These are characters from the animated TV series Family Guy.
Characters are only listed once, normally under the first applicable subsection in the list; very minor characters are listed with a more regular character they are associated with.
Griffin family
Peter Griffin - Husband of Lois, father of Meg, Chris and Stewie, owner of Brian.
Lois Griffin - Wife of Peter, mother of Meg, Chris and Stewie.
Francis Griffin(deceased) - Peter's hardline Irish Catholicstepfather. He disapproved of nearly all aspects of his family's lifestyle, dismissing it as lazy and immoral.
Thelma Griffin – Ex-wife to Francis and mother to Peter.
Mickey McFinnigan - Peter's biological father, who had an affair with Thelma on her vacation to Ireland before Peter was born, as recounted in Peter's Two Dads.
Bertram – Stewie's half-brother and nemesis, unknown to other Griffin family members. Despite their rivalry, he and Stewie have been known to get along very well.[1]
Carter Pewterschmidt – Billionaire industrialist, and owner of U.S. Steel and CNN, the latter of which he won from Ted Turner in a poker game. Husband to Barbara, father to Lois, Carol, and Patrick. He harbors a deep hatred for Peter.[2]
Carol Pewterschmidt – Sister to Lois Griffin and Patrick Pewtershmidt, daughter of Carter and Barbara; she has had nine husbands so far, all of whom left her.
Patrick Pewterschmidt - Lois's brother, who was locked away in a mental institution by their parents Carter and Barbara after he walked in on his mother having sex with Jackie Gleason.
Marguerite Pewterschmidt(deceased) – Great-aunt to Lois Griffin and aunt to Carter. She owned the palatial Cherrywood Manor in Newport (now known to be "America's first presidential whorehouse"), which Lois inherited after her death while paying the Griffins a visit. She shared Carter's revilement of Peter. Voiced by Alex Borstein.
Silas Pewterschmidt(deceased) - Ancestor of the Pewterschmidt family. One of the first to colonize America. Bartered with Native Americans by holding a knife to a baby's throat, presumably sparing its life in exchange for maize. Owned Peter's ancestor Nate Griffin.
Lois Laura BushLynn Cheney Pewterschmidt(deceased) - Silas Pewterschmidt's daughter. Fell in love and started an inter-racial family in secret with Nate Griffin, Peter's black slave ancestor. Voiced by Alex Borstein.
Brian's family
Biscuit(deceased) – Brian's mother. When she died, her caretakers had her stuffed and turned into an end table. Biscuit has since been given a proper burial by Brian and Stewie. [3]
Jasper – Brian's homosexual, flamboyant cousin, known for constantly telling dirty jokes. Self-described "rice queen", married to Ricardo, a "skinny, hairless Filipino boy". [4] Brian roomed with Jasper when he moved to Hollywood to be a writer, and then started to direct porn films. [5] He lives in Los Angeles and teaches a dance class at Club Med. [6] He's the only other living anthropomorphic dog that has been seen on the show besides Brian and Todd (not including a brief appearance of several dogs playing poker with Mayor West, one of which talks.)[7]
Others
Todd(deceased) - The dog that the Griffin family had before he died and they got Brian. Like Brian, he was anthropomorphic. He lived to the age of fifteen.
Fluffy - Fluffy is an aggressive cat the Griffins bought to replace Brian after he moved out of the Griffin household in "Brian: Portrait of a Dog," though they got rid of him after being unable to cope with his gruff nature.
Seabreeze - The Pewterschmidt family dog, a prize-winning greyhound. Had an affair with Brian in "Screwed the Pooch", but was already impregnated by Ted Turner.
O'Brian - A talking sheep who belongs to Mickey McFinnigan. He strongly resembles Brian as Mickey resembles Peter. [8]
Loretta Brown - Ex-wife of Cleveland and mother of Cleveland, Jr. She has been known to treat Cleveland harshly due to his boring nature, which was one of the main reasons she left him.
Cleveland Brown, Jr. - Son of Cleveland and Loretta with a hyperactive personality.
Dave Campbell – Nudist. Dave was saved from drowning by Peter and his fishing crew. He is the husband of Dottie, and is father of Jeff. Member of the KISS Army. Voiced by Fred Willard.
Dottie Campbell – Nudist. Wife of Dave, and mother of Jeff.
Jeff Campbell – 16-year-old son of Dave and Dottie. Jeff is also a nudist, and once dated Meg Griffin; their relationship was never established afterward. It is implied that he is well-endowed.
