The following is a list of characters in River City, a Scottish soap opera that began broadcasting on BBC Scotland on 24 September 2002.[1]
| Character | Actor(s) | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Bob O'Hara | Stephen Purdon | 2002–present |
| Roisin McIntyre | Joyce Falconer | 2002–2008, 2021–present |
| Scarlett O'Hara | Sally Howitt | 2003–present |
| Lenny Murdoch | 2005–present | |
| Madonna Mullen | Sienna Glackin | 2006–2020 |
| Lauren Grace | 2022–present | |
| Amber Murdoch | Lorna Anderson | 2007–2011 |
| Jenny Hulse | 2016–present | |
| Michael 'Mick' Mulvaney | Laurie Ventry | 2010, 2015, 2018, 2021–present |
| 2010–2015, 2018–present | ||
| 2010–2013, 2024–present | ||
| Callum Adams | Robbie Neilson | 2010–2016 |
| Ty McPhee | 2017–present | |
| Suzie Fraser | Bridget McCann | 2012–2013 |
| 2016–present | ||
| Alex Murdoch | Jordan Young | 2013–present |
| Angus Lindsay | Scott Fletcher | 2014–present |
| Caitlin McLean | Gayle Telfer-Stevens | 2015–present |
| Kim Monroe | Frances Thorburn | 2016–present |
| Maggie McLean | Kathryn Howden | 2017–present |
| Bernadette 'Bernie' O'Hara | 2018–present | |
| Sonny Caplan | 2018–present | |
| Tyler Foulkes | Cameron Fulton | 2020–present |
| Ash King | Brian James Leys | 2021–present |
| Karen Connolly | Claire Dargo | 2021–present |
| Sam Spiller | 2021–present | |
| Gillian Gibson | Gail Watson | 2022–present |
| Michael 'Mikey' Duffy | Darren Brownlie | 2022–present |
| Tommy Chalmers | David McGowan | 2022–present |
| Dean Hardy | Michael McCardie | 2023–present |
| Jonathon Whitlock | Edward Corrie | 2023–present |
| Chloe Qi-Lewis | 2023–present | |
| Seb Spiller | George Drennan | 2024–present |
| Eddie Corrigan | 2024–present | |
| DCI James Douglas | 2024–present | |
| Carly McLeish | Abbie Purvis | 2024–present |
| Character | Actor |
|---|---|
| Kelly-Marie Adams | |
| Patrick Adams | Gerard Miller |
| Paul Ames | James Allenby-Kirk |
| Jodie Banks | |
| Heather Bellshaw | |
| Jules Belmont | |
| Shelley Belmont | Adiza Shardow |
| Harry Black | Carter Ferguson |
| Charlie Bowie | Ryan Smith |
| Jen Bowie | Lorna Craig |
| Taryam Boyd | |
| Garry Sweeney | |
| Maryam Hamidi | |
| Andy Clark | |
| Chloe Brodie | Shonagh Price |
| Nick Rhys | |
| Archie Buchanan | Gilly Gilchrist |
| Douglas Buchanan | Gilly Gilchrist |
| Stella Burns | |
| Stevie Burns | |
| Andrew Campbell-Baxter | Greg Powrie |
| Duncan Campbell-Baxter | John Bett |
| Victoria Campbell-Baxter | Emma Currie |
| Colin Campbell | |
| Hazel Campbell | Annmarie Fulton |
| Logan Caplan | Kevin Mains |
| Louise 'Lou' Caplan | Lesley Hart |
| Andy Carroll | Jamie Michie |
| Cameron Christie | Michael Wallace |
| Dylan Christie | Sean Connor |
| Eve Christie | Victoria Liddelle |
| Nicki Cullen | |
| Zoe Cullen | Laura McMonagle |
| Will Cooper | Scott Vickers |
| Lewis Cope | |
| Andy Cousins | |
| Charlotte Crozier | Daisy Veldhoven |
| Fraser Crozier | Neil McNulty |
| Murray Crozier | |
| Billy Davis | |
| Della Davis | Katie McEwen |
| Angel Delaney | Hanna Stanbridge |
| Sandra Devlin | |
| DCI Craig Donald | |
| Eileen Donachie | |
| Ewan Donachie | Alasdair Harvey |
| Tommy Donachie | Eric Barlow |
| Brian 'Buster' Doyle | |
| Charlie Drummond | June Brogan |
| Jean Drummond | Kate Donnelly |
| Lochlan Dunbar | Paul Luebke |
| Jac Dunn | Charlene Boyd |
| Joe Dunn | Douglas Rankine |
| Rebecca Fleming | Jamie Marie Leary |
| Darren Foulkes | Sammy Hayman |
| Carly Fraser | Michelle O'Brien |
| Lily Fraser | Ida Schuster |
| Lola Fraser | Suzanne Bonnar |
| Robbie Fraser | |
| Pete Galloway | |
| Dominic Gibson | Richard Conlon |
| Helen Gilmour | |
| DCI Rachel Grant | Therese Bradley |
| Marty Green | Daniel Schutzmann |
| Erin Gunn | Emma Hartley-Miller |
| Gina Hamilton | |
| Liz Hamilton | Eileen McCallum |
| Malcolm Hamilton | Johnny Beattie |
| Rick Harper | Alex Ferns |
| Zinnie Hassoun | Nalini Chetty |
| Alice Henderson | Lorraine McIntosh |
| Brian Henderson | William Ruane |
