Back to the main page.
open/close all folders
Recurring
Seth Rydell
You should not piss on my back and then pretend that it's raining.
The most recurring villain of the series, appearing in nearly every film], and is the leader of the Rydell gang. Easily the smartest of the Rydell Gang, being able to manipulate everyone from his own minions to the police.- Abusive Parents: His father was apparently a career criminal who "had his own views on parenting".
- Archenemy: To Vijay Khan, a Pakistani drug lord.
- Affably Evil: The very definition of this. He is a notorious gangster and has committed murder, torture, grand theft auto and armsdealing (among other things). But he is always friendly towards his gangmembers and genuinely wants what is best for them (that is unless he suspects someone for being a snitch). For that matter, he is generally polite to anyone as long as they don’t have a problem with him. Also, unlike other villains who usually have no problems with endangering near-by civilians just because, Seth rather avoids casualties of innocents as well.
- Anti-Hero: He becomes one in season 3 as he is a police informant and even vigilante in one of the episodes.
- Arms Dealer: One of his most frequent criminal activities is selling firearms illegally.
- Ax-Crazy: Very subtle but it’s there. In one of his first scenes, he has one of his own henchmen brutally beaten to death by the entire gang simply for doing business aside. He brutally assaults his own gang-member Martin merely for suspecting that he might be a snitch (which he wasn’t). He also kidnaps Bamse, one of Jack’s guys, and tries to blackmail him by setting him on fire while just staring emotionlessly... and then mocks him for ”loosing the courage”.
- Bad Liar: Downplayed; Seth is very good at lying and manipulating, but there are times when he is cornered and simply can’t come up with anything convincing. A good example is in National Target when the police arrests him and shows pictures of him dealing weapons, Seth merely tells them it must be a doppelganger, knowing full well it’s not a good lie and that he will go to jail.
- Bald of Evil: Mostly in Season 1.
- Berserk Button: Never betray Seth.
- Big Bad: The closest thing the first two seasons get to the big bad. As the most recurring and prominent villain, Seth is the one who has taken the role as a main antagonist most times (see The Heavy below).
- He is the main antagonist in the first movie of the film-series.
- Big Bad Duumvirate:
- With Asim Popov in Weapon Brothers.
- And with Dan Hammar in The 107 Patriots, though this borders on also being a Big Bad Ensemble.
- Big Bad Ensemble: With Andrei Dudajev in Codename: Lisa.
- Big Bad Friend: He doesn't know it at first, but he is this to Frank Wagner who Seth trusts and likes but Frank is actually The Mole to the GSI.
- Beard of Evil: It grows bigger as the seasons go by.
- Boxed Crook: When he is caught by Sophie in season 2 she gives him the choice of either working as an informant to her and the GSI, or being arrested and put in prison. She frequently warns him to do as she says or else...
- Break the Haughty:
- Does this to his police handler Sophie Nordh.
- He also goes through this in Codename: Lisa when he tries to have Frank assassinated, but he himself is almost killed by Vijay’s guy and gets saved by Frank himself, and ends up in a hospital.
- Breakout Villain: He only appeared in three movies out of six in the first season, but due to his popularity got a much more prominent role in season 2 onwards and even becomes an Anti-Hero / Villain Protagonist in the third season.
- The Chessmaster: Has tried to be this with varying results, but played straight in Mother of all Robberies.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: He kidnaps one of Jack's gang members Bamse, pours gasoline on him, and then sets him on fire while taunting him. His right-hand Conny Lloyd continues pouring gasoline on him, but Seth stops him.
- Consummate Liar: Many times, Seth is shown to be quite skilled at lying, which he does both to the police and other criminals. It’s one of the reasons Sophie has a hard time trusting him in Season 3, and he himself admits it in the finale.
- Dark Is Evil: Most of the clothes he wears tend be black or dark-themed.
- Deadpan Snarker: Lots of times, giving many sarcastic responses whenever he is cocky.
- Disc-One Final Boss:
- In season 1 he is the main villain of the first two films, seemingly being built up as the season’s Big Bad, before quickly being imprisoned in the third film, not appearing for the rest of the season.
- In Codename: Lisa. Seth has found out that Frank Wagner is the leak and spreads a bounty-hunt across the city to kill Frank for 500 000 SEK. However, he gets betrayed by Vijay Khan's henchmen whom tries to have Seth murdered. However, he is saved by Frank himself and is driven to a hospital, so he actually survives the murder-attempt. The real main villain of the movie, and Frank's biggest threat, is the Russian mob boss Andrei Dudajev.
