List of Nip/Tuck characters

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Contents 1 Main characters 2 Primary antagonists 3 Minor characters 4 Recurring characters

[edit] Main characters

Character	Actor	Seasons	Information
Sean McNamara	Dylan Walsh	1 - present	A plastic surgeon nearing middle age and trying to come to terms with his formerly 'perfect' life falling apart. Sean and Julia, who recently reconciled after a brief separation, have three children, including one who's physically handicapped. Runs the McNamara/Troy plastic surgery practice with his best friend, Christian Troy, who has been revealed to be the father of Sean's son Matt. Fathers a second child, Conor, with Julia after their reconciliation. After Julia leaves him, Sean re-evaluates his life and sells his portion of the practice to Christian and Michelle Landau.
Christian Troy	Julian McMahon	1 - present	A womanizing plastic surgeon also approaching middle age, Christian serves as a foil to the more family-minded Sean McNamara, his best friend and business partner. He is the biological father of Matt McNamara with whom he has a tempestuous relationship. Kimber Henry is his on-again/off-again girlfriend. Christian's hope that selling ownership of the practice would lead to fewer stresses has proved to be unfounded. Begins a romantic relationship with a married Michelle Landau, which becomes an engagement following the death of her husband. Buys out Sean's part of the practice only to sell his own stake in the practice to Michelle when he decides to leave her.
Julia McNamara	Joely Richardson	1 - 4	Sean McNamara's wife of 18 years, mother to Matt McNamara, Annie McNamara, and Conor McNamara. Dropped out of medical school to raise her children, became extremely bitter about this, which lead to the tension that ultimately resulted in the end of her first marriage to Sean. They have since remarried. Former co-owner of De La Mer, a day spa for surgery patients in recovery. Recently gave birth to a third child - her second with Sean - who suffers from ectrodactyly, "lobster claw syndrome." Julia leaves Sean after his revelations about the affair with Monica Wilder, as well as her own affair with Marlowe Sawyer and her resolution to raise Conor and Annie away from the turbulence of her old life.
Matt McNamara	John Hensley	1 - present	Sean and Julia's extremely troubled teenage son. His vast list of crimes include running over and disfiguring a classmate, gaybashing a transsexual, and filing false child abuse reports with child welfare against his parents. Christian is his biological father. He was also involved with a post-op transsexual, whom he believed to be a woman, and briefly believed he was in love with. He is currently in a quasi-romantic relationship with Kimber Henry, who romanically involved with both Sean and Christian and who has introduced him to scientology, which he has enthusiastically embraced. Since his conversion, and possibly partially because of his involvement with Kimber, he has cut Christian out of his life for the time being, labeling him as an "SP," or suppressive personality. He also attempted to self-circumsize his penis in an episode to fit in with societal norms.
Liz Cruz	Roma Maffia	1 - present	Anesthesiologist for McNamara/Troy, and former general practitioner at De La Mer. Often the 'voice of reason' at McNamara/Troy, Liz is a 40-something-year-old lesbian and feminist who often serves as a sarcastic foil for Christian Troy, though she occasionally shows concern and even admiration for Christian. She seems to have a proclivity towards physical injury, once being shot in the leg by Escobar Gallardo, and, more recently, having one of her kidneys stolen by organ thieves after being seduced and drugged by an attractive young woman.
Kimber Henry	Kelly Carlson	1 - present	Christian's on-again/off-again girlfriend whom he met in the pilot episode. A former model, pornographic actress, drug addict, and pornography producer, she is extremely self-conscious about her looks and has severe low self-esteem problems. Christian's general apathy towards Kimber's feelings - which was expressed most notably in season one, when he attempted to "trade" Kimber to a rival plastic surgeon who was in love with her in exchange for the rival's new sports car - has contibuted to her poor self-image. She was a victim of the Carver, a crazed plastic surgeon, and former partner ar McNamara Troy. She also had a brief sexual relationship with Sean McNamara when he was split up with Julia. In season 4, she is an enthusiastic Scientologist who helps Matt deal with his problems through counseling. She has seduced and married Matt as revenge against Christian. She becomes pregnant with Matt's child.

