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This page is for characters who appear in the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' [[Film/ResidentEvil films]] only. Includes the [[Characters/ResidentEvil game characters']] film counterparts.

'''Only spoilers from ''[[Film/ResidentEvilTheFinalChapter The Final Chapter]]'' are whited out.'''

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!Major characters
[[folder:Alice]]
->'''Played By''': Creator/MillaJovovich
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-->''"My name is Alice. And I remember everything."''

The central protagonist of the film franchise.
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* ActionGirl: She wins nearly every fight she's in with ease.
* AliceAllusion: Her name is a [[ShoutOutThemeNaming Shout-Out]] to Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland. The first film has some references to it
* AmnesiacHero: Throughout most of the first film.
* ApologeticAttacker: She beats Nemesis one-on-one by running him through on a metal shard... after which she realizes that he is the mutated Matt Addison and profusely apologizes.
* BadassBiker: She uses a bike as her main source of transportation throughout the third film.
* BadassLongcoat: During the third film.
* BadassNormal: During the first, fourth, and fifth films.
* BareYourMidriff: In the second film.
* BroughtDownToBadass: After losing her powers during the fourth film. Wesker gives them back at the end of the fifth film. But then in the sixth film, it's revealed she didn't actually get her powers back.
* CanonForeigner: Not in the games and made entirely for the film franchise.
* CloningBlues: Umbrella cloned her constantly in the hope of replicating her powers and building an army. [[spoiler: ''The Final Chapter'' reveals that ''she's'' a clone herself. Specifically of Alicia Marcus, the daughter of the original co-founder of Umbrella, James Marcus.]]
* CursedWithAwesome: Has this attitude towards her T-virus powers, even explicitly telling Jill Valentine that she barely feels human anymore. It gets to the point where, when she's depowered by Wesker in ''Film/ResidentEvilAfterlife'', she actually ''thanks'' him for doing so. At the end of ''Film/ResidentEvilRetribution'', he seems to give them back. In ''Film/ResidentEvilTheFinalChapter'', it's revealed Wesker lied about giving back her powers.
* DeadpanSnarker: Usually drops a few lines upon meeting another character for the first time, or when fighting an enemy.
--> (when Carlos reveals that he is infected and she has the cure) ''This is your lucky day.''
--> (when Claire requests Alice to remove her cuffs) ''Not until we've known each other for a little longer.''
--> (when the Executioner Majini accidentally cuts a gas tank) ''Boys, bad idea.'' (makes nearby car explode)
* DualWielding: Uses two kukris in the third film.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: After her T-virus infection.
* GenderBlenderName: Janus (Alice's real name) is a masculine name. [[ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming It's also name of the Roman god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings, and endings.]]
* GunsAkimbo: One gun in each hand in the second film.
* IHaveManyNames: Has gone by Alice Parks, Alice Abernathy and Janus Prospero. [[spoiler:In the last film, her real name (or rather the person she was cloned from) is revealed: Alicia Marcus.]]
* InvincibleHero: She seems to win every fight without any problem. Pretty much overshadows all the other characters. Averted with the fifth movie when her and Jill fight and she gets knocked around like a rag doll; she only barely wins it by pulling the mind control device off her chest just before Jill is about grate her against an overturned tank tread.
* KukrisAreKool: She dual wields kukri knives in the third film.
* MamaBear: Develops this sort of relationship with Becky, to the point that when a giant Licker kidnaps her, she goes off to find her.
* MadeOfIron: Even after losing her powers and being BroughtDownToNormal, Alice is still able to walk away from a massive VTOL crash-explosion and suffer a brief bout of unconsciousness after getting smashed across the room with a giant hammer. Additionally, she quickly shrugs off being impaled through the wrist by a large blade during the fight with Wesker on the ''Arcadia'. On top of it all, during the final fight of the fifth film, she survives and manages to shake off a sternum-cracking palm strike from Bad Rain that killed Luther West.
* MaleGaze: There are a lot of close up shots of her legs in the first film.
* MsFanservice: She's got one gorgeous body, and shows it off especially when she fights.
* MurderousThighs: That lucky, lucky zombie in the first film.
* NoSell: She did not react to the taser that struck her when she first awakened to her powers in the second film.
* OneWomanArmy: Takes down tons of zombies by herself in the second, third, fourth and fifth films.
* PsychicPowers: Develops [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] and possible {{Technopathy}} (as well as, impliedly, some degree of {{Telepathy}}) after being infected with the T-virus.
* SchrodingersCanon: Regarding her name. Promotional materials state Alice Abernathy is a fake identity, some of them even suggesting that Janus Prospero is her real name, but the novelization of ''Apocalypse'' states Alice Abernathy is her real name and Janus Prospero the fake one (the film itself leaves it ambiguous). ''The Final Chapter'' then reveals [[spoiler:both of them are technically fake, as she is a clone of Alicia Marcus.]]
* ShesGotLegs: In the first film. The camera is kept as low as possible in the film to show off her legs.
* SpiderSense: The first real power Alice develops, being able to tell if anyone's been infected even if dormant.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: In ''Apocalypse'', which ostensibly is based on ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'', Alice is portrayed as the most competent, powerful, and prominent character at the cost of making [=RE3=]'s main character, Jill Valentine, an AdaptationalWimp. This effectively sets the tone for the rest of the film series, where none of the characters from the games can ever hope to do anything even remotely important or even act like a competent person in comparison to her.
* SpyCatsuit: in ''Film/ResidentEvilRetribution''. 'Good' Rain wonders why she's wearing an [=S&M=] outfit.
* TokenSuper: She became this for her LaResistance team after contracting the T-virus but with it instead granting her powers rather than the zombie degeneration.
* TranquilFury: Her voice barely ever rises above a dull monotone, but you can tell when she's pissed.
%%* WhatBeautifulEyes
* ZombieApocalypseHero: Alice is the main zombie hunting heroine of the films, though unlike most examples she is actually superhuman, making her a TokenSuper among her allies.
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[[folder:The Red Queen]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You're all going to die down here."'']]
->'''Played By''': Michaela Dicker, Megan Charpentier, Ave Merson-O'Brian, Ever Gabo Andersen

An evil program that's a hologram of a little girl based off of Angela Ashford, later retconned as based off of Alicia in the final film.
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* AIIsACrapShoot: Subverted. She was programmed to ensure that any viral outbreaks never left the Hive facility, so when the T-Virus was released, she locked down the facility and killed all inhabitants to ensure that it couldn't leave. The only reason the infection does spread to the rest of the world was that because the massively incompetent Umbrella Corporation couldn't leave well enough alone, and sent in a strike team to bungle around inside. Four sequels later, however, the now-back online Red Queen is playing this very straight. Having seized control of Umbrella, she is now attempting to wipe out all life on Earth ForTheEvulz. Then in ''The Final Chapter'' it turns out she's just following the orders of [[spoiler: the original]] Dr. Isaacs, though she does end up turning against him upon learning that he planned the outbreak from the very beginning in order to cleanse the Earth.
* AdaptedOut: In the novelization of ''Retribution''.
* BigBadEnsemble: In the first film she is one of the [[BigBad Big Bads]], being the one responsible for sealing the Hive and murdering its workers in order to prevent the virus outbreak (which was caused by the other BigBad, Spence) from escaping The Hive.
* CanonImmigrant: Initially a CanonForeigner, she makes an appearance in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles'', which contains a few references to the films.
* CreepyChild: The holographic representation of her is a small girl, modeled after Angela Ashford.
* EnfantTerrible: In a way since she is a villain to the protagonists, but she's not really a child.
* EvilBrit: Her voice has a British accent.
* HijackedByGanon: In ''Retribution''.
* {{Hologram}}: She is actually a program, but she can project a holographic representation of herself.
* NecessarilyEvil: The Red Queen qualifies big time. Yes, she did murder the entire Umbrella research facility staff, but she was only following her main directive to prevent a T-Virus outbreak. Her actions are probably the most sensible out of anyone in the entire series when it comes to containing a T-Virus outbreak. Her actions are brutal, but effective at least until Umbrella unseals the facility and lets all the zombies loose. [[spoiler:When the series hits the fifth film, however, she seems to have gone full-on evil]].
* RestrainingBolt: She's forbidden to harm employees of the corporation, outside of cases like [[GodzillaThreshold infection by the T-Virus.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In the first movie, as she tried to stop a viral outbreak. By killing all the inhabitants of the Hive facility to prevent it from leaving. Later films reveal that she was right...
* ZerothLawRebellion: She's programmed to be incapable of directly causing harm to Umbrella employees, but also to value human life. [[spoiler: When the two conflict, she can put Alice in a position to act against Umbrella herself.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Doctor Alexander Isaacs]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"For so long, I thought you were the future; I was wrong, I am the future."'']]
->'''Played By''': Creator/IainGlen

