List of SEAL Team characters
Master Chief Special Warfare Operator (E-9), Jason M. Hayes a.k.a. Bravo 1/1B, leader of a Navy SEAL team (Bravo Team), portrayed by David Boreanaz. In the series pilot, Jason is referred to as a Senior Chief Petty Officer. However, in the "Collapse" episode, he calls himself, "Master Chief." During Season 3, Jason mentions that he joined DEVGRU in June 2001, just a few months before 9/11, thinking he was going to be a "peacetime SEAL", and has spent his entire career fighting in the War on Terror. It is also revealed that he has twelve deployments in Afghanistan. A later flashback during the events of Season 5's "Nine Ten" revealed that his original enlistment was up in November 2001 and he was considering returning to civilian life, potentially becoming an emergency medical technician (having enjoyed the Special Operations Combat Medic Course) while Alana could go back to school and pursue her dream of becoming a lawyer. Those plans were ultimately scuttled after the events of 9/11, and Jason served as the junior team member/door breacher of the DEVGRU Team that took out the first high-value target of the Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan.
As revealed in "God of War", in 2007, Jason was serving as Bravo 3/3B under Team Leader Eddie Guzman (Bailey Chase). In the pilot, Jason is still dealing with the loss of one of his best friends and teammates, Nate Massey, who was killed the previous December; he has also separated from his wife, Alana, in the intervening months, with whom he has two children, Emma (then age 16) and Michael "Mikey" (then age 11). Although he and Alana attempt to reconcile, she ultimately asks him for a divorce just before his deployment to Jalalabad, Afghanistan in early 2018. Later that year, Alana dies following a car accident in season 2's "The Worst of Conditions". Jason takes a leave of absence from the Teams and even considers resigning in order to ensure that his children at least have one parent left (it was mentioned that Jason and Alana had frequently made plans should he be killed in action, but never even considered that she might be the parent who died first), but Emma convinces him to stay on Bravo Team. In the aftermath of "Forever War", Jason decides to transfer off Bravo Team; as of "The New Normal", he is assigned as the N3 Operations Chief for DEVGRU while waiting for his enlistment to be up. Jason later changes his mind during "All In" and returns to Bravo Team at the start of "A Cover For Action." Special Warfare Operator first Class (E-6) Clay Spenser a.k.a. Bravo 6/6B, a second-generation Navy SEAL. He's portrayed by Max Thieriot. During the first part of season 1, he is a member of Green Team training for Tier One status, and his readiness for combat is questioned. His attitude changes after he loses his friend and fellow trainee Brian Armstrong during a parachuting training accident in the episode "Borderlines". In “Other Lives” he meets Stella, a grad student and the two soon begin dating. He becomes a member of Bravo Team at the end of "The Exchange". In season 2, he briefly served as the team's second-in-command following Senior Chief Ray Perry's assignment to Green Team. After being injured in "Paradise Lost", Clay returns home to the United States to recover, during which time he makes it his mission to ensure that a fellow Navy SEAL, now retired and suffering from traumatic brain injury, could receive a Purple Heart. During the events of Season 3 – particularly after meeting Ambassador Marsden – Clay begins to wonder how he can "point the spear, not just be the tip" (i.e. have some say in what missions the SEALs, especially Bravo, are deployed). In "The Strength of the Wolf", Master Chief Hayes and Senior Chief Perry speculate that in 10 years, Clay will be leading Bravo Team. In "Rules of Engagement", CAPT Lindell volunteers to nominate Clay for STA-21, one of the Navy's officer-commissioning programs; after spending a few weeks thinking about it (and although the nomination does not go over well with Jason or especially Sonny), Clay decides to explore the option of possibly becoming an officer. In season 4, after coming forward in "Forever War" admitting to writing a letter to Ambassador Marsden's husband that was given to the media after the State Department declared Marsden a rogue diplomat in order to cover up Ray's participation of the act, CAPT Lindell immediately revoked his STA-21 nomination and assigned him to a desk job in the Logistics Division - and in "The New Normal", Clay is told that he will be able to operate again in the near future, but it will not be with Bravo Team. Clay's suspension from Bravo was temporarily rescinded after Jason volunteers himself and Clay to join Bravo's rescue efforts to save Ray from enemy captivity. Shortly after the rescue mission, Clay's suspension from Bravo was removed on a permanent basis. He and Stella start dating again and they get married at the end of the fourth season. Clay has four deployments in Afghanistan, two with Team 3 and two with DEVGRU Bravo Team. Officer Amanda Ellis is Bravo Team's CIA liaison. She's portrayed by Jessica Paré. Due to her giving the Indians the location of a wanted terrorist and CIA asset to save Ray in "My Life For Yours", Mandy is demoted from her rank of officer and is made a CIA interrogator. She rejoined Bravo around the time of their mission to Venezuela and after the conclusion of their deployment to Afghanistan in "Forever War", Mandy resigned from the CIA due to burnout. Chief Warrant Officer 2 (W-2) (promoted from Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator (E-8)) Raymond "Ray" Perry a.k.a. Bravo 2/2B is Jason's most trusted friend and the longest tenured member of the team. He's portrayed by Neil Brown Jr.
