This is a list of characters from the science-fiction television series Taken.

The Crawfords

Captain/Colonel Owen Crawford (died May 1970)

See Main Article Owen Crawford

Played by Joel Gretsch

Joel Gretsch

Joel James Gretsch is an American actor. His roles include Tom Baldwin on the USA Network series The 4400, the monstruous Capt./Maj./Col. Owen Crawford in the Steven Spielberg produced 2002 sci-fi miniseries Taken and Father Jack Landry on V.-Early life:Gretsch was born in St...

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A captain who climbs the military ladder eventually to become colonel in the United States Air Force, Owen happens across the crash site in Roswell in 1947. His ruthless qualities emerge, and he stops at nothing to learn the secrets of the visitors from outer space, even sacrificing his family. Owen tries to have an affair with Sally Clarke, until he is stopped by Jacob who makes Owen see his fears. Tom destroys Owen's career in revenge. In 1970, Owen dies from a heart attack after learning of the death of his son, Sam. In episode 9 Owens Granddaughter, Mary, sees a vision of Owen and she demands to know what Jacob Clarke did to scare him, Owen shows her by doing the same thing that Jacob did to him.

Anne Crawford (died October 1963)

Played by Tina Holmes

Tina Holmes

Tina Holmes is an American television and film actress.- Early years and education :Holmes grew up in New York City and Connecticut. An Ivy Leaguer, she attended Yale University for two years followed by a move to Paris, France studying French Literature at the Sorbonne...

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Anne is a warm-hearted woman who easily falls for Owen's charms. She eventually discovers that she was blissfully ignorant of the fact that he married her so he could advance up the ranks of the Air Force's alien project, then in the hands of her father, Col. Campbell. As a result, Anne's mental stability spirals, and meets a shocking fate: she is shot by her own husband, who makes it look like she was having an affair with Major Bowen.

Eric Crawford (c.1949-2002)

Played by Andy Powers as Adult Eric, Nolan Funk as Teenage Eric, and Cody Shaer as Young Eric.
Not quite as ruthless as his father Owen, Eric is a confused, angry man who felt unloved by his parents, especially Owen. For this reason he becomes extremely jealous of his brother Sam. Eric inherits the extraterrestrial project from his father, after he blackmails the General into giving in to him using Owen's records. He gets close to Becky Clarke so he can find out the reason for Tom Clarke's change of opinion about the aliens, but gradually finds himself falling in love with Becky. He asks her to run away with him, but she decides to stay with her family instead, turning Eric even more bitter. Eric loses the project after the aliens take all the proof away until an incident with a space mission puts him back on the job. Eric's past and his obsession with the project and with discovering what proof Tom Clarke is hiding leave him estranged with his wife Julie, and his relationship with his daughter, Mary gradually turns to ice, with tragic results: he's killed under orders from his daughter.

Sam Crawford (July 1951-April 1970)

Played by Ryan Merriman

Ryan Merriman

Ryan Earl Merriman is an American actor. He began his acting career as a child actor during the mid-1990s and has appeared in several feature films and television shows.-Background:...

 as Adult Sam, Branden Nadon

Branden Nadon

Branden Nadon is a Canadian actor who first appeared in the 2001 Canadian film Jet Boy.Branden was born in Calgary, but moved to Kelowna, B.C. when he was very young. He started out by attending a modeling workshop in Kelowna. From there, the instructors sent him to an agent, who promptly got him...

 as Teenage Sam, and Trevor Pawson as Young Sam.
The kind and understanding Sam grows up to be a young journalist. He is always dismissive of his father and brother's projects. That is until he happens across a newspaper article about an ancient Inuit ruin, whose symbols resemble those on the piece of metal Owen keeps in his personal safe. Sam embarks on a journey to Alaska to find the truth, with fatal consequences.

Julie Crawford

Played by Emily Holmes

Emily Holmes

Emily Holmes is a Canadian television and film actress.Holmes was born in Ottawa, Ontario. She has appeared in such television series as Night Visions, Mysterious Ways, The Dead Zone , Stargate SG-1, Dark Angel and more. In 2002, Holmes appeared in Steven Spielberg's Taken as Julie Crawford...

