Heroes/Characters

Heroes has a storytelling method that involves taking a number of separate unrelated storylines and slowly bringing them all together as time goes by.

This article lists all powered characters appearing on the main show and/or in webisodes, either in person or in dialogue. It does however not include unnamed (or unofficially named) powered characters portrayed by uncredited cast, nor powered characters only appearing in comics, novels, or other extended universe sources.

Additionally, the list also include every relative of the main characters to have appeared in person on the show, and every other character seen in at least three episodes. The characters are sorted into three categories and arranged by number of episode appearances. It should be noted that only actual visual appearances are included in the episode count, and that episodes where a character only appear in re-used footage is not included in the count.

The list is complete as of Under the Hood, the 81st episode.

Evolved humans ("evos")

Character	Actor	#	Power
Claire Bennet	Hayden Panettiere	73	Rapid cell regeneration
Peter Petrelli	Milo Ventimiglia	69	Empathic mimicry
Hiro Nakamura	Masi Oka	661	Space-time manipulation
Sylar	Zachary Quinto	622	Intuitive aptitude
Ando Masahashi	James Kyson Lee	61	Ability supercharging S
Nathan Petrelli	Adrian Pasdar	593	Flight S
Matt Parkman	Greg Grunberg	574	Telepathy
Mohinder Suresh	Sendhil Ramamurthy	565	Super strengthS
Angela Petrelli	Cristine Rose	51	Precognitive dreaming
René	Jimmy Jean-Louis	316	Mental manipulation
Micah Sanders	Noah Gray-Cabey	28	Technopathy
Niki Sanders	Ali Larter	28	Super strength S, L
Tracy Strauss	Ali Larter	247	Freezing S
Samuel Sullivan	Robert Knepper	19	Terrakinesis
Molly Walker	Francesca Eastwood	188	Clairvoyance
D.L. Hawkins	Leonard Roberts	16	Phasing
Lydia	Dawn Olivieri	16	Empathy
Daphne Millbrook	Brea Grant	16	Super speed
Maya Herrera	Dania Ramirez	15	Deadly tears L
Isaac Mendez	Santiago Cabrera	159	Precognition
Adam Monroe	David Anders	1510	Rapid cell regeneration L
Eric Doyle	David H. Lawrence XVII	1311	Puppet master
Kaito Nakamura	George Takei	1312	Probability computation
Bob Bishop	Stephen Tobolowsky	1213	Alchemy
Elle Bishop	Kristen Bell	12	Lightning
Evan Davis	Ray Campbell	1114	Danger sensing
Flint Gordon	Blake Shields	1115	Pyrokinesis
Meredith Gordon	Jessalyn Gilsig	10	Pyrokinesis
Daniel Linderman	Malcolm McDowell	1016	Healing
Usutu	Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine	10	Precognition
Benjamin "Knox" Washington	Jamie Hector	10	Fear enhancement
Emma Coolidge	Deanne Bray	9	Enhanced synesthesia
Edgar	Ray Park	9	Super speed
Matty Parkman	Quin and Reed Baron	917	Touch and go
Arthur Petrelli	Robert Forster	9	Power absorption
West Rosen	Nicholas D'Agosto	9	Flight
Eden McCain	Nora Zehetner	8	Persuasion
Ted Sprague	Matthew John Armstrong	8	Induced radioactivity
Chris Bowman	Daryl Crittenden	7	Fire breathing
Alejandro Herrera	Shalim Ortiz	7	Deadly tears negation
Candice Wilmer	Missy Peregrym	718	Illusion
Charlie Andrews	Jayma Mays	619	Enhanced memory
Monica Dawson	Dana Davis	6	Adoptive muscle memory
Eli	Todd Stashwick	6	Cloning
Maury Parkman	Alan Blumenfeld	6	Telepathy
Damien	Harry Perry	5	Memory manipulation
Nana Dawson	Nichelle Nichols	5	Unknown
Claude Rains	Christopher Eccleston	5	Invisibility
Amanda Strazzulla	Sasha Pieterse	5	Spontaneous combustion
Arnold	Jack Wallace	420	Space-time manipulation
Charles Deveaux	Richard Roundtree	421	Telepathy
Rachel Mills	Taylor Cole	4	Teleportation
Gail Bowman	Erin O'Reilly	3	Fire breathing
Jennie Bowman	Kaleigh Ryan	3	Fire breathing
Luke Campbell	Dan Byrd	3	Microwave emission
James Martin	Bill Hooper	322	Shape shifting
Ian Michaels	Adam Lazarre-White	323	Plant growth
Jesse Murphy	Francis Capra	3	Sound manipulation
Danny Pine	Franc Ross	3	Metal mimicry
Baron Samedi	Demetrius Grosse	3	Impenetrable skin
Joseph Sullivan	Andrew Connolly	324	Emotion control
Becky Taylor	Tessa Thompson	3	Invisibility
Teddy	Edward Gusts	325	Cloaking
Unnamed carny	Nick Ubaldi	326	Unknown
Stephen Canfield	Andre Royo	2	Gravitational manipulation
Mrs. Comey	Unknown	213	Heat generation
The German	Ken Lally	2	Magnetism
Hana Gitelman	Stana Katic	2	Digital communication
Samson Gray	John Glover	227	Intuitive aptitude
Jeremy Greer	Mark L. Young	2	Healing
Sanjog Iyer	Javin Reid	2	Dream manipulation
Ishi Nakamura	Tamlyn Tomita	228	Healing
Scott	Chad Faust	2	Super strength S
Alex Woolsley	Justin Baldoni	2	Underwater breathing
Game Operator	John Lee Ames	229	Telekinesis
Bridget Bailey	Tehmina Sunny	1	Clairsentience
Caleb	Dusty Sorg	1	Spider mimicry
Brian Davis	David Berman	1	Telekinesis
Echo DeMille	Kiko Ellsworth	1	Sound manipulation
Paulette Hawkins	Tina Lifford	1	Ability supercharging
Sue Landers	Elizabeth Ann Bennett	1	Lie detection
Tom Miller	Clint Howard	1	Shattering
Victoria Pratt	Joanna Cassidy	1	Unknown
Richard	Stephen Monroe Taylor	1	Telekinesis
Alice Shaw	Diana Scarwid	1	Weather control
Mr. Shaw	Zachary Knower	1	Seismic burst
Dale Smither	Rusty Schwimmer	1	Enhanced hearing
Mr. Taylor	Everett Kelsey	1	Seismic burst
Zane Taylor	Ethan Cohn	1	Melting
Trevor Zeitlan	Jeff Staron	1	Shattering
Unnamed repairman	Justin Dray	1	Seismic burst
Barbara	Ali Larter	030	Unknown
Susan Amman	None	030	Unknown
Harry Fletcher	None	030	Unknown
Paula Gramble	None	030	Unknown
Carlos Mendez	None	030	Unknown
Shanti Suresh	None	030	Unknown
James Walker	None	030	Freezing
The Constrictor	Mark Steger	Web	Constriction
Edward	Jose Yenque	Web	Accelerated probability
Elisa	Lina Esco	Web	Water mimicry
Iris	Norma Maldonado	Web	Pyrokinesis
Santiago	Roberto Urbina	Web	Accelerated probability

