List of Spooks characters explained

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
Character	Actor	style=width:5em	1	style=width:5em	2	style=width:5em	3	style=width:5em	4	style=width:5em	5	style=width:5em	6	style=width:5em	7	style=width:5em	8	style=width:5em	9	style=width:5em	10
Sir Harry Pearce KBE		colspan="10"
Malcolm Wynn-Jones		colspan="1"
Tom Quinn		colspan="1"
		colspan="7"
		colspan="7"
Tessa Phillips	Jenny Agutter	colspan="8"
Ellie Simm	Esther Hall	colspan="8"
Maisie Simm	Heather Cave	colspan="8"
Jed Kelley	Graeme Mearns	colspan="9"
Helen Flynn	Lisa Faulkner	colspan="9"
Colin Wells	Rory MacGregor	colspan="5"
Ruth Evershed	Nicola Walker	colspan="3"
Sam Buxton	Shauna Macdonald	colspan="7"
Adam Carter	Rupert Penry-Jones	colspan="3"
Fiona Carter	Olga Sosnovska	colspan="6"
Zafar Younis	Raza Jaffrey	colspan="4"
Jo Portman	Miranda Raison	colspan="2"
Ros Myers	Hermione Norris	colspan="2"
Connie James	Gemma Jones	colspan="3"
Ben Kaplan DSO	Alex Lanipekun	colspan="3"
Lucas North / John Bateman	Richard Armitage	colspan="1"
Tariq Masood	Shazad Latif	colspan="3"
Dimitri Levendis	Max Brown	colspan="2"
Beth Bailey	Sophia Myles	colspan="1"
Erin Watts	Lara Pulver	colspan="1"
Calum Reed	Geoffrey Streatfeild

Notes

Final Series Leads

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 ^[1]
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

Former characters

MI5 staff

Tariq Masood (Shazad Latif) (2009–2011) – Technician & Data Analyst, Section D
Beth Bailey (Sophia Myles) (2010) – Junior Case Officer, Section D ^[2]
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

Other officers

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

Significant others

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

UK Ministers

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)

Other guest stars

Series 1

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

Series 2

Alexander Siddig – Series 2, Episode 2

Series 3

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

Series 4

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

Series 5

Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Jenny

Series 7

Paul Rhys as Alexis Meynell – Episode 5