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

Bo'sun 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 man of African descent and is covered in ritual facial and body scarring. These scars and his thick accent suggest that he was an African who was brought to the Caribbean as a slave.

He is also one of the Cursed Pirate enemies in the Port Royal world of Kingdom Hearts II, voiced by Beau Billingslea. In the game he fights using two handaxes.

Clubba

Clubba was a background member of Barbossa's crew. He was played by David Patykewich.[1]

Dog Ear

A background crewman, Dog Ear was portrayed by Tobias McKinney.[2]

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.

Hawksmoor

Michael W. Williams played this pirate.[3]

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 called Blackbeard on the commentary by Keira Knightley.

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

Kartracho

Jose G. Zelaya portrayed this crewman.[4]

Ketchum

Ketchum was played by Jerry Gauny.[5]

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 walks 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.

Maximo

Maximo the crewman was played by Maxie J. Santillan Jr.[6]

Monk

Michael Lane portrayed this background crewman.[7]

Nipperkin

Don Ladaga played this background crewman.[8]

Scarus

Scarus was played by Tommy Schooler.[9]

Scratch

Portrayed by Finneus Egan, Scratch was a background crewman under Barbossa.[10]

Simbakka

A crewman played by Michael A. Thompson.[11]

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. He helped Koehler raid an armoury at the beginning of the film and also helped him rig the Interceptor with explosives. 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.

Weatherby

D. P. Fitzgerald played Weatherby, a member of Barbossa's crew.[12] He is likely unrelated to Governor Swann, whose first name is Weatherby.

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

Anamaria

See main article: Anamaria

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 and his parrot are two of the few Black Pearl crew members to survive the Kraken's attack.

Crimp

A Pirate in Jack Sparrow’s crew in the first film. Jack hired him out on Tortuga. He was played by Craig Thomson. [13]

Duncan

One of Jack’s crewmen that Gibbs recruited on Tortuga. He appeared in both films and was played by M. Scott Shields. [14]

Kursar

One of the pirates Jack Sparrow recruited on Tortuga in the first film. He was played by Mike Haberecht. [15]

Ladbroc

Chris 'Sully' Sullivan [16] played this Pirate. Jack Sparrow recruited him on Tortuga. He appeared in both films.

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. Leech was portrayed by San Shella.

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.

Matelot

Jack Sparrow and Joshamee Gibbs hired this pirate on Tortuga in the first film. He was played by Rudolph McColam. [17]

Moises

Félix Castro [18] played Moises, a pirate Jack Sparrow and Joshamee Gibbs recruited on Tortuga in the first film.

Quartetto

One of the Pirates Jack Sparrow hired on Tortuga in the first film. He was portrayed by Fred Toft. [19]

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. He accompanied Jack Sparrow during the first visit in Tia Dalma’s house. [20] When the Flying Dutchman calls the Kraken for the second time, Sweepy yells, "We must have hit a reef!" When the Black Pearl was under attack from the Kraken, Sweepy was picked up by a tentacle while trying to blow up the barrels of gunpower and rum, and eaten by the beast. Sweepy is credited as LeJon, a reference to the actor who plays him.

Tearlach

A Pirate Jack Sparrow recruited on Tortuga in the first film. He was played by Gerard J. Reyes. [21]

The Flying Dutchman (under Captain Davy Jones)

Each crewman was originally a mortal man who sold his soul to Davy Jones. Over time, each became less human and more sea creature, like the captain himself. There are 19 distinct crewmembers; each was created digitally, except for "Bootstrap Bill" Turner. Note that Wheelback, Ratlin, Angler, and Old Haddy were created entirely at Industrial Light and Magic, instead of being sketched by Crash McCreery.

Angler

Angler is a fat Flying Dutchman crew member with the face of an anglerfish. His right arm is a barracuda. He can be seen in the water during Liar's Dice, and is later seen turning the wheel to the Kraken Hammer.