(Un-named toddler) Campbell - Seen when the Griffins arrive for dinner. "Look at you, you little jaybird."
Goldmans
Mort Goldman - A Jewish pharmacist, and one of Peter's friends. Suffers from many embarrassing health problems.
Muriel Goldman - Mort's wife.
Neil Goldman - Mort and Muriel's geeky son who had a major crush on Meg.
Jennifer Love Hewitt - According to the show, is the niece of Mort and Muriel, and cousin of Neil. She once went on a date with Peter when he and Lois underwent a trial separation. Voiced by the real-life Jennifer Love Hewitt. [10]
Quagmires
Glenn Quagmire - The Griffins' next-door neighbor and Peter's oldest friend[11]
Joan Quagmire(deceased) - On the last day of her week-long stint as Peter's maid, she became Quagmire's love interest. After she married him, she became suicidal and said she would kill Quagmire, and herself, if he left her. She died after touching Death. She was voiced by Nicole Sullivan. [12]
Stacy Tucker - Tom's second wife, Jake's stepmother. It has been implied that the two have separated. [15]
Jake Tucker - Tom Tucker's deformed son and Chris' former classmate. He has an upside-down face.
Peter's work colleagues
Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory
Jonathan Weed(deceased) - Peter's boss at the toy factory.
Fishermen
Pascqual and Santos – Portugueseimmigrants who work as fishermen with Peter. One was a cardiologist in Portugal. They do not speak a word of English, even when talking to those who do. In another episode, the fishermen offered to babysit Stewie, until Stewie informed them that no Portuguese were allowed. [16] They also saved Joe Swanson's life in the episode "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire". Curiously, they speak with clearly Brazilian accents and their Portuguese is awkward and non-native like at times. Eventually, Peter couldn't afford them, so he reluctantly decides to shoot them. They escaped, however, and were not seen again until "Padre de Familia" where they were employed at the Drunken Clam. Ironically, Peter doesn't recognize them. They are in reference to the large Portuguese-American community located in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, which would include Quahog.
Pawtucket Brewery
Angela - Peter's supervisor, in charge of the shipping department. Repeatedly awards Opie as employee of the month and promotes him. Whether this is because she thinks Opie is more competent than Peter or because she is doing this because she hates Peter is unknown. Voiced by Carrie Fisher.
Opie - Peter's former co-worker, who has since been promoted ahead of him. Opie also is mentally retarded, but much more severely. Opie has a bad haircut, speaks unintelligibly, wears different pairs of shoes at once, enjoys biting people's fingers and has at least once shoved a pencil into his brain through his ear.
Fouad - An Arab employee of the brewery who speaks in a stereotypically loud and obnoxious manner. In all three of his appearances so far he loudly laughs at a joke before explaining why it is funny with the format, "It's funny because..."
Schools
James Woods Regional High School
Connie D'Amico(possibly deceased) – Most popular girl in school. Often appears conceited. Does not like Meg and often plays pranks on Meg with her friends. Three members of Meg's family stood up to Connie in Meg's defense: first was by Lois in "And the Wiener Is...", who sent Quagmire to "scar her for life" after Meg was humiliated at a football game (she initially had a much more elaborate plan of revenge, but Meg wouldn't go through wth it); second by Brian in "Barely Legal", who put her off by foreshadowing her unpleasant, inevitable future; third by Peter, who beat her up and gravely injured her after slamming her face eighteen times into the glass casing of a fire extinguisher. It is unknown if she survived Peter's assault. Voiced by Lisa Wilhoit (and at least once by Fairuza Balk).[17]
Rob Berler – Meg's teacher. He thinks that Meg shouldn't hang out with the "popular clique", and when he catches her with them, he tells her to play alone somewhere. [18] He also says that having Meg as a lab partner is irresponsible ("Meg is awful.") [19] He has also accidentally taped over an episode of NOVA with a sex tape he made with his wife, portraying him as a transvestite. He also seems to believe in vampires. [20]
Craig Hoffman – A rebel who Meg tries to go out with at first. He claims to live by his own rules and nobody else's--not even his own. Named after Family Guy writer Craig Hoffman.
Sarah - Lesbian classmate of Meg and member (or president) of Gay/Lesbian Alliance Club. Briefly attracted to Meg.
