History Characters / ConstantineFilm

Characters from the film ''Film/{{Constantine}}'', based on the comic book ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''. For characters from the ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' TV show also based on ''Hellblazer'', see Characters/ArrowverseMystics and Characters/ArrowverseOtherEntities.
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[[folder:John Constantine]]
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-->'''Played by:''' Creator/KeanuReeves

TheProtagonist and an accomplished exorcist. He learns that he has a fatal case of lung cancer and is finally going to Hell. Eventually, he meets and agrees to help Detective Angela Dodson.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Here played by the dark-haired Creator/KeanuReeves, but a blond in the comics.
* AdaptationalBadass: He's just as much of a badass in the original comics, but here, he is a noticeably better fighter than the poor one that the John Constantine of the ''Hellblazer'' comics is established to be.
* AdaptationalNationality: He's changed from British to American.
* BackFromTheDead: His [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]] resulted in a clinical death he was revived from in his backstory. [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, he is resurrected by Lucifer when on the verge of ascending to Heaven.]]
* BadassAbnormal: Though, honestly, John's powers as an exorcist is not high.
* BadassInANiceSuit
* BatmanGambit: What he does to Balthazar to get him to talk.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: A NayTheist exorcist.
* CainAndAbel: It's implied by Gabriel that he killed his own twin in the womb.
* CatchPhrase: ''"Constantine. John Constantine, asshole."'' Said two or three times throughout.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Fulfills the trope almost to the ''letter'', with the exception that he [[spoiler:flips off ''the Devil himself'' when he escapes Hell and begins to ascend to Heaven]], so ''casually'' that it doubles as both a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome and a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}. It may or may not have backfired, depending on how John felt about [[spoiler:getting brought back]]. The novelization of the film reveals that it was actually [[spoiler:God controlling John's hand to flip Lucifer off]].
* DrivenToSuicide: He killed himself when he couldn't take the things he saw with his PsychicPowers anymore. Since suicide is worthy of damnation, his soul went to Hell; he came back, his mission now to do enough good to have his suicide forgiven by Heaven so he isn't trapped in Hell forever when he dies for real. [[spoiler:He kills himself again to summon Lucifer to stop the EvilPlan of the BigBadDuumvirate. Don't worry, though, he makes it out alive, with the bonus of having finally earned that absolution he's been looking for.]]
* DullSurprise
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen:
--> '''Constantine:''' Before you were a "bartender"...you were one witch doctor against, what...''thirty'' Ashgar? And ''I''...
--> '''Papa Midnite:''' You ''were''...Constantine. ''The'' John Constantine. ''Once.''
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: The crucifix flamethrower-shotgun.
* InSeriesNickname: 'Johnny-boy', courtesy of Balthazar
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: The recurring reminder of his upcoming death with Death; he is diagnosed early in the movie with terminal lung cancer from smoking. [[spoiler:It turns out to not be the cancer that actually kills him but a second suicide. Even then, Lucifer rips out John's cancer to ensure he lives long enough to damn himself, completely curing him]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Often aloof and impolite, sometimes bordering on cruel.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:John develops feelings for Angela and they share a few {{Almost Kiss}}es, but nothing concrete comes of it by the time the credits roll. The only thing keeping this out of DidNotGetTheGirl territory is Angela's offer to see him around and John's agreeing to it.]]
* NayTheist: John's opinion of God is not high.
* PowerTattoo: Has a two-part tattoo called 'The Red King' on both forearms that can force half-demons and angels to reveal themselves.
* PsychicPowers: He can see the half-breed angels and demons.
* SmokingIsCool: AvertedTrope. His frequent smoking is framed negatively by both the movie and the other characters, especially as he already ''has'' lung cancer from it and smoking isn't going to make it kill him any slower.
* SpannerInTheWorks: What John is, ultimately, to both Heaven and Hell.
* ToHellAndBack: Can travel between Hell and Earth with the use of holy water.
* TheTrickster: Preserved from the comics.
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[[folder:Angela Dodson]]
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-->'''Played by:''' Creator/RachelWeisz

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* AgentScully: Is as first skeptical about the supernatural in general, and even suppresses her own talent. But after her time with Constantine she comes around.
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: With her sister Isabel.
* AngstySurvivingTwin: Angela feels guilty that she wasn't there for Isabel and didn't support her. This guilt helps drive her to find out what Isabel had been going through when she died.
* AudienceSurrogate: Her role in the story. PlayedWith somewhat when John drops an infodump on her about the SpearOfDestiny. As she's Catholic, she's a bit annoyed that she's being lectured about the Crucifixion.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:She becomes possessed by Mammon as part of his scheme to make it onto Earth. After an exorcism by John and Chas fails to get the job done, ''Lucifer'', of all people, steps in to tear his son out of Angela and fling him back into Hell.]]
* FairCop: Her attractiveness doesn't go unnoticed by John, either. He has to take a moment to think if he should say "yes" or "no" when she asks if she needs to take the rest of her clothes off to get in the bathtub. (It MakesSenseInContext.)
* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:John develops feelings for Angela and they share a few {{Almost Kiss}}es, but nothing concrete comes of it by the time the credits roll. The only thing keeping this out of DidNotGetTheGirl territory is Angela's offer to see him around and John's agreeing to it.]]
* PsychicPowers: Awakens her powers with Constantine's help. She is said to be quite a powerful one, at that, which turns out not to be a good thing, as [[spoiler:that's exactly what Mammon needs to enact his plan]].
* RedIsHeroic: A red-haired cop and the female lead of the movie.
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[[folder:Isabel Dodson]]
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-->'''Played by:''' Creator/RachelWeisz

