List of Charmed characters

: Main cast ("Starring" in opening credits) : Recurring cast (3+ episodes) : Guest cast (1–2 episodes) } ;Cast notes ==Main characters==

Prue Halliwell Prudence "Prue" Halliwell (played by Shannen Doherty) is the eldest sister who initially receives the power to move objects with her mind by channeling telekinesis through her eyes. As the series progresses, Prue channels her telekinetic powers through her hands, and also gains the power of astral projection, which allows her to materialize her astral form outside of her body. Prue also develops martial arts skills and becomes an effective hand-to-hand fighter. She sacrificed a majority of her childhood to help raise her two younger sisters Piper and Phoebe, after the death of their mother and the abandonment of their father. In the season three finale, Prue is killed by Shax, a powerful demonic assassin sent by The Source of All Evil (Michael Bailey Smith). Piper Halliwell Piper Halliwell (played by Holly Marie Combs) is the second eldest sister who initially receives the power of molecular immobilization, which allows her to "freeze" her surrounding environment. Piper starts off as the middle sister, but later becomes the eldest after Prue dies. Piper is initially shy and submissive, but gradually develops a much more assertive personality, especially after Prue's death. Phoebe Halliwell Phoebe Halliwell (played by Alyssa Milano) is the third sister who initially receives the power of premonition, which enables her to see into the past or the future. As the series progresses, she also gains the active powers of levitation and empathy and her premonitions become more powerful, enabling her to communicate with people in the future and share with other people. Phoebe starts out as the youngest and most rebellious of the sisters. Because of her free-spirited nature, she often comes into major conflicts with Prue but the two eventually mend their relationship. Paige is ambitious, outspoken, and stands firmly in what she believes in. She is the secret love child of the Halliwell sisters' mother and her whitelighter, making Paige both a witch and whitelighter. Paige was given up at birth and raised by her adoptive parents. She was unaware of her magical history until Prue's funeral at the beginning of season four, in which she goes on to help reconstitute The Charmed Ones by taking Prue's place in the Power of Three. Her main power is telekinetic orbing: a combination of the prophesied telekinetic power as a Charmed sister and her own whitelighter DNA. As the series progresses, Paige also inherits a variety of whitelighter powers such as orbing herself and others, sensing, glamouring and healing. One of the recurring struggles for Paige is finding an identity for herself outside of her role as a Charmed One. In the final season, she marries parole officer, Henry. ==Supporting characters==

Andy Trudeau Andrew "Andy" Trudeau (played by Ted King) is a detective for the San Francisco Police Department. He was introduced in season one as the Halliwell sisters' childhood friend, and Prue's high school sweetheart and first love. He eventually discovers that they are witches and serves as the sisters' initial connection to the police force. In the season one finale, Andy is killed by the demon Rodriguez (Carlos Gomez), who also happens to be one of the Internal Affairs officers that was investigating Andy's unsolved cases. Darryl Morris (pictured) portrayed Darryl Morris between seasons one and seven. Darryl Morris (played by Dorian Gregory) is a lieutenant in the San Francisco Police Department. Darryl is introduced as the partner of Andy. However, a few months after Andy's death, the sisters reveal to him that they are good witches trying to bring justice and protection to the world. Leo Wyatt Leo Wyatt (played by Brian Krause) is the Halliwell sisters' whitelighter, a guardian angel for good witches—who has the powers to orb, heal, sense, glamour and hover. Leo is introduced into season one as the sisters' handyman who is hired to fix up their house, but they later discover that he is actually their whitelighter. Leo and Piper become romantically involved, eventually marrying and having children, but Leo's whitelighter duties often cause problems for his marriage to Piper and their family. Their relationship is the first of many conflicts between the Halliwells and The Elders. Dan Gordon Dan Gordon (played by Greg Vaughan) is a neighbor of the Halliwell sisters in the second season. In the first episode of the season, Dan moves into the house next-door to the sisters' with his niece Jenny. He was a baseball player who played second base for the Seattle Mariners until he blew out his knee sliding home, and he later became a construction worker. Dan and Piper start dating after Piper and Leo split up due to the strenuous nature his whitelighter duties place on their relationship. Piper's sudden unexplained disappearances due to her duties as a good witch and her avoidance of his questions