This is a list of characters in the Fox television drama, Prison Break. Information on the characters is current as of Episode 22 - Flight.
Inmates
| Picture | Character | Actor | Season | ||
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| File:Pb scofield.jpg | Michael Scofield | Wentworth Miller | 1 | ||
Michael is Lincoln Burrows's younger brother. He committed armed robbery in order to be sent to Fox River, having devised an elaborate plan to help his brother escape. Michael is forced to reformulate his plan multiple times due to numerous obstacles all of which have forced Micheal to use his intellect and cunning to get around. | |||||
| File:Pb lincoln burrows.jpg | Lincoln Burrows | Dominic Purcell | 1 | ||
Lincoln was set-up for Terrence Steadman's murder. Soon after, Lincoln was found guilty of first degree murder of Terrence Steadman and was sentenced to death. He exhausted all of his appeals and his execution was set for May 11th. With Michael's help, Lincoln escaped his execution and from Fox River. | |||||
| File:Pb sucre.jpg | Fernando Sucre | Amaury Nolasco | 1 | ||
Sucre is Michael's cellmate. When he found out that his girlfriend is pregnant he became more focused on getting out of prison as soon as possible; if he doesn't get out soon, then Maricruz may marry Hector, Sucre's cousin. Together with the other escapees, Sucre made it over the walls of Fox River. | |||||
| File:Pb abruzzi.jpg | John Abruzzi | Peter Stormare | 1 | ||
John Abruzzi, a former Chicago mob boss, runs Prison Industry at Fox River. Abruzzi has proven that he will go to great lengths to find Otto Fibonacci and cooperates with Michael for this reason. He made a deal with Nick Savrinn to ensure that he does get Fibonacci by forcing him to bring Veronica Donovan on the night of the escape. | |||||
| File:Pb t-bag.jpg | Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell | Robert Knepper | 1 | ||
Theodore Bagwell or T-Bag was sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping, rape and murder. During a riot, T-Bag took a C.O called Bob hostage and then discovered the hole in the back of Michael's Cell. He then threatened to tell the guards if Michael and the others do not include him on the escape. | |||||
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Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin | Rockmond Dunbar | 1 | ||
Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin started working in the prison kitchen and gained a reputation as the "prison pharmacist". After he discovered the hole that Michael and crew had dug as part of the escape plan, C-Note threatened the crew to let him on board or he would tell the guards. He desperately wants to see his wife and daughter who think he is still serving in the army in Iraq. | |||||
| File:Pb westmoreland.jpg | Charles Westmoreland | Muse Watson | 1 | ||
Nicknamed "The Old Head" by his fellow inmates, Westmorland is a veteran of the prison. Upon learning that he would not be allowed to visit his terminally ill daughter until after her death, Westmoreland accepted Michael's invitation to the escape team. He was mortally wounded during a struggle with Bellick after he found the hole on the day of the escape. | |||||
| File:Pb tweener.jpg | David "Tweener" Apolskis | Lane Garrison | 1 | ||
Apolskis a.k.a Tweener was a notorious pick-pocket before his arrest. Tweener recovered a watch that had been stolen from Michael's personal effects by a guard. Michael later includes him in the escape team to repay him for the stolen watch. He became a snitch for Bellick and told him of Micheals escape plans. He escaped with the others and was told to go on his own after the escape. | |||||
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Charles "Haywire" Patoshik | Silas Weir Mitchell | 1 | ||
Charles Patoshik, or Haywire, murdered both of his parents. He was temporarily Michael's cellmate and initially expressed to Michael that he had no interest in escaping. Later, Haywire changes his mind and forces his way into the team. After the escape, the team left him on his own. | |||||
| File:Pb manche.jpg | Manche Sanchez | Joseph Nunez | 1 | ||
Manche is Fernando Sucre's cousin. Manche was let in on the escape plan after he assisted them in the set-up of C.O. Geary and got Michael out of psych ward. Manche was last to try and escape but his weight broke the cable the escapees were using and was captured by prison guards. He was then forced to give up the names of the escapees. | |||||
