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!!'''WARNING: Only spoilers from the current season (Season 4) are whited out.'''

!The Cabal

[[folder:NCS Director]]
!!NCS Director[=/=]Peter Kotsiopulos
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->'''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.

* BigBad: After the death of Fitch and Berlin, the Director steps out of the shadows to emerge as the main antagonist.
* CurbStompBattle: He himself doesn't do much fighting, but his team was able to take out most of Reddington's men in "Leonard Caul" without much difficulty.
* DiabolicalMastermind: He's an absurdly powerful, nigh-untouchable and ruthless man who is walking the world toward another Cold War for his own benefit.
* EvilOldFolks: He's in his older years, and is very evil indeed.
* FauxAffablyEvil: The Director is able to feign politeness, but is unable to hide his contempt and condescension for long.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He might be a psychotic megalomaniac, but he's a psychotic megalomaniac with eyesight problems.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Despite his power and influence, nobody else in the Cabal seems to care much for him. Hobbs jumps at the chance to side with Red over the Director, Solomon seems to have some distaste for him despite his outward politeness, and he was at odds with Fitch. And now that his actions led to Reddington going after their entire organization there has been multiple statements that they are all too eager at this time to cut their losses (ie him) just to save what little they have left.
* LeanAndMean: Due to being played by David Strathairn, he has a very slender frame.
* NoNameGiven: He was known only as the NCS Director until Season 3, when his name was revealed as Peter Kotsiopulos.
* OhCrap:
** A mild one when he sees Kenneth's tongue at the end of "Quon Zhang".
** A bigger one when he discovers that [[spoiler: Reddington just stole his "retirement fund"]].
* PraetorianGuard: He has a team of agents at his call, being responsible for the events of "Leonard Caul".
* SmugSnake: He oozes smugness in every single scene he's in.
* VillainousBreakdown: Every successful strike against him by Red seems to push him closer to the edge of a nervous breakdown. He's become increasingly desperate, and with good reason; he's in deep trouble with the rest of the Cabal and needs to settle his business with Red to save his own skin.
* WeHaveReserves[=/=]ZergRush: The main tactic his team employs to even the odds against them.

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

The US Attorney General, who is a good friend and colleague of Harold Cooper.

* AndYourLittleDogToo: To try and save his own life, he makes it very clear to Liz and Cooper that he has plans for everyone in their lives.
-->You're going to prison, Agent Keen. Donald Ressler-- his little oxy addiction will get him drummed out of the Bureau. Samar Navabi will be extradited to Iran, where she will stand trial for the murder of one of their top nuclear scientists. Charlene, Harold, even Agent Mojtabai. We have a little something in mind for all of you, including treason charges and the death penalty for Reddington. So are we finished here? Because I think it's cocktail hour.
* AmoralAttorney: Slowly becomes one after he joins the Alliance. He was one earlier when he had Alan Rifkin beaten into confessing (while Rifkin WAS guilty Cooper expresses regret that they had to resort to it, while Connolly is unrepentant).
* CharacterDeath: 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.
* TheCorrupter: To Cooper; he's been corrupting him with subtle manipulations so that the Cabal can easily interfere with his actions.
* DeadpanSnarker: He has a quick wit that is apparent in all his scenes.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: "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. Later 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.
* ManipulativeBastard: Credit where it's due; Connolly manipulates the entire Task Force (and especially Cooper) to guarantee his own entry into the Cabal, and succeeds.
* PoisonousFriend: For Cooper and the task force; he keeps them safe from indictment in an utterly slimy matter that sinks them further and further under his own influence.
* TheReveal: The events of "Leonard Caul" took place because of him so that he can join the Cabal.
* UngratefulBastard: Plans to kill Reddington even though Red saved him from the Judge.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He's a quickly-ascending and respected Attorney General.

[[folder:Solomon]]
!!Matias Solomon
->'''Played By:''' Edi Gathegi

A high-ranking Cabal operative. He was formerly a CIA asset in Ethiopia, but the agency ended its relationship with him when he proved to be too brutal even for them. He is soft-spoken and courteous but highly sadistic, with a predilection for torturing his victims.

