The following is a list of characters, their plot lines and their performers in the Terminator film franchise consisting of six films. A list specific to the characters, their plot lines and their performers as presented in the television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles can be found at List of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles characters; including supporting characters, and important villains.

Overview

Cast and crew

Original continuity (1984–2009) Character Original continuity The Terminator Judgment Day Rise of the Machines Salvation Machines Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold SchwarzeneggerRoland Kickinger T-1000 Robert Patrick colspan="2" T-X colspan="2" Kristanna Loken Skynet colspan="3" Helena Bonham Carter Marcus Wright colspan="3" Sam Worthington T-600 colspan="2" Brian Steele Humans Sarah Connor Linda Hamilton Linda Hamilton Kyle Reese Michael Biehn Anton Yelchin Dr. Peter Silberman Earl Boen Lieutenant Ed Traxler Paul Winfield colspan="3" Vukovich Lance Henriksen colspan="3" John Connor Edward Furlong Nick Stahl Christian Bale Miles Dyson Joe Morton colspan="2" Danny Dyson DeVaughn Nixon colspan="2" Tarissa Dyson S. Epatha Merkerson colspan="2" Enrique Salceda Castulo Guerra colspan="2" Kate Connor (née Brewster) colspan="2" Claire Danes Bryce Dallas Howard Robert Brewster colspan="2" David Andrews Scott Mason colspan="2" Mark Famiglietti Blair Williams colspan="3" Moon Bloodgood Lieutenant Barnes colspan="3" Common General Ashdown colspan="3" Michael Ironside Dr. Serena Kogan colspan="3" Helena Bonham Carter Star colspan="3" Jadagrace Berry

Battle Across Time continuity (1984–1991, 1996) Character Battle Across Time continuity The Terminator Judgment Day T2-3D:Battle Across Time Machines Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger T-1000 Robert Patrick Skynet colspan="2" Humans Sarah Connor Linda Hamilton Linda Hamilton Linda Hamilton Kyle Reese Michael Biehn Dr. Peter Silberman Earl Boen Lieutenant Ed Traxler Paul Winfield colspan="2" Vukovich Lance Henriksen colspan="2" John Connor Edward Furlong Edward Furlong Miles Dyson Joe Morton Danny Dyson DeVaughn Nixon Tarissa Dyson S. Epatha Merkerson Enrique Salceda Castulo Guerra

Genisys continuity (2015) Character Genisys continuity Genisys Machines Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger T-1000 Lee Byung-hun Skynet Matt Smith T-3000 Jason Clarke Humans Sarah Connor Emilia Clarke Kyle Reese Jai Courtney John Connor Jason Clarke Miles Dyson Courtney Vance Danny Dyson Dayo Okeniyi Detective O'Brien J. K. Simmons Lieutenant Matias Michael Gladis Detective Cheung Sandrine Holt

Dark Fate continuity (1984–1991, 2019) Character Dark Fate continuity The Terminator Judgment Day Terminator:Dark Fate 1984 1991 2019 Machines Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzenegger T-1000 Robert Patrick Skynet colspan="3" Legion colspan="3" Grace Harper colspan="2" Mackenzie Davis Rev-9 colspan="2" Gabriel Luna Humans Sarah Connor Linda Hamilton Linda Hamilton Linda Hamilton Kyle Reese Michael Biehn Dr. Peter Silberman Earl Boen Lieutenant Ed Traxler Paul Winfield colspan="2" Vukovich Lance Henriksen colspan="2" John Connor Edward Furlong Edward Furlong Miles Dyson Joe Morton Danny Dyson DeVaughn Nixon Tarissa Dyson S. Epatha Merkerson Enrique Salceda Castulo Guerra Daniella "Dani" Ramos colspan="2" Natalia Reyes Diego Ramos colspan="2" Diego Boneta Felipe Gandal colspan="2" Tristán Ulloa Major Dean colspan="2" Fraser James

TSCC continuity (1984–1991, 2008–2009) Character TSCC continuity The Terminator Judgment Day The Sarah Connor Chronicles 1984 1991 2008–2009 Machines Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger colspan="2" T-1000 Robert Patrick Skynet colspan="2" colspan="2" T-600 Chris Gann Cameron colspan="2" Summer Glau Cromartie / John Henry colspan="2" Owain YeomanGarret Dillahunt Garret Dillahunt Catherine Weaver colspan="3" Shirley Manson Humans Sarah Connor Linda Hamilton Linda Hamilton Lena Headey Kyle Reese Michael Biehn Jonathan Jackson Jonathan Jackson Dr. Peter Silberman Earl Boen Bruce Davison Lieutenant Ed Traxler Paul Winfield colspan="3" Vukovich Lance Henriksen colspan="3" John Connor Edward Furlong Thomas Dekker Miles Dyson Joe Morton Phil Morris Danny Dyson DeVaughn Nixon Shawn Prince Tarissa Dyson S. Epatha Merkerson Charlayne Woodard Enrique Salceda Castulo Guerra Tony Amendola Derek Reese colspan="2" Brian Austin Green James Ellison colspan="2" Richard T. Jones Charley Dixon colspan="2" Dean Winters Allison Young colspan="3" Summer Glau Jesse Flores colspan="3" Stephanie Jacobsen Riley Dawson colspan="3" Leven Rambin

Family tree

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B Kate Brewster Katherine "Kate" Connor (née Brewster) is a fictional character from the Terminator films. She is portrayed by Claire Danes in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and Bryce Dallas Howard in Terminator Salvation. Danes had previously been asked about returning for another film, and responded, "I don't think so. I felt sort of kidnapped by the production." When Charlotte Gainsbourg was unable to take the role due to scheduling conflicts, she was replaced by Howard.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Kate is a veterinarian in the present day and is engaged to Scott Mason; however, she is hesitant of marrying him. In the film, it is stated that just prior to the events of Terminator 2, she had a teenage makeout session with John Connor that might have led to a relationship, had the events of T2 not occurred. Scott is killed by a Terminator known as the T-X, and Kate evades it with the help of John and a reprogrammed T-850.

