THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE BAD DECISIONS
The usual
suspects.
The Gang, their accomplices, and everyone caught in the middle. Follow a face through the episode files.
1–24 of 583 character files
Charlie Kelly
Paddy’s janitor, musician, and occasional unlikely problem solver.
187 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Mac
Paddy’s self-appointed security expert.
187 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Dee Reynolds
Paddy’s bartender and aspiring performer.
186 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Dennis Reynolds
An owner of Paddy’s with an elaborate sense of his own importance.
183 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Frank Reynolds
The Gang’s financier and enthusiastic participant.
178 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
The Waitress
A recurring character whose paths keep crossing with Charlie’s.
41 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Rickety Cricket
A recurring visitor to Paddy’s who gets drawn into the gang’s schemes.
29 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Bonnie Kelly
Charlie’s mother and Mrs. Mac’s housemate.
23 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Artemis
Dee’s actor friend with an uncompromising performance style.
21 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Mrs. Mac
Mac’s mother and Bonnie’s housemate.
18 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Uncle Jack
Charlie’s uncle, who visits the house during the surveillance scheme.
15 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Bill Ponderosa
Maureen’s brother, whose affairs entangle him with Dee.
12 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Luther McDonald
Mac’s father, whom Mac visits in prison.
12 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Liam McPoyle
One of the McPoyle brothers and a former classmate of Charlie and Mac.
10 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Maureen Ponderosa
Dennis’s former school girlfriend and briefly his wife.
10 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Ben the Soldier
Dee’s good-natured former boyfriend.
9 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Ryan McPoyle
One of the McPoyle brothers and a former classmate of Charlie and Mac.
9 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Barbara Reynolds
Dennis and Dee’s mother and Frank’s estranged wife.
8 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Chet Wallum
The television interviewer who repeatedly encounters the gang’s public campaigns.
7 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Rex
A muscular contestant in the Paddy’s modeling competition.
7 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
The Lawyer
The attorney entangled in the Gang’s disputes.
7 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Gail the Snail
Dee and Dennis’s cousin, and a recurring source of discomfort.
6 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
The Waiter
The frequently mistreated restaurant server.
6 recorded episodes ↗CHARACTER FILE
Z
A member of the bridge crowd who talks with the gang at parties.
6 recorded episodes ↗Portraits via inspected episodes, FX and TVmaze, with attribution in each character file. Silhouettes mark portraits not yet sourced. Appearances reflect recorded evidence, not a complete cast list.
FAMILIES, CREWS & ACCOMPLICES
Character groups.
Follow a group, then open its members’ individual files.