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The Blacklist is an American crime drama television series that premiered on NBC on September 23, 2013. Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader), a former government agent turned high-profile criminal, who had eluded capture for decades, voluntarily surrenders to the FBI, offering to cooperate on capturing a list of criminals who are virtually impossible to catch. He insists on working with a rookie profiler by the name of Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone). The show also stars Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold and Harry Lennix. The pilot episode was written by Jon Bokenkamp and directed by Joe Carnahan. Executive producers for the series include Bokenkamp, John Eisendrath, and John Davis for Sony Pictures Television, Universal Television, and Davis Entertainment. In February 2015, The Blacklist was renewed for a third season,[1] with Hisham Tawfiq promoted to main cast.[2]

Cast overview

Actor Character Position Seasons
1 2 3
James Spader Raymond Reddington Confidential informant, FBI Main
Megan Boone Elizabeth Keen/Masha Rostova Special agent, FBI Main
Diego Klattenhoff Donald Ressler Special agent, FBI
Director of the Counterterrorism Division, FBI		 Main
Ryan Eggold Tom Keen/Jacob Phelps Covert operative Main
Parminder Nagra Meera Malik Field agent, CIA Main
Harry Lennix Harold Cooper Director of the Counterterrorism Division, FBI Main
Amir Arison Aram Mojtabai Computer specialist, FBI Recurring Main
Mozhan Marnò Samar Navabi Agent, Mossad Main
Hisham Tawfiq Dembe Zuma Reddington's bodyguard Recurring Main

Main characters

Raymond Reddington

Portrayed by James Spader

Raymond "Red" Reddington is a former government agent, presumed to be a member of the United States Navy; and number 4 on the FBI's Most Wanted List.[3] A U.S. Naval Academy graduate, he once worked in US counterintelligence and was being groomed for Admiral when something happened on his way home for the Christmas holidays. Nicknamed "the concierge of crime", Reddington is known for brokering deals between criminals. He willfully surrenders to the FBI and provides information on a roster of criminals that he refers to as The Blacklist: dangerous criminals who are so careful to avoid leaving any traces behind that the FBI has not even detected their existence. His ethics are somewhat murky, and he espouses the use of some crimes (such as extortion, counterfeiting, torture and murder) in the service of "the greater good". He uses his arrangement with the FBI to pursue his own secret agenda; it was revealed that he needed their help to find Berlin, a mysterious nemesis who had been attacking his organization.

He has an unexplained interest in Elizabeth Keen and knows personal secrets about her that she has never made public. He will stop at nothing to protect her and even went as far as to block her memories of the fire she was trapped in. But she finally regains them and learns that when her father attacked her mother, she killed him while still a child. Red explains that he never wanted Liz to end up like him and was trying to prevent that. It is implied several times that Reddington may be Keen's biological father. No proof of this is ever shown, and Red himself denies it when directly confronted by Liz, although he does claim that he knew her father well. He also knew Liz's mother.

After the death of Alan Fitch, Reddington comes into conflict with the Director, the new head of the Cabal. The Director did not believe that Reddington had the Fulcrum, a blackmail file which Reddington had used as leverage to force a stalemate with the Cabal, and wanted to end the détente and kill Reddington. In response, Reddington urgently began seeking the Fulcrum, and managed to collect various items needed to decrypt it. Finally, after he confessed to Liz that he had initially hired Tom Keen to enter her life and watch over her, she gave him the Fulcrum, after which he was shot by the Director's agents. However, he survived. He continued to throw obstacles into Liz's path as she sought to find out more about her mother. When Liz was framed by the Cabal for the assassination of Senator Hawkins, Reddington countered by gathering 11 of the world's top investigative journalists and giving them the information contained in the Fulcrum. He later helped Liz go on the run after she assassinated Tom Connolly.

Elizabeth Keen

Portrayed by Megan Boone

Elizabeth Scott Keen is a former FBI profiler. According to Reddington and the FBI, her birth name is Masha Rostova, and she was born in Moscow to Katarina Rostova, a Russian intelligence agent whom everyone regards as a "myth". Elizabeth has a mysterious and traumatic past: her wrist bears a large scar from a fire she was trapped in as a child, and her only memory of her biological father is of him rescuing her from the fire. Reddington admitted to blocking her memories of the fire. She eventually regains her memory of the event when she killed her father to protect her mother. Reddington had been trying to protect her from the knowledge when he blocked her memories.

She is the only person with whom Reddington is willing to work. She has yet to learn why, but he has told her that it has something to do with her missing father. While her adoptive father lay dying in the hospital, he insists to Red that Liz "deserves to know", but his death is hastened by Red to prevent Liz from "knowing". She develops a bond with Reddington as they continue to work together. The Director indicates there is a close personal connection between Liz and Red, but refuses to tell her what it is. Her once-idyllic marriage to Tom Keen unraveled as she discovered evidence that he was not the man he appeared to be. After she found out he was an agent hired by Berlin to keep her under surveillance, she had the marriage annulled. She kept Tom imprisoned on an abandoned ship for several months, interrogating him. Eventually, she was forced to let him go in exchange for Berlin's location after he murdered a harbormaster, Eugene Ames.

Local police investigated Ames' murder and had enough evidence to arrest Liz for her involvement; but she was saved by the intervention of Reddington, Cooper, then-assistant AG Connolly, and Tom himself. She also learned that she was the key to unlocking the mysteries of the Fulcrum, and that she had unknowingly had the Fulcrum itself in her possession since childhood. With the help of Leonard Caul, she deciphered the Fulcrum's contents and confronted the Director with them. She was then unknowingly infected with a customized biological weapon by the Cabal and tricked into infecting their target, Senator Hawkins. The Cabal then framed her for Hawkins's assassination and for being a Russian spy. After shooting Tom Connolly upon learning of his involvement with the faking of Cooper's cancer and the Cabal's sinister intentions for the other agents on the task force, Elizabeth is now a fugitive on the FBI's Most Wanted List. To evade capture by the FBI, she sought asylum at the Russian embassy, identifying herself as "Masha Rostova" and pretending to be a Russian spy.

In "Marvin Gerard", as Liz is being escorted to the airport, the convoy is attacked by Ressler and forcing Liz to run on foot. At a diner, she confronts Red for preventing her asylum until she learns he did this to save her life from being killed by the Cabal. While holding everyone in the diner hostage, Liz attacks an abusive boyfriend of one of the hostages' and nearly kills him until Red stops her. In "Eli Matchett", Liz comes to the realization that even if her name is cleared, it's impossible for her to go back to the life she once knew and must rely on Red to help her survive as a criminal. In "Arioch Cain", Liz and Red fake her death, after a bounty is put on Liz's head.

In "Kings of the Highway", Liz tracks down Reddington after he is kidnapped and ransoms him using a valuable object that Dembe claims is needed to clear her name. While Liz and Dembe are making the exchange for Reddington, the FBI arrives, and Ressler arrests Liz.

