Main Characters
In its inaugural season, Heroes featured an ensemble cast of twelve main characters. During the first season, the NBC Heroes cast page listed ten characters among the cast; Leonard Roberts arrived later, and Jack Coleman was promoted to series regular as of the eleventh episode.
For the second season of the show, Santiago Cabrera, Tawny Cypress, and Leonard Roberts left the main cast. Zachary Quinto and James Kyson Lee, who were recurring characters in the first season, were added to the main cast for the second season, and were joined by new cast members David Anders, Kristen Bell, Dania Ramírez, and Dana Davis. Anders was originally to be a recurring character, but was promoted to a series regular prior to the start of the season. He is credited as a guest star for the first four episodes of season two.
For the third season, Cristine Rose, recurring in the first two seasons, was promoted to series regular. Kristen Bell, David Anders, and Noah Gray-Cabey were no longer regulars and became guest cast. Additionally, Dana Davis was no longer part of the main cast, with scenes involving her in the third season cut.
For the fourth season, a new character Samuel Sullivan (portrayed by Robert Knepper) has been added. Originally cast as a recurring part, the part has been changed to a starring role.
Unlike most series, each main cast member is only credited for the episode he or she appears in.
| Name | Main cast (seasons) |
Guest cast (seasons) |
Played by | Known special abilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claire Bennet | 1–4 | — | Hayden Panettiere | Rapid cellular regeneration |
| Noah Bennet | 1–4 | 1 | Jack Coleman | None |
| Elle Bishop | 2 | 3 | Kristen Bell | Electric manipulation |
| Monica Dawson | 2 | — | Dana Davis | Adoptive muscle memory |
| Simone Deveaux | 1 | — | Tawny Cypress | None |
| D.L. Hawkins | 1 | 2 | Leonard Roberts | Phasing |
| Maya Herrera | 2–3 | — | Dania Ramirez | Poison emission |
| Ando Masahashi | 1–4 | 1 | James Kyson Lee | Initially none; acquires power amplification and energy projection after injecting himself with a gene-altering formula |
| Isaac Mendez | 1 | 4 | Santiago Cabrera | Precognition |
| Adam Monroe | 2 | 2–4 | David Anders | Rapid cellular regeneration |
| Hiro Nakamura | 1–4 | — | Masi Oka | Space-time manipulation |
| Matt Parkman | 1–4 | — | Greg Grunberg | Telepathy; precognition |
| Angela Petrelli | 3–4 | 1–2 | Cristine Rose | Enhanced dreaming |
| Nathan Petrelli | 1–4 | — | Adrian Pasdar | Flight |
| Peter Petrelli | 1–4 | — | Milo Ventimiglia | Power mimicry and multiple acquired abilities |
| Micah Sanders | 1–2 | 3 | Noah Gray-Cabey | Technopathy |
| Niki Sanders | 1–2 | 3 | Ali Larter | Enhanced strength |
| Tracy Strauss | 3–4 | — | Ali Larter | Freezing; water transformation |
| Samuel Sullivan | 4 | 4 | Robert Knepper | Terrakinesis |
| Mohinder Suresh | 1–3 | 4 | Sendhil Ramamurthy | Initially none; acquires enhanced strength, agility and reflexes after injecting himself with a gene-altering formula |
| Sylar | 1–4 | 1 | Zachary Quinto | Intuitive aptitude; empathic mimicry; multiple acquired abilities |
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