History Characters / TheBlacklistOthers

* BigBad: Has taken up this role following Berlin's death.
* CastingGag: David Strathairn has played a [=CIA=] officer [[Film/TheBourneSeries where he tried to use his position to hinder the good guys from doing their job.]]
* CurbStompBattle: His team was able to take out most of Reddington's men in "Leonard Caul".
%%* EvilOldFolks
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
%%* FourEyesZeroSoul

* PraetorianGuard: Has a team of agents at his call, being responsible for the events of "Leonard Caul".

!!Thomas Connolly

[[folder: Wright]]

* WeaponOfChoice: Uses a silenced Walther [=PPK=]. Red takes it from him and [[spoiler: blasts one of his traitorous subordinates with it]].

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[[folder:Fitch]]
!!Alan Fitch
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/AlanAlda

A mysterious individual from Reddington's past, apparently connected to a larger organization of some kind. He is on a Senate committee investigating the task force in the aftermath of the Garrick attack (which he was ultimately behind), and Fowler secretly reports to him.

* AffablyEvil: He seems to be a pretty civil guy.
* AntiVillain: He seems to regard all of his actions as ultimately being for the good of his country; he has a cordial if uneasy friendship-of-sorts with Reddington and although he claims responsibility for over 700 deaths [[spoiler: in his role as Assistant Director of National Intelligence]] he appears to regard all of them as necessary and generally does not condone needless violence. [[spoiler: His final act is to save the life of the bomb disposal expert trying to disarm the explosive around his neck, and to give advice to Reddington on how to deal with the rest of his group, many of whom he regards [[EvenEvilHasStandards as dangerous extremists]]]]. Overall, a pretty decent guy who happens to have a ''lot'' of blood on his hands.

[[folder:Connolly]]
!!Thomas Connolly
->'''Played By:''' Reed Birney

The current American Assistant Attorney General. He knows Harold Cooper way back when he was a prosecutor for the Attorney General's office.

* AmoralAttorney: [[spoiler:Slowly becomes one after he joins the Alliance.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Keen kills him after he reveals that he manipulated some of the events in the 2nd season, such as arranging Cooper's medical trials for his own benefits since they weren't real.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler: "Leonard Caul" suggests that he didn't like the idea of leaking information to the Director of National Clandestine Services.]]
* JerkAssHasAPoint: While Connolly acted like a jerk towards Richard Denner, the judge prosecuting the case against Cooper and Liz, he has a point when he told him that there are special courts that can take on cases that are related to national security. Connolly also mentions that Denner's position does not allow him to take on the case forwarded by Detective Wilcox.
** When he demands to Cooper to arrest Liz on the spot, he reminds him that Reddington has taken advantage of his informant status to help his underworld empire gain an advantage over his enemies/rivals.
* PoisonousFriend: For Cooper and the task force, keeping them safe from indictment in an utterly slimy manner.
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:Slowly trying to do this so that the Alliance can easily interfere with Cooper's actions.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The events of "Leonard Caul" took place because of him so that he can join the Alliance.]]
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[[folder:Fowler]]
!!Diane Fowler
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->'''Played By:''' Jane Alexander

An official at the Department of Justice, she's the head of its Criminal Division and is in charge of making sure that the FBI's secret task forces does it duty of apprehending the names of individuals Reddington supplies through his blacklist. She also recruits retired CIA agent Meera Malik to make sure that task force does its job.
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[[folder:Jolene]]
!!Jolene Parker[=/=]Lucy Brooks
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->'''Played By:''' Rachel Brosnahan

A mysterious woman who claims to be a substitute teacher and has been attempting to seduce Tom, but definitely has an ulterior agenda. Her real name is Lucy Brooks, and she has been spying on Red. She works for whoever Tom does, and was sent to make sure he remembers he only married Elizabeth because she is his target.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: While she definitely isn't who she claims to be, it's not clear on whose side she is on. It's looking increasingly like the bad guys, though.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: It's clear from the start that her intentions towards Tom and Liz are far from benign. Turns out, she was sent to make sure he was still evil.
* CharacterDeath: Killed by Tom by suffocating her with a blanket.
* ChekhovsGunman: We have actually seen her way before her debut; she was the girl whose body the Stewmaker supposedly got rid of, the one whose photo Red stole at the end of that episode. Later, Red runs her name through [=ViCAP=].
* ConsummateLiar: The audience knows from the start that she isn't who she claims to be, but she puts on a good act.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She is visibly disturbed by how ruthless Tom is. Ironic, since she was sent to make sure he was still evil in the first place.
* FakingTheDead: According to Red, her real name is Lucy Brooks and she faked her death to elude him.
* ManipulativeBitch: She's quite adept at manipulating people, as seen in how she worms her way into Tom's life.
* PunnyName: A CoverVersion of the Music/DollyParton song "Jolene" plays over her and Tom at one point; since it's established that Jolene is a fake name, she might well have chosen it for that very reason.
* TooDumbToLive: Cowboy warned her that Tom would kill her; despite already being freaked out by his ruthless behavior, she didn't listen. She paid for it.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Killed off one episode after we find out what she was after in the first place. We barely saw the "real" her, just her Jolene Parker alias.