In "The Director", Liz is locked in the task force's cell as Ressler tries to protect her until she can testify. The Director and Laurel Hitchins attempt to prevent this by transferring Liz to an undisclosed location due to her supposedly having terrorist connections and then suffocating her when Aram changes the box's door code. Liz is nearly transferred, but the White House counsel is able to prevent it and Ressler returns to transfer her to the courthouse. In "The Director: Conclusion," Liz spends the night in a cell protected by Ressler which keeps the Cabal from reaching her, but Laurel plots to have her assassinated as she's moved. Liz is later taken before a judge where she faces multiple charges that each come with a death sentence, including sixteen counts of murder. Laurel tries to have Liz assassinated, but is forced to call off her attempt by Red who captures the Director and threatens to turn him over to the World Court. With the help of Marvin Gerard, Red makes a deal with Laurel for her to publically exonerate Liz on all but Tom Connolly's murder. In that case, Liz had to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter and would get three years probation. Though she would be free, Liz could never return to the FBI. Liz reluctantly took the deal in the end as Red ensured she'd remain part of the task force as an asset like him. Liz was publically exonerated by Laurel while Karakurt was taken into custody and exposed as the man who had committed the terrorist acts Liz had been framed for. That night, Liz emerges from the courthouse a free woman and hugs Red who is waiting for her.

Donald Ressler

Portrayed by Diego Klattenhoff

Donald Ressler is a senior FBI agent who is a stickler for procedure. His father was an honest policeman who was betrayed and killed by his corrupt partner after refusing to take bribes. He spent five years on an FBI task force obsessively pursuing Reddington, which resulted in his fiancee's breaking off their engagement. He despises having to work with a criminal like Reddington, but he acknowledges that Reddington does get results. Initially he distrusts Liz Keen and her connection to Reddington, but eventually comes to respect and work well with her. After he was shot by Anslo Garrick, he reignited his relationship with his former fiancée, Audrey Bidwell. Unfortunately in "Mako Tanida" she was killed by Mako Tanida, after which Ressler learned she was pregnant with his child. Before Tanida died, Ressler is betrayed by his former friend, Bobby Jonica, when he learns of his involvement and chased after him. While confronting him, Ressler blamed Jonica for his betrayal that lead to the deaths of their closest friends and Audrey. He gave Jonica a choice to kill himself with a knife or Ressler will shoot him. He later developed an addiction to pain medication, but managed to overcome it.

In "Tom Connolly", with Cooper removed from being the FBI Director of Counterterrorism, Wright names Ressler as acting director. When Liz goes on the run after killing Tom Connolly, Ressler urges her to come in, saying that otherwise he will have to lead the FBI manhunt against her.

In "The Troll Farmer", Ressler interrogates Cooper for his involvement in letting Liz escape and learns a little bit of the Cabal's plans for the FBI itself. He eventually decides to release Cooper, but warns that they will keep an eye on him. In "Marvin Gerard", Red informs Ressler that the Cabal had set a trap up for Liz at the airport and he rushes in to prevent the departure. Though he succeeds, Liz is shaken up by his reckless actions, believing he wanted to capture her, and flees the scene before Ressler could explain himself. He is later visited by Tom Keen, wishing to assist him knowing trouble is on the horizon for both Red and Liz. In "Eli Matchett", Ressler refuses his help and warns Tom to stay out of his way.

After arresting Liz, Ressler joins Red's efforts to protect her from the Cabal, aiding in protecting Karakurt in "the Director." He later tells Liz that he believes she was framed and he would not have arrested her if he believed he couldn't protect her. Ressler is able to protect Liz until Red forces the Cabal to exonerate her. He then returns control of the task force to the reinstated Cooper.

Tom Keen

Portrayed by Ryan Eggold

Thomas Vincent Keen, born Jacob Phelps (Blacklister N° 7), is Elizabeth's husband, an elementary school teacher who turns out to be a covert operative working for Berlin. When first confronted by Elizabeth, Tom asserts to her that he was assigned to protect her, and that Reddington "is not who [she] think[s] he is". Elizabeth shoots him and stages his death, but keeps him prisoner on a boat for several months in order to extract as much information as possible. When she is nearly discovered by the harbor master, Tom saves her by strangling him to death; as a token of gratitude, she lets Tom escape. Tom later meets with Reddington and their conversation reveals a previous working relationship. Apparently, Tom was recruited at the age of 14 by a blacklister known as The Major (Lance Henriksen) due to the combination of sociopathy and extreme talent, to be groomed for covert operations. Reddington acquired him from The Major in order to insert him into Elizabeth's life, but when Berlin found out, he doubled Reddington's price. After his escape, Tom utilizes The Major for a new covert operation as a neo-Nazi drug and arms dealer in Dresden named Christof Mannheim, but not before calling Elizabeth; he appears to have developed genuine feelings for her during their "marriage", which seems to complicate matters for both The Major and Reddington, as it was the reason behind his killing the harbor master on Elizabeth's boat. When Elizabeth nearly gets subpoenaed for the harbor master's murder, Reddington and Ressler attempt to extradite Tom from Germany so he can clear her name; Tom initially refuses, but then appears in court and willfully surrenders. With the help of Assistant Attorney General, "Smiling Tommy" Connolly, Reddington helps Tom and Elizabeth sweep the whole event under the rug; Elizabeth is cleared while Tom "never existed". The Major, seeing Tom as a liability after this affair, tries to shoot Tom but the Germans intercept them; Tom bargains for their lives and they both manage to escape, but The Major is still set to have Tom killed. Desperate, Tom hides at Elizabeth's place and pleads her to give him his passports; in exchange, she convinces him to tell her the truth about his relationship with Reddington, then reveals that she had always known that on some level, Tom's love for her and their life together was genuine. He later tells Liz of his dream to become a fisherman and urges her to come with him to Japan to start a new life with each other, but she declines, telling him that she needs to finish what she's started. After Liz kills Tom Connolly and becomes one of the FBI's most wanted, Tom departs on his boat to Japan to begin his new life.

In "Marvin Gerard", Tom appears before Ressler, wishing to help assist him in saving Liz, suspecting the tides are against Red's favor. In "Eli Matchett", he and Ressler get into a brief scuffle with each other. While waiting for Liz to call him, Tom meets with Cooper and is recruited to help investigate Karakurt. Posing as a hustler, he befriends a wealthy socialite and infiltrates an underground street-fighting ring, where he eventually locates Karakurt. He brings the assassin to Cooper, but the Cabal finds them, forcing all three men to go on the run.

Meera Malik

Portrayed by Parminder Nagra

Meera Malik is a CIA field agent assigned to Reddington's security detail at the personal request of Diane Fowler. Not much has been revealed about her character other than that she is a CIA agent tasked with Reddington's file, and that she is the mother of two children. She was revealed to have unknowingly leaked information to the terrorist Anslo Garrick upon the orders of an unknown individual. Reddington discovers this and forces her to help him unmask the person responsible. In season 1's finale, "Berlin: Conclusion", she is killed in a nightclub by an escaped convict who slits her throat.

Aram Mojtabai

Portrayed by Amir Arison

Aram Mojtabai is a quirky and skilled technician who regularly assists the FBI. He formerly worked for the NSA. He is friends with Elizabeth Keen. It is shown that Aram likes Samar Navabi.