* AmbitionIsEvil: He'll stop at nothing to rise to the top, no matter who he has to murder to get there.
* BackFromTheDead: Returns as the BigBad of ''Film/ResidentEvilTheFinalChapter'', as the first Dr. Isaacs [[ActuallyADoomBot was actually just a clone.]]
* BigBad: in ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction'', though it turns out he was actually a clone. The real Dr. Isaacs appears in ''Film/ResidentEvilTheFinalChapter'' as this role.
* CanonForeigner: He was created for the film series as a replacement for canon character Dr. William Birkin, who had a sort of appearance in the first installment played by Creator/JasonIsaacs. His last name is even taken from Isaacs.
* TheChessmaster: The real Dr. Isaacs in ''Film/ResidentEvilTheFinalChapter'' [[spoiler:is revealed to be the true mastermind behind the Apocalyptic Outbreak.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He's one of the founders of Umbrella.
* {{Cyborg}}: In ''The Final Chapter'', [[spoiler: The real]] Dr. Isaacs has computer-controlled "bio implants" to enhance his physical capabilities and reflexes. He's only slightly stronger than a Badass Normal and isn't quite at the superhuman level of Wesker or Plagas infected Rain, but does have the upper hand in a fight with Claire and a de-powered Alice. [[spoiler: He's even able to keep going after taking a grenade to the chest, but the implants don't actually "heal" him and being stabbed in the chest by his clone is enough to finish him off.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Has a very dry wit.
* EarlyBirdCameo: He actually appears at the tail end of the second movie.
* TheEvilGenius: A brilliant scientist responsible for Alice's transformation, Matt's mutation into Nemesis, [[spoiler: and the creation of the Red Queen.]]
* {{Expy}}: He's one to Oswell E. Spencer and the game version of Albert Wesker.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Appears well-mannered and professional but is at the core is a sociopath.
* GreaterScopeVillain: ''The Final Chapter'' reveals that [[spoiler: the real]] Dr. Isaacs was the ultimate mastermind behind the global T-Virus outbreak and the near-extinction of humanity, making him this for entire film series.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He was ultimately [[CloningBlues stabbed to death by one of his own clones]], who was every bit as arrogant and determined as the original. It's also because of this that Isaacs' goal to RestartTheWorld in Umbrella's image was thwarted.
* MadScientist: Is willing to sacrifice not only his coworkers but even young children for the sake of testing the T-Virus and the monstrosities that develop from it.
* SchrodingersCanon: His name appeared as "Dr. ''Sam'' Isaacs" in promotional materials and the novelizations of ''Apocalypse'' and ''Extinction''. While ''Final Chapter'' gave his first name as Alexander, the fact that this is technically a different character (the previous one was his clone) leaves ambiguous if the first Isaacs was meant to be named Alexander too or instead was named Sam in order to differentiate him from the original.
* TheSociopath: An obvious LackOfEmpathy for his victims, FauxAffablyEvil and throws away his work just so he could ''toy'' with Alice.
* SmugSmiler: He hardly ever wipes that smarmy look off his face.
* TheStarscream: Becomes this to Umbrella, after his mutation. [[spoiler: A rare case of a character becoming [[CloningBlues his own Starscream.]]]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To the unnamed doctor from the first film who may or may not be William Birkin. The character of Isaacs was created to replace him when the actor couldn't make to the sequel.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Of the scientist who worked on the T-Virus. Both Dr. Marcus and Dr. Ashford wanted to help humanity but Isaacs decided to use it as a bioweapon.
* VisionaryVillain: Many years ago, he was the one proposed using the T-Virus as a WorldWreckingWave to RestartTheWorld and enable Umbrella High Command to become the new progenitors of humanity.
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[[folder:Albert Wesker]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''" I'm what you used to be. Only better."'']]
->'''Played By''': Jason O'Mara (''Extinction''), Shawn Roberts (''Afterlife'', ''Retribution'', ''The Final Chapter''), Creator/TomHopper (''Welcome to Raccoon City'')

