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The General
General Jonathan Krantz
Played By: Leon Russom
- Alas, Poor Villain: He ends his days on the electrified chair, very nervous, with melancholic music in the background.
- Bad Boss: He kills one of his partners for disagreeing with him. He also routinely threatens his underlings with death or torture if they fail him.
- Big Bad: Of Season 4, and due to being the head of the Company, of the series as a whole.
- Big Bad Duumvirate: Serves as this with Rose Scofield in Season 4.
- Deadpan Snarker: "Lincoln Burrows was outsmarted. Who could have predicted that?"
- The Determinator: Nothing will stop him from taking out Lincoln and Michael. Not even jail.
- Enemy Civil War: With Christina.
- Even Evil Has Standards: As much as Krantz wants to control global economy and maintain control over top political circles, he would never risk potentially starting World War III as Christina Scofield plans to do.
- Evil Is Petty: After he is incarcerated and has most of his assets froze, he uses the last of his emergency funds to put out a hit on Sarah, who is incarcerated in the Women's Wing of the same prison, just to spite Michael.
- Face Death with Dignity: When he is on the electric chair, the Priest asks him if he's ready. Krantz answers with a military motto: "Semper Paratus". Meaning "always ready".
- Faux Affably Evil: He acts polite, but in a very insincere and condescending way.
- Greater-Scope Villain: serves as this for the first three seasons before becoming the Big Bad of Season 4.
- Karmic Death: Dies the same way Lincoln was planned to die.
- Made of Iron: A explosion goes off two meters away from him. He survives.
- The Man Behind the Man: He's revealed to be the one behind Bill Kim (and the Company as a whole).
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Except for The Final Break, he always wears a fine suit.
- The Voiceless: He invokes this in his first appearances in Season 2. He avoids speaking because he doesn't want his voice to be caught by spies or recording devices, so he communicates to Agent Kim by writing on notepads. He first speaks on-screen in "Panama", for he has decided he must speak freely to Kim, so they meet in a location that can't be targeted by long-distance recording devices. He continues his secretiveness after this, speaking for the second time in Season 2's finale in another location where he can speak freely. He gives up this habit for the rest of the series, though.
Lisa Tabak
Lisa Tabak
Played By: Stacy Haiduk
- Damsel in Distress: Used as a hostage by Sara to ensure that Michael is able to leave Company Headquarters with Scylla intact.
- Defector from Decadence
- Even Evil Has Standards: Berates the General, her father, for shooting Howard Scuderi after an argument, because he was a loyal advisor.
- Heel–Face Turn: After realizing The Company is not acting in the best interests of mankind, she resigns and helps Sara rescue Michael from being forcibly recruited.
Stuart Tuxhorn
Stuart Tuxhorn
Played By: Steve Tom
Howard Scuderi
Howard Scuderi
Played By: Jude Ciccolella
- Affably Evil: He's a rather pleasant fellow who loves his wife. He borders on Token Good Teammate.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He does show real love for his wife.
- The Loins Sleep Tonight: He took shrapnel to some of his genitalia, so he tries to find attractive younger men to have sexual relations with his wife since he is unable to.
- Only Sane Man: He tries to reason with the General. He takes a bullet in the chest for his trouble.
Griffin Oren
Griffin Oren
Played By: Shaun Duke
- The Starscream: Attempts to kill the General for Christina, who was likely offering him a better deal.
- You Have Failed Me: Christina orders Griffin's driver to kill him after he fails to kill the General.
Operatives
Bill Kim
William ‘Bill’ Kim
"You may be done with us, but that doesn't mean we're done with you."
Played By: Reggie Lee
- Big Bad: Of Season 2. While Mahone and Kellerman are doing all the dirty work, they're just being blackmailed/ordered by Kim.
- The Dragon: To Caroline.
- Faux Affably Evil: His even temper and apparently polite demeanor just make him all the more insufferable as he pushes the buttons of those he's talking to.
