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Breaking Bad is a neo-Western crime drama franchise about a chemist and a young man, created by American filmmaker Vince Gilligan, primarily based on the television series Breaking Bad (2008–13), its prequel/sequel series, Better Call Saul (2015–22), its sequel film, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019), as well as other types of media ...
All characters in the Breaking Bad Franchise, the shared universe of Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and El Camino.
- Walter White. Bryan Cranston. 3,575 votes. The protagonist of the series, Walter White begins as a high school chemistry teacher who turns to cooking meth in order to provide for his family after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
- Saul Goodman. Bob Odenkirk. 3,473 votes. The smooth-talking lawyer with an unforgettable catchphrase, Better Call Saul! He is a master manipulator and always seems to find a way to bend the law to benefit his clients.
- Gustavo Fring. Giancarlo Esposito. 2,642 votes. The seemingly mild-mannered owner of Los Pollos Hermanos is, in fact, one of Albuquerque's most powerful drug kingpins.
- Mike Ehrmantraut. Jonathan Banks. 3,146 votes. A former police officer turned hitman and private investigator, he is stoic, pragmatic, and incredibly skilled.
- Walter White. Walter Hartwell White (also known by his alias Heisenberg) (played by Bryan Cranston) is an overqualified high school chemistry teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Skyler White. Skyler White (née Lambert) (played by Anna Gunn) is Walter's wife. She has had several meager sources of income: writing short stories, selling items on eBay, working as a bookkeeper, and ultimately helping her husband launder money.
- Jesse Pinkman. Jesse Bruce Pinkman (played by Aaron Paul) is a small-time methamphetamine user, manufacturer, and dealer. In high school, he was an indifferent student in Walter White's chemistry class.
- Hank Schrader. Henry R. Schrader (played by Dean Norris) is Walt and Skyler's brother-in-law and Marie's husband, who works as a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent.
- Law Enforcement
- Gus's Organisation
- Mexican Drug Cartel
- Independent Drug Traders
- Jesse's Friends and Family
- Associates of Saul Goodman's
- Other Characters
Steven Gomez
Steven Gomez (played by Steven Michael Quezada) is Hank's D.E.A. partner and friend since Season 1. He has a lot of knowledge about the inner workings of Mexican gangs. He doesn't seem to mind Hank's off-colour remarks about his race. Gomez, or "Gomie" as Hank affectionately calls him, is promoted to El Paso after Hank witnesses a deadly attack on the Mexican border. Gomez has been Hank's right hand man in the "Heisenberg" case since the beginning. After the Salamanca brothers nearly kill Han...
Detective Kalanchoe & Detective Munn
Detective Kalanchoe (played by Gonzalo Menendez) and Detective Munn (played by Jason Douglas) are partner detectives with the Albuquerque Police Department, questioning Jesse in regard to the poisoning of Brock Cantillo, and then in regard to the huge amount of money he's been giving away for free.
George Merkert
Assistant Special Agent in Charge George Merkert (played by Michael Shamus Wiles) is Hank's boss at the D.E.A. He is impressed with Hank's tenacity and hard work, and recommends him for a transfer to El Paso. When Hank returns to work after being wounded, Merkert is frustrated by Hank's stalling a second transfer to El Paso, unaware that Hank is suffering panic attacks and is afraid to go back. After Hank attacks Jesse, Merkert is forced to suspend Hank without pay but tells him off the recor...
Maximino Arciniega
Maximino Arciniega (played by James Martinez) is Gus Fring's partner. Gus paid for Max's education in biochemistry and chemical engineering, at the University of Santiago in Chile. The pair then moved to Mexico and opened a chain of Los Pollos Hermanos chicken restaurants together. In the drug business, Max is the chemist; he cooked the crystal meth, samples of which he and Gus started giving away. These samples gained the attention of Don Eladio, a local drug lord, whom Max and Gus approache...
Gale Boetticher
Gale Boetticher (played by David Costabile) is a German American chemist hired by Gus Fring to help set up the new laboratory and serve as Walt's "lab assistant". He held an MS degree inorganic chemistry, with a specialty in x-ray crystallography. He described himself as a "nerd" and a "libertarian". He is single, vegan and apparently cultured. He is a fan of foreign language music, appears to speak fluent Italian, and is fond of Walt Whitman. As a side project, he is working on a process for...
Barry Goodman
Dr. Barry Goodman (played by JB Blanc) is Gus' personal doctor, treating him and Mike after the showdown at Don Eladio's residence. He later informs Mike about Gus' death.
Don Eladio Vuente
Don Eladio Vuente (played by Steven Bauer) is the head of a drug cartel in Ciudad Juarez which employed Juan Bolsa, Hector Salamanca and Salamanca's nephews. He first met Gus Fring at a business meeting twenty years prior to the start of the series, where Gus and his partner Max attempted to propose a business deal wherein they would produce methamphetamine for the cartel. Unimpressed by their pitch, Don Eladio had Max executed for manipulating him into a meeting, but spared Gus' life due to...
Hector Salamanca
Hector "Tio" Salamanca (played by Mark Margolis) is the elderly Don who was once a brutal Mexican drug kingpin and an associate of cartel boss Don Eladio. However, a stroke has rendered him unable to walk or speak, and he communicates only by ringing a desk bell attached to his wheelchair. He is Tuco Salamanca's uncle, having raised him as a son, along with Tuco's twin cousins Leonel and Marco. Though brutal, Hector is very loyal. He spent 17 years in San Quentin State Prison, never once reve...