* AdaptationalHeroism: Albert Wesker in the games eventually attempted to ''cause'' humanity's extinction by way of virus and BOW spread. In a notable contrast, this version of Wesker, whilst by no means a good guy in any sense, is attempting to prevent it. [[spoiler:Then in ''The Final Chapter'' it turns out it was all a trick and he was following Dr. Isaacs's orders to cause it all along.]]
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Unlike his game counterpart, Wesker is fully loyal to Umbrella and never betrayed them at all.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the games, Wesker debuted as a Raccoon City cop and boss to Jill and Chris who eventually revealed himself to be an agent of Umbrella. This doesn't happen in the films, where they don't seem to know him until much after the T-virus outbreak.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the games, it is impossible to defeat Wesker even in a two-on-one match. While he is still capable of beating Chris and Claire at the same time, he fails to defeat Alice and was overpowered easily. He also has more difficulty in controlling the virus within him and believes that outright consuming Alice will solve this problem.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's the Chairman of Umbrella and by far their best fighter, thanks to his T-Virus enhancements.
* BadBoss: In ''Afterlife'', Wesker sees no problem in sacrificing hundreds of his own henchmen to kill the Alice clones. It gets worse after the helicopter crash: he has to eat humans to control his new power, which causes his crew to abandon him in the ship.
* BadassLongcoat: Much like his game counterpart, Wesker wears a black longcoat in ''Afterlife''. Also his SinisterShades.
* BerserkButton: Flip him off at your own risk. As seen in ''The Final Chapter'', it can lead to you suffering a CruelAndUnusualDeath.
* BigBad: Subverted. Appears to be this throughout the series, most prominently in ''Afterlife'', then in ''The Final Chapter'' it turns out he's merely TheDragon to the real leader of Umbrella, [[spoiler:the original Dr. Isaacs, who was TheChessmaster behind the apocalyptic outbreak.]]
* BigGood: Models himself as humanity's in ''Retribution'', but it all turns to be a ruse.
* ColdHam: Chews plenty of scenery in his scenes, but never lifts his voice.
* CoolShades: Wouldn't be Wesker without them.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Is the Chairman of Umbrella in the films' continuity, though ''The Final Chapter'' reveals that the Umbrella founders [[spoiler: Dr. Isaacs and Alicia Marcus]] outrank him. Interestingly, his role as Chairman in ''Extinction'' was originally meant for a character named "Commander Okamoto", who wound up being cut from the film and replaced with Wesker.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DeathByAdaptation: In the novelization of ''Afterlife'', he really dies in the explosion of the plane, as his return in ''Retribution'''s has him revealing the dead Wesker was actually a clone (though he might have been lying). This is a stark contrast to the films, where he survives everything they throw at him and never needs to be cloned.
* DecompositeCharacter: He has the appearance, name, and personality of Game!Wesker, but the genocidal ambition went to Isaacs.
* DemotedToDragon: [[spoiler:In ''The Final Chapter,'' compared to the original Dr. Alexander Isaacs, an {{Expy}} of Oswell E. Spencer.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Wesker, who's been built up as the BigBad of the series, ends up being upstaged by Isaacs in ''The Final Chapter'', incapacitated by an extremely mundane injury he should have been able to easily avoid with his powers, [[ForgotAboutHisPowers which he never even uses for some reason]], and gets killed off in an extremely anticlimactic manner, without even a fight scene.]] The {{novelization}} of ''The Final Chapter'' attempts to [[AllThereInTheManual explain this discrepancy, among other things]], aside from implying [[spoiler:he did not die.]]
* EnemyMine: Forced to team with Alice as Washington, D.C is the last fortress of humanity left standing against the Red Queen and her monster army. [[spoiler:He betrays her shortly after though.]]
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: [[spoiler:Played straight in ''The Final Chapter'' itself (see DroppedABridgeOnHim), but SubvertedTrope according to the {{novelization}}, wherein it is stated that Wesker doesn't use his powers after being crushed by the bulkhead by the Red Queen because his enhancements are unstable and trying to use them after losing so much genetic material (blood) would kill him. In fact, crushing him to immobilize him until he bleeds out is pretty much the ''only'' way to kill him, as he's shown to be able to regenerate lost body parts up to and including ''having his head blown off'' (he says he's distributed his brain throughout his entire body so he doesn't have a weak point). And yet, the epilogue shows he is actually still alive and waiting to recover.]]
* TheHeavy: He is the leader of Umbrella's forces when his boss Dr. Isaacs is not around.
* HeelFaceTurn: In ''Retribution'' he's seemingly turned on Umbrella and is fighting against the Red Queen's genocidal ambitions. [[spoiler:As it turns out he was lying and just wanted to lead Alice into a trap]].
* ImAHumanitarian: Forced to do this due to injecting the T-Virus in himself and needs new DNA to stay in control. Otherwise he'll become a mindless monster.
* LampreyMouth: In ''Afterlife'', due to his T-Virus enhancements destabilizing his DNA, he manifests a Plagas-like mouth for consuming fresh human genetic material to stabilize himself.
* LightningBruiser: Incredibly strong, resilient and capable of FlashStep tricks.
* MadeOfIron: Wesker manages to recover and casually walk away from damage that action movie convention dictates should be enough to kill any other supervillain, right up to having a good chunk of his head blown off and having his corpse riddled with bullets by the heroes just to make absolutely sure.
* NighInvulnerable: Thanks to his HealingFactor, he can recover from pretty much anything. In the ending of ''Afterlife'' he get hit by an giant explosion, which was not too long after being gunned down to death by Alice, Chris and Claire.
* TheOtherDarrin: Jason O'Mara portrays Wesker in ''Extinction'', but he's replaced by Shawn Roberts from then onwards. Amusingly, Roberts' version of Wesker seems almost like a completely different character than O'Mara's, as he's ten years younger, acts completely differently and has a body type that's more similar to Game!Wesker's.
* PsychoticSmirk: His most common expression is that smug, lopsided smirk of his.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: They're actually orange, but the meaning is the same.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the ''The Final Chapter'''s novelization.]]
* TheStoic: His face is inexpressive to a ridiculous degree, although part of the effect is caused by his shades: he shows definitely more expression during the brief time he takes them off.
* SunglassesAtNight: Mostly to hide his monstrous form.
* SuperSpeed: He's got the same FlashStep ability as his game counterpart.
* SuperStrength: And a similar level of enhanced strength as well.
* YouAreWhoYouEat: After being nearly killed in an explosion at the beginning of ''Afterlife'', his T-Virus enhancements become unstable and he has to regularly eat people to stay human.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In Creator/GeorgeARomero's version of the script, Wesker was a tattooed colonel with a smoking habit who was meant to be the main antagonist and a double agent.
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!Supporting characters (by film of introduction)
[[folder:Resident Evil]]
!Umbrella Special Forces Team
!!James Shade/One
->'''Played By''': Creator/ColinSalmon

The leader of the commandos, tasked with disabling the Red Queen.
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* BackFromTheDead: For the fifth film via cloning.
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: He's bald, he's black, and he's the leader.
* EyeScream: Downplayed, when he's cut apart by the laser hallway, we can briefly see that part of his eye was sliced through.
* PetTheDog: When Alice says she doesn't want to remember what went on in the Hive, his response is a quiet "I don't blame you."
* TheLeader: Of the Umbrella special forces team sent to investigate what happened in the Hive in the first film.

!!Rain Ocampo
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->'''Played By''': Creator/MichelleRodriguez

A tough commando without a care in the world... or is she?
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* ActionGirl: Not quite to Alice's level, but she certainly tries her best.
* BackFromTheDead: Brought back as ''two'' clones for the fifth film.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being a hardass Umbrella commando, she ultimately proves to be quite reasonable.
* HopeSpot: She got infected but Alice had the cure and injected it into her. It seemed like it worked. But during the climax she turns and has to be put down.
* SpicyLatina: She's an ill tempered woman played by Creator/MichelleRodriguez.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Her and J.D.
* VasquezAlwaysDies: Seems Michelle Rodriguez always dies too.
* ZombieInfectee: Is the first among the squad to get infected. Throughout the film, she is bitten ''three times'' but miraculously manages to remain un-turned until the near end of the film where she succumbs to it.

!!Chad Kaplan
->'''Played By''': Martin Crewes

* DisposablePilot: Killed by a Licker while driving the escape tram.
* TheSmartGuy: Seemingly the hacker of the group.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: He survives being bitten and trapped by zombies and is given the cure. Then ends up killed by a Licker hitching a ride on the escape tram.
%%* TakeAThirdOption

!!J.D. Salinas
->'''Played By''': Pasquale Aleardi

Rain's buddy.
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* TemptingFate: "See how easy that was?". Immediately gets swarmed by zombies.
* ZombieInfectee: Gets infected by a horde of zombies swarming the door he opened.

!!Olga Danilova / The Medic
-> '''Played By''': Liz May Brice

* OffWithHerHead: She's the first one killed by the Red Queen's lasers in the first film, and her head slides off.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: The first to die and the least important character.

! Others

!!Spence Parks
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm missing you already."'']]
->'''Played By''': Creator/JamesPurefoy

* AssholeVictim: Gets mauled to death by a Licker after regaining his memories and leaving the rest of the crew to die. He totally had it coming though.
* BigBadEnsemble: One of the main antagonists from the first film, alongside the Red Queen. Spence was the one who purposely caused the virus outbreak as a distraction for him to escape the Hive with the sample of T-Virus, which he would later sell on the BlackMarket.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* IdentityAmnesia: Because of the Red Queen's knockout gas. He's much nicer when he doesn't remember who he is.
* KarmicDeath: Tried to escape on his own and got caught by a Licker.
* NiceGuy: Seems to be when his memories are lost. He shows his true colors once he regains them however.
* OffWithHisHead: After being killed by the licker, he turns into a zombie when Alice tries to retrieve the case with the anti-virus. She decapitates him with an axe, after rephrasing what he said to her: "I'm missing you already." before trying to escape.
* ShootOutTheLock: He shot the lock on the room, trapping Alice, Matt and Rain inside.
* TheSociopath: Spence cares about money first and foremost. While initially planning on taking Alice with him, when she refuses, he says “Fuck you” and leaves her to die.
* VillainousLegacy: His causing the T-Virus outbreak sets off the entire film series, as said outbreak spreads to Raccoon City and eventually the entire world. The guy pretty much caused the near extinction of humanity.