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* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: With Angela.
* DemonicPossession: To make her commit suicide.
* HeroicSacrifice: It's implied her suicide was this. [[spoiler: The Powers That Be didn't see it as this and damned her.]]
* PsychicPowers: Unlike Angela she never repressed hers, and told their parents what she could see. Which resulted in her being sent to a mental ward.
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[[folder:Gabriel]]
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-->'''Played by:''' Creator/TildaSwinton

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* ArchangelGabriel: Not stated, but going off of the name and ArchangelLucifer's recognition of them...
* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:With Mammon.]] Gabriel is helping to [[spoiler:bring him into the world and create hell on Earth.]]
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Lucifer laments that Gabriel had been "the best of all of us," though he may have also just been messing with Gabriel.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Is horrified enough by the results at the end of the movie that he pressed John to kill him and end his life.
* GracefulLoser: Commented on John's improvement after everything.
* HolierThanThou: Condescends John at every opportunity.
* {{Invisibility}}: How he sneaked up to [[spoiler: kill Chas]].
* IronicHell: [[spoiler:Stripped of wings, power, and God's support, Gabriel is left a human.]]
* KnightTemplar: Has this sort of attitude.
* LightIsNotGood
* OhCrap: Gets a wide-eyed look of horror when he realizes [[spoiler:Lucifer has come to stop their plan]].
* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: Since Gabriel never wears very revealing clothes, it is unclear what their gender actually is. The novelization describes them as a male.
** Inevitably given gender in localisations into gender-specific languages. In Russian dub Gabriel is referred as female.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: John refers to them as "half-breed." [[spoiler:While Gabriel doesn't contradict him, it is possibly implied that this is not true and that he had been created as a ''full'' angel long ago, as Lucifer's dialogue implies that they knew each other from before.]]
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: When shown as a half-breed angel.
* SuperBreath: Gabriel is a fan of this, blowing away the [[spoiler:disintegrating remains of Balthazar]] and later sending John flying into the next room.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:He loves God and want to make humans worthy of God's love... so he decided to unleash Hell on Earth because he believes that it is only during true suffering that humanity's noblest qualities come through.]]
* WingedHumanoid: Like all half-angels, Gabriel has a set of feathered wings. [[spoiler:Until the end when they get burned off by Lucifer.]]
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[[folder:Balthazar]]
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-->'''Played by:''' Gavin Rossdale

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* BadassBoast: "Fire? I was born from this!"
* CoinWalkFlexing: In his first and quite a few of his later scenes, Balthazar ends up walking an old coin across his fingers. [[spoiler:It's because of this tic that Angela finds out, for sure, that he killed a friend of Constantine's.]]
* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: Is a half-breed demon.
* TheDragon: Fancies himself to be this to Mammon.
* NoodleIncident: He and Constantine know each other from before and Constantine obviously has a grudge against him, but it's neither hinted nor explained how or why. The novelization adds dialogue to their first meeting that reveals Balthazar had manipulated a girl Constantine cared deeply about into overdosing on drugs.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes appear red when he's shown to be a half-breed.
* SharpDressedMan: Always wears a pristine, pinstriped blue suit...with a polka-dot tie.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Has this done to him by Gabriel.]]
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[[folder:Mammon]]

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* AmbitionIsEvil: He plots to turn the mortal plane into his own personal kingdom.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Plots alongside [[spoiler:Gabriel]] to unleash himself on Earth.
* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: Mammon is a Prince of Hell and Balthazar's boss.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Mammon serves as one half of the movie's BigBadDuumvirate, but his personality is very underdeveloped compared to other villains like [[SmugSnake Balthazar]], [[FauxAffablyEvil Lucifer]] and [[spoiler:[[KnightTemplar Gabriel]]]]. All he wants is take over the world... And that is about the extent of his character.
* HellOnEarth: His end goal is to cross over to Earth and turn it into his own personal kingdom.
* HumanoidAbomination: Even more so than his father, who at least could pass for a human being.