- Jerkass: Treats his subordinates awfully and has no qualms with pushing Mahone's Berserk Button, all with a smug smile on his face.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Like other members of the Company, he can always be seen in a nice suit.
- Smug Smiler: Constantly has a smug smile on his face when dealing with underlings, including threatening Mahone's family and erasing Kellerman from records. He only drops the expression when he sees the brothers on TV and flips out.
- Smug Snake: Unbearably so. Having a cushy job that rarely requires going out in the field has led to him being this, and he treats both enemies and underlings with identical condescension and smugness.
- To the Pain:"I had the honor of attending Mount Fort Military Academy, whose mission it is to ensure the greatness of this country and its future leadership, by encouraging patriotism, building a strong moral foundation, and providing a service of men committed to the values of honor and freedom of the country. But, first and foremost, they taught you this."
- Torture Technician: Violently beats Michael.
- Villainous Breakdown: While normally calm and collected even when Mahone has his hands on Kim's throat, he notably loses all composure when Michael and Lincoln go on national TV exposing the Company.
Danny Hale
Daniel 'Danny' Hale
Played By: Danny McCarthy
- Guilt-Ridden Accomplice: Becomes increasingly laden with guilt after carrying out the Company's dirty work over and over.
- Happily Married: Has a good relationship with his heavily pregnant wife.
- Heel–Face Door-Slam: He tries to leave the One World Conspiracy with his wife and help Veronica, only to get killed by Kellerman before he can do any good.
- Punch-Clock Villain: He's visibly uncomfortable with a lot of what he's forced to do.
- Redemption Failure: Killed off right as he's trying to redeem himself.
Wyatt Mathewson
Wyatt Mathewson
Played By: Cress Williams
- Ax-Crazy: Most encounters with him result in someone being murdered.
- Creepy Monotone: He has a very gentle monotone voice and even when torturing or killing people, it sounds like he's reading a bedtime story.
- Faux Affably Evil: He will politely chat with you while planning your brutal murder.
- Karmic Death: He kills Mahone's son and Bruce Bennett as well as torture technicians both the latter and Gretchen. He ends up being meticulously tortured and killed by Mahone.
- Psycho for Hire: He seems to enjoy torturing and killing people for Krantz (though the money is still important to him).
- Scary Black Man: He is one of the most intimidating characters in the show.
- Shut Up, Hannibal!: Mahone pushes him off into the ocean to drown right as he's trying to start a Hannibal Lecture.
- Smug Snake: Is completely smug and unconcerned when speaking to Mahone knowing that he murdered the latter's son.
- The Sociopath: He never shows any sign of guilt or resistance for doing what he does. In fact, he seems a little bit upset for not being allowed to kill Gretchen when he had the opportunity.
- Soft-Spoken Sadist: Rarely ever raises his voice, no matter what he's saying — or who he's killing.
- The Stoic: He never displays any sort of emotion (except when he's being tortured).
- Torture Technician: Is shown to be effective with torture and drugging victims into giving up information.
- Would Hurt a Child: He not only killed Cameron Mahone but shot him in the stomach to make him suffer and break his mother.
Samantha Brinker
Samantha Brinker
Played By: Michelle Forbes
- Jerkass: Attempts to "persuade" Vice President Reynolds into dropping her presidential campaign due ot her falling poll numbers, even going so far as to imply the Company will eliminate her if she doesn't. It doesn't work.
- Put Ona Bus: Is removed from the Presidential Security Detail after Reynolds is sworn in after orchestrating the President's death, and is never seen again afterwards.
Ralph Becker
Elliot Pike
Agent Blondie
Agent Blondie
Played By: Steven Chester Prince
- Asshole Victim: He is responsible for murdering Veronica Donovan in cold blood while both Lincoln and Michael were listening on the phone. As such few shed a tear when Mahone killed him a few episodes later.
- Boom, Headshot!: His corpse shows that he went out this way. Doubles as a Karmic Death since he killed Veronica the same way.