"Bootstrap Bill" Turner

See main article: "Bootstrap Bill" Turner

Clanker

Clanker is a crewman with barnacles and mussels all over his face.[22]. Clacker does battle with two balls of chainshot; he was one of the crewmen that Will fought on the wrecked ship, being the first to approach Will while yelling "Down on your marrowbones and pray!". He can later be seen playing Liar's Dice with Koleniko and Maccus. Actor Andy Beckwith performed the part. An action figure of Clanker was released in the first series of Secrets of the Deep action figures by Zizzle. He will get a second in the third series of Dead Man's Chest action figures by NECA. He is seen turning the wheel to the Kraken Hammer.

Crash

Crash is one of the background crew of Davy Jones. He has tendrils coming out of one eye and his right leg is fused with a tentacle. In place of a mouth he appears to have a crab's mandibles.[23][24] Crash also has a sawfish bone sword which he uses to restrain Bootstrap Bill when Davy Jones sends the Kraken after Will Turner. Crash also fights with a pulley. He was played by Patrick Hume.[25]

Greenbeard

Greenbeard, the navigator of the Flying Dutchman, has a latticework of hanging seaweed covering his body. He also has mussels for teeth.[26] He navigates the ship while the crew is asleep, and can also be seen turning the wheel to the Kraken Hammer.

Hadras

Hadras is played by Ho-Kwan Tse. His head is protected by a conch shell that sits on top of his neck. Like his fellow crew member Old Haddy, he uses knuckledusters as his weapon in battle. His knuckledusters are visible when he speaks to Norrington on Isla de Cruces, and just prior to the scene where the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman battle with cannons. Hadras speaks Cantonese with a Chinese accent.

Whilst trying to recover the titular chest for Davy Jones, Hadras' conch-shell head was knocked off by a coconut thrown by Jack Sparrow. The disembodied head thereafter had to shout directions to the now blind and headless body. Later, Hadras' body carried the empty Dead Man's Chest back to the Dutchman, and his head scuttled after it by pulling in its face and releasing the legs of a hermit crab. In later scenes aboard the Dutchman, he can be seen with his head re-attached; in the DVD Commentary, the writers acknowledge this and cite the reason as sufficient time having passed for his head to reconnect to his body.

Jimmylegs

Jimmylegs is the bo' sun on the Flying Dutchman. He has the face of a stonefish and has a fin on his back.[27][28] Bill Turner says that he "prides himself on cleaving flesh from bone with every swing."

Koleniko

Koleniko is a pufferfish-like crew member of the Flying Dutchman in Dead Man's Chest, played by Clive Ashborn.[29] Judging by the orders Davy Jones gives him, he is one of the coxswain. During the battle at Isla Cruces, he is seen fighting Jack Sparrow.

Maccus

Maccus is the first mate of the Flying Dutchman under Davy Jones in Dead Man's Chest, and is played by Dermot Keaney. He has the head of a hammerhead shark and his back and arms are covered with crustaceal legs,[30], which can be seen on his action figure by NECA, and on the scene in which we first see Davy Jones. The fingers of his left hand also closely resemble crab legs, seen when Will challenges Davy Jones to a game of Liar's Dice. [31] Maccus' name is Celtic for 'hammer', [32] an obvious reference to his transformation. He can be seen turning the wheel to the Kraken Hammer.

Ogilvey

Ogilvey is the fat head gunner of the Flying Dutchman which 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.[33] Ogilvey wears a blue bandana and fights with a hook. When Will was fighting the crew on the wrecked ship, he cut Ogilvey's stomach open, causing hundreds of fish to spill on the deck. Ogilvey was also seen turning the wheel to the Kraken Hammer. He was played by Jonathan Linsley.

Old Haddy

Old Haddy is a crew member wearing a stocking cap, is covered in mussels and fights with knuckledusters[34]. He can be seen during the Isla Cruces beach fight, when he teams up with Quittance and fight Pintel and Ragetti. Old Haddy is based on Hadras' concept art, before he (Hadras) was redesigned with the hermit crab head.