- Disproportionate Retribution: In the first movie that he appears in, after he finds out that one of his gang-members were doing his own business aside and not sharing the profits, Seth has him beaten to death by the entire gang.
- The Don: The titular leader of The Rydell Gang.
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: Often his reaction towards Sophie when he thinks he isn’t gaining something big enough from helping them.
- Enemy Mine: He teams up with Vijay's in an attempt to have Frank Wagner killed. He claims that Frank is the reason why half of their organization is imprisoned and tries to collect mobey to pay whoever it is that assassinates him.
- Equal-Opportunity Evil: Seth doesn't discriminate against anyone, and is willing to do business everyone regardless of ethnicity, sex, etc. All he cares about is if they can make him money.
- Establishing Character Moment: In the first film, he has him welcoming Frank back from the ”prison” where he seems like a Reasonable Authority Figure, but only a few minutes later has one of his own guys beaten to death by the rest of his gang for doing business on his own which Seth didn’t appreciate.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He genuinely cares for his family, including his brother Felix and his daughter Luna. In the third season, his girlfriend Madeleine.
- Even Evil Has Standards:
- Even though he is willing to do business with Neo-Nazis, he expresses clear disapproval of their ideology.
- Downplayed in The Child Infiltrator. He expresses disgust when Heikki is cutting off Ricky's fingers, but after that is over he moves on like nothing happened.
- Downplayed in Blood Diamonds. He sets Bamse on fire and tortures him, but stops his right-hand Conny from doing it again once Bamse starts talking.
- Played perfectly straight in season 3 where he openly despises Milo, Madeleine's ex-boyfriend, for abusing her, and often insults Milo for doing so. He also mentions that he finds it disgusting to abuse children and even animals as well.
- Even Evil Can Be Loved: His girlfriend in season 3, Madeleine.
- Evil Is Petty:
- He has one of his henchmen brutally beaten to death simply for doing business aside on his own.
- He mocks Bamse for ”loosing his courage” after he set him on fire for a brief moment.
- Ex-Big Bad: In season 3, as he has become more of an Anti-Hero and one of the main characters.
- Fatal Flaw: Greed. He abandones many deals because he didn’t get paid enough instead of just accepting the bids that are high enough. Also, like Sophie points out, it was his greed that led to his brother getting killed.
- Freudian Excuse: His upbringing with an abusive dad, which he frequently mentions.
- Genius Bruiser: A street-wise and intelligent gangster, as well as a very skilled and strong fighter.
- The Heavy: Of the first two seasons. While he is not the only Big Bad, Seth is the most prominent villain appearing in almost every film as a recurring target for the GSI and Wagner.
- Heel–Face Turn: Goes through a slow one in season 3.
- Honor Among Thieves: Seth is shown at time and again to have his sence of honor and helping others.
- He helps Frank Wagner visit his dying mother by holding the guards at gunpoint so they wouldn’t arrest him. Though, this was at the time he didn’t know Frank was an infiltrator.
- In the last film he saves Johan Falk from being killed by an assassin in a favor in return for being previously saved by Falk in a failed truck robbery.
- Hypocrite: He hates snitches and traitors even though he himself is an informant to the GSI.
- The Informant: To Sophie in season 2 onwards after she caught him in an illegal arms-dealing gone wrong. He still continues to do his illegal activities aside.
- Jerkass: He can be this at times towards people he doesn’t respect.
- Karma Houdini: Zig-Zagged: He has been in prison several times because of his crimes, but in the season 3 finale he has gotten away with most of them but at the same time has committed a Heel–Face Turn and even saved the main hero.
- Kick the Dog:
- In the first film he does this towards his henchman for doing exaction activities on the side, by having him beaten to death by the entire gang.
- He heavily assaults Martin for thinking that he might have been a snitch.
- Large Ham: Seth has his moments of hamminess, especially when he feels like he is in control of the situation and/or wants to act tough.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Zig-Zagged in Codename: Lisa: When he puts a bounty-hunt on Frank after knowing he is the snitch, he himself almost gets killed by Vijay’s guys when trying to bring in the funds for whoever kills Wagner. Then Seth is actually saved by Wagner despite knowing Seth put a hit on him. While recovering at the hospital, he lampshades this to his handler Sophie who is also recovering. He tells her that for his whole life he never thought he would end up in the same hospital as a cop.
