Alien (franchise)
Recurring characters
List indicator(s) This table shows the recurring characters and the actors who have portrayed them throughout the franchise. A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's presence in the film has not yet been announced.

Alien (franchise)

Section Title: Recurring characters
Table Section Text: List indicator(s) This table shows the recurring characters and the actors who have portrayed them throughout the franchise. A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's presence in the film has not yet been announced.

Character	Original quadrilogy	Prequel duology	Web series

Alien	Aliens	Alien³	Alien Resurrection	Prometheus	Alien: Covenant	Alien: Isolation – The Digital Series

1979	1986	1992	1997	2012	2017	2019

Arthur Dallas	Tom Skerritt	Tom SkerrittP

Ellen Louise Ripley	Sigourney Weaver	Sigourney WeaverV

Nicole FellowsY

Joan Lambert	Veronica Cartwright	Veronica CartwrightP

Samuel Brett	Harry Dean Stanton	Harry Dean StantonP

Gilbert Kane	John Hurt	John HurtP

Ash	Ian Holm	Ian HolmP

Dennis Parker	Yaphet Kotto	Yaphet KottoP

Aliens	Bolaji Badejo	Carl Toop	Tom Woodruff Jr.	Appeared	Andrew Crawford	Appeared

Goran D. Kleut

MU / TH / UR 6000 "Mother / Father"	Helen HortonV	Steven GilbornV	Lorelei KingV

Jones	Various animal performers

Engineers	Appeared	Ian Whyte	Appeared

John Lebar

Daniel James

BishopMichael Bishop Weyland "Bishop II"	Lance Henriksen

Rebecca "Newt" Jorden	Carrie Henn	Danielle Edmond

Dwayne Hicks	Michael Biehn	Michael BiehnP

Amanda Ripley	Elizabeth InglisPD	Andrea DeckV

Kezia BurrowsM

Elizabeth M. Shaw	Noomi Rapace	Noomi RapaceC

Lucy HutchinsonY

David8	Michael Fassbender

Peter Weyland	Guy Pearce

Charlie Holloway	Logan Marshall-Green	Logan Marshall-GreenP

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Prometheus and Alien: Covenant were released in 2012 and 2017.

final_sentence: Prometheus and Alien: Covenant were released in 2012 and 2017.