List of Pirates of the Caribbean characters

This is a list of minor characters appearing in the film series Pirates of the Caribbean.

The Black Pearl (under Captain Barbossa)

Bo'sun

He is the first mate of Captain Barbossa's crew, played by Isaac C. Singleton, Jr and voiced by Fred Tatasciore in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow. He is a large black man and is covered in ritual facial and body scarring. These scars and his thick accent suggest that he arrived in the Caribbean directly from as a strong slave from Africa. Some fans misinterprated his saying "Aye, Captain" to him adressing himself as "I. Kaptain" in third person.

He is also one of the Cursed Pirate enemies in the Port Royal world of Kingdom Hearts II, voiced by Beau Billingslea.

Grapple

Grapple is one of the cursed pirates serving under Captain Barbossa in The Curse of the Black Pearl, played by Trevor Goddard. He earns his nickname because he fights with a large grappling iron. He is paired with Mallot and commonly portrayed as the older brother in fanfiction. He fights with Will Turner during the siege of Port Royal, during which a falling sign knocks him through a shop window, and later in his skeleton form terrorizes Elizabeth aboard the Black Pearl by swinging with her through the air on a rope. He is also responsible for holding a struggling Will back while Elizabeth is being marooned alongside Jack. At the end of the film, he and Mallot are left aboard the Black Pearl to guard the prisoners and are knocked into the ocean after Elizabeth helps them escape.

Jacoby

Jacoby (nicknamed "Smokebeard" by some fans) is one of the cursed pirates serving under Captain Barbossa in The Curse of the Black Pearl played by Vince Lozano. His gimmick is throwing hand grenades, and his long black beard is almost always wreathed with smoke as if aflame, a gimmick inspired from the historical pirate Blackbeard. He is one of the first clues that there is something supernatural about Barbossa and his men: during the siege of Port Royal, Will Turner hits him in the back with a hatchet and "kills" him, but then Jacoby turns up alive and well a short time later and laughs and waves at a flabbergasted Will. At the end of the movie, Jacoby ends up skewered on a metal pole with two other pirates while in their skeleton forms and Will and Elizabeth stick one of Jacoby's grenades into his ribcage and then shove all three of them out of the moonlight, trapping the explosive inside his now flesh-covered body as it explodes, taking him and the two other Pirates with it. Before his demise, Jacoby, with smoke coming out of his mouth looks directly into the camera and whimpers, "No fair!"

He is used as one of the Cursed Pirate enemies in the Port Royal world of Kingdom Hearts II, voiced by John DiMaggio.

Koehler

Koehler is one of the cursed pirates serving under Captain Barbossa in The Curse of the Black Pearl, played by Treva Etienne & voiced by Fred Tatasciore in The Legend of Jack Sparrow. He is a skinny black man with dreadlocks. He is also one of the first clues that there is something supernatural about Barbossa and his men: when he and Twigg encounter Jack Sparrow in the dungeon after mistaking it for the armory, Jack tells them that "the deepest circle of hell" is reserved for betrayers and mutineers such as them, whereupon Koehler reaches through the bars and seizes Jack by the throat, telling him he knows nothing of hell. Koehler's arm passes into a shaft of moonlight and becomes skeletal, showing Jack there was a curse after all.

Koehler is one of the pirates who briefly entertains the idea of overthrowing Barbossa, claiming that every decision he had made led them from bad to worse. But Barbossa stands firm and quells the mutiny. Koehler and Twigg are the ones who rig The Interceptor to explode. At the end of the film, Koehler and Twigg are among the pirates who swim out to The Dauntless and board her. Just as the curse is lifted, Koehler is impaled by Commodore Norrington, and becomes the first and only pirate to die during the battle.

