List of characters on The West Wing

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See also: List of politicians on The West Wing

The television series The West Wing is a political drama series which was originally broadcast on NBC.

In addition to the main (regular) cast, there are numerous secondary characters who only appear periodically, and some characters who are mentioned but never appeared. Some have "disappeared" without explanation, and others who haven't been seen for a year or more who have reappeared without explanation.

Many actors noted for work in sitcoms, such as John Goodman, John Larroquette, Christopher Lloyd, Ed O'Neill, Matthew Perry, and Patricia Richardson have appeared in dramatic roles on The West Wing.

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[edit] White House staff

[edit] Assistants and secretaries

[edit] White House Counsel

  • Lionel Tribbey — John Laroquette (Ep 2.5): White House Counsel. Known for his hot temper and very liberal views. In the words of Ainsley Hayes, "I'm a Republican and Lionel Tribbey is incredibly not." According to Hayes, President Josiah Bartlet is "too moderate for [his] taste."
  • Oliver Babish — Oliver Platt: Succeeded Lionel Tribbey as White House Counsel (Season 2). Chief crises: the President's MS disclosure (Seasons 2–3); Toby confessing to leaking military shuttle information. Santos Administration nominee for Attorney General (Season 7).
  • Ainsley Hayes — Emily Procter: Associate (and proposed Deputy) White House Counsel (Seasons 2–3). Republican. Briefly reappeared in Season 7, wanting to become White House Counsel for the Santos Administration.
  • Joseph 'Joe' Quincy — Matthew Perry: Associate White House Counsel (Seasons 4–5). Republican. Uncovered Vice President Hoynes's leaking of information in his affair with local socialite, Helen Baldwin, ultimately leading to Hoynes's resignation.
  • Mike Wayne — Benjamin Brown: Associate White House Counsel (Season 4–7). Dealt with Toby after he admitted being the source of the shuttle leak.

[edit] Situation Room

[edit] Secret Service / FBI

  • Ron Butterfield — Michael O'Neill: Head of the President's Secret Service detail (Seasons 1–7).
  • Simon Donovan — Mark Harmon: Secret Service agent assigned to protect (and later developed a close relationship with) C. J. Cregg. Killed when he walked into an armed robbery (Season 3).
  • Gina Toscano — Jorja Fox: Secret Service agent assigned to protect Zoey Bartlet (Seasons 1–2).
  • Wesley Davis — Taye Diggs: In charge of Zoey Bartlet's secret service detail when she was abducted (Season 4).
  • Molly O'Connor - Kimberly Bigsby: A young agent on Zoey's France detail. Shot dead during the kidnapping of Zoey. One of Toby and Andy's twins was named in her memory. (Season 4)
  • Randy Weathers - Shannon Marshall: Another young agent on Zoey Bartlet's France detail (Season 4)
  • Jamie Reed - John Antonini: Another young agent on Zoey Bartlet's France detail (Season 4)
  • Tom Connelly (Ep. 1.03): FBI Director.
  • George Arnold — Michael Kagan (Ep. 5.18; 6.1): FBI Director.
  • Mike Casper — Clark Gregg: FBI Special Agent (Seasons 2–5).

[edit] Campaign staff

  • Bruno Gianelli — Ron Silver: General Chairman (Campaign Manager), Committee to Re-elect Bartlet/Hoynes in 2002 (Seasons 3–4). Campaign Manager of Eric Baker for Democratic nomination for president in 2006, prior to him dropping out. Became an independent consultant to Republican nominee Arnold Vinick (Seasons 6–7).
  • Josephine "Joey" Lucas — Marlee Matlin: Deaf political consultant, pollster often consulted by the White House and Democratic campaigns (Seasons 1–7).
  • Kenny Thurman — Bill O'Brien: Joey Lucas's sign interpreter (Seasons 1–7).
  • Connie Tate — Connie Britton: Bartlet-Hoynes re-election campaign staffer (Season 3).
  • Doug Wegland — Evan Handler: Bartlet-Hoynes re-election campaign staffer and speechwriter (Season 3).
  • Kevin Kahn — Patrick Breen: Former friend of Sam Seaborn. Staffer on Ritchie's 2002 presidential campaign (Season 3).
  • Dylan Clark — Tim Kelleher: Hoynes' Campaign Manager (Season 6).

