Dark - Characters & Cast

Initially motivated by a desire to bring Mikkel back and stop the suffering, his motivation evolves into a cosmic obsession with destroying the 'knot' of time itself.

Jonas begins as a grieving teenager searching for answers about his father's suicide. He transforms from an innocent seeker into The Stranger, and finally into the scarred, nihilistic antagonist Adam, before eventually seeking to erase his own existence to fix the timeline.

Her primary drive is the preservation of the life created by the knot, specifically her son, setting her in direct opposition to Jonas's goal of annihilation.

Martha evolves from Jonas's love interest into a pivotal player in the time war. In the alternate world, she becomes Eva, the counterpart to Adam, who fights to preserve the cycle to ensure the survival of her unborn child.

He is driven by the hope that he can change the past, making him the bridge between the idealism of young Jonas and the despair of Adam.

This is the middle-aged version of Jonas. He spends his life trying to fix the mistakes of his younger self, only to realize that every 'fix' he attempts is actually a prerequisite for the loop to continue.

Her evolution is driven by a deep-seated need for love and revenge, leading her to make choices that often sabotage those around her.

Starting as a lonely widow having an affair, Hannah's path takes her back to the 1950s where she attempts to build a new life through manipulation. She remains one of the few characters whose motivations are consistently self-serving, even across time.

He is motivated by a desperate attempt to maintain the stability of his family despite the overwhelming chaos of time travel.

Peter struggles with his identity and his family's secrets. He moves from a man hiding his true self to a guardian of the bunkers during the apocalypse, eventually dying while trying to protect his daughter.