| Actor |
Role |
Description |
| Peter Krause |
Nick George |
Krause is the first main character of the series. He's a well-meaning, civic-minded lawyer in his 30s, Nick is a husband, father, and son to the Darling family attorney, Devlin George. Growing up in a troubled household (his mother left when he was seven), he always came second to his father's job. Though he promised himself he would never follow in his father's footsteps, he is inevitably drawn to the Darling family when his father dies suddenly in a mysterious manner and agrees to be their chief counsel. [1]
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| Donald Sutherland |
Patrick "Tripp" Darling III |
Sutherland is the second main character of the series. Tripp is the Darling family patriarch. Now in his 60s, he has amassed a wealth of such enormity that he owns vineyards and maintains residences around the world, including one in Upper East Side, Manhattan. With his wife, Letitia, they have raised five grown, troubled children: Patrick, Karen, Brian, Jeremy and Juliet. [2]
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| Jill Clayburgh |
Letitia Darling |
Letitia is the Darling family matriarch. Friends with the Vanderbilt family, she is a socialite of formidable standing in New York. Rendered devastated by Devlin George's death, the truth about the nature of their relationship comes to light when her daughter, Karen, reveals that they were engaged in a years-long affair. [3]
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| William Baldwin |
Patrick Darling |
Patrick is the firstborn child of Tripp and Letitia Darling. Now in his 40s, he is the New York State Attorney General married with two kids. A rising political star, he intends to be a Senatorial candidate. There's only one glitch in the plan: he's been having a torrid affair with a transsexual who refuses to go away. [4]
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| Natalie Zea |
Karen Darling |
Karen Darling is the eldest daughter in the Darling family. 4 times married, she also runs the family's charitable foundation. Nick and Karen were romantically involved at one point in time (she lost her virginity to him) and the latter always thought she would end up his wife. She now resents the fact that it didn't turn out that way. [5]
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| Glenn Fitzgerald |
Reverend Brian Darling |
Brian Darling is the middle child of the Darling family. In his 30s, he is a priest affiliated with the Episcopal Church, even though he has an illegitimate child who he won't admit is his. Described as a "pale, sour, whiny jerk", he loathed Nick George as a child and hates him even more today. He once spitefully accused Devlin George of trying to ingratiate himself with his family, and now feels Nick is attempting to do the same. [6]
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| Seth Gabel |
Jeremy Darling |
Jeremy Darling (along with Juliet) is half of the set of twins that make up the youngest members of Darling family. Addicted to coke, he is frequently seen hung over, chain-smoking and pleading with Nick George to get him out of a jam. Completely oblivious to other people's suffering and unable to imagine a life worse than his, Jeremy often fears that he is the family disappointment and that his father abhors him. [7]
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| Samaire Armstrong |
Juliet Darling |
Juliet Darling (along with Jeremy) is half of the set of twins that make up the youngest members of the Darling family. Described as being spoiled and petulant (albeit with a heart), she is in her 20s. A former debutante, she is presently aiming to be taken seriously as an actress and was later devastated to learn that she only received the role of Susy Hendrix (once portrayed by Audrey Hepburn) in the play, "Wait Until Dark", because her father was bankrolling the production. [8]
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| Actor |
Role |
Description |
| Candis Cayne |
Carmelita |
Carmelita is Patrick Darling's transsexual lover. |
| Tamara Feldman |
Natalie Kimpton |
A character who is the former best friend of Juliet Darling who comes back into her life and causes controversy for the family. She dated Jeremy however they broke up when Jeremy realised that her pregnancy was a lie to get married to him |
| Blair Underwood |
Simon Elder |
Simon Elder is the world's third-richest man, thanks to his invention of a superfast computer processor, but couldn't be more different from the old-money Darling family headed by Donald Sutherland. Opposed to the Darlings, who live their lives so conspicuously, Simon is always radically underdressed. He lives very simply in a mostly empty loft, and he's sharp. He is engaged in a continuous war with the Darlings for the ownership of the island of Manhattan.[9]
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| Zoe McLellan |
Lisa George |
Lisa George is the loving, attractive wife of Nick George. Mother to their 7-year-old daughter, Kiki, she is a patient partner in parenting and enjoys the frequent, lavish parties that the Darlings throw in which she is now privy to. Despite their newfound wealth, Lisa is also aware of the fact that her husband might be drifting away from her and growing closer to his old flame, Karen Darling. [10]
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| Bellamy Young |
Ellen Darling |
Ellen is the wife of Patrick Darling, the eldest son of Tripp Darling. She is a determined wife who will not let her husband's affair with Carmelita ruin their marriage and their political career in Washington. Ellen was played by Kiersten Warren in the pilot episode. |
| Michelle Krusiec |
Mei Ling Hwa Darling |
Mei Ling is the wife of Brian Darling, parents to two twin daughters. After discovering Brian's secret love child which he kept from her for 7 years, Mei Ling is currently contemplating on forgiving Brian. |
| Shawn Michael Patrick |
Clarke the Chauffeur |
Has been the family Chauffeur for over 17 years, who repeatedly runs errands for the family. |
| Will Shadley |
Brian Jr. |
Brian Jr. is Brian's illegitimate child. |
| Chloe Moretz |
Kiki George |
Elle Fanning portrayed Nick's daughter Kiki in the 2007 pilot episode, as a credited guest star. Coincidentally, Fanning also portrayed Peter Krause's daughter in the Sci-Fi Channel miniseries, The Lost Room.[11]
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| Sofia Vergara |
Sofia Montoya |
Sofia is Jeremy Darling's new love interest, whom he met while working as a car park attendant. |
