Meet the Characters

Find out more about the characters in The Strain...

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Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (played by Corey Stoll)

As head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Project (CDC) in New York, Dr Goodweather is one of the first to respond to the mysterious passenger deaths on Regis flight 753. Eph is a man who gets top marks at his job but zero points for real life. He is trying to repair his broken marriage and win his family back.
Abraham Setrakian (played by David Bradley)

Abraham is a pawnbroker in his 80s with the strength of a much younger man. In his early teens, he first encountered the mysterious Master during his internment at a Nazi concentration camp. Setrakian failed to kill him then, and has spent his life waiting and preparing for another opportunity.
Nora Martinez (played by Mia Maestro)

An intelligent and driven biochemist, Nora is another member of the CDC Canary team. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nora moved to the US with her mother when she was eight.
Jim Kent (played by Sean Astin)

Jim works at the CDC with Eph and Nora, where he is part of the administration team.
Vasily Fet (played by Kevin Durand)

Vasiliy is a charismatic, second-generation Russian, but all Brooklyn. He's the best exterminator for the NYC Bureau of Pest Control. He considers himself the steward of NYC. The city is his home. All others are just guests.
Thomas Eichhorst (played by Richard Sammel)

Thomas is the Master's chief lieutenant. He retains his human appearance and more individuality in order to walk among the living. During WWII, he helped run the death camps, which is where he first encountered Setrakian and the Master.
Eldritch Palmer (played by Jonathan Hyde)

A wealthy, esteemed businessman and the owner of the Stoneheart Group, Eldritch has struggled with poor health all his life but is not planning on dying.
Augustin ?Gus? Elizalde (played by Miguel Gomez)

Gus is a Latino gang member from Spanish Harlem. He wants to do well by his mother who fought to make a good life for him but too often finds himself in a mess.
Kelly Goodweather (played by Natalie Brown)

Eph's estranged wife is smarter and more secure since separating from her husband. A school teacher by day, her focus is her son, Zack. He is her life's work and her legacy.
Zack Goodweather (played by Ben Hyland)

Eph and Kelly's son Zack is quiet and self-reliant. His parents? break-up is the defining moment in his young life. Zack knows his dad has an important job and can't be around as much as he would like, but he does dream of his parents reuniting.