- Manipulative Bastard: Very much so. Being an experienced crime lord, Seth has a pretty sharp tongue which he shows time and again. He plays several people, the police and other criminals alike, to his own interests.
- The Mole: In Mother of All Robberies. His intentions was to do business with Göran Svensson and his guys but after pressure from Sophie and the GSI he instead abandones the deal and deliberately undermines them so the police can track them down while he himself gets away unharmed and unnoticed. The rest of the weapon dealers end up being killed.
- Mole in Charge: Zig-Zagged. He becomes something of this after he has become an informant, while also being the leader of one of the most notorious criminal gangs in the city. However, even if he is an informant and sometimes provides the GSI with some useful info, Seth considers himself a gangster first and foremost and for the most part only pretends to be on the ”right side”. Additionally, he never rats out his own gang-members and most of the time is only willing to help the police if he can get something in return, such as money.
- It doesn’t help that he has manipulated his own handler Sophie at times, an example is when he made her give him a classified list of the names of all the town’s pedophiles that he would later sell for money, resulting in many of them being killed.
- My God, What Have I Done?: After killing Jack, he instantly regrets it and prepares to call an ambulance.
- Near-Death Experience: He was almost killed by Vijay's guys after receiving their money. Frank, the guy he intended to have assassinated, saves him just in time and drives the almost-dying Seth to a hospital.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: He plans to get the name of the heist planner in The Child Infiltrator, since Sophie had promised to pay him if he does. He does so by forcing Ricky to set up a meeting between Seth and the man he bought the robbery concept from. As it turns out, it’s Heikki Nieminen, an ax-crazy gangster Seth once knew. Now that Heikki knows who Ricky handled over a part of the money to, he breaks into Seth’s house to try to steal the rest of the money but Seth refuses to tell where it is, resulting in a shootout that kills Seth’s brother Felix.
- Nominal Hero: In Mother of All Robberies. He is forced to work as an informant while doing firearms business with Göran Svensson. He helps the police finding their location and undermines for his partners and has causes most of them being killed. All of this while he himself gets away unharmed.
- Obviously Evil: Particularly in season 1. He is bald, often wears dark clothes (like a black leather-jacket) and is played by Jens Hultén.
- Pay Evil unto Evil: He attempts to blackmail one of Jack’s guys by setting him on fire, then threatening to do it again.
- Pet the Dog: He and Martin helps Frank visit his dying mother by holding the guards hostage, so he can take his time.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Played With. He is fine with doing business with neo-Nazis, but at the same time he expresses clear disgust over their ideology. In The Child Infiltrator however, he throws insults towards Heikki based on his Finnish nationality.
- Punch-Clock Hero: After becoming Sophie’s informant, he mostly only helps the police with info if he thinks that he himself can get something for it, often money.
- Siblings in Crime: With his brother Felix being one of Seth’s dragons and right-hand man.
- Sociopathic Hero: Seth is a notoriously ruthless and violent gangster (see Ax-Crazy above); so it’s no surprise that whenever he takes the role as a protagonist, he is this as he commits acts like murder and torture to achieve his ends and is often very cold about it. Such as in season 2’s Mother of All Robberies, where he screws over his criminal companions and even personally murders some of them after the police forced him to become an informant. In season 3, where he is a main character, he is very much still prone to criminal activities and acts of violence. It’s worth mentioning however, that Seth is still one of the more reasonable criminals in the series, has plenty of sympathetic qualities (such as loved ones and standards) and appears much better in comparison to many other villains in the series.
- Tattooed Crook: He sure has alot of tattoos, some of which are supposedly related to his gang.
- Took a Level in Kindness: While still a violent criminal, he becomes less malicious as the series goes on and is more and more shown to have good sides as well (such as standards). In the third season he becomes more of an Anti-Hero and fully commits a Heel–Face Turn as the series ends, and even helps the main character from being murdered.
- Unknown Rival: Seth is aware that there must be someone in their gang who is a mole but can’t pin down who it potentially might be. And he never suspect that it is Frank since he genuinely trusts and likes him.
- Vigilante Man: Is this at times when he is an anti-hero. Such as when he causes the death of other criminals like Göran Svensson and his gang, and Milo Mikhailov.
