List of Evil Dead characters
The following is a list of characters in Evil Dead, a supernatural horror franchise created by director Sam Raimi.
Overview
- This table only shows characters that have appeared in three or more films in the series.
- A dark gray cell indicates that the character was not in the film or that the character's presence in the film has yet to be announced.
- A indicates the actor portrayed the possessed version of the character.
- An indicates an appearance through archival footage or stills.
- A indicates a cameo role.
- An indicates the actor was part of the main cast for the season.
- An indicates the actor was part of the recurring cast for the season.
- A indicates the actor was part of the guest cast for the season.
- An indicates a role shared with another actor.
- A indicates an uncredited role.
- A indicates a voice-only role.
Protagonists
! Ashley "Ash" Williams! Mia Allen
! David Allen
! Bethany "Beth" Bixler
! Pablo Simon Bolivar
! Kelly Maxwell
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Recurring characters
! The Evil Dead! Professor Raymond Knowby
! Linda
! Cheryl Williams
! Scotty
! Shelly
! Bad/Evil Ash
! Annie Knowby
! Henrietta Knowby
! Professor Ed Getley
! Lord Arthur
! Duke Henry the Red
! The Mini-Ashes
! Jenny
! Vivian Johnson
! Amanda Fisher
! Baal
! Tanya
! Brock Williams
! Eligos
! Little Lori
! Ruby Knowby
! El Brujo
! Trisha Pettywood
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Other characters
! Jake! Bobby Joe
! Sheila
! Wiseman
! Abomination Mia
! Eric
! Olivia
! Natalie
! Ellie
! Bridget
! Danny
! Kassie
! Heather
! Linda B. Emery
! Chet Kaminski
! Lacey Emery
! Sheriff Thomas Emery
! Brandy Barr
! Dalton
! Abdul Alzeez
! Father Allard
! Professor Alex Eldridge
! Nathaniel Payne
! Captain Williams
! Sam
! Dr. Reinhard
! Sally Bowline
! The Rail Boss
! Sparky
Characters
Main characters
Ash Williams
Ashley Joanna Williams is the protagonist the entire series. Ash evolves over the course of the series from a cowardly college student to a wise cracking Deadite slayer with his detachable hand chainsaw and 12 gauge "boomstick". Ash was portrayed in nearly every Evil Dead incarnation by cult actor Bruce Campbell, with the only exceptions being the Poker Night 2 video game, and in the musical adaptation, in which he has been played by multiple people.Linda
! Voiced byEvil Ash
Evil Ash is the evil incarnation of Ash Williams and the primary antagonist of the series. He is portrayed by Bruce Campbell.In Evil Dead II, Evil Ash briefly possessed Ash during the beginning of the film before the day breaks which returns Ash to normal. Later, Evil Ash once again resurfaces and attacks both Annie and Jake. However, after seeing Linda's necklace, Ash fights control over the spiritual deadite and is defeated once more.
In Army of Darkness, He was first seen in the form of Tiny Ashes jumping out from a mirror after Ash was chased into a windmill by the Evil Force, and one jumping down his throat. It was then that his dark side manifested in physical form and split from him. Ash killed him by a shotgun blow to the head and buried him, but he was resurrected when Ash misspoke the words of the Necronomicon. He led the army of darkness against Arthur and also possesses Sheila, hinting that he is a combination of Ash's dark side and the Evil Force, only to be killed again by Ash at the end of the battle.
In the first season of Ash vs. Evil Dead, Evil Ash grows into being from Ash's severed hand and killed Amanda after she chopped off the still-decayed hand and chopped it into pieces. After a fist fight with Ash, Evil Ash is killed by Kelly and Pablo before being dismembered again in Bound in Flesh.
Mia Allen
Mia Allen is the main protagonist of the 2013 reboot of the series. She is the sister of David, and a friend of Olivia and Eric's. She is a recovering heroin addict, and her going cold turkey is the reason the characters traveled to the cabin in the first place.She is the only survivor of her group of friends, and one of the few people who have defeated the demons of the book.
Supporting characters in ''The Evil Dead''
Cheryl Williams
Cheryl Williams is Ash's sister and the odd woman out in the group. She is the first to sense the danger surrounding the cabin and is entirely ignored by her friends. Even after returning to the cabin battered, bruised, and half naked after being brutally raped by the possessed trees her friends dismiss her and decide she must have been attacked by an animal. She is the first of the group to become possessed by the Evil and attacks Linda with a pencil. To prevent further injury to the others, she is locked in the cellar where she eventually escapes and together with Evil Scotty attacks Ash, beating the latter with a fireplace poker. She meets the same fate as Scotty when the Book of the Dead is destroyed in the fireplace.Cheryl reappears as one of the antagonists in the sixth episode of Ash vs Evil Dead Season Two. Ash is forced to kill his sister for a second time when Cheryl is reborn after a photo of her is struck by the Kandarian Demon. She confronts Ash in a fight which results in his old friend Chet being killed. Cheryl re-appears in the finale of season two, first as an illusion by Baal, the main antagonist and later as a ghost seen in the background of a crowd with her father Brock, and Chet.
Scotty
Scotty was good looking, cocky and a bit of a clown. He is initially set up as the hero of the film, being the most proactive in fighting the Deadites, until being forced to kill his girlfriend, Shelly, who became possessed by the Evil. Soon after her demise, he abandons Ash and an injured Linda and tries to escape through the woods. Scotty later returns, severely injured and lacerated, having been attacked by the possessed trees. Scotty bleeds out, and his corpse is possessed and turned into a Deadite. He and Cheryl attack Ash, until he burns the Necronomicon in the fireplace, causing Scotty and Cheryl to decompose and rot, killing the demons possessing them in the process. According to producer Rob Tapert in the commentary for Evil Dead II, a version of the recap had Scotty in it.Shelly
Shelly is Scotty's girlfriend. After Cheryl is possessed, Shelly retreats back to her room where she is possessed by the Evil which hurls itself through a window. Soon after she viciously attacks Scotty who has no choice but to stab her, and when she survives he dismembers her with an axe. Ash and Scotty bury her remains outside the cabin. According to producer Rob Tapert in the commentary for Evil Dead II, a version of the recap had Shelly in it.Supporting characters in ''Evil Dead II''
Annie Knowby
Annie is Professor Knowby's and Henrietta's daughter. She travels to the cabin to proceed with her research on the book of the dead, which her father was also pursuing. Throughout most of the film she is just an observer, she doesn't actually get in on the action until most of her comrades are dead. When Ash is possessed by the Evil she runs inside and accidentally stabs an already injured Jake in the chest with the Kandarian Dagger. Annie drags him down the hall and into the cabin's main room. She then desperately tries to pull Jake back from the clutches of Evil Henrietta when she learns she left Jake too close to the cellar opening but it's to no avail.Later when she learns that Ash is back to his old self again both she and Ash decide to gather up the pages of the book and finish off the Evil. In the middle of reading, she is stabbed by Ash's evil hand. She finishes translating the text before she dies. She was portrayed by Sarah Berry.
A Deadite-possessed Annie returns as a boss in Evil Dead: Hail to the King, where Ash fights her in a fruit cellar for the Kandarian Dagger.
Annie Knowby is the main character of Space Goat Publishing's Evil Dead 2 comic series.