begins to frustrate Dan and make him feel uncomfortable in their relationship. However, Dan becomes suspicious of Leo and asks his brother-in-law who works for the State Department to check out Leo's army records. When his brother-in-law discovers that the young looking Leo was a soldier many decades ago in World War II, and died, Dan shares this information with Piper and is shocked to find out that she already knew. In the second season finale, Dan learns the truth about Piper and her sisters, after a wish granted by a genie (French Stewart) from Piper that Dan could "move on" with his life, turns him into an old man. Piper is heartbroken when Dan tells her that he wished he never found out because it freaks him out. To help ease Dan's mind, Piper wishes for the genie to make him forget about learning the truth and for him to truly move on with his life, which leads to Dan moving to Portland, Oregon after accepting a job offer there. Jenny Gordon Jenny Gordon (played by Karis Paige Bryant) is Dan's niece who temporarily moves in with him for school because her parents are in Saudi Arabia on business. Midway through season two, Jenny moves back in with her parents after they return to the United States. Cole Turner Cole Turner (played by Julian McMahon), also known as the demonic assassin Belthazor, is a half-human and half-demon. He is introduced into season three as an Assistant District Attorney sent by The Triad to kill the Charmed Ones, but instead falls in love with Phoebe. Though Cole eventually rids himself of his demonic nature and marries Phoebe in season four, he later returns to evil after he unwillingly becomes the new Source of All Evil. This causes the sisters to kill him towards the end of season four. However, in season five Cole escapes The Wasteland, due to him stealing vast amounts of powers off other dead demons, and forces himself into the sisters' lives again. Cole never regains their trust and although he attempts to dedicate his new life to being good, Phoebe's rejection of his love drives him to the point of insanity, which again results in his demise. Chris Halliwell Christopher Perry Halliwell (played by Drew Fuller) is the second son of Leo and Piper, making him a half-witch and half whitelighter. Chris is introduced into the season five finale as a whitelighter from the future who helps assist the sisters against magical beings known as The Titans. While he successfully gains the Charmed Ones' trust, Leo remains initially suspicious. In season six, Chris reveals that he is actually Leo and Piper's son and that he traveled back in time to prevent his older brother Wyatt from growing up to be the evil dictator he becomes in the future. For this to happen, Chris set up a scheme where most of The Elders would die so that Leo could become an Elder and he could become the Charmed Ones' new whitelighter, allowing him to get close enough to Wyatt to protect him. In the season six finale, adult Chris is killed by an Elder named Gideon (Gildart Jackson) and baby Chris is born. His powers are telekinesis and orbing. Billie Jenkins Billie Jenkins (played by Kaley Cuoco) is a young witch who has the power of projection and to move objects with her mind using telekinesis. Billie is introduced into season eight as a college student and a new charge for Paige. While the sisters assume new identities during the first few episodes of the season, she keeps their secret and does some of their magical legwork for them. Billie becomes obsessed with finding her long-lost older sister Christy, who was kidnapped 15 years earlier by The Triad. Billie is eventually reunited with her sister, but does not know that she has been turned evil under the influence of demons. After Christy briefly sways her to betray the Charmed Ones, Billie eventually sides with the sisters in the series finale and is forced to kill Christy in self-defense. ==Recurring characters==

Rex Buckland and Hannah Webster Rex Buckland (played by Neil Roberts) and Hannah Webster (played by Leigh-Allyn Baker) are both warlocks who are first introduced into season one after Prue applies for a job at Buckland's Auction House, where they both work. While Rex tests Prue's knowledge of art, Hannah "accidentally" pushes a stepladder, knocking over a bucket of paint right above Prue. When Prue deviates the paint's trajectory with her power, Hannah concludes she is "either the luckiest woman alive... or a witch." Hannah almost gives away her secret of being a witch after Prue casts a truth spell on herself, which forces everyone around her to say the truth, including Hannah who tells her "it's my mission in life to destroy you." Rex takes this as "office rivalry", and scolds her later. Hannah first shows her powers when she lights Rex's cigar with only her breath. After this, Rex puts the Halliwell sisters' ancestor Melinda Warren's (Tyler Layton) locket in front of Prue for her to see. When she opens it, a powerful warlock and Melinda's past lover Matthew Tate (Billy Wirth) emerges from the