| File:Pb cherry.jpg | Seth "Cherry" Hoffner | Blaine Hogan | 1 | ||
After having stolen a car for a joyride, not noticing the infant child in the back seat, Seth Hoffner, was given a relatively heavy sentence at Fox River. He was quickly given the nickname "Cherry" and forced into a sexual relationship with T-Bag. Seth pleaded Michael for help, however, Michael refused to get involved since T-Bag was aware of Michael's escape plan. Shortly thereafter, Seth committed suicide by hanging himself. | |||||
Prison Staff
| Picture | Character | Actor | Season | ||
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| File:Pb sara tancredi.jpg | Dr. Sara Tancredi | Sarah Wayne Callies | 1 | ||
| Sara is one of the few doctors working at Fox River. Her duties included giving Michael his insulin injection, unaware that this was a part of his escape plan. Sara's father, "Frontier Justice" Frank Tancredi, is the governor of Illinois. Sara knows that Michael is different from the other prisoners and cannot figure out what would possess him to rob a bank and end up in prison. After Michael and his fellow inmates escaped, she was found overdosed with morphine in her apartment by the police. | |||||
| File:Pb warden pope.jpg | Warden Henry Pope | Stacy Keach | 1 | ||
| Nicknamed "The Pope" by the inmates, Henry Pope has been the warden at Fox River for eighteen years. He beleves in rehabilitation over punishment. For his 40th wedding anniversary, Pope wanted to give Judith a replica of the Taj Mahal. He enlisted the help of Michael to make sure the structure is self-supporting. | |||||
| File:Pb bellick.jpg | Captain Brad Bellick | Wade Williams | 1 | ||
| Captain Bellick is the leader of the Fox River State Penitentiary guards. He believes that the purpose of prison is to punish inmates and not rehabilitate them. On the night of the escape, Bellick was tied and gagged, and hidden in the pipes under the guard's room. After he was found, Bellick swore revenge on the escapees. | |||||
| File:Pb geary.jpg | C.O. Geary | Matt DeCaro | 1 | ||
| Geary was one of the many corrections officers working under Bellick at Fox River. He was Bellicks Number 2 and ran Gen Pop when Bellick was away or busy. Like Bellick, he had a long history of corruption. His downfall came when the inmates framed Geary for inflicting a severe burn on Michael. A search of Geary's locker appeared to confirm Michael's story of corruption and abuse. Geary was immediately fired. | |||||
| File:Pb patterson.jpg | C.O. Louis Patterson | Phillip Edward Van Lear | 1 | ||
| Louis Patterson is a Corrections Officer at Fox River. He is more compassionate than most of the other Corrections Officer's, particularly to Lincoln. On one occasion, Patterson let Lincoln see his son without his handcuffs on and moreover, after Lincoln refused to fill in the request for his last meal, he urged Lincoln to rethink about it. Patterson is friends with C.O Stolte and often talks about sports with him. Although he is a married man, Patterson has developed a relationship with Becky, the warden's secretary. | |||||
| File:115-546.jpg | C.O. Keith Stolte | Christian Stolte | 1 | ||
| Keith Stolte is another Corrections Officer at Fox River. He likes to talk about sports with C.O Patterson and has a teenaged son called Josh. After C.O geary was fired it appears Stolte is made Gearys replacment as Bellicks number 2 which means he is in charge of Gen Pop when Bellick is busy or away. | |||||
| File:Pb katie.jpg | Nurse Katie Welch | DuShon Monique Brown | 1 | ||
| Katie is one of the nurses who assists Sara at Fox River. She is also Sara's friend and confidant, being one of the few women working at the prison. After Michael and the others escaped, Katie reluctantly confessed to Pope that Sara had been attracted to Michael and implied that Sara may have assisted him in his escape. | |||||
| File:Pb becky.jpg | Becky | Jennifer Joan Taylor | 1 | ||
| Becky is Warden Pope's loyal secretary. When Warden Pope's wife came to see him she helped cover up for him whilst he was working on her anniversary present by telling her that he was holding a conference call. She told Micheal that The Pope thinks highly of him and that he was grateful for Michael's help. She appears to have a flirtatious relationship with Corrections Officer Patterson. | |||||
Outside Supporters