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Julie thought that the Eric she married was the perfect man, but the life she envisions crumbles. Her relationship with her daughter, Mary, however, is very strong, although she doesn't realize how much Mary has inherited from her grandfather.

Mary Crawford (born 1970)

Played by Heather Donahue

Heather Donahue

Heather Donahue is an American writer and actress who first came to public attention after appearing as the lead character in Haxan Films' 1999 horror film The Blair Witch Project...

 as Adult Mary, and Anysha Berthot as Young Mary.
Owen's monstrous legacy is carried onto his granddaughter, Mary. Although her relationship with her mother is strong, she feels estranged by her father, Eric. An outstanding student in biochemistry, Mary jumps on board Eric's project, making several major breakthroughs in association with fellow scientist and secret lover Dr. Chet Wakeman. Mary coldbloodedly experiments on several of the 'taken', and relentlessly hunts down the current generation of the Keys and the Clarkes - especially Allie. She is eventually arrested for her crimes.

The Clarkes

Sally Clarke (died October 1980)

Played by Catherine Dent

Catherine Dent

Catherine Dent is an American actress who has starred in film and in television. Her first feature film was the 1994 movie Nobody's Fool....

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Sally is a lonely woman, since her husband Fred is always out of town. When she meets John, her life is turned upside down, and they form a special bond, even though they know each other briefly. She becomes pregnant with Jacob, a human-alien hybrid. Years later after Jacob's birth, Owen Crawford comes to search for Jacob. He uses Sally to get closer to Jacob. She falls for Crawford's charm but discovers his real intentions later on.

Fred Clarke

Played by Alf Humphreys.
Fred is Sally's husband. Fred was constantly away on business, and his relationships with his wife and children were strained considerably.

Tom Clarke
see Main Article Tom Clarke

Tom Clarke (Taken)

Tom Clarke is a fictional character in the TV series Taken played by Ryan Hurst.- Episode 1 Beyond the Sky :Tom's first appearance is when he's a young child...

Played by Ryan Hurst

Ryan Hurst

Ryan Douglas Hurst is an American actor who perhaps most notably starred as Gerry Bertier, an All-American linebacker in Disney's Remember the Titans and as Alison's brother, Michael, in the show Medium. He also played the role of football player Lump Hudson in The Ladykillers, appeared in the...

 as Adult Tom, and Kevin Schmidt

Kevin Schmidt

Kevin Gerard Schmidt , also credited as Kevin G. Schmidt and Kevin Schmidt, is an American actor and vlogger. He is best known for playing Noah Newman on The Young and the Restless and as Henry Griffin in Unnatural History...

 as Young Tom.
The son of Sally and Fred, Tom was always skeptical of his mother's belief in aliens from outer space, and makes it his life-long quest to debunk alien theories wherever they spread. After Owen Crawford destroys Sally's life, Tom swore to ruin his. He doesn't stop with Owen; he is a constant obstacle to Eric Crawford's research. He changes his alien-sceptic views when he realizes his brother Jacob is half-alien and devotes his life to uncover and spread the truth about the alien sightings as a best-seller writer. He tries to protect his niece Lisa from the Crawfords. Tom is the only major character to survive the entire length of the series.

Becky Clarke

Played by Chad Morgan

Chad Morgan (actress)

Chad Morgan is an American actress best known for her voice-over work on Adult Swim's Robot Chicken series, where she performs the voices of celebrities....

 as Adult Becky, and Shauna Kain

Shauna Kain

Shauna Nicole Kain is an American-Canadian actress. She is probably best known for her role as Siryn in X2. She reprised that role for the third film, X-Men: The Last Stand. She can also be seen as a nauseated girl in a commercial for Roller Coaster Tycoon.-Filmography:-External links:...

 as Young Becky.
Traditionally fiercely protective of her younger brother Jacob, Becky breaks it when she finds herself falling in love with Eric Crawford and becomes his lover, but in the end she decides to not leave her husband and children for him. Her relationship with her family is strained ever since.

