List of FBI (TV series) characters
This is a list of fictional characters in the television series FBI. The article deals with the series' main, recurring, and minor characters.
Main[]
| Name | Portrayed by | Position | Seasons | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Maggie Bell | Missy Peregrym | Special Agent | Main | |||
| Omar Adom "O.A." Zidan | Zeeko Zaki | Special Agent | Main | |||
| Jubal Valentine | Jeremy Sisto | Assistant Special Agent in Charge | Main | |||
| Kristen Chazal | Ebonée Noel | Special Agent (formerly Analyst) | Main | |||
| Dana Mosier | Sela Ward | Special Agent in Charge | Main | |||
| Isobel Castille | Alana de la Garza | Special Agent in Charge | Guest | Main | ||
| Stuart Scola | John Boyd | Special Agent | Main[a] | |||
| Tiffany Wallace | Katherine Renee Turner | Special Agent | Main | |||
- ^ Recurring in episodes 1-4 of season 2, main from episode 5 onwards
Maggie Bell[]
| Maggie Bell | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Pilot |
| Portrayed by | Missy Peregrym |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | FBI Special Agent, New York City field office Criminal division |
| Family | Unnamed father Unnamed older brother |
| Spouse | Jason Bell (deceased) |
Special Agent Maggie Bell is an FBI agent based at the New York City field office. In the pilot, it is established that she comes from Indiana and has been in New York City for three years. Maggie is a seasoned Investigator who is in charge of the team while out in the field.[1] A former police officer, she was recommended to the join the FBI after working with them on a kidnapping case back in Indiana.[2] She is partnered with O.A., who joined the NYC field office after an undercover operation.
Maggie was happily married to reporter Jason Bell, who died in a car accident.[3][4] Throughout season 1, she is seen secretly looking at photos and videos of Jason on her phone. She generally refused to talk about him to her colleagues, although O.A. seems to have known about her being a widow from the beginning.[1][5] In the episode "Exposed", she finally confesses to O.A. that she has been having a hard time coping with Jason's death and has yet to clear out his closet.[3] While investigating the murder of an investigative journalist in that episode, the team realize they are dealing with a professional assassin who has left a trail of bodies spanning several states and Maggie recognizes the man's face in a video she took of Jason, leading to her suspicions that the car accident Jason died in was engineered. She gets closure in the season 1 finale when she and her team apprehend the real perpetrator.[4]
Omar Adom "O.A." Zidan[]
| O.A. | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Pilot (1.01) |
| Portrayed by | Zeeko Zaki |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | FBI Special Agent, New York City field office Former United States Army officer |
| Family | Unnamed father (deceased) Unnamed mother Amira Zidan (younger sister) |
Special Agent Omar Adom "O.A." Zidan is an FBI agent based at the New York City field office. A native of New York City, he returned to his hometown after a stint undercover tracking down jihadist terrorists.[1] He is a practicing Muslim and is of Egyptian heritage, having grown up in Astoria, Queens where there is a sizable Egyptian-American community.[6] While he proudly identifies with his religion and heritage, he prefers to be called "American" rather than "Egyptian".[7] He has a particular distaste for right-wing extremists, having seen his faith utilized for all the wrong reasons during his previous undercover assignment[8] and endured bullying and Islamophobic remarks in school after the September 11 attacks.[6]
O.A.'s encyclopedic knowledge of the Quran and fluency in speaking and reading Arabic has proven useful at times.[8][7] According to Dana he is the NYC field office's only Arabic-speaking agent with undercover experience.[9]
O.A. graduated from the United States Military Academy and left the Army with the rank of captain. His military background has proven useful as he is familiar with various types of ballistics and firearms and their uses.[5] He served on two tours in Iraq on Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Series creator Dick Wolf was initially casting a Latino for the ambiguously-named role of "O.A." but Zaki's audition tape impressed him enough to change the character to mirror Zaki's own ethnicity and background. Like the character, Zaki is a Muslim Egyptian-American who speaks Arabic and still has relatives in Egypt. Zaki has stated that Wolf and his writing team encouraged him to give input into his character to provide more authenticity.[10]
Jubal Valentine[]
| Jubal Valentine | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Pilot (1.01) |
| Portrayed by | Jeremy Sisto |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | ASAC, New York City field office |
| Spouse | Samantha (divorced) |
| Children | Abigail, Tyler |
| Relatives | Nephew (unnamed) |
Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Jubal Valentine is the second-in-command and coordinates the activities and movements of analysts and field agents from the Joint Operations Command (JOC) room. Jubal usually stays behind at the field office to run operations but has been out in the field several times to assist with undercover stings.[9] He trusts his agents implicitly and gives them the benefit of the doubt that they will rely on their training and good judgement out in the field.