In "The Djinn", Red appeals to Aram for help in locating Nasim Bakhash as part of his plans to exonerate Keen. In "Kings of the Highway", Aram reveals his knowledge of what he has learned from the laptop in exchange for Ressler telling him of the protocols. It's also there he begins to feel guilty for having to tell about Samar's plans to help Liz and Red. As she leaves, Aram realizes the extent of what could happen to Keen if the Cabal get their hands on her and has to decide where his loyalties lie.

When Liz is arrested and the Director comes to take her into custody, Aram changes the password to her cell to lock him out. The Director cuts off Liz's air in order to force Aram to give up the password. Aram then confronts the Director at gunpoint in a desperate attempt to stop him from taking Liz. She persuades Aram to stand down, but in the process he buys enough time for Cynthia Panabaker, the White House counsel, to arrive and transfer Liz to a federal courthouse under Ressler's direct supervision. Aram later joins Red's team to kidnap the Director and exonerate Liz by using his computer skills to hack an elevator's controls to make it go to the wrong floor. The mission is a success and Liz is exonerated of all but the murder of Tom Connolly which she takes a plea to involuntary manslaughter for and is set free.

Samar Navabi

Portrayed by Mozhan Marnò

Samar Navabi is a Mossad agent from Iran. She is a highly skilled interrogator. She first appears in the season 2 premiere, "Lord Baltimore," in which she briefly captures and interrogates Reddington. Later she joins the Blacklist task force on an indefinite basis. She appears to be colluding with Reddington for an unknown purpose.

In "Zal Bin Hassan", Samar's past is revealed and how she witnessed the death of her parents. Red then scolds her knowing that she almost had her family's killer back in Cairo, but missed one key element that lead to both her partner being killed and Samar being hospitalized. She has an emotional reunion with her brother, Shahin, who was believed to have died years earlier in a bombing. However, Samar soon discovers that her brother is not who she believes him to be, and is in fact the very terrorist she had spent years hunting. She helps her former partner destroy important documents, but she is captured by her brother and taken to the harbor, where Reddington intercepts them, freeing Samar and capturing Shahin. Reddington asks Samar to let him take Shahin for his own purposes, and she sadly agrees, saying her brother died long ago. Afterwards, Samar and Ressler become intimate.

Samar secretly helps Liz locate Reddington after he is kidnapped. When Ressler finds out and confronts her, she admits to it and to previously tipping Liz and Tom off to help them evade the FBI, arguing that if Liz is arrested, she will inevitably be killed by the Cabal. In response, Ressler promptly fires Samar from the task force. She then joins Reddington and helps him carry out his plan to exonerate Liz.

Harold Cooper

Portrayed by Harry Lennix

Harold Cooper is the former Assistant Director of the FBI Counterterrorism Division and former head of the covert FBI task force assigned to pursue the criminals on the Blacklist. He is on an upwardly mobile career path in the Bureau, something that his work with Reddington occasionally threatens to derail. He had a particular interest in Reddington's past, and is willing to oblige Reddington's unusual requests due to this understanding of him. He was attacked and put into a coma by Berlin's agents at the end of season 1.

By Season 2, Cooper regained consciousness, but is revealed to have an inoperable brain tumor in the episode "T. Earl King VI." With the help of his friend, Attorney General Connolly, he entered an experimental drug trial. However, he has had to compromise his ethics and perform various morally dubious tasks for Connolly in order to stay in his favor and remain in the trial. He confronts Connolly, who admits that he has been manipulating him on behalf of the Cabal. He blackmails Cooper into helping them, saying that they will destroy Cooper and his wife Charlene if he fails to cooperate. Cooper tells Reddington about the situation, and the two attempt to use Cooper's connection to Connolly against the Cabal. When Liz is framed for the assassination of Senator Hawkins, Cooper flatly refuses to cooperate with the Cabal and is placed on administrative leave by Connolly. After Liz finds evidence that Cooper's doctor is working for the Cabal, Cooper confronts the man and discovers that the Cabal faked his cancer and that he is not dying. After he witnesses Liz's murder of Connolly, he tells her to run, and later turns over his badge. Ressler interrogates him to determine his complicity in Connolly's murder, but eventually decides to release him.

In "Marvin Gerard", Cooper is told by Wright that in order for him to have the charges dropped against him, Cooper not only has to resign, but also take a desk job. Although he reluctantly does, Cooper is determined to help Liz clear her name and investigates Karakurt. In "Eli Matchett", Cooper meets with Tom in a Chinese Restaurant and although he can't be trusted, Cooper thinks he's perfect for the job. He recruits Tom to help investigate Karakurt. Later, Tom brings Karakurt to Cooper's house and they are forced to flee with Charlene when the Cabal sends a team to kill Karakurt. Charlene suggests they hide at their neighbor's cabin, admitting that she had cheated on Cooper with him.

In "The Director Conclusion," after Red forces the Cabal to exonerate Liz, a mission Copper aids in, Cooper is reinstated as head of the task force and congratulates Ressler for his work in Cooper's absence.

Dembe Zuma

Portrayed by Hisham Tawfiq

Reddington's trusted and loyal bodyguard, driver, factotum, and confidante, Dembe is introduced as a Muslim former freedom fighter from South Sudan. It was assumed that he was Raymond Reddington's bodyguard. The episode "The Mombasa Cartel" revealed that he was born the youngest son of a farmer named Samwel Zuma. When he reported a number of low-ranking operatives of a poaching organization, the Mombasa Cartel, to the authorities, the cartel killed Dembe's father, mother and siblings and sold him to human traffickers. At some point, he was being held by the Eberhardt Cartel. He spent eight years in the world of human trafficking and was enslaved until the age of 14, when Reddington found him half-dead and chained to a pipe in the basement of a brothel in Nairobi. Reddington took care of him, nursed him back to health and made sure he got an education. Dembe eventually got a bachelor's degree in English Literature, learned to speak four languages fluently and learned six others well enough to get by. Dembe rarely speaks, and does not converse without being close to Reddington.

In "The Troll Farmer," it is revealed that Dembe has a daughter and a granddaughter whom Matthias Solomon uses as leverage to force him to surrender to him. In "Eli Matchett" Dembe is further tortured by Solomon's associates for refusing to disclose Red's whereabouts. He later finds Mr. Vargas in the same situation, and the two team up to escape. However, Vargas betrays Dembe and shoots him. Dembe rescues Red and Liz from Solomon before collapsing from his injuries.

The Blacklist

The Blacklist is a list of criminals that Raymond Reddington has compiled in his illegal business dealings. Names on the list are criminals that the FBI does not have overwhelming evidence against, hence why they have never been caught. Some criminals are unknown to the FBI, or have avoided leaving behind the needed evidence for conviction, or live a high profile public life whilst concealing their criminal behaviour.

The list is truly international with at least several members from Serbia, China, Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Mexico, etc., in addition to those from the United States.

It is unknown how many members the list contains, but the highest number revealed on the list so far is 161.

The Blacklist is not numbered by importance or threat level. Unlike the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards, Red is certainly using a different set of standards for his personal list.

A few Blacklisters are also members of the Cabal.

