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Battlestar Galactica (New Series) Characters

WILLIAM ADAMA (Edward James Olmos)

The Admiral of the fleet and commanding officer of the battlestar Galactica is an experienced, pragmatic leader who does not stand on ceremony, preferring a simple day uniform with a minimum of insignia. Above all, he considers his crew to be his family. Consequently, his recent decision to abandon many of them on Cylon-occupied New Caprica in order to save the Galactica, the Pegasus and the rest of the fleet from destruction was especially difficult — and his determination to return and rescue the colonists is unshakable.

LAURA ROSLIN (Mary McDonnell)

The former Colonial Secretary of Education was 43rd in the line of succession when she assumed the presidency of the Twelve Colonies on the day of the Cylon attack. While rising to the challenge of leading the fleet, she also waged a private struggle with breast cancer before being cured by a stem-cell treatment from the human-Cylon infant. Projecting class and confidence, she possesses great innate intelligence and stoicism, and she believes that she is destined to lead humanity to a new home on the legendary "13th colony," Earth. For now, however, having lost the presidency to Gaius Baltar, she has become a teacher in the human settlement on New Caprica.

GAIUS BALTAR (James Callis)

This brilliant but unstable scientist — whose unwitting complicity aided the Cylon slaughter of humanity — recently defeated Laura Roslin to become President of the Twelve Colonies and has now surrendered the fledgling human settlement of New Caprica to its Cylon occupiers. Stylish, handsome, and idiosyncratic, he often displays the false humility of the truly arrogant and also is secretly plagued by unexplained visions of the beautiful Cylon Number Six.

NUMBER SIX (Tricia Helfer)

She wields her drop-dead looks as a weapon, and her keenly intelligent eyes seem to look straight through Gaius Baltar's self-serving lies. Every move and gesture of this human-form Cylon is smooth and precise. She claims that God talks to her … and she, in turn, talks to Baltar. While her manifestation in Baltar's mind remains incorporeal, her numerous physical bodies each possess varying personalities and roles within the Cylon hierarchy.

LEE ADAMA “Apollo” (Jamie Bamber)

This former Viper pilot (callsign "Apollo") and only surviving son of Admiral Adama has been promoted to commanding officer of the battlestar Pegasus. Although he controls his emotions as he would a fighter craft, his critical role in humanity's fight for survival has forced him to acknowledge and accept the trauma of his brother Zak's death, a process that has left him closer both to his father and to Zak's one-time fiancée, Kara Thrace. Despite this newfound commitment to family and friends, his loyalty to the law and to his own moral code still rules his actions.

KARA THRACE “Starbuck” (Katee Sackhoff)

The fleet's most experienced, impulsive, and rebellious Viper pilot (callsign "Starbuck") has left the Galactica and the military behind to join the settlement on New Caprica with her husband Samuel Anders. Now she finds herself confronted with life under the Cylon occupation — an ordeal of restriction and fear that she finds intolerable.

SHARON VALERII “Boomer / Athena” (Grace Park)

Sharon was a well-liked rookie Raptor pilot (callsign "Boomer") until her true identity as a Cylon was revealed — by her attempted public assassination of William Adama. One of her multiple copies became romantically involved with Helo on Caprica, surrendered to custody aboard the Galactica to remain near him, and has since aided the humans against her own people. She bore a daughter, who she and Helo named Hera, and who Sharon believes was murdered on the orders of Adama and Roslin. Her grudge for this perceived betrayal is profound. Regardless, welcomed once more into the ranks of the Galactica's crew, this new avatar of Sharon has resumed her duties as a pilot, with a new callsign: "Athena."

KARL C. AGATHON “Helo” (Tahmoh Penikett)

Sharon Valerii's former ECO (Electronic Countermeasures Officer) and fellow Raptor pilot (callsign "Helo") was stranded on Cylon-occupied Caprica after the initial attack. There, he met another copy of Sharon, fell in love with her, and eventually returned with her to the Galactica to await the birth of their child, Hera. Recently promoted to executive officer of the Galactica, he struggles to balance his very real loyalty to humanity's fight for survival with his equally real love for the Cylon mother of his child.

SAUL TIGH (Michael Hogan)

The Galactica's executive officer is the best man for Adama to have at his side — even if Tigh is tightly wound, moody, and a highly functional alcoholic. Although goaded by his wife, Ellen, to seize the reins of power, he has struggled to resist — because the last thing he wants is to be in command. Proving his loyalty to Adama, he spent most of New Caprica's first year of existence aboard the nearly deserted Galactica before finally moving down to the new settlement — just in time for the Cylon arrival. Now, under enemy occupation and cut off from his ship and commander, Tigh must at last become a leader — in the human resistance movement.

Was revealed to be one of the final five Cylons.

GALEN TYROL (Aaron Douglas)

The Galactica's deck chief has spent a lifetime caring for big machines and the people who fix them. In the process, he has become the kind of man for whom his crew would do anything. After learning that his lover Sharon was a Cylon and then losing her to Helo, he has started a relationship with Specialist Cally, a member of his devoted crew. He moved with Cally to New Caprica, married her, and fathered a child with her. Always looking out for the little guy, Tyrol rallied his fellow workers to protest President Baltar's treatment of the settlement's laborers, and, in the wake of the Cylon occupation, has become a resistance leader.

Was revealed to be one of the final five Cylons.

FELIX GAETA (Alessandro Juliani)

The former senior officer of the watch in the Galactica's Combat Information Center (CIC) now serves as an aide to President Baltar on New Caprica. He's a multitalented man who once hoped to use the military as a decorous path to a prestigious career, only to see his ambitions crushed by the Cylon attack. Still, his high-achieving nature has not rendered him cold and emotionless; he has revealed both compassion and loyalty even as he positions himself in close proximity to the fleet's power brokers.