Jacob Clarke (1948-March 1981)

Played by Anton Yelchin

Anton Yelchin

Anton Viktorovich Yelchin is an American film and television actor. He began performing in the late 1990s, appearing in several television roles, as well as the Hollywood films Along Came a Spider and Hearts in Atlantis...

 as Young Jacob, and Chad Donella

Chad Donella

Chad E. Donella is a Canadian actor who has appeared in several movies and television shows.-Life and career:He attended the Arts York Drama Program, in which he participated in such plays as Oedipus Rex, Waiting for Godot, and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. He has performed at Toronto's...

 as Adult Jacob.
Young Jacob is an alien-human hybrid, growing up he was always different from all the other children. Shy and anti-social, he was bullied. That all changes when he demonstrates his vast psychic powers. Jacob, or Jack, as he is known by friends and relatives, is wise beyond his years, and has a powerful telepathic insight he inherited from his alien father, John. When necessary, Jacob can overload adversaries with memories of both their greatest fears and futures, driving them temporarily insane. These abilities come at a cost; overusing them exhausts him greatly, risking death. Eventually, his powers debilitate his health and take his life.

Carol Clarke

Played by Sadie Lawrence.
Carol is a kind woman who married Jacob, not realizing that part of him is from another world. After Jacob dies, she remarries to Danny Holding.

Lisa Clarke (born 1972)

Played by Emily Bergl

Emily Bergl

Anne Emily Bergl is an English-born American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her role as Rachel Lang on the film The Rage: Carrie 2 , Annie O'Donnell on the ABC television show Men in Trees , Beth Young on Desperate Housewives and Tammy Bryant on the TNT drama series...

 as Adult Lisa, Alexandra Purvis

Alexandra Purvis

Alexandra Purvis is a Canadian actress, who mostly worked in the late 1990s. She is mostly remembered for her role on Poltergeist: The Legacy as Katherine 'Kat' Corrigan. More recently, she appeared in the films, Agent Cody Banks, The Santa Clause 2 and TV Miniseries Taken. She won a Leo award for...

 as Lisa, age 13, and Taylor-Anne Reid as Lisa, age 8.
Despite being the daughter of a half-alien, she doesn't inherit any of his more unusual qualities. However, she is protected from the Crawfords by the aliens, and they save her from death, when she gives birth to Allison (Allie). Lisa meets Charlie Keys on board the spaceship when he gets abducted. They conceive Allie on the spaceship, having no memories of their meeting outside of the spaceship. Later, Lisa finds that she has a psychic link with her daughter. As a teenager, Lisa likes to wear a Hüsker Dü

Hüsker Dü

Hüsker Dü was an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1979. The band's continual members were guitarist Bob Mould, bassist Greg Norton, and drummer Grant Hart....

 t-shirt from the Metal Circus

Metal Circus

Metal Circus is an EP by Hüsker Dü, released in 1983. As one of their early records, it was largely rooted in the band's initial hardcore punk style. However, signs of a new, poppier influence emerge on Metal Circus, particularly in the songs sung by Grant Hart...

 era. Her comment to Nina about seeing Hüsker Dü "last year" in Sacramento

Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...

 indicates she would have been to the 27 Feb 1985 show .

The Keys

Captain Russell Keys (died October 1962)

Played by Steve Burton.

Braving the deadly skies above France as a B-17 bomber Captain in 1943, Russell and his crew are abducted by aliens disguised as German doctors. After dispatching the aliens, Russel is never the same when he comes home. The aliens are interested in him and his descendants because most people who come into contact with their technology get sick and eventually die (such as the rest of his B-17 crew) but his physiology is more tolerant to it. Upon discovering that his comrades had died, he leaves his family to become a drifter, hoping the aliens never find him. Alas, he is proved wrong, and is taken several times and experimented on, and both he and his son Jesse eventually discover the implants in their brains. Russell tries to defend Jesse from the aliens but his continuing failures and resulting frustration, combined with Jesse's advice, drive him to approach Owen Crawford and offer up his implant, despite knowing its removal would kill him, in exchange for Jesse' protection. Owen agrees, and Russell is taken to a secret surgery headed by Air Force doctors led by Doctor Kreutz. Russell, noticing Owen isn't present, realizes he has been betrayed, though is physically overpowered, forced into unconsciousness and operated on. The negative effects of the implant drive all present insane and cause them to kill each other; one soldier shoots several oxygen tanks which destroy the entire building, killing all including Russell. Jesse suffered immense emotional guilt of his fathers death, and when the abductions centered on him, the aliens summoned an image of Russell to force an emotional response as part of their experiment.