Jubal is divorced but he and his ex-wife Samantha are on friendly terms and share custody of their two children, although she has physical custody of them. As part of their divorce agreement, she cannot move the children without his consent. This posed a conundrum for him when her new boyfriend got a job in Westchester County and she came to him asking for his consent to move the children out of New York City to the suburbs. He finally agrees after going to check out the new house and neighborhood for himself.[11]
Kristen Chazal[]
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Ellen Solberg[]
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Dana Mosier[]
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Isobel Castille[]
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Stuart Scola[]
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Tiffany Wallace[]
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After working several years in NYPD, Tiffany Wallace left the NYPD to pursue work in the FBI (S03 E01)
Minor characters[]
| Name | Portrayed by | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||
| Special Agent JT | Derek Hedlund | Recurring | |
| Ian Lim | James Chen | Recurring | |
| Dr. Neil Mosbach | Thomas Phillip O'Neil | Recurring | |
| Ray Stapleton | Rodney Richardson | Recurring | |
| Eve Nettles | Nina Lisandrello | Recurring | |
| Kelly Moran | Taylor Anthony Miller | Recurring | |
| Trevor Hobbs | Roshawn Franklin | Recurring | |
| Elise Taylor | Vedette Lim | Recurring | |
| Emily Ryder | Catherine Haena Kim | Recurring | |
Recurring[]
- Derek Hedlund as Special Agent JT, an FBI agent frequently working in the field with OA and Maggie
- James Chen as Ian Lim, an FBI analyst
- Thomas Phillip O'Neil as Dr. Neil Mosbach, FBI Medical Examiner
- Rodney Richardson as Ray Stapleton, an FBI forensic technician (season 1)
- Nina Lisandrello as Eve Nettles, an FBI forensic technician (season 1)
- Taylor Anthony Miller as Kelly Moran, an FBI analyst (season 2)
- Roshawn Franklin as Trevor Hobbs, an FBI intelligence analyst (season 2)
- Vedette Lim as Elise Taylor, an FBI intelligence analyst (season 2)
- Catherine Haena Kim as Emily Ryder, an FBI agent who temporarily fills in for Kristen when she is injured in the line of duty (season 2)
Crossover characters[]
- Julian McMahon as Jess LaCroix, FBI Supervisory Special Agent (FBI: Most Wanted)
- Keisha Castle-Hughes as Hana Gibson, FBI Analyst (FBI: Most Wanted)
- Kellan Lutz as Ken Crosby, FBI Special Agent (FBI: Most Wanted)
- Roxy Sternberg as Sheryll Barnes, FBI Special Agent And Second In Command (FBI: Most Wanted)
- Nathaniel Arcand as Clinton Skye (season 1), FBI Special Agent (FBI: Most Wanted)
- YaYa Gosselin as Tali Lacroix, daughter of Jess LaCroix (FBI: Most Wanted)
- Tracy Spiridakos as Detective Hailey Upton (season 2), A member of the Intelligence Unit for the Chicago Police Department (Chicago P.D.) who temporarily joins the NY field office for an interagency training program. She is OA's parter while she is on the show due to Peregrym's maternity leave in season 2.
References[]
- ^ a b c "Pilot". FBI. Season 1. Episode 1. September 25, 2018. CBS.
- ^ "Family Man". FBI. Season 1. Episode 6. October 30, 2018. CBS.
- ^ a b "Exposed". FBI. Season 1. Episode 14. February 19, 2019. CBS.
- ^ a b "Closure". FBI. Season 1. Episode 22. May 14, 2019. CBS.
- ^ a b "Crossfire". FBI. Season 1. Episode 4. October 16, 2018. CBS.
- ^ a b "Little Egypt". FBI. Season 2. Episode 1. September 24, 2019. CBS.
- ^ a b "What Lies Beneath". FBI. Season 1. Episode 20. April 30, 2019. CBS.
- ^ a b "Green Birds". FBI. Season 1. Episode 2. October 2, 2018. CBS.
- ^ a b "Prey". FBI. Season 1. Episode 3. October 9, 2018. CBS.
- ^ "Zeeko Zaki Finally Gets to Play the Good Guy". Harper's Bazaar. October 29, 2018.
- ^ "Crossroads". FBI. Season 2. Episode 5. October 22, 2019. CBS.
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