* AffablyEvil: Solomon is a remarkably polite and cheerful man, even when planning the deaths of you and yours loved ones.
* BeardOfEvil: Some trimmed chin scruff.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's got a pretty cool and witty sense of humour.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: He works with the team in the penultimate episode of season 3, much to their chagrin. Specifically, he mainly works with Tom Keene, who hates him since Solomon shot Liz.]] Solomon himself is perfectly fine with the arrangement, [[spoiler: but Tom isn't, which leads to Solomon getting shot.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Tells Tom that Liz is in a "better place" after Tom reminds Solomon that he killed her. Tom responds by shooting him, though he manages to survive.]]
* JokerImmunity: He survives several episodes including his own two-parter. He has been arrested, tortured, arrested again, rescued from his own execution, and shot, but he still keeps going.
* IHaveYourWife: Solomon was able to get Dembe to see him when he threatens to use a nerve agent on his American granddaughter.
* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: He is a recurring antagonist throughout season 3 and he manages to earn the hatred of half the cast. Red hates him torturing Dembe; Dembe hates him for poisoning his granddaughter; and the team and ''especially'' Tom hate him for trying to kill them various times and [[spoiler: because he shot and killed Liz.]]
* ManOfWealthAndTaste / WickedCultured: Enjoys fine food and expensive clothes.
* PsychoForHire: He is introduced working for the Cabal, but ultimately he is loyal to whoever is paying him.
* SharpDressedMan: He's usually very well-dressed in nice suits.
* TheSociopath: Solomon is very charming on the surface, but he is also an extremely ruthless torturer, thief, kidnapper and killer who is even willing to go after children if it serves his ends. He'll work for anyone who pays him and expresses no remorse for any of his crimes.
* TortureTechnician: Our introduction to Solomon is abducting and poisoning Dembes' granddaughter in order to torture Dembe for information. He is also on the receiving end of this later on, and finds the session [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction rather sloppy]].
* WouldHurtAChild: He is willing to poison an infant in other to further his objectives. Later on he accidentally shoots a young girl [[spoiler: and prior to that, a heavily pregnant Liz]]; while it was unintentional, he was in favour of leaving her to die and someone else had to save her. He has yet to be shown actually killing any children (on-screen, at least), but he doesn't have any qualms about doing it either.

[[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: Fitch is a very civil guy, even when he has you tied up on the verge of death.
* 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 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. 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.
* BiggerBad: He's the one who hired Garrick. He also happens to secretly be the Decembrist, the Blacklister responsible for manipulating Berlin into thinking that Reddington killed his daughter.
* DeathByIrony: Fitch had ruined Berlin's life by killing the man's fellow Soviet hardliners with a bomb. Berlin makes sure to return the favor when they finally meet up by securing his own bomb around Fitch's neck.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: He tells the bomb disposal expert trying to save his life to leave and save himself rather than die with him needlessly; he also has a final friendly talk with Reddington and gives him warnings about how his group will react to his death as a last favour to him.
* FriendlyEnemy: Fitch says himself he actually likes Reddington, despite everything. 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, framing Red for the "murder" of Berlin's 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''!
* GenreSavvy: He's quite knowledgeable regarding Reddington's M.O.
* GoOutWithABang: He's killed by an explosive device around his neck placed there by Berlin.
* [[HazyFeelTurn Hazy Feel]] [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Revolving Door]]: Despite the events of ''Anslo Garrick'', Fitch even seems to be a pseudo-ally to Red at times.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: 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 Fitch's 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).
* TheManBehindTheMan: To Garrick. Also turns out that he played Berlin like a fiddle.
* MoleInCharge: Fowler answers to him both in public (his role being the Assistant Director of National Intelligence) and as part of their criminal conspiracy.
* NebulousEvilOrganization: Represents one.
* PetTheDog: While detained in a box in an attempt to defuse the bomb on his neck, Fitch reflects on all the agents he has sent to die over the years, agents that were "good people who died in the service of their country". He knows the FBI bomb tech in the box with him cannot disarm the bomb. He tells the man to leave because he does not want to have another death on his hands.
* SharpDressedMan: Due to his professional capacity, he's always impeccably dressed.
* WeAreEverywhere: States such. He seems to be right. Fowler reports to him in his public persona.