Shauna Parks - An African-American 11th-grade history teacher. Dated Brian in "Peter's Got Woods" and prompted him to have the school's name changed to Martin Luther King, Jr.. She left him when she discovered that he was still hanging out with Peter, who foiled their name-changing efforts. Voiced by Gabrielle Union.
Jimmy - Meg's back-up guy when she needs a date. He usually makes up an excuse by doing something incredulous (like shooting himself in the chest with a nail gun or murdering his brother).
School of Performing Arts
Olivia Fuller – (possibly deceased)Child star who was briefly part of a successful musical duet with Stewie in "From Method to Madness". She returned in "Chick Cancer" and married Stewie, then cheated on him; Stewie set their house on fire and left her (and her new playmate) for dead. She hasn't been seen or heard from since. Voiced by Rachael MacFarlane.
Diane Simmons – News Anchor and talk show hostess. In the episode The King is Dead, it is revealed that her birth name was Diane Seidelman, suggesting that she might be Jewish (Seidelman is often an Ashkenazi Jewish name). She and fellow anchor Tom Tucker often trade insults live on the air. She also admitted to being racist against black people. Voiced by Lori Alan.
Trisha Takanawa – Asian News Reporter. She is always described as "Asian Correspondent Trisha Takanawa," (or sometimes as "Asian Reporter Trisha Takanawa") even in conversation. She has been confirmed as being Japanese by Diane. A parody of Connie Chung (other characters occasionally call her Connie). Interestingly and unlike her fellow newspeople, Trisha often displays an especially stoic attitude, even during sex, perhaps to contrast the fact that she's most often live in the field (although she was shown laughing in "Death is a Bitch," and completely loses control while meeting David Bowie during the opening segment of Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story). The character was created by Family Guy writer Neil Goldman who named her after his local sushi restaurant. Voiced by Alex Borstein.
Ollie Williams – An African American with the BlaccuWeather forecast (name taken from AccuWeather). Like Asian Reporter Trisha Takanawa, Ollie Williams is a parody of racial tokenism within television news. Ollie speaks only in short, booming phrases, such as, "IT'S GONNA RAIN!!" Afterwards, Tom Tucker answers "Thank you, Ollie" in an uncaring and quickly said fashion so that nothing else may be said and Tom can quickly move on to the next topic. Apparently an antithetical parody of Al Roker, to whom he looks similar. Voiced by Phil LaMarr. Ollie has many other jobs in the news station, appearing at various events and screaming his trademark phrases.
Supernatural characters
Jesus – Performs miracles around Quahog. His portrayal in Family Guy seems to be intentionally comically sacrilegious. He has appeared in biblical times and in modern Quahog. His powers back in the past were apparently exaggerated; all he really did was dance, sing, and perform phony magic finger tricks, all at the same time. In modern times, however, Jesus is able to do more extraordinary things, such as turn water into funk (with a disco ball, 70s-style outfits and disco music suddenly appearing when he snaps of fingers). Jesus claims that he is Chinese, that his full name is really "Jesus Hong", and that he has no idea where people are getting "Christ". He is also much shorter than what people were led to believe. He is voiced by Seth McFarlane.
God - Another supernatural character, whose portrayal seems to be intentionally sacrilegious. He has been seen in Quahog and in Heaven. Often regrets certain actions that have been recorded in The Bible. Is portrayed as quite the ladies man, though he once kills a lady by accident. Drives an Escalade. Voiced by Seth MacFarlane.
Death – Harvests the souls of the dead. Portrayed as a "loser" who still lives with his mother, has asthma and has never had a successful date. One time he was having sex with a girl named "Sandy" and while the act, he accidentally killed her. Then he complains that he will be a virgin forever, and tries to have sex with her corpse. He is seen as a skeleton in a black robe and seldom removes his hood. He apparently hates the fact that he is technically dead and the fact that he has no buttocks. He doesn't seem to be very good at his job, as he is easily fooled by faked deaths. Peter and the Griffins have a somewhat good relationship with him. When Death sprained his ankle and was unable to do his job, Peter unwittingly revealed that all of humanity is immortal while he heals. After Death discovers this, Peter fills in his role as the Grim Reaper and is charged with killing the kids from Dawson's Creek. Peter fails in this endeavor, accidentally killing the pilot and co-pilot of the plane. This fact, however, made it clear to the public that Death was back in business while the plane was safely landed by Karen Black. Voiced by Norm MacDonald in "Death is a Bitch", then Adam Carolla in all subsequent episodes, including (but not limited to) "Death Lives", "Mr. Saturday Knight", "The Perfect Castaway", and "Meet the Quagmires." He also appears to have time travel abilities. He is not (and probably never will be) above necrophilia, although his romantic interests focus mainly on the living. He has lost his gag reflex due to films he is not proud of. He is not usually seen using his scythe. The living usually tend to die as soon as they make physical contact with him (except in "Death is a Bitch", where the Griffins perform actions such as Peter carrying him in the living room and Stewie rubbing his foot, although this may mean he cannot kill while injured or that only the touch of his hands cause death). He has a dog who strongly resembles him and is apparently charged with harvesting souls of dead dogs as his master does with humans. Voiced by Jimmy Kimmel, the dog is very briefly seen when Brian nearly chokes to death on a dinner roll. His mother was briefly voiced by Estelle Harris, and also resembles her son, save for wearing an apron and glasses and having gray hair. He is briefly seen driving a yellow Volkswagen Beetle which he then crashes it into a police car ironically parked next to him.
