Sons of Anarchy/Characters

Sons of Anarchy has a large ensemble cast, portraying members of the titular club and their families, as well as law enforcers, members of rivaling clubs and gangs, and civilians. This list include every credited character with at least 2 appearances, as well as every SOA member and associated character appearing on the show.

The list is complete, including all 92 episodes of the show.

The Sons of Anarchy MC

The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) is a large, internationally spread motorcycle club, including around 30 charters worldwide.

SAMCRO

Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, nicknamed Sam Crow, is the mother charter of the club, based in Charming, California. It was founded in 1967 by John Teller and Piney Winston, with John's son Jax Teller serving as the current president. The original nine members of the club are referred to as the First 9.

¹All appearances are uncredited.
²Voice-only appearances. Including one episodes where John Teller also appeared visually, portrayed by Victor Newmark.

SAMBEL

Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Belfast charter was formed on Ireland in 1987, with Keith McGee, one of the First 9 as its original president. The current president is Seamus Ryan.

Indian Hills charter

Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Indian Hills charter was originally a small, independent club, Devil's Tribe Motorcycle Club (DTMC), founded by John Teller's Vietnam War buddy Jury White. Until his death, Jury remained the charter president after the club was patched-over by the Sons of Anarchy in Season 1. The current president is Gaines.

North Las Vegas charter

Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, North Las Vegas charter has close ties to the Indian Hills charter.

Character	Actor	#
Hopper	Steve Howey	3

SAMDINO

Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, San Bernardino charter is a minor California charter. The current president is Les Packer.

Character	Actor	#
Les Packer	Robert Patrick	2
Yates	John Hensley	1

SAMTAZ

Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Tucson Arizona charter was led by president Armando, until his murder.

Rogue River charter

Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Rogue River charter, based in Rogue River, Oregon. The current president is Monroe.

Character	Actor	#
Monroe	Jack Cameron White	1
unnamed member	Joe Rose	1

Reno charter

Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Reno charter, based in Reno, Nevada. The current president is Hench.

Character	Actor	#
Hench	Kevin Gage	1

Tacoma charter

Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Tacoma charter is led by president Lee. SAMCRO members Happy and Kozik begun as Tacoma members.

Character	Actor	#
Lee	Lee "Hamco" Staskunas	1

Dungloe charter

Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Dungloe charter, based in Dungloe, Ireland, has close ties to SAMBEL.

Character	Actor	#
Scrum	Darren Keefe	1

Nomads

The Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Nomads was made up by US members without a geographic base. It was recently dissolved, with its members - including Frankie Diamonds, Greg the Peg, Gogo, and nomad president Rane Quinn - joining other charters.

Character	Actor	#
unnamed nomad	Eric "Mancow" Muller	1

The Old Ladies

An old lady is a wife or steady girlfriend of a club member.

Character	Actor	#	Old lady of...
Gemma Teller Morrow	Katey Sagal	92	John Teller / Clay Morrow
Tara Knowles-Teller	Maggie Siff	79	Jax Teller
Lyla Dvorak-Winston	Winter Ave Zoli	40	Opie Winston
Wendy Case	Drea de Matteo	35	Jax Teller
Luann Delaney	Dendrie Taylor	11	Big Otto Delaney
Brooke Putner	Hayley McFarland	11	Ratboy Skogstrom
Maureen Ashby	Paula Malcolmson	10	John Teller / Keith McGee
Mary Winston	Julie Ariola	8	Piney Winston
Fiona Larkin	Bellina Logan	7	Chibs Telford
Donna Winston	Sprague Grayden	7	Opie Winston
Cherry Zambell	Taryn Manning	7	Liam O'Neill
April Hobart	Liane Curtis	1	Kyle Hobart
Precious Ryan	Eileen Grubba	1	Bobby Munson

The children

While several of the club members have children, far from all have a close relationship with their kids.

Character	Actor	#	Fathered by...
Abel Teller	Ryder Londo	291	Jax Teller
Ellie Winston	Kerris Dorsey	112	Opie Winston
Kenny Winston	Mason Charles	103	Opie Winston
Trinity Ashby	Zoe Boyle	7	John Teller
Kerrianne Larkin-Telford	Q'orianka Kilcher	4	Chibs Telford
Dawn Trager	Rachel Miner	3	Tig Trager
Charlie Hobart	William F. Nicol	1	Kyle Hobart
Fawn Trager	Lexi Sakowitz	1	Tig Trager
Thomas Teller Jr.	unknown	uncredited	Jax Teller

¹Including 2 episodes as portrayed by Tyler Silva, and 23 episode as portrayed by both Ryder Londo and Evan Londo, but not included episodes where portrayed by uncredited, unknown, baby and toddler actors.
²Including 10 episodes as portrayed by Lela Cortines.
³Including 9 episodes as portrayed by John Abendroth.

The Law

Both the local law enforcers of police and sherrif's departments, and the federal government, repeatedly have run-ins with the club.

