List of Community characters

Community is an American comedy television series. It was created by Dan Harmon. The show revolves around the on-campus exploits of seven students who are connected through their study group at Greendale Community College. The show features eight main characters, Jeff Winger (Joel McHale), Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs) Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi), Shirley Bennett (Yvette Nicole Brown), Annie Edison (Alison Brie), Troy Barnes (Donald Glover), Señor Chang (Ken Jeong), and Pierce Hawthorne (Chevy Chase). The series also features several recurring characters who are the group's fellow students and the teachers at Greendale.

Main characters

The show revolves around the on-campus exploits of seven students who are connected through their study group at Greendale Community College.

Jeff Winger

Jeff Winger
First appearance	"Pilot"
Created by	Dan Harmon
Portrayed by	Joel McHale
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Lawyer, Student
Family	William Winger (father) Doreen Fitzgerald (mother)
Religion	Agnosticism

Jeffrey Tobias "Jeff" Winger (Joel McHale) is a 33-year-old snarky, glib lawyer attending Greendale Community College. He was a lawyer until the Colorado Bar Association found out that he did not get a bachelor's degree from Columbia University but, in fact, got one that was "less than legitimate" and "better than real" from the country of Colombia. Jeff returns to college by attending Greendale Community College as a "deal" with the bar in order to prevent him from being disbarred. He consequently hopes to graduate as quickly as possible.

Initially, Jeff forms and joins the study group because he is attracted to fellow student Britta whom he hits on, despite her rejection of his advances. While this dynamic slips into friendship, they eventually sleep together, despite denying any feelings they may have for each other to the rest of the study group. He also dates his statistics teacher, Professor Slater and, at of the end of the first season, kisses Annie, despite her being much younger than he is. Nevertheless, by the second season, it becomes clear that he does not want to pursue anything further with any of them, at least for the time being.

Jeff is continually sarcastic and often displays much less enthusiasm for Greendale activities than other members in his Spanish study group. Because of his background as a lawyer and his compelling personality, many people, including Dean Pelton and Señor Chang, seek help from him. These ventures include stints as a member of the debate team and editor of the school paper and efforts to improve Chang's professional and love lives. Due to his competitive nature, he has difficult relationships with his accounting, billiards, and pottery teachers when he does poorly in their classes. He enjoys being in positions of authority and acts as the effective leader of the group. It becomes apparent that several members of the group rely on him playing this role while Pierce tends to insult him whenever he can, despite his lack of wit. He shows an increasing maturity and tolerance for the viewpoints of the other group members, as indicated by his decision to let Pierce continue believing in his cult despite its ridiculousness in season two.

Britta Perry

Britta Perry
First appearance	"Pilot"
Created by	Dan Harmon
Portrayed by	Gillian Jacobs
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Student
Family	Unnamed Mother Unnamed Father Two Unnamed Older Brothers Marcus (nephew)
Religion	Atheism

Britta was born in Riverside, Colorado in October 1980. Britta has two older brothers, one of whom works with children with some type of special disorder in a hospital. On her eleventh birthday an eager-handed man in a dinosaur costume intruded in on her party at a restaurant. This event has haunted her into adulthood.

Britta decided to drop out of high school because she thought it would impress Radiohead. After dropping out of school, she started vandalizing billboards around the area where she grew up. During the vandalizing she became friends with other people who liked to vandalize. The friends created a small group of "anarchist billboard vandals". When the group grew larger she was kicked out, due the democratic voting system the anarchists used to vote her out. Soon after her departure, the group developed into a high-end advertising firm. After her fallout she joined the Peace Corps, did some foot modeling, got teargassed at a World Trade rally and took an extended vacation in Africa. Realizing she needed to do something with her life, Britta got her G.E.D. and enrolled at Greendale.

She is often the voice of reason within the group but is often mocked by fellow members for her excessively pronounced East Coast sensibilities, as well as her rigid moral code. Notably, the group makes fun of her for pronouncing the word "bagel" strangely, and for being a vegetarian. Additionally, while the group appreciates the role she plays, they sometimes refer to her as a "buzzkill" and the group's least fun member, something Britta initially bridled at but has since learned to take in stride.

Although she has unceasingly tried to portray a lack of romantic interest in Jeff, one episode shows she may have recently given in to secret feelings for him. She eventually sleeps with him during a prolonged paintball match and later embarrasses herself by admitting her "love" for him, which in the end was merely the result of her compulsive competition with Professor Slater. Surprisingly, this false admission makes her more popular at the beginning of her second year by giving her a reputation for fearlessness. Britta and Jeff like to think of themselves as the group's mom and dad, and often assume they know what is best for their friends; this dynamic of their relationship is explored in several episodes, culminating in Troy's realization on his 21st birthday that they are just as dumb as he.