Kate Keys

Played by Julie Benz

Julie Benz

Julie M. Benz is an American actress, best known for her roles as Darla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel and as Rita Bennett on Dexter, for which she won the 2006 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television...

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After anxiously waiting for Russel's return from Europe, Kate is saddened to find he comes home a changed man. She is constantly concerned about his state of mind, and is worried that he can't tell her what's been haunting him for so long. After Russel flees, she divorces him and remarries to Sheriff Bill Walker.

Jesse Keys (1946–1992)

Played by Desmond Harrington

Desmond Harrington

Desmond Harrington is an American actor. He is known for movies such as The Hole, Wrong Turn and Ghost Ship. He joined the cast of the Showtime series Dexter in its third season as Det. Joseph Quinn.-Life and career:...

 as Adult Jesse, James Kirk

James Kirk (actor)

James Nichol Kirk is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role of Sebastian in She's the Man.-Filmography and Theatre work:-External links:*...

 as Teen Jesse, and Conner Widdows as Young Jesse.

The son of Russel and Kate, Jesse always admired his father for his heroism during the Second World War. Jesse finds himself taken by visitors from outer space, and each abduction sends him into a spiral of depression, anxiety, and rage. He is particularly traumatized by his experiences in Vietnam, when the aliens save him from a burning Buddhist temple, but let 27 of his comrades die. He becomes a heroin addict after the war, but is rehabilitated by a nurse named Amelia. Jesse tries to protect his son, Charlie, from being abducted, but to no avail. Ultimately, his experiences wind him up in a mental hospital until his death.

Amelia Keys

Played by Julie Ann Emery

Julie Ann Emery

Julie Ann Emery, born and raised in Crossville, Tennessee, is a theatre, television and film actress. She attended Webster Conservatory in St. Louis, Missouri, where she studied acting. She began her career at the age of 16 on the theatrical stage and has appeared in several productions, such as A...

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Amelia meets Jesse in the hospital where she works. She takes care of him and helps him overcome his addiction to drugs. However, she is concerned by Jesse's increasingly erratic behavior, especially towards their son, Charlie. Amelia finally believes Jesse when Eric Crawford's agents come after him, and she leads Charlie to live in obscurity.

Charlie Keys (born 1971)

Played by Adam Kaufman

Adam Kaufman (actor)

Adam Kaufman is an American actor, who portrayed Charlie Keys in the science fiction miniseries Taken from Steven Spielberg. He made his first TV-appearance in the show Brookfield....

 as Adult Charlie, and Devin Douglas Drewitz as Teen Charlie.

Like his father Jesse, Charlie is tormented by his abductions by the aliens. Despite that, he has an intriguing experience with Lisa Clarke while abducted, and the two share a special bond. Charlie was a school teacher, but his desire to expose the aliens' activities render him jobless, and is forced to run from the government. He meets Lisa in real life when he's studying Dr. Penzler's abductees group. After he and Lisa go through hypnotherapy, he discovers that Allie is his daughter and tries to keep her safe.

Allie Keys (born June 1993)

Played by Dakota Fanning

Dakota Fanning

Hannah Dakota Fanning , better known as Dakota Fanning, is an American actress. Fanning's breakthrough performance was in I Am Sam in 2001. As a child actress, she appeared in high-profile films such as Man on Fire, War of the Worlds, and Charlotte's Web...

 as Allie, and Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning

Mary Elle Fanning , credited as Elle Fanning, is an American actress. She is the younger sister of actress Dakota Fanning and mainly known for her starring roles in Phoebe in Wonderland, Somewhere, Super 8 and We Bought a Zoo which will receive a theatrical release on December 23,...

 as Allie, age 3.