Pavlovich brothers

Portrayed by Goran Ivanovski, Renne Gjoni, James Biberi and Stivi Paskoski

The Pavlovich brothers (Blacklisters N° 119-122) were four Serbian relatives who specialized in snatch and grab operations. They first got a taste for blood working for Milošević's protective detail during the ethnic cleansing campaigns of the Yugoslav Wars, but went on to operate independently with no political affiliation. Working together as a team, they used high firepower and ruthless tactics to achieve their goals.

In the series' pilot, they kidnapped Beth Ryker, the daughter of General Daniel Ryker, by killing six FBI Agents during the ambush.

They then kidnapped a Chinese scientist who had been rescued by the CIA. Later, Raymond Reddington hired them to kidnap Tom Keen. They delivered Tom to Elizabeth Keen. While attempting to smuggle Xiaoping Li back to China, they were killed at McKendrick Pier.

Stanley Kornish, "The Stewmaker"

Portrayed by Tom Noonan (season 1, episode 4; season 2, episode 8)

Stanley R. Kornish (Blacklister N° 161), a dentist by trade, had a separate career as a professional body disposal expert. Working for whoever could afford his services, he used his expert knowledge of chemicals to dissolve corpses until there was almost nothing left. He kept a photo of and a tooth from each victim as a souvenir. His dog accompanied him on his disposals.

In "The Decembrist", Raymond Reddington tells Milos Kirchoff how he interrogated Kornish about a photograph of Zoe D'Antonio found on the body of one of his associates. He explains that Zoe was brought to Kornish, for him to make her disappear.

Gina Zanetakos

Portrayed by Margarita Levieva

Gina Zanetakos (Blacklister Nº 152) was a corporate terrorist who committed terrorist acts that resulted in corporations losing or gaining an advantage over the competition. Raymond Reddington said she once contacted him for help in assassinating a Supreme Court judge.

Using the alias Shubie Hartwell, she entered the United States. She was hired by the Hanar Group to detonate a dirty bomb in the Port of Houston. The explosion would have allowed the Hanar investors to profit from the re-routing of sea shipping to New Orleans. After being captured, she was allowed a plea bargain since the bomb had not devastated the port. A search of her apartment produced a photograph of Tom Keen who she claims not to know. When questioned about the murder of Victor Fokin, she claims to have committed the crime on the orders of Raymond Reddington.

Anslo Garrick

Portrayed by Ritchie Coster

Anslo Garrick (Blacklister N° 16) was a mercenary who specialized in raiding secret and well defended prison facilities and extracting high level prisoners, always using extreme levels of violence. He worked almost exclusively with a unit of highly armed, countryless mercenaries known as "the Wild Bunch". At some point, he raided a CIA blacksite in the Bering Sea to exfiltrate a man named Mahmoud al-Azok. His employer paid him to plant evidence that blamed the raid on Peruvian insurgent organization Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, Communist Party of Peru, Partido Comunista del Perú). At some point he and Raymond Reddington worked together, though the alliance ended in 2008 when Garrick gave the FBI his train number and itenerary for a stop at Waterloo station in Brussels. Once Red arrived, a hit squad led by Donald Ressler made an attempt on his life, but failed. Red realized that Garrick had betrayed him and shot him in the face, damaging the right side of his face and apparently blinding his right eye. However, Garrick survived and spent 5 years in a prison described as a "black hole". To remind himself of the incident, Garrick never had the facial scarring repaired by surgery.

He was hired by Alan Fitch to kidnap Reddington. He succeeded in extracting Reddington from the FBI's custody, and tortured him. Reddington ultimately killed him in "Anslo Garrick Conclusion."

Madeline Pratt

Portrayed by Jennifer Ehle

Madeline Pratt (Blacklister N° 73), outwardly, is a well-known and politically active socialite. Behind the facade, she forms relationships and affiliations with powerful, influential people and then uses those connections to commit million dollar heists. Reddington credits her with the theft of 6 million dollars' worth of diamonds from a De Beers outpost in Congo and a heist on a mint in Prague in which the security fibers used to print the Czech koruna were stolen and then used to print counterfeit banknotes. She had a previous romantic connection with Reddington, which he broke off.

In the first season, she poses as Red's widow to steal documents belonging to him worth 10 million dollars from a bank in Istanbul to gain his attention regarding the proposed theft of the Effigy of Atargatis (leaving the first note). She met with Elizabeth Keen, whom Red had said was a career thief. After using Red and Liz as a diversion to allow her to steal the Effigy of Atargatis, she sold it to the Russian mafia after removing the Kungar 6 list. Red tricked her into revealing the location of the nuclear warheads and allowed her to escape. Later she stole a painting from Red as revenge (leaving the second note).

In the second season episode "T. Earl King VI", Pratt was "kidnapped" by the Kings to bait Red into infiltrating "The Palace" so he could be sold at their auction.

Milos Kirchoff, "Berlin"

Portrayed by Peter Stormare

Milos Kirchoff (Blacklister N° 8) is one of Reddington's nemeses between the first and second seasons.

Prior to the series, Kirchoff started out in the Red Army, rose to the rank of Colonel and later became a member of the KGB. Notorious for sending his enemies to the gulags in Siberia, he was a loyal servant of the Soviet Union. In 1991, near the end of the Cold War, Kirchoff took part in a meeting in Kursk with other Soviet officials on how to combat their more progressive countrymen who wanted the Soviet Union dissolved. The meeting was interrupted when a bomb went off, killing 15 attendants and the last of the old Soviet resistance. The act was done by a man named Kiryl Morozov on the orders of Alan Fitch, known as "The Decembrist", but Reddington was blamed. Shortly after that, Kirchoff's daughter was suspected of falling in love with a dissident and imprisoned. He used his connections to help her escape, but the Kremlin found out and decided to use him as an example to the Motherland.

He was put in a Siberian gulag where a lot of people he had put away were imprisoned. One day, he was sent a pocket watch he had given his daughter. Over several months, he was sent several body parts and was led to believe that they were hers and that Reddington was behind it. In reality, Fitch sent body parts belonging to someone else and helped Kirchoff's daughter escape to the United States, but not before convincing her that her father was responsible for the bombing. Eventually, Kirchoff sharpened one of the bones he had been sent into a weapon, killed the people holding him captive and escaped and formed his criminal syndicate under the alias "Berlin".

During the first eight episodes of the second season, Red meets with Milos Kirchoff again, who once more blames him for his daughter's death and intends to hurt Red by going after Zoe, whom he assumes is Red's daughter. Red reveals that Milos Kirchoff's daughter Zoe is actually alive and someone else in Milos Kirchoff's faction had lied to him about her being killed. He is soon reunited with his daughter, who had been living under an assumed name as Zoe D'Antonio.

In the episode "The Decembrist", after being reunited with Zoe, Milos learned the truth of Red's innocence. He kills Kiryl Morozov after learning of Fitch's orders to frame Red and use Milos as a pawn. He was furious with Alan Fitch for lying to him about her death and takes action. Milos orders his agents to abduct Fitch and strap a pipe bomb on him, intending to kill him. Using Zoe to gain the access numbers to free Fitch, Red holds Milos at gunpoint. Red returns to the warehouse where he is holding Milos prisoner with a bottle of vodka and places 2 shot glasses in front of Milos. After they reminisce about the Cold War and finish the bottle, Red kills Milos.