Abed Nadir

Abed Nadir
First appearance	"Pilot"
Created by	Dan Harmon
Portrayed by	Danny Pudi
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Student
Family	Gobi Nadir (father) Unnamed Mother Unnamed Step-Father Unnamed Step-Sibling
Religion	Islam

Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi) is a trilingual (English, Arabic, and Polish) Palestinian American pop-culture junkie who aspires to become a director and is currently taking film directing classes at Greendale Community College. His original plan was to take business classes at Greendale to eventually help run his father's falafel stand, but this became his backup plan when Britta inspired him to switch professions. While he has emotion and sympathy for his new friends, he speaks with a rather detached and emotionless tone, as well as with a distinct straightforwardness lacking a mental filter, leading some of his friends to suspect he has Asperger syndrome.

Despite his odd social behavior, Abed seems to be very popular with the ladies and he seems to glean certain insights on life by comparing his life to various television shows and movies. This talent translates into him usually meta referencing their lives in relation to the show, by commenting on the dynamic of the characters together, their story lines, and can sometimes predict exactly what they will do at a given time. Sometimes he uses this gift and combines it with his ability to personify anyone he chooses, and uses this ability to help his friends work out their mental baggage. He also possesses many hidden talents that usually go overlooked such as being surprisingly athletic and coordinated.

Abed and Troy share a uniquely close friendship, leading others in the group to comment on their "weird little relationship"; the closing credit sequence is almost always about them filming skits or pulling pranks together. Abed initially hurt Troy's feelings at the end of Season 1 by making it clear he did not want them to be roommates, but he later said that he did not want to ruin their friendship by living together.

Shirley Bennett

Shirley Bennett
First appearance	"Pilot"
Created by	Dan Harmon
Portrayed by	Yvette Nicole Brown
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Student
Spouse	Andre (ex-husband & boyfriend)
Children	Elijah and Jordan Bennett
Religion	Christianity (Lutheranism)

Shirley Bennett (Yvette Nicole Brown) is a recently divorced mother of two who attends Greendale Community College. Shirley is a devoted Christian and is very sweet but also has thinly-veiled rage issues and gossips compulsively. She is proud to be an African American and a woman but appreciates not being defined by those characteristics. She is very friendly to everyone, but sometimes has problems minding her own business or keeping secrets.

She was very slow to show tolerance for the faiths of the multiple non-Christian members of the study group (apparently, she also tried to covertly baptize Annie, who is Jewish and did not appreciate the attempt). She also feels uncomfortable sometimes about being a much more devout Christian than anyone at Greendale.

At Greendale, Shirley is taking classes which will allow her to market her baked goods, specifically her famous brownies. Within the study group, she is particularly friendly with Annie and Britta, yet is often angry at Pierce given his tendency to accidentally say racist things and absentmindedly harass her. In the Halloween episode of season two, she and Chang hook up after bonding over how their costumes are misunderstood (she being Glinda the Good Witch and not Miss Piggy and he being Peggy Fleming and not Kristi Yamaguchi or Michelle Kwan). Beyond the evidence of a voice mail that Chang sent to Troy, however, no one remembers this incident due to the Army wiping their memory and blaming it on roofies after a zombie incident. During the episode 'Cooperative Calligraphy' it is revealed she has a home pregnancy test in her bag. In 'Asian Population Studies', Shirley's pregnancy is confirmed, with the father possibly being Chang.

In 'Mixology Certification' it is revealed that Shirley once had a heavy drinking problem, and becomes furious when the group finds out despite them being pleased she once had a wild side.

Annie Edison

Annie Edison
First appearance	"Pilot"
Created by	Dan Harmon
Portrayed by	Alison Brie
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Student
Religion	Judaism

Annie Edison (Alison Brie), born in December 1990, is a straight-laced Jewish twenty-year-old who is in her second year at Greendale Community College. She lost her virginity to her high school boyfriend "to Madonna's Erotica on the floor of his walk-in closet", but due to him being a closeted homosexual, he refused to let her see his penis, an organ she has never laid eyes on. She lost her college scholarship and dropped out of high school due to an addiction to Adderall, having a nervous breakdown that culminated in her jumping through a window yelling "Everyone's a robot!" Against the wishes of her mother, she chose to confront the addiction and go to rehab, and is currently estranged from her family.