Her father, USAF Lieutenant General Robert Brewster, is the program director for Cyber Research Systems (CRS) and is overseeing development of Skynet. Through of her relation to Robert, Kate had trained in combats, and has access to her father's military contacts that would be pivotal to the formation of the Resistance in the future. Kate, John, and the Terminator set off to CRS to stop her father from activating Skynet. They arrive too late, however, and he is killed by the T-X. Kate and John reach a hardened fallout shelter in the Sierra Nevada mountains and are able to survive Judgment Day. They use communications equipment within the facility to contact survivors and start a Resistance force.

The T-850 reveals that after it assassinated John Connor in the future, Kate Brewster captured and reprogrammed the machine. Having succeeded John as leader of the Resistance, she then sent it back in time to protect their past selves.

Terminator Salvation

In 2018, Skynet's war has ravaged the Earth. Kate is John Connor's wife and is pregnant with his child. She is also a physician within John's unit, and later leads a rescue squad for him and others.

Robert Brewster Lieutenant General Robert Brewster— portrayed by David Andrews in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines — is Kate's father and a primary target for the T-X. As the program director at Cyber Research Systems (CRS), he took over development after obtaining Cyberdyne Systems' remaining assets. He is supervising the development of digital defense systems for the United States military, including Skynet. Brewster is hesitant to activate Skynet, as it would have unprecedented control over the country's unmanned defenses, including nuclear missiles. When a computer virus spreads around the world, Brewster is pressured by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to activate Skynet so it can destroy the virus, unaware that Skynet itself is it. Upon activating Skynet, Brewster is mortally wounded by the T-X to prevent him from interfering with the A.I.'s takeover. After giving the location of the Crystal Peak bunker, he entrusts John to take care of Kate before dying of his wounds.

John Connor surmised that, had the events of Terminator 2 not occurred, he would have met General Brewster through Kate. Consequently, if Brewster had activated Skynet on August 4, 1997, John’s ties to Kate’s family would have placed him at the epicenter of the AI's birth—irrefutably proving his mother right and, after the August 29 attacks, cementing his destiny as Skynet's enemy.

C Cameron

Cameron, portrayed by Summer Glau, is a Cyborg of an unidentified series sent back through time to protect John and his mother. She is shown to be the most advanced machine in terms of mimicking human emotions is also capable of eating. Her role is similar to that of the Terminator's from Judgement Day and Rise of the Machines. She is exclusive to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

John Connor

Sarah Connor

D Danny Dyson Danny Dyson is the son of Miles and Tarissa Dyson, and appears as a child in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, played by DeVaughn Nixon, and an adult in Terminator Genisys, played by Dayo Okeniyi. In Terminator 2, after Sarah Connor attacks the Dysons in an attempt to kill Miles and stop him from creating Skynet, Danny shields his father and begs Sarah not to kill him. After Sarah relents out of guilt and the Terminator reveals the truth to Miles and Tarissa, John takes Danny to his room for his safety.

In Terminator Genisys, where the timeline has been altered by Skynet since the events of 1973, by the year 2017, Danny has become the president of Cyberdyne Systems and is heading the creation of Genisys, which is a disguised Skynet, with help from both John Connor, who has actually been turned by Skynet into the T-3000 and sent to the past to ensure Skynet's rise while the Dysons remain unaware of the coming threat.

Miles Dyson

G Ginger Ginger (portrayed by Bess Motta) was Sarah Connor's roommate and best friend in 1984. She is an avid fan of music and could frequently be seen carrying a walkman. She, along with her boyfriend Matt were killed by the T-800 when it came to Sarah's apartment looking for her.

The character of Ginger was originally written as an Aerobics Instructor, which in turn, was an occupation of Motta's at the time. A Gym scene depicting Ginger as an instructor was present in the original script, but was never filmed.

H Grace Harper Grace Harper, portrayed by Mackenzie Davis, is part of a security detail for her adoptive mother, Daniella Ramos, the leader of the future resistance against the machines in an alternate future where Skynet was erased from existence but replaced with another rogue A.I., Legion. After being severely wounded by a Rev-7, Grace volunteers to become an augmented soldier by technology (similar to Marcus Wright from Terminator Salvation), granting her limited levels of enhanced strength and speed and an ability to sense Legion's machines at proximity. Later, after the machines are defeated, she is sent back in time to protect a younger Dani from Legion's Rev-9. After locating Dani, she joins forces with an aging Sarah Connor and a T-800, named Carl, to counter and destroy the Rev-9 and, in the process, learns about John Connor and Skynet, and that the timeline had altered before because of Sarah and Carl's respective actions. Despite fearing Carl as a Terminator, Grace gives him the benefit of the doubt after learning he has no connection to Legion and is actively trying to make amends with Sarah. At first, Grace conceals Dani's true significance from her, leading Sarah to believe that Dani is destined to give birth to the leader of the resistance as she did to John, but Grace eventually reveals the truth, telling her that she is not the "mother of some man" destined to save the future. In the climactic battle against the Rev-9 in a power plant, Grace (already mortally wounded after being stabbed by the Rev-9) insists that Dani and Carl use her power source as an EMP to destroy the rogue machine before she dies.

L Legion