- Bullying a Dragon: Taunts Mahone by revealing that he engineered Cameron's injury to keep Mahone in line. He doesn't last long after that. Doubles as Too Dumb to Live.
- Faux Affably Evil: Is apparently charismatic, but is as sociopathic as the rest of the Company.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: His name is never revealed.
- Smug Snake: Smugly taunts Mahone with his beloved child's injury.
- Would Hurt a Child: Ensures that Cameron Mahone, a little kid, is hit by a car and hospitalized.
Quinn
Quinn
Played By: Michael Gaston
- Bald of Evil: This nice bald gentleman is actually a ruthless assassin.
- Break Them by Talking: He tries to convince Veronica to give him all her information with a "The Reason You Suck" Speech about how she's out of her depth and causing innocent people to die in her quest to have Lincoln exonerated. It doesn't work.Quinn: So, Miss Donovan, how is that background in real estate law goin' for you? It's big help? Hmm? Well, frankly, I think we caught a break. If Lincoln had nailed a girl with half a brain, she probably would've brought this whole thing down already. But you know what the worst part is? That you dragged these people into this, knowing that you had no clue how to get them out. I mean, if you had just minded your own business, people like Leticia Barris, she wouldn't have a mouthful of maggots right about now. Your fiancé would not be lying in his apartment waiting for the smell of his rotting corpse to let the neighbors know that something had gone horribly wrong. That's right. Their deaths are on your head. You made this mess. Nobody else. You. But you're also the one person that can end it all right here. All I need to know is who else you've involved.
- Diagnosis from Dr. Badass: Even if he's not a doctor, he's certainly well versed in human anatomy. After breaking Kellerman's proximal and middle phalanx, he advices him to ice it for 45 minutes before splinting it. When the wounded Nick tries to surprise attack Quinn, Quinn correctly explains in advance why it won't work.Quinn: I've come to a realization that either Miss Donovan and that boy don't like you very much, or they have an unreasonable amount of faith in your cardiovascular system. […] Mr. Savrinn, that bullet went through your teres major, ripped the lateral margin of your scapula, leaving you absolutely no medial rotation of your arm. So you try to swing that piece of lumber at me… [Nick tries to attack, only to cry out in pain] …it's gonna feel like your arm is ripping out of its socket.
- Establishing Character Moment: His introduction scene tells all about his characterization. When he arrives to meet Kellerman and Hale, he acts polite and seemingly dull, but after he takes a seat, he goes on to criticizing the duo for failing to catch and kill Veronica, Nick and LJ. When Kellerman points his finger in Quinn's face, Quinn swiftly grabs and breaks it. Before leaving to catch the three individuals himself, Quinn advices Kellerman in medical terms how to treat his broken finger.
- Foreshadowing: His monologue to Nick alludes to a later revelation that Nick is helping Veronica partly because Abruzzi — who wants to have a bargaining chip over Michael and Lincoln — has tasked him to keep an eye on her.
- I Have a Family: He unsuccessfully tries this tactic when he's left to die in a well by Kellermann and Hale.
- Ironic Echo: When Quinn tries to convince Kellerman and Hale to help him out of the well, he attempts to cover up his initial condescending attitude to them by claiming that they're all just trying to "tie up some loose ends". When Kellerman covers the well instead of helping Quinn out, he states that he's just tying up some loose ends.
- Karmic Death: Given his arrogant behavior when he first appears in addition to unnecessarily breaking Kellerman's finger, it should be no surprise that Kellerman chose to cover the well Quinn was pushed into rather than helping him get out of it.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: Presents himself as a bumbler before quickly proving to be a force to be reckoned with.
- Only One Name: Only known by Quinn.
- Psycho for Hire: He's much more unstable than the rest of the agents and is far, far more dangerous.
