Characters / You, Me and the Apocalypse

UK

Jamie Winton

Portrayed by: Mathew Baynton

Mild-mannered bank manager mistaken for the cyber-terrorist White Horse, who was last seen with Jamie's missing wife of seven years. After news of the imminent comet impact is announced, Jamie decides to find his wife and his mysterious doppelganger.

• Doorstop Baby: He was left in a car park in Slough.
• The Everyman
• Oblivious Adoption: He does not know he was adopted, or that he has a twin brother, until he is arrested for cyber crimes the day the news of the comet breaks.
• Separated at Birth
• Weirdness Magnet

Dave Bosley

Portrayed by: Joel Fry

Jamie's slacker flatmate. Has a bucket list and plans to enjoy the end of days. Sam to Jamie's Frodo.

• May–December Romance: With Paula.
• Professional Slacker
• Only Sane Man: Has shades of this, particularly whenever Jamie is freaking out.

Paula Winton

Portrayed by: Pauline Quirke

Jamie's mum.

• Mama Bear: Do not mess with her Jamie, or you'll regret it.
• May–December Romance: With Dave.

Hawkwind "Layla" Winton

Portrayed by: Karla Crome

Jamie's wife.

• Defecting for Love: Originally Ariel's wife Hawkwind, she posed as Layla as part of Ariel's plan to mess with Jamie's life. She ended up falling in love with him for real.
• Mama Bear: She found out she was pregnant on their honeymoon, but left Jamie and went into hiding to protect both him and the baby from Ariel.

Frankie Winton

Portrayed by: Grace Taylor

Jamie's and Layla's daughter.

• Waif Prophet: After briefly dying in a car crash and coming back to life, she claims to hear a voice in her head that tells her things she would have no other way of knowing, i.e. that Celine is pregnant with Jude's baby.

Ariel Conroy

Portrayed by: Mathew Baynton

The White Horse.

• Betrayal Insurance: One of Ariel's favourite tactics.
• CriminalDoppelgänger
• Determinator: Ariel literally will not stop until he gets what he wants...
• Even Evil Has Standards: He's a psychopathic murderer, but he's also obsessed with manners and not putting people's feet in food processors...
• Evil Twin: To Jamie.
• Hollywood Hacking
• Separated at Birth
• Stalker with a Crush: To Layla/Hawkwind
• Terrified of Germs
• Twin Switch
• Yandere: For Layla/Hawkwind

Mary Conroy

Portrayed by: Anastasia Hille

Ariel's mother. And Jamie's biological mother. And Jude's old girlfriend.

• Cloudcuckoolander

Lady Sutton

Portrayed by: Diana Rigg

Mother of Jude, Rhonda and Scotty. Rich. Killed her second husband and hid from the law. Has a bunker and a blood disease.

• Faking the Dead
• May–December Romance: With her doctor. The jury's still out on whether it's entirely mutual though...
• Missing Mom: She has abandoned her children, Jude, Rhonda and Scotty.

Vatican

Father Jude Sutton

Portrayed by: Rob Lowe

Vatican's bad boy, tasked with vetting potential Saints. Promoted to vetting potential Messiahs after the comet announcement.

• Badass Preacher:
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Father Jude has his own approach to things, he smokes like a chimney, swears like a sailor and has a generally casual attitude but he is a devout priest with real faith in his God and a caring man.
• Disappeared Dad: He had a fling with Mary in Slough when he was 18, before joining the priesthood.
• He Knows Too Much: Is killed by the Vatican after protesting against their plan to announce a new fake Messiah, the second coming of Jesus.

Sister Celine Leonti

Portrayed by: Gaia Scodellaro

A young nun who knows several languages and dreams of travel. Becomes Jude's new research assistant after the death of her mentor and friend, sister Sophia.

• Crisis of Faith: After Jude dies.
• Raised by Natives: Celine was taken in by the convent after being found homeless and penniless, and she joined the order later on.

USA

Rhonda McNeil

Portrayed by: Jenna Fischer

Middle-class mom who took the fall for hacking into the NSA for her son. Broken out of prison by the White Horse after the comet announcement. Wants to rejoin her family before the comet hits.

• Fish out of Water: When in prison.
• Mama Bear: Her main desire is to be with him again before the apocalypse.
• Taking the Heat: She is covering up for Spike's crimes.

Leanne Parkins

Portrayed by: Megan Mullally

Leader of the neo-Nazi gang in Rhonda's prison. Stows away in the getaway car. Thelma to Rhonda's Louise.

Spike McNeil

Rhonda's son, custody of whom was given to his biological father, Tim.

• Hollywood Hacking

Scotty McNeil

Portrayed by: Kyle Soller

Rhonda's brother and sole member of the Special Situations Group - the government apocalypse response department. Nervous polymath.

• Straight Gay
• Badass Pacifist: Couldn't hurt a fly, but that doesn't stop him from taking down a terrorist and stepping in front of a bullet.

General Arnold Gaines

Portrayed by: Paterson Joseph

President's adviser on the apocalypse as well as the commanding officer on Project Savior and Mt Genesis. Confident jock. Scotty's husband.

• Good Is Not Soft
• Necessarily Evil: One word - Shanghai.

US President Farrell

Portrayed by: Lloyd Owen

The only person Scotty and Gaines answer to. Philanderer obsessed with his media image.

• All There in the Manual: His name is only mentioned in publicity materials, never on screen.
• Killed Off for Real: Gaines shoots him before he enters Mount Genesis, as he feels the new world order would be better without him.
• President Corrupt

Rajesh

Rhonda's husband, hospitalized for cancer.

Portrayed by: Prasanna Puwanarajah

• Heroic Sacrifice: Rajesh stays outside the bunker in order to close the door. By ramming it with a van.
• Parental Substitute: Spike regards him as his father.
• Your Days Are Numbered: He has been diagnosed with a fatal cancer, and only has weeks to live.

Max

Portrayed by: Edward Judge

Ariel's partner in crime.

• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness