Warning: This listing incorporates some spoilers for all of the John Wick motion pictures.

The John Wick saga is lead by compelling principal characters corresponding to Charon, Winston, and John Wick himself. But many different fan-favorite characters, together with Marcus, Sofia, and Koji, additionally handle to make a powerful impression on the viewers regardless of solely briefly showing within the franchise. The great John Wick solid demonstrates the other ways folks survive and acquire energy on the earth dominated by the Excessive Desk.

A lot of the characters in John Wick are expert fighters however display proficiency with quite a lot of weapons and combative types. When John seems on the run from one enemy or one other, most of them are pressured to think about how a lot loyalty they will afford. Anybody who breaks the principles is hunted by the Excessive Desk, and John’s varied buddies and enemies illustrate a spectrum of allegiance and sense of self-preservation.

12 The Tracker/Mr. No person (Shamier Anderson)

An unnamed tracker decided to get as a lot cash as potential for John.

A number of new enemies are launched in John Wick: Chapter 4, together with the mysterious character recognized solely as “the Tracker” or “Mr. No person.” Mr. No person saves John’s life at one level as a result of he’s ready for the value on John’s head to go up earlier than he kills him. He’s a talented tracker, and nobody appears to understand how he can discover John. He’s additionally accompanied by a loyal canine, well-trained in fight (and carrying on the sequence’ canine motif).

Mr. No person even spares John and stops searching him after John saves his canine, proving that he does have an ethical compass and a way of gratitude. He then watches John’s duel with Caine, appreciating the load of the occasions unfolding, even when he not has a stake in them. Mr. No person is probably superfluous in a three-hour film that already has a number of villains and anti-heroes, however he’s nonetheless an attention-grabbing addition.

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11 Aurelio (John Leguizamo)

An clever and pleasant character who fixes John’s automotive.

Aurelio is likely one of the uncommon characters in all of the John Wick motion pictures who is barely pleasant to the protagonist. His place inside the underworld of New York Metropolis is to restore vehicles for gangsters and assassins. He’s genial and even sarcastic whereas chatting with John, making the viewers immediately like him. Aurelio can be the primary character to point that there’s something extra to John than meets the attention.

When Iosef Tarasov (Alfie Allen) exhibits up with John’s Mustang, Aurelio immediately acknowledges it and punches Iosef when he received’t inform him the place he received it. When Iosef’s father Viggo (Michael Nyqvist) calls, all Aurelio has to say is, “He stole John Wick’s automotive.” Total, Aurelio is likely one of the most wholly likable characters of the sequence, even when he’s not a serious participant within the battle.

10 Akira (Rina Sawayama)

Koji’s daughter and the concierge of the Osaka Continental.

Akira is the daughter of John’s buddy Koji. She and her father run the Osaka Continental collectively. Within the transient scene the place she is seen doing her job on the Continental, Akira seems to be simply as refined {and professional} as Charon. She and her father are companions in crime in addition to household, however she is extra reasonable than him as a result of she is prepared to surrender John to guard their resort. Nevertheless, Akira solely seems briefly in John Wick: Chapter 4, so her character shouldn’t be absolutely developed. Moreover, her promise to kill Caine in revenge for her father’s homicide is a unfastened finish within the franchise.

9 Cassian (Frequent)

Gianna D’Antonio’s expert bodyguard who fights John in Rome.

Cassian is launched in John Wick: Chapter 2 because the bodyguard of Gianna D’Antonio (Claudia Gerini). The film instantly conveys that Cassian is a talented and skilled operative. He offers extra perception into how different folks in John’s occupation assume by discussing how he must comply with by means of on his job to guard Gianna. John’s interactions with Cassian illustrate the effective line between buddies and enemies of their world (earlier than characters like Caine and Akira are launched) the place they may be having drinks collectively one second and ordered to kill one another the following.

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8 Koji (Hiroyuki Sanada)

One among John’s most loyal buddies and a Continental supervisor.

Regardless of his daughter’s protests, Koji refuses to offer John as much as Caine or the Excessive Desk. He demonstrates a sort of uncompromising loyalty to buddies that’s sparse on this setting, when most buddies will acknowledge that everybody will do what they need to to outlive. John apologizes for coming to his resort, however Koji solely responds that “Friendship means little when it is handy.” Koji makes essentially the most of his transient time onscreen, sharing some candy moments with Akira that display how they steadiness their work and making time for themselves. He additionally shares some extra phrases of knowledge with John that stick to him till John Wick: Chapter 4’s ending.

7 Caine (Donnie Yen)

A hitman so expert that the Excessive Desk sends him after John.