[[folder:Martin]]
!!Walter Gary Martin
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->'''Played By:''' Jason Butler Harner

An official in the Department of Justice, he manned the black ops task force between the 1st and 2nd seasons. He is also in league with Fitch.

* DirtyCop: It's revealed he's working for Alan Fitch, and helps break Red out of custody.
* {{Jerkass}}: Martin is a condescending asshole when interacting with just about anyone.
* SmugSnake: He's very pleased with himself for no discernible reason.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: After Cooper is injured, Martin takes over the task force.

[[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.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: She was an ObstructiveBureaucrat at worst for most of her appearances, until we find out that she's actually the one who orchestrated the attack on the Post Office and thus murdered several of her own people, to cover up a criminal conspiracy she is involved in.
* CharacterDeath: Killed off by Red in the 13th episode.
* EvilAllAlong: She's TheMole everyone was looking for.
* {{Jerkass}}: While her reasons for being a ObstructiveBureaucrat are more or less justified, she could at least ''try'' to be less abrasive and disrespectful about it. {{Justified}} because she's actually a ''villain''.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Applies to her, but only because she's skeptical of Reddington's condition for a possible pardon for all his crimes.
* MoleInCharge: She's the head of the Criminal Division, and also responsible for providing the information on the black site to Garrick's team.
* PointyHairedBoss: Not entirely, but has some shades of it due her treatment of Cooper and his team.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Became this after being informed that Fitch's party was covertly doing surveillance on her. Later on, it turns out she and Fitch were working together from the start.
* SmugSnake: Revealed as this after her secret is uncovered. She massively overestimates how valuable she is, and ends up on the wrong end of Reddington's gun for this.

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

The Director's assistant. She is a liaison between the NCS and FBI.

* TheMole: For the Director.

[[folder:Hobbs]]
!!Roger Hobbs
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->'''Played By:''' Ralph Brown

The CEO of the Longevity Initiative, who asks Reddington to hunt down a fellow scientist who conducts experiments behind his back. He is revealed to be a member of the Cabal, and assists Reddington in his war with them.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: A well-respected CEO with a sideline in murder, conspiracy and illegal experimentation.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Compared to the other Cabal members, he's practically a saint.

[[folder:Jasper]]
!!Kenneth Jasper
->'''Played By:''' James A. Stephens

An assistant to the NCS Director whom Red sought out to join his cause with the promise that he would lead the Cabal himself.

* UndyingLoyalty: To the Director; Red is unable to turn him and he only reveals vital information due to trickery.

!Other Characters

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

The Deputy Attorney General and Fowler's replacement overseeing the Task Force in Season 2.

* BlackBossLady: She's the overseer of the FBI Task Force although unlike most examples she's not a cop herself.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Killed by Laurel Hitchin to ensure her connections to Solomon are not made public.]]
* 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: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: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.
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* 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.
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[[folder:Vargas]]
!!Mr. Vargas
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/PaulReubens

One of Berlin's arms dealers operating in the eastern coast of the United States. He's also secretly in league with Reddington's group as his DoubleAgent[=/=]TheMole on the inside. He's revealed to be in league with the Cabal.
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* AfraidOfBlood: Vargas is actually so scared of blood that he could possibly faint.
* DoubleAgent[=/=]TheMole: He works for Reddington as his agent in Berlin's group as one of the man's arms dealers. [[spoiler:A case of irony when it's revealed in Season 3 that he's a double agent for both Reddington and the Cabal]].
* SeriousBusiness: When he's threatening the woman having an affair with Frank, Vargas gets very upset over her lack of treatment in taking care of her dog.
* WeaponOfChoice: He uses a silenced Walther [=PPK=]. [[spoiler:Red takes it from him and blasts one of his traitorous subordinates with it]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zoe]]
!!Zoe D'Antonio
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->'''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]]

