List of Predator (franchise) characters
This article lists characters and actors in the Predator franchise. The original series consists of five films, Predator, Predator 2, Predators, The Predator, and Predator: Badlands. One prequel Prey and one animated film Predator: Killer of Killers, as well as the video games Predator: Concrete Jungle and Predator: Hunting Grounds. The series revolves around mankind's deadly encounters with the Predators.
Overview
Recurring cast and characters
! rowspan="3" | Predators! Alan "Dutch" Schaefer
! Anna Gonsalves
! El Scorpio / Guerilla
! King Willie
! Isabelle
! Sean H. Keyes
! Raphael Adolini
! Scarface
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Introduced in ''Predator''
! Al Dillon! Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez
! Mac Eliot
! Blain Cooper
! Billy Sole
! Rick Hawkins
! Homer L. Phillips
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Introduced in ''Predator 2''
! Michael "Mike" R. Harrigan! Peter Jacob Keyes
! Danny "Danny Boy" Archuleta
! Leona Cantrell
! Garber
! Jerry Lambert
! Anthony "Tony" Pope
! Phil Heinemann
! Captain B. Pilgrim
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Introduced in ''Predators''
! Royce! Edwin
! Walter Stans
! Nikolai Mikhalovich Fedorov
! Hanzo Kamakami
! Mombasa
! Cuchillo
! Ronald Noland
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Introduced in ''The Predator''
! Cullen Yutani! Quinn McKenna
! Casey Bracket
! Will Traeger
! Gaylord "Nebraska" Williams
! Rory McKenna
! Coyle
! Lynch
! Nettles
! Baxley
! Emma McKenna
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Introduced in ''Prey''
! Naru! Taabe
! Aruka
! Wasape
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Introduced in ''Predator: Concrete Jungle''
! Isabella Borgia! Lucretia Borgia
! Bruno Borgia
! El Hongo
! Hunter Borgia
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Introduced in ''Predator: Hunting Grounds''
! SoldierIntroduced in ''Predator'' (1987)
Dutch
Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer is the leader of the team and the protagonist of the first movie. Dutch is depicted as a highly skilled and experienced special forces operator. Schaefer and Dillon served together in Vietnam during the Battle of Huế. Schaefer is sent on a mission in Val Verde, under the belief that presidential cabinet members of Guatemala were kidnapped by guerrilla forces. After attacking the guerrilla's post, they discover that the men were actually CIA agents. It is also known that Dutch and his team fought in Afghanistan for a time as stated by Poncho. After the Predator kills all of Dutch's team and Dillon, and with Anna being rescued, he is the only man left in the jungle with the Predator. Using a knife and vines to fashion primitive weapons and traps including a spear, and a bow with an explosive-tipped arrow made from a 40 mm grenade, he covers his body in mud after discovering the Predator sees in the infrared field, effectively making him invisible. Though the Predator falls victim to a number of Dutch's traps, they fail to kill. Eventually, the Predator catches him and the two fight hand to hand. Despite his impressive physique, Dutch is no match for the monster, only surviving when he manages to lure it into a trap where it is nearly crushed by a log. The badly injured Predator then activates a self-destruct device for its suicide and to kill Dutch, but Dutch escapes the blast radius just before detonation and is rescued by the rescue helicopter that saved Anna. Dutch is referenced in both Predator 2 and Predators. In the former, Keyes mentions that a creature identical to the one they are pursuing stalked and slaughtered Dutch's team in the jungle ten years prior, and in the latter, Isabelle says the creature they just saw matched the "detailed description" by the only survivor of the 1987 Guatemala mission. As a cyborg, Dutch also appears as one of the playable characters in the Alien vs. Predator arcade game, and 2020's Predator: Hunting Grounds, with Schwarzenegger reprising his role.Dillon
Al 'Dillon' is a former teammate of Dutch and current CIA officer, sent along with Dutch's team for the mission. He and Dutch were comrades during the Vietnam War and saw heavy combat during the Battle of Huế. Having not served in the field for some time, Dillon nearly shows the team's position to the rebels while en route to the rebel camp in the jungle. He and the CIA have a secret agenda for the mission; the Army told Dutch that it was Guatemalan cabinet members that were kidnapped and needed to be rescued, but it was actually CIA agents, and also to discover what happened to American soldiers led by Jim Hopper. Dillon and Dutch clash frequently when the latter realises that he and his men have been used, something Dillon is disdainful of. He insists on taking Anna with them, escorting her personally most of the time. He volunteers to go after Mac, who chased off after the Predator in a suicide revenge mission, knowing he is unlikely to live. He spots the Predator and starts shooting at it but the Predator shoots his arm off and he is impaled by the Predator and being the third-last victim of the Predator, his dying scream warns the others of the Predator's proximity. Dillon returned in a video game Mortal Kombat X, as Al Dillon who is in form of the fighter Jax, also voiced by Weathers.Anna
Anna Gonsalves is a guerrilla, captured by Dutch's troops following a battle with the rebels. She later tells them of a legend inspired by the Predators, of an "old demon" that during hot summers attacks people from violent areas who are later found skinned and hollowed. Anna is the only one to reach the rescue helicopter that later picks up Dutch. She is the only character other than Dutch to survive, mostly since the Predator never attacked her. After the extraction, she is seen aiding government agents in a video tape on Predator 2, showing the devastating after-effects of the Predator's self-destruct device to the U.S. Army.Poncho
Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez is a Chicano. He speaks fluent Spanish, for he can translate to his group for Anna when she speaks. Though not as physically imposing as his teammates, he is a competent and intelligent soldier with a sarcastic sense of humour, although his composure begins to crumble as the attacks increase. Poncho is the first to find [|Hawkins'] remains. He is badly wounded when the Predator inadvertently uses one of the traps set by the commandos against them and a tree trunk slams into his waist after the Predator shot it to swing right at him. Poncho is the last victim of the Predator, shot in the neck as Anna and Dutch attempted to carry him to the helicopter. His weapon of choice is a grenade launcher.Billy
Billy Sole, is a Native American. Billy is the first one to notice the Predator is hunting them. Throughout the film, it is alluded that Billy has a strong jungle sense. At several points during the film he feels the presence of the Predator and becomes spooked. Billy dies shortly after presenting a formal knife fight challenge to the Predator, in order to buy Dutch, Poncho, and Anna more time to escape. The manner in which he is killed is unknown, but the Predator is later seen dragging Billy's body up a tree and placing him on a branch before removing his spine and skull as a trophy. Billy's laughter is mimicked in the Predator's dying scene as it activates its self-destruct device.In August 2022, Bennett Taylor confirmed that the script for Prey revealed Billy to be the reincarnation of Taabe, a Comanche war chief and older brother of [|Naru] who is ultimately killed by a Predator, portrayed by Dakota Beavers, reframing Billy's "last stand" with the Predator as being due to subconscious memories of a past life.