List of Spooks characters-Cedar Herald Index

The main recurring characters in the TV series Spooks include (principals shown in bold):

Final Series Leads

Main characters for Series 10: Sir Harry Pearce KBE (Peter Firth) (2002-2011) - Head of Counter-Terrorism Department, MI5. Dimitri Levendis (Max Brown) (2010-2011) Piracy and Terrorism Case Officer Section D Erin Watts (Lara Pulver) (2011) - Chief of Section & Senior Case Officer, Section D Calum Reed (Geoffrey Streatfeild) (2011) - Junior Case Officer, Section D William Towers (Simon Russell Beale; 2010-2011) Home Secretary. Ruth Evershed (Nicola Walker) (2003–2006, 2009-2011) - Section D Intelligence Analyst, Home Secretary's Assistant (episodes 10.5/.6), originally seconded to MI5 from GCHQ).

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Former characters

MI5 staff

Tariq Masood (Shazad Latif) (2009-2011) - Technician and Data Analyst, Section D

Beth Bailey (Sophia Myles) (2010) Formerly Junior Case Officer Section D

Lucas North (Richard Armitage) (2008–2010) Chief of Section & Senior Case Officer, Section D. Ros Myers (Hermione Norris) (2006–2009) - Chief of Section & Senior Case Officer, Section D, formerly Senior Case Officer at MI5 and MI6. Jo Portman (Miranda Raison) (2005–2009) - Junior Case Officer, Section D. Malcolm Wynn-Jones (Hugh Simon) (2002–2009, 2010) - Technician and Data Analyst, Section D. Adam Carter (Rupert Penry-Jones) (2004–2008) - Chief of Section & Senior Case Officer, Section D, formerly Senior Case Officer at MI6 Connie James (Gemma Jones) (2007–2008) - Senior Analyst, Section D. Ben Kaplan DSO (Alex Lanipekun) (2007–2008) - Junior Case Officer, Section D. Zafar Younis (Raza Jaffrey) (2004–2007) - Junior Case Officer, Section D. Colin Wells (Rory MacGregor) (2002–2006) - Technician and Data Analyst, Section D. Sam Buxton (Shauna Macdonald) (2003–2005) - Administrative Officer, Section D. Fiona Carter (Olga Sosnovska) (2004–2005) - Seconded MI6 Officer, Section D. Zoe Reynolds (Keeley Hawes) (2002–2004) - Junior Case Officer, Section D. Tom Quinn (Matthew Macfadyen) (2002–2004) - Chief of Section & Senior Case Officer, Section D. Danny Hunter (David Oyelowo) (2002–2004) - Junior Case Officer, Section D. Tessa Phillips (Jenny Agutter) (2002–2003) - Senior Analyst. Jed Kelley (Graeme Mearns) (2002) - Administrative Officer, Section D. Helen Flynn (Lisa Faulkner) (2002) - Junior Case Officer, Section D.

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Other officers

Vaughn Edwards (Iain Glen) (2010) - Deniable intelligence operative who seemed to work for the highest bidder. Sarah Caulfield (Genevieve O'Reilly) (2009) - CIA Agent. Viktor Sarkisian (Peter Sullivan) (2008–2009) - Head of the FSB's London Office Bob Hogan (Matthew Marsh) (2007) - Senior CIA Liaison to Britain. Oliver Mace (Tim McInnerny) (2004, 2006) - Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, later Director-General of MI5. Juliet Shaw (Anna Chancellor) (2005-) - National Security Co-Ordinator. Status uncertain following end of Series 6. Christine Dale (Megan Dodds) (2002–2004) - CIA Agent. Jools Siviter (Hugh Laurie) (2002) - MI6 Section Chief.

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Significant others

Maya Lahan (Laila Rouass) (2010) Lucas's Ex Girlfriend. Elizabeta Starkova (Paloma Baeza) (2008) - Lucas North's ex-wife Will North (Richard Harrington) (2004) - Zoe Reynolds' fiancé. Ellie Simm (Esther Hall) (2002–2003) - Tom Quinn's ex-girlfriend. Vicki Westbrook (Natasha Little) (2003) - Tom Quinn's ex-girlfriend. Carlo Franceschini (Enzo Cilenti) (2003) - Zoe Reynolds' ex-boyfriend.

UK Ministers

These fictional UK cabinet ministers managed the team or have been characters in some episodes. Nicholas Blake - Home Secretary - (Robert Glenister) (2006–2009) killed 2010 Rachel Beauchamp - Foreign Secretary - (Jill Baker) (Series 7, Episode 6) Gillian Calderwood - Chancellor of the Exchequer - (Selina Cadell) (Series 7, Episode 5) Caroline Fox - Deputy Prime Minister - (Cheryl Campbell) (Series 5, Episode 10) James Allan - Foreign Secretary - (Alex Jennings) (2006) Ruth Chambers - Foreign Secretary - (Angela Bruce) (2007) unnamed Home Secretary - (Jeff Rawle) (2005) Alan Taylor - Cabinet Secretary - (2006) Richard Maynard - Defence Secretary - mentioned but resigned later. Daniel Wise - Foreign Trade Minister - (Ian Bartholomew) (2006) Andrew Lawrence - Home Secretary - (Tobias Menzies) (2009) William Towers - Home Secretary - (Simon Russell Beale) (2010-2011)