| Picture | Character | Actor | Season | ||
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| File:Pb veronica donovan.jpg | Veronica Donovan | Robin Tunney | 1 | ||
| Although Veronica is a real-estate lawyer and not a criminal lawyer, she defended Michael at his trial and is also working around the clock to free Lincoln. She and Nick Savrinn worked tirelessly for Lincoln and eventually found Terrence Steadman. After Nick decided not to hand her over to Abruzzi, Veronica went to Blackfoot, Montana to confront Steadman. | |||||
| File:Pb LJ Burrows.jpg | Lincoln Burrows, Jr. ("LJ") | Marshall Allman | 1 | ||
| L.J. was a normal teenager living in the Chicago suburbs until his father, Lincoln, lost his final appeal. He is currently being held in prison for 2 murder charges - his mother and step-father, and an attempted murder on Owen Kravecki. | |||||
| File:Pb nick savrinn.jpg | Nick Savrinn | Frank Grillo | 1 | ||
| Nick worked for Project Justice, an organization that frees wrongly convicted people. Although Project Justice refused to help Veronica with Lincoln's case, Nick had been doing pro bono work because he believes Lincoln is innocent. However, Nick had another motive, he had struck a deal with Abruzzi. When he refused to deliver Veronica to Abruzzi's henchman, Nick was shot dead by the henchman. | |||||
| File:Pb lisa rix.jpg | Lisa Rix | Jessalyn Gilsig | 1 | ||
| Lisa is LJ's mother and was previously in a relationship with Lincoln. She and her husband, Adrian, were murdered by Agents Kellerman and Hale. LJ has been accused of their deaths. | |||||
| File:Pb nika volek.jpg | Nika Volek | Holly Valance | 1 | ||
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Michael helped Nika become an American citizen by marrying her before robbing the bank. In return she helped him in prison by giving him a credit card, which was actually a facade for a security card. Unfortunately, Bellick found out about her as he recognized her from a strip club he frequented. Michael then asks Nika to steal the infirmary keys from Sara after he failed to do so. | |||||
| File:Pb father.jpg | Lincoln and Michael's father | Anthony Denison | 1 | ||
| Lincoln and Michael's as-yet-unnamed father is a former employee of "The Company". He is the reason why Lincoln was framed for Terrence Steadman's murder. He left his family before Michael was born, apparently because of "The Company". "The Company" lost track of him after he leaked information about Ecofield. Three years later, he reemerged to save Lincoln's life twice: first secretly delivering evidence to a judge which delayed Lincoln's execution and then stopping an attempt on his life by Agent Kellerman. | |||||
Conspiracy Members
| Picture | Character | Actor | Season | ||
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| File:Pb vp.jpg | Caroline Reynolds | Patricia Wettig | 1 | ||
| Although Caroline Reynolds and "The Company" had different plans, they had the same goal - to make sure that Lincoln Burrows would be convicted for her brother's murder. Towards Lincoln's execution day, she announced her candidacy for President of the United States in her hometown of Montgomery, Illinois. Reynolds later had the President assassinated and was sworn in as the next President. | |||||
| File:Pb kellerman.jpg | Paul Kellerman | Paul Adelstein | 1 | ||
| Kellerman is a Secret Service agent commissioned by the Vice President to make sure that Lincoln Burrows is executed. Later, LJ discovered his alias and went to Kellerman's home with a gun to confront him, though the police arrested LJ before he could do any serious harm. | |||||
| File:Pb hale.jpg | Daniel Hale | Danny McCarthy | 1 | ||
| Hale was Kellerman's partner and assisted him in his work on behalf of the Vice-President. Hale grew increasingly disillusioned with their work as several innocent people were been killed. Upon Lincoln's execution day, Hale decided to help Veronica Donovan with her case. However, Kellerman discovered his plan and proceeded to kill Hale with his gun. | |||||
| File:Pb agent brinker.jpg | Samantha Brinker | Michelle Forbes | 1 | ||
| Brinker is an employee of "The Company" that Kellerman and Vice-President Reynolds have been collaborating with. Brinker appears to be The Company's liaison to Reynolds after Quinn disappeared. Later, Brinker told Reynolds to drop out of the Presidential race because she was no longer useful to "The Company". After Reynolds was sworn into office, Brinker's attempt to meet with her was blown off. | |||||