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[[folder:Lucifer]]
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-->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterStormare

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* AffablyEvil: While sleazy and gross, this version of Lucifer conducts himself with a fair amount of honor.
* ArchEnemy: God by default, with Constantine as a strong second.
* ArchangelLucifer: Obviously. When he appears he has to dirty the ground to walk on it.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: [[spoiler:He ends up saving the day when he stops Gabriel from summoning Mammon to Earth]].
* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: Is the ruler of Hell and capable of [[spoiler: releasing souls to Heaven]]
* EvilIsHammy: Satan clearly enjoys dicking around with Constantine and Gabriel both when he shows up. He's played by Peter Stormare, what did you expect?
* EvilIsPetty: It's stated by WordOfGod this Lucifer is more like Fagin than Milton's Lucifer, an impossibly old being who enjoys leading (to him) children astray. [[spoiler:Demonstrates this with how he chooses to handle John's "redemption."]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: Is this to Mammon and [[spoiler:Gabriel]].
* HumanoidAbomination: Lucifer is not human and never has been so he reacts in a way very different way from other characters.
* PhysicalGod: Has this quality more than anyone but [[spoiler:Gabriel]]. Even his own son is nothing to him.
* PragmaticEvil: Doesn't want the world destroyed because it's a regular source of fresh souls he benefits from.
* RealityWarper: Is implied to be this.
* TattooAsCharacterType: Possibly played with. He has a, likely, full-body tattoo, since the parts shown are on his neck, wrists and feet but, it's unknown if it gives him any special abilities or such.
* VillainInAWhiteSuit: Wears a white suit when he appears.
* WingedHumanoid: Averted. Even though Lucifer likely had wings as an angel, he doesn't have wings anymore.
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[[folder:Chas Kramer]]
--> '''Played by:''' Creator/ShiaLaBeouf
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comic and the Tv series Chas is not bad looking but he's a grizzled, older man. Here he is Creator/ShiaLaBeouf at his most fresh faced and cute.
* TheDriver: He drives a cab and tranports Constantine.
* {{Sidekick}}: Like Hennessy and Beeman, Chas is the sidekick.

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[[folder:Father Hennesey]]
--> '''Played by:''' Creator/PruittTaylorVince
* CouldntFindAPen: Hennessy carves a message into his own hand with a [[spoiler:corkscrew.]]
* ISeeDeadPeople: Could "listen to the ether" and get psychic impressions and speak with the dead. He had to drink to suppress some of the voices of the dead constantly talking to him.
* MeaningfulName: Hennessy for the priest who drinks and for the [[ForeShadowing foreshadow]] [[spoiler:the way he dies]].
* {{Psychometry}}: He can run his hands over printed newspaper stories and psychically detect which ones are significant. Constantine asks him to do this to get information he needs. Later on he tries to read the body of Angela Dodson's dead sister Isabel.

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[[folder:Papa Midnite]]
--> '''Played by:''' Creator/DjimonHounsou
* MindOverMatter: Displayed when Papa Midnite flings John into a wall with a simple hand gesture.
* RetiredBadass: Papa Midnite, a mage so powerful that he took on 30 demons by himself. Doesn't need special tools as he has actual magical powers. And powerful enough to create his own embassy of neutrality where hybrids mix and behave under his watch.
* WitchDoctor: This version is a former witchdoctor but he still has the gifts.

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[[folder:Beeman]]
--> '''Played by:''' Max Baker

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* CharacterTics: In his first and quite a few of his later scenes, Balthazar ends up flipping an old coin on the back of his knuckles. [[spoiler:It's because of this tic that Angela finds out, for sure, that he killed a friend of Constantine's.]]

* AmbiguousGender: Since Gabriel never wears very revealing clothes, it is unclear what their gender actually is. The novelization describes them as a male.
** Inevitably given gender in localisations into gender-specific languages. In Russian dub Gabriel is referred as female.

* [[spoiler:BigBadDuumvirate]]: [[spoiler:With Mammon.]] Gabriel is helping to [[spoiler:bring him into the world and create hell on Earth.]]

* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: See AmbiguousGender above. Goes with the idea that angels are genderless.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: John refers to them as "half-breed." [[spoiler:While Gabriel doesn't contradict him, it is possibly implied that this is not true and that he had been created as a ''full'' angel long ago, as Lucifer's dialogue implies that they knew each other from before.]]

* Invisibility: How he sneaked up to [[spoiler: kill Chas]].

%* VillainInAWhiteSuit: Wears a white suit when he appears.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: While sleazy, smug, and gross, this version of Lucifer conducts himself as if he's a sophisticated businessman. This does not stop him from acting extremely creepy.

* AffablyEvil: While sleazy and gross, this version of Lucifer conducts himself with a fair amount of honor.

* XanatosGilligan: What John is, ultimately, to both Heaven and Hell.

* ManInWhite: Wears a white suit when he appears.

* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: See AmbiguousGender above. It's also possible that Gabriel is non-binary.

* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:With Mammon. Gabriel is helping bring him into the world and create Hell on Earth.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: Is horrified enough by the results at the end of the movie that they press John to kill them and end their life.

* IronicHell: [[spoiler:Stripped of their wings, their power, and God's support, Gabriel is left a human.]]

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: John refers to them as "half-breed." [[spoiler:While Gabriel doesn't contradict him, it is possibly implied that this is not true and that they had been created as a ''full'' angel long ago, as Lucifer's dialogue implies that they knew each other from before.]]
* OhCrap: Gets a wide-eyed look of horror when they realize [[spoiler:Lucifer has come to stop their and Mammon's plan]].

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:They love God and want to make humans worthy of God's love... so they decide to unleash Hell on Earth because they believe that it is only during true suffering that humanity's noblest qualities come through.]]