[[folder:Fowler]]
!!Diane Fowler
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->'''Played By:''' Jane Alexander

An official at the Department of Justice, she's the head of its Criminal Division and is in charge of making sure that the FBI's secret task forces does it duty of apprehending the names of individuals Reddington supplies through his blacklist. She also recruits retired CIA agent Meera Malik to make sure that task force does its job.

[[folder:Sam]]
!!Sam Scott
->'''Played By:''' Creator/WilliamSadler

The adoptive father of Elizabeth Keen.

* TheAtoner: According to him, he must make up for some mistake he committed by telling the truth. ''What'' mistake is still unknown. Unfortunately for him, Reddington disagrees.
* CharacterDeath: Reddington gives him a MercyKill combined with HeKnowsTooMuch.
* CoolOldGuy: Seems to have been a pretty decent dad to Liz. He's implied to have trained her as a ConArtist and a thief, but this might just [[EvilIsCool make him cooler.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Constantly uses sarcasm to ease the tension with his daughter.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Red kills him to prevent him from telling Keen the truth. According to Reddington, her knowing the true identity of her biological father would put her life in danger.

[[folder: Wright]]
!!Reven Wright
->'''Played By:'''Adriane Lenox

The Deputy Attorney General and Fowler's replacement overseeing the Task Force in Season 2. It is unknown if she has any connection to [[spoiler: the Cabal.]]

* BlackBossLady: She's the overseer of the FBI Task Force although unlike most examples she's not a cop herself.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She goes to great pains to consider any political implications of the Task Force's actions which may make her seem like an ObstructiveBureaucrat. However, she goes to equally great pains to protect the Task Force.

[[folder:Connolly]]
!!Thomas Connolly
->'''Played By:''' Reed Birney

The current American Assistant Attorney General. He knows Harold Cooper way back when he was a prosecutor for the Attorney General's office.

* AmoralAttorney: [[spoiler:Slowly becomes one after he joins the Alliance.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Keen kills him after he reveals that he manipulated some of the events in the 2nd season, such as arranging Cooper's medical trials for his own benefits since they weren't real.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler: "Leonard Caul" suggests that he didn't like the idea of leaking information to the Director of National Clandestine Services.]]
* JerkAssHasAPoint: While Connolly acted like a jerk towards Richard Denner, the judge prosecuting the case against Cooper and Liz, he has a point when he told him that there are special courts that can take on cases that are related to national security. Connolly also mentions that Denner's position does not allow him to take on the case forwarded by Detective Wilcox.
** When he demands to Cooper to arrest Liz on the spot, he reminds him that Reddington has taken advantage of his informant status to help his underworld empire gain an advantage over his enemies/rivals.
* PoisonousFriend: For Cooper and the task force, keeping them safe from indictment in an utterly slimy manner.
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:Slowly trying to do this so that the Alliance can easily interfere with Cooper's actions.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The events of "Leonard Caul" took place because of him so that he can join the Alliance.]]

[[folder:NCS Director]]
!!NCS Director
->'''Played By:''' David Strathairn

The current director of the [=CIA=]'s National Clandestine Services. He appears to be familiar with Alan Fitch and Reddington alike.
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* BigBad: Has taken up this role following Berlin's death.
* CastingGag: David Strathairn has played a [=CIA=] officer [[Film/TheBourneSeries where he tried to use his position to hinder the good guys from doing their job.]]
* CurbStompBattle: His team was able to take out most of Reddington's men in "Leonard Caul".
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:A mild one when he sees Kenneth's tongue at the end of "Quon Zhang".]]
* PraetorianGuard: Has a team of agents at his call, being responsible for the events of "Leonard Caul".
* WeHaveReserves[=/=]ZergRush: The main tactic his team employs to even the odds against them.

[[folder:Yaabari]]
!!Yaabari
->'''Played By:''' Sahr Ngaujah

A Cameroonian warlord whom Reddington extorted for information about Berlin.
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* WouldHurtAChild: He almost exclusively uses child soldiers.

[[folder:Aleko]]
!!Samuel Aleko A.K.A. The Samoan
->'''Played By:''' Dante Nero

A former confidential informant of Meera Malik, later employed by Elizabeth to hold Tom Keen prisoner.