Barber Shop Quartet – Appear in a cutaway gag (in "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire") with Peter to inform a patient of his AIDS diagnosis by singing the infamous "You Have AIDS" song (with a catchy song and dance routine). Their second appearance is also medical-related, explaining to Peter what a vasectomy is. They are unnamed, and occasionally the Bass part is shifted between two similar-looking characters. Not to be confused with Vern and Johnny, two vaudeville performers who also show up in cutaway gags.
Buzz Killington - A well-dressed British man from the early 20th century. His name is a play on the term "buzz-kill". He has so far appeared twice -- in "Whistle While Your Wife Works", and in "Believe it or Not, Joe's Walking on Air". He is what one would imagine to be "cool" in early-20th-century times, but is a complete and utter buzz-kill by modern standards; hence his name, and from whence the humor surrounding him derives. Peter groans and cups his forehead, like he has a migraine, at the end of every one of Buzz's scenes.
Carl - The owner of a local Quahog convenience store. He is currently Chris' boss and was previously Meg's boss. He speaks in a calm, somewhat monotone voice and shows almost no emotion regarding anything happening around him. He previously made small, occasional appearances, often discussing an interest in certain actresses, the first of these appearances being in "Deep Throats". He employs Meg and later Chris in "Movin' Out (Brian's Song)". He develops a friendship with Chris over their mutual interests in movies. He later fires Meg for arguing with him over a promotion, followed by briefly re-hiring her before she turned down the chance to work there again. Chris is still assumed to be employed there. He is voiced by H. Jon Benjamin.
Dr. Bruce Kaplan – Brian's psychiatrist. He speaks with a very calm, soothing voice. Dr. Kaplan helped Brian realize his love for Lois in "Brian in Love," which has since become a running gag. Voiced by Sam Waterston and later by Wally Wingert.
Dr. Elmer Hartman – A physician who works at the local hospital. Has been sued by every patient he ever had due to the fact he's not very good with his job. Dr. Hartman is Stewie's pediatrician. He is known for stalling by means of various shtick, much to Lois and Peter's annoyance. He is played by Seth MacFarlane (MacFarlane points out during a DVD commentary that Dr. Hartman's voice and the voice he does for Lois' father are nearly identical; in a scene in "Believe it or Not, Joe's Walking on Air", this is directly referenced in a scene with Mr. Pewterschmidt and Dr. Hartman.). He is named after Seth MacFarlane's friend Butch Hartman, whose real name is Elmer, creator of shows The Fairly Odd Parents and Danny Phantom.
The Evil Monkey – A monkey that lives in Chris' closet and frequently gestures toward him in a threatening manner. Chris tries to tell his family about the existence of the Evil Monkey but, so far, only Stewie believes him. In the show's universe, the monkey was not originally evil, but became so after catching his wife in bed with another monkey. Peter is the only other character who has seen the monkey, but he mistook him for Meg. Although the Evil Monkey was originally intended as a small time gag (similar to the Giant Chicken and The "Performance Artist"), he has gained cult status amongst Family Guy fans and is extremely popular amongst most fans and non-fans alike.