| File:Pb steadman.jpg | Terrence Steadman | John Billingsley (Season 1) / Jeff Perry(Season 2) | 1 | ||
| The brother of Vice-President Reynolds, Lincoln Burrows was convicted of murdering him, when in fact Lincoln found him already "dead" when he arrived. It's unclear whether it was actually Steadman in the car or someone else made to look like him. The real Steadman has been in hiding for the last three years, his teeth removed and implanted in a "decoy" body that was buried in order to fool dental records should that body ever be exhumed. He was also living in a high-valued house bought by himself and his sister. In the season finale, Veronica came face to face with Terrence Steadman. | |||||
| File:Pb quinn.jpg | Quinn | Michael Gaston | 1 | ||
| Quinn is an agent from "The Company", put in charge of supervising Agents Kellerman and Hale. He seems to be careless and neurotic, but he is actually observant, intelligent, and ruthless. Quinn is eventually pushed down a dry well by LJ, breaking his leg. Agents Kellerman and Hale later found him and left him there to die. | |||||
Minor characters
| Picture | Character | Actor | Season | ||
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| File:Pb governor tancredi.jpg | Governor Frank Tancredi | John Heard | 1 | ||
| The Governor of the state of Illinois and the father of Dr. Sara Tancredi. Their relationship has cooled over the years because of their differing beliefs. Due to his refusal to grant clemency to Lincoln Burrows, Vice President Reynolds included Tancredi as a potential Vice Presidential candidate when she runs for the Presidency. | |||||
| File:Pb leticia barris.jpg | Leticia Barris | Adina Porter | 1 | ||
A second-hand witness (via her murdered boyfriend) to Lincoln Burrows' innocence, she gave an unsigned affidavit to Veronica Donovan just before being kidnapped by the Secret Service agents. She was murdered by the same agents soon after. | |||||
| File:Pb falzone.jpg | Philly Falzone | Al Sapienza | 1 | ||
An associate of Abruzzi's, Falzone was also threatened by Otto Fibonacci's testimony and frequently pressured Abruzzi to locate him, even threatening Abruzzi's family. When Falzone grew impatient of Abruzzi's failure to deliver Fibonacci, he had Captain Bellick remove Abruzzi as head of the P.I. program. Shortly thereafter, Abruzzi and Michael Scofield contacted Falzone and told him Fibonacci's was hiding in Thunder Bay, Ontario in Canada. However, it was a trap. Falzone and his men found officers of the RCMP waiting to arrest them. | |||||
| File:Pb fibonacci.jpg | Otto Fibonacci | Roderick Peeples | 1 | ||
Otto Fibonacci was the manager at a warehouse which happened to be run by the mob when he witnessed Abruzzi order the execution of two men. He came forward to the authorities and his testimony led to Abruzzi's conviction and incarceration. Fibonacci later entered the Witness Protection Program and went into hiding in Topeka, Kansas. Michael learned of Fibonacci's ___location and offered it to Abruzzi in order to gain his cooperation, though he's unwilling to deliver on this as he knows what will happen to Fibonacci if he does. | |||||
| File:Pb maricruz.jpg | Maricruz Delgado | Camille Guaty | 1 | ||
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Maricruz is Sucre's girlfriend whom he loves dearly. He was arrested robbing a liquor store in order to pay for an engagement ring. The two had several conjugal visits before Sucre lost this privledge after getting in trouble with Bellick. Maricruz cares for Sucre as well but finds it difficult to wait for his release, especially given her mother's disapproval of Sucre and his cousin Hector's designs on her. She later tells Sucre she's pregnant with his child but that Hector asked her to marry him. She is Sucre's main motivation for helping with Michael's escape plan. | |||||
| File:Pb hector.jpg | Hector | Kurt Caceres | 1 | ||
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Hector is Sucre's cousin and a rival for Maricruz's affection. Hector is partly responsible for Sucre's incarceration as he tipped off the police when Sucre robbed a liquor store. Since then he has tried to steer Maricruz's attention away from Sucre and towards him, even asking her to marry him. | |||||
External links
- Official characters' biographies at Fox's Prison Break Website