Mallot

Mallot is one of the cursed pirates serving under Captain Barbossa in The Curse of the Black Pearl. He wields a large mallet for a weapon and is paired with Grapple, often being portrayed as the younger brother in Fanfiction. When Barbossa's crew is considering mutiny upon discovering Elizabeth is not related to Bootstrap Bill, he points out that Barbossa was the one who ordered Bill Turner to be thrown overboard and thus lost, only furthering the pirate's time as being cursed. At the end of the film, he and Grapple are left aboard the Black Pearl to guard the prisoners and are knocked into the ocean by Elizabeth and Sparrow's crew after Elizabeth Swann helps them escape. He was played by Brye Cooper, and is featured twice as a level boss in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow.

Twigg

Twigg is one of the cursed pirates serving under Captain Barbossa in The Curse of the Black Pearl. He appears to be friends with Koehler as they are often seen together. Although Koehler is killed in the battle aboard the Dauntless when the curse is lifted, Twigg and the other pirates surrender. He was played by Michael Berry Jr. He is used as one of the Cursed Pirate enemies in the Port Royal world of Kingdom Hearts II.

The Interceptor / The Black Pearl (Captain Jack Sparrow and his crew)

Cotton

Cotton is one of the pirates Jack Sparrow and Joshamee Gibbs hire out of Tortuga in The Curse of the Black Pearl. He had his tongue cut out at some point in the past, so he trained his pet parrot to speak on his behalf. No one is quite sure how. Both Cotton and his parrot loyally serve Jack throughout the events of Curse of the Black Pearl and return in Dead Man's Chest. In both films, Cotton is played by David Bailie. He is one of the few Black Pearl crew members to survive the Kraken's attack. Cotton may become a bigger character in the third film as he will presumably be included in the crew serving under Barbossa to sail to World's End.

Leech

Leech is an Indian pirate under Captain Jack in Dead Man's Chest. He contemplates mutiny because the crew is not getting paid at all. He claims The Black Pearl can be crewed by 6 men. He dies on Pelegosto Island when his cage falls into a vast canyon.

Marty

Marty is a midget pirate that Jack Sparrow and Joshamee Gibbs hire out of Tortuga in The Curse of the Black Pearl. He loyally served Jack throughout the events of Curse of the Black Pearl and return in Dead Man's Chest. In both films he is played by Martin Klebba, and he is voiced by James Arnold Taylor in The Legend of Jack Sparrow. Marty is one of the few survivors of the Kraken attack.

Sweepy

Sweepy is a pirate that serves under Jack Sparrow. He is black, with large hair, and a deep accent. He was one of the pirates the cannibals left alive, and was put in the cage with Marty, Gibbs, Will and Cotton. When the Black Pearl was under attack from the Kraken, Sweepy was picked up by a tentacle, and eaten by the beast.

Crew of the Flying Dutchman

Each was originally a mortal man who sold his soul to Davy Jones. Over time, they came to resemble Jones in that they gradually become part human and part sea creature.

"Bootstrap Bill" Turner

See main article: "Bootstrap Bill" Turner

Clanker

Clanker is a crewman with barnacles and mussels all over his face.[1] Clanker does battle with two balls of chainshot; he was one of the crewmen that Will fought on the wrecked ship. He can later be seen playing Liar's Dice with Koleniko and Maccus. Actor Andy Beckwith performed the part.

Crash

Crash is one of the background crew of Davy Jones. He has tendrils coming out of one eye.[2] Crash also had a sawfish bone sword which he used to restrain Bootstrap Bill when Davey Jones sent the Kraken after Will Turner. He was played by Patrick Hume.[3]

Greenbeard

Likely the navigator of the Flying Dutchman, Greenbeard has a latticework of hanging seaweed covering his body. He navigates the ship while others are asleep.

Hadras

Hadras is one of the half-human, half-sea creature crewmembers of the Flying Dutchman in Dead Man's Chest, played by Ho-Kwan Tse. His head is a conch shell that sits on top of his neck, while his face is where a crab would normally be located.

Whilst trying to recover the titular chest for Davy Jones, Hadras' conch-shell head is knocked off by a coconut thrown by Jack Sparrow. The disembodied head thereafter had to shout directions to the now blind and headless body, and later scuttles after it by pulling in its face and releasing the legs of a hermit crab. Hadras speaks Cantonese with a Chinese accent.