Notes
^S These characters where given their abilities synthetically.
^L These characters have, willingly or unwillingly, lost their abilities without regaining them.

¹ Including 1 episode (1x17) in which Hiro Nakamura only appeared as a child, played by Garrett Masuda.
² Including 1 episode (1x03, shot prior to the casting of Zachary Quinto), in which Sylar briefly appeared, played by an unknown extra, 1 episode (3x23) in which Sylar only appeared shapeshifted into Nathan, 3 episodes (4x02, 4x03 and 4x15) in which Sylar only appears in dreams and visions, and 1 episode (4x01) where he appears both shapeshifted into Nathan Petrelli and in dreams and visions, but not as himself.
³ Including 5 episodes (4x01, 4x06, 4x09, 4x11 and 4x12) in which "Nathan Petrelli" only appears as Sylar's new persona, and 1 episode (4x04) where Nathan appears only in flashbacks (played by Jayson Blair and Sam Cohen) and as as Sylar's new persona.
⁴Not including 1 episode (4x14) in which Matt Parkman (Greg Grunberg) was credited, but only appeared in reused footage.
⁵ Not including 6 episodes (1x07, 1x10, 2x08, 3x03, 3x19 and 4x13) in which Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) was credited, but only provided voice-over narration for, and did not visually appear.
⁶ Not including 1 episode (3x01) in which The Haitian (Jimmy Jean-Louis) was credited, but did not appear.
⁷ Not including 1 episode (4x12) in which Tracy Strauss (Ali Larter) was credited, but only appeared in reused footage.
⁸ Including 17 episodes during seasons 1and two in which Molly Walker was portrayed by Adair Tishler.
⁹ Not including 1 episode (4x08) in which Isaac Mendez (Santiago Cabrera) was credited, but only appeared in reused footage.
¹⁰ Including 1 episode (4x16) in which Adam Monroe (David Anders) only appeared in a dream sequence.
¹¹ Including 1 episode (4x12) in which Eric Doyle (David H. Lawrence XVII) appeared without being credited.
¹² Including 1 episode (2x10) in which Kaito Nakamura only appeared as a young man, played by Eijiro Ozaki, and 1 episode (4x16) in which Kaito (George Takei) only appeared in a dream sequence.
¹³ Including 1 episode (3x23) in which Bob Bishop only appeared as a teen, played by H. Michael Croner.
¹⁴ Although appearing in multiple episodes, the actors playing these characters have never received official credit
¹⁵ Including 1 episode (3x01) in which Flint Gordon (Blake Shields) appeared without being credited.
¹⁶ Including 5 episodes (3x01, 3x02, 3x03, 3x05 and 3x06) in which Daniel Linderman (Malcolm McDowell) only appeared as an mental projection created by Maury Parkman, and 1 episode (3x23) in which he only appeared as a teen, played by Casey Kringlen.
¹⁷ Including 1 episode (3x01) in which Matty Parkman (Quin and Reed Baron) appeared without being credited, 2 episodes (4x01 and 4x02) in which Matty only appeared as played by an unknown extra, and 1 episode (2x05) in which Matty Parkman only appeared as a mental projection of Maury Parkman, played by an unknown extra.
¹⁸ Including 1 episode (2x03) in which Candice Wilmer only appeared as her new persona, Michelle, played by Rachel Kimsey.
¹⁹ Including 1 episode (4x06) in which Charlie Andrews only appeared played by an unknown extra, and 1 episode (4x19) in which Charlie only appeared as an old woman, played by K Callan.