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

The adoptive father of Elizabeth Keen.
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* 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]]

[[folder:Naomi]]
!!Naomi Hyland[=/=]Carla Reddington
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/MaryLouiseParker

A woman who was kidnapped by mercenaries hired by Berlin courtesy of Lord Baltimore, she was living a normal life married to Frank Hyland with their only daughter, Jessica.
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* StartingANewLife[=/=]WitnessProtection: [[spoiler:After Reddington went underground, she was accused of being an accomplice before she proved herself innocent. The FBI decides to put her in another place with a new name for herself and her daughter.]]
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler:What Naomi felt after she was forced to relocate from her old house.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Hard to describe her without spoiling since she has a significant role in the second season.
* WomanScorned: How Naomi feels after Reddington abandoned her in the 1980s.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Frank]]
!!Frank Hyland
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->'''Played By:''' Lee Tergesen

Naomi's "legitimate" husband after being given a new life.
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* OhCrap: How Frank reacted after he found that Naomi was once married to Reddington before she was given a new life and name.
* StartingANewLife: Like Naomi, Reddington arranged for Frank to move out.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Naomi with another woman. Reddington and Vargas were, however, able to straighten things out with him.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Reddington tells him that he needs to move after his residence was attacked by Lord Baltimore.
[[/folder]]

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

A Cameroonian warlord whom Reddington extorted for information about Berlin.
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* CharacterDeath: He's shot and killed by Liz.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: His ear is rather badly burned.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Yaabari would have lived longer and died richer if he hadn't brought Red at the King family auction to indulge in some ill-advised vengeance.
* SmugSnake: Yaabari considers himself to be smarter and more threatening than he is. He scares children, but not people like Red.
* WouldHurtAChild: He almost exclusively uses child soldiers.
[[/folder]]

[[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]]

[[folder:Wilcox]]
!!Det. Martin Wilcox
->'''Played By:''' Michael Kostroff

A Detective investigating the DC harbormaster's disappearance.
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* HeroAntagonist: Due to his investigations, he comes into conflict with Liz, but he's just trying to do his job.
* NiceGuy: He's shown to be a very charitable person.
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[[folder:Denner]]
!!Judge Richard Denner
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->'''Played By:''' John Finn

A Superior Court judge who hears the case against Elizabeth in the death of the DC harbormaster.
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* BaldOfAwesome: Sports a pretty impressive bald head.
* CoolOldGuy: He seems to be in his 50s or 60s, and ends up being a pretty reasonable guy.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* HeroAntagonist: He initially opposes Liz, but he's just trying to do his job; there's no indication that he's actually anything but an upstanding citizen.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's initially hostile to Liz and disbelieves her story, but after the full facts of the case are revealed, he doesn't like it, but he lets her go.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rostova]]
!!Katarina Rostova
-->'''Played By:''' [[spoiler:Lotte Verbeek]]
A Russian spy who figures heavily in the show's back story. [[spoiler:She is eventually revealed to be Elizabeth Keen's mother.]] Katarina Rostova is her KGB alias; her real name is currently unknown.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Reddington hallucinates her drowning herself in the ocean.]]
* TheGhost: Has yet to be seen on screen [[spoiler:alive, although Reddington hallucinates her in "Cape May".]]
* NoNameGiven: Well, we have her KGB alias, but we don't know her real name.
* ShroudedInMyth: It's initially unclear whether she ever even existed or was just a myth, but it's later revealed that she genuinely did exist. Not much is known about her, even her real name.
* UncertainDoom: It's initially claimed that she is dead, but later clues suggest that she may not be. It's currently unclear which is the case.
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* {{Badass}}: He has no problem letting himself be brutally tortured to maintain his cover. He casually shrugs it off as he's "had worse". He is also an ex-[=CIA=] operative with a great deal of combat experience and tactical ability.

