List of Ozark characters

Ozark is an American crime drama web television series about a married couple who are forced to relocate their family to the Ozarks following a money laundering scheme gone wrong.

The series features an ensemble cast including Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner, Julia Garner, Jordana Spiro, Jason Butler Harner, Esai Morales, Peter Mullan, Lisa Emery and Charlie Tahan. Janet McTeer, Tom Pelphrey and Jessica Frances Dukes joined the main cast in the show's third season.^[1]

This list includes the series' main cast, as well as all recurring characters, and any other guest who is otherwise notable.

Overview[]

  = Main cast (credited)

  = Recurring cast (3+)

  = Guest cast (1-2)

Portrayed by	Character	Appearances				Count
		Season 1	Season 2	Season 3	Season 4
Main characters
Jason Bateman	Marty Byrde	Main				30
Laura Linney	Wendy Byrde	Main				30
Sofia Hublitz	Charlotte Byrde	Main				29
Skylar Gaertner	Jonah Byrde	Main				29
Julia Garner	Ruth Langmore	Main				28
Jordana Spiro	Rachel Garrison	Main		Does not appear	TBA	14
Jason Butler Harner	Roy Petty	Main		Does not appear	TBA	18
Esai Morales	Camino "Del" Del Rio	Main	Does not appear		TBA	4
Peter Mullan	Jacob Snell	Main		Does not appear	TBA	14
Lisa Emery	Darlene Snell	Main				23
Charlie Tahan	Wyatt Langmore	Recurring	Main			24
Janet McTeer	Helen Pierce	Does not appear	Recurring	Main	TBA	17
Tom Pelphrey	Ben Davis	Does not appear		Main	TBA	8
Jessica Frances Dukes	Maya Miller	Does not appear		Main		8
Felix Solis	Omar Navarro	Does not appear		Recurring	Main	8
Damian Young	Jim Rattelsdorf	Does not appear	Recurring		Main	6
Adam Rothenberg	Mel Saatem	Does not appear			Main	0
Alfonso Herrera	Javi Elizonndro	Does not appear			Main	0
Recurring characters
McKinley Belcher III	Trevor Evans	Recurring	Guest	Recurring	TBA	15
Michael Mosley	Mason Young	Recurring		Does not appear	TBA	9
Harris Yulin	Buddy Dieker	Recurring		Does not appear	TBA	12
Marc Menchaca	Russ Langmore	Recurring	Guest	Does not appear	TBA	9
Trevor Long	Cade Langmore	Recurring		Does not appear	TBA	13
Kevin L. Johnson	Sam Dermody	Recurring			TBA	15
Carson Holmes	Three Langmore	Recurring			TBA	18
Christopher James Baker	Boyd Langmore	Recurring	Does not appear		TBA	7
Evan George Vourazeris	Tuck	Recurring		Does not appear	TBA	8
Robert Treveiler	John Nix	Recurring			TBA	13
Michael Tourek	Ash	Recurring	Guest	Does not appear	TBA	6
Bethany Anne Lind	Grace Young	Recurring	Does not appear		TBA	5
Joseph Melendez	Garcia	Recurring	Does not appear		TBA	4
Lindsay Ayliffe	Harry	Guest	Recurring	Does not appear	TBA	4
Darren Goldstein	Charles Wilkes	Does not appear	Recurring	Guest	TBA	8
Nelson Bonilla	Nelson	Does not appear	Recurring		TBA	13
Melissa Saint-Amand	Jade	Does not appear	Recurring		TBA	7
John Bedford Lloyd	Frank Cosgrove	Does not appear	Recurring		TBA	7
Tess Malis Kincaid	SAC Clay	Does not appear	Recurring	Guest	TBA	5
Pedro Lopez	Jorge Mendoza	Does not appear	Guest	Recurring	TBA	5
Joseph Sikora	Frank Cosgrove Jr.	Does not appear		Recurring	TBA	6
Madison Thompson	Erin Pierce	Does not appear		Recurring	TBA	7
Marylouise Burke	Sue Shelby	Does not appear		Recurring	TBA	5
Tyler Chase	Tommy Walsh	Does not appear		Recurring	TBA	5

Main characters[]

Marty Byrde[]

Martin "Marty" Byrde (portrayed by Jason Bateman)^[1] is the husband of Wendy Byrde and father of Charlotte and Jonah Byrde. He was a self-employed financial advisor based in Chicago in 2007, when he and his business partner began to launder money for a Mexican drug cartel.