Though younger than most of the group, she is also by far the most studious and the most serious, becoming very intense about grades and school activities. She has a talent for making the other study group members feel guilty, using her "Disney face." A noticeably cheerful person, she is enthusiastic when it comes to helping out the school, both writing for the school paper and participating on the debate team, along with organizing school events. She also takes the cohesion of the study group more seriously than the other members and, in trying to get the group to retake Spanish 102, gets Senor Chang fired for his fake degree.

She used to pine after Troy, on whom she had a crush since high school but stops when she begins dating another student, Vaughn. While she initially intends to transfer from Greendale and join Vaughn in Delaware, she decides to stay for the second year. At the end of the first season, it appears as if she has developed a romantic dynamic with Jeff, whom she kissed both to win a debate competition and at the end of the season. While she is interested in Jeff at the beginning of the second season, she then thinks of him as "gross" after the study group learns about Jeff and Britta's paintball episode. There have been indications that Annie may still harbor feelings for Jeff, but so far her age, relative immaturity and some new found scruples on Jeff's part have precluded any further expressions of it.

Troy Barnes

Troy Barnes
First appearance	"Pilot"
Created by	Dan Harmon
Portrayed by	Donald Glover
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Student
Family	Nana Barnes (grandmother)
Religion	Jehovah's Witnesses

Troy Barnes (Donald Glover), born December 4, 1989, is a former high school football star who now attends Greendale Community College. Born and raised in Greendale, Colorado, Troy made a name for himself as the varsity quarterback of his high school football team, and was also prom king. He injured himself during a "keg flip" in high school that cost him a football scholarship, an injury he later revealed to be intentional because he could not take the pressure of a talent scout at a big game. He now plays quarterback for the nonathletic Greendale Human Beings, saying he would rather play football for fun.

While he starts off hanging out with Pierce at Greendale, he becomes best friends with Abed who shares his peculiar sense of humor. The two spend most of their time at Greendale together and most episodes end with one of their antics. As the two hang out over the course of the first two seasons, Troy gradually discounts his identity as a jock and embraces the notion of being a nerd. In doing this, he saves the whole school in season two's Halloween episode. Troy's fondness of Abed is such to the point that he dumps an attractive librarian immediately after she calls Abed weird.

Instead of being Abed's roommate for their sophomore year, however, Troy decides to live in Pierce's mansion. While living with him over the summer, Troy started up a Twitter account documenting unintentionally funny things Pierce says at "oldwhitemansays," which Pierce was originally angry at but embraced after learning the account had 600,000 followers. Troy often feels the need to assert that Shirley is not his mom. Long oblivious to the crush that Annie has on him, Troy later makes a few broad attempts at wooing her.

Troy is a Jehovah's Witness, as revealed in the episode "Comparative Religion," and he also shows hints of political conservatism and rides his bike to class. Though he tries to deny it, he is extremely talented at plumbing. He also plays down his serious interest in interpretive dance, which conflicts with his image as a football player. Notably dim-witted, Troy has a number of unique opinions and beliefs, such as that there are only boy dogs and girl cats. He has evolved from the start of the series as a cocky, selfish, image-obsessed boy to a silly and emotional yet good-hearted and responsible man.

Ben Chang

Ben Chang
First appearance	"Spanish 101"
Created by	Dan Harmon
Portrayed by	Ken Jeong
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Spanish Teacher, Student
Family	Rabbi Chang (brother)
Spouse	Señora Chang

Benjamin "Ben" Chang (Ken Jeong), usually referred to as Señor Chang, was the group's unhinged Spanish teacher. In the first season, he is the only main character who is not a member of the Spanish study group. At the end of the first season, however, it is revealed that he does not actually have any teaching qualifications and that, like Jeff, he will have to attend Greendale as a student in order to get a degree.

He can be quite theatrical at times (once even faking his own death to get a rise out of his students), and also has a huge ego and anger-management issues. These over-the-top personality traits veil deep issues of being left by his wife, with whom he was later re-united, although this did not hinder his rash behavior towards his students afterward.

Chang has an antagonistic relationship with almost every student and faculty member at Greendale. He is on especially bad terms with Professor Duncan, who potentially foreshadows Chang's lack of teaching qualifications early in the series when he notes Chang demands to be called "Señor" because he is not a real professor. In the first season finale, Chang and Duncan come to blows when Chang becomes a student and Duncan is suspended from teaching, resulting in a physical battle at the end of the year dance. Though Duncan gets a restraining order against him, Chang in turn nullifies this by getting a restraining order against Duncan, thus allowing him to take his anthropology class - the two seem to have formed a grudging respect for each other since.