Palifico

Palifico is Davy Jones' personal guard, appearing to be primarily a humanoid reef-like creature.[35] He fights with two rusted swords fused to his hands, although he is seen without them through most of the movie. (second from right in [36]) 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 and was made into an action figure by NECA.[37] He was seen turning the wheel to the Kraken Hammer, and after the Kraken destroys the Black Pearl, he says "The captain goes down with his ship" in reference to Jack Sparrow.

Penrod

Penrod is the half-human, half-lobster member of Davy Jones' crew, played by Peter Donald Badalamenti II.[38] Penrod is a small sailor, a joke on the fact that he resembles a shrimp, with numerous armoured plates on his body. He also has two antennae growing on either side of his nose, and his left leg has split into two lobster-like legs. Penrod was seen, appropriately, holding a knife to Marty the dwarf's throat while Davy Jones was on the Pearl. He also sits near to Bootstrap during the game of Liar's Dice, as seen here.

Quittance

Quittance is one of the background characters on the Dutchman. He has an anemone for a mouth and a moray eel growing out of his chest,[39] which reveals itself as Will Turner learns the rules of Liar's Dice. In one scene, he teamed up with Old Haddy and fought Pintel and Ragetti. They knock Quittance to the ground, who grabs for the Dead Man's Chest as they run off with the chest. Quittance was performed by Marc Joseph, although his part was uncredited.[40]

Ratlin

Ratlin is a crew member that appears to have been fused with rope and sailcloth.[41] He can be seen clearly on the ropes when Davy Jones orders the ship underwater. His name is a joke on his description, as ratlin is part of a ship's rigging. Ratlin turns the wheel to the Kraken Hammer.

The Twins

The dual crewmen known as The Twins are two brothers who serve as deckhands and assist in preparations for the summoning of the Kraken.[42] 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. One of them, during Liar's Dice, pulls something off of the other one's chest and eats it, and they can later be seen turning the wheel to the Kraken Hammer.

The twins were performed by real-life twins Chris and Michael Symonds, although the part was uncredited.[43]

Wheelback

Wheelback is the member of Davy Jones' crew with a ship's steering wheel embedded in his back.[44] Wheelback seems to have gone insane, making him revert to talking strange, garbled gibberish. 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, and he fights Pintel during the battle on Isla Cruces. Wheelback can also be seen walking in the foreground carrying a lantern when the crew are pulling up the cannon, just before Will Turner gets whipped.

Wyvern

Wyvern's transformation is one of the most dramatic as he integrated into the Flying Dutchman's hull, becoming part of the vessel itself in the form of different species of coral.[45] His role as a crewmember is relegated to forever holding a lantern. Wyvern is the one who tells Will Turner about the Dead Man's Chest. He temporarily pulls himself 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.

The Empress (under Captain Sao Feng)

This Oriental pirate warship is featured in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). She is maintained by a crew of the supernatural and captained by Sao Feng.

The Royal Navy & The East India 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 storming 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 combinations (or, indeed, all) 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

John Brown [46] 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 and the profit. However, he assisted in capturing Jack Sparrow by breaking an empty bottle over his head during his swordfight with Will. He was played by Ralph P. Martin.

Jailhouse Dog

The jailhouse dog in the first movie always carries the jail keys in his mouth. Prisoners futilely attempt to retrieve the keys from the dog by any means necessary.

When Jack Sparrow was in the jail, he tells the other prisoners that calling the dog won't work. However, after The Black Pearl blasts a hole in the wall, allowing the other prisoners to escape, a desperate Jack tries calling the dog without luck.

Apparently Pintel and Ragetti are more successful with the pooch. In the second movie, they are seen in a rowboat with the dog who is holding the keys. Somehow they 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, 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 canine in the prison scene from the Disney Pirates attraction.

References

• Davy Jones's crew information and images