- Villain Protagonist: He is this in the film Mother of All Robberies. Also in season 3, he becomes one of the main characters, but as he still prone to criminal activities he borders between being this and Anti-Hero.
- Villainous Breakdown: Has had several of these.
- When he is led to believe that Martin, his trusted gang-member who was shot to death, was a snitch, Seth shoots multiple times at his already dead body out of anger.
- Has one after Andrei comes to his house to reveal that he knows Seth is a police informant. Seth then calls his handler insisting he wants the papers about him destroyed.
- He becomes enfurious after Jack had successfully pulled off a diamond heist, which Seth had intended to raid.
- Villainous BSoD: He has one after his brother dies.
- Villainous Friendship: He has this with most of his gang-members.
- He thinks he has this with Frank, whom he doesn’t know is an infiltrator.
- He has a shaky one with Jack, but they both eventually want each other dead after all the history they have between them.
- Villainous Rescue: In the last film he saves Johan Falk from the Russian assassin out of a favor since Johan Falk had saved him earlier in a failed truck robbery.
- Villainous RRoD: Got stabbed in the chest by Vijay's guys and is saved in the last minute by Frank.
Felix Rydell
If you have a problem, then ask yourself: "Who isn't here?"
Seth Rydell’s younger brother and a member of his gang.- Alas, Poor Villain: When he is fatally shot by Heikki, he dies slowly and painfully while Seth desperately tries to save his little brother. It doesn’t really help that when Sophie comes to the rescue, Felix notices that she was the same woman Seth spoke to earlier. So the last thing he found out was that his brother was an informant.
- Big Bad Wannabe: He really wants to be in the position as the stand-in leader of the Rydell Gang whenever Seth is either in prison or simply too busy with other things and needs someone else to be in charge for the moment. Only problem is that when Felix finally gets to be in charge, very few people take him seriously (being the youngest member certainly doesn’t help) and he isn’t nearly as smart as he thinks he is, in fact he has shown many times to be quite the opposite, and he does some unwise decisions that Seth has to undo when he comes back to leadership.
- The Dragon: As his younger brother, Felix is one of these to Seth.
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: He doesn’t like that he isn’t taken as seriously as his brother when he has to stand in as the current leader while Seth is in prison.
- Dumbass Has a Point: While not the sharpest tool in the shed, he has a point that Seth should start asking himself who is the most likely to be a police informant in their gang, implying he is suspecting Frank.
- Jerkass: Has a habit of being this whenever he wants to look tough.
- The Millstone: Has been shown to be this many times. Unlike Frank Wagner, who intentionally sabotages for the gang since he is actually an infiltrator and even does so without getting noticed, Felix is this unintentionally as he causes several problems to The Rydell Gang, big or small, rather than actually solving some. Some examples are:
- He drives a stolen van to Frank’s bar, not thinking about the fact that it might draw attention from the cops.
- He brought a Neo-Nazi Group to do business with, but they are so out of their minds that Seth finds them too risky to do proper business with.
- While acting as the current leader of the gang, he approves Frank leaving their gang, something Seth was not okay with.
- Though in this case it is zigzagged, since Frank was an informant so letting him go would make things alot easier for the Rydells since they would no longer have a mole. But no one in the gang knew this about Frank at the time.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Subverted: In the second film, Weapon Brothers, The Rydell Gang has stolen a few vans in preparation to assist a prison break. Felix doesn’t mind driving one of these very stolen vans to Frank’s bar just to inform a message. None of them got caught or got harmed though, but it was still an extremely uncareful and jeopardizing act which the others call him out for.
- Number Two: Briefly becomes this in season 2 for The Rydell Gang.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: He states he doesn’t ever want to do business with immigrants when he is the current leader of the Rydell gang.
- The Rat: He was something of an informant to the GSI for a brief period while serving off a sentence, and helped them catch Mr. K.
- Small Name, Big Ego: He constantly demands respect from others, but can rarely, if ever, back it up.
- Smug Snake: Likes to think highly of himself despite his limited accomplichments.
Martin Borhuldt
- Affably Evil: He is undeniably one of the nicest criminals in the series. Even if he is a member of a gang that regularly commits acts like murder, robbery and arms-dealing, Martin is very much a Nice Guy and was a good friend to Frank.