His brother is Rabbi Chang, who ironically criticizes Señor Chang on his confusing title and behavior. He enjoys jetting around on a scooter, plays the keytar as an instrument, and has a history of having his clothes stolen from the local YMCA. According to Chang in "Modern Warfare," he plays paintball three times a week, and he uses his skill in the sport against Jeff and Britta. As a student, he seeks a degree in music theory so that he can use his keytar skills professionally. In the Halloween episode of season two, he hooks up with Shirley after they bond over how their costumes are misunderstood (she being Glinda the Good Witch and not Miss Piggy and he being Peggy Fleming and not Kristi Yamaguchi or Michelle Kwan). Beyond the evidence of a voicemail that Chang sent to Troy, however, no one remembers this incident.

His self-proclaimed nickname is "El Tigre Chino" and he owns a black jacket which has on the back that moniker and the image of a Bengal tiger. His office features a portrait of him as a matador with "El Tigre" at the bottom and a statue of a tiger.

In the second season, he is in the same anthropology class as the study group. In "Anthropology 101", after he asks the study group to let him join them, he is then seen in the study room secretly plotting his revenge on them for getting him fired, switching between evil and good sides in a manner similar to the character Gollum from The Lord of the Rings. He eventually joins the study group in the episode "Asian Population Studies" after being voted in over Rich. He proves his worth in the next episode helping Annie and the group save their drug awareness play from Pierce's antics. Chang wants to get to know Shirley after he finds out that he may have impregnated her on Halloween, a night which no one at Greendale can remember. His rescue of Annie initially seems to win Shirley over, however she is visibly disturbed to see his extremely bi-polar (and possibly schizophrenic) side.

Pierce Hawthorne

Pierce Hawthorne
First appearance	"Pilot"
Created by	Dan Harmon
Portrayed by	Chevy Chase
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Creator of Hawthorne Wipes, Student
Spouse	Wanda, 6 ex-wives
Children	Amber, 31 other step-children
Religion	"Reformed Neo-Buddhism" (described on the show as a cult)

Pierce Hawthorne (Chevy Chase) is a moist towelette tycoon attending Greendale Community College. His father created Hawthorne Wipes, the award-winning moist towelette company. He claims to be a world traveler, a toastmaster, magician, keyboardist and self-styled hypnotherapist, and considers himself a "quality of life person".

He enrolled in Greendale looking for companionship and popularity, but is held back by his clumsiness and his lack of tact. Much older than most Greendale students, he is sometimes disoriented by youth culture while still trying to embrace it. He also unknowingly buys into many sexist and racist stereotypes which often lead him to unintentionally make offensive statements, the nature of which he's completely unaware. Much of this is directed at Shirley, whom he sometimes mistakes for other black women; Abed, whom he suspects being a terrorist because he is Muslim; and Jeff, whom he actively tries to insult in an attempt to be cool, despite his inability to do so with wit. This leads Troy to start up a popular Twitter account with 600,000 followers called "oldwhitemansays", documenting anything outrageous said by Pierce. Given his age and his eccentricity, Pierce occasionally surprises his friends with wise insight and support when they truly need it.

Though he considers himself to be a "Reformed Neo-Buddhist," he is actually a member of an obscure religious cult (which could be a veiled reference to Scientology by the show). This plays an important role when his mother dies in season two and Pierce believes his "Buddhist" teachings that she will be reborn, carrying a canister of what he thinks is his mother's soul around. When, along with Jeff and Troy, he listens to a CD made by his mother telling him she's gone and encouraging him to let her go and live his life, Pierce simply shrugs it off as her losing her mind. At the same time, Jeff decides he's better off with that rationale and lets him continue with his belief.

Pierce has been married seven times and has 32 "ex-stepchildren" he tries to be close with (possibly due to his being sterile - though he claims he is 'hyper-virile), though most of them either avoid him or take advantage of him for his wealth. He is the author of Greendale's unusual school song and was for a brief time a member of Vaughn's band. He is also incredibly claustrophobic. Because of his moist towelette business, Pierce is very wealthy and owns a mansion, where Troy also lives over the summer and during the second year. It has been shown that Pierce may often act out due to the utter lack of attention and care his father, also a business tycoon, showed him as a child. His father even went to the extent of hiring another child to play Pierce in a commercial while berating and insulting the real Pierce.

