List of Millennium characters

The following is a list of fictional characters in the American Fox television show Millennium.

Black Family

• Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) – Born July 12, 1941, to Henry and Linda Black, Frank Black has a unique and disturbing ability which can take him inside the mind of a killer. His gift is also his curse. As an FBI agent specializing in hunting down serial killers, Black was one of the Bureau's most effective detectives. Yet his immersion into the vilest recesses of the human soul took him too close to the edge. A loving husband and father, Frank could no longer allow the shadow of evil come between him and his family. He left the FBI and settled in Seattle with his wife and young daughter. Frank however, couldn't leave the horror behind. As the Millennium approaches, so will the ultimate battle between good and evil as foretold by ancient prophecies. Frank is being recruited by the Millennium Group, an underground organization dedicated to battling the forces of darkness for purposes yet to be exposed.
• Catherine Black (Megan Gallagher) – A devoted mother to Jordan, Catherine Black was also a clinical social worker who counselled crime victims. This profession compelled her to confront many of the same dark forces as Frank. Yet Catherine knew she must never show any fear, no matter how appalling the evil. For if she did, Frank would ignore his mission, and dedicate himself to protecting his family. Catherine was willing to sacrifice her own peace of mind, and in the end even her safety, for the safety of us all. She was infected with a deadly virus that is mysteriously connected to the Millennium Group.
• Jordan Black (Brittany Tiplady) – Jordan, daughter of Frank and Catherine, represents the light in the dark world that Frank works. She is what's good, and why Frank must catch the "bad man" to protect her. Jordan must eventually come to terms with a terrible loss, while learning to deal with her own mysterious gift – one that offers her visions into the dark world that her father investigates.

Law Enforcement

• Lt. Robert Bletcher (Bill Smitrovich) – (Season 1) A homicide detective for the Seattle police. Best friend of Frank's and often enlists him to help out the crimes committed on cases in Seattle. He is murdered by Lucy Butler.
• Det. Bob Giebelhouse (Stephen J. Lang) – Seattle detective with a cynical view of humanity and a penchant for gallows humor. Initially Bletcher's partner, he becomes the head of Homicide in Season 2.
• FBI Special Agent Emma Hollis (Klea Scott) – (Season 3) Emma is a young FBI agent who becomes Frank's protege when he begins working in Virginia. She struggles to understand the criminal mind, as her sister was murdered by a man with no motive. Emma also has to deal with her father's bout with an Alzheimer's-like disease (possibly induced by the Millennium group) the cure for which Peter Watts uses as leverage to coerce her into cooperating with the Millennium Group.
• Assistant Director Andy McClaren (Stephen E. Miller) – (Season 3) An FBI Assistant Director who worked with Frank when he was an agent. He makes contact with Frank during Season 3. Miller also plays a store owner in the 2008 film X-Files: I Want to Believe.
• Special Agent Barry Baldwin (Peter Outerbridge) – (Season 3) An FBI agent who works on the Critical Incidents Response team. Approaches every case with a smarmy, ex-captain of the football team bravado. He is killed in an ambulance by someone he believes to be a paramedic after surviving an explosion set off by the Millennium Group.
• Doug Scaife (Trevor White) – (Season 3) An FBI computer specialist, Scaife appears throughout Season Three, becoming especially prominent during the final few episodes. This character provides Frank critical information in the Finale.

The Millennium Group

In Season 2, the Millennium Group is shown as divided into two factions – the Owls and the Roosters. A civil war is shown to be occurring between The Owls (who believe in a scientific natural form of Armageddon) and The Roosters (believing in a religious Apocalypse). The Owls believed that if a theological event did not occur in 672 days, a secular Millennium would result leaving them in control. Most in the group believe that the best solution is that the Old Man unites the factions. The Millennium Group utilized the following phrase to indicate their membership to members and candidates: "This is who we are" which also served as a tagline in the series titles.

Later in the season, the Old Man would explain that in the waning days of World War II, the Nazis began a secret project known as Odessa, in which high-ranking SS officers fled to countries south of the equator. One of these men, Rudolph Axmann, helped defeat their greatest enemy, Communism, in the 1980s. Now Odessa had turned its attention towards the Millennium Group and the Old Man in searching for many of the artifacts related to Judeo-Christian religious belief including the Hand of St. Sebastian and a wooden piece of the true Cross of Jesus Christ.

