List of characters in the Terminator franchise
The following is a list of characters, their plot lines and their performers in the Terminator film franchise consisting of six films. A list specific to the characters, their plot lines and their performers as presented in the television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles can be found at List of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles characters; including supporting characters, and important villains.
Overview
Cast and crew
Original continuity (1984–2009)
Battle Across Time continuity (1984–1991, 1996)
Genisys continuity (2015)
Dark Fate continuity (1984–1991, 2019)
TSCC continuity (1984–1991, 2008–2009)
Family tree
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Kate Brewster
Katherine "Kate" Connor is a fictional character from the Terminator films. She is portrayed by Claire Danes in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and Bryce Dallas Howard in Terminator Salvation. Danes had previously been asked about returning for another film, and responded, "I don't think so. I felt sort of kidnapped by the production." When Charlotte Gainsbourg was unable to take the role due to scheduling conflicts, she was replaced by Howard.Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Kate is a veterinarian in the present day and is engaged to Scott Mason; however, she is hesitant of marrying him. In the film, it is stated that just prior to the events of Terminator 2, she had a teenage makeout session with John Connor that might have led to a relationship, had the events of T2 not occurred. Scott is killed by a Terminator known as the T-X, and Kate evades it with the help of John and a reprogrammed T-101.Her father, USAF Lieutenant General Robert Brewster, is the program director for Cyber Research Systems and is overseeing development of Skynet. Through of her relation to Robert, Kate had trained in combats, and has access to her father's military contacts that would be pivotal to the formation of the Resistance in the future. Kate, John, and the Terminator set off to CRS to stop her father from activating Skynet. They arrive too late, however, and he is killed by the T-X. Kate and John reach a hardened fallout shelter in the Sierra Nevada mountains and are able to survive Judgment Day. They use communications equipment within the facility to contact survivors and start a Resistance force.
It is stated by the T-101 that Kate's future self was the one who sent it back, after the machine killed John prior to it being captured and reprogrammed by her.
Terminator Salvation
In 2018, Skynet's war has ravaged the Earth. Kate is John Connor's wife and is pregnant with his child. She is also a physician within John's unit, and later leads a rescue squad for him and others.Robert Brewster
Lieutenant General Robert Brewster, portrayed by David Andrews in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, is Kate's father who is also the program director at Cyber Research Systems. He is supervising the development of digital defense systems for the United States military, including Skynet. Brewster is hesitant to activate Skynet, as it would have unprecedented control over the country's unmanned defenses, including nuclear missiles. When a computer virus spreads around the world, Brewster is pressured by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to activate Skynet so it can destroy the virus, unaware that Skynet itself is it. Upon activating Skynet, Brewster is mortally wounded by the T-X to prevent him from interfering with the A.I.'s takeover. He entrusts John to take care of Kate.C
Cameron
Cameron, portrayed by Summer Glau, is a Cyborg of an unidentified series sent back through time to protect John and his mother. She is shown to be the most advanced machine in terms of mimicking human emotions is also capable of eating. Her role is similar to that of the Terminator's from Judgement Day and Rise of the Machines. She is exclusive to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.John Connor
Sarah Connor
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Danny Dyson
Danny Dyson is the son of Miles and Tarissa Dyson, and appears as a child in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, played by DeVaughn Nixon, and an adult in Terminator Genisys, played by Dayo Okeniyi. In Terminator 2, after Sarah Connor attacks the Dysons in an attempt to kill Miles and stop him from creating Skynet, Danny shields his father and begs Sarah not to kill him. After Sarah relents out of guilt and the Terminator reveals the truth to Miles and Tarissa, John takes Danny to his room for his safety.In Terminator Genisys, where the timeline has been altered by Skynet since the events of 1973, by the year 2017, Danny has become the president of Cyberdyne Systems and is heading the creation of Genisys, which is a disguised Skynet, with help from both John Connor, who has actually been turned by Skynet into the T-3000 and sent to the past to ensure Skynet's rise while the Dysons remain unaware of the coming threat.
Miles Dyson
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Ginger
Ginger was Sarah Connor's roommate and best friend in 1984. She is an avid fan of music and could frequently be seen carrying a walkman. She, along with her boyfriend Matt were killed by the T-800 when it came to Sarah's apartment looking for her.The character of Ginger was originally written as an Aerobics Instructor, which in turn, was an occupation of Motta's at the time. A Gym scene depicting Ginger as an instructor was present in the original script, but was never filmed.
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Grace Harper
Grace Harper, portrayed by Mackenzie Davis, is part of a security detail for her adoptive mother, Daniella Ramos, the leader of the future resistance against the machines in an alternate future where Skynet was erased from existence but replaced with another rogue A.I., Legion. After being severely wounded by a Rev-7, Grace volunteers to become an augmented soldier by technology, granting her limited levels of enhanced strength and speed and an ability to sense Legion's machines at proximity. Later, after the machines are defeated, she is sent back in time to protect a younger Dani from Legion's Rev-9. After locating Dani, she joins forces with an aging Sarah Connor and a T-800, named Carl, to counter and destroy the Rev-9, and, in the process, learns about John Connor and Skynet, that the timeline had altered before because of Sarah and Carl's respective actions. Initially fearing Carl because of him being a Terminator, Grace comes to trust Carl after learning he is not related to Legion and his efforts to make amends to Sarah. At first, Grace conceals Dani's true significance from her, leading Sarah to believe that Dani is destined to give birth to the leader of the resistance as she did to John, but Grace eventually reveals the truth, telling her that she is not the "mother of some man" destined to save the future. In the climactic battle against the Rev-9 in a power plant, Grace insists that Dani and Carl use her power source as an EMP to destroy the rogue machine before she dies.M
Scott Mason
Scott Mason, portrayed by Mark Famiglietti, was the fiancé of Kate Brewster. She was in a dedicated relationship with Scott and had been blowing off her father's attempts to visit her in favor of focusing on their eventual wedding. One night when Kate is notified of a disturbance at the clinic, she tells Scott to go back to sleep and that she'll be back before he wakes up. While she's out, the T-X breaks into their Apartment and kills Scott as he awakes. Assuming his identity, it tags along with two detectives who are in a search for Kate and kills them immediately upon hearing her location. The T-X locates Kate as Scott and disinigrates his form in front of her before attempting to kill her, much to her horror. After the Terminator informs her that her fiancé is dead, Kate mourns Scott, taking the blame for his death, but John attempts to console her by saying it was not her fault.Scott's last name was originally intended to be Peterson, but after the 2002 murder of Laci Peterson and her unborn son Connor committed by Scott Peterson, the character's last name was changed to Mason and a line of dialogue was altered. Despite the final film referring to the character as "Scott Mason", the end credits still list Famgiletti's role as "Scott Peterson".