In season two, he breaks both his legs in a trampoline accident. To move around, he buys himself an ineffective wheelchair powered by his breath, which he claims to have outbid three hospitals for.

Recurring characters

The series also features several recurring characters who are students and staff members at Greendale.

Faculty

Craig Pelton

Craig Pelton
First appearance	"Pilot"
Created by	Dan Harmon
Portrayed by	Jim Rash
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Dean of Greendale Community College

Dean Craig Pelton (Jim Rash) was an educator at Greendale Community College for 10 years, and has been dean for four years. He desperately wants his school to be more like a real university and thus he strives to better the school, often asking favors of the students and trying to earn popularity. He also goes to strenuous and excessive lengths to seem politically correct and is responsible for changing the school's team name from the Greendale Grizzlies to the Greendale Human Beings. However, acts such as these only further his candid racism and prejudices as he states that the primary reason for the title change was that "most of these people have been called animals their entire lives". He seemingly has a crush on Jeff, and uses him to improve the school's fledgling extra-curricular programs, pressuring him to join the debate team, edit the school's newspaper, and convince Troy to play quarterback for the football team. Among other hints at sexual proclivities such as bisexuality and late-night visits to truck stops and public restrooms, he has had a growing fetish for people in dalmatian costumes, which he believes he has pursued in secrecy, but seems to be common enough knowledge to the students and faculty. He is currently writing a novel called Time Desk, focused on the adventures of a character called Dean Dangerous.

Ian Duncan

Ian Duncan
First appearance	"Pilot"
Created by	Dan Harmon
Portrayed by	John Oliver
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Psychology professor at Greendale
Nationality	British

Dr. Ian Duncan (John Oliver) is a British-born professor of psychology at Greendale Community College. Though Jeff once successfully represented him as a lawyer by exploiting the legal system, Duncan refuses to help him cheat. He also has a certain self-importance complex as made evident when one of his infamous theories was disproved. He provides free therapy to several students including Britta and, at one point, hopes to write about Abed's issues for a book deal. He also has a rivalry with Señor Chang and cheerfully antagonizes Chang over being fired and subsequently becoming a student at Greendale. At the end of the first season, he is suspended by Dean Pelton for his drunken behavior at a school function, prompting Chang to punch Duncan in the face with a roll of quarters and attack him. Because of this, he temporarily gets a restraining order against Chang, which he abuses by chasing him around and preventing him from getting to places. After Greendale suspended Professor Bauer, he took over her anthropology class, despite his complete lack of knowledge about the subject. Despite his boorish behavior, Duncan is often able to figure out Jeff's problems with himself, which he points out to Jeff. As is alluded to several times over the course of his appearances, Duncan appears to have a drinking problem.

Michelle Slater

Michelle Slater
First appearance	"Introduction to Statistics"
Portrayed by	Lauren Stamile
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Statistics professor at Greendale

Prof. Michelle Slater (Lauren Stamile) is a statistics professor at Greendale. She had a strict policy against dating students, but became romantically involved with Jeff, after he begs her to sleep with him during a Halloween party. She and Jeff share a similarly tough sense of humor and cynicism. Later on, she broke off their relationship. She later reacquires interest in Jeff, consequently developing a rivalry with Britta for his attention. Jeff later states that if he did pursue a relationship with her, it would evolve him, while a relationship with Britta would help him know more about who he really is. In addition to Jeff, she draws interest from other members of the faculty such as Señor Chang and Professor Duncan, who have made comically bad attempts to seduce her. It is later noted by Troy and Abed's closed-circuit television show of the student body elections that she is actually missing.

Eustice Whitman

Eustice Whitman
First appearance	"Introduction to Film"
Portrayed by	John Michael Higgins
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Accounting professor at Greendale

Prof. Eustice Whitman (John Michael Higgins) is an accounting professor at Greendale Community College, the college's debate coach, and a strong believer in carpe diem. Despite believing that Whitman would be an easy teacher, Jeff had trouble passing his accounting class since the highly eccentric and excessively exuberant Whitman grades his students not on their academics but on how well they "seize the day". In later incidents, he instructs Jeff as coach of the debate team and offers him unasked for advice on how to lead his life fully in different circumstances.