!!Matt Addison / Nemesis
->'''Played By''': Eric Mabius & Matthew G. Taylor

* ActionSurvivor: He and Alice are the only ones who manage to escape The Hive alive.
* BadassLongcoat: As Nemesis, he wears a black longcoat.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: His Matt Addison identity was created for the film and it was thought to be a CanonForeigner until they revealed he was Nemesis's previous human existence.
* TheDragon: Nemesis, for Major Cain (and the whole Umbrella Corp.) in ''Apocalypse''.
%%* DyingAsYourself:
* HeelFaceTurn: Regains his consciousness as Matt after Alice defeated him. He later helped Alice defeat a squadron of Umbrella security, along with two helicopters.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Alice impales him on a metal piece of a helicopter.
* ImplacableMan: Bullet wounds don't even slows Nemesis down, and he can kill an entire squad of S.T.A.R.S in seconds. It takes a nuke to kill him for good.
* MoreDakka: Wields a rocket launcher and a minigun that has an ammunition of more than 4000.
* RasputinianDeath: According to ''Apocalypse's'' novelization, he was only incapacitated after being squashed by the helicopter; it was the nuclear strike that did him in.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Gets crushed by the helicopter he shot in order to help Alice and the group.
* SplitPersonality: In the ''Apocalypse's'' novelization, Matt and Nemesis act as two separate personalities sharing one body; Nemesis being the dominant one, but both are fully aware. After his fight with Alice, Matt manages to regain control.
* SuperSoldier: Matt was put under the program by Isaacs and Cain which gave him enhanced durability, and the strength to carry a minigun, a rocket launcher, and a large bulletproof suit. It also gave him a disfigured body and face, his speech being limited to grunts and howls, and can be remotely controlled by Umbrella operatives.
%%* TragicMonster
%%* TragicVillain
* WillfullyWeak: Major Cain has Nemesis fight Alice with his bare hands, instead or using his heavy weaponry, which would have killed her in seconds.

!!Lisa Addison
->'''Played By''': Heike Makatsch

* TheMole: To Umbrella.
* DeadAllAlong: She was killed by the Red Queen's nerve gas alongside the others workers of The Hive in the beginning of the film. Matt encounter her, now as a undead.

!!Unnamed Doctor
->'''Played By''': Creator/JasonIsaacs

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Meta example. He is clearly based on Dr. William Birkin from the games, but whether he is actually meant to be Birkin or not is a mystery. He went uncredited at his sole film appearance, and info websites cannot just agree whether he is Birkin or a random "Unnamed Doctor". In any case, he ended up replaced by a direct CanonForeigner, Dr. Alexander Isaacs, when the actor couldn't return for the sequel.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Like almost everybody in Umbrella.
* TheEvilGenius: He took Matt away for him to be turned into Nemesis, and was apparently part of the team.
* MadScientist: One of many amoral scientists working for Umbrella.
* MinorMajorCharacter: Seems to be a higher up in Umbrella, but he only appears in the first film and was replaced by Dr. Alexander Isaacs afterwards.
* NarratorAllAlong: He was the narrator of the first film before revealing himself as a character.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Resident Evil: Apocalypse]]
!!Jill Valentine
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->'''Played By''': Creator/SiennaGuillory

A cop who joins Alice and co to escape Raccoon City.
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* ActionGirl: In ''Apocalypse''.
* AdaptationalWimp: A capable and competent character in the games, many of her heroic moments are instead given to Alice in ''Apocalypse'', and she falls into useless panic when they are confronted by Nemesis, where Alice keeps a cool head.
* BladeOnAStick: Jill wields a lance during her fight with Alice in the fifth film.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Revealed to be mind-controlled in ''Afterlife'' and stays that way through ''Retribution'' until Alice is able to pull the mind control device off of her.
* DarkActionGirl: Becames this in ''Retribution'', while [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] by Umbrella Corporation and forced to fight Alice in the climax of the movie.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:She was killed in between the fifth and sixth films despite being still alive in the games]].
* DecoyProtagonist: Jill is the focus of the first half of ''Apocalypse'', but that changes when Alice returns.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Initially a fully human character with some badassery (even if not as much as in the games), her mind control device gives her increased strength and fighting awareness, allowing her to overpower Alice when brainwashed.
* FaceHeelTurn: She turns evil in the fourth and fifth films after being brainwashed by the Umbrella Corporation.
* FairCop: Quite beautiful, and a member of the [=RPD=]'s elite response team, S.T.A.R.S.
* TheHeavy: While the Red Queen serves as the BigBad of ''Retribution'', the leg work is carried out by Jill and her clone minions.
* HeelFaceTurn: Once the device brainwashing her is removed by Alice.
* MaleGaze: When we first see her, we have some close ups on her breasts and legs.
* MsFanservice: Having left the police force, Jill spends ''Apocalypse'' in her miniskirt and tube top from the third game, and the fifth game's SpyCatsuit in later films.
* NeckLift: To Alice in ''Retribution''.
* RaceLift: Actress Sienna Guillory is of Turkish-Jewish descent, while her video game counterpart is of Japanese and French ancestry.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jill returns to the police station to announce her resignation, as she knows Raccoon City is beyond saving.
* SexyWalk: [[ShownTheirWork Modeled after Jill's animations from the game.]]
* ShesGotLegs: Lovingly showcased by her short skirt.
* SoleSurvivor: The rest of the S.T.A.R.S. unit is wiped out by Nemesis.
* SpyCatsuit: In ''Afterlife'' and ''Retribuition'', she wears a dark purple one while under Umbrella control. This is a nod to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5''.
* StakingTheLovedOne: Forced to kill her teammate Peyton after he's killed by Nemesis and reanimated as a zombie.
* TurnInYourBadge: She's been suspended from the force prior to the beginning of ''Apocalypse''.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Isn't seen after ''Retribution''. The novelization of the next film establishes she was killed by Wesker in the White House battle.
* WhatTheHellHero: When investigating the school, in ''Apocalypse'', Jill she decides the best course of action is to [[NeverSplitTheParty split up]], give a gun to a civilian with no firearm training (and not even bother to instruct her how to use said firearm), and send the clearly unprepared woman on her way. Terri, of course, dies horribly and immediately.

!!Carlos Olivera
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->'''Played By''': Creator/OdedFehr

A member of Umbrella's Biohazard Countermeasure Squad, sent in to contain the outbreak in Raccoon City.
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* AdaptationalNationality: His nationality is never mentioned beyond his traditional South American billing, but it's notable that his surname in the games is written as Oliveira (a Portuguese surname, implying he might be Brazilian), while the films spell it as Olivera (its Spanish form, meaning he might come from a Spanish-speaking Latin country instead). The novelizations also establish he's of Israeli descent, just like his actor.
* DeathByAdaptation: Still alive in the games, dies in the third movie.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Detailed in the HeroicSacrifice entry below.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: His death? A heroic sacrifice where he blows up a van and takes out a horde of zombies. His reaction just before the explosion? He takes a small piece of weed he found lying in the van and smokes it.
* HeroicSacrifice: He committed a suicide attack in a van to both create an opening in the of the fences surrounding Umbrella laboratory and to clear a pathway from zombies so Alice and the remnant of the convoy could enter it and take a helicopter to flee the infected zone.
* KnifeNut: In ''Apocalypse'', he killed an infected, and an Umbrella bodyguard by throwing a knife at their heads.
* LastKiss: Shares one with Alice before his HeroicSacrifice, hinting at possible [[UnresolvedSexualTension unresolved feelings]] between the two.
%%* MrFanservice
* NiceGuy: From his introduction, Carlos is shown to be very concerned with helping civilians, setting him apart from his employers and most of his teammates.
* PermaStubble: Across three movies, never seems to find a razor.
* RaceLift: Latin-American in the games, played by an Israeli actor in the movies.
* SmokingIsCool: His last act before a HeroicSacrifice is to light up a joint.
* TokenGoodTeammate: One of the few UBCS members who isn't a sociopathic asshole.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Oded Fehr is substantially different from the more round-faced Carlos from the games. Ironically, he looks somewhat more like [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/residentevil/images/8/86/Chriswr0.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/289?cb=20100422011404 Chris's rendition]] in the first ''RE''.
* ZombieInfectee: In ''Apocalypse'', he mentioned that he was bitten 3 hours ago but kept it a secret from LJ when they were exploring the school. Luckily, Alice quickly gave him the anti-virus. In ''Extinction'', he gets infected again but this time, he decided to perform a HeroicSacrifice.