²⁰ Including 1 episode (3x23) in which Arnold only appeared as a young man, played by William Charlton, and 1 episode (4x08) in which Arnold only appeared partially seen, played by an unknown extra.
²¹ Including 1 episode (3x23) in which Charles Deveaux only appeared as a teen, played by Edwin Hodge.
²² Including 3 episodes (3x21, 3x22 and 3x25) where the flesh and blood James Martin was portrayed by Zachary Quinto. In addition Kevin Alejandro, Manuel Urrego, and Željko Ivanek all appeared as Martin in 3x21, this due to Martin's ability of shape shifting. Martin's original appearance (as portrayed by Bill Hooper) was only shown in photos in 2 of these episodes (3x21 and 3x22).
²³ Including 1 episode (4x17) in which Ian Michaels (Adam Lazarre-White) appeared without being credited.
²⁴ Including 1 episode (4x13) in which Joseph Sullivan only appeared as a teenager, played by Doug Haley.
²⁵ Including 2 episodes (4x17 and 4x19) in which Teddy (Edward Gusts) appeared without being credited.
²⁶ Including 2 episodes (4x09 and 4x17) in which this unnamed carny (Nick Ubaldi) appeared without being credited.
²⁷ Including 1 episode (3x18) in which Samson Gray only appeared as a young man, played by an unknown extra.
²⁸ Including 1 episode (4x16) in which Ishi Nakamura (Tamlyn Tomita) only appeared in a dream sequence.
²⁹ Including 1 episode (4x17) in which the game operator (John Lee Ames) appeared without being credited.
³⁰ Although never seen live in the series, these characters have appeared in photos.

Introduced in Heroes Reborn

Character	Actor	#	Power
Caspar Abraham	Pruitt Taylor Vince	3	Mental manipulation
Tommy Clark	Robbie A. Kay	3	Object transportation
Luke Collins	Zachary Levi	3	Induced radioactivity
Jose Gutierrez	Lucius Hoyos	3	Phasing
Miko Otomo	Kiki Sukezane	3	Videogame teleportation
Francis	Peter Mooney	2	Telekinesis
Malina	Danika Yarosh	2	Elemental control
Father Mauricio	Carlos LaCamara	2	Smoke mimicry
James Dearing	Dylan Bruce	1	Enhanced strength
Oscar Gutierrez	Marco Grazzini	1	Enhanced strength
M.F. Harris	Cle Bennett	1	Cloning
Coach Lewis	Thomas Mitchell	1	Pyrokinesis
Farah Nazan	Nazneen Contractor	1	Invisibility
Dahlia	Nesta Cooper	1	Telekinesis
Fiona	Rachael Ancheril	1	Flying
Sylvia	Sagine Semajuste	1	Alchemy
Angry Old Man	Aron Tager	1	Enhanced speed
Biker Woman	Pam Gordon	1	Electric manipulation
Chinese Guy	Henry Kwok	1	Flight
Dress Lady	Stephanie Moore	1	Unknown
Hipster Dude	Jocelin Haas	1	Invisibility
Soccer Mom	Mélanie St-Pierre	1	Plant mimicry
Unnamed boy	Matt Raymond	1	Floating
Unnamed redneck	Luke Gallo	1	Unknown
Unnamed shapeshifter	Caroline Torti	11	Shapeshifting
Oluwole Adeyemi	Tomisin Dipo	Web	Unknown
Rami Al-Wazzani	Ghasan Alesayi	Web	Unknown
Rob Brewer	Michael Cox	Web	Flight
Maria Campos	Rosemary De Los Santos	Web	Unknown
April Clifton	Jennifer Murray	Web	Flight
Phoebe Frady	Aislinn Paul	Web	Umbrakinesis
Stephanie Wei	Rebecca Chan	Web	Unknown
Donna	Elyse Mason	Web	Flight
Reese	Thomas Duplessie	Web	Pyrokinesis

Notes
¹This unnemed shapeshifter was also portrayed by Vanessa Cobham and Ric Brown. It is unknown which of the three actors' portrayals (if any) was the character's original appearance.