[edit] Primary antagonists

Character	Actor	Seasons	Information
Escobar Gallardo	Robert LaSardo	1, 2, 4	A ruthless, violent, and somewhat Scarface-esque drug lord from South America who the doctors become entangled with during season one. Has a thing for 1980s music and ultimately blackmailed Sean and Christian into giving him a new face so he could leave the drug business behind and start again. Instead, Sean and Christian gave him the face of another wanted criminal and he was arrested at the airport while attempting to flee the country. Appeared briefly in a dream in the season 2 finale, encouraging Sean to kill the Carver. He also appeared in season 4 as a hallucination of Sean's, encouraging him to repeat his sexual exploits with a young babysitter. Apparently has taken on the symbolic role of Sean's inner voice for aggressive behavior. Later, Escobar convinces Christian and Sean to restore his original face. He then breaks out of security while in the clinic, and kills his accomplice to remove a threat to Sean and Christian. It is revealed later in the season that James has been working for him. In the fourth season finale, he is killed by his wife, Gala Gallardo.
Ava Moore	Famke Janssen	2, 3	A life coach who routinely manipulates her clients for her own amusement. Is hired by Sean to fix his marriage to Julia only to seduce their son Matt and reveal Christian as Matt's biological father (a result of Julia's one night stand with Christian while she was engaged to Sean and still attending medical school). At the end of season two, Ava was revealed to be transsexual who left her husband/doctor before the final surgery was performed on her; Ava was able to barter with Sean and Christian into performing one last surgery to complete her transformation into womanhood in exchange for her ending her relationship with Matt. Step-mother to Adrian Moore and was married to Dr. Barrett Moore. Also known as Avery Tanner.
Quentin Costa/The Carver	Bruno Campos	2, 3	An openly bisexual plastic surgeon originally from Atlanta who was ultimately revealed to be the mysterious masked serial rapist, and one-time murderer, The Carver. He disfigures his victims by cutting a deep slash on either side of their mouths, resembling a smile. Born with no penis. Briefly a limited partner at McNamara/Troy and tormented the two due to their interference with his crimes committed as the Carver. Ultimately faked his death with the help of his sister and fled to Europe.
James	Jacqueline Bisset	4	An extortionist that knows Michelle Landau, she apparently seems to have some kind of sexual relationship with her. Michelle Landau worked under her as an escort to pay her way through medical school. James is also the mastermind of the organ theft ring that targeted Liz, and she uses Michelle as a decoy for this purpose. It is revealed that James herself has a boss, one Escobar Gallardo. James later kills herself in front of Michelle, rather than turn Wilbur's kidneys over to Escobar.
Michelle Landau	Sanaa Lathan	4	A beautiful thirtysomething woman married to a wealthy, much older man who is now the owner of McNamara/Troy. She is a tough supervisor who harbors a deep secret from her past which involves an older woman (James) who is blackmailing her--her old boss from when Michelle was an escort. Even though Michelle has paid her debts, she is still being followed. Michelle is also part of the organ theft ring that has moved into Miami. Michelle kills her husband to give his kidneys to James, temporarily filling her quota. She and Christian become engaged, but the relationship ends soon after her revelations to Christian concerning her participation in the organ-theft ring. Eventually, she buys out both Sean and Christian, ending the Miami-based practice of both surgeons.

[edit] Minor characters

Character	Actor	Seasons	Information
Ariel Alderman	Brittany Snow	3	A racist girl from Matt's high school. Briefly romantically involved with Matt.
Burt Landau	Larry Hagman	4	The new owner of McNamara/Troy and the husband of Michelle Landau. Later in the fourth season, he is murdered by his wife.
Nurse Linda	Linda Klein	1 - present	Nurse at McNamara/Troy.
Kit McGraw	Rhona Mitra	3	A British detective brought in to solve The Carver case. It was later found out that she was the sister of Quentin Costa and helped him escape.
Annie McNamara	Kelsey Batelaan	1 - 4	Julia and Sean's young daughter
Adrian Moore	Seth Gabel	2, 3	Adopted son of Ava Moore and biological son of Dr. Barrett Moore. He was briefly involved with his step-mother.
Erica Noughton	Vanessa Redgrave	2, 3	Julia's controlling mother and a practicing doctor of clinical psychology. Believes Julia has wasted her potential by choosing not to becoming a medical doctor, instead spending her time at home as the primary caretaker.
Gina Russo	Jessalyn Gilsig	1 - 4	A troubled, bitter HIV positive sex addict in her mid-30's who has a very adversarial relationship with Christian Troy, who she refers to as "asshole" as opposed to using his actual name. She is also the mother of Christian's "son" Wilber, aka Gabriel. Became the full owner of De La Mer surgical recovery spa when Julia sold her share of the business to help raise her new son.
Grace Santiago	Valerie Cruz	1	Former staff psychologist at McNamara/Troy
Marlowe Sawyer	Peter Dinklage	4	Nanny for Conor McNamara. He has dwarfism and is opposed to performing surgery on Conor, and as such is frequently at odds with Sean. Later in the fourth season, Julia begins to have an affair with Marlowe.