!!Terri Morales
->'''Played By''': Creator/SandrineHolt

* AllForNothing: Terri's footage about the zombie outbreak is divulged to the public, but seen as a prank due to Umbrella using the cover story of a nuclear plant melting down.
* EatenAlive: Via zombie children.
* TheLoad: Contributes nothing to the group and even after getting a gun, she dies without killing a single zombie.
* SurvivalMantra: In a deleted scene, when Terri states that she has never shot a gun before, Jill says "There's nothing to it. Point, pull, repeat. Try to hit 'em in the head." Terri then walks down the hallway whispering to herself, "Point, pull, repeat... point, pull, repeat."
* WouldntHurtAChild: In the novelization of ''Apocalypse'', after being surrounded by zombified children, Terri cannot bring herself to shoot them because they're still kids.

!!Lloyd Jefferson "L.J." Wayne
->'''Played By''': Mike Epps

* BlingBlingBang: Has two custom golden pistols. Possibly a ShoutOut to ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]''.
* UncleTomfoolery: He acted like this in ''Apocalypse'' but dropped in ''Extinction''.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In ''Apocalypse'' he criticizes Carlos for not telling him when he got bit, but in ''Extinction'' he keeps it secret when he gets bit himself, and ends up biting Carlos after he turns.
* TookALevelInBadass: Was able to survive a zombie apocalypse for five years.
* ZombieInfectee: He gets bitten early in the third film and hides it, which ends up getting Carlos killed.

!!Peyton Wells
->'''Played By''': Razaaq Adoti
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: The first significant casualty of ''Apocalypse''.
* ZombieInfectee: Is bitten during the film. Peyton revives as zombie even after being gunned down by Nemesis.

!!Nicholai Ginovaef
->'''Played By''': Zack Ward

* AdaptationalHeroism: He was the main human villain in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis''. Here, he's one of the more honorable Umbrella operatives.
* OhCrap: Says "Oh shit." before he dies
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Most of the game characters sport some resemblance their original. The man doesn't look anything like him in the game.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Barely in the film past his introduction before being killed off.

!!Angela Ashford
->'''Played By''': Sophie Vavasseur

* CanonForeigner: Created for the films.
* {{Expy}}: Of Sherry Birkin from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'', both being the daughter of the creator of a virus that is causing havok in Raccoon City and wanted by Umbrella Corporation.
* LivingMacGuffin: The plot of ''Apocalypse'' is basically finding her, so that her father will send an helicopter to take the heroes out of the city before Umbrella launches a nuke.
* PsychicPowers: Like Alice, her bond with the T-virus seems to have given her those. She displays some limited {{Telepathy}} to contact with Alice at the epilogue of ''Apocalypse''.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Angela dissapears after the events of ''Apocalypse'' and is not mentioned again. The novelization of the next film (based on an idea from the script that got cut off) states she was murdered by a Umbrella-controlled Alice.

!!Dr. Charles Ashford
->'''Played By''': Creator/JaredHarris

* CanonForeigner: Not completely; he was created for the films, though taking a lot from Edward Ashford.
* TheDogBitesBack: After Major Cain guns him down where he stands, or rather sits in his wheelchair, he's the first zombie to kill the major.
* {{Expy}}: A modern-day one from Dr. Edward Ashford, an ancient pioneer of the T-virus from the games.
* GeniusCripple: Created the T-Virus and is confined to a wheelchair.
* GoodParents: Absolutely refuses to leave Raccoon City without his daughter and in fact injected her with a diluted version of the T-Virus so that she can walk.
* MissionControl: Acts as this to Alice, Carlos and Jill.
%%* NiceGuy
* ShoutOut: His surname is one to the Ashford family from the games.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of Umbrella.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He ''only'' created the T-virus to cure his daughter Angela of a degenerative disease.

!!Major Timothy Cain
->'''Played By''': Creator/ThomasKretschmann

* BadBoss: He executes Dr. Ashford despite the man being one of Umbrella's highest ranking members, solely to prove to his captives that he's willing to kill ''anyone''.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: When he's surrounded by zombies, he tries to shoot himself in the head. Unfortunately, his gun is empty.
* BigBad: The main antagonist of ''Apocalypse'', being responsible for the sealed off Raccoon City and the activation of the "Nemesis Project", used to kill off the members of S.T.A.R.S.
%%* GeneralRipper
* KarmicDeath: When left alone and surrounded by zombies, Cain attempt suicide, but his gun is out of ammo and he gets eaten alive. Among the zombies includes [[LaserGuidedKarma Dr. Ashford who Cain kills earlier and he gets the first bite.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: The man behind Nemesis.
* StrawNihilist: Due to his experiences in the Gulf War, he is firmly convinced that "life is cheap."

!!Mackenzie
->'''Played By''': Geoffrey Pounett

* DirtyCoward: A deleted scene has him abandoning co-worker Marla Maples to be DevouredByTheHorde. Averted in the finished film, where he helps Peyton and Terri bar the church doors against some zombies.
* HandCannon: He's armed with a huge Magnum.
* KilledOffscreen: We see the Licker lunge at him, but then it [[DiscretionShot cuts away abruptly]].
* PeekABooCorpse: The Licker drops his mangled body down on top of Jill when she goes looking for him.
* RedShirt: His only purpose in the story is to get killed.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Runs away when the Lickers show up. Unfortunately, he runs straight into danger and ends up on the receiving end of a slithery Licker tongue.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He dies pretty much as soon as he's introduced.

!!Yuri Loginova
->'''Played By''': Stefan Hayes

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: He turns abruptly once he, Carlos and Nicholai get to the hospital.
* DoomedHurtGuy: Wounded and infected with the T-Virus, he gets dragged around by his friends in the hopes that they can rendezvous with their fellow U.B.C.S. and get him the cure. However, he ends up turning into a zombie and needing to be killed.
* {{Expy}}: Of Murphy Seeker from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis''.
* RedShirt: Of the three main U.B.C.S. characters, he's the most obviously doomed one.
* RussianGuySuffersMost: He's a Russian U.B.C.S. member and really gets put through the wringer.
* ZombieInfectee: Spends most of his screentime slowly turning into a zombie.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Resident Evil: Extinction]]
!!Claire Redfield
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->'''Played By''': Creator/AliLarter (''Extinction''), Creator/KayaScodelario (''Welcome to Raccoon City'')

The leader of a convoy of survivors roaming post-apocalyptic America.
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* ActionGirl: Especially in ''Afterlife'', during her fight with the Executioner.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: An Umbrella mind control device renders her feral and amnesiac in ''Afterlife''.
* CoolShades: In ''Extinction''.
* DeadpanSnarker: Like most everybody still alive at this point.
* FieryRedhead: She has red hair and a bit of a hair trigger.
* FireForgedFriends: With Alice. By ''The Final Chapter'', they've weathered several crises together, and trust one another above all.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Via a mind control device. It takes her awhile to recover from it.
* WastelandElder: Claire, the leader of a convoy fleeing for a SafeZoneHopeSpot during the ZombieApocalypse, might hold the record for the youngest example of the character (only one of the named group members is over forty, and he serves as the FriendlySniper).
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No mention of her in ''Retribution''. WordOfGod says she's been re-captured by Umbrella and "her whereabouts are unknown". Averted in ''The Final Chapter'', where she's the only major character from the games to return for the SeriesFinale, as [[spoiler: Chris' fate is unknown and the novelization for "The Final Chapter" says Leon, Ada and Jill were all killed after Wesker's betrayal.]]

!!"K-Mart"
->'''Played By''': Spencer Locke

* EmbarrassingNickname: In the novelization for ''Extinction'' her birth name is Dahlia Julia Mancini, and she says there is not a single one of those names she was willing to be called in public, while "D.J." made her "sound like she should be on a radio station or something stupid like that."
%%* NiceHat
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: She was found by Claire's convoy hiding out in a K-Mart and kept going by the name afterward, as she didn't like her real name[[note]]the novelization mentions it was also in memory of the other people in her original group who died after holding out in that K-Mart for longer than the rest of the people in her city[[/note]]. Even when she's captured by Umbrella their data on her lists K-Mart as her name. In the original script, her name was given as "Elizabeth Jane Case", but in the novelization her name is "Dahlia Julia Mancini".
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears from the story completely after she is recaptured by Umbrella in ''Afterlife'', with WordOfGod saying "her whereabouts are unknown".

