This article lists characters and actors in the Predator franchise. The original series consists of five films, Predator (1987), Predator 2 (1990), Predators (2010), The Predator (2018), and Predator: Badlands (2025). One prequel Prey (2022) and one animated film Predator: Killer of Killers (2025), as well as the video games Predator: Concrete Jungle (2005) and Predator: Hunting Grounds (2020). The series revolves around mankind's deadly encounters with the Predators (Yautja).
Overview
+Predator cast Characters Films Video games Predator Predator 2 Predators The Predator Prey Predator:Concrete Jungle Predator:Hunting Grounds Recurring cast and characters Predators Kevin Peter Hall Derek Mears Brian A. Prince Dane DiLiegro Aimée Leigh Antonio Alvarez Peter Cullen Hal Rayle Brian Steele Brian A. PrinceJuan Pacheco Sarah Brown Carey L. Jones Alan "Dutch" Schaefer Arnold Schwarzenegger colspan="3" colspan="2" Arnold Schwarzenegger Anna Gonsalves Elpidia Carrillo Elpidia Carrillo colspan="5" El Scorpio / Guerilla Henry Kingi Henry Kingi colspan="5" King Willie Calvin Lockhart colspan="3" Arthur Burghardt Isabelle colspan="2" Alice Braga colspan="3" Alice Braga Sean H. Keyes colspan="3" Jake Busey colspan="2" Jake Busey Raphael Adolini colspan="2" Bennett Taylor colspan="2" Scarface colspan="5" Jan Johns Introduced in Predator Al Dillon Carl Weathers colspan="5" rowspan="7" Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez Richard Chaves colspan="5" Mac Eliot Bill Duke colspan="5" Blain Cooper Jesse Ventura colspan="5" Billy Sole Sonny Landham colspan="5" Rick Hawkins Shane Black colspan="5" Homer L. Phillips R. G. Armstrong colspan="5" Introduced in Predator 2 Michael "Mike" R. Harrigan Danny Glover colspan="4" rowspan="2" Peter Jacob Keyes Gary Busey colspan="4" Danny "Danny Boy" Archuleta Rubén Blades colspan="5" Leona Cantrell María Conchita Alonso colspan="5" Garber Adam Baldwin colspan="5" Jerry Lambert Bill Paxton colspan="5" Anthony "Tony" Pope Morton Downey Jr. colspan="5" Phil Heinemann Robert Davi colspan="5" Captain B. Pilgrim Kent McCord colspan="5" Introduced in Predators Royce colspan="2" Adrien Brody colspan="3" rowspan="8" Edwin colspan="2" Topher Grace colspan="3" Walter Stans colspan="2" Walton Goggins colspan="3" Nikolai Mikhalovich Fedorov colspan="2" Oleg Taktarov colspan="3" Hanzo Kamakami colspan="2" Louis Ozawa Changchien colspan="3" Mombasa colspan="2" Mahershala Ali colspan="3" Cuchillo colspan="2" Danny Trejo colspan="3" Ronald Noland colspan="2" Laurence Fishburne colspan="3" Introduced in The Predator Cullen Yutani colspan="3" Françoise Yip colspan="2" rowspan="4" Quinn McKenna colspan="3" Boyd Holbrook colspan="2" Casey Bracket colspan="3" Olivia Munn colspan="2" Will Traeger colspan="3" Sterling K. Brown colspan="2" Gaylord "Nebraska" Williams colspan="3" Trevante Rhodes colspan="3" Rory McKenna colspan="3" Jacob Tremblay colspan="3" Coyle colspan="3" Keegan-Michael Key colspan="3" Lynch colspan="3" Alfie Allen colspan="3" Nettles colspan="3" Augusto Aguilera colspan="3" Baxley colspan="3" Thomas Jane colspan="3" Emma McKenna colspan="3" Yvonne Strahovski colspan="3" Introduced in Prey Naru colspan="4" Amber Midthunder colspan="2" Taabe colspan="4" Dakota Beavers colspan="2" Aruka colspan="4" Michelle Thrush colspan="2" Wasape colspan="4" Stormee Kipp colspan="2" Introduced in Predator: Concrete Jungle Isabella Borgia colspan="5" Tasia Valenza Lucretia Borgia colspan="5" Giselle Loren Bruno Borgia colspan="5" Fred Tatasciore El Hongo colspan="5" Armando Valdes-Kennedy Hunter Borgia colspan="5" David Sobolov Introduced in Predator: Hunting Grounds Soldier colspan="6" James Willems
Introduced in Predator (1987) Dutch
Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) 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 (with the knife as the blade), 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 (Carl Weathers) 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 (the leader of a team that previously tried to recover the CIA agents). 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 (2015), as Al Dillon who is in form of the fighter Jax, also voiced by Weathers.
Anna
Anna Gonsalves (Elpidia Carrillo) 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 (Richard Chaves) 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 (Sonny Landham), 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 (he discarded all of his equipment before doing so), 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.
Blain Blain Cooper (Jesse Ventura) fought alongside Mac in the Vietnam War and were the only members of their platoon to survive a night-long battle. He often chews tobacco, and wears a battered old cowboy hat. He dislikes Dillon and makes that clear on a helicopter ride by spitting on his boot. His weapon of choice is a modified minigun he calls "Ol' Painless", he also carries a submachine gun when he needs to be stealthy. As he is searching for Hawkins' body, the Predator shoots him through the chest with its plasma caster, killing him instantly.
Hawkins Rick Hawkins (Shane Black) is the team's radio operator and technical expert. He tells sexual jokes (often badly to the point that he has to explain the punchline) and reads comic books. He uses a submachine gun as his main weapon. As he captures Anna trying to escape, Hawkins becomes the first on-screen victim of the Predator, presumably slashed to death by its blade. Apparently, the Predator eviscerates him in one swift motion, leaving behind a pile of his organs. The Predator takes his body, but leaves his pack and weapon, giving Dutch the first indication that what's following them isn't the rebels of the area.
Mac
Sergeant "Mac" Eliot (Bill Duke) is a close friend of Blain's; they served in Vietnam together and were the only two members of their platoon to make it out alive after a night-long battle. Both he and Blain are unfriendly towards Dillon. After Dillon lags behind and potentially makes their presence known, Mac threatens to kill him. He is the first to harm the Predator, by shooting him in revenge after Blain's death. He is also the first of the team to see the Predator (albeit in its camouflaged state). Enraged and saddened by the murder of Blain, he swears that he will avenge Blain's death. Later Mac and Dillon go after the Predator together, which kills Mac by shooting him in the head with its plasma caster. His lines, "Over here", "Turn around" and "Anytime" are mimicked by the Predator throughout the film, in a mocking fashion.
Hopper