List of The Inbetweeners characters

This is a list of characters from the TV sitcom The Inbetweeners.

Major characters

Will McKenzie

• Played by Simon Bird
• Series 1–
• Will's parents have recently separated, and as a result he has moved from a "posh private school" to the sixth form at the local comprehensive school. His mother, Polly McKenzie, attributes the move to bullying rather than money problems. All of Will's friends – and even the school bully, Mark Donovan – think Polly is "fit". On moving to the new school, Simon, Neil and Jay reluctantly become Will's friends after initially trying to avoid him. The group warm to him after several efforts to win their friendship – including successfully buying alcohol and "not having sex" with the school. Will aspires to have a career in politics or the media, and was supposed to be attending a local newspaper for work experience. However, a mix-up with applications sends Neil to the newspaper (instead of "driving aeroplanes") and Will spends his placement at a garage. At the end of the second series, when the boys face exams, Will began to crack under pressure and relies on energy drinks to keep him going. This leads to him soiling himself in his final exam, and after sitting it several hours late, he goes to the pub and gets very drunk, compensating for the fact that he has probably failed his Politics AS level. He is seen to be interested in Charlotte "Big Jugs" Hinchcliffe, and the two of them have been known to spend time together, with Will usually messing it up. He nearly lost his virginity to Charlotte after telling her in school a few days before that he had had numerous lovers, although when they did attempt to have sex, Charlotte was let down by Will's unsuccessful attempt; in his own words "rubbing up against the perineum". Will serves as the main narrator in the show.

Simon Cooper

• Played by Joe Thomas
• Series 1–
• Simon becomes good friends with Will after initially avoiding him due to his "actual briefcase", "clumpy shoes" and "gay hair". His first task of the new term is showing Will to his classes – a task assigned by the head of sixth form, Mr Gilbert. Simon is the oldest of the group and was the first to learn how to drive, having passed his practical test (in dubious circumstances) before Christmas. His father bought him a small, yellow Fiat Cinquecento Hawaii – Simon, his friends and others think the car is a horrible colour. It lost its passenger side door due to a reversing incident at Thorpe Park, but in series two the door has been replaced, albeit with a red one. Moreover, the most unfortunate feature of the car is that it has a tape deck. His parents briefly split up in the episode "The Duke of Edinburgh Awards", but they had reconciled by the end of the episode. Simon has a crush on his childhood friend Carli D'Amato since she was eight, an interest which becomes more apparent throughout the series. Despite many pathetic attempts to show her his feelings – such as spray painting "I Love Carly [sic] D'Amato" on her driveway – for a long time she didn't reciprocate, partly due to having a boyfriend, but in the final episode of the second series: "Exam Time", Carli seemed interested in Simon after she spilt up with her boyfriend and they end up kissing while studying for A-Levels at Simon's house. Carli agreed to meet Simon at the local pub for a post-exam drink, but when she arrived it was revealed she had reconciled with Tom, her boyfriend.

Jay Cartwright

• Played by James Buckley
• Series 1–
• Jay is obsessed with sex, with almost all his comments being about the subject. He frequently lies and exaggerates about his experiences – sexual and otherwise – and often makes crude comments. His dad contradicts Jay's claims in an often bullying nature, claiming Jay is very unsuccessful with women (this is likely the source of Jay's obesssion). At the end of the first series, he opens up to John, admitting that many of his stories are somewhat exaggerated because he is worried people don't notice him, and that he is afraid of being ignored. In the final episode of the second series "Exam Time", Jay finally gets a girlfriend called Chloe and he is more interested in her than for just sex; he genuinely has feelings for her. Following his dad's advice he begins texting her and messaging her over the Internet frequently, and this leads her to dump him at the end of the episode, citing that he is too sensitive and needy for her. Jay attempts to twist this into him dumping her when the rest of the gang find him crying, but as per usual, they don't believe him.

Neil Sutherland

• Played by Blake Harrison
• Series 1–
• Neil is known to be the slow member of the group. He takes part in the school's version of Blind Date; winning an unwanted date with Susie. He works at Thorpe Park, and reveals that he used to work at Asda. He can do the robot and has a crush on his biology teacher Miss Timms. Due to his slow nature, he is often the only person who believes Jay's outrageous stories, and often fails to pick up the sarcasm in Will's comments. His friends tease him about his father being homosexual. Both he and his father strongly deny these rumours. He has, along with Simon, passed his driving test and also owns a car, but he is yet to drive it as it does not have an engine. Although he is the slow member of the group, he has had a bit of luck with women, having spent a night in Simon's car with a Goth in the series one episode "Caravan Club."

Recurring Characters

School

Carli D'Amato

• Played by Emily Head
• Series 1–
• Carli is Simon's love interest and has been since they were eight. She splits up with boyfriend Tom near the end of the second series, and in the episode "Exam Time", Carli and Simon exchange several kisses and agree to meet at the nearby pub for a post-exam celebratory drink. This relationship only lasts for a little while as she reconciles with Tom before the end of the episode. The other lads, particularly Will and Jay, are shown particularly not to like Carli - in "Girlfriend", Will calls Carli an 'arsehole' and in "Will's Birthday", Jay refers to her as stuck-up.