- Alas, Poor Villain: When he gets shot by Frank after he realizes that Frank was an infiltrator, Frank feels deep regret and shame for not only having to kill Martin, who was one of the more nicer criminals in the series and genuinely saw Frank as a friend, but also for having to frame him as the rat in order to get himself unnoticed.
- Broken Pedestal: He was always a good friend to Frank and genuinely liked him. But during their attempt to assist a prison break, Martin finds out that Frank had removed the spark plug from their grenade launcher so it became impossible to fire, sabotaging the entire operation. Martin gets angry at Frank but quickly gets shot by him because He Knows Too Much.
- Covered with Scars: Emphasis on his face after being assaulted by Seth.
- The Dragon: One of the many to Seth.
- Frame-Up: When Frank kills him, he also frames Martin for sabotaging their attempt to assist a prison break, which Seth is enraged about.
- He Knows Too Much: The the reason why Frank kills him. Martin found out that Frank had sabotaged their attempt to assist a prison break, and immediately got shot by him the same minute.
- Nice Guy: It’s almost easy to forget that he is a criminal when he is so nice and friendly, especially towards Frank. So it is devastating when Frank has to kill him.
- Pet the Dog: He and Seth helps Frank visit his dying mother by holding the guards hostage. He later tells him that he would only do such a thing for him.
- Punch-Clock Villain: He is a nice fellow who just happens to work as a criminal and is very loyal towards Seth and the gang, but doesn’t hold any ill will towards anyone. When he is not doing work, he is a really Nice Guy you could have a couple of beers with.
- Red Herring Mole: He becomes this in Weapon Brothers. Seth finds out that the police had been watching while they were dealing weapons early in the film and for some reason he believes Martin was the snitch and brutally assaults him for it, but later realizing he was wrong. In the climax when The Rydell Gang tries to assist some serbians with a prison break that goes wrong, Martin is killed by Frank when he realizes Frank is the true infiltrator, but as he dies he is also framed for being the one who sabotaged their operation which Seth is furious about.
- The Scapegoat: See Red Herring Mole above.
- Token Good Teammate: Downplayed. He is still a criminal, but he is easily the least "evil" in Seth's gang and arguably the most sympathetic one (when not counting Frank).
- Undying Loyalty: He is very loyal to Seth and the gang. Even after Seth heavily assaults him bloody for thinking that he might have been a snitch, Martin stays completely loyal and gladly continues to work with him.
- Unknown Rival: Frank Wagner is this to him.
Vijay Khan
A Pakistani drug lord.
- Archenemy: Ends up as Seth's worst enemy in season 3, being the one who hired Jack.
- Arc Villain: The person behind everything that Jack does.
- Asshole Victim: Is killed by an inmate on Seth's orders.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His wife and kids, who he is shown deeply caring about.
- Faux Affably Evil: Vijay is a professional man who tries to avoid over-complicating things, but he does not have any qualms when it comes to murder.
- Karmic Death Is killed on orders by his Arch-Enemy whom he has tried to kill multiple times.
- Lack of Empathy: He orders his loyal right-hand Pramit to be buried alive in asphalt, effectively murdering him, just to show Frank Wagner that he has no tolerance for betrayal.
The Woman
An unnamed Latvian female mobster who pursues Johan Falk.
- Arc Villain: Of Johan’s storyline in season 3, until she is killed.
- Big Bad: Is built up as this, but is revealed to work for a criminal enterprise much bigger than her.
- Disc-One Final Boss: She is merely one of Valdo’s subordinates, but was a major antagonist for Johan and the GSI. But when she is killed, there is still a whole left for them to do.
- Faux Affably Evil: Maintains a well-mannered facade while making death threats.
- For the Evulz: When she is ordered to kidnap Falk's wife Helen in order to torture and interrogate her, The Woman is overly brutal while hunting her and seems very keen on having her killed.
- No Name Given: Hence why she is merely called ”The Woman”.
- Not So Stoic: Is consistently reserved, but when she is arrested, she physically fights the guards and starts screaming on live television about how "corrupt" the Swedish police are while being held back by the guards.
Jack
- Alas, Poor Villain: After Seth kills him, Jack is deeply remorseful for everything that he did to Seth and gives Seth access to the diamonds that he robbed. As Jack dies, melancholic music plays and Seth starts crying.
- Archenemy: Is this to Seth during the first three episodes, before his death.