Local law enforcement

San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department

Character	Actor	#	Rank
Eli Roosevelt	Rockmond Dunbar	29	Lieutenant
Candy Eglee	Marya Delver	20	Deputy sheriff
Deputy Cane	LaMonica Garrett	17	Deputy sheriff
Althea Jarry	Annabeth Gish	9	Sheriff
Deputy Carreira	Josh Nasar	8	Deputy sheriff
Vic Trammel	Glenn Plummer	5	Sheriff
unnamed sheriff	Stacy Hall	3	Sheriff
Deputy Martinez	Ramon De Ocampo	2	Deputy sheriff

Charming Police Department

Character	Actor	#	Rank
Wayne Unser	Dayton Callie	88	Retired chief
David Hale	Tayler Sheridan	21	Deputy chief
Officer Craft	Adrian LaTourelle	4	Officer
Officer Fain	Pablo Espinosa	3	Officer

Oakland Police Department

Character	Actor	#	Rank
Detective Goodman	Derek Anthony	2	Detective
unnamed cleaner	Bryan Rasmussen	2	Cleaner

Stockton Police Department

Character	Actor	#	Rank
Charles Barosky	Peter Weller	11	Retired detective
Paul Guyer	Gus Buktenica	2	Sergeant
unnamed cop	David Warshofsky	2	Detective

Stockton State Penitentiary

Character	Actor	#	Rank
unnamed guard	Vic Stagliano	3	Guard
Sergeant Macky	Jack Conley	2	Guard sergeant
unnamed guard	Price Carson	2	Guard

Federal law enforcement

ATF

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

CIA

The Central Intelligence Agency. (Part of the federal government, but specifically with "no police or law enforcement functions".)

Character	Actor	#
Alphonse Medina	Al Vicente	2

FBI

The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Character	Actor	#
Grad Nicholas	David Rees Snell	8
Agent Wright	Baldeep Singh	2

USMS

The United States Marshals Service.

Character	Actor	#
Lee Toric	Donal Logue	7

Prosecution

Character	Actor	#	Position
Tyne Patterson	CCH Pounder	14	District Attorney
Lincoln Potter	Ray McKinnon	12	Assistant US Attorney
unnamed ADA	Scott Lawrence	2	Assistant District Attorney
unnamed agent	Elise Robertson	2	AUSA agent

The Gangs

Several secondary MC clubs, as well as other crime factions, continue to battle the Sons of Anarchy, throughout the series.

The Aryan Brotherhood

The Aryan Brotherhood is a national wide white supremacist crime syndicate.

The Byz Lats

The Byz Lats is a Latino street gang, led by Nero Padilla.

¹Mario Perez was also credited for one more episode, playing a different character: an unnamed Calaveras MC member.

The Cacuzza crime family

The Cacuzza crime family is an Italian American mafia family, led by Jimmy Cacuzza.

Character	Actor	#
Jimmy Cacuzza	Jeff Wincott	3

The Calaveras MC

The Calaveras is a minor hispanic motorcycle club, based in Lodi, California. Its current president is named Roscoe.

The Galindo Cartel

The Galindo Cartel is a powerful Mexican drug cartel, headed by Romeo Prada.

The Grim Bastards MC

The Grim Bastards is an African American motorcycle club based in Lodi, California. Its longtime president, T.O. Cross, eventually patched over to SAMCRO.

Character	Actor	#
Lander Jackson	Marcello Thedford	5
Sticky	Malcolm-Jamal Warner	3

The Lin Triad

The Lin Triad is a San Fransisco based Chinese American organized crime syndicate, headed by Henry Lin.

L.O.A.N.

The League of American Nationalists is a White supremacist organization, headed by Ethan Zobelle.

The Mayans MC

The Mayans are a large hispanic club, present in Southern California and Nevada. SAMCRO has had several encounters with its Oakland chapter, lead by president Marcus Álvarez.

The Nordics

The Nordics, or The Nords, is a minor White supremacist gang, lead by Ernest Darby.

Character	Actor	#
Ernest Darby	Mitch Pileggi	13
Izzy	Dennis Keiffer	2

The One-Niners

The One-Niners, or 9'ers, is an Oakland street gang.

Pope Industries

Pope Industries is a business corporation headed by drug kingpins Damon Pope and August Marks.

The Real IRA

The Real Irish Republican Army is an Irish terrorist group, based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with close ties to SAMBEL. They are headed by a council, the so-called Irish Kings, most notably Brendan Roarke, Declan Brogan and Griffin.

The Russian mafia

The Russian mafia is active throughout California.

Character	Actor	#
Viktor Putlova	Keith Szarabajka	3
Lead Russian	Dimitri Diatchenko	2

The sex industry

The sex industry, on both sides of the law, including both porn and prostitution, play a major role in the series. Besides major characters like Nero Padilla, Luanne Delaney, and Lyla Winston, several other characters operates in this field.