This is a list of characters in the television series Spooks (known as MI-5 in some countries), a British television spy drama series. It originally aired its first run on BBC One, for 10 series, from 13 May 2002 to 23 October 2011.

Character Actor Series 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Sir Harry Pearce KBE Peter Firth colspan="10" Malcolm Wynn-Jones Hugh Simon colspan="8" colspan="1" colspan="1" Tom Quinn Matthew Macfadyen colspan="3" colspan="6" colspan="1" Zoe Reynolds Keeley Hawes colspan="3" colspan="7" Danny Hunter David Oyelowo colspan="3" colspan="7" Tessa Phillips Jenny Agutter colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="8" Ellie Simm Esther Hall colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="8" Maisie Simm Heather Cave colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="8" Jed Kelley Graeme Mearns colspan="1" colspan="9" Helen Flynn Lisa Faulkner colspan="1" colspan="9" Colin Wells Rory MacGregor colspan="1" colspan="4" colspan="5" Ruth Evershed Nicola Walker colspan="1" colspan="4" colspan="2" colspan="3" Sam Buxton Shauna Macdonald colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="7" Adam Carter Rupert Penry-Jones colspan="2" colspan="5" colspan="3" Fiona Carter Olga Sosnovska colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="6" Zafar Younis Raza Jaffrey colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="3" colspan="4" Jo Portman Miranda Raison colspan="3" colspan="5" colspan="2" Ros Myers Hermione Norris colspan="4" colspan="4" colspan="2" Connie James Gemma Jones colspan="5" colspan="2" colspan="3" Ben Kaplan DSO Alex Lanipekun colspan="5" colspan="2" colspan="3" Lucas North / John Bateman Richard Armitage colspan="6" colspan="3" colspan="1" Tariq Masood Shazad Latif colspan="7" colspan="3" Dimitri Levendis Max Brown colspan="8" colspan="2" Beth Bailey Sophia Myles colspan="8" colspan="1" colspan="1" Erin Watts Lara Pulver colspan="9" colspan="1" Calum Reed Geoffrey Streatfeild colspan="9" colspan="1" Notes

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 & 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 (two episodes), originally seconded to MI5 from GCHQ

Former characters

MI5 staff Tariq Masood (Shazad Latif) (2009–2011) – Technician & Data Analyst, Section D Beth Bailey (Sophia Myles) (2010) – 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 & 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 & 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) – Chief of Section & Senior Case Officer, Section K Jed Kelley (Graeme Mearns) (2002) – Administrative Officer, Section D Helen Flynn (Lisa Faulkner) (2002) – Junior Case Officer, Section D

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 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

Significant others Maya Lahan (Laila Rouass) (2010) – Lucas's ex-girlfriend Elizabeta Starkova (Paloma Baeza) (2008) – Lucas's ex-wife Ana Bakshi (Agni Scott) (2007) - Iranian diplomat's wife, Adam's lover Will North (Richard Harrington) (2004) – Zoe Reynolds' fiancé Ellie Simm (Esther Hall) (Main cast Series 1, 2002–2003) – Tom's ex-girlfriend Maisie Simm (Heather Cave) (Main cast Series 1, 2002–2003) – Ellie's young daughter Vicki Westbrook (Natasha Little) (2003) – Tom's ex-girlfriend Carlo Franceschini (Enzo Cilenti) (2003) – Zoe's 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)

Other guest stars

Series 1 Anthony Head – Traitor's Gate (1#4) Tim Pigott-Smith – (1#5)

Series 2 Alexander Siddig – Series 2, Episode 2 Roshan Seth – Series 2, Episode 2

Series 3 Anton Lesser – Series 3, Episode 4 Andy Serkis – Series 3, Episode 8

Series 4 Martine McCutcheon – Series 4, Episode 2 Andrew Tiernan – Surreal World and The Possibility of a Mole (4#1 and 4#2) Jimi Mistry – Series 4, Episode 6

Series 5

Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Jenny

Series 6

Series 7 Paul Rhys as Alexis Meynell – Episode 5

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