[edit] Santos campaign

  • Louise "Lou" Thornton — Janeane Garofalo: Santos-McGarry Deputy Campaign Manager for Communications. Santos Administration Communications Director (Season 7).
  • Ronna Beckman — Karis Campbell: Aide to Congressman Santos, Santos-McGarry Campaign (Seasons 6–7); President's Personal Secretary in the Santos Administration (Season 7).
  • Edie Ortega — Diana-Maria Riva: Santos-McGarry Deputy Campaign Manager for Strategic Planning (Season 7).
  • Bram Howard — Matthew Del Negro: Staffer, Santos-McGarry Campaign (Seasons 6–7); Personal Aide to President Santos (Season 7).
  • Ned Carlson — Evan Arnold: Aide to Congressman Santos (Season 6); Staffer, Santos-McGarry Campaign (Seasons 6–7).
  • Otto — Ramon De Ocampo: Speechwriter, Santos-McGarry Campaign (Season 7); Staffer in the Santos Administration (Season 7).

[edit] Vinick campaign

  • Sheila Brooks — Patricia Richardson: Senator Vinick's Chief of Staff and Vinick-Sullivan Campaign Manager; later resigned to play to the Republican base (Season 6–7).
  • Jane Braun — Melinda McGraw: Vinick-Sullivan Campaign Manager after Brooks' resignation (Season 7).
  • Bruno Gianelli — Ron Silver: (See above).
  • Bob Mayer — Stephen Root: Vinick-Sullivan speechwriter (Season 6–7).

[edit] Media

  • Danny Concannon — Timothy Busfield: White House Press Corps correspondent for The Washington Post (Seasons 1–2, 4–5, 7).
  • Greg Brock — Sam Robards: New York Times White House Reporter, goes to jail for failure to disclose a source (Seasons 5–7).
  • Roger Salier — Ivan Allen: Television anchor on News Center 4 (Seasons 1–7).
  • Mark Gottfried — Ted McGinley: Talk show host of "Capitol Beat" (Season 2).
  • Diane Mathers (5.07 & 6.07): Tough talk show host who interviewed Zoey Bartlet about her kidnapping and John Hoynes about his intentions to run for President again
  • Taylor Reid — Jay Mohr: Conservative talk show host, baited C.J. Cregg by calling her a "chicken" (Season 5). (Believed to be based on conservative talk show hosts Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity.)
  • Katarina "Katie" Witt — Kris Murphy: White House Press Corps Reporter.
  • Mark O'Donnell — Timothy Davis Reed: White House Press Corps Reporter. Episode 3:08 - says he is from Canada.
  • Steve — Charles Noland: White House Press Corps Reporter.
  • Chris — Mindy Seeger: White House Press Corps Reporter.

[edit] Family

[edit] Other characters

  • Laurie — Lisa Edelstein: Sam Seaborn's friend. Law student working as a call girl (Season 1).
  • Al Kiefer — John de Lancie: Democratic pollsters and had a short relationship with Joey Lucas. (Season 1)
  • Larry Claypool — John Diehl: Freedom Watch lawyer (Seasons 1, 4).
  • Bernard Thatch — Paxton Whitehead (Ep 2.10, Ep 6.07): Head of the White House Visitor's Office.
  • Ann Stark — Felicity Huffman (Ep 2.11): Toby Ziegler's former friend. Chief of Staff to the Senate Majority Leader.
  • Dr. Stanley Keyworth — Adam Arkin: Therapist specializing in trauma cases. Staff Therapist for the American Trauma Victims Association (ATVA) (Seasons 2–4).
  • Jordan Kendall — Joanna Gleason: Leo McGarry's lawyer during the Bartlet MS hearings and love interest for several months (Season 3–4).
  • Jean Paul Pierre Claude Charpentier, Vicomte de Condé de Bourbon — Trent Ford: Zoey Bartlet's French boyfriend (Season 4).
  • Colin Ayres — Jason Isaacs: Photographer who has a fling with Donna Moss in Gaza (Season 5–6).

[edit] Pets

  • Bess: Glen Allen Walken's pug.
  • Gail: C.J. Cregg's pet goldfish. A gift from Danny Concannon. Josh Lyman told Danny that C.J. likes goldfish. Although Josh was referring to snack crackers of the same name, Danny mistakenly believed he was referring to the fish (Seasons 1–7). [1] In many episodes, props in Gail's fishbowl had some relation to the episode itself.
  • Henry: Amy Gardner's basset hound.

[edit] See also

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