- Arc Villain: The one who is trying to betray and overthrow Seth. Until it's revealed that he is merely a pawn for Vijay, of course.
- Ax-Crazy: Six years of prison seems to have affected Jack's mental state badly,as he is shown being mentally unstable and very trigger-happy.
- Big Bad Duumvirate: With Vijay for Seth's storyline in season 3.
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Wants to overthrow his own boss, Seth.
- Crazy-Prepared: A surprisingly calculating criminal.
- Dark Is Evil: Is always dressed in a black hoodie, black tank top, dark brown leather jacket, black trainers and black adidas shell pants.
- Disc-One Final Boss: Dies midway through the final season after Vijay is revealed as The Man Behind the Man.
- Evil Genius: Jack, while definitely not an academic, is a criminal mastermind and a skilled manipulator.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Jack is angered at Seth for torturing one of his friends and killing two of them during their brief gang war in Blood Diamonds. And unterstandably so.
- Jack does not like to involve innocent people in his criminal operations. In the first episode in the third season, after preparing the assassination of Seth, Jack immediately stops it after realizing that Seth's daughter, Luna, is at risk of being killed in the process.
- Genius Bruiser: Jack is a strong and capable fighter as well as being highly street-wise and manipulative.
- The Heavy: He seems like the biggest force of evil for Seth until Vijay is revealed.
- It's Personal:Seth: Do you think we'll be able to get out of here alive, both of us?Jack: I think that'd be really fucking hard!
- The Starscream: Subverted. He tried to betray and kill Seth during a robbery and take over the gang due to their history. But Seth survives and Jack instead starts working for Vijay.
- Villainous Rescue: While dying, he saves Seth from Ali by shooting the former dead.
Fredrixon
An attorney who frequently works for mob bosses and criminals.
- Affably Evil: He is polite and well-mannered even if he is a sleazy and greedy attorney.
- Amoral Attorney: He is a corrupt lawyer who does both immoral and illegal things to protect criminals and terrorists for money.
- Dirty Coward: He abandons one of his clients and immediately runs to the police to search for witness protection if he snitches. it doesn’t work.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Has a daughter. Not that he is shown to be very affectionate of her, but his interaction with her is one of the few times in the series where Fredrixon is portrayed as a morally decent human being.
- Laser-Guided Karma: He was tricked into confessing everything he knows about the organization he works for on tape (which he didn’t intend) in a desperate attempt at getting a witness-protection, he instead gets arrested.
Avram Khan
A member of Vijay's clan.
- Affably Evil: Always calm and mannerly in his speech.
Milo Mikhailov
Madeleine's abusive ex-boyfriend who she has a son with.
- Ax-Crazy: A complete maniac who spends his first hour outside of prison by picking a fight with two random people and then beating them to near-death.
- Cop Killer: When he is tasked with freeing The Woman from arrest, Milo shoots two police officers in the process. One of them die.
- Hypocrite: Complains about Madeleine's personality and considers himself betrayed by her because she left him. Milo seems to forget that he brutally abused Madeleine during their relationship and threatened to kill her multiple times.
- Straw Nihilist: Played with. He doesn't fear death at all, and when Seth started fighting him, despite a bunch of policemen ready to shoot him at any time, he still shoots Seth and laughs about it, as he is being shot at.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: In some strange, insane way, Milo genuinely cares for his son and believes that he will come closer to him after completing the operation that he has been tasked with.
Leo Gaut
- Bank Robbery: Commits one that goes horribly wrong and ends in an innocent man being murdered.
- Big Bad: Of Zero Tolerance.
- Ex-Big Bad: Was the main antagonist of Zero Tolerance but stops being evil and becomes something of an Anti-Hero and the titular character in Leo Gaut.
- Genius Bruiser: Leo never gets a chance to show his fighting skills, but he has a rather brutish body shape. At the same time, he is a highly intelligent criminal mastermind.
- Manipulative Bastard: In Zero Tolerance, Gaut tricks everyone into believing that Falk was a Dirty Cop who attacked him in his home. Drops these tendencies when he returns in the series though.
- Serial Killer: Hunts down those who killed his daughter when he returns in his titular episode in the first season.
Conny Lloyd
Seth's right-hand.
- Affably Evil: Conny has such a likeable personality that it is impossible not to forget about his less moral qualities as a hitman.
- The Brute: Seth’s strongest henchman.