June Bauer

June Bauer
First appearance	"Anthropology 101"
Portrayed by	Betty White
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Anthropology Teacher

Prof. June Bauer (Betty White) is an anthropology professor at Greendale. Though very old, she is a blunt speaker and a surprisingly good fighter. Bauer has engaged in many worldly yet strange pursuits, such as hunting monkeys with a blow gun in the Amazon and drinking her own urine for its health benefits. She is also not afraid of attacking her students, shooting a disrespectful Star-Burns with a blow gun and nearly killing Jeff with her weapon of nine weapons, after which she gets suspended from teaching. She then leaves Greendale to go to the Congo.

Students

Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne

Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne
First appearance	"Spanish 101"
Portrayed by	Dino Stamatopoulos
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Student

Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne (Dino Stamatopoulos) is a middle-aged student at Greendale Community College known for his copious facial hair and sideburns shaped like stars. He is a member of the campus' "cool study group", and a true music lover. Though Star Burns is habitually laid back and sloppily dressed, he has a son who, in stark contrast to him, is incredibly businesslike. In Season 2's "Intro to Political Science," he admits to being a drug dealer. He takes a number of classes with the main characters including Spanish and Boating. He worked in the school cafeteria until the group got him fired for siphoning off chicken fingers for his friends. For the most part, however, he is disconnected from the group and he sometimes seems confused as to who the individual members in the group actually are. He does know who Jeff is, and acts as the impromptu campus spokesman after Britta and Professor Slater both declare their love for him by saying everyone's waiting for Jeff's response to what happened. Though he enjoys the attention he receives with his sideburns, he craves an identity beyond them and begins wearing a top hat at the beginning of the second season to draw attention away from them. He eventually grows irritated with the nickname "Star-Burns", unsuccessfully insisting that people call him "Alex" instead.

Leonard Briggs

Leonard Briggs
First appearance	"Advanced Criminal Law"
Portrayed by	Richard Erdman
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Student

Leonard Briggs (Richard Erdman) is an elderly man who is studying business at Greendale Community College. He and Jeff have a comically antagonistic relationship and both take billiards for PE credit. Though noticeably older than the other students at Greendale, he acts in a reckless and laid-back a fashion as most young adults, often using slang and engaging in such activities as playing pranks and bass guitar and encountering "pregnancy scares". He leads a rowdy, disobedient band of elderly Greendale students called the "Hipsters" (because they all apparently have hip replacements), which Pierce temporarily joins. He was part of the flight simulation crew selected by the Dean. He has children, though they are never seen on camera.

Vaughn Miller

Vaughn Miller
First appearance	"Social Psychology"
Portrayed by	Eric Christian Olsen
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Student, Singer

Vaughn Miller (Eric Christian Olsen) is a permanently shirtless, earth-friendly mellow student with small nipples who is the lead singer of a rock band at Greendale Community College. A frequent hacky sack and Ultimate Frisbee player, he has had several notable interactions with the show's main characters, as he initially dated Britta and was in a band with Pierce. Though he at first seems very laid back and peaceful, he started writing popular hate songs about Britta and Pierce after his relationships with them turned sour. However, he and Annie began a relationship, much to the bemusement of Jeff, Britta, and Troy and later, Shirley. At the end of the first season, he transfers to a community college in Delaware because of their strong hacky sack athletic program, and Annie initially decided to join him there before changing her mind.

Rich Stephenson

Rich Stephenson
First appearance	"Beginners Pottery"
Portrayed by	Greg Cromer
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Doctor, Student

Rich Stephenson (Greg Cromer) is a student who is in Jeff's pottery class, that Jeff grows jealous of for his skills. An accomplished doctor who is continually friendly and well-liked by everyone, he stands in stark contrast to Jeff who tries to catch him as a ringer. Nicknamed "Doc Potterywood" by Jeff, it is implied that Jeff may actually have been right and Rich had secretly taken previous pottery classes at different colleges. It is hinted at the end of 'Beginner Pottery' that his relationship with his mother is extremely strained as opposed to Jeff's loving one with his mother, further showing the stark contrast between them. Rich had a brother who died in a roller-coaster accident. He spends time with the study group again in the season two Halloween episode, when he attempts to treat the infected students while dressed as a banana and causes Jeff to openly admit his hatred for him. After spending winter break volunteering with Annie, he joins Duncan's anthropology class and unsuccessfully competes against Chang for a spot in the study group. When he turns down a date with Annie due to her young age, Jeff begins to admire his do-goodishness and seeks life advice from him although it is to abuse the power Rich gets from everyone loving him.