• The Old Man (R.G. Armstrong) – The leader of The Millennium Group, the Old Man was responsible for educating candidates on the nature of Evil. Among them was Frank Black who visited Bucksnort on the request of Peter Watts. The Old Man traveled to Seattle and, through his death, reunited The Millennium Group, which had begun disintegration through the influence of Odessa. When questioned by Lara Means on what faction he believed (Owls or Roosters), he replied that he had already "seen the end of the world" when Rudolph Axmann had his parents gassed at Auschwitz. It's later revealed that The Old Man approached Peter Watts with an offer to join The Millennium Group. Watts, going through an especially difficult period, saw comfort in The Group, and agreed.
• Peter Watts (Terry O'Quinn) – Peter Watts, a mysterious ex-FBI agent, is the first of the Millennium Group to contact Frank as soon as he arrives in Seattle with his family. Watts is extremely intelligent, knowledgeable and experienced. A man of few words, his seriousness commands the respect he deserves as a ‘Patron’ of the Millennium Group. Peter Watts left his position as Assistant Director of the FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force to join The Millennium Group, which promised him, like Frank, understanding in a chaotic world. He later became a senior member of the Group and 'Patron' to Frank Black, assisting him on numerous Group assigned cases.
• Lara Means (Kristen Cloke) – (Season 2) A Millennium Group member who shares visions similar to Frank's, but in the forms of angels, which are bringers of warning of imminent danger. She works with Frank on several cases. She is eventually inducted into the Millennium Group, but goes insane due to the secrets they reveal to her and the visions she receives as a result. In these visions Lara Means sees the end of the world, and also sees Frank in the form of a demon, causing viewers to question which side of the Good vs. Evil paradigm Frank is really on.
• Mike Atkins (Robin Gammell) – (Season 1) Atkins was responsible for Frank's initial introduction to the Millennium Group. While investigating a doomsday cult in San Francisco, he is seriously injured upon stumbling into a crematory oven (episode "Gehenna"). He later became the final victim of Alistair Pepper (episode "Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions").
• Dr. Cheryl Andrews (C.C.H. Pounder) – The Group's brilliant medical and forensic advisor in season one. In subsequent seasons she is portrayed as either betraying, or being betrayed (and killed) by, the Millennium Group. Her body is placed in a mass grave under a highway construction site where roadworks were due to start.

Legion

Legion, also known historically as the Gerasene demon, is a demon found in the Bible in Mark 5:9, "And He asked him: What is thy name? And he saith to him: My name is Legion, for we are many"; and Luke 8:30, "And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy name? But he said: Legion; because many devils were entered into him." (Douay-Rheims Bible). Whilst there were many evil characters and killers throughout the Millennium television series, not all were directly connected with the Legion mythology which was introduced early in Season One.

Although references were made about a supernatural raw evil in Millennium's earliest episodes, it was not until the character of the Judge stated a name and thereby an explanation was directly given by the writers for the various manifestations and mortal instruments of Legion characters. The Legion character would continue to taunt Frank in various forms with visions and knowledge of a happier and safer life for himself and that of his family throughout the series. Most Legion characters were direct manifestations, demonstrating supernatural abilities and methods.

• Lucy Butler (Sarah-Jane Redmond) – (Seasons 1–3) Among the most dangerous of Frank's supernatural opponents, Lucy is described as "The Devil's Liege" by a terrified serial killer. Her powers include superhuman strength, clairvoyance, and re-shaping into either an animal or another person.
• Mabius (Bob Wilde) – (Season 3) It's unknown to what capacity Mabius served The Millennium Group, but he was obviously a menacing threat to Frank and Emma. He appeared in Fingus, Maine, as Emma unearthed the skulls of Cheryl Andrews and other victims (Skull and Bones). He murdered Frank's psychiatrist Dr. Luanne Chase (Judith McDowell), having approached her re-shaped as Special Agent Boxer and then literally transforming himself; indicating that he was more than human. (Seven and One).
• The Judge (Marshall Bell) – (Season 1) Employed ex-convicts to carry out his vengeance on behalf of those mistreated by the United States' corrupt criminal justice system. Among his quarries are Biggs (a landlord whose negligence caused the death of an elderly tenant) and Jonathon Mellen (a detective whose false testimony sent an innocent man to prison). While possessed by Legion, the Judge propositioned Frank to join his cause; Frank naturally refused.
• The Instruments – (Seasons 1–3) There were of course other characters in Millennium who were instruments of Legion conducting the requirements and tasks that they were required to perform, some more directly than others. For example, Alistair Pepper, Danielle Barbakow, Del Boxer, Long-Haired Man, Lucas Sanderson, Martin, Mr. Crocell, Ricardo Clement, Selwyn Wassenaar, Tamara Shui Fa Lee, and Teresa Roe.

Serial Killers

• Polaroid Man (Paul Raskin, Doug Hutchison) – (Seasons 1–2) After receiving menacing Polaroids of Catherine and Jordan, Frank retired from the FBI and relocated his family to Seattle. However, the Polaroids continued to arrive and Catherine was later abducted from the Sea-Tac airport by the stalker himself. It was revealed The Millennium Group had withheld information about The Polaroid Stalker and Frank, understandably upset, continued his pursuit without their involvement. He found Catherine within the basement of an abandoned home and struggled with The Polaroid Stalker who died brutally at Frank's hand. Disturbed by these events, Catherine asked for a temporary separation in her marriage.
• Ed Cuffle (Matthew Glave) – (Season 3) The son of a cleaning woman, he witnessed his mother performing sexual favors for wealthy men to procure extra income. He would later establish a pattern of videotaping upper-class couples having sex and ultimately murdering them, to release his rage. He was sentenced to death and executed in the presence of Frank.
• Lucas Barr (Jeff Parise) – (Season 3) The copy-cat killer of Ed Cuffle, he saw himself as suffering like Christ and carved the stations of the cross in the homes of couples he murdered. Peter Watts explained to Frank that the Millennium Group was responsible for Barr's behavior by "switching on" the psychological process that usually ends development in infancy.