[[folder:Zoe]]
!!Zoe D'Antonio
->'''Played By''' Scottie Thompson

Milos Kirchoff's biological daughter. Thought dead by Berlin, she is tracked down by Reddington to clear up the misunderstanding that started their war.

[[folder:Ames]]
!!Eugene Ames
->'''Played By:''' Franklin Ojeda Smith

A Metro Police officer and DC harbormaster who found Tom Keen in the boat where he was imprisoned.

[[folder:Goodson]]
!!Kat Goodson
->'''Played By''' Janel Moloney

The Director's assistant. She is a liaison between the NCS and FBI.
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[[folder:Wilcox]]
!!Det. Martin Wilcox
->'''Played By:''' Michael Kostroff

A Detective investigating the DC harbormaster's disappearance.
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%%* HeroAntagonist
%%* NiceGuy
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* CurbStormpBattle: His team was able to take out most of Reddington's men in "Leonard Caul".

* CurbStormBattle: His team was able to take out most of Reddington's men in "Leonard Caul".

* PreatorianGuard: Has a team of agents at his call, being responsible for the events of "Leonard Caul".

->'''Played By:''' William Sadler

* JerkAssHasAPoint: While Connolly acted like a jerk towards Richard Denner, the judge prosecuting the case against Cooper and Liz, he has a point when he told him that there are special courts that can take on cases that are related to national security. Connolly also mentions that Denner's position does not allow him to take on the case forwarded by Detective Wilcox.

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* OhCrap: How Frank reacted after he found that Naomi was once married to Redington before she was given a new life and name.

* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats of Naomi with another woman. Reddington and Vargas were, however, able to straghten things out with him.

* AfraidOfBlood: Vargas is actually scared of blood that he could possibly faint.

* WeaponOfChoice: Uses a silenced Walther [=PPK=]. Red takes it from him and [[spoiler: blasts one of his traitorous subordinates with it]]

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler: Is unapologetic for setting Berlin on Red on the grounds that Red was and is a dangerous criminal who stole some extremely sensitive intel and tried to blackmail Fitchs' group with it, although he accepts the consequences when Berlin finds out he was played and turns against him.]] Also his attitude to all the operations he has masterminded and people he has had killed in the name of defending his country (it should be noted that he takes his job seriously enough to have kept count of every man who died on his watch and so only kills when he feels it is necessary).

* DeathByIrony: Fitch had ruined [[spoiler: Berlin's life by killing the mans fellow Soviet hardliners with a bomb]]. [[spoiler: Berlin]] makes sure to return the favor when they finally meet up by [[spoiler: securing his own bomb around Fitch's neck]]

* FriendlyEnemy: Fitch says himself he actually likes Reddington, despite everything.[[spoiler:And even in his dying moments, Fitch still leaves behind useful information for Reddington. He mentions two members of the group, Mitchum and Hobbes, who might be convinced to be allies to Red. Fitch also tells Reddington the existence of a safe in St. Petersburg, with the combination being his wife's birthday, 8/30/44.]]
* GambitPileup: Pretty much the entire first season and the first half of season 2 occurred because of a bombing he orchestrated decades ago to prevent a coup in the then-collapsing Soviet Union, [[spoiler: framing Red for the "murder" of Berlins' daughter to pit the two against each other (and Berlin was apparently just one of many such pawns), deciding that working with Red was better than fighting him, then having to hide the fact that the whole reason Red was fighting Berlin was his fault in the first place while still keeping Red as an ally. And that's all ''before'' the events of the show even started! Goes UpToEleven when you realize that he sent Anslo Garrick to abduct Red in revenge for Red turning FBI informant, only to discover that the reason Red turned informant was because Berlin was too formidable an enemy for Red to face alone, and Red later turns to Fitch himself for help to fight Berlin and Fitch agrees; in other words, Fitch has spent this entire show playing a chess match against ''himself''!]]

->'''Played By:''' Mary-Louise Parker

* BiggerBad: He's the one who hired Garrick.[[spoiler:He also happens to secretly be the Decembrist, the Blacklister responsible for manipulating Berlin into thinking that Reddington killed his daughter.]]

* AntiVillain: He seems to regard all of his actions as ultimately being for the good of his country; he has a cordial if uneasy friendship-of-sorts with Reddington and although he claims responsibility for over 700 deaths [[spoiler: in his role as Assistant Director of National Intelligence]] he appears to regard all of them as necessary and generally does not condone needless violence. [[spoiler: His final act is to save the life of the bomb disposal expert trying to disarm the explosive around his neck, and to give advice to Reddington on how to deal with the rest of his group, many of whom he regards [[EvenEvilHasStandards as dangerous extremists]]. Overall, a pretty decent guy who happens to have a ''lot'' of blood on his hands.