[edit] Recurring characters

Character	Actor	Seasons	Information
Dr. Merrill Bobolit	Joey Slotnick	1, 2, 4	Former classmate and competitor of Sean and Christian. Bottom of his class in med school, shady, and jealous of Christian and Sean. Once tried to cut off his face in order to attach Troy's handsome features to himself. Became Escobar Gallardo's "prison wife" while incarcerated. Attempted to kill the once drug-lord while on the operating table.
Dawn Budge	Rosie O'Donnell	4	A "rags to riches" patient who pays for extensive plastic surgery for her and her family and a one night stand with Christian. O'Donnell has agreed to star in a Nip/Tuck spin-off about her character Dawn Budge.[1]
Natasha Charles	Rebecca Gayheart	2, 4	A blind patient who had a brief relationship with Christian.
Suzanne Epstein	Nancy Cassaro	1, 2	Julia's self-absorbed friend. Her daughter is Annie McNamara's friend.
Mrs. Hedda Grubman	Ruth Williamson	1, 2, 4	A client of McNamara/Troy with a plastic surgery addiction. She is extremely clever and manipulative. Mrs. Grubman also appeared in Season 4 where she died of complications brought on by lung cancer.
Sophia Lopez	Jonathan Del Arco	1	A male-to-female transsexual who developed a friendship with Liz.
Abby Mays	Rebecca Metz	3, 4	A patient of Christian's. Undergoes liposuction and then meets Christian for a date, where she consents to having sex with him while wearing a bag on her head. Later tells Christian she's a masochist and wants to do it again, he agrees. Returns to haunt Christian in season 4.
Dr. Barrett Moore	Alec Baldwin	2	A plastic surgeon renowned for his sexual reassignment pioneering techniques. Met Avery Tanner, later Ava Moore, and transformed him into a woman so he could truly love her. Biological father of Adrian Moore.
Megan O'Hara	Julie Warner	1, 2, 4	Woman who had cancer and a mastectomy and came to McNamara/Troy for breast reconstruction. Had a brief affair with Sean. Eventually committed suicide when her cancer came back. Appears in tandem with Escobar when Sean is faced with the choice of whether to continue his affair with a young babysitter, encouraging Sean to restrain himself. Apparently has taken on the symbolic role of Sean's inner voice for compassionate behavior.
Cherry Peck	Willam Belli	3	A transsexual who Matt attacks after finding out she is pre-op. He later befriends her.
Poppy	Alanis Morissette	4	Liz's girlfriend.
Henry Shapiro	Andrew Leeds	1, 2	Matt's friend from high school.
James Sutherland	Georg Stanford Brown	2	Biological father of Wilbur, the baby Christian thought he had with Gina.
Jude Watson	Phillip Rhys	1 - 3	A college student who befriended Julia when she went back to medical school. Deceptive. Briefly an intern at McNamara/Troy. Appears earlier in the story with a British Accent, but later confessed to have faked it to impress Julia.
Monica Wilder	Jennifer Hall	4	A nanny who seduced Sean and threatened to inform the police and his wife Julia if he didn't return her affection. Killed by a bus.
Dr. Faith Wolper	Brooke Shields	4	Christian's new psychiatrist who suggested that he may be in love with Sean. Later in that episode, Christian and Wolper have sex on her desk. She later learns of Christian's affair with Michelle, and informs Burt Landau of it. Following this, she is shown getting a lower back tattoo of Christian's name, inferring that she may in part be motivated by envy toward Michelle.