Luther Braxton

Portrayed by Ron Perlman

Luther Todd Braxton (Blacklister N° 21) is a professional thief known for stealing money and information from China, Iran, and the United States. He typically organizes his operations to take place during wars, natural disasters or other upheavals and take advantage of the surrounding chaos to cover them up. He is credited with stealing 282 million dollars from Baghdad during Operation Shock and Awe and the abduction of a CIA asset from Tehran during the 2009–10 Iranian election protests. Braxton has a past with Reddington, including an incident in Belgrade where Braxton bested him, killing Red's local point man, Henkel, and hanging him by the neck with one of Reddington's own neckties. While serving in the Gulf War, Braxton was involved in a traumatic friendly fire incident in Khafji. He was successfully given therapy to have the memories of it removed.

He was hired by the Director to get the Fulcrum, and captured and interrogated Liz in order to find it, subjecting her to therapy to help recover blocked memories from her past that related to the Fulcrum. He was killed by Reddington in episode 10 of season 2.

"The Major"

Portrayed by Lance Henriksen

"The Major" (Blacklister N° 75) recruits social exiles who have a specific psychopathy personality profile. The persons are trained to act as spies for various clients. Once an agent has been assigned, they are to only contact the Major if the situation is "mission critical." One of his star operatives was Jacob Phelps, who posed as "Tom Keen," Elizabeth Keen's husband, for several years.

Die Entrechteten

Die Entrechteten (German: "The Disenfranchised") are a neo-nazi movement that smuggle drugs and weapons around Europe. Tom had a contract to infiltrate inside, until Reddington lied to them about Tom being an informant working for the FBI in an effort to bring him back to USA and confess the murder of harbormaster Eugene Ames to free Liz from being imprisoned.

in the episode "The Longevity Initiative", the Germans track down both Tom and the Major and torture them for their leader's death. After they threatened him to kill Elizabeth if he didn't talk his motives for his infiltration, Tom and makes a deal: in exchange for Liz would not be their target, he reveals his assignment: he's going to help them solve the murder of a woman named Sarah Hastings, who was affiliated to the Germans, which is the main reason they want revenge for her death. After accepting the truce, they let Tom and the Major go.

These are some of the members of the movement:

Zal Bin Hasaan

Portrayed by Sammy Sheik

Zal Bin Hasaan (Blacklister Nº 31), born Shahin Navabi, is the younger brother of Mossad agent Samar Navabi. He witnessed his parents' murder at a very young age. He faked his own death after carrying out his very first bomb attack, adopted the pseudonym "Zal Bin Hasaan", and began a career as a feared and vicious terrorist. He evaded capture for many years, despite the best efforts of an elite Mossad task force dedicated to hunting him down. He resurfaced in America, where he abducted six technicians working on Israel's Iron Dome defense system. Posing as a hostage, he was reunited with his sister, claiming he had gone into hiding to avoid persecution. He and his men infiltrated a Mossad compound, seeking a list that contained the names of the members of the task force; however, Samar and her ex-partner destroyed it. He was captured by Reddington, who turned him over to unnamed associates in exchange for a favor.

The Cabal

The Cabal is a powerful clandestine organization, a shadow government orchestrating assassinations and international conflicts, that is responsible for many key events in the series, from the arson at Elizabeth Keen's former house to the bombing in Kurzk which Milos Kirchoff (Berlin) was framed. The core members of this group are greatly concerned with retrieving the Fulcrum, a blackmail file that can bring down many of the most influential men and women in the world.

The organization has something planned for the year 2017.

Member Country Career Status Actor Appearance(s)
Diane Fowler United States
  • United States Assistant Attorney General
  • Head of Criminal Division of the Department of Justice
  • Alan Fitch's follower
 Deceased Jane Alexander
  • "The Freelancer"
  • "Anslo Garrick Conclusion"
  • "The Good Samaritan"
  • "The Cyprus Agency"
The Man with the Apple
  • Spy
  • Stalker in the former Keen residence
 Deceased Graeme Malcolm
  • "Wujing"
  • "The Courier"
  • "Gina Zanetakos"
  • "General Ludd"
  • "Anslo Garrick Conclusion"
Alan Fitch
The Decembrist 		United States
  • Assistant Director of National Intelligence
 Deceased Alan Alda
  • "Anslo Garrick Conclusion"
  • "The Good Samaritan"
  • "The Kingmaker"
  • "Berlin Conclusion"
  • "The Decembrist"
Walter Gary Martin United States
  • Alan Fitch's right-hand man
  • FBI agent initially in charge of investigating the disappearance of Diane Fowler
 Active Jason Butler Harner
  • "Madeline Pratt"
  • "Berlin"
  • "Berlin Conclusion"
  • "Lord Baltimore"
Thomas Connolly
Smiling Tommy 		United States
  • United States Assistant Attorney General
  • United States Attorney General
 Deceased Reed Birney
  • "The Judge"
  • "The Kenyon Family"
  • "T. Earl King IV"
  • "Tom Keen"
  • "Leonard Caul"
  • "Quon Zhang"
  • "Karakurt"
  • "Tom Connolly"
Kiryl Morozov Russia
  • Alan Fitch's follower
  • Responsible for the 1991 Kursk bombing for which Reddington and Berlin were both framed
 Deceased Alon Moni Aboutboul
Kat Goodson United States
  • Liaison between the NCS and FBI.
  • Peter Kotsiopulos's assistant
 Active Janel Moloney
Peter Kotsiopulos
The Director 		United States
  • Director of the CIA's National Clandestine Service (NCS)
  • One of the Cabal's leaders
 Deceased David Strathairn
  • "Luther Braxton"
  • "Luther Braxton Conclusion"
  • "Vanessa Cruz"
  • "Leonard Caul"
  • "Quon Zhang"
  • "The Troll Farmer"
  • "Arioch Cain"
  • "Sir Crispin Crandall"
  • "Zal Bin Hasaan"
  • "The Director"
  • "The Director, Conclusion"
Roger Hobbs United States
  • Owner of the Longevity Initiative
  • Owner of Sadovo Solutions
 Deceased Ralph Brown
  • "The Longevity Initiative"
  • "Vanessa Cruz"
Kenneth Jasper
  • The Director's follower
 Unknown James A. Stephens
  • "Vanessa Cruz"
  • "Quon Zhang"
Leonard Caul
(born Joseph McCray) 		United States
  • A key figure from Reddington's past
  • Former CIA spy
  • Creator of the Fulcrum
 Active Ned Van Zandt
  • "The Kenyon Family"
  • "The Deer Hunter"
  • "Leonard Caul"
  • "Quon Zhang"
  • "Karakurt"
  • "Tom Connolly"
  • "The Djinn"
Quon Zhang China
  • Smuggler
 Captured Ron Yuan
  • "Quon Zhang"
Karakurt Russia Captured
  • "Quon Zhang"
  • "Karakurt"
  • "Tom Connolly"
  • "Sir Crispin Crandall"
  • "Zal Bin Hasaan"
  • "Kings of the Highway"
  • "The Director"
  • "The Director, Conclusion"
Matthias Solomon Ethiopia
  • Senior Cabal operative
 Active Edi Gathegi
  • "The Troll Farmer"
  • "Marvin Gerard"
  • "Eli Matchett"
  • "Arioch Cain"
  • "Sir Crispin Crandall"
  • "Zal Bin Hasaan"
  • "Kings of the Highway"
  • "The Director"
Susan Hanover United States
  • CTO of Verdiant Industries
 Captured Cindy Katz
  • "Eli Matchett"
Laurel Hitchin United States
  • National security advisor to the President
  • Former Assistant Secretary of State
 Active Christine Lahti
  • "Arioch Cain"
  • "Zal Bin Hasaan"
  • "Kings of the Highway"
  • "The Director"
  • "The Director, Conclusion"