Jimmylegs

Jimmylegs is the bo' sun on the Flying Dutchman. According to Bootstrap, he has a talent for flogging wrongdoers, and makes it a habit to "cleave flesh from bone with every strike".

Koleniko

Koleniko is a pufferfish-like crew member of the Flying Dutchman in Dead Man's Chest, played by Clive Ashborn.[4] Judging by the orders Davy Jones gives him (and his location on the night of Will's escape) he is one of the coxswain. Near to the end of the movie, he is seen battling Jack Sparrow.

Maccus

Maccus is the first mate of the Flying Dutchman under Davy Jones in Dead Man's Chest, played by Dermot Keaney. He has the head of a hammerhead shark and his back is covered with crustaceal legs. Maccus is a trusted servant to his master, carrying Jones' orders out with sadistic glee. Maccus' name is Celtic for 'hammer', [5] an obvious reference to his transformation.

Maccus is the best warrior and swordsmen on Davy Jones' crew; on Isla Cruces, he battles and corners Elizabeth, Pintel and Ragetti before they were rescued by a dueling duo of James Norrington and Will Turner. Maccus' weapon of choice is an axe.

Ogilvey

Ogilvey is the fat pirate Davy Jones orders to arm the triple-cannons. Ogilvey's face has lost all humanity; he has only one eye at the top of his head and a twisted, inhuman mouth. When Will was fighting the crew on the scuttled ship, he cut Ogilvey's stomach open, causing hundreds of fish to spill on the deck. He was played by Jonathan Linsley.

Palifico

Palifico is Davy Jones' personal guard, appearing to be primarily a humanoid reef-like creature. He fights with two rusted swords fused to his hands. In place of eyes, nose, and mouth, Palifico has a cluster of tentacles and two fanworms in his eye sockets. He is played by Winston Ellis in Dead Man's Chest.

Penrod

Penrod is the half-human, half-lobster member of Davy Jones' crew, played by Peter Donald Badalamenti II.[6] Penrod is a small pirate, a joke on the fact that he resembles a shrimp, with numerous armoured plates on his body. He also has two antennae. Penrod was seen, appropriately, holding a knife to Marty the dwarf's throat while Davy Jones was on the Pearl.

Quittance

Quittance is one of the background characters on the Dutchman. He has an eel growing out of his chest.[7] Quittance was performed by Marc Joseph, although his part was uncredited.[8]

The Twins

The dual crewmen known as The Twins are two pirate brothers who serve as deckhands and assist in preparations for the summoning of the Kraken.[9] They resemble Siamese twins, though it not known exactly if they were born that way, or if their current state was a result of their servitude, assimilating each other while adapting sea-creature features.

The twins were performed by real-life twins Chris and Michael Symonds, although the part was uncredited.[10]

Wheelback

Wheelback is the member of Davy Jones' crew with a ship's steering wheel embedded in his back.[11] One of his arms is fused with a club and one of his eyes is a compass. He can be seen turning the wheel to the Kraken Hammer.

Wyvern

Wyvern's transformation is one of the most dramatic as he integrated into the Flying Dutchman itself to become part of the vessel itself, in the form of different species of coral.[12] His role as a crewmember is relegated to forever holding a lantern. Wyvern is the one who informs Will Turner of the Dead Man's Chest; he managed to pull himself temporarily loose from the wall (exposing his brain, which was both located behind his neck and resembling brain coral) before snapping back to his usual, unconscious state.

Wyvern was played by John Boswall.

Empress

New Oriental warship in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007).

The Empress is maintained by a crew of the supernatural and is captained by Sao Feng.

The Royal Navy & The East Indian Trading Company

Lieutenant Gillette

Lieutenant Gillete is a Royal Navy officer and second-in-command to Commodore Norrington in Port Royal. Played by Damian O'Hare, he only appears in The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Mercer

Mercer is Lord Cutler Beckett's loyal personal assistant in Dead Man's Chest, played by David Schofield. In addition to these duties he is also a spy and an assassin and does whatever he can to further Beckett's agenda.