Wendy Byrde[]

Wendy Byrde (portrayed by Laura Linney)^[1] is the wife of Marty Byrde and the mother of Charlotte and Jonah Byrde. She was a public relations operative for political campaigns; she becomes an advance person and stager for a local realtor, and then a lobbyist for Marty's proposal to construct a casino. A bout of depression and feeling neglect from Marty led to her having an affair with Gary "Sugarwood" Silverberg, who was eventually killed.

Charlotte Byrde[]

Charlotte Byrde (portrayed by Sofia Hublitz)^[1] is the daughter of Marty and Wendy Byrde, and older sister to Jonah Byrde. She regularly expresses her dissatisfaction with the family's decision to move to the Ozarks.

Jonah Byrde[]

Jonah Byrde (portrayed by Skylar Gaertner)^[1] is the son of Marty and Wendy Byrde. Through his friendship to the Byrde's terminally ill tenant, Buddy, Jonah becomes interested in hunting and is coaxed into shooting and killing a deer by Jacob Snell.

Ruth Langmore[]

Ruth Langmore (portrayed by Julia Garner)^[2] is a young woman who is part of a local criminal family. While initially intending to use and betray Marty, she soon becomes business partners with him and ends up forming a genuine friendship with him. Ruth has a difficult relationship with her father, Cade, who is shown to be a criminal and often abuses and mistreats her. She begins a relationship with Ben Davis in Season 3.

Rachel Garrison[]

Rachel Garrison (portrayed by Jordana Spiro)^[3] is the owner of the Blue Cat hotel and bar and Marty's reluctant business partner. Throughout most of season 1, Rachel has a healthy and friendly relationship with Marty until she discovers his money laundering scheme and, despite agreeing to continue to work with him, loses all trust in him. Rachel, later, steals $300,000 from Marty from the $50 million of cartel money he had been hiding in the walls of the Blue Cat; with this money she flees the Ozarks and sometime later is seen suffering from substance abuse. While under the influence, Rachel crashes her car into a lamppost. Agent Petty uses these legal troubles to coerce Garrison into returning to the Ozarks and wearing a wire to spy on Marty. She and Marty have a brief affair in season 2.

Roy Petty[]

Roy Petty (portrayed by Jason Butler Harner)^[4] is an FBI agent investigating Marty. During season 1 Roy develops a sexual relationship with Russ Langmore who he later betrays and blackmails into becoming an informant. This ultimately backfires on Petty when Russ is murdered by Ruth, leading him to turn his attention to Rachel who he forces into spying on Marty. Petty takes care of his drug-addicted mother and also exhibits sociopathic behavior, which makes him a dangerous liability for the FBI.

Camino Del Rio[]

Camino "Del" Del Rio (portrayed by Esai Morales)^[5] is a lieutenant for Mexico's Navarro drug cartel. In the season 1 finale, Del is shot and killed by Darlene Snell after he insults her.

Jacob Snell[]

Jacob Snell (portrayed by Peter Mullan)^[6] is an established local heroin producer. He is married to Darlene Snell, who is also his business partner. They have a strong bond, which is tested when they go into business with the Byrdes. Eventually, the two have a falling out, with Jacob planning to kill Darlene over a disagreement in what direction to take their business, before Darlene finds out and kills Jacob first.

Darlene Snell[]

Darlene Snell (portrayed by Lisa Emery)^[7] is Jacob's wife and partner in the heroin business. After killing Jacob in Season 2, she becomes the adoptive mother of Zeke. In Season 3, she allows Wyatt to live with her in exchange for him helping on her farm land. Eventually, they begin a relationship.

Wyatt Langmore[]

Wyatt Langmore (portrayed by Charlie Tahan)^[8] is Russ's elder son and Ruth's cousin. He becomes good friends with Charlotte. He gets into college, but instead of attending, he moves in with Darlene Snell in exchange for doing work on her farm land. Eventually, he begins having a relationship with her.

Helen Pierce[]

Helen Pierce (portrayed by Janet McTeer)^[9] is a Chicago-based attorney who represents the cartel. She teams up with Wendy Byrde to expand their laundering empire to include casinos and resorts, against the wishes of Marty Byrde. Over time, her relationship with the cartel weakens as Omar Navarro grows closer in his relationship with the Byrdes. At the end of Season 3, he invites Pierce and the Byrdes to visit him in Mexico, where he immediately murders her in front of the Byrdes, as she is no longer of use to him.

