List of Wizards of Waverly Place characters


The Disney Channel original series Wizards of Waverly Place was created by Todd J. Greenwald. The series first aired on October 12, 2007, and ended on January 6, 2012.
The series centers on the fictional characters of the Russo family, which includes Alex, her older brother Justin, and their younger brother Max. The three Russo siblings are wizards in training and live with their Italian-American father, Jerry, a former wizard, and their Mexican-American mother, Theresa, who is a mortal.
The siblings have to keep their magical powers secret while living in the mortal world. When they complete their wizard training, the three siblings have to compete in the wizard competition to decide who will become the next family wizard and keep their powers.
A sequel series, Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, began airing October 29, 2024. The series follows middle school principal Justin living with his wife Giada, and their sons Roman and Milo, while he teaches magic to the young wizard Billie, who also attends Greenwald Middle School with Roman and their friend Winter.

Overview

Main

Alex Russo

Alexandra Margarita Russo is the only female of the three Russo siblings and the middle child. She is sly, rebellious, outgoing, and usually underachieves when it comes to school. She often gets into trouble because of her constant schemes. Alex and Justin Russo are the only characters to appear in every episode of the series and the shows focus tends to be on her and her journey being/becoming a wizard

Justin Russo

Justin Vincenzo Pepé Russo is Alex's and Max's older brother and the oldest of the three Russo siblings. He is very smart and is often considered a "nerd" because he is in numerous clubs and has learned over 5000 spells. He continues his wizard studies in a Monster Hunting course. For his knowledge of wizardry, he takes after his father, Jerry, who originally won the Wizard Family Competition against Kelbo and Megan.

Max Russo

Maximilian Alonzo Ernesto Russo is the youngest of the three Russo siblings. Although Max is an underachiever in the beginning, he advances more during the series. During season four, Alex and Justin accidentally turn Max into a little girl who is then given the name "Maxine". Maxine remains as such for five episodes starting from "Three Maxes and a Little Lady" and ending with "Back to Max" when the spell is reversed.

Harper Finkle

Harper Finkle is Alex's best friend. She used to have a crush on her brother, Justin Russo, but eventually falls in love with Justin's best friend, Zeke Beakerman. Harper is a typical teenager: self-expressive but a little insecure at times. Unlike Alex, she is a hardworking student and a fairly positive person. During season 2, Harper finds out about the Russo family's wizard powers.

Theresa Russo

Theresa Russo is the mother of Justin, Alex and Max Russo and co-owner of the Waverly Sub Station, with her husband Jerry. Theresa is the slightly more serious one of the couple and doesn't like magic being used in the house. Theresa is Mexican American.

Jerry Russo

Jerry Russo is the father of Justin, Alex and Max Russo and co-owner of the Waverly Sub Station with his wife Theresa. He is also a former wizard who chose to give up his powers to marry his wife Theresa, a mortal, due to a rule forbidding wizards to marry mortals. Jerry is Italian American.

Billie

Billie is a wizard-in-training who comes to live with Justin and his family in the sequel series. She is a young and very powerful wizard. At the end of Season 2, it is revealed that Billie is Alex Russo's daughter, making her Justin's niece.

Roman Russo

Roman Russo is the oldest son of Justin and Giada Russo and older brother of Milo. He is an intelligent and awkward twelve-year-old boy.

Milo Russo

Milo Russo is the youngest son of Justin and Giada Russo as well as Roman's younger brother. He is a creative and goofy fifth grader. His nemesis is his young neighbor, Bella Bianchi.

Giada Russo

Giada Russo is Roman and Milo Russo's mother and Justin's mortal wife. She is a television journalist for WOWP, which is also the acronym for the original series.

Winter

Winter is Billie and Roman's best friend. She loves unicorns and is a very cheerful girl.