Diane Fowler

Portrayed by Jane Alexander

The Head of Criminal Division of the Department of Justice in season 1. She is revealed in episode 13 of season 1, "The Cyprus Agency (No. 64)", to have ordered a leak that resulted in Reddington's location being given up to Anslo Garrick and the coordinators of the attack. She worked for the Cabal. She is killed by Red at the end of that episode, and is now officially listed as "missing". Director Cooper later attempts to investigate her death, but his efforts are stonewalled by the DC Bureau.

"The Man with the Apple"

Portrayed by Graeme Malcolm

A man who was spying on Elizabeth and Tom Keen, who worked for the Cabal. He was killed by Liz in episode 10 of season 1.

Alan Fitch, "The Decembrist"

Portrayed by Alan Alda

Alan Fitch (Blacklister N° 12) is the Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and may have been part of the Cabal, the mysterious global alliance on which Reddington has damaging information; Red has arranged for those secrets to be divulged in the event of his death in order to make sure the Cabal stays away from him. He was the one responsible for Berlin's daughter's disappearance, having helped her escape from a gulag and faking her death.

Fitch also had been married to a woman named Margaret for 51 years. Walter Gary Martin is his right-hand man inside the faction.

During season one, Fitch worked with a terrorist named Anslo Garrick on the siege at The Post Office, but forced him to keep Reddington alive so he could talk to him about this damaging information. He, along with other unknown officials, is later seen confronting Diane Fowler about the attempt on Reddington's life. Reddington meets with Fitch in "The Kingmaker", explaining that his businesses are under attack and suggesting that it is a mutual problem. He ended up aiding Red in the hunt for Berlin, stating that he was risking his position. However, Walter Gary Martin gave Harold Cooper an indirect reference to Fitch in retaliation for Red's staged escape.

In episode 8 of season 2, it is revealed that Fitch was the one who manipulated Berlin into going to war with Reddington. He is then killed by a bomb planted by Berlin. Before it goes off, he warns Reddington that the Cabal will react badly to his death and several members doubt that Red still has the "Fulcrum". Fitch tells Red of 2 members who could be persuaded to align with Red's agenda. The other members will lose control and move forward without planning for any type of failure. He gives Red the combination to a safe somewhere in St. Petersburg that contains files, but is killed before he can say exactly where. The conversation also suggests that the organization has something planned for 2017.

Walter Gary Martin

Portrayed by Jason Butler Harner

An FBI agent who initially investigated the disappearance of Diane Fowler.

Thomas Connolly, "Smiling Tommy"

Portrayed by Reed Birney

Thomas Connolly (Blacklister N° 11) is the US Attorney General, who is a good friend and colleague of Harold Cooper. Connolly was captured alongside Cooper by men working for Ruth Kipling/The Judge(Blacklister N° 57) and taken to a makeshift prison to be put on trial. He tried to reason with her that Alan Ray Rifkin broke the law by committing mass murders in Afghanistan and their forced confession on him was necessary to avoid similar situations. Kipling wasn't convinced and she was about ready to make both Connolly and Cooper suffer the same fate, until Red shows up to prove Rifkin's guilt and coerced her to do the right thing. He becomes a member of the Cabal in Episode 20 of season 2, "Leonard Caul," and manipulated Cooper on the Cabal's behalf. Connolly is later shot and killed by Liz Keen when it became clear that he had coerced Cooper's doctor to fake Cooper's cancer and planned to destroy the other Task Force members. Liz then spends months on the run for the crimes she was framed for, including Connolly's murder. Red eventually forces Laurel Hitchins, another Cabal member to publically exonerate Liz. However, she demands that Liz plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Connolly's murder since there had been witnesses and he was well-liked. Liz took the deal and got three years probation, but could not regain her position amongst the FBI as a result. When Laurel exonerated Liz, she was forced to admit that Connolly was part of the Cabal.

Peter Kotsiopulos, "The Director"

Portrayed by David Strathairn

Peter Kotsiopulos, otherwise known as "The Director" of the CIA's National Clandestine Service (Blacklister N° 24) is the current leader of the Cabal after Alan Fitch's demise. He is skeptical of Reddington and does not believe that he has the Fulcrum. He hired Luther Braxton in a failed attempt to obtain the Fulcrum, which leads him to become Reddington's foe.[4] The Director would later be confronted by Elizabeth Keen to show proof that Red did have the Fulcrum and that he made one of his biggest mistakes in calling Red's bluff. He would later call off the assassination, but warns Keen she made her biggest mistake for assisting Red by stopping him. The Director mentions that she looks like her mother, implying he does know her but it's unclear how for the moment.

In "The Troll Farmer", Mr. Solomon, an associate of Peter's, reprimands him for his actions and warns that the Cabal is growing dissatisfied with his leadership. He informs Peter that he needs to deal with both Red and Liz soon or the Cabal will come for him. In "Arioch Cain", Peter is assigned to the Task Force, much to Ressler's dismay. In "Sir Crispin Crandall", Solomon pays Peter a visit in another location to remind him that his position in the Cabal is on shaky grounds and the members have become more dissatisfied with his performance. It is also revealed that Peter had planned to embezzle from the Cabal himself and Red took evidence from a safe box to try to force his compliance in exonerating Keen. When he refused, Red warned Peter that continued resistance would eventually turn the Cabal against him and when they learned of his embezzlement from them, he would be assassinated.

The Director appears on national television, publicly revealing his identity as head of the NCS in an attempt to contain the damage from Reddington's release of the Fulcrum. He persuades the president's national security advisor to force Ressler to share all of the FBI's information on Liz Keen with the CIA. After Peter secretly taps Tom Keen's phone without informing Ressler, the national security advisor tells him he has violated her order to share all information with the FBI and demands that he and his team vacate the task force building immediately.