| Deek Henderson | Gordon McCorkell |
| George Henderson | John Murtagh |
| Moira Henderson | Jo Cameron Brown |
| Raymond Henderson | Paul Samson |
| Robert Henderson | Maurice Roëves |
| Shirley Henderson | Barbara Rafferty |
| Shona Henderson | Julie Duncanson |
| Kirsty Henderson | Kari Corbett |
| Lee Hope | James Palmer |
| Dan Hunter | Adam Robertson |
| DCI Eddie Hunter | Derek Munn |
| Jamie Hunter | Anthony Martin |
| Paul Hunter | Sean Brown |
| Tina Hunter | Jenny Ryan |
| Amandeep 'AJ' Jandhu | Sanjeev Kohli |
| Harry Jandhu | Manpreet Bachu |
| Ryaan Ali | |
| Leanne Johnstone | Christina Mackinnon |
| Terri Johnstone | Julie Coombe |
| Sean Kennedy | James Cunningham |
| Billy Kennedy | Alexander Morton |
| Jon Morrison | |
| Martina Kennedy | Ann-Louise Ross |
| Farah Khurana | Shobna Gulati |
| Lena Krausky | Anna Kerth |
| Fi Kydd | Monica Gibb |
| Mai Lau | Jaclyn Tse |
| Michael Learmonth | Seamus Gubbins |
| Alan Lindsay | Stephen McCole |
| Cassie Lindsay | Sophia Kolinas |
| Kirsty Lindsay | Bobby Rainsbury |
| Rhona Lindsay | Jo Freer |
| Innes Maitland | Sam Robertson |
| Graeme 'Mac' Macdonald | Gordon Kennedy |
| Finlay Mackay | Sonny Green |
| Isobel MacKenzie | Alison Peebles |
| Hana Malik | Mamta Kaash |
| Jamilah Malik | Laxmi Kathuria |
| Karim Malik | Kriss Dosanjh |
| Nazir Malik | Riz Abbasi |
| Zara Malik | Shabana Akhtar Bakhsh |
| Glenn McAllister | John Macauley |
| Jamie McAllister | Mark Rowley |
| Jessie McAllister | Kirsty Pickering |
| Agnes McCabe | Kay Gallie |
| Donna McCabe | Paula Sage |
| Frances McCabe | Andrea Hart |
| Thomas McCabe | Tam Dean Burn |
| Hayley McCrone | Pamela Byrne |
| Gerry McGrade | John Paul McGilvray |
| Daniel McKee | Ewan Stewart |
| Marianne McKee | Frances Grey |
| Drew McLean | Benjamin Nugent |
| Ellie McLean | Leah MacRae |
| Jenny McLean | Christine Steel |
| John McLean | Frank Gilhooly |
| Ruby McLean | Toniann Christie |
| Zindzi Hudson | |
| Iona McIntyre | Claire Knight |
| Sandy McKinnon | Robert Cavanah |
| Steph McKenzie | Emma Campbell Webster |
| Dr Marcus McKenzie | Stefan Dennis |
| Frank McKenna | Jon Morrison |
| Greg McManus | George Anton |
| Liam McNulty | Patrick Mulvey |
| Alanna McVey | Jade Lezar |
| Nick Morrison | Colin McCredie |
| Russ Minto | Grant Ibbs |
| Jake Munro | Russell Barr |
| Sonny Munro | Angus MacInnes |
| Annie Murdoch | Dawn Steele |
| Ewan Murdoch | Chris Brazier |
| Lydia Murdoch | Jacqueline Leonard |
| Rory Murdoch | David Paisley |
| Andrew Murray | Sam Heughan |
| Jimmy Mullen | Billy McElhaney |
| Gareth O'Connor | Paul Brannigan |
| Cormac O'Sullivan | Jason Pitt |
| Robert 'Big Bob' O'Hara | Tom Urie |
| Christina O'Hara | Caitlin Gillespie |
| Molly O'Hara | Una McLean |
| Stevie O'Hara | Cas Harkins |
| Iain Robertson | |
| Tatiana O'Hara | Magdalena Kaleta |
| Theresa O'Hara | Maureen Carr |
| Dougie Patterson | Stewart Porter |
| Jack Patterson | John Comerford |
| Poppy Patterson | Lindsey Campbell |
| Kari Corbett | |
| Alasdair Quinn | Michael Mackenzie |
| Michelle Rafferty | Laura O'Donnell |
| Alice Reynolds | Sophie Mercer |
| Viv Roberts | Louise Jameson |
| Duncan Robertson | Kieron Elliot |
| Freya Robertson | Natasha Watson |
| Eilidh Rossi | Lily Walker |
| Franco Rossi, Jr. | Adam Khan |
| Luca Rossi | Juan Pablo Di Pace |
| Joanne Rossi | Allison McKenzie |
| Lisa Gardner | |
| Ruth Rossi | Morag Calder |
| Frankie Roth | Louise McMenemy |
| Greig Roth | Glen Wallace |
| Katie Roth | Libby Dye |
| Lorna Roth | Alana Hood |
| Michael Royston | David Murray |
| Dilip Shah | Aron Sidhu |
| Alisha Shah | Meneka Das |
| Arun Shah | Ricky Dhillon |
| Brooke Shaw | Lisa Livingstone |
| Annie Sobacz | Reanne Farley |
| Callum Stuart | Donald Pirie |
| Miriam Stubbs | Kate Rutter |
| Gary Trenton | James Mackenzie |
| Danny Turner | Neil Pendleton |
| Scott Wallace | Tony Kearney |
| JP Walsh | Gary McCormack |
| Mark Walker | Finlay MacMillan |
| Richard Whiteside | Michael Nardone |
| Johnny Wu | Richard Ng |
| Susie Wu | Teo-Wa Vuong |