Leonel & Marco Salamanca
Leonel and Marco Salamanca (played by Daniel and Luis Moncada), referred to as The Cousins, are hitmen for a Ciudad Juarez Mexican drug cartel. Their austere, mechanical physicality and virtually non-verbal interaction makes them a fearsome presence as they kill without hesitation or emotion. They are, in fact, revealed to have killed Tortuga by decapitating him with a machete. As children, they were raised by Don Salamanca, who once tested them by stopping a brotherly fight by nearly drownin...
Declan
Declan (played by Louis Ferreira) is a meth dealer who operates in Phoenix, Arizona and was previously a competitor to Gus Fring. Mike attempts to sell him the methylamine, but Walter instead suggests that Declan take over distribution of the blue meth in return for 35% of revenue. Lydia later tries to convince Declan to replace his meth cook, whose product is unacceptably poor quality, with Todd. When Declan refuses, Lydia signals Todd's uncle's white supremacist gang to massacre Declan and...
Emilio Koyama
Emilio Koyama (played by John Koyama) is Jesse's former partner in the meth business and Krazy-8's cousin. According to Jesse, they met when they were still in elementary school. In the "Pilot" episode, Emilio is arrested during a D.E.A. raid on a house (at which Walter is present during a "ride along" with Hank) in which the D.E.A. is looking for a meth supplier who goes by the street name "Captain Cook". Emilio makes bail and, suspicious that Jesse ratted him out to the police (although it...
Krazy-8 Molina
Domingo Gallardo "Krazy-8" Molina (played by Maximino Arciniega) is a meth distributor associated with his cousin Emilio and Jesse Pinkman. Unbeknownst to Walt and Jesse, Krazy-8 is a D.E.A. informant, who acquired the customers of the dealers he ratted out. Krazy-8 becomes suspicious of Jesse when Jesse attempts to sell him a new product after Emilio's arrest, and Krazy-8 forces Jesse to take him to his new partner. Krazy-8 suspects Walt is involves with law enforcement and appears intent on...
Andrea Cantillo
Andrea Cantillo (played by Emily Rios) is a love interest of Jesse Pinkman's. She is a recovering meth addict and single mother to a young son named Brock. Jesse meets her at a drug addicts' support group meeting and initially tries to get her to relapse so she will become a customer of his, but he reverses course when he learns she has a young son to care for. He engages in a romantic relationship with her, but ends it when he discovers that the 11-year-old boy who killed his friend Combo is...
Brock Cantillo
Brock Cantillo (played by Ian Posada) is Andrea's eight-year-old son. Andrea is a recovering meth addict and single mother. Jesse meets her at a drug addicts' twelve-step program meeting and initially tries to get her to relapse, so she will become his customer, but he reverses course when he meets Brock and realises she has a young son to care for. Jesse engages in a romantic relationship with Andrea, but ends it when he discovers the 11-year-old boy who killed his friend Combo is her younge...
Jane Margolis
Jane Margolis (played by Krysten Ritter) is Jesse's neighbour, landlady and lover. She is a prolific drafter, a skill that she has used to become a tattoo artist despite not having any tattoos. She is also a recovering drug addict. She discovers that Jesse also has a history of drawing, and each is intrigued by the other. Jane carries an aloof air but she and Jesse quickly become a couple. She relapses into drug addiction and introduces Jesse to heroin. She threatens to blackmail Walter after...
Huell Babineaux
Huell Babineaux (played by Lavell Crawford) is Saul Goodman's bodyguard, who also executes various intimidation and other errands. Hired more for his size and pick pocketing skills than his intelligence, he has a condition approximating narcolepsy (e.g., he falls asleep at oddtimes, such as when standing up or while on security detail), and has digestive problems that keep him from being as stoic as Saul would like. Together with Kuby, he was sent to intimidate Ted Beneke into paying his IRS...
Ed
Ed (played by Robert Forster) is an associate of Saul Goodman's who specialises in protecting Saul's clients by giving them new identities and new places to live. In "Granite State", he takes Walter to New Hampshire, hiding him away in a cabin in a rural area. Walt depends on him for several months for supplies and, at times, companionship. Ed also helps Saul escape to Nebraska.
Francesca
Francesca (played by Tina Parker) is Saul Goodman's outspoken receptionist and secretary.
Hugo Archuleta
Hugo Archuleta (played by Pierre Barrera) is a former custodian at J. P. Wynne High School. When Walt would leave class to vomit (a consequence of his chemotherapy), Hugo would offer him a stick of gum and clean up after him, saying: "You've got kids to teach". After the D.E.A. connects missing school equipment to methamphetamine production, Hugo is one of the initial suspects because of the access his custodial duties afford him. Hugo is soon placed under arrest for possession of marijuana a...
Ted Beneke
Ted Beneke (played by Christopher Cousins) is the president and owner of Beneke Fabricators. He gives Skyler her old job back as an accountant during the second season. Ted has always been attracted to Skyler but doesn't make any advances since her return. Ted commits tax fraud to keep the company alive and save everyone's jobs. He admits this when Skyler finds out while working on the company's books. Skyler sleeps with Ted in Season 3, to exact revenge against Walt, but she ignores Ted's of...
Clovis
Clovis (played by Tom Kiesche) is Badger's cousin who operates a vehicle towing and repair service. When Jesse's RV quits running, Clovis charges him an exorbitant amount to tow and store the vehicle, due to its cargo. Clovis repairs the RV and catches Jesse sleeping in it after Jesse has scaled the fence (and destroyed a portable toilet in the process) after being evicted from his home. Clovis orders Jesse to pay for the repairs and property damage and then threatens to sell of Jesse's inven...
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