In "The Director" and "The Director Conclusion", the Director attempts to assassinate Liz before she can testify about the Cabal but is thwarted due to the efforts of Aram. The Director then plots with Laurel Hitchins to kill Liz in the courthouse before being called to his wife's psychiatrist after she has a panic attack. However, it is a trap and the Director is captured by Red and his team. He is taken aboard a Venezuelan aircraft where Red reveals that he plans to have the Director turned over to the World Court to be tried for American war crimes. Red calls Laurel and demands she exonerate Liz in exchange for him not doing so and as the President wouldn't like her avoiding the Director, as the head of the NCS being tried for crimes, reluctantly agrees. Laurel agrees to exonerate Liz on the terrorism charges, but demands that she pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Connolly's murder. After Red and Liz agree in exchange for Liz being able to remain on the task force as an asset, Laurel asks Red to deal with the Director as he had become a liability. As she exonerates Liz, Laurel publically implicates the Director in the Cabal to his horror. Red then tells him that the plane is descending and they are going to "drop him off somewhere." A few minutes later, the Director is thrown from the plane and crashes through a house's roof, killing him. The family inside is surprised, recognizing his body from a TV report on his actions.

Kat Goodson

Portrayed by Janel Moloney

Peter Kotsiopulos' assistant. She is a liaison between the NCS and FBI.[4]

Leonard Caul

Portrayed by Ned Van Zandt

Leonard Caul, born Joseph McCray (Blacklister N° 62), is a former CIA agent and specialist in technology who is another member of Alan Fitch's faction, and the creator of the Fulcrum. Caul met with Keen with revelations that he and Red were supposed to meet concerning the contents of the Fulcrum when Red was shot by an assassin sent by the Cabal. He later joins Red in his fight against the Cabal.

In "The Djinn", Caul assists Red in tracing down the place where Solomon was holding Dembe before his escape. He also reveals knowledge on Solomon's past in the CIA before he was terminated for the brutal tortures he committed.

Kenneth Jasper

Portrayed by James A. Stephens

Jasper was introduced as an assistant to The Director(Peter Kotsiopulos) whom Red sought out to join his cause with the promise that he would lead the Cabal himself. He instead maintains his loyalty to Kotsiopulos by helping him kill both Roger Hobbs and Mitchum. Insulted by the betrayal, Red had one of his members in his syndicate pose as Jasper and blow his yacht up to make it look like he had committed suicide that would lead to instability to his investments. After publicly revealing himself in "Quon Zhang", Jasper is taken hostage by Red who used Samar to interrogate him with the belief that she is an agent of the Cabal. Red later sends Jasper's tongue to Kotsiopulos as a message to him.

Roger Hobbs

Portrayed by Ralph Brown

Roger Hobbs (Blacklister Nº 97) was the CEO of the Longevity Initiative, who asks Reddington to hunt down a fellow scientist who conducts experiments behind his back. He is revealed to be a member of the Cabal, and assists Reddington in his war with them. He is killed under orders of the Director in the episode "Vanessa Cruz".

"Karakurt"

Portrayed by Michael Massee (season 2) and Andrew Divoff (season 3)

"Karakurt" (Blacklister Nº 55), known in the intelligence community as "the Left Hand of the SVR" (the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service), is an assassin employed to silence Russian dissidents and known high-profile critics of the Russian regime. He specializes in either making his murders look like non-criminal causes, such as accidents, suicides or natural causes, or like the work of other criminals. He has at least two hits to his name. The first is Stanislav Markelov, a human rights lawyer who was shot dead in Moscow in January 2009. The act was blamed on a Neo-Nazi Youth group. The second is Boris Berezovsky, another critic of the Russian regime, who died in a staged suicide in 201

The Cabal smuggled him into the US to complete a high-priority mission. He blew up the CIA's Office of Russian and European Analysis, killing the agents inside. Cooper's task force found evidence that indicated Karakurt was planning to infect US Senator Hawkins with a customized biological weapon at a memorial service for the agents killed in the bombing. Elizabeth Keen managed to get Hawkins to safety before Karakurt could carry out his attack, but the senator mysteriously collapsed and died. It turned out that Karakurt had merely been a decoy, and that the Cabal had secretly infected Liz with the weapon and used the threat of Karakurt to get her to unwittingly infect Hawkins, then framed her as a Russian spy and as the assassin of Hawkins. Tom Keen later tracked down and captured the real Karakurt in hopes of using him to exonerate Liz. When Mattais Solomon and an assault team attack their location, Ressler and Tom reluctantly allow Karakurt to aid them in stopping the killers. Karakurt saves Tom's life during the battle and is then promptly restrained once more. While Solomon tries to force them to turn Karakurt over to him, Cooper knocks him out from behind and he is arrested. Karakurt later reluctantly agrees to testify about the Cabal and Ressler has him led into the courthouse in front of the press and exposes him as the true terrorist and not Elizabeth Keene. This, along with Red's efforts, exonerate Liz.

Note: "Karakurt" is a Russian name for the Mediterranean black widow spider.

Matias Solomon

Portrayed by Edi Gathegi

Matias Solomon is a high-ranking Cabal operative. He was formerly a CIA asset in Ethiopia, working with Laurel Hitchin, but the agency ended its relationship with him when he proved to be too brutal even for them. He is soft-spoken and courteous but highly sadistic, with a predilection for torturing his victims.

In "The Troll Farmer," he takes Dembe's granddaughter hostage and uses her to capture Dembe. He visits Peter Kotsiopulos' office as a representative of the Cabal, reprimanding the Director for his inability to prevent Reddington from releasing the Fulcrum and threatening that continued failure would mean his life. He viciously tortures Dembe for information on Reddington's location, but fails to break him. Through a deception involving Mr. Vargas, Solomon finally tricks Dembe into revealing the information and captures Reddington and Liz. However, Dembe rescues them and drives Solomon off. In "Sir Crispin Chandler", while trying to fire at Red and Liz, he finds himself trapped with all of the most intelligent people in cryogenics. Solomon visits Peter again and warns him of his position in the Cabal. Peter then reprimands him for trying to revolt and forces Solomon's cooperation. In "Zal Bin Hassan" Solomon traces Tom down to Wing Yee in the hopes of ambushing Liz and Tom, but instead is caught by the FBI. During interrogation, the Director tortures Solomon by forcing him to swallow fishhooks, a ruse intended to convince the FBI that the Director is not in league with him. Solomon is then released.

Later, Solomon leads an assault team to kill Karakurt, who is being held by Tom Keen, Cooper, and Ressler. He captures Tom at gunpoint and demands that Ressler hand Karakurt over. However, Cooper knocks him out from behind, and Ressler arrests him.

Laurel Hitchin

Portrayed by Christine Lahti

Laurel Hitchin is the national security advisor to the President of the United States. She was formerly Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. During this time, she worked with Matthias Solomon, who was at the time a CIA asset. She was friendly with Reven Wright, whom she had known for many years.

She chaired the government commission which investigated the OREA bombing, and, in that role, publicly questioned Donald Ressler about his beliefs regarding Liz Keen's innocence and the existence of the Cabal. She later ordered Ressler and Peter Kotsioupulos to cooperate and share all information regarding the Liz Keen case between the FBI and the CIA. After Kotsioupulos had his team secretly tap Tom Keen's phone without informing Ressler, she told him he had violated her orders to cooperate with the FBI and told him and his team to vacate the Task Force building.

Reven Wright later came to her, explaining that she had discovered Laurel's history with Matthias Solomon and wanted to know if Laurel had any information to share about him. After Laurel determined that Ressler knew nothing about Wright's investigation, she shot Wright to cover up her connection to him. She asked if Wright had any last words; Wright replied "Tommy Markham," the name of Ressler's father's killer.