ANASTASIA DUALLA (Kandyse McClure)

Anastasia Dualla served in the Galactica's Combat Information Center (CIC) before transferring to the battlestar Pegasus. She is no-nonsense, tough and pragmatic — even when falling in love. After a relationship with President Roslin's assistant Billy Keikeya, she found herself falling for Lee Adama, and it's no coincidence that the two now serve together aboard his ship. She was the first to spot the Cylon fleet as it bore down on New Caprica, and she remains aboard the Pegasus now that it has retreated from the human settlement.

NUMBER THREE (Lucy Lawless)

A beautiful and confident member of the Cylon leadership, one of her copies gained unprecedented access to the Galactica's officers and crew by posing as a Fleet News Service reporter producing a documentary about the military. Among the Cylons, her model is also known as Number Three.

TOM ZAREK (Richard Hatch)

On the day of the attack, political activist Zarek was serving 20 years in prison for terrorist acts against the government of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol. In the profoundly different atmosphere after the Cylon attack, he gained support in the fleet through his outspoken criticism of President Roslin, was elected to the Quorum of Twelve as the representative of Sagittaron, and eventually served as the campaign manager who won the election for Gaius Baltar. His commitment to humanity's survival is indubitable, but his methods remain extreme.

CALLY TYROL (Nicki Clyne)

Cally Tyrol . Cally first appeared in the opening minutes of the pilot miniseries, in the first scene set on Galactica. Originally, Cally was supposed to be little more than an extra to whom the writers assigned a name, but soon after the series began, they stated that they enjoyed Clyne's performance and expanded the role into a recurring character. In season three, Cally marries Chief Galen Tyrol and takes his last name. According to cast and crew interviews, her maiden name was Henderson and placed by the art department as a label on her locker, but that name was never revealed in dialog.

SAMUEL T. ANDERS (Michael Trucco)

Samuel Anders, a former star Pyramid player for the Caprica Buccaneers, was the leader of a group of survivors on Caprica who escaped the initial Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies. His group was encountered by Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, and Karl "Helo" Agathon in the wilderness just outside the ruins of Delphi. His group was spared from the nuclear attack on the cities because they were out in the wilderness at a high elevation performing athletic training. Since the attack, the group rounded up supplies and weapons and formed a resistance militia which began conducting raids and sabotage on the Cylon forces occupying Delphi.

Was revealed to be one of the final five Cylons.

BILLY KEIKEYA (Paul Campbell)

Assistant to President Roslin. Young, eager to please, smart and polite, he was one of those people who's usually smarter than everyone else in the room but never let anyone know it. He'd have made a great diplomat someday, but his life was tragically cut short when he sacrificed his life to help Colonial forces end a hostage crisis.

TORY FOSTER (Rekha Sharma)

Before the Destruction of the Twelve Colonies, she was a precinct captain for the Federalist Party in Delphi on Caprica for five years. In this capacity, she became an expert on polling.

Following the death of Billy Keikeya, Tory Foster becomes one of President Laura Roslin's chief aides and advisors. She takes a particular responsibility for managing Roslin's election campaign.

Was revealed to be one of the final five Cylons.

CAVIL (Dean Stockwell)

Cavil is a humanoid Cylon agent, and appears as an eccentric man in his late-sixties; he is the oldest-looking Humanoid Cylon encountered thus far in the series. Unlike the other humanoid Cylons, Cavil has a sarcastic demeanor and a sense of humor. He takes neither religion nor death seriously.

Two versions of Cavil appear at the end of the second season in the episodes "Lay Down Your Burdens, Parts I and II". His first appearance is as a religious counselor provided by the fleet

A second version of Cavil appears among the survivors from Caprica after Kara "Starbuck" Thrace leads a rescue mission to the planet.

LT. 'CRASHDOWN' (Samuel Witwer)

ELLEN TIGH (Kate Vernon)

ADMIRAL HELENA CAIN (Michelle Forbes)

LEOBEN CONOY (Callum Keith Rennie)

AARON DORAL (Matthew Bennett)

MAJOR 'DOC' COTTLE (Donnelly Rhodes)

PRIESTESS ELOSHA (Lorena Gale)

BRENDAN "HOT DOG" COSTANZA (Bodie Olmos)

LOUANNE 'KAT' KATRAINE (Luciana Carro)

MARGARET 'RACETRACK' EDMONDSON (Leah Cairns)

SPECIALIST SOCINUS (Alonso Oyarzun)

SIMON (Rick Worthy)

HYBRID (Tiffany Lyndall-Knight)

SPECIALIST JAMES 'JAMMER' LYMAN (Dominic Zamprogna)

TUCKER 'DUCK' CLELLAN (Christian Tessier)

JEAN BAROLAY (Alisen Down)

SARAH PORTER (Particia Idlette)

PLAYA PALACIOS (Christina Schild)

SEKOU HAMILTON (Biski Gugushe)

ENSIGN DIANA SEELIX (Jen Halley)

SESHA ABINELL (Dana Delaney)

PHELAN (Bill Duke)

PRESIDENT RICHARD ADAR (Colm Feore)

CAPTAIN AARON KELLY (Ty Olsson)

NORA CLELLAN (Emily Holmes)

BOXEY (Connor Widdows)

SHEVON (Claudette Mink)

PAYA (Hayley Guiel)

KACEY (Madeline Parker)

NICHOLAS STEPHEN TYROL (Finn Devit)

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