- Sadistic Choice: He gives Veronica a choice of being able to take the bleeding Nick to a hospital in time in exchange for telling Quinn everything she knows about Lincoln's case and whom she has involved in it.Quinn: You decide whose life is more valuable. The guy waitin' to die on death row, or the guy wishin' he'd die out in the woodshed.
- Smug Snake: Quickly lords over Kellerman and Hale. After Veronica and LJ outsmart him and cause him to fall in a well and break his leg, he's reduced to begging for Kellerman and Hale's mercy as Kellerman covers the well before leaving Quinn to die out of starvation and thirst.
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: When he tracks down Veronica, Nick and LJ to a remote cabin, he rubs his face into a bloody mess and pretends to have been injured in a car crash. Once they've let him in, he shoots Nick and takes them hostage.
Associates
President Reynolds
President Caroline Reynolds
Played By: Patricia Wettig
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Her positive public image wouldn't be quite so squeaky-clean if it were revealed that she engineered an innocent man being put on death row, was responsible for the death of countless people, and even killed the last president to get herself a promotion.
- Brother–Sister Incest: With Terrence.
- Convenient Terminal Illness: In order to get out of Michael's blackmail and avoid the Company's wrath, she announces she has cancer so that she might resign as president while keeping within the good grace of the public.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Serves as this behind Kellerman and Bill Kim in the first two seasons.
- Karma Houdini: She manages to step down from the presidency with grace while keeping her public image intact. However, Kellerman's testimony regarding her hand in her brother's false murder to frame Lincoln along with the evidence presented likely leads to her imprisonment.
- Manipulative Bitch: She manages to outfox both Michael and the Company.
- President Evil: Secretly poisons the president so she can move on up.
- Put on a Bus: She's absent for almost the entirety of Season 2 (due to Patricia Wettig joining the cast of Brothers & Sisters. After that, she's never seen or heard of again.
- Resigned in Disgrace: Is blackmailed by Michael Scofield with certain secrets about her family to pardon him and his falsely-convicted brother Lincoln. Instead, she resigns her post, publically citing health reasons to keep her image intact.
Terrence Steadman
Terrence Steadman
"I'm the Isle of Terrence, far off to sea."
Played By: John Billingsley & Jeff Perry
- Brother–Sister Incest: He and Caroline had a sexual relationship.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Prior to his death being faked.
- Dirty Coward: Willingly goes along with the Company's plots even at the cost of lives and livelihoods.
- Driven to Suicide: Faced with being exposed and not wanting to bring down his sister with him, Terrence turns the gun on himself.
- Faking the Dead: Lincoln goes to prison for his murder, but Veronica eventually discovers that he's alive and in deep hiding.
- It's All About Me: Even after Veronica and plenty of others die or go to prison because of him]] he spends his time whining that he can't go out to eat or go to the movies.
David Baker
David Baker
Played By: Keith Szarabajka
Rogue Faction
Leadership
Christina Hampton / Rose Scofield
Played By: Kathleen Quinlan
- Ax-Crazy: Even the General thinks she's utterly batshit.
- Big Bad Duumvirate: with the General.
- Broken Pedestal: Michael thought highly of her until finding out she was Faking the Dead.
- Evil Matriarch: The batshit, evil mother of Michael and Lincoln.
- Evil All Along: Michael and Lincoln remembered her as their nice, caring mother. They were soon proven wrong.
- Faking the Dead: Pretended to have died of cancer.
- Manipulative Bastard: One of the biggest of the series and has no problem trying to killing either of her sons.
- Not Quite Dead: Michael and Lincoln's backstory stated that she was dead before the events of the series, but she's revealed to be alive in season 4.
- Real Name as an Alias: Her real name is Christina Rose Scofield, and she uses "Christina Hampton" as an alias.
- The Sociopath: She's perfectly willing to help kick-start a World War if it means she gets rich.
- Walking Spoiler: Since we're led to believe she's been dead for three seasons, it's impossible to bring her up — or the fact that she's a villain — without it being a spoiler.
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