List of Spooks characters

This is a list of characters in the television series Spooks (known as MI-5 in some countries) is a British television spy drama series. It originally aired its first run on BBC One, for 10 series, from 13 May 2002 to 23 October 2011.

Character Actor Series
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sir Harry Pearce KBE Peter Firth Main
Malcolm Wynn-Jones Hugh Simon Main[a] Guest
Tom Quinn Matthew Macfadyen Main[b] Guest
Zoe Reynolds Keeley Hawes Main[c]
Danny Hunter David Oyelowo Main
Tessa Phillips Jenny Agutter Main Guest
Ellie Simm Esther Hall Main Guest
Maisie Simm Heather Cave Main Guest
Jed Kelley Graeme Mearns Main
Helen Flynn Lisa Faulkner Main[d]
Colin Wells Rory MacGregor Recurring Main[e]
Ruth Evershed Nicola Walker Main[f] Main
Sam Buxton Shauna Macdonald Main
Adam Carter Rupert Penry-Jones Main[g]
Fiona Carter Olga Sosnovska Recurring Main[h]
Zafar Younis Raza Jaffrey Guest Main[i]
Jo Portman Miranda Raison Main[j]
Ros Myers Hermione Norris Main[k]
Connie James Gemma Jones Main
Ben Kaplan DSO Alex Lanipekun Main[l]
Lucas North / John Bateman Richard Armitage Main
Tariq Masood Shazad Latif Main[m]
Dimitri Levendis Max Brown Main
Beth Bailey Sophia Myles Main
Erin Watts Lara Pulver Main
Calum Reed Geoffrey Streatfeild Main
Notes
  1. ^ Hugh Simon only appeared in the first episode of Series 8.
  2. ^ Matthew Macfadyen only appeared in the first two episodes of Series 3.
  3. ^ Keeley Hawes only appeared in the first six episodes of Series 3.
  4. ^ Despite being credited as part of the main cast in Series 1, Lisa Faulkner's character is very notably killed[1] in the second overall episode, "Looking After Our Own", and does not appear again.
  5. ^ Rory MacGregor only appeared in the first episode of Series 5.
  6. ^ Nicola Walker only appeared in the first five episodes of Series 5.
  7. ^ Rupert Penry-Jones only appeared in the first episode of Series 7.
  8. ^ Olga Sosnovska left in episode 7 of Series 4.
  9. ^ Raza Jaffrey only appeared in the first episode of Series 6.
  10. ^ Miranda Raison only appeared in the first three episodes of Series 8.
  11. ^ Hermione Norris only appeared in the first eight episodes of Series 6 before returning in Series 7.
  12. ^ Alex Lanipekun did not join until the fifth episode of Series 6.
  13. ^ Shazad Latif only appeared in the first two episodes of Series 10.
  1. ^ Peachey, Paul (22 May 2002). "Dozens protest to BBC over horrific death scene in 'Spooks'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2024.