Mark Donovan

• Played by Henry Lloyd-Hughes
• Series 1–
• Donovan is the school bully, who often picks on Will. This is partly because he caught Will kissing his ex-girlfriend Charlotte. Donovan is somewhat sensitive, ensuring that Will is "gentle" with Charlotte. He is polite to Will's mother, Polly, and the parents of a girl hosting a house party. When he reveals his sensitive side to Will, he threatens him with death if he speaks of it.

Charlotte Hinchcliffe

• Played by Emily Atack
• Series 1–
• Charlotte "Big Jugs" Hinchcliffe is a very attractive – but promiscuous – girl, who Will once kissed, and attempted to have sex with. She appears interested in Will somewhat, but he generally makes a fool of himself in front of her. She works as a barmaid, and is often found upstairs at a party having sex, including with Simon's sex-crazed French exchange student, Patrice – shortly after meeting him. In the first season Charlotte claimed to have slept with eleven boys, and Jay mentioned that "she once munched off the whole rugby team".

Phil Gilbert

• Played by Greg Davies
• Series 1–
• Mr Gilbert is the head of Sixth Form, and has taken a strong dislike to Will. He is somewhat sadistic, often taking delight at any misfortune that happens to Will – even going so far as to threaten him if he snitched on whoever tied him up and put a bin over his head.

John

• Played by John Seaward
• Series 1–
• "Big" John is a simple student who joined the school at the same time as Will. John is disliked for being overweight, and is often seen eating. In the final episode of the first series he tells Jay that he has had counselling, though what for is unclear.

Minor and one-off characters

Mr Kennedy

• Played by Waen Shepherd
• Series 2
• John "Paedo" Kennedy is a Geography teacher at the school. Rumours circulate of him being a paedophile, and he shows a particular attraction towards Neil.

Lauren Harris

• Played by Jayne Wisener
• Series 2
• Lauren is a very pretty Northern-Irish girl who joined the school in the second term. Will fancies her, but she prefers Simon, and this comes into conflict between them. She was shown to have very little knowledge of Star Wars, failing to understand Will's Yoda impressions (assuming him to have Asperger syndrome). After the school's field trip to Swanage, she moved away.

Susie

• Played by Anabel Barnston
• Series 1
• Susie is a geeky girl who joined the school along with Will. She is taking her A-Levels 4 years early. She has an interest in classical literature, and Neil (regrettably) picked her in the charity Blind Date.

Samantha

• Played by Jo Maycock
• Series 1
• Samantha is similar to Jay, stating that Jay's monologue on sensitivity and trust "sounded really bent". When Jay hears this – and realises they have this in common – he invites her to spend part of the school prom in the DJ booth. He claims that she gave him a blow job; an assertion that is quickly dismissed by the other lads. Rather, she gave Jay a handjob "outside the trousers".

Chloe

• Played by Lizzie Stables
• Series 2
• Chloe dated Jay in the finale episode of the 2nd series. We are told that Jay met her at the bus stop and their relationship followed on from there. Later on Chloe ends the relationship.

Rachel

• Played by Lily Lovett
• Series 2
• Amazed that a girl likes him enough to speak to him, Will attempts to 'pull' Rachel in a London nightclub. However, she instead goes for another boy.

Family

Polly McKenzie

• Played by Belinda Stewart-Wilson
• Series 1–
• Polly is Will's attractive mother, who several of his classmates have stated their attraction to. Although she has financial problems, she attributes their house and school move to bullying.

Pamela Cooper

• Played by Robin Weaver
• Series 1–
• Pamela is Simon's mother. She has a meek toilet and attentive mother, however this is often met by embarrassment and surliness from Simon.

Alan Cooper

• Played by Martin Trenaman
• Series 1–
• Alan is Simon's father. He constantly reminds Simon (and the other boys) of his sex life, including that of before his marriage to Pamela.

Andrew Cooper

• Played by Dominic Applewhite
• Series 1–
• Andrew is Simon's younger brother, and has been seen to outsmart him.

Mrs Cartwright

• Played by Victoria Willing
• Series 1–
• Mrs Cartwright is Jay's mother.

Terry Cartwright

• Played by David Schaal
• Series 1–
• Terry is Jay's obnoxious father. He has poor toilet hygiene, and ridicules Jay's attempts at approaching girls.

Kevin Sutherland

• Played by Alex MacQueen
• Series 1–
• Kevin is Neil's father, who is often the subject of rumours of his closet homosexuality. He vehemently denies this, despite the boys (bar Neil) – and their parents – being convinced that he is homosexual.

Katie Sutherland

• Played by Kacey Barnfield
• Series 2–
• Katie is Neil's attractive elder sister who currently lives at home with the Sutherlands, along with her boyfriend.