- The Dragon: To Seth.
- Karma Houdini: Questionable, due to his very friendly personality. But ultimately, he gets away with everything he has done (which admittedly isn't much).
Valdo
A Russian businessman who secretly leads the criminal organization that is present in season 3.
- Big Bad: Of season 3.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Goes without saying.
- Faux Affably Evil: Valdo has the front of a professional businessman and smugly pretends to not have a clue when Falk confronts him. He is also shown being quite a fun and sociable person to be around. Behind Valdo's facade, however, lies a greedy, morally bankrupt man who will stop at nothing to achieve personal success and wealth.
- Pragmatic Villainy: The system of the criminal enterprise is structured in a way so that the criminals who are recruited pay a monthly fee so that a sum would be paid to the family of the criminals when they die. By doing so, the criminals stay loyal to Valdo and his organization, as they take good care of their families. This is definitely not out of genuine kindness, but rather an attempt to keep their criminals loyal.
- Would Hurt a Child: Orders Falk's family to be murdered at a maternity hospital while Falk's daughter is giving birth. Valdo explicitly tells his hitman that he is indifferent to whether or not an innocent gets hurt in the process, including babies.
Björkman
Jack's most prominent partner-in-crime.
- Asshole Victim: He is a complete idiot and scumbag criminal. Among other things, he thinks it's a good idea to start foul-mouthing to Seth while being assaulted by his gang. Then, Seth stabs him to death and the only one who really mourns him is Jack.
- Jerkass: Being a gangster who thinks too highly of himself, this is a given.
- Hate Sink: In contrast to Jack, Björkman is really nothing more than a smug, arrogant, Jerkass criminal with low intelligence. Apart from his loyalty for Jack, which admittedly he isn't even very good at, there is nothing to like about him.
- Psychopathic Manchild: Very much so, being obnoxious and stupid criminal who thinks he is so cool.
- Smug Snake: He sure likes to think he is a badass gang member when really he is anything but.
- Too Dumb to Live: He starts talking shit against Seth while being assaulted by him and Conny while he himself is all alone.
One-Shot
Nicholaus Lehman
An egotistical, if not even sociopathic businessman who went from one of the best to one of the most corrupt businessmen, according to one of the protagonists.
- Blatant Lies: "I'm a man of honor... once I say something... I mean it!"
- It's All About Me: Combine this with Smug Snake, and you have his entire character.
- Psycho for Hire: Sven Persson, the secondary protagonist of the film and the victim in need of protection, originally hired Lehman to talk with a bunch of gangsters threatening him, and convince them to leave him alone. Instead, Lehman kills all... twelve of them. Why? Why not.
- Psychopathic Manchild: He believes himself to be a complete badass.
- Smug Snake: Yeah.
Asim Popov
A serbian criminal, appearing in ”Weapon Brothers”, working with Seth and plans to free a war criminal from prison.
- Affably Evil: Is very easy-going and professional.
- Balkan Bastard: Is a Serbian crime lord, but he is also very professional and well-mannered.
- Big Bad Duumvirate: With Seth Rydell in ”Weapon Brothers”.
- The Strategist: The apparent mind behind how to free the war criminal Milo from prison. Though, as he don’t know that they have a mole in their operation, everything still goes wrong.
Anton Montay
A mobster who appears in Leo Gaut and tries to blackmail the titular character with excessive force.
- Asshole Victim: When he gets hit in the face by Leo with a crowbar is well-deserved.
- Ax-Crazy: He is a sadistic and ruthless mobster who tries to blackmail Leo Gaut with extreme, violent methods. At first he has his henchman assault Leo when he doesn't want to share a part of his restaurant with him. When that doesn't work, he sets fire to an entire building to just kill Leo's daughter. And in the final act kidnaps Leo along with his wife and their autistic son Johnny, and beats Johnny in front of the family, later intending to have him killed.
- Big Bad: Of Leo Gaut.
- Blackmail: He tries to blackmail Leo into giving a share of his restaurant.
- Diabolus ex Nihilo: He really has no relevance to the prior films, he only appears in one film to cause severe trouble for Leo Gaut and his family.
- Faux Affably Evil: Pretends to be reasonable and well-mannered but it's just an act for a self-serving psychopath.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Having tortured Leo both emotionally and physically, he gets knocked down himself by Leo in the final act.