When Liz Keen is arrested by the Task Force, Laurel orders the Director to eliminate Liz before she can testify about the Cabal. When Ressler informs her of Karakurt's location, she sends an assault team to kill him. However, she also tells Ressler that Wright mentioned Tommy Markham, unwittingly alerting Ressler to her involvement with the Cabal.

After Aram's efforts by time for Laurel and the Director's efforts to be thwarted, Laurel plots to have Liz assassinated. However, Red captures the Director and threatens to have the Venezuelans turn him over to the World Court to be tried for American war crimes. Red demands Liz's exoneration in exchange for not doing so, knowing that the President would force her to make a deal. Laurel reluctantly meets with Marvin Gerard and as Karakurt was turned over and exposed by Ressler on TV as the true terrorist, Laurel agreed to publically exonerate Liz but she will have to plead to involuntary manslaughter in Connolly's murder as there were witnesses and he was well liked. Red agrees on the condition that Liz remain on the task force as an asset as he is as she cannot be restored to being an FBI agent and she agrees. Laurel publically exonerates Liz as promised and is also forced to expose the Cabal's existence. She later meets with Red in her office, suggesting that he set everything up to become part of the Cabal.

Supporting characters

Introduced in season one

  • Charles Baker as Newton "Grey" Phillips, Reddington's mysterious aide and bodyguard. Feeling threatened for his family's safety by the Cabal, Grey is forced to betray Reddington to Anslo Garrick. Reddington kills Grey through suffocation, but not before promising him that his family would be protected.Ep.1-11
  • Deborah S. Craig as Luli Zheng, one of Reddington's bodyguards and his money manager. She has evaded the SEC twice. In full view of Red, she is killed by Anslo Garrick.Ep.1-9
  • Rachel Brosnahan as Lucy Brooks/Jolene Parker, a woman posing as a substitute teacher who tries to seduce Tom Keen before revealing she knows his secret. Her primary interest, like Tom's, is Raymond Reddington, and she is revealed to be another of Berlin's operatives. She is killed by Tom Keen.Ep.1-16
  • Susan Blommaert as Kate Kaplan/Mr. Kaplan, Reddington's personal "cleaner" who comes in to scrub crime scenes. She cleans up after Liz kills one of the men watching her from across the street, and then helps Liz find Reddington.Ep.1-10 Later, she helps Reddington clean up after he kills Diane Fowler at the end of episode 13 of season 1. She also disposes of the bodies of Lucy Brooks and the Cowboy once they are found by Reddington's people. Her first name is Kate, but it is unknown whether Kaplan is her real last name.
  • Jason Butler Harner as Walter Gary Martin, an FBI agent who initially investigated the disappearance of Diane Fowler.
  • William Sadler as Sam Scott, a prolific criminal who became Elizabeth's adoptive father once her biological father was killed. He truly cared for her despite she believes she cared for herself. Sam and Reddington had an undisclosed friendship, but when Sam insists on telling Elizabeth "the truth", Reddington smothers him with a pillow.
  • Dikran Tulaine as Max Ruddiger, a professional bomb maker.
  • Emily Tremaine as Audrey Bidwell, Ressler's former fiancee who broke up with him due to his obsession with capturing Reddington, but who attempts to rebuild a relationship with him after the events of Episode 10 of season 1, "Anslo Garrick Conclusion". She was shot and killed by Mako Tanida.Ep.1-16
  • Lance Reddick as "The Cowboy," a mysterious private bounty hunter whom Reddington hires to track down Jolene Parker. He is killed by Tom Keen.Ep.1-16
  • Joseph Siravo as Niko Demakis, a business partner in Reddington's syndicate who eventually turned on Reddington and was killed for his disloyalty.

Introduced in season two

  • Sahr Ngaujah as Yaabari, a Cameroonian warlord whom Reddington extorted for information about Berlin. He later bought Reddington in a human trafficking auction and killed as Elizabeth was rescuing Reddington.
  • Adriane Lenox as Reven Wright, Diane Fowler's replacement. She was murdered by Laurel Hitchin in the season 3 episode, "Kings of the Highway," to conceal her connection to Matthias Solomon.
  • Hal Ozsan as Ezra, Liz's mysterious guardian hired by Reddington.
  • Mary-Louise Parker as Naomi Hyland/Carla Reddington, Reddington's ex-wife. She was kidnapped by Berlin as part of his vendetta against Reddington. She and Reddington have a daughter, Jennifer, whose whereabouts are unknown.
  • Lee Tergesen as Frank Hyland, Naomi's husband.
  • Paul Reubens as Mr. Vargas, a double agent for Reddington assigned to spy on Niko Demakis. During the events of Season 3, Vargas is revealed to have been in league with the Cabal associate Matias Solomon, and is fatally shot by Reddington for his treachery.
  • Dante Nero as Samuel Aleko a.k.a. "The Samoan", a former confidential informant of Meera Malik, later employed by Elizabeth to hold Tom Keen prisoner.
  • Clark Middleton as Glen Carter, a skiptracer who uses his position at the Department of Motor Vehicles to access personal information needed to locate people and objects.
  • Scottie Thompson as Zoe D'Antonio, Milos Kirchoff's biological daughter. Thought dead by Berlin, she is tracked down by Reddington to clear up the misunderstanding that started their war.
  • Franklin Ojeda Smith as Eugene Ames, a Metro Police officer and DC harbormaster who found Tom Keen in the boat where he was imprisoned. He was killed by Tom, which triggered an investigation that nearly brought murder charges against Elizabeth.
  • Valarie Pettiford as Charlene Cooper, Harold Cooper's wife.
  • Michael Kostroff as Martin Wilcox, a Detective investigating the DC harbormaster's disappearance.
  • John Finn as Richard Denner, a Superior Court judge who hears the case against Elizabeth in the death of the DC harbormaster.
  • Geraldine Hughes as Dr. Nina, a doctor specializing in virology from which Keen and Ressler seek help when confronted by biological weapons.

Introduced in season three

^Ep 1-9 "Anslo Garrick". The Blacklist. November 25, 2013. NBC.
^Ep 1-10 "Anslo Garrick Conclusion". The Blacklist. December 2, 2013. NBC.
^Ep 1-11 "The Good Samaritan". The Blacklist. 13 January 2014. NBC.
^Ep 1-16 "Mako Tanida". The Blacklist. March 17, 2014. NBC.

References

  1. ^ Bibel, Sara (February 5, 2015). "'The Blacklist', 'Chicago Fire', 'Chicago P.D.', 'Grimm' & 'Law & Order: SVU' Renewed by NBC". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  2. ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "'The Blacklist' Promotes Hisham Tawfiq To Series Regular For Season 3". Deadline. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. ^ Hinckley, David (October 1, 2013). "'The Blacklist's' James Spader unsure how series' key relationship will develop". Daily News. New York. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Abrams, Natalie (January 13, 2015). "'The Blacklist' enlists David Strathairn, Janel Moloney, Gloria Reuben for Super Bowl two-parter". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
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