefly worked with him in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.

A former officer with first the Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NCOS, a special forces unit in the Italian state police) and then Europol, Eva Vittoria is a fiery woman with a loathing of organized crime. Having served as part of the NCOS' anti-Mafia task force, Eva is a specialist in undercover operations, who frequently acts as the team's den mother.

!!Kommissar Sebastien Berger
-->'''Played by:''' Tom Wlaschiha
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A former officer with the Berliner Polizei, Sebastien Berger is an archetypal computer geek, who relies on advanced technology to solve crimes. Excitable and eager to please, Sebastien often berates himself for not doing enough to help the team, and constantly seeks to update his computer files in order to better do his job. He has a gambling addiction, which has caused him difficulties in the past.

* BadassBookworm: Despite being mocked by Tommy for his obsession with high-tech solutions, Sebastien's perfectly capable with a gun, taking out Mafia hitter Gian Carlo in a single shot.
* FunctionalAddict: So far Sebastien's gambling has not caused too many problems for him or the team.
* GadgeteerGenius: It is not to Batman levels or anything like that, but Sebastien is very good with - and perhaps overdependent on - technology, including his [=ScanGen=], which can recreate a holographic image of any crime scene. He is also trying to come up with a camera that can be inserted into a hostage situation after the cameras on the spot are taken out.
* ObliviousToLove: He is totally unaware of his ex's continued interest in him, until it is pointed out by multiple people.
* TheSmartGuy: Nobody on the team is dumb, but Sebastien is the resident technowiz, with gadgetry the others could only dream of having.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With his former partner, whose son may actually be his.

!!Detective Tommy [=McConnel=]
-->'''Played by:''' Richard Flood
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A heavy weapons specialist from the Northern Irish Police Service, Tommy [=McConnel=] has the most checkered past of any member of the SCU. Part of a sprawling clan of Irish criminals, Tommy was excommunicated from the family after he joined the police. Angry and with a chip on his shoulder the size of Belfast, Tommy has the shortest temper and the meanest hook of anyone on the team.
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!!Detective Arabela Seeger
-->'''Played by:''' Lara Rossi

Recurring in season one, and became main in season two. Formerly a member of the Rotterdam PD until [[spoiler: her boss attacks her and allows Genovese to escape]], Arabela is selected by Louis to replace [[spoiler: Anne-Marie after she dies.]]

* TokenMinority: The one black character on the team thus far.

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!!Detective Major Louis Daniel
-->'''Played by:''' Marc Lavoine
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The leader of the International Criminal Court's Special Crimes Unit, and a former Parisian police officer, Major Louis Daniel is a driven man, haunted by the death of his son and the impending collapse of his marriage. He puts saving people's lives ahead of everything else, regardless of personal cost, and has the respect of everyone who works for him. [[spoiler: He is shot and killed at the end of the second season.]]
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* ActorAllusion: Hickman swallows his pills with a little shake of his head - exactly what Fichtner did as [[PrisonBreak Agent Mahone]].

* AssholeVictim: All four of Anka's victims were dreadful people. It's very hard, for instance, to have any sympathy for Amelie, whose dark secret was that she had seduced her mother's boyfriend. And that's [[spoiler:before we find out about what they did to Anka's brother]].
* BlondesAreEvil: She's a blonde with supermodel looks. She's also a completely ruthless cybercriminal who caused three successful suicides and one attempted one.
* TheCracker: Anka breaks into people's personal computers, stealing their information, or even using computer webcams to record her victims' activities.

* ExpectingSomeoneTaller[=/=]{{Hackette}}: The team never say what they were expecting the hacker to look like, but the blonde knockout clearly wasn't it.

* KarmaHoudini: Suicide is not illegal in Germany, which means that convincing somebody to commit it isn't illegal either. The most Anka can be charged with is harassment and invasion of privacy. She's unlikely to do any prison time, and will likely go after Stefan, the surviving victim, again.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Anka's four victims [[spoiler:turned her shy younger brother into an online joke, resulting in his suicide.]] Her goal is to do the same to them.

* ItsPersonal: She doesn't know it, but [[spoiler:her prosecution of Dimitrov's brother-in-law is why he's coming after them]].

A former officer with the Berliner Polizei, Sebastien Berger is an archetypal computer geek, who relies on advanced technology to solve crimes. Excitable and eager to please, Sebastien often berates himself for not doing enough to help the team, and constantly seeks to update his computer files in order to better do his job. He has a gambling addiction, which has caused him difficulties in the past.

* FunctionalAddict: So far Sebastien's gambling hasn't caused too many problems for him or the team.
* GadgeteerGenius: It's not to Batman levels or anything like that, but Sebastien is very good with--and perhaps overdependent on--technology, including his [=ScanGen=], which can recreate a holographic image of any crime scene. He's also trying to come up with a camera that can be inserted into a hostage situation after the cameras on the spot are taken out.
* ObliviousToLove: He's totally unaware of his ex's continued interest in him, until it's pointed out by multiple people.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With his former partner, whose son may actually be his.

* TheBigGuy: He's present for his fighting skills and his shooting, not his charming personality.
* BoxingBattler: Tommy's a bare-knuckle boxer and falls back on it whenever he's unarmed.
* DavidVsGoliath: In a confrontation with Genovese's GiantMook, he's the David, much to his own annoyance.
* GeniusBruiser: He's just as smart as his teammates--if lacking in their specialized knowledge--even if his main proficiency is with his fists.
* HairTriggerTemper: Downplayed. Tommy's certainly abrasive, and angry is his default mode, but he's not as explosive as some examples of the trope.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Classic example. Tommy is aggressive and at time downright mean, but he cares deeply about his teammates.
* MadeOfIron: Takes a Hell of a beating in the Season 1 finale, but is up and mobile moments later.

