Red Dwarf

:This article describes the British science fiction comedy television series. For the type of star, see red dwarf.

Characters and actors

:Main article: Red Dwarf characters

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Regular cast

• Dave Lister (played by Craig Charles), also known for Robot Wars.
• Arnold J. Rimmer (played by Chris Barrie), also known for his starring role in The Brittas Empire and numerous voices on Spitting Image.
• The Cat (played by Danny John-Jules), who has appeared in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Blade II.
• Holly (played by Norman Lovett in series 1, 2, 7 and 8, and by Hattie Hayridge in series 3, 4 and 5), who has appeared in Lexx playing "Sub-Warden Heidi" in episode "P4X" (episode #4.3).
• Kryten (played by David Ross in his first appearance in series 2, and by Robert Llewellyn in series 3 through 8). Robert Llewellyn is also known for Scrapheap Challenge (aka Junkyard Wars in the USA).
• Kristine Kochanski (played by C. P. (Clare) Grogan in series 1, 2 and 6, and by Chloë Annett in series 7 and 8). Claire Grogan was the lead singer of Altered Images in the 1980s. Chloë Annett is also known for Crime Traveller.

Semi-regular characters in series 8

• Captain Frank Hollister (played by Mac McDonald) (also made guest appearance in two episodes in Series 1 and one episode of Series 2)
• Warden Ackerman (played by Graham McTavish)

Recurring guest characters

• Olaf Petersen (played by Mark Williams) appeared in three episodes and is mentioned regularly when Lister talks about the days before the accident.
• Selby and Chen (played by David Gillespie and Paul Bradley, respectively) appeared in three episodes altogether.
• Frank Todhunter (played by Robert Bathurst) only appeared in the first episode but was regularly mentioned in following episodes.
• George McIntyre, a Welsh officer, appeared once in the first episode as a hologram at his own "Welcome Back Reception".
• Kill Crazy (played by Jake Wood) appeared in four episodes.
• Baxter (played by Ricky Grover) appeared in the last three episodes of the series.

Recurring guest actors

• Tony Hawks was the warm-up man for the first few series of Red Dwarf and has often been called 'The Fifth Dwarfer'. He also appeared on screen as the host in Better Than Life, the voice of various food dispensers (and a talking suitcase in Stasis Leak), the compere in Backwards, and Caligula in Meltdown.