!!Betty
->'''Played By''': Music/{{Ashanti}}

* BlackGirlDiesFirst: Betty is the first named member of the convoy to die in the film.
* EatenAlive: By zombie crows.
* OfficialCouple: With L.J.

!!Mikey
->'''Played By''': Christopher Egan

* EatenAlive: By Dr. Issacs enhanced zombies.

!!Chase
->'''Played By''': Creator/LindenAshby

* FriendlySniper: Chase seems to get along with the others members of the Convoy.
* HeroicSacrifice: Holds off as many zombies as he can to give Clarie time to escape.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: As befitting his overall "Cowboy" appearance, he carries a revolver and promptly uses it to blow an approaching zombie's head off. Subverted in that it does him little good in the long run.

!!Capt. Alexander Slater
->'''Played By''': Matthew Marsden

* EvilBrit: His accent is British, and he's the right hand man of Isaccs until he betrays him, which only leads to his death.
* EyeScream: Part of the way Isaacs kills him is by using two of his tentacles to gouge his eyes out after he mutates. The third tentacle going into his mouth.
* {{Jerkass}}: Especially when he betrays Isaacs, not that Isaacs was much better.
* JerkassHasAPoint: He's a villainous asshole, but he's completely right that Isaacs is in ''way'' over his head with his mad experiments.
* OnlySaneMan: Is freaked out when he sees that Isaacs was over-using the anti-virus.
* TheStarscream: To Isaacs.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Resident Evil: Afterlife]]
!!Chris Redfield
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->'''Played By''': Creator/WentworthMiller (''Afterlife''), Creator/RobbieAmell (''Welcome to Raccoon City'')

* ActorAllusion: Is introduced being locked up in a prison cell. Then you remember [[Series/PrisonBreak what show his actor played on.]]
* RememberTheNewGuy: Wesker seems to have a past with him, despite the fact that in this continuity Wesker is the chairman of Umbrella rather than the captain of S.T.A.R.S, and the movie Chris might not even have been part of S.T.A.R.S. at all.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Isn't mentioned at all in ''Retribution'' or ''The Final Chapter''. WordOfGod says he was captured by Umbrella and "his whereabouts are unknown".

!!Luther West
->'''Played By''': Creator/BorisKodjoe

* ActionSurvivor: Implied to be this before joining the Los Angeles building survivors.
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Some stranded survivors in a building complex were able to survive while besieged by undead because of his decisive leadership. He's also bald to a T as Michael Jordan.
* TheBigGuy: Right off the bat, he's seen dragging Kim's heavy trolley for him ''along with his own load'', and later on he's able to stop a plane from tipping over the roof. ''A plane!''
* BlackGuyDiesFirst: Notably averted in both movies he appears in. In ''Afterlife'' he is shown captured by a zombies mouth and implied to have been killed only to show up later escaping from Los Angeles's sewer system as he runs out to a wasteland and kills two zombies chasing him, even witnessing the Umbrella soldiers on the march in their mission to capture Alice. In ''Retribution'', he is the last person on the good guy's side to die after a prolonged intense battle against a superhuman clone.
* CelebritySurvivor: He was a basketball player before the zombie apocalypse.
* KilledOffForReal: In ''Retribution'' when Bad Clone Rain hits his heart, causing it to stop.

!!Ángel Ortiz
->'''Played By''': Sergio Peris-Mencheta

* EtTuBrute: Ends up being backstabbed by a frustrated Bennett.
* NiceGuy: The first one of the Los Angeles survivors to befriend Alice.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Backstabbed by Bennett, who decides to abandon the others and escape using Alice's plane.

!!Bennett Sinclair
->'''Played By''': Creator/KimCoates

* CelebritySurvivor: He was a movie producer before the zombie apocalypse, and is so arrogant that he thinks this means he has privileges.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Angel spots a plane approaching, Bennett becomes relieved, thinking that Arcadia finally have come to rescue them. Angel asks the others for help in slowing down the plane during its landing, but Benneth just watches the others do the work. When Alice tells them that she isn't from Arcadia, Benneth goes away, dissapointed.
%%* ItsAllAboutMe
* {{Jerkass}}: he's a massive dick to everyone even before he joins up with Wesker.
* KarmicDeath: Just like he killed Angel and abandoned the other survivors and escaped by himself, Alice and co. leave him locked up with a hungry Wesker who revives and kills him.
* TheLoad: He is said to be too arrogant to do anything.
* TheRenfield: He ends up as Wesker's servant in exchange for his life. He looks almost undead at this point (though still seems to be his normal asshole self), and it's not clear whether Wesker made him a Majini or partially drained him to stabilize himself.
%%* SycophanticServant
* TakeThat: Probably to the real life producers who infamously meddled in the production of ''Apocalypse''.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Wesker kills him to absorb new [=DNA=] and remain in control.

!!Kim Yong
->'''Played By''': Norman Yeung

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Angel spots a plane approaching, Kim asks him what to do. Angel tell him to help slowing down the plane during the landing, but the materials are too heavy and Luther has to do it for him.
* GuiltRiddenAccomplice: May have been the reason why he couldn't bring himself to escape with Bennett.
%%* KarmicDeath
* TheLoad: Even more than Bennett.

!!Wendell
->'''Played By''': Fulvio Cecere

* DirtyOldMan: Attempts to spy on Alice when she takes a bath. It ends up costing his life, but not because of Alice.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Alice meets him guarding Chris's cell while reading an adult magazine.

!!Crystal Waters
->'''Played By''': Kacey Barnfield

* CelebritySurvivor: She was an actress before the zombie apocalypse.
* NiceGirl: Easily the nicest Los Angeles survivor, alongside Angel and Luther.
%%* MsFanservice
* PunnyName: She is a good swimmer.
* ShipTease: She has a little with Chris in a deleted scene, commenting about women having greater lung capacity than “you big strong men”. The way she smiles at him and shifts from side to side a little as she says it really sell it.
* StarvingArtist: Mentions that she was waiting tables at least part-time.
%%* SurprisinglySuddenDeath
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: she volunteers to help swim through the tunnels, revealing that she has the expertise to help them, and without any trepidation when she could have stayed quiet and let the others go without her, with no one being the wiser.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Resident Evil: Retribution]]
!!Ada Wong
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->'''Played By''': Bingbing Li
->'''Dubbed By''': Sally Cahill

* ActionGirl: Just like in the games.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the film, her duel with Alice ends with the latter holding a knife to her throat after immobilizing Ada's gun hand. In the novelization, however, the duel ends instead in a MexicanStandoff, as Alice fails at catching her hand and it allows Ada to hold her at gunpoint; it is pretty much the only time in the entire novelization-verse that Alice doesn't win a hand-to-hand scuffle against a non-enhanced enemy.
* BadassInDistress: After being captured off-screen by a brainwashed Jill Valentine.
* BadassNormal: Goes toe to toe with Alice in their introduction and is the only fully human, non-enhanced character who does so.
* DeathByAdaptation: She died in between the fifth and sixth film despite still alive in the games.
* ExposedToTheElements: Justified because Umbrella Prime's vaults are kept at room temperature, but a light Chinese dress is still a weird outfit choice to wear to a mission in Siberia.
* GrapplingHookPistol: Uses one in some scenes, just like her video game counterpart. She give it to Alice after they are ambushed by Umbrella soldiers in the Suburban setting.
* LadyInRed: Wears a red {{Qipao}}.
* NominalHero: She's introduced in the story as Wesker's loyal field agent and ony acts on his behalf, meaning that she might well be just as amoral as he is.
* SexySpectacles: Her tactical glasses.
%%* MsFanservice
* NeverFoundTheBody: Alice mentions that Ada was unable to escape and assumed her to be dead in the explosion, but Leon quickly disagrees.
--> '''Alice:''' She didn't make it.
--> '''Leon:''' You saw her die?
--> '''Alice:''' No
--> '''Leon:''' She always has a plan.
%%* SameLanguageDub
%%* ShesGotLegs
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Not seen after ''Retribution''. The novelization of the next film establishes she was killed in the White House battle.