Recurring in season one, and became main in season 2. Formerly a member of the Rotterdam PD until [[spoiler:her boss attacks her and allows Genovese to escape]], Arabela is selected by Louis to replace [[spoiler:Anne-Marie after she dies.]]

* TokenMinority: The one black character on the team thus far.

The leader of the International Criminal Court's Special Crimes Unit, and a former Parisian police officer, Major Louis Daniel is a driven man, haunted by the death of his son and the impending collapse of his marriage. He puts saving people's lives ahead of everything else, regardless of personal cost, and has the respect of everyone who works for him. [[spoiler:He is shot and killed at the end of the second season.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: He is killed at the end of the second season after inadvertently walking in on a stand-off between Hickman and Anna.]]

* ItsPersonal: With Alexander Dimitrov, who blew up his son.

* MarriedToTheJob: The cause of his marriage's failure.

An interrogations expert from Scotland Yard, Sienna Pride is the daughter of rich, influential politicians who never had time for her. Despite their very different backgrounds, she strikes up a rapport with Tommy. [[spoiler:She's killed in the second half of the pilot.]]

* BelligerentSexualTension: With Tommy, whom she alternate snarks at and sympathises with.
* ParentalNeglect: On the part of her parents. Her mother, at least, clearly regrets this and is obviously saddened at [[spoiler:her funeral]].

A former sergeant with France's Police Nationale, Anne-Marie was the youngest member of the team, and the one who most sought the approval of the others. Possessed of an eidetic memory, and specializing in border crimes and human trafficking, Anne-Marie was nevertheless unsure of herself, and looked up to both Louis and Hickman as mentors. [[spoiler:She is killed in a car crash at the end of Season 1.]]

* ActionGirl: She's not at Eva's level, but she tries and she's getting better as the show continues.
* AmbiguousDisorder: May have had OCD or been somewhere on the autism spectrum. A case of it being ambiguous in-universe and out, as Anne-Marie knew her behaviour was slightly off, but was not formally diagnosed. [[spoiler:In fact, Hickman mentions her mother had her genetically tested for autism as a child, though he didn't say what the results were.]]

* DistressedDamsel: In the pilot when she's captured by a SerialKiller.

* PhotographicMemory: Possessed perfect recall.

* BadassInANiceSuit: Usually favours one.

* SeenItAll: Dorn has witnessed more violence--and worse violence--than anybody else on the team. Mass murder, institutionalized rape and torture...there's not much that can surprise Dorn anymore.
* ShellShockedVeteran: He's implied to be at least a mild variant of this, given his numerous flashbacks.

An ex-colonel in the Russian Army, Alexander Dimitrov is the head of a vast organization with tendrils throughout Europe. He was the man responsible for blowing up Louis Daniel's son, Etienne, and continues to harbour a vendetta against the Daniels, which he pursues throughout Season 1.

* BigBad: Of Season 1.
* BigBadEnsemble: Phillip Genovese makes his move against the team at the same time that Dimitrov comes after Louis. If the two even know of one another, it hasn't been demonstrated yet.

* ItsPersonal: With the Daniels. Initially it seems like [[spoiler:Louis is the target, but we later find out it is Rebecca, who convicted his brother-in-law, who he is gunning for]].

* {{Archenemy}}: To Carl Hickman who pursues him across two continents. Genovese for his part, initially has no idea who Hickman is, but comes to take it personally after Hickman [[spoiler:shoots him in the head in the Season 1 finale]].

* BigBad: Along with Dimitrov, he's the main antagonist of Season 1, serving as the focal point of Hickman's arc.
* BigBadEnsemble: He and Dimitrov likely don't even know of one another's existence.
* BoxingBattler: We haven't seen him get physical with anyone yet, but Tommy's examination of Anika's corpse implies that this is the case.

* HardHead: [[spoiler:Gets shot in the head but doesn't die in the Season 1 finale]].

* SmugSnake: Good god yes.

An Italian mafia don with connections to Eva's past, Nicola Conti tries to mask his viciousness behind a facade of geniality. He and his henchman, Gian Carlo, act as the main threats of the episode "Desperation and Desperadoes."

* TheMafia: Heads up a branch of it and is the reason why Eva enrolled in an anti-mafia task force in the first place.

* DragonInChief: It's Gian Carlo, not Nicola Conti, who is the main threat of "Desperation and Desperadoes."
* LeaveNoWitnesses: Gian Carlo's insistence on this results in three separate massacres--one at an Italian marketplace, one at a Slovenian gas station, and a third at a Slovenian hospital--as he tries to make sure there's nobody who can recognise him or his hit squad.

* MoreDakka: Favours the submachinegun as a WeaponOfChoice, as do his men.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: A henchman fails you? Shoot him. Witnesses to your crimes? Shoot them. The police get in your way? Shoot them. The girl you are trying to rescue doesn't want to be rescued? Shoot her. A henchman questions this? Shoot him too. Gian Carlo doesn't seem to have ever encountered a problem he didn't think he could slaughter his way out of, which is what results in him butchering forty-two people over the course of ''an afternoon''.

* RuthlessForeignGangsters: From the perspective of the Slovenians, though the audience and the SCU know he's just as awful on his home turf, in Italy.

A computer hacker with a grudge, Anka specializes in tracking her victims online and convincing them to commit suicide. All four of her targets are eventually revealed to have [[spoiler:done the same thing to her younger brother]]. The main antagonist of the Season 2 episode, "Everyone Will Know."