Greased Up Deaf Guy – Has been featured in several cameos since his first appearance in "The Thin White Line". He can speak well, but somewhat out of tone, accentuating his parody of the hearing-impaired. He asks only that people "Don't judge me, I'm just doing my thing!" He is always shown running, even when stopped he will continue to run in place and flail his arms. Voiced by Mike Henry.[21]
Ernie the Giant Chicken - A chicken who holds a grudge against Peter. His rivalry with Peter stemmed from him giving Peter a bad coupon in "Da Boom", following which they had a long, destructive fight (the grudge may go back to Peter bumping into him during a dance in "Meet the Quagmires"). Since then, Ernie has appeared on four occasions, most recently in "No Chris Left Behind", where his name was revealed to be Ernie and it was shown that he has a wife named Nicole. At that point, they have forgotten what they are fighting about, and are at a restaruant. But then they argue over who should pay the bill and they go back into fighting. His fights with Peter are very elaborate and destructive. Peter has won every fight to date and at the end of each fight, Peter walks off and leaves him for dead, only for Ernie to show some sign of life, implying that he and Peter will fight again. Ernie's appearances are often random, with him tackling Peter out of nowhere or staring at him through a window mid-conversation. After the fights are over, Peter returns to what he was doing, injuries and all, as if nothing happened.[22]
Horace - The owner and bartender of the Drunken Clam. He is voiced by John G. Brennan.
Jillian - Brian's incredibly hot and dumb blonde girlfriend, seen in "Whistle While Your Wife Works", "Prick Up Your Ears", "Chick Cancer", "Barely Legal", "Boys Do Cry" and "Movin' Out (Brian's Song)". The only girlfriend Brian has had for more than one episode, he stays with her purely for sex, while Stewie and Lois find her stupidity hilarious. She is bulimic, which has resulted in her no longer being able to get her period. Brian often uses a flashlight to distract Jillian when he does not wish to go out. She breaks up with Brian in "Movin' Out (Brian's Song)", having opted to date Mayor Adam West when it is revealed that Brian did not want a mutual relationship with her. She is voiced by Drew Barrymore.
Jesse - Herbert's extremely old pet dog. Due to being unable to use his hind legs, Jesse drags himself across the ground with his front legs to move.
Jim Kaplan- A local Quahog con man. Though he displays typical qualities of a scheming business man, he is able to convince Peter to buy just about anything for nearly any price. He is usually seen wearing a green and purple checkered jacket. It is unknown if he is related to the aforementioned Bruce Kaplan, Brian's psychiatrist. Voiced by Danny Smith In the episode "There's Something About Paulie" the used car salesman introduces himself as 'Doug', not 'Jim'.
Judge- A judge in Quahog who handles practically every case in the series. His rulings are usually extremely biased against the defendant, regardless of the circumstances. He has never been referred to by name in the series. Voiced by Phil LaMarr.
Paddy Tanninger the Caddy Manager(possibly deceased) – Manager of Quahog golf course. Hired Chris as a 'ball shagger', which immediately doubled his business because everyone wanted to "nail the fat kid". Prior to his job as the caddy manager, he managed Brian at the Quahog Hummer Dealership in "The Perfect Castaway". Wants to fight over practically everything. His catch phrase is "Big whoop, wanna fight about it?" He gets run over by a tank in "Hell Comes to Quahog;" his fate has not been officially specified.
Rupert – Stewie's favorite teddy bear. Stewie treats Rupert as if he were real, and Stewie thinks he is gay. He was once left in charge of watching the bags when waiting to board a plane, which got stolen because, according to Stewie, he was "looking at the boys again", including one who looked like Tab Hunter. Apparently, Stewie sees him as an athletic man with a teddy bear's head, as seen in the episodes "Stewie Loves Lois" and "Stewie Kills Lois." Stewie also sees him as possibly a recovering alcoholic, as he asks Rupert for valium in "Dammit Janet!".
Seamus - A wise old sailor, with wooden peg arms and legs that talks with a pirate accent. Despite having peg-limbs he can dance, play the organ very well, and can fight an octopus. Seamus is known for often attempting to be both dramatic and comical, but often ruining these moments by awkwardly asking for people's opinions of his performance or summarizing his previous statements.
Vern and Johnny(deceased) – A vaudeville duo who usually show up in unlikely places in response to random bits of dialogue. In one episode,[episode needed] it is given that the performer/singer's name is Vern, who (when their act fails) calls to the pianist "Play me off, Johnny!". Aside from this recurring cutaway gag, they also appear in the Quahog Talent Show with a dog performing tricks. They are shot multiple times and killed by Stewie in "Saving Private Brian," who was fed up with their constant and unnecessary appearances. Vern and Johnny are not to be confused with the Barber Shop Quartet.