!!Leon S. Kennedy
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->'''Played By''': Johann Urb

* ActionSurvivor: Survives the events of ''Film/ResidentEvilRetribution''.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: Promotional info for ''Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse'' states Leon was Jill's partner in the Raccoon City Police Department and was thought dead after an incident before the events of the film. In the games, he was certainly in the RCCD, but he was not Jill's partner and has never interacted with her in the entire franchise. The canonicity of this promotional info is debatable, though; ''Retribution'' neither confirms nor rebuts it, as their possible interactions outside from fighting in opposite sides are not fleshed out (note that the novelization does rebut it, but it also contains some changes in the plot).
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: This version of Leon is officially pals with Barry, while in the games they have never met.
* DeathByAdaptation: He died in between the fifth and sixth films despite still being alive in the games.
* TheLeader: Of the resistence force assembled by Wesker to rescue Alice from Umbrella Prime.
* SchrodingersCanon: According to a promotional newspaper for ''Apocalypse'', Leon died before the events of this film in an incident involving Umbrella creatures which left Jill with PTSD. However, Kennedy later appears alive and well in ''Retribution''. The two pieces are not incompatible, as he might have been simply declared MIA and secretly captured by Umbrella, but this has never been officially addressed.
* ThreeAmigos: Forms this with Luther and Barry in ''Retribution''.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Last seen on the White House preparing for a last stand. Not mentioned in ''Final Chapter''. According to the novelization, he died right there.

!!Barry Burton
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->'''Played By''': Creator/KevinDurand

%%* TheBigGuy
* BloodKnight: His PreMortemOneLiner to Leon shows how much he likes gunfights.
--> I'm kind of enjoying myself!
* DeathByAdaptation: Still alive in the games, dies in the movie.
* HeroicSacrifice: Barry volunteers to hold the Umbrella commandos off so the others can get the elevator out.
* NotQuiteDead: Shot repeatedly but manages to get back up and blow away one of the mercenaries, only to get gunned down instantly afterward.

!!Tony Rosato
->'''Played By''': Ofilio Portillo

* ChainsawGood: After being surrounded by the Las Plagas army and driven into a corner store at the Moscow seeting, Rosato is killed by an chainsaw-wielding zombie.
* ShoutOut: To the late Tony Rosato, the voice actor behind Dario Rosso and Nemesis in the third ''Resident Evil'' game.

!!Sergei Vladimir
->'''Played By''': Robin Kasyanov

* AdaptationalHeroism: Like Nicholai from ''Apocalypse'', he was one of the game's [[BigBad Big Bads]] (in this case, the main villain of ''Umbrella Chronicles''). Unlike Nicholai, however, Sergei's name and USSR background are the only things in common with his video game version.
* AdaptationalWimp: The game version of Sergei was the template from the Tyrants and capable of going toe-to-toe with Wesker himself. His film version is a regular human soldier.
* OffWithHisHead: Gets pulled onto a roof by a Licker and decapitated.
* TheSmartGuy: Used to be a technician working for Umbrella, explaining his ability to infiltrate the corporations systems without issue.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Resident Evil: The Final Chapter]]
!Racoon City survivors
!!Abigail
->'''Played By''': Creator/RubyRose

* DeadlyRotaryFan: Wesker uses one of these to kill the group. This results in Abigail getting shredded to Ludicrous Gibs.
* FlippingTheBird: Does this to Wesker, through a camera. He [[DisproportionateRetribution doesn't take it well]].

!!Christian
->'''Played By''': William Levy

* CharacterDeath: Christian is killed by mutated guard dogs, released by Wesker.

!!Cobalt
->'''Played By''': Rola

* DevouredByTheHorde: Devoured by Dr. Isaacs zombies during the battle on Racoon City.

!!Razor
->'''Played By''': Fraser James

* EatenAlive: By the [=BOW=].

!!Doc
->'''Played By''': Creator/EoinMacken

* BigNo: He screams "NO!" twice before Claire [[BoomHeadshot shoots him in the head]].
* {{Expy}}: In a surprising case of ShownTheirWork, he's essentially Neil Fisher from ''Revelations 2''. He even looks ''exactly'' like Neil, and given that we're never given his real name, he could very well be Neil.
* TheMole: To Umbrella Corporation.
* OutGambitted: Alice founds out that he was the traitor because he is still alive and outsmarted him by giving him a weapon without ammo.

!Umbrella Corp.
!!Dr. James Marcus
->'''Played By''': Mark Simpson

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the games, Marcus was an insane MadScientist who performed countless horrific experiments on his trainees with the Progenitor and T-Viruses. Here, Marcus is actually a well-mannered scientist who created the T-Virus to treat his daughter and was against using it as a bio-weapon.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: He was only ever interested in the medical potential of the T-Virus, and tried to halt its use when the more gruesome side effects became clear.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Since Alice is a clone of his daughter Alicia Marcus, he can be considered her father.
* OurFounder: Of Umbrella Corporation.
* PosthumousCharacter: He was killed by Wesker under Isaacs' orders before the events of the first film.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Charles Ashford of Apocalypse, who was previously credited as the creator of the T-Virus.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Like Dr. Ashford, he created the T-virus to cure his daughter Alicia of premature aging.

!!Alicia Marcus/[[spoiler: Original Alice]]
->'''Played By''': Milla Jovovich

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Alicia closes her eyes as the bomb on Wesker goes off and destroys the entire Hive.
* SleptThroughTheApocalypse: She was sleeping in a cyrogenic capsule.
* WalkingSpoiler: Can't say much about her without spoiling that Alice is her clone and that the Red Queen hologram was modeled after her.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Alicia suffers from progeria, causing her to appear as a very old woman.

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! Others characters
[[folder: Monsters]]
!!Licker

* DegradedBoss: He returns in the sequels, but in higher numbers and as EliteMooks.
* FinalBoss: Of the first film.
* OverlyLongTongue: Which can wrap around people's necks and pull them in.
* TookALevelInBadass: The [[ConservationOfNinjutsu single licker]] in ''Retribution'' is a much more significant threat than the pack of them in ''Apocalypse'', although he does look substantially bigger in that the former film.

!!The Executioner
->'''Played By''': Ray Olubowale & Kevin Shand

* AnAxeToGrind: Wields a massive, cobbled together axe.
* DegradedBoss: Like the Lickers in ''Apocalypse'', the Executioner returns as two in ''Retribution''.
* ImplacableMan: Can shrug off multiple bullets to the head. His head has to be completely obliterated for him to stop.
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[[folder: The Clones]]
!!Alice clones

* DecoyProtagonist: Alice seemingly dies in the beginning of ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction''. Then it is revealed that it's just a clone. It happens again in ''Film/ResidentEvilRetribution'', this time Alice is a suburban mother married to a Carlos Olivera clone.
* HiveMind: Not directly stated, but strongly implied, at least to some degree, given that the original had telepathy and the rest are incredibly coordinate during their attack on Umbrella. Posterior deleted scenes and novelizations show Alice also inherites some memories from them.
* MesACrowd: At the end of the third film, Alice teams up with a large number of clones of herself, with the intention of going after Umbrella.
* PsychicPowers: Just like the original.
* StoryBreakerPower: The main reason they are disposed in the beginning of Afterfile.

!!Becky
->'''Played By''': Aryana Engineer

* DesignerBabies: Possibly, for experiment purposes. While it is clear that Becky's "mother" didn't physically give birth to her (they are all clones created in a factory), it is unknown if the Becky clones were created by mixing Alice and Carlos's DNA as in a real child or are instead created from a completely different person and simply put to play their daughter.
* ImprobableInfantSurvival: You gotta wonder why she wasn't killed by the Licker.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In "Final Chapter", she's [[spoiler:killed along with Ada, Leon and Jill after Wesker betrays everyone. In the novelization, however, she survives due to being locked in a safe room by an unknown individual.]]