- Monster of the Week: Being the Big Bad of just one film and is undoubtedly a monster.
- Sadist: He really enjoys torturing Leo and does more than enough.
- The Sociopath: A cold, ruthless mobster who blackmails the titular character by going after both him and his family.
- Soft-Spoken Sadist: He maintains a cool manner even if he is as cold as ice, and doesn't raise the voice even while he has Leo and his family abused.
- Would Hurt a Child: Oh boy... not even if the child is mentally handicapped does he hesitate to kidnap and punch it.
Heikki Nieminen
A Finnish crime lord appearing in The Child Infiltrator who works with planning robberies and sells them to young criminals to exert them.
- Asshole Victim: Nobody pities him when Sophie shoots him dead because of how much of a sadistic psycho he was, also because he killed Felix.
- Ax-Crazy: Oh man, where to begin? He is an insane psychopath who just loves to torture people. For starters, when a young, inexperienced criminal called Ricky can’t pay Heikki his debt in time, Heikki cuts off two of Ricky's fingers as punishment, and then feeds his dog with them. When he breaks into Seth’s house to steal his money, he threatens to do the same to Felix, and stabs his knife through Felix’s hand. Oh, and then Heikki starts a massive shootout in Seth’s house which ends with him killing Felix.
- Big Bad: In The Child Infiltrator.
- Disproportionate Retribution: He cuts of Ricky’s fingers just because he didn’t pay his debt in time.
- Evil Debt Collector: He pressures Ricky to pay him the money that got soiled after the failed heist.
- Evil Is Hammy: Moreso during the climax. His Finnish accents only adds to the hamminess.
- Evil Is Petty:
- While confronting Ricky for screwing up a robbery, Heikki punches him in the face and then presses his boot down his mouth while telling him to pay him 100 000 SEK as a punishment.
- One evening, he drives by past Ricky and starts to point a laser towards him, just to remind him to pay his debt.
- Also, when he cuts of Ricky’s fingers, he feeds his dog with them. See Disproportionate Retribution above.
- Fatal Flaw: His greed. His obsession with obtaining more money gets him killed by the end.
- Faux Affably Evil: For being a sadist, he has a rather collected and somewhat normal manner to speak even while he tortures others, and doesn’t raise his voice until his Villainous Breakdown.
- Greed: His main motive.
- Kick the Dog: His treatment of Ricky is entirely this.
- Monster of the Week: Being a one shot villain and the main antagonist of The Child Infiltrator.
- Pragmatic Villainy: The reason for why he didn’t want any innocents to be harmed during Ricky’s robbery is because he wanted to draw as little attention from the police as possible.
- Sadist: So much that even Seth finds him disturbed.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He only appears in one film, but he kills Seth’s brother Felix, having a big impact on Seth’s character.
- The Sociopath: In The Child Infiltrator of course, he is a sadistic and merciless criminal and you better be able to pay whatever he thinks you owe him or else...
- Villainous Breakdown: In the climax, he storms into Seth’s house in a desperate attempt to get his money, he starts to hold Seth and Felix hostage and stabs Felix in the hand. When they break loose, he starts a massive shootout in the house which ends in with him killing Felix. All because he didn’t get his money.
Ricky Morén
A small-time criminal and the leader of a gang of young robbers.
- Alas, Poor Villain / All for Nothing: After all the pressure and torture he went through, once he finally gathered enough money to pay Heikki off, he gets killed.
- Butt-Monkey: Nobody, including Seth, really takes him serious and he suffers a lot of humiliation and indignities throughout the movie because of that.
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: He was a young criminal who lacked street smarts and was put into a lot of pressure by a sociopathic gangster who he owed money to. And once actually gets the money and intendeds to pay him off, he is shot to death.
- Kick the Dog: While his gang is escaping a robbery in the beginning of the movie, he tells the driver to run over an innocent old man who were standing in their way.
- Stupid Crooks: Deconstructed. He isn't a very competent criminal and at one of his robberies he tells the driver to run over an innocent old man who stood in their way while escaping, which draws even more attention from the police. His lack of experience with the criminal lifestyle is what brings him so much misfortune and even costs him two fingers. He really demonstrates that criminals with a lack of planning skills and street-smarts really shouldn't be criminals to begin with.
- Too Dumb to Live: His lack of street smarts and criminal experience puts him into very harmful situations and eventually leads to his death.