Ben Davis[]

Ben Davis (portrayed by Tom Pelphrey)^[10] is Wendy's brother. After getting fired from his job as a substitute teacher, Ben moves in with the Byrdes. Later in season 3, Ben becomes romantically involved with Ruth. He suffers from bipolar disorder.

Maya Miller[]

Maya Miller (portrayed by Jessica Frances Dukes)^[11] is an FBI forensic accountant investigating the Byrdes' casino business.

Recurring characters[]

Mason Young[]

Mason Young (portrayed by Michael Mosley)^[12] is the pastor of a boat-based congregation. Unbeknownst to Young, the Snells had been selling drugs to the members of his congregation during his sermons. After discovering this, Mason refuses to continue doing his sermons, believing it to be immoral, much to the dismay of the Snells who seek revenge on Mason by murdering his pregnant wife, Grace. In season 2, Mason becomes homeless and has his son, Zeke, taken from him to be a ward of the state, which leads Mason to kidnap Wendy as a bid to get his son back. Despite Marty being able to return Zeke to Mason, Mason refuses to allow Wendy or Marty to leave and is eventually shot and killed by Marty as a result.

Buddy Dieker[]

Buddy Dieker (portrayed by Harris Yulin)^[13] is the terminally ill tennant of the Byrde's. He develops a close bond with the family, in particular with Wendy and Jonah, and would later help them with their dealings. He was originally from Detroit, Michigan and was a Teamsters Union leader at General Motors before retiring and moving to Missouri. He also was a veteran and a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War. He was married at one point, but little is known about what happened to his "one true love." At Buddy's funeral, Wendy states "we weren't related, but he was family."

Russ Langmore[]

Russ Langmore (portrayed by Marc Menchaca) is the father of Wyatt Langmore, and brother of Cade and Boyd Langmore. He forms a sexual relationship with Agent Petty who later betrays Russ and blackmails him into becoming an informant. When Ruth discovers that Russ has become an informant, she murders both him and Boyd by electrocution.

Cade Langmore[]

Cade Langmore (portrayed by Trevor Long)^[14] is the father of Ruth Langmore and the brother of Russ and Boyd Langmore. He is very controlling of his daughter, Ruth, and often abuses and mistreats her. He spends all of season 1 in prison where he is visited regularly by Ruth. At the start of season 2, Cade is released from prison but continues to break the law.

Trevor Evans[]

Trevor Evans (portrayed by McKinley Belcher III)^[15] is an FBI agent and Petty's ex-lover.

Charles Wilkes[]

Charles Wilkes (portrayed by Darren Goldstein)^[16] is a wealthy businessman and political donor.

Other recurring characters[]

Introduced in season 1[]

• Kevin L. Johnson as Sam Dermody, a real estate agent in the Ozarks^[17]
• Carson Holmes as Three Langmore, Wyatt Langmore's brother and Russ Langmore's son
• Christopher James Baker as Boyd Langmore, Russ Langmore's brother
• Evan George Vourazeris as Tuck, a young man with developmental disabilities who works part-time at the Blue Cat Lodge and becomes Jonah's first friend in the Ozarks
• Robert Treveiler as John Nix, a sheriff who is indebted to the Snells
• Michael Tourek as Ash, an enforcer for the Snells
• Bethany Anne Lind as Grace Young, the wife of Mason Young
• Joseph Melendez as Garcia, an enforcer for Del
• Lindsay Ayliffe as Harry, a funeral home owner

Introduced in season 2[]

• Nelson Bonilla as Nelson, an enforcer for Helen Pierce
• Melissa Saint-Amand as Jade, a stripper who forms a relationship with Sam
• John Bedford Lloyd as Frank Cosgrove, trucking company owner and leader of the Kansas City Mafia
• Damian Young as Jim Rattelsdorf, Wilkes' right-hand man
• Pedro Lopez as Jorge Mendoza, a member of the Navarro Cartel
• Tess Malis Kincaid as SAC Clay, Petty's and Miller's FBI boss

Introduced in season 3[]

• Joseph Sikora as Frank Cosgrove Jr., son of Frank Cosgrove and Kansas City Mafia member
• Felix Solis as Omar Navarro, the leader of a Mexican drug cartel
• Madison Thompson as Erin Pierce, Helen's daughter
• Marylouise Burke as Sue Shelby, the Byrdes' therapist
• Tyler Chase as Tommy Walsh, a Kansas City Mafia member and FBI snitch

References[]