Fat Neil

Fat Neil
Portrayed by	Charley Koontz
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Student

Fat Neil (Charley Koontz) is a student at Greendale who is frequently ostracized for being fat. Jeff, who accidentally coined the name "Fat Neil" at Greendale, attempts to make it up to him by organizing a D&D game with the study group (without Pierce) where Neil, a huge D&D fan, will save the day. Though Pierce attempts to sabotage the event and mocks Neil, Neil still regains his confidence after winning the game.

Other recurring students

• Magnitude (Luke Youngblood) is a student at Greendale who is described as a "One man party." He is usually shown wearing a collared shirt, tie, and some patterned article of clothing on top of that (a plaid vest, argyle sweater, etc.). His consistently repeated catchphrase is "Pop pop!"
• Garrett Lambert (Erik Charles Nielsen) is a noticeably nerdy student at Greendale, who usually appears in an exasperated state. He takes several classes with the main cast, including Professor Duncan's psychology class.
• Eric Wisniewski (Bill Parks) is a football player at Greendale, who sometimes yells at members of the study group.
• Pavel Iwaszkiewicz (Dominik Musiol) is a Polish exchange student, and the roommate of Abed, serving - among other things - as his directing assistant.
• Mark Miliot (DC Pierson) is a member of the student newspaper as well as one of the founders of the college sketch group the Greendale Goofaws, which also include Linda Greene (Meggie McFadden), Buzz Foster (Dominic Dierkes) and Derrick Bideos (Dan Eckman). In real life, actors Pierson, McFadden, Dierkes, and Eckman forms the comedy group Derrick Comedy, with Donald Glover as the fifth member.

Other

The Greendale Human Being

Human Being
First appearance	"Football, Feminism and You"
Portrayed by	William Love
In-universe information
Gender	none
Occupation	Mascot

The Greendale Human Being is the "ethnically neutral" school mascot created and designed by Pierce and Dean Pelton. Though intended to embody a spirit of inclusivity and to avoid derogatory stereotypes, its appearance is by accident incredibly creepy. It appears in a number of different events and initiatives sponsored by the Dean as the school's mascot.

Gobi Nadir

Gobi Nadir
First appearance	"Introduction to Film"
Portrayed by	Iqbal Theba
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Restaurant Owner
Religion	Islam

Gobi Nadir (Iqbal Theba) is Abed's father, with whom Abed has a rather difficult relationship. While Mr. Nadir wants Abed to take over the family's falafel restaurant, Abed plans to become a film director. Abed also thinks Gobi blames him for his mother leaving them. Gobi is a very protective yet argumentative father, but accepts the fact that his son needs to use film to express himself. He later appears on Family Day and disapproves of the lenient way in which Shirley raises her boys.

Officer Cackowski

Officer Cackowski
First appearance	"The Politics of Human Sexuality"
Portrayed by	Craig Cackowski
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Police Officer

Officer Cackowski (Craig Cackowski) is a local police officer, repeatedly visiting Greendale in the line of duty. He originally appeared as campus security before being inexplicably promoted to the police force.

Annie's Boobs

Annie's Boobs
First appearance	"Contemporary American Poultry"
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Pet monkey

Annie's Boobs was Troy's pet monkey. Annie's Boobs was reportedly named by a competition held via the monkey's personal Twitter account. Troy maintains that the account belongs to Annie's Boobs and thus Troy cannot legitimately change the monkey's name. Since he was set free by Abed, he has spent his time collecting items owned by the study group and storing them in a nearby air vent.