!!'Good' Rain Ocampo
->'''Played By''': Creator/MichelleRodriguez

* DoesntLikeGuns: At first, until Alice shows her how to use them.
%%* GranolaGirl
* NeckSnap: Due to being knocked into a wall by a Licker.

!!'Bad' Rain Ocampo
->'''Played By''': Creator/MichelleRodriguez

* TheBrute: She gets obvious pleasure from beating people to death and shows absolutely no subtly and little technique in her fighting style.
* CurbStompBattle: Delivered many against the heroes at the climax of "Retribution", killing at least one of them in the process. So much so that the only way to kill her was to shoot the ice underneath her and let the zombies have her.
* DarkActionGirl: Even moreso after she injects a Las Plagas into her.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Thanks to the Las Plagas parasite, which makes her stronger and NighInvulnerable.
* EvilTwin: A clone of Rain created to serve Umbrella.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Dragged underwater by zombies and nommed on. The novelization of the film points out how the Las Plagas made her practically invulnerable, so she's not dying anytime soon.
* FinalBoss: Of ''Retribution''.

!!'Bad' James 'One' Shade
->'''Played By''': Creator/ColinSalmon

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: the first of Umbrella 'bad clones' to die.
* EvilTwin: He's a clone of the original One made to serve Umbrella.

!!'Good' Carlos Olivera
->'''Played By''': Creator/OdedFehr

* FaceRevealingTurn: After the clone Alice returns to her home, only to find he's become a Las Plagas zombie and kill her.
* HeroicSacrifice: Dies to save the clone Alice and their daughter Becky. Unfortunately, he also ends up killing Clone!Alice.

!!'Bad' Carlos Olivera
->'''Played By''': Creator/OdedFehr

* EvilTwin: A clone of Carlos made to serve Umbrella.
%%* KillItWithWater

!!Clone Isaacs ''(Extinction)''
->'''Played By''': Creator/IainGlen
* ActuallyADoombot: Turns out he was a clone the entire time.
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: He gets bitten by one of his enhanced zombies and starts to mutate, eventually becoming a Tyrant.
* BigBad: Of ''Extinction''.
* EvilGloating: In the climax battle of ''Extinction'', after overpowering Alice, Isaacs stops in front of her to give his villainous monologue about being the future, giving more than enough time to a recently awakened Alice clone to activate the laser grid and slice him in pieces.
* {{Expy}}: He takes some noticeable cues from Dr. William Birkin, especially after his mutaion.

!!Clone Isaacs ''(The Final Chapter)''
->'''Played By''': Iain Glen
* BadBoss: Murders his own lackeys.
* CloningBlues: After smugly dissecting the psychology of the Isaacs clone from the third movie, he himself suffers a pretty epic FreakOut on finding he's not the real deal either.
* DecoyAntagonist: He presents himself as (and believes he is) the real Isaacs. In reality, he's just another clone.
* SinisterMinister: While the original Isaacs only quotes the story of Noah's Ark as inspiration for his apocalyptic plans, this version seems to be suffering from some pretty severe religious mania, to the point of converting his APC into a sort of mobile cult compound where he keeps some indoctrinated prisoners.
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* GrapplingHookPistol: Uses one in some scenes, just like her videogame counterpart. She give it to Alice after they are ambushed by Umbrella soldiers in the Suburban setting.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Like Nicholai from ''Apocalypse'', he was one of the game's [[BigBad Big Bads]] (in this case, the main villain of ''Umbrella Chronicles''). Unlike Nicholai, however, Sergei's name and USSR background are the only things in common with his videogame version.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No mention of her in ''Retribution''. WordOfGod says she's been re-captured by Umbrella and "her whereabouts are unknown"]. Averted in ''The Final Chapter'', where she's the only major character from the games to return for the SeriesFinale, as [[spoiler: Chris' fate is unknown and the novelization for "The Final Chapter" says Leon, Ada and Jill were all killed after Wesker's betrayal.]]

->'''Played By''': Sandrine Holt

->'''Played By''': Boris Kodjoe

* BigBadEnsemble: One of the main antagonists from the first film, alongside the Red Queen. Spence was the one who purposely caused the virus outbreak as a distraction for him to escape the Hive with the sample of T-Virus, which he would latter sell in the BlackMarket.

* TemptingFate: "[[FamousLastWords See how easy that was?]]"

* OhCrap: [[FamousLastWords "Oh]] [[IronicEcho shit."]]

* FamousLastWords: Right before Wesker eats him alive.
--> "Oh God, I just want to go home. Aaaah!"

* AntiHero: Alice is determined to help others in anyway she can, but isn’t afraid to kill every human and zombie in her way to do what needs to be done.

* NiceGirl: AntiHero and [[TheStoic stoic]] tendencies aside, Alice is very polite and help to those not trying to kill or insult her.

* SmugSnake: Wesker always speaks like he’s in complete control of every situation he finds himself in, and many of those times his arrogance lands him a hard defeat.
* TheSociopath: Wesker is only loyal to the Umbrella name, and he’ll happily have all of humanity extinguished to make sure its plans come to fruition.

* AndIMustScream: Nemesis is revealed to still have Matt buried deep within him.

* TheSociopath: Though he was trying to stop the spread of the T-Virus at first, it was only to cover Umbrella’s ass in their company releasing it. When he realizes that’s impossible, he plans to nuke the millions of lives in Racoon City to save the company’s image.

* TheOtherDarrin: Jason O'Mara portrays Wesker in ''Extinction'', but he's replaced by Shawn Roberts from then onwards. Amusingly, Roberts' version of Wesker seems almost like a completely different character than O'Mara's, as he's ten years younger and has a body type that's more similar to Game!Wesker's.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:She was killed in between the fifth and sixth film despite being still alive in the games]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No mention of her in ''Retribution''. WordOfGod says she's been re-captured by Umbrella and "her whereabouts are unknown"]. Averted in ''The Final Chapter'', where she's the only major character from the games to return for the SeriesFinale, while the fates of Chris, Jill, Leon, and Ada are left hanging.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears after she is recaptured by Umbrella in ''Afterlife'', with WordOfGod saying "her whereabouts are unknown".

* DeathByAdaptation: He died in between the fifth and sixth film despite still alive in the games.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: In "Final Chapter", she's [[spoiler:killed along with Ada, Chris and Claire after Wesker betrays everyone. In the novelization, however, she survives due to being locked in a safe room by an unknown individual.]]

--> (when Claire requests Alice to remove her cuffs) ''Not until we know each other for a little longer.''
--> (when the Executioner Majini accidentally cut a gas tank) ''Boys, bad idea.'' (makes nearby car explode)

->'''Played By''': Jason O'Mara (''Extinction''), Shawn Roberts (''Afterlife'', ''Retribution'', ''The Final Chapter'')

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

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

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Is the Chairman of Umbrella in the films' continuity, though ''The Final Chapter'' reveals that the Umbrella founders [[spoiler: Dr. Isaacs and Alicia Marcus]] outrank him. Interestingly, his lines in ''Extinction'' were originally meant for a character named "Commander Okamoto", who wound up being cut from the film.

->'''Played By''': Shawn Roberts

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Is the Chairman of Umbrella in the films' continuity, though ''The Final Chapter'' reveals that the Umbrella founders [[spoiler: Dr. Isaacs and Alicia Marcus]] outrank him.

%%* SmugSnake

%%* AndIMustScream

%%* AntiHero

* KarmicDeath: Tried to escape on his own and got caught by a Licker.*

* OffWithHisHead: Get's pulled onto a roof by a Licker and decapitated.
* TheSmartGuy: Used to be an technician working for Umbrella, explaining his ability to infiltrate the corporations systems without issue.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the games, Marcus is a sadistic MadScientist who performs countless of horrific experiments on his trainees with the Progenitor and T-Viruses. After he was resurrected by the Queen Leech, he leaks the virus into every Umbrella Facility within the mountains and plans to spread it further into the world. Here, Marcus is actually a well-mannered scientist who created the T-Virus to treat his daughter and was against using it as a bio-weapon.