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The FBI

    Mark 

Mark Benford

Played by: Joseph Fiennes
The Special Agent put in charge of the investigating the Blackout due to having seen a Room Full of Crazy in his flashforward which has thus far been helping with the case.
  • The Alcoholic: Recovering, so he’s very disturbed when his flashforward shows him drinking again.
  • Double Standard: Gives his wife all kinds of hell for being with another man in her flash forward... but then conceals from her that he was drinking in his.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: Was subjected to these many, many, many times by pretty much every single other character. Demetri even went as far as punching him in the face.

    Demetri 

Demetri Noh

Played by: John Cho
Mark's partner who didn't have a flashforward and is slated to be shot to death. Is engaged to a defense attorney and can sing well.
  • Berserk Button: Really doesn't want to hear that the future can't be averted.
  • Hypercompetent Sidekick: In early episodes, Demetri had a tendency to come off as this in relation to Idiot Ball-holding Mark.
  • Interchangeable Asian Cultures: Averted. In an early episode, very sharply corrects a woman who can't figure out if his name is "Chinese or Vietnamese or something..." "It's Korean."
  • Race Lift: Was of Greek heritage in the novel, but changed to Korean when John Cho was cast. The name "Demetri" is a holdover.
  • Someone to Remember Him By: Intentionally invoked when he proposes getting Janis pregnant.
  • Your Days Are Numbered: If the flashforwards come true, he starts off the show with less than six months before he is murdered by Mark.

    Stanford 

Stanford Wedeck

FBI's no-nonsense Assistant Director.

    Janis 

Janis Hawk

Played by: Christine Woods
FBI Special Agent tasked with watching over Dr. Simon Campos. Is a single lesbian. In her flashforward, saw herself pregnant.

    Vogel 

Vogel

Played by: Michael Ealy
Technically he's CIA, but he works with the main characters on multiple occasions.

Hospital Staff

    Bryce 

Dr Bryce Varley

Played by: Zachary Knighton
A young surgical intern reporting to Dr Benford. Was on the verge of commiting suicide befoe the Blackout due to having advanced stage kidney cancer. In his flashforward he sees himself still alive and meeting with a pretty Japanese girl; this renews his love of life and inspires him to go on living. Is friends with Nicole.

    Nicole 

Nicole Kirby

Played by: Peyton List
19 year old student, Charlie's babysitter and volunteer at the hospital. Is friends with Bryce.

The Physicists

    Lloyd 

Dr Lloyd Simcoe

Played by: Jack Davenport
An academic whose experiment is thought to have contributed to the Blackout. He is a recently widowed father of an autistic son, Lloyd is the man Olivia saw herself with in her flashforward.
  • Foil: To Mark Benford. Where Mark is harsh and know-it-better-than-thou, Lloyd is gentle and willing to apologize for what turns out to not have been his fault.
  • The Rival: To Mark for Olivia's affections.

    Simon 

Dr Simon Campos

Played by: Dominic Monaghan
A brilliant young quantum physicist and Lloyd's research partner.

Other

    Charlie 

Charlie Benford

Played by: Lennon Wynn
Olivia and Mark's daughter.

    Dylan 

Dylan Simcoe

Played by: Ryan Wynott
Lloyd's autistic son.


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