locket and tries to kill the Charmed Ones. However, the sisters resurrect Melinda, who imprisons him in the locket again. Rex and Hannah have Prue arrested for stealing a tiara by planting evidence on her and manipulating her into believing she killed an auction house security guard. When Piper and Phoebe help Prue to escape from prison, Rex takes a picture of them and threatens to expose them. Rex demands their powers and gives the sisters a jar to store them in. With their powers gone, the sisters give the jar back to Rex at the auction house. While the sisters face Rex and Hannah, Leo, who was believed to be a handyman, performs magic on the sisters' Book of Shadows and returns the powers to the girls. Just as Hannah is about to kill the sisters in her black panther form, Piper freezes her and Rex. Prue then uses her telekinesis powers to move Rex in front of Hannah and she accidentally kills him. Having done so, Hannah reverts to her human form before being vanquished herself by an unknown force. Victor Bennett Victor Bennett, played by Anthony Denison (season one) and James Read (seasons three to eight), made his first appearance during the season one episode "Thank You for Not Morphing". Victor reappears in his daughters' lives after they become witches and restores the relationship with his daughters. In 1998, Victor appears in San Francisco not long after his daughters find out they are witches. Prue is suspicious of him but Piper and Phoebe are more open to seeing him. Victor admits he wanted to take the Book of Shadows to protect his daughters. He leaves them without a proper goodbye, instead leaving a home movie of Christmas with the girls when they were younger. Victor eventually accepts Leo and Piper's relationship. Later in 2004, Victor brings baby Chris back home after Wyatt orbed him to Victor's place, due to the two brothers having a sibling rivalry. When a temporarily resurrected Penny casts a spell that accidentally transfers Wyatt and Chris' rivalry into the sisters, Victor and Penny summon Patty to work out their issues. Patty and Victor ruminate on what kind of parents they would have been if they stayed married, and Patty lived to see the girls as teenagers. In 2005, when the sisters prepare to fight the demon Zankou, they leave Wyatt, Chris and the deeds to the manor and Piper's nightclub P3 with Victor, making him their official guardian in case they do not survive. Wyatt and Chris later return to Piper after the sisters come out of hiding. In 2006, Piper leaves her sons with Victor again for protection, when the sisters prepare for a battle with Billie and Christy. Patty Halliwell Patricia "Patty" Halliwell, played by Finola Hughes, made her first appearance during the season one episode "From Fear to Eternity". Patty kept her fourth pregnancy a secret because The Elders would not approve; Patty and Sam gave the baby up for adoption shortly after she gave birth. The Charmed Ones have vanquished him four times throughout the course of series, all by overcoming their greatest fears and using spells and potions. However, Barbas has always found a way to come back and escape from purgatory. A powerful woman, Penny possesses the power of telekinesis and the skill with it to deflect or reflect many spells or powers used by evil adversaries. After Patty died, Penny raised Prue, Piper and Phoebe on her own. but has appeared several times in the series as a spirit. In an alternate universe she married the source and has a daughter named Leah consuming the power of three being the next source and meeting Paige, Phoebe, and Piper. Inspector Rodriguez Inspector Rodriguez (portrayed by Carlos Gomez). Posing as an Internal Affairs agent, Rodriguez questions Andy Trudeau after he takes a murder weapon used by the ghost of a serial killer so Prue and Phoebe can stop him. Rodriguez says he is worried about the number of unsolved cases Trudeau and Darryl Morris seemingly abandoned and believes Andy is covering for someone. Continuing with his investigation, Rodriguez threatens Andy, who refuses to reveal who he is protecting and turns in his gun and shield. While spying on the two detectives, Rodriguez overhears Andy telling Darryl that he is covering for Prue Halliwell. Rodriguez then kills his partner with his powers, thus revealing his demonic nature. Continuing to try and root out the sisters, he frames his partner's murder on Andy, but Andy still refuses to expose the sisters. Feeling frustrated, Rodriguez teams up with the time-manipulating demon, Tempus (portrayed by David Carradine)(who appears to work for the Source). Each time Rodriguez fails to kill all three sisters, Tempus reverses time to give him another chance. Due to Phoebe's power of premonition, the girls eventually figure out what is going on and tie up Rodriguez, but not before Andy is killed trying to protect Prue and her sisters. Encouraged by Andy's spirit, Prue uses a spell to break the time loop, weakening Tempus and sending him back to the Underworld. Prue then unties