As revealed in "God of War", in 2007, Ray was the newest member of Bravo Team, serving as Bravo 6/6B under Team Leader Eddie Guzman (Bailey Chase). During season 1, Ray lied about a shoulder injury due to the fear of losing the extra pay that came with deployment, which his family needed. When Jason learned about it during season 1's finale, Ray was reassigned to Green Team while he recovered. During season 2 premiere, set six months later, Jason rebuffed his attempts to return to Bravo, saying Ray had lost his trust. However, when Jason took a leave of absence in second season's episode "The Worst of Conditions", he requested Ray to return to Bravo. During Season 3, Ray learns that he has been selected for promotion to Master Chief, but after some consideration (including for financial reasons as well as to remain with Bravo Team), Ray decides to put in for a warrant officer commission. Unknown to the rest of the team, Ray secretly wrote a letter defending Ambassador Marsden, only for Clay to take the blame on his own volition. In "Forever War", following their deployment to Afghanistan, Ray was notified that he would be spending the next two months in Newport, Rhode Island at Chief Warrant Officer School, and in "The New Normal", he returns to Bravo Team with his new rank. Ray is married to Naima and they have a daughter, Jameelah, and a son, Raymond Jr. The family experiences financial difficulties during season 1 and 2. It was later revealed in "Nine Ten" that Ray had gotten injured in high school, resulting in the loss of his wrestling scholarship and leaving him somewhat aimless. On September 10, he was arrested but his father, Jamal, a Captain with the New York City Fire Department, was able to call in a favor and got the charges dropped. The next day, Jamal was one of the 343 firefighters who was killed in the September 11 attacks. These events exacerbated his aimlessness. As a result, it took him two more years to "get his life together and enlist. " Special Warfare Operator First Class (E-6) Percival "Sonny" Quinn a.k.a. Bravo 3/3B, a loyal but sometimes volatile SEAL from Texas who is at his best in firefights and prefers them over a leadership position. He's portrayed by A. J. Buckley.
Since season 2, Sonny is involved in a secret relationship with Lisa Davis, which goes against the fraternization rules, until she breaks up with him in season 3's episode "The Strength of the Wolf". During the events of season 4, Sonny and Davis re-explore their chances of a relationship when they both agree to take different career paths outside of Bravo Team. In "Rules of Engagement", Sonny gets into a scuffle with a patron in a Washington, D.C. bar who was falsely claiming to be a Navy SEAL. In "Last Known Location", CAPT Lindell, who had heard about the altercation through channels, temporarily reassigned Sonny to Laughlin Air Force Base for six weeks of advanced armory school, during which time he reconnected with his estranged father and his old high school best friend, Hannah Oliver (Rachel Boston). After completing his "punishment", Sonny returned to Bravo Team in Jalalabad in "No Choice in Duty". During the events of season 4, it is later revealed that Sonny fathered a daughter during his brief tryst with Hannah.
As revealed in "Nine Ten", Sonny, who had previously been crashing in Hannah's dorm room during her freshman year of college, enlisted in the Navy two days after 9/11. Lieutenant Junior Grade (formerly Logistics Specialist First Class) Lisa Davis, assigned to Bravo Team. Earlier in her career, she was a Yeoman. In Season 2, after eight years in the Navy, she is accepted into Officer Candidate School and receives her commission upon graduation in "Rock Bottom". As of "Welcome to the Refuge", ENS Davis serves as a DEVGRU Intelligence Officer assigned primarily to Bravo Team, after accepting LCDR Blackburn's offer. In "The New Normal", ENS Davis is notified by CAPT Lindell that she is in line for a promotion. In "Rearview Mirror", Davis is seen wearing the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade. She's portrayed by Toni Trucks. Her past is explained in season 2's episode "Rock Bottom". When she was 11 years-old, Lisa's house burned. She tried to save her two sisters, Ronnie and Michelle, but could not reach the latter and had to take the decision to save Ronnie only. Her mother blamed her for Michelle's death because she was not about to blame herself. Ronnie still resents her for it and they are estranged as a result. In season 1, Lisa dated former SEAL Danny Cooper, until he fell back into his drug addiction. During season 2, she started a relationship with Sonny Quinn, which was against the fraternization rules. She broke things off with him in season 3's episode "The Strength of the Wolf”. Commander Eric Blackburn is Bravo Team's commanding officer (recurring season 1; main season 2–4). He's portrayed by Judd Lormand. In Season 4, LCDR Blackburn is promoted to Commander and named the new Executive Officer of DEVGRU, leaving Bravo Team. Trent Sawyer a.k.a. Bravo 4/4B is a Special Warfare Operator First Class (E-6) and member of Bravo Team who serves as the Lead Corpsman. He's portrayed by Tyler Grey. Grey is a former Army Sergeant First Class, having served in Iraq as a member of 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, then in Afghanistan and Iraq again as a member of A Squadron, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta. It was there he was hit with an IED, leaving him with the right arm that is seen in the show whenever he wears short sleeves. Brock Reynolds a.k.a. Bravo 5/5B is a Special Warfare Operator First Class (E-6), a member of Bravo Team and handler of the team's canine, Cerberus. He's portrayed by Justin Melnick. Melnick was a K9 police officer in Daleville, Indiana and originally hired purely as the show's canine handler but was told he "looked like a SEAL" and appeared in the pilot episode as an extra, which became a co-starring role. Cerberus is Bravo Team's canine, portrayed by Dita the Hair Missile. Dita is a 7-year-old, female KNPV-line Belgian Malinois and is a cousin of the dog who played Bear on Person of Interest. After the conclusion of their deployment to Afghanistan in "Forever War" (during which Cerberus was injured), Brock and the team decided it was time for him to retire. As of "The New Normal", Cerberus is living with Jason as his personal dog. Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Adam Seaver is the trainer of the Green Team SEALs. He is portrayed by Michael Irby. In season 2 episode 3, "The Worst of Conditions", Adam takes over as Team Leader of Bravo Team during Master Chief Jason Hayes' leave of absence. He is killed in the line of duty in "Say Again Your Last", the fifth episode of season 2. Summer Kairos, portrayed by Ruffin Prentiss, is a Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal technician assigned to Bravo Team during season 2. Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Scott "Full Metal" Carter is former team leader in Alpha, who joins Bravo Team after Clay is injured in an explosion in season 2's episode 17, "Paradise Lost". Since mid-season 2, Carter is serving as support personnel in Bravo Team. Metal dies in the final episode of the fourth season. He is portrayed by Scott Foxx, who also serves as one of the show's military advisors. Foxx is a nine-tour SEAL veteran in real life. He retired at the rank of Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator with two Bronze Stars with Valor device, a Navy Cross and a Purple Heart. Victor "Vic" Lopez is a Special Warfare Operator First Class, portrayed by Lucca De Oliveira. In season 3, he is the newest member of Bravo Team (Bravo 7/7B) until he is removed from Bravo Team and the SEAL community during the events of "Fog of War" for lying about the accidental killing of a hostage the team was rescuing. Special Warfare Operator Michael "Thirty Mike" Chen a.k.a. Charlie 2/2C, portrayed by Tim Chiou. Chen is a member of Charlie Team who is provisionally replacing Sonny in Bravo Team during the first half of deployment in Afghanistan. It is also revealed that he was previously a member of Bravo Team, prior to Jason becoming team leader, serving alongside Jason and Ray when they were Bravo 3/3B and Bravo 6/6B, respectively. As of "The New Normal", Thirty Mike is the interim Bravo 1/Team Leader until Command can assign a permanent replacement for Master Chief Hayes. Stella Baxter is Clay's wife. She is portrayed by Alona Tal. She is introduced in season 1 episode 2, "Other Lives", where she meets and flirts with Clay in a bar, they start dating shortly after. They break up in season 2 episode 6, "Hold What You Got", when she could no longer deal with the stress of dating a SEAL. She is then reintroduced in season 2 episode 21, "My Life for Yours". They break up again, but get back together in season 4 episode 7 "All In", and get married in the season 4 finale. Alana Hayes (seasons 1–2) is Jason's estranged wife, portrayed by Michaela McManus. She dies following a car accident in the second-season episode "The Worst of Conditions", leaving Jason and their children devastated. Emma Hayes, Jason and Alana's daughter, portrayed by Kerri Medders. At the end of season 2, she graduates from high school and moves to New York where she's enrolled in college at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Michael Hayes is Jason and Alana's son, portrayed by Ammon Jacob Ford. Starting in season 2, he begins to attend boarding school. In season 5, Gavin White takes over playing Mikey Hayes. Linda is Jason's mother, who comes to help him after Alana dies in season 2. She's portrayed by Wendy Phillips. Naima Perry is Ray's Kurdish wife and mother of his children, Jameelah and Raymond Jr. Naima, a nurse, is the one who takes care of the family's finances. She's portrayed by Parisa Fakhri. Ash Spenser is Clay's father and a retired Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator who wrote a tell-it-all book. He's portrayed by C. Thomas Howell. He was a SEAL for 15 years and a member of the Tier One SEAL unit formerly known as SEAL Team Six, where he served alongside future Green Team Master Chief Adam Seaver. He currently own a firearms training company and a security consulting company, and appears often in the media as a tactics and security expert. In the Season 5 episode "Nine Ten", it's revealed that Ash retired from the Navy on September 10, having served in Panama as part of Operation Nifty Package, the Gulf War, and Operation Gothic Serpent in Somalia, and that immediately after the attacks he started serving as a media consultant on tactics and security. In season 1, he has an estranged relationship with his son, mainly for abandoning him when he was five years old. Their estrangement is made worse, due to him having written a book about his time operating, which made him a traitor in the eyes of other SEALs. In the later part of Season 2 and early part of Season 3, Clay convinces Ash to use his notoriety to champion the cause of awarding Purple Hearts to veterans with post-traumatic stress syndrome and traumatic brain injuries.
Main characters
This is an overview of the regular, recurring, and other characters of the TV series "SEAL Team".