Non-powered relatives

Character	Actor	#	Relation
Noah Bennet	Jack Coleman	76	Claire's adoptive father.
Sandra Bennet	Ashley Crow	38	Claire's adoptive mother.
Mr. Muggles	Lestat	231	Claire's family pet.
Lyle Bennet	Randall Bentley	18	Claire's adoptive brother.
Janice Parkman	Lisa Lackey	172	Matt's ex-wife.
Kimiko Nakamura	Saemi Nakamura	73	Hiro's sister.
Heidi Petrelli	Rena Sofer	74	Nathan's ex-wife.
Monty Petrelli	Jackson Wurth	6	Nathan's youngest son.
Simon Petrelli	Justin Evans	6	Nathan's eldest son.
Virginia Gray	Ellen Greene	45	Sylar's adoptive mother.
Chandra Suresh	Erick Avari	46	Mohinder's father.
Damon Dawson	Carlon Jeffery	3	Monica's brother.
Martin Gray	Ned Schmidtke	27	Sylar's adoptive father.
Mrs. Suresh	Sakina Jaffrey	2	Mohinder's mother.
Kate Bennet	Sherri Saum	1	Noah's first wife.
Mrs. Gray	Natalie Salins	1	Sylar's biological mother.
Gloria Herrera	Sabrina Perez	1	Maya's sister-in-law.
Hal Sanders	Graham Beckel	1	Niki's adoptive father.
Mrs. Shaw	Ginger Pauley	18	Angela's mother.

Notes
¹ Including 1 episode (1x13) in which Mr. Muggles was played by a stand-in dog due to a schedule conflict. All of Mr. Muggles' appearances have been uncredited.
² Including 1 episode (2x05) in which Janice Parkman (Lisa Lackey) only appeared as a mental projection of Maury Parkman.
³ Including 1 episode (4x16) in which Kimiko Nakamura only appeared in a dream sequence, as a child, played by Satomi Okuno.
⁴ Including 2 episode (4x13 and 4x14) in which Martin Gray only appeared as a background character, portrayed by an unknown extra.
⁵ Including 1 episode (3x18) in which Virginia Gray only appeared as a young woman, portrayed by an unknown extra, 1 episode (3x24) in which Ellen Greene (Virginia) only appeared as Sylar, shapeshifted into his mother, and 1 episode (4x06) in which Virginia only appeared as a fragment of Sylar's memory.
⁶ Including 1 episode (3x23) in which Chandra Suresh only appeared as a young man, played by Ravi Kapoor.
⁷ Including 1 episode (3x18) in which Martin Gray only appeared as a young man, portrayed by an unknown extra.
⁸ Including 1 episode (3x23) in which Ginger Pauley (Mrs. Shaw) appeared uncredited.

Introduced in Heroes Reborn

Character	Actor	#	'Relation
Joanne Collins	Judith Shekoni	3	Luke's wife.
Quentin Frady	Henry Zebrowski	3	Phoebe's half-brother.
Carlos Gutierrez	Ryan Guzman	3	Jose's uncle.
Anne Clark	Krista Bridges	2	Tommy's mother.
Dennis Collins	Richie Lawrence	2	Luke's son.
Damon	Isaiah Slater	1	Sylvia's son.
Floating Boy's Father	Nicolas Rhind	1	Father of "the Floating boy".

Other characters

Notes
¹ Not including 1 episode (1x05) in which Simone Deveaux (Tawny Cypress) was credited, but did not appear; Including 1 episode (1x18) in which Simone Deveaux (Tawny Cypress) only appeared as an illusion created by Candice Wilmer.
² Including 1 episode (4x16) in which Jackie Wilcox (Danielle Savre) only appeared in a dream sequence.
³ Including 1 episode (4x16) in which Lynette (Sally Champlin) only appeared in a dream sequence.
⁴ Including 1 episode (4x12) in which Nurse Hammer (Carlease Burke) only appeared as Sylar in disguise, using shapeshifting.
⁵ Including 1 episode (3x23) in which Dr. Zimmerman only appeared as a young man, uncredited and played by Jon Donahue.