Rodriguez and orders him to leave. He immediately fires an energy ball in a last-ditch effort to kill the sisters, but Prue, sensing his intentions, uses her power to redirect it back to him and Rodriguez is finally vanquished. Jack Sheridan Jack Sheridan, played by Lochlyn Munro, made his first appearance during the season two episode "That Old Black Magic". He was originally an Internet auctioneer. In "P3 H2O", Jack accepts a job at Bucklands Auction House and helps Prue close a sale with Japanese client Mr. Fujimoto, while she was out demon hunting at a campsite. When Prue returns to her office, she is surprised to find out that Jack listed her as the sales agent. She then offers Jack dinner as a thank you. In "Awakened", Prue breaks up with Jack after she resigns from Bucklands. The Source The Source of All Evil, originally played by Michael Bailey Smith, made his first appearance in the season three episode "All Hell Breaks Loose". The Source was the ruler of The Underworld for centuries, until he was vanquished by The Charmed Ones in 2002. In the season four episode "A Knight to Remember", Bob demands to know what is going on when Paige locks herself in the photocopier room with The Prince (Charlie Weber) from her fairytale. She passes The Prince off as a performer in the Renaissance Fair and the two leave. At the end of the day, The Evil Enchantress (Paige's past life) from her fairytale arrives at South Bay Social Services looking for The Prince and Bob sees her. He assumes Paige is in the Renaissance Fair as well and tells her to lock up before she leaves. In the season four episode "Lost and Bound", a young boy named Tyler Michaels (Alex Black) arrives at South Bay Social Services and Bob tells Paige that the police brought him in because they found him sleeping in an alley. When Bob asks Tyler for his phone number so he can ring his parents to let them know he's okay, Tyler becomes angry and sets fire to a wastebasket by using his powers. In the season four episode "The Three Faces of Phoebe", Bob offers Paige a promotion to become a full-fledged social worker for having helped a client named Carolyn Seldon (Camilla Rantsen) with getting her son back from her abusive ex-husband. In the process, Bob passed over Scott (Christian Keiber), a more experienced assistant, with the offer. Paige turns down the offer because she used magic to help Carolyn. During the first episode of season five, "A Witch's Tail (Part 1)", Bob tells Paige that she has been promoted to social worker and that it means she has to arrive at work on time. The Seer The Seer, played by Debbi Morgan, The Seer was an upper level demon. Duplicitous, manipulative and self-serving, she served several Sources. Her cunning gameplay pits the sisters against one another. Imbued with the power to see the future, she can only be eliminated by the Power of Three. Elise Rothman Elise Rothman, played by Rebecca Balding, is the editor and boss of The Bay Mirror, where Phoebe works as an advice columnist. The two start off with a professional, work relationship, often having verbal disputes about deadlines and what not. As the series progresses, they develop a unique bond as friends. When The Charmed Ones fake their deaths in the beginning of season eight, Elise openly admits that Phoebe is her best friend and considers her as the daughter she never had. Sheila Morris Sheila Morris, played by Sandra Prosper, made her first appearance during the season five episode "Centennial Charmed". She is Phoebe's friend and assistant at The Bay Mirror and appears until the final season. When The Charmed Ones fake their deaths in the beginning of season eight, Sophie reveals the sincerity of her friendship with Phoebe while eulogizing her. is the first child of Piper and Leo, who made his first appearance during the season five episode "The Day the Magic Died". At first, Wyatt is played by an unknown and uncredited baby. telekinesis, While he was still in utero, Wyatt was powerful enough to use his powers, namely his force field, which made Piper virtually invincible during her pregnancy. He also once switched his parents' powers temporarily, before switching them back. In season six, Wyatt is temporarily erased from existence by The Cleaners (Kirk B. R. Woller and Darin Cooper), when he exposes magic to the world by conjuring a massive dragon out of the television and letting it loose in San Francisco. However, The Cleaners stop their quest to take Wyatt after the sisters threaten to keep exposing magic. It is later revealed that Wyatt is the heir of King Arthur and is destined to wield the sword Excalibur. Piper and Leo's second son from the future, Chris, travels to the present day to prevent Wyatt from turning evil. They eventually discovered that the elder Gideon sought to eliminate Wyatt, believing that he was too powerful to keep alive. However, it was Gideon's actions that ultimately caused Wyatt to become evil. Leo later averts this future by killing Gideon. When the sisters prepare to fight the demon