Mullroy and Murtogg

Mullroy and Murtogg are two Royal Marines in The Curse of the Black Pearl. The two are comic relief characters, similar to Pintel and Ragetti. They both participate and survive in the battle aboard the Dauntless at the end of the film, however, they do not appear in Dead Man's Chest. Mullroy is played by Angus Barnett and Murtogg is played by Giles New.

Captain Bellamy

Captain Bellamy commands the merchant vessel The Edinburgh Trader that Elizabeth Swann stows away on during Dead Man's Chest. Later, his ship picks up Will Turner at sea. However, Will's presence aboard dooms everyone to suffer the wrath of Davy Jones. Jones' monstrous Kraken attacks and sinks the ship; Bellamy is the first to die when he is snatched off the deck by one of the monster's tentacles. He was played by Alex Norton.

Burser and Quartermaster

Burser and the Quartermaster are two crewmen of The Edinburgh Trader that found Elizabeth's dress, and thought it belonged to a ghost. They began a heated debate about the nature of the 'ghost' until Elizabeth herself indicated that the ghost desired passage to Tortuga. Later, as the Kraken was attacking, the Quartermaster held out the dress, yelling "Take it, Take it!" before he was swept away by a tentacle.

Other supporting characters

Scarlett

A woman living in Tortuga, Scarlet is most likely a prostitute (never directly stated because of the film's family audience). She has bright red hair and always wears a red dress and a lot of blush. She and Jack had met before the first movie, though she does not seem to have fond memories of the pirate. Upon spotting Jack she storms up to him and slaps him very hard across the face before stoming off again. Jack remarks he's not sure he deserved it. Popular ideas of what Jack did to offend her include infidelity, leaving her at the altar, taking advantage of her, leaving her with child (a rather popular idea in fanfiction), failure to pay for her services, thievery of her earnings or any (or all?) combinations of the above. She appears in Dead Man's Chest. In the children's novelization, she has Giselle's role. She is based on the redhead in the auction scene of the Pirates (The DVD commentary reveals her role by simply saying "We wants the redhead!") attraction.

Giselle

Another woman from Tortuga, Giselle is a rather young blond wench. Like Scarlett, Giselle is implied to be a prostitute and one of Jack's lovers. Giselle approaches Jack in Curse of the Black Pearl after seeing his encounter with Scarlett and asks "Who's she?" before slapping him. Jack then says, "I might've deserved that." Giselle reappears in Dead Man's Chest during Will's hunt for Jack Sparrow. Giselle claims that she hasn't seen Jack in over a month and says to Will, "When you find him, will you give him a message?" then she slaps Will hard across the face.

Mr. Brown

Mr. Brown is the owner of the blacksmith's shop in Port Royal where Will Turner works at the beginning of The Curse of the Black Pearl. He is depicted as a lazy drunkard who sleeps all day, letting Will do all the work and taking all of the credit. However, he did assist in capturing Jack Sparrow when he broke an empty bottle over his head during his swordfight with Will. He was played by Ralph P. Martin.

Dog with jail keys

The dog that has been shown in the first movie that always holds the jail keys in its mouth where the jail occupants would try and retrieve the keys from the dog by any means neccesary.

Jack Sparrow also noted that calling the dog wouldn't work when he was in the jail. However, after The Black Pearl blasts a hole in the wall, allowing the other prisoners to escape, Jack himself begins to call the dog, but with no luck at all.

However, in the second movie, Pintel and Ragetti are shown rowing away in a boat with the dog in the boat with them, possibly because they have somehow managed to get the keys from the dog and escape jail. At Pelegosto, the dog runs away from the pursuing cannibals. In a post-credits scene, it is revealed that the cannibals have made the dog their new king. It is unknown whether the dog will appear in the third film.

The dog is based on the dog in the near identical Prison scene of the Pirates attraction.