Caine is one other new character in John Wick: Chapter 4, who seems to be a part of a circle of buddies together with John and Koji. Whereas Koji tries to assist John, Caine is extorted into searching John when the Excessive Desk threatens his daughter. Caine’s combat sequences are wonderful as a result of he makes use of sound units and a cane to make up for not having the ability to see. Caine is made an enemy of John by circumstance. But Caine serving to John combat his approach up the steps of Sacré-Cœur is a strong second that demonstrates their friendship, regardless of the scenario.

6 The Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne)

The King who has no downside crossing the Excessive Desk.

The Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne) exists each inside the area of the Excessive Desk and outdoors it. He says that he’ll abide by John being declared Excommunicado however defies the Adjudicator (Asia Kate Dillon) in the identical film when he refuses to step down. The Bowery King’s speech in John Wick: Chapter 3’s ending successfully serves as a dramatic arrange for John Wick: Chapter 4. Whereas he could have minimal growth, Fishburne’s charismatic efficiency is greater than sufficient to make the character attention-grabbing. The Bowery King stays certainly one of John’s allies till the tip of the sequence.

5 Marcus (Willem Dafoe)

The sharpshooter who saves John’s life within the first film.

Marcus solely seems in John Wick. Not a lot is thought about his previous with John, however they look like shut buddies. When John returns to the underworld, everybody presents him their condolences – however Marcus involves Helen’s funeral. He has a really strict ethical code however is clever sufficient to steer Viggo to imagine that he’s going to kill John. Marcus can be a superb sniper. It might have been nice to see John and Marcus work together extra all through the sequence, however Marcus sadly dies within the first film.

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4 Sofia (Halle Berry)

One other Continental supervisor who shouldn’t be so affected person with John.

Sofia, the supervisor of the Casablanca Continental, additionally solely seems for a quick spell in John Wick: Chapter 3. But Sofia demonstrates a variety of emotional and ethical complexity. In a backstory which isn’t seen, John helped get Sofia’s daughter to security. Sofia tells John to not reveal her daughter’s location, as a result of she doesn’t belief herself to not go on the lookout for her. Sofia probably has such a powerful bond along with her canine due to the household she has misplaced.

Sofia has additionally risen to a place of energy inside the Excessive Desk’s world and is a talented fighter. Nevertheless, she is a novel character due to how she interacts with John. Different characters may be extra sympathetic, however Sofia is blunt: His presence is placing her in peril, and she or he doesn’t should be completely happy about it, regardless of how noble his intentions are.

3 Winston (Ian McShane)

The advanced supervisor of the New York Continental who’s each John’s ally and enemy.

Winston is likely one of the most advanced characters within the John Wick motion pictures. He clearly likes John, selecting to offer him an hour to run just because he needs to in John Wick: Chapter 2’s ending. But when Winston should select between John and the Continental Resort, he chooses the latter. His actions are comprehensible, and he did his finest to assist John. However betraying John was in the end the one approach to safe the resort and stay able of energy.

Winston changing into a real ally to John once more in John Wick: Chapter 4 demonstrates how each of them perceive and may navigate this world of shifting loyalties. He additionally delivers a strong monologue in John Wick: Chapter 3 when he asks John, “Who do you want to die as?” This dilemma is actually the ethical and emotional spine of the sequence.

2 Charon (Lance Reddick)

The concierge of the New York Continental who’s loyal to a fault.

The concierge of the New York Continental is a fan-favorite character whose consummate professionalism is each formidable and amusing. Charon commits small acts of kindness, like providing to deal with John’s canine. He serves the Continental steadfastly and helps defend it from the Excessive Desk within the remaining act of John Wick: Chapter 3. Charon continues to face with Winston after Winston “betrays” John, but it’s exhausting to think about that Charon wouldn’t have helped John if he’d proven up. In the long run, Winston and John seem to agree that Charon was a greater man than each of them.

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1 John Wick (Keanu Reeves)

The John Wick sequence’ terrifying but emotionally grounded protagonist.

John Wick is definitely the perfect character of the sequence – and protagonists are not often ever the perfect character of their franchises. Reeves offers a strong portrayal of John’s grief and emotional turmoil all through the sequence. The primary 20 minutes of the primary film are heartbreaking, whereas the next occasions are cathartic due to Reeves’ efficiency.

Moreover, the John Wick saga’s writing deftly frames John as a thriller that’s by no means fully solved. He seems to be a daily man till he reveals a cache of weapons in his home. The viewers learns extra particulars about John’s previous all through the films, however an entire image of how he turned “the Boogeyman” or what he did to flee the underworld by no means kinds. John Wick is terrifying, mysterious, but in addition clearly a person who needs to do proper by his spouse’s reminiscence.