Recurring

The following is a list of recurring characters in the Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place.
  • is Justin's best friend. Zeke is in the same grade as Justin. He attends Tribeca Prep and is in advanced chemistry along with Justin. He later starts dating Harper. He had the name of Zack Rosenblatt in his first appearance, but was named Zeke Beakerman in subsequent episodes.
  • Mr. Herschel Laritate is the principal of Tribeca Prep High School.
  • is first mentioned in Season 2 episode "Future Harper" when Future Harper tells Alex that she seems irritable and asks if she broke up with Mason yet, implying that she will date a boy named Mason in the future. Mason is first fully introduced as an English student in Alex's art class who has a crush on Alex. They later begin to date. Mason is revealed to be a purebred werewolf who previously dated Juliet.
  • is a teenage vampire who is Justin Russo's main love interest. When she was born, her parents let her have a soul so she could socialize in the human world. This makes her more compassionate than most vampires, who are usually heartless and cunning. She is characterized as a beautiful girl with blonde hair and rather pale skin.
  • is Alex's boyfriend in the second season. He makes temporary tattoos in the boys bathroom and is interested in cars.
  • is the headmaster of WizTech, whose character acts as a reference to Albus Dumbledore.
  • is Alex's WizTech friend; he first appeared in "Wizard School."
  • is the uncle of Alex, Justin and Max, brother of Jerry and Megan and brother-in-law of Theresa. Unlike Jerry, he is very fun and carefree. Kelbo is a full wizard who often uses his powers childishly, and often seems just as irresponsible with them as Alex is with her own. As a recurring gag, during the post credits scenes in every episode he appears in, he makes a prank call to someone.
  • Monotone Woman has played numerous characters during the show's first season, as well as one guest appearance in season two. She appears as a random character who speaks with a monotone voice. Jobs she has held include department store manager, waitress, frozen yogurt store manager, hotel maitre'd, dog show security guard, the information desk lady at Volcano Land, art museum security guard, and hot dog vendor. Tepe's only appearance on the show during the second season is in the episode "Wizards vs. Vampires: Dream Date" as the hot dog vendor person. Her name in "New Employee" is Amanda, according to her name tag, but in "Art Museum Piece", her name is Elaine according to Blue Boy. She does not appear in the third and fourth season.

    Other recurring

  • Stevie Nichols is the new troublemaker at school. She was first seen in episode Detention Election where she competes with Alex to see who is the worst behaved girl in school. Afterward, Alex and Stevie form a close friendship. In March 2023, Peter Murrieta confirmed that Stevie was originally meant to be Alex's girlfriend, but Disney did not approve that storyline.
  • Rosie is Justin's angel girlfriend throughout the Wizards vs. Angels story arc.
  • Gorog is an Angel of Darkness. He is the leader of the Dark Angels, who debuts in the episode "Wizards vs. Angels." He is the main antagonist of the Wizards vs. Angels and the Wizards of Apartment 13B story arcs, and a posthumous antagonist in the television special The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex. His character and motivations are slightly based on the Satan.
  • Alucard and Cindy van Heusen are Juliet's full vampire parents and the owners of the competing sandwich shop on Waverly Place, the Late Nite Bite, appearing in the four-part "Wizards vs. Vampires on Waverly Place" story arc at the end of season two. The name Alucard is the reverse spelling of Dracula.
  • Riley is Alex's crush in "I Almost Drowned in a Chocolate Fountain" and "The Supernatural", and her boyfriend in "Alex's Spring Fling".
  • Talia Robinson is Max's girlfriend. Her first appearance is in "Back to Max". She has an obvious crush on Max.
  • Gertrude "Gigi" Hollingsworth is Alex's rival. She has tried to embarrass Alex ever since they were in kindergarten and will often go entirely out of her way to do so.
  • The Wannabes are called "the wannabes" because they want to be as pretty as Gigi.
  • Chancellor Rudy Tootietootie is the head of the monster hunting council.
  • Conscience is Max's inner thoughts of right and wrong, that Max accidentally turns into a real person.
  • Frankie/Joey is Justin's enemy in the first season. He returned in season 3 with his name changed to Joey.

    Minor

  • Miranda Hampson is Justin's goth girlfriend in two episodes of season one.
  • Mr. Stuffleby is a character that first appears in the episode "Make it Happen".
  • T.J. Taylor is another teenage wizard that attends Tribeca Prep with Alex, Justin, and Max.
  • Officer Lamp is a wizard police officer who partners with Officer Goblin.
  • Officer Goblin is a goblin/wizard police officer.
  • The Mummy is a mummy who kidnapped and bewitched Juliet to be his servant.
  • Conscience's Conscience is Conscience's conscience when Conscience and Max get separated in Season 3 episode "Night at the Lazerama" and Conscience begins to develop his own conscience.
  • Joey is a part of Dean's posse. He is the only one who talks in the posse besides Dean.
  • Ronald Longcape Jr. is an evil kid at WizTech.
  • Ronald Longcape Sr. is Ronald Longcape Jr.'s father.
  • Dr. Mary-Beth Evilini is an evil former teacher at WizTech.
  • Frankengirl/Frankie Stein is a female monster Justin created to guard his room from Alex in the season 3 episode "Franken Girl".
  • Megan Russo is the embittered aunt of Alex, Justin and Max, and sister of Jerry and Kelbo and sister-in-law of Theresa.
  • Susan is one of Justin's academic friends.
  • MacGruder is a popular kid at Tribeca Prep who gets everyone to do what he does.
  • Warren Nichols is Stevie's brother whom she left in the middle of the power-transfer ceremony after he won their family's wizard competition.
  • Tutor Hatchback is Max's magical tutor.