Draft:List of Without a Trace characters

This is an overview of regular and recurring characters on the TV series Without a Trace.

Overview

Main cast

Actor	Character	Season
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Anthony LaPaglia	Jack Malone	Main
Poppy Montgomery	Samantha Spade	Main
Marianne Jean-Baptiste	Vivian Johnson	Main
Enrique Murciano	Danny Taylor	Main
Roselyn Sánchez	Elena Delgado				Main
Eric Close	Martin Fitzgerald	Main

Main characters

Jack Malone

Main article: Jack Malone (Without a Trace)

Samantha Spade

Main article: Samantha Spade

Vivian Johnson

Main article: Vivian Johnson

Danny Taylor

Danny Taylor (portrayed by Enrique Murciano) is an FBI Agent who works under the order of Jack Malone. He is Hispanic American, originally named Danny Alvarez.

His parents were killed in a car accident when Danny was 11. He was also in the car but was the only one to survive. He blamed himself for the accident because he had an argument with his father and Mario lost the control of the car because he wanted to hit his son. After this Danny had some problems and when he was a teen, he began to become an alcoholic and drug addict. He respects Jack, and is very loyal to him. They have a father/son relationship. His childhood best friend, Carlos Aguilar, was with Elena Delgado and had a daughter with her, Sophie, but when the couple broke up, Carlos became mad and Danny began to take the defense of Elena and Sophie. He later married Elena.

Danny has an older brother Rafi, who protected him from their father's abuse. Rafi became a drug addict and small time criminal and was sentenced to prison. Danny refused to have contact with him until Rafi's wife, Sylvia and their son Nicky come to see Danny for he talk to the judge about their childhood. He initially refused but later accepted after a talk with his nephew.

Elena Delgado

Special Agent Elena Delgado (portrayed by Roselyn Sánchez) is a Special Agent in the New York City FBI missing persons case squad led by Special Agent Jack Malone and is the team's newest member. She has a daughter named Sofie with ex-boyfriend Carlos Aguilar but they weren't married.

By season 5, Elena has started a relationship with her co-worker, special agent Danny Taylor, who is very fond of Elena's daughter. Danny and Elena stayed together even when Carlos kidnapped Sophie. Danny and Elena got married at the end of season 7.

Martin Fitzgerald

Main article: Martin Fitzgerald (Without a Trace)

Recurring characters

Friends & Family

Maria Malone

Maria Malone (portrayed by Talia Balsam) is the ex wife of Jack Malone. Together they have two daughters, Hannah and Kate Malone. She's a lawyer. She left Jack because he had an affair with his subordinate Samantha Spade. She left for Chicago and obtain the full custody of her two daughters after a custody battle with Jack. Even if she want to have the full custody of her daughter, she still want Jack to be a part of their lives.

In 2010, her eldest daughter, Hannah, began to behave badly and Maria no longer knew how to do it decided to send her back to live with her father.

Hanna Malone

Hanna Malone (portrayed by Vanessa Marano) is the eldest daughter of Jack Malone and Maria Malone. She's 16 in season 7.

She was 8 in season 1. She loves her parents but doesn't accept their divorce. She moved to Chicago with her mother and little sister Kate after the divorce. She comes back at age 16 because she got into trouble while in Chicago. According to Jack, she got caught smoking marijuana and has a boyfriend who is bad for her. She comes to live with her father in New York for a fresh start. They have a difficult relationship at first start, but they eventually accept each other after Jack helps Hannah for find her missing boyfriend Shay.

Kate Malone

Kate Malone (portrayed by Laura Marano) is Jack and Maria Malone’s second daughter and Hannah's sister. She is two years younger than Hannah.

Frank Malone

Francis Samuel "Frank" Malone (portrayed by Martin Landau) was the father of Jack Malone. He lost his wife in 1979 after she committed suicide. His relationship with his son was very complicated because of this. He eventually died of Alzheimer Disease in season 4.

Brian Donovan

Brian Donovan (portrayed by Adam Kaufman) is the boyfriend of Samantha Spade and the father of her son Finn Spade.

FBI members

James Mackeroy

James Mackeroy (portrayed by Joshua Gomez) is a member of the FBI tech division.

Anne Cassidy

Anne Cassidy (portrayed by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) is the widow of fellow late agent Max Cassidy. She started a relationship with Jack in the fourth season. Soon after they started dating, she got pregnant, which was an unpleasant surprise to both of them. With her unexpected pregnancy a couple weeks later she lost the baby, but they still remained together until her departure in "Fade-Away".

Others

Sadik Marku

Sadik Marku (portrayed by Mark Pellegrino) is the ring leader of a Mafia gang.

In "Requiem", three members of the Jordano family went missing and the FBI searched for them. They learned that Ioannis "Johnny" Patani was a loan shark trying to get money back from them, and his hits ended up getting put out. This included a boy who witnessed a murder. The FBI traced Johnny back to his boss, Sadik. Jack approached the duo on suspicion that Sadik may know where the missing Jordanos are, though Sadik refused to say anything even if he knew. When Jack accuses him of putting out the hits, Sadik brushes him off, noting how they're having this conversation due to a lack of evidence. He told Jack that accidents happen and Jack was giving him too much credit. After the case was solved without any obvious links to Sadik, Jack still confronted Sadik. Jack promised to get him in the end and Sadik promptly spit in his face. Jack retaliated by beating Sadik to the ground and ordering him at gun point to leave the Jordanos alone.

In "The Damage Done", Sadik's girlfriend and son went missing. Jack Malone was initially more concerned with settling an old score with Sadik, He put Sadik in the interrogation room on false charges of gun possession so Sadik would answer questions, believing he wouldn't say anything in front of his gang. Sadik told Jack that he left the Jordanos alone and Jack shouldn't mess up the case by focusing on him, though Jack insisted he was treating Sadik as he would any other person. The FBI investigated Sadik's gang members and known enemies. Sadik swears he did nothing to his own son, but Jack isn't entirely convinced. When Sadik's girlfriend Julia shows up badly beaten, Julia refuses to see Sadik. Jack informs Sadik that his son is still with the kidnapper. When Sadik left the interrogation room, he hunted down prime suspects and one of them ended up in the hospital. Sadik was brought in again and questioned for any possible suspects.

Jack came to suspect Frankie Lamaj, though Sadik was confident Frankie wouldn't betray him. Frankie was proven to have sold two passports to Sadik's wife Odeta, leading the FBI to suspect Odeta had her stepson Petros. However, the FBI found loopholes in Julia and Odeta's stories, and Jack realizes Julia is the culprit. Julia confesses that she was intending to leave Sadik with their son and packed a gun for protection. She looked away for a second and Petros accidentally shot himself. She staged the disappearance to cover up the crime. Jack later went to inform Sadik, insisting that his son's death was an accident. Accepting his son's fate, Sadik looked away and shed tears in mourning.

References

Without a Trace characters Category:Television characters introduced in 2002