Guest characters

• Pavol in "Home Economics" "intermediate Documentary Film Making" and "Study of Human Polotics" is Abed's polish dorm neighbor always making films with abed and wanting to hang out with him.
• Magnitude in "21st Century Romanticism" and "Study of Human Polotics" is a one man party of Magnetism and Additude with the delightfully catchy phrase, "Pop-pop!".
• Nurse Jackie (Patton Oswalt in "Home Economics" and "The Psychology of Letting Go") is the school nurse at Greendale.
• The helicopter pilot (Andy Dick in "Aerodynamics of Gender" and "Early 21st Century Romanticism") is a tiny man that Pierce hallucinates when he takes his painkillers after breaking his legs on the trampoline.
• Jeremy Simmons (Aaron Himelstein in "Debate 109") is a student at a neighboring community college, who is the primary rival of Greendale's debate team.
• Doreen (Sharon Lawrence in "The Politics of Human Sexuality") is an escort that Pierce meets in his marketing class and later gets into a relationship with. After she dumps him during a Greendale school dance, he borrows money to pay for her company.
• Mike Chilada (Anthony Michael Hall in "Comparative Religion") is a bully at Greendale who gets into a big brawl with the study group before Christmas.
• Buddy Austin (Jack Black in "Investigative Journalism") is a student at Greendale, who, while no one ever noticed him, was a member of the study group's Spanish class taught by Senor Chang. He desperately wants to join the study-group, but after being rejected, instead joins a cooler study group that includes Star-Burns and is led by Owen Wilson in a cameo.
• Madame LeClair (Twink Caplan in "Interpretive Dance") is the ballet professor of Greendale.
• Coach Herbert Bogner (Blake Clark in "Physical Education") is a physical education coach who teaches billiards at Greendale. He comes into conflict with Jeff, who refuses to wear gym shorts when playing pool, and the two face off in a billiards match.
• Rabbi Chang (Tom Yi in "Basic Genealogy") is Señor Chang's older and critical brother with lots of unresolved history between them. Rabbi Chang is blind to the surface incongruity of his being a Rabbi, but chides Señor Chang to drop his Spanish act. As much as these two brothers might seem to be at odds, Señor Chang does leap to his brother's aid and fights in his honor when Pierce obliviously harasses Rabbi Chang during a game of Pictionary.
• Amber (Katharine McPhee in "Basic Genealogy") is one of Pierce's 32 ex-stepchildren, who pretends to like him and comes to Family Day since he sends her big sums of money. She also has sex with Jeff.
• Prof. Marion Holly (Tony Hale in "Beginners Pottery") is the pottery professor at Greendale. While his class seems very easy and passable, he has a zero-tolerance policy for students who jokingly reference the pottery scene from the film Ghost (1990) (which he calls "Ghosting") and thus comes into conflict with Jeff.
• Admiral Lee Slaughter (Lee Majors in "Beginners Pottery") is the gruff teacher of boating at Greendale who runs his classes in a boat in the school's parking lot.
• Alan Connor (Rob Corddry in "Accounting for Lawyers") is an unlikeable former lawyer colleague of Jeff's who takes narcotics anonymous sessions at Greendale, where he had once met Annie. Though he does not admit it to Jeff after they meet again, the study group knows that he had sent an email to his law firm exposing Jeff's credentials, which got him fired.
• Ted (Drew Carey in "Accounting for Lawyers") is Jeff's former boss. He started up a law firm so that he could have people around him who would not inquire about the weird hole in his hand. He and Jeff have a good relationship as evidenced by his offering Jeff a consulting position at the firm.
• Dean Spreck (Jordan Black in "Basic Rocket Science") is the dean of rivaling City College.
• Meghan (Hillary Duff in "Aerodynamics of Gender") is the leader of a group of "mean girls" at Greendale.
• Joshua (Matt Walsh in "Aerodynamics of Gender") is a groundskeeper at Greendale who secretly has a giant trampoline on campus that gives people a spiritual calm when they jump on it. Though he lets Jeff and Troy know about it and jump on it, he is fired when Pierce tells the rest of the school. It turns out that he is actually incredibly racist.
• Prof. Sean Garrity (Kevin Corrigan in "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design") teaches drama class at Greendale, and gets involved in a conspiracy intrigue with Jeff, Annie and Dean Pelton, when he mysteriously poses as Jeff's fake Conspiracy Theories night school class teacher, "Professor Professorson".
• Andre (Malcolm-Jamal Warner in "Asian Population Studies") is Shirley's ex-husband. Though he had cheated on her, he becomes her boyfriend again after learning of her pregnancy and stays loyal to her even after discovering that Chang could be the father.
• Paige (Brit Marling in "Early 21st Century Romanticism") is a student at Greendale befriended by Britta. Britta believes that Paige is a lesbian, and uses her friendship with Paige to show her open-mindedness. Annie learns from another student that Paige is heterosexual, and interested in Britta for largely the same reasons Britta is interested in her.
• Special Agent Robin Vohlers (Eliza Coupe in "Intro to Political Science") is a emotionless Secret Service agent, who scouts out Greendale in preparation for Vice President Joe Biden's arrival. She meets and is intrigued by Abed with whom she has several similarities. The two seem to develop feelings for each other enough for Vohlers to try and make him a threat to national security so she can spend more time around him while Abed claims he can make napalm out of dish soap and catfood on television so she can observe him.

External links

• Official website
• Full cast and crew of Community at IMDb
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