Although her mother didn't inherit Jacob's alien abilities, Allie did. Allie is somewhat wise beyond her years and has the ability to not only read minds, but can also manipulate time and space, warp reality, and has healed her father Charlie. Allie is the centerpiece of the alien's experiments, but not even she knows what lies in store for her. She is also taken by Mary Crawford and then by the army, who use her as a bait to lure the aliens into a trap. But she deceives them all and escapes with her parents. In the end, however, she has to leave with the aliens to save everyone. But she leaves behind a promise to return.

Other characters

Alien Visitor 'John'

Played by Eric Close

Eric Close

Eric Close is an American film and television actor.-Early life:His father is an orthopedic surgeon, and Close is the eldest of three brothers. His family moved to Indiana, then to Michigan, and finally settled in San Diego when Close was seven years old.Close graduated with a B.A...

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When 'John's' alien spacecraft crashes in the New Mexico desert near Roswell, killing his companions, he assumes the form of a human. He falls in love with Sally Clarke, and gives her a child, Jacob. John leaves shortly afterward, but the two have a special bond. Sally Clarke gives him one of her star earrings. Jacob helps his mother see him again on her deathbed. He returns later to help his great-granddaughter, Allie. He teaches her to block her signal and he tells her that, unless she calls them, they wouldn't be able to find her, just before he leaves to protect them.

General Beers

Played by James McDaniel

James McDaniel

James McDaniel is an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for playing Lt. Arthur Fancy on the television show NYPD Blue. He also played a police officer in the ill-fated 1990 series Cop Rock, and a close advisor to activist Malcolm X in the 1992 film Malcolm X. He also...

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A high-ranking officer in the US Army, General Beers shuts down Mary Crawford and Dr. Wakeman's FBI alien project. He moves operations to North Dakota, in a bid to lure the aliens into a trap, using Allie as bait. His plan seems to succeed when the UFO crashes, but it turns out it was Allie who deceived them.

Lieutenant/Captain/Major Howard Bowen (died October 1962)

Played by Jason Gray-Stanford.
One of Col. Owen Crawford's two closest lackeys. He's right when he says, "That is one nasty son of a bitch". He is killed by Owen during his scheme to deal with his wife, Anne.

Col. Thomas Campbell

Played by Michael Moriarty

Michael Moriarty

Michael Moriarty is an American-Canadian actor of stage and screen, and a jazz musician. He played Benjamin Stone for four seasons on the TV series Law & Order.-Early life:...

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An Army Air Corps Colonel in the intelligence division and Capt. Owen Crawford's superior. He takes control of everything related to the Roswell crash and leaves Crawford out of it. Crawford then seduces and marries his daughter Anne and blackmails Campbell into assigning him as head of the project.

Dewey Clayton

Played by Timothy Webber.
A local hunting guide in North Dakota that Charlie and Lisa hire to find Allie after the US Army shuts down the road that leads to the area they have Allie in. He is shocked to find out about the aliens.

Doc

Played by Jay Brazeau

Jay Brazeau

Jay Brazeau is a notable Canadian actor and voice actor. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.-Career:His credits include voicing Richard Condie's Oscar-nominated animated short La Salla. He also appeared in two of the first season episodes of Highlander: The Series in 1992...

. He is only seen for a short time during the series.

Gladys & Mavis Erenberg (died December 1958)

Played by Carol & Helen Infield Sender.
Gladys & Mavis are the famed Erenberg twins, and they're psychically linked to each other. They are taken to New Mexico as guinea pigs in Owen Crawford and Dr. Kreutz's alien program. They demonstrate their abilities when one of the twins visualizes a bunch of flowers, while the other draws a mentally accurate depiction. Crawford and Kreutz hope the Erenburg twins could fly the alien ship that crashed near Roswell. But those who enter the base don't come out alive...

