Hawaii Five-0/Characters

Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett
"Played By: Alex O'Loughlin"


 * A Friend in Need: Will do pretty much anything to help his friends, which occasionally leads to him becoming this trope in the process.
 * Badass
 * Berserk Button: Threatening his family.
 * Blood Knight
 * Bond One-Liner
 * Cowboy Cop
 * Crazy Prepared
 * Dead Guy, Junior: Named for his grandfather who died in the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Determinator
 * Drives Like Crazy
 * Fair Cop / Good Looking Privates: He was in the SEALs before joining Five-O
 * The Hero, doubles as The Big Guy
 * Honorary Uncle: To Danny's daughter, Grace.
 * It's Personal: with cases involving his father.
 * Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
 * With more than a side of Gene Hunt Interrogation Technique.
 * Made of Iron
 * Magnetic Hero: By the season 2 premiere all the original members of Five-0 have clearly indicated their first loyalty is to McGarrett. Even Kamekona is willing to enact a Bolivian Army Ending if Steve gives him the word.
 * Military Maverick
 * One-Man Army
 * Trauma Conga Line: It's been a rough year and half for Steve McGarrett.
 * You Killed My Father
 * You Killed My Father

Detective Sgt. Danny 'Danno' Williams
"Played By: Scott Caan"

"Danny: If you ever bring a gun into the same zip code as my daughter again, I will kill you."
 * Badass Normal
 * Cowboy Cop / By-The-Book Cop: He tries to be the latter but keeps getting pulled towards the former by McGarrett
 * Fair Cop
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * First Father Wins
 * Fish Out of Water
 * Hot Dad
 * The Lancer, doubles as The Smart Guy
 * Number Two
 * Only Sane Man
 * Overshadowed by Awesome: He's a very competent cop in his own right, but then his partner is an former Navy SEALs.
 * Papa Wolf: Moving to the other side of the continent is the least he'll do for Gracie.
 * Half of the episode "E Malama" is basically Danny being this. Never endanger the life of his daughter.
 * Half of the episode "E Malama" is basically Danny being this. Never endanger the life of his daughter.


 * It's subtly played, but Danny is consistently more on edge and prone to violence in cases where children are in danger.
 * Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right

Lieutenant Chin Ho Kelly
"Played By: Daniel Dae Kim"


 * Badass
 * Lawful Badass Biker
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Fair Cop
 * Improbable Aiming Skills: Once shot a guy on a moving boat with a shotgun, one handedly, while driving another boat himself.
 * Knight in Sour Armour
 * Shotguns Are Just Better
 * The Smart Guy
 * Thicker Than Water

Officer Kono Kalakaua
"Played By: Grace Park"


 * Action Girl
 * Badass
 * Dating Catwoman: Her mystery boyfriend turns out to be Adam Noshimura, the heir to the Yakuza in Honolulu.
 * Fair Cop
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * The Chick
 * It Gets Easier: glossed over. Kono is introduced as a green cadet, fresh out of the academy, but almost instantly is killing bad guys with the veterans (including one with a decidedly non-regulation neck snap in episode five). Compare with Rookie Blue in which a big deal is made of a young officer's first kill.

M.E. Max Bergman
"Played By: Masi Oka"


 * Ambiguous Disorder: Introduced by the governor with the line "They say he's a savant" and had to fire his piano tuner because he liked to chat and Max found it "emotionally draining". In his off time he investigates cold cases and makes pickles, but doesn't trust phones or watch the news because it's scary.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * The Coroner: Well, Medical Examiner.
 * Conveniently an Orphan / Missing Mom: Max's real mother,, left her at St. Martin's orphanage. He was adopted by the Bergmans.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Hollywood Nerd
 * Promotion to Opening Titles

Governor Pat Jameson
"Played By: Jean Smart"


 * I Need a Drink
 * Iron Lady
 * Iron Lady

Kamekona
"Played By: Taylor Wily"


 * Big Eater
 * Big Fun
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Honest John's Dealership
 * The Informant

Rachel Edwards
"Played By: Claire Van Der Boom"


 * Fake Brit
 * Rich Bitch: Averted. In early episodes where she is The Unseen her off screen actions and Danny's descriptions lead the viewer to believe she is this, but when she's revealed she is quite reasonable and pleasant once she realizes Danny isn't jerking her around. Danny claims she left him because he wasn't wealthy enough, but she indicates to Steve that it had more to do with not being able to handle the stress of having a husband whose job puts him in constant danger.

Grace Williams
"Played By: Teilor Grubbs"


 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Little Miss Con Artist: In "Kai 'e'e," Grace dominates Kamekona and his friends at the poker table. They're only playing for candy, though.

Wo Fat
"Played By: Mark Dacascos"


 * Big Bad
 * The Chessmaster
 * Magnificent Bastard
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Mean Character, Nice Actor
 * The Man Behind the Man
 * Worthy Opponent:
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Loves killing his associates once they stop being useful.

Victor Hesse
"Played By: James Marsters"


 * Disc One Final Boss
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones: starts off the series trying to save his brother.
 * Genre Savvy: He realizes that Wo Fat will be after him once McGarrett is dead, so he assists McGarrett escape.
 * It's Personal: with McGarrett.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Psycho for Hire
 * Psycho for Hire

Laura Hills
"Played By: Kelly Hu"


 * Hello, Attorney!

Sang Min
"Played By: Will Yun Lee"


 * Affably Evil
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Even Evil Has Standards
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones
 * Friendly Enemy

Jenna Kaye
"Played By: Larisa Oleynik"


 * All for Nothing:
 * Love Makes You Dumb:
 * My God, What Have I Done?
 * The Smart Guy
 * The Smart Guy
 * The Smart Guy
 * The Smart Guy

Lt.Governor Sam Denning
"Played By: Richard T. Jones"


 * Bald Black Leader Guy: Not entirely bald, though.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure

Lt.Commander Joe White
"Played By: Terry O'Quinn"


 * Actor Allusion: John Locke is pals with Jin again.
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Commanding Coolness

Lori Weston
"Played by: Lauren German"


 * Base Breaker
 * Hatedom/CreatorsPet: definitely not a fan favorite
 * Fetish Fuel: Gets into the Fan Service act in "Ike Maka," first in her undercover outfit, then dressing as Olivia Newton-John in Grease for movie night at Max's.
 * The Profiler
 * Put on a Bus: "I Helu Pu"
 * Sixth Ranger
 * What Happened to the Mouse?: What happened to that plotline where she was supposed to be policing the team on the new governor's behalf?
 * The governer actually over this in "I Helu Pu".

Malia Waincroft
"played by: Reiko Aylesworth"


 * Star-Crossed Lovers: with Chin Ho.

Hong

 * Hot Scientist