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==Minor Characters==
==Minor, Recurring Characters==
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===Families===
* ''Zoey Bartlet'' ([[Elizabeth Moss]]), the President [[Josiah Bartlet|Bartlet]]'s youngest daughter
* ''Eleanor 'Ellie' Bartlet'' ([[Nina Siemaszko]]), the President's middle daughter
* ''Elizabeth 'Liz' Bartlet Westin'' ([[Annabeth Gish]]), the President's eldest daughter
* ''Doug Westin'' ([[Steven Eckholdt]]), Liz's husband
* ''Mallory O'Brian'' ([[Allison Smith]]), the Chief of Staff [[Leo McGarry]]'s daughter

===Government officials===
* ''John Hoynes'' ([[Tim Matheson]]), Bartlet's Vice President and his rival for the Democratic nomination for the presidency (Seasons 1-4)
* ''Bob Russell'' ([[Gary Cole]]), Bartlet's Vice President after the resignation of Hoynes
* ''Admiral Percy 'Fitz' Fitzwallace'' ([[John Amos]]), [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (Seasons 1-5)
* ''Dr. Nancy McNally'' ([[Anna Deveare Smith]]), [[National Security Advisor]] (Season 2—)

===White House staff===
* ''Ainsley Hayes'' ([[Emily Procter]]), Associate White House Counsel (Seasons 2-3)
* ''Joe Quincy'' ([[Matthew Perry]]), Associate White House Counsel (Season 4-5)
* ''Lieutenant Commander Jack Reese'' ([[Christian Slater]]), military advisor
* ''Delores Landingham'' ([[Kathryn Joosten]]), secretary to the President (Seasons 1-2)
* ''Deborah Fiderer'' ([[Lily Tomlin]]), secretary to the President (Seasons 4—)
* ''Nancy'' ([[Renée Estevez]]), secretary to the President
* ''Margaret'' ([[NiCole Robinson]]), secretary to the Chief of Staff
* ''Bonnie'' ([[Devika Parikh]]), assistant to the Communications Director [[Toby Ziegler]]
* ''Ginger'' ([[Kim Webster]]), assistant to the Communications Director
* ''Marina 'Rena' '' ([[Melissa Marsala]]), assistant to the Communications Director (Season 5—)
* ''Elsie Snuffin'' ([[Danica McKellar]]), assistant to the Deputy Communications Director [[Will Bailey]] (Season 4)
* ''Carol'' ([[Melissa Fitzgerald]]), assistant to the Press Secretary [[C.J. Cregg]]
* ''Ed'' ([[Peter James Smith]]), staffer
* ''Larry'' ([[Bill Duffy]]), staffer

===Secret Service / FBI===
* ''Ron Butterfield'' ([[Michael O'Neill]]), head of the President's Secret Service detail
* ''Gina Toscano'' ([[Jorja Fox]]), Secret Service agent (Season 1)
* ''Simon Donovan'' ([[Mark Harmon]]), Secret Service agent (Season 3)
* ''Mike Casper'' ([[Clark Gregg]]), FBI Special Agent (Season 2—)

===Freelance consultants===
* ''Josephine 'Joey' Lucas'' ([[Marlee Matlin]]), political consultant, pollster
* ''Kenny Thurman'' ([[Bill O'Brien]]), Joey's [[American Sign Language|sign]] interpreter
* ''Amy Gardner'' ([[Mary-Louise Parker]]), women's rights activist, Chief of Staff for [[Abbey Bartlet]] (Season 3—)
* ''Bruno Gianelli'' ([[Ron Silver]]), Bartlet re-election campaign strategist (Seasons 3-4)
* ''Connie Tate'' ([[Connie Britton]]), Bartlet re-election campaign staffer
* ''Doug Wegland'' ([[Evan Handler]]), Bartlet re-election campaign staffer

===Political friends and enemies===
* ''Congresswoman Andrea Wyatt (D-MD)'' ([[Kathleen York]]), Toby's ex-wife and mother of their twins, Huck and Molly (Seasons 1 -;)
* ''Lord John Marbury'' ([[Roger Rees]]), British [[Ambassador]] to the United States (Seasons 1-3)
* ''Clifford 'Cliff' Calley'' ([[Mark Feuerstein]]), [[Majority Counsel]] (Season 3)
* ''Governor Robert Ritchie (R-FL)'' ([[James Brolin]]), Republican presidential candidate (Seasons 3-4)
* ''Glen Allen Walken'' ([[John Goodman]]), Republican [[Speaker of the House]] (Seasons 4-5)

===Other characters===
* ''Danny Concannon'' ([[Timothy Busfield]]), [[White House Press Corps]] [[correspondent]] for the ''[[Washington Post]]'' (Seasons 1, 3—)
* ''Katie Witt'' ([[Kris Murphy]]), White House Press Corps reporter
* ''Laurie'' ([[Lisa Edelstein]]), law student, call girl (Season 1)
* ''Colin Ayres'' ([[Jason Isaacs]]), photographer (Season 5—)
* ''Gail'' (Herself), a goldfish [http://homepage.mac.com/nmonks/gail/gail.html]
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==Guest Stars==
==Guest Stars==

Revision as of 16:12, 16 November 2004

This article will be the repository for information regarding characters on the The West Wing (television), so as to remove the plethora of fancruft articles.

Please edit and add at will.

Major Characters

President: Josiah "Jed" Bartlet

First Lady: Abigail "Abby" Bartlet

Vice President:

  • Bob Russell (Seasons 5- )
  • John Hoynes (Seasons 1-4)

Chief of Staff:

  • C.J. Cregg (Seasons 6- )
  • Leo McGarry (Seasons 1-5)

Deputy Chief of Staff: Josh Lyman

Director of Communications: Toby Ziegler

Deputy Communications Director:

  • Sam Seaborn (Seasons 1-4)
  • Will Bailey (Seasons 4-5)

Press Secretary: C.J. Cregg (Seasons 1-5)

Personal Secretary to the President:

  • Delores Landingham (Seasons 1 & 2)
  • Deborah Fiderer (Seasons 3- )

Personal Aide to the President: Charlie Young

Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff: Donnattella "Donna" Moss (more coming soon)

Minor, Recurring Characters

(more coming soon)

Families

Government officials

White House staff

Secret Service / FBI

  • Ron Butterfield (Michael O'Neill), head of the President's Secret Service detail
  • Gina Toscano (Jorja Fox), Secret Service agent (Season 1)
  • Simon Donovan (Mark Harmon), Secret Service agent (Season 3)
  • Mike Casper (Clark Gregg), FBI Special Agent (Season 2—)

Freelance consultants

Political friends and enemies

Other characters

Guest Stars

(more coming soon)