Lieutenant/Captain/Major/Lieutenant Colonel Marty Erickson

Played by John Hawkes

John Hawkes (actor)

John Hawkes is an American film and television actor. He is known for his portrayal of the merchant Sol Star on the HBO series Deadwood, Dustin Powers on Eastbound & Down, and his Academy Award-nominated performance as the menacing backwoods meth addict Teardrop in Winter's Bone.-Life and...

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The second of Col. Owen Crawford's two closest lackeys. He suspected Col. Crawford killed his wife and Captain Bowen, but only told Eric several years later after the Colonel's death. Eric got him arrested as accomplice of the crime.

Dr. Ellen Greenspan

Played by Brenda James.
A doctor in Jacob's school that saves him when Bowen and Erickson came after him.

Dr. Helms

Played by Andrew Johnston

Andrew Johnston

Andrew Johnston may refer to:* Andrew Johnston * Andrew Johnston * Andrew Johnston , Canadian comedian* Andrew Johnston , New Zealand poet...

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Danny Holding

Played by Byron Lucas.
A musician neighbor of Carol Clarke who often babysits Lisa and eventually becomes Carol's second husband.

Nina Toth

Played by Camille Sullivan

Camille Sullivan

Camille Sullivan is a Canadian actress. She has starred in various films and TV series. Among her notable TV appearances are Da Vinci's Inquest, Intelligence and Shattered. She won a Leo Award for her role in Normal...

(adult) and Brittney Irvin (teenager).
Best friend of Lisa since their teenager years at school and shares a love of the music of Hüsker Dü

Hüsker Dü

Hüsker Dü was an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1979. The band's continual members were guitarist Bob Mould, bassist Greg Norton, and drummer Grant Hart....

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Lieutenant Lou Johnson (died July 1947)

Played by Ryan Robbins

Ryan Robbins

Ryan Robbins is a Canadian actor. He was married to the actress Rebecca Reichert and they have one daughter.-Biography:...

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Dr. Kreutz (died October 1962)

Played by Willie Garson

Willie Garson

Willie Garson is an American character actor. He has appeared in over 50 movies, usually playing minor roles...

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Formerly an aerospace engineer for the Nazis, Dr. Kreutz escaped to America after the end of World War II. He comes to work under Colonel Crawford after the Roswell landings in 1947. Dr. Kreutz is a rather stern and cold man, and offhandedly sacrifices test subjects. He is killed in an explosion along with the mad victims of the experiment on Russel Keys.

Lester (died April 1970)

Played by Frederick Koehler

Frederick Koehler

Frederick Koehler is an American actor best known for his role as Chip on Kate & Allie as well as Andrew Schillinger on the HBO drama Oz.- Film work :* Death Race 2 -- Lists* Death Race – Lists...

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Up in the frozen forests of Alaska, dwells Lester. He is an alien-human hybrid, but unlike Jacob Clarke, he was born horribly deformed more alien outside then inside. Lester has the appearance of a mutated human-alien, he has the bone-chilling psychic ability to kill whoever looks him in the eye. Absolutely terrified of himself, he hides in a small shack in the woods. He builds an Inuit-inspired tomb for his dead twin brother (who was also deformed), hoping to revive him with magic. Lester and his twin brother are failed experiments of the aliens, and therefore of no importance.

Patricia

Played by Janet Wright

Janet Wright

Janet Wright is a Canadian actress and theatre director. She is best known for her role as Emma Leroy on the hit Canadian sitcom Corner Gas. She won a 2003 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for her role in Betrayed...

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Dr. Harriet Penzler

Played by Gabrielle Rose

Gabrielle Rose (actress)

Gabrielle Rose is an accomplished Canadian actress. She has an extensive resume that includes multiple nominations for Genie Awards and Gemini Awards...

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A psychological counselor, Dr. Penzler is engrossed by hearing the experiences of the 'taken', and has opened a therapy group so abductees can talk about their experiences. She also uses hypnosis on the members of the group to recollect their memories. However, some of the members of the group find their confidence in her testing... She's killed by a government agent while hypnotizing Lisa to help her find Allie.