Zankou, they leave Wyatt and Chris in the care of their grandfather, in case they do not survive. Jason Dean Jason Dean, played by Eric Dane, made his first appearance during the season five episode "Baby's First Demon". Jason eventually starts dating Phoebe and they continue dating in season six, where their relationship becomes more serious. Jason moves to Hong Kong for business and Phoebe goes with him. After 15 months of dating, Jason discovers Phoebe's secret identity as a witch by accident and unable to handle the revelation, breaks up with her. Gideon Gideon (portrayed by Gildart Jackson) initially asks the Halliwells for help when some of his teachers and students are decapitated by a headless horseman. He immediately gains their trust as the headmaster of the school, taken together with Piper's daycare concerns for a very magical toddler. Once the parents become alerted to and begin looking for the influence threatening the future, Gideon manages (by improvising) to make the Halliwells believe Wyatt is going to be made evil by the hosts of a demonic reality TV show, which involves killing witches. After those threats are vanquished, Gideon kills his henchman, Sigmund, who has assisted him in deceiving everyone but is about to tell everything to the Charmed Ones. Gideon sends Leo and Chris, followed by Paige and Phoebe, into a mirror dimension where Evil rules, to get them out of his way. In the evil world, the good Barbas advises that Gideon has been behind this all along. As Gideon's evil counterpart is caught trying to kill Wyatt, the Phoebes and Paiges of both worlds try to vanquish him, and the balance between Good and Evil shifts. It is later revealed that Kyle had Sheridan placed in a mental institution, where she was kept in a comatose state in a secret room. Sheridan loses her memories and the sisters are even more careful around her as they do not want to trigger her lost memories. Sheridan eventually begins pursuing leads against the sisters again, after her suspicions rekindle and she recovers some of her memory. When Homeland Security arrive in San Francisco to investigate the sisters, Sheridan helps them with the investigation and breaks into the manor with a hidden camera. When she enters the attic, Sheridan is confronted by the demon Zankou (Oded Fehr), who kills her with an energy ball. Kyle finds out about Paige's powers not long after, due to her accidentally orbing into his apartment. He tells Paige that he does not want to expose them or hurt them, and that he just needs their help to find out who killed his parents. Kyle investigates several accidents where people manage to survive their homes burning to the ground, only to be killed shortly after. His research led him to find out that a celerity demon named Sarpedon (Neil Hopkins) was capturing guardian angels and using them to guide and guard him in his hope of becoming indestructible to The Avatars. Kyle and Paige planned to have his guardian angel be a target of Sarpedon but instead, Sarpedon goes for Paige's. Afterwards, Kyle is captured by Sarpedon and held in his lair, only to be saved by Paige later on. When Kyle opens a novel called Crossed, Double-Crossed, he found near the Gnome's body, he and Paige are sucked into the book's film noir black-and-white setting. They are later transported out of the book and start dating. After he nearly kills Leo for being an Avatar, Phoebe suggests that Kyle go back in time with Paige to find out what really happened to his parents the night they died. Kyle and Paige meet his mother Ruth Brody (Jessica Steen) and father Jack Brody (Jon Hamm), as well as Kyle's past self. When Ruth and Jack arrive at a warehouse near JFK to inspect some ancient artifacts (that are actually vanquishing potions for Avatars), Kyle sees it was celerity demons that killed his parents. Although Kyle is reluctant to the idea, Zankou kills the celerity demons who murdered his parents. Kyle is killed while taking out the Avatar Beta (Patrice Fisher). Zankou (pictured) portrayed the demon Zankou during the seventh season. Zankou, played by Oded Fehr, made his first appearance during the season seven episode "Witchness Protection". He is a cupid: a magical being associated with love. Coop was sent by The Elders to help Phoebe repair her love life, after she had given it up so many times for the greater good. Over time, the two begin to develop feelings for each other. Coop falls for Phoebe first, but continues setting her up with other men to make her happy. Knowing that it was forbidden for cupids to date or marry their charges, Phoebe and Coop hide their feelings from each other to save themselves from the trauma that Piper and Leo went through. However, during the series finale, adult Wyatt and Chris from the future reveal that The Elders made an exception for Phoebe and Coop due to everything they put her through over the years. Also during the finale, an epilogue depicts Phoebe and Coop's wedding and the three daughters they eventually have. ==References==