List of Spooks characters

Main characters for Series 10:

• Sir Harry Pearce KBE (Peter Firth) (2002–2011) – Head of Counter-Terrorism Department, MI5
• Dimitri Levendis (Max Brown) (2010–2011) – Piracy & Terrorism Case Officer Section D ^[2]
• Erin Watts (Lara Pulver) (2011) – Chief of Section & Senior Case Officer, Section D
• Calum Reed (Geoffrey Streatfeild) (2011) – Junior Case Officer, Section D
• William Towers (Simon Russell Beale) (2010–2011) – Home Secretary
• Ruth Evershed (Nicola Walker) (2003–2006, 2009–2011) – Section D Intelligence Analyst, Home Secretary's Assistant (two episodes), originally seconded to MI5 from GCHQ

• Tariq Masood (Shazad Latif) (2009–2011) – Technician & Data Analyst, Section D
• Beth Bailey (Sophia Myles) (2010) – Junior Case Officer, Section D ^[3]
• Lucas North (Richard Armitage) (2008–2010) – Chief of Section & Senior Case Officer, Section D
• Ros Myers (Hermione Norris) (2006–2009) – Chief of Section & Senior Case Officer, Section D; formerly Senior Case Officer at MI5 and MI6
• Jo Portman (Miranda Raison) (2005–2009) – Junior Case Officer, Section D
• Malcolm Wynn-Jones (Hugh Simon) (2002–2009, 2010) – Technician & Data Analyst, Section D
• Adam Carter (Rupert Penry-Jones) (2004–2008) – Chief of Section & Senior Case Officer, Section D; formerly Senior Case Officer at MI6
• Connie James (Gemma Jones) (2007–2008) – Senior Analyst, Section D
• Ben Kaplan DSO (Alex Lanipekun) (2007–2008) – Junior Case Officer, Section D
• Zafar Younis (Raza Jaffrey) (2004–2007) – Junior Case Officer, Section D
• Colin Wells (Rory MacGregor) (2002–2006) – Technician & Data Analyst, Section D
• Sam Buxton (Shauna Macdonald) (2003–2005) – Administrative Officer, Section D
• Fiona Carter (Olga Sosnovska) (2004–2005) – Seconded MI6 Officer, Section D
• Zoe Reynolds (Keeley Hawes) (2002–2004) – Junior Case Officer, Section D
• Tom Quinn (Matthew Macfadyen) (2002–2004) – Chief of Section & Senior Case Officer, Section D
• Danny Hunter (David Oyelowo) (2002–2004) – Junior Case Officer, Section D
• Tessa Phillips (Jenny Agutter) (2002–2003) – Senior Analyst
• Jed Kelley (Graeme Mearns) (2002) – Administrative Officer, Section D
• Helen Flynn (Lisa Faulkner) (2002) – Junior Case Officer, Section D

• Vaughn Edwards (Iain Glen) (2010) – Deniable intelligence operative who seemed to work for the highest bidder
• Sarah Caulfield (Genevieve O'Reilly) (2009) – CIA agent
• Viktor Sarkisian (Peter Sullivan) (2008–2009) – Head of the FSB's London office
• Bob Hogan (Matthew Marsh) (2007) – Senior CIA liaison
• Oliver Mace (Tim McInnerny) (2004, 2006) – Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, later Director-General of MI5
• Juliet Shaw (Anna Chancellor) (2005–) – National Security Co-ordinator; status uncertain following end of Series 6
• Christine Dale (Megan Dodds) (2002–2004) – CIA agent
• Jools Siviter (Hugh Laurie) (2002) – MI6 Section Chief

• Maya Lahan (Laila Rouass) (2010) – Lucas's ex-girlfriend
• Elizabeta Starkova (Paloma Baeza) (2008) – Lucas's ex-wife
• Will North (Richard Harrington) (2004) – Zoe Reynolds' fiancé
• Ellie Simm (Esther Hall) (Main cast Series 1, 2002–2003) – Tom's ex-girlfriend
• Maisie Simm(Heather Cave) (Main cast Series 1, 2002–2003) – Ellie's young daughter
• Vicki Westbrook (Natasha Little) (2003) – Tom's ex-girlfriend
• Carlo Franceschini (Enzo Cilenti) (2003) – Zoe's ex-boyfriend

These fictional UK cabinet ministers managed the team or have been characters in some episodes.

• Nicholas Blake – Home Secretary – (Robert Glenister) (2006–2009); killed 2010
• Rachel Beauchamp – Foreign Secretary – (Jill Baker) (Series 7, Episode 6)
• Gillian Calderwood – Chancellor of the Exchequer – (Selina Cadell) (Series 7, Episode 5)
• Caroline Fox – Deputy Prime Minister – (Cheryl Campbell) (Series 5, Episode 10)
• James Allan – Foreign Secretary – (Alex Jennings) (2006)
• Ruth Chambers – Foreign Secretary – (Angela Bruce) (2007)
• unnamed Home Secretary – (Jeff Rawle) (2005)
• Alan Taylor – Cabinet Secretary – (2006)
• Richard Maynard – Defence Secretary – mentioned but resigned later
• Daniel Wise – Foreign Trade Minister – (Ian Bartholomew) (2006)
• Andrew Lawrence – Home Secretary – (Tobias Menzies) (2009)
• William Towers – Home Secretary – (Simon Russell Beale) (2010–2011)

• Anthony Head – Traitor's Gate (1#4)
• Tim Pigott-Smith – (1#5)

• Alexander Siddig – Series 2, Episode 2

• Anton Lesser – Series 3, Episode 4
• Andy Serkis – Series 3, Episode 8

• Martine McCutcheon – Series 4, Episode 2
• Andrew Tiernan – Surreal World and The Possibility of a Mole (4#1 and 4#2)
• Jimi Mistry – Series 4, Episode 6

• Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Jenny

• Paul Rhys as Alexis Meynell – Episode 5

Full cast and crew of Spooks at IMDb