!!'''WARNING: Only spoilers from the current season (Season 3) are whited out.'''

* AmoralAttorney: Slowly becomes one after he joins the Alliance.

* ManOfWealthAndTaste / WickedCulture: Enjoys fine food and expensive clothes.

* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Enjoys fine food and expensive clothes.

* JokerImmunity: He survives several episodes including his own two-parter. He has been arrested, tortured, arrested again, rescued from his own expected, and shot, but he still keeps going.

* DeadpanSnarker: He's got a pretty cool and sarcastic sense of humour.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Solomon is a remarkably polite and cheerful man, even when planning the deaths of you and yours loved ones.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Tells Tom that Liz is in a "better place" after Tom reminds Solomon that he killed her. Tom responds by shooting him dead.]]

* {{Badass}}: He has no problem letting himself be brutally tortured to maintain his cover. He casually shrugs it off as he's "had worse".

%%* DeadpanSnarker

%%* LeanAndMean
%%* {{Sadist}}
%%* ScaryBlackMan

%%* ToThePain
%%* TortureTechnician

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%%* HeroAntagonist
%%* NiceGuy

%%* BaldOfAwesome
%%* CoolOldGuy

%%* HeroAntagonist
%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Reddington hallucinates her drowning herself in the ocean.

* ShoudedInMyth: It's initially unclear whether she ever even existed or was just a myth, but it's later revealed that she genuinely did exist. Not much is known about her, even her real name. Her

->'''Played By:''' Creator/EdiGathegi

%%* BeardOfEvil

* FauxAffablyEvil: Solomon is a remarkably polite and cheerful man, even when he's about to plan death on you or your loved ones.

%%* SharpDressedMan

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.]]

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Despite his power and influence, nobody else in the Cabal seems to care much for him. Hobbs jumps at the chance to side with Red over the Director, Solomon seems to have some distaste for him despite his outward politeness, and he was at odds with Fitch.

* OhCrap: A mild one when he sees Kenneth's tongue at the end of "Quon Zhang".

* AffablyEvil: Solomon is a remarkably polite and cheerful man, even when he's about to plan death on you or your loved ones.

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

* PoisonousFriend: For Cooper and the task force, keeping them safe from indictment in an utterly slimy manner.

[[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.

[[folder:Solomon]]
!!Mattias Solomon
->'''Played By:''' Creator/EdiGathegi

A high-ranking Cabal operative. He was formerly a CIA asset in Ethiopia, but the agency ended its relationship with him when he proved to be too brutal even for them. He is soft-spoken and courteous but highly sadistic, with a predilection for torturing his victims.
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* AffablyEvil: He's very polite and nice, even when he's about to plan death on you or your loved ones.
* {{Badass}}: Has no problem letting himself be brutally tortured to maintain his cover. He casually shrugs it off as he's "had worse".
* IHaveYourWife: Solomon was able to get Dembe to see him when he threatens to use a nerve agent on his American granddaughter.
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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:Sam]]
!!Sam Scott
->'''Played By:''' Creator/WilliamSadler

The adoptive father of Elizabeth Keen.
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* 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:Naomi]]
!!Naomi Hyland[=/=]Carla Reddington
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MaryLouiseParker

A woman who was kidnapped by mercenaries hired by Berlin courtesy of Lord Baltimore, she was living a normal life married to Frank Hyland with their only daughter, Jessica.

* StartingANewLife[=/=]WitnessProtection: [[spoiler:After Reddington went underground, she was accused of being an accomplice before she proved herself innocent. The FBI decides to put her in another place with a new name for herself and her daughter.]]
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler:What Naomi felt after she was forced to relocate from her old house.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Hard to describe her without spoiling since she has a significant role in the second season.
* WomanScorned: How Naomi feels after Reddington abandoned her in the 1980s.