Lieutenant Pierce

Played by Michael Soltis

Michael Soltis

Michael Soltis is an actor from Vancouver.Born in Minot, North Dakota and raised in the state of Washington, he first gained recognition starring in the Steven Spielberg mini-series, Taken as Lt. Pierce. He has also appeared in the feature films, X-Men 2 and "Walking Tall" starring Dwayne "The...

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A young soldier that takes care of Allie while she's under the US Army custody. He reads the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in England in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written in the vernacular, characterized by...

to her. When the UFO crashes, he's one of the soldiers chosen to go inside. After Allie's deception is uncovered, he helps her and her parents escape.

Dr. Powell

Played by Terry Chen

Terry Chen

Terry Chen is a Canadian movie and television actor.Chen was born to ethnic Chinese parents originating from Taiwan and mainland China in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. After an education at schools in his hometown and in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he attended college in Calgary and...

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Dr. Quarrington

Played by Malcolm Stewart

Malcolm Stewart (actor)

Malcolm Stewart is an Canadian film actor. Stewart graduated from the University of Vermont.-Selected filmography:-External links:...

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Ray

Played by Brian Markinson

Brian Markinson

Brian Markinson is a Canadian film and television actor. He has appeared as Police Chief Bill Jacobs on Da Vinci's Inquest and Da Vinci's City Hall...

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Ray is an angry and confused man who pretends that he was abducted by aliens, but was in fact a victim of child sexual abuse. He attempts to create a media spectacle by holding the therapy group hostage in a bid to prove to himself that is a sane man. Allie convinces him to surrender.

Sue (d. July 1947)

Played by Stacy Grant.
Captain Crawford's girlfriend, until he becomes interested in Anne, a marriage that could help his career. Sue finds a piece of alien technology and gives it to him. He promises her to rekindle their relationship, but he brutally kills her to marry Anne.

Private William Toland

Played by Jason Grayhm.

Sheriff Bill Walker

Played by Ian Tracey

Ian Tracey

Ian Tracey is a Canadian Leo- and Gemini Award-winning actor. Over the years, Tracey has participated in over seventy films and television series. Tracey has starred in series like Da Vinci's Inquest and Intelligence, both CBC television series produced by long-time colleague Chris Haddock...

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Second husband to Kate Keys.

Captain Walker

Played by Roger Cross

Roger Cross

Roger Cross is a Canadian contemporary actor who has made numerous appearances in several movies and TV series, mostly on productions shot in Canada...

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One of the soldiers that guards Allie while in custody of the US Army. After the UFO crashes, he leads the soldiers chosen to go inside.

Dr. Chet Wakeman (died 2002)

Played by Matt Frewer

Matt Frewer

Matthew "Matt" Frewer is a Canadian American stage, TV and film actor. Acting since 1983, he is known for portraying the 1980s icon Max Headroom and the retired villain Moloch in the film adaptation of Watchmen.-Life and career:...

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Despite being a highly intelligent and rather blackly humorous character, Dr. Chet Wakeman can be rather sadistic. Wakeman, being a scientist, has a grossly childlike fascination with the aliens, and will sacrifice absolutely anything to have a share in the alien experience. As a result, he gleefully sentences test subjects - both human and animal - to their deaths in order to extract research data, and to satisfy his curiosity. Although he is Eric Crawford's friend, their friendship cools over the years, especially when Wakeman falls in love with Eric's daughter Mary. The two have an affair for several years, until she shoots him in the back when he tries to warn Charlie Keys and Lisa Clarke, killing him.

Lieutenant Williams

Played by Tobias Mehler

Tobias Mehler

Tobias Mehler is a Canadian actor who has appeared in film and television productions. Some notable roles include d'Artagnan on Young Blades, Zak Adama on Battlestar Galactica and Lieutenant Graham Simmons in Stargate SG-1...

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One of the soldiers that guards Allie while in custody of the US Army. After the UFO crashes, he's one of the soldiers chosen to go inside.