[[folder:Frank]]
!!Frank Hyland
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->'''Played By:''' Lee Tergesen

Naomi's "legitimate" husband after being given a new life.
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* OhCrap: How Frank reacted after he found that Naomi was once married to Reddington before she was given a new life and name.
* StartingANewLife: Like Naomi, Reddington arranged for Frank to move out.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Naomi with another woman. Reddington and Vargas were, however, able to straighten things out with him.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Reddington tells him that he needs to move after his residence was attacked by Lord Baltimore.

[[folder:Vargas]]
!!Vargas
->'''Played By:''' Creator/PaulReubens

One of Berlin's arms dealers operating in the eastern coast of the United States. He's also secretly in league with Reddington's group as his DoubleAgent[=/=]TheMole on the inside. He's revealed to be in league with the Cabal.

* AfraidOfBlood: Vargas is actually so scared of blood that he could possibly faint.
* DoubleAgent[=/=]TheMole: Works for Reddington as his agent in Berlin's group as one of the man's arms dealers.
** A case of irony when it's revealed in Season 3 that he's a double agent for both Reddington and the Cabal.
* SeriousBusiness: When he's threatening the woman having an affair with Frank, Vargas gets very upset over her lack of treatment in taking care of her dog.
* WeaponOfChoice: He uses a silenced Walther [=PPK=]. [[spoiler:Red takes it from him and blasts one of his traitorous subordinates with it]].

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

A Cameroonian warlord whom Reddington extorted for information about Berlin.

* SmugSnake: Yaabari considers himself to be smarter and more threatening than he is. He scares children, but not people like Red.
* 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
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->'''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:Goodson]]
!!Kat Goodson
->'''Played By''' Janel Moloney

The Director's assistant. She is a liaison between the NCS and FBI.
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:After the death of Fitch and Berlin, the Director steps up as the most visible antagonist.]]
* CurbStompBattle: His team was able to take out most of Reddington's men in "Leonard Caul" without much difficulty.

* OhCrap: [[spoiler:A mild one when he sees Kenneth's tongue at the end of "Quon Zhang".]]

* 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.]]
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:To Cooper; he's been corrupting him with subtle manipulations so that the Cabal can easily interfere with his actions.]]

* 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. Later 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.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The events of "Leonard Caul" took place because of him so that he can join the Alliance.]]

* 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.
* 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.]]
* DeathByIrony: Fitch had ruined [[spoiler: Berlin's life by killing the man's 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]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: He tells the bomb disposal expert trying to save his life to leave and save himself rather than die with him needlessly; he also has a final friendly talk with Reddington and gives him warnings about how his group will react to his death as a last favour to him.]]
* 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 Berlin's 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''!]]

* GovernmentConspiracy: Appears to represent one, and he himself is [[spoiler: Assistant Director of National Intelligence.]]
* GoOutWithABang: [[spoiler: Killed by an explosive device around his neck placed there by Berlin.]]

* 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 Fitch's 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).
* TheManBehindTheMan: To Garrick. [[spoiler:Also turns out that he played Berlin like a fiddle.]]
* MoleInCharge: Fowler answers to him both in public [[spoiler:(his role being the Assistant Director of National Intelligence)]] and as part of their criminal conspiracy.

* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:While detained in a box in an attempt to defuse the bomb on his neck, Fitch reflects on all the agents he has sent to die over the years, agents that were "good people who died in the service of their country". He knows the FBI bomb tech in the box with him cannot disarm the bomb. He tells the man to leave because he does not want to have another death on his hands.]]
* SharpDressedMan: Impeccably dressed.

->'''Played By:'''

[[folder:Mattias]]

An ex-CIA asset stationed in East Africa and Cabal agent. He fought in the Ethiopian-Eritrean War with the Ethiopian military. Solomon later went underground after he was accused of committing war crimes against Eritreans.

One of Berlin's arms dealers operating in the eastern coast of the United States. He's also secretly in league with Reddington's group as his DoubleAgent[=/=]TheMole on the inside.

!!NCS Director

!!'''WARNING: Only spoilers from the current season (Season 2) are whited out.'''