A quick guide to every major character in 'Dark' (2024)

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Jonas Kahnwald, also known as "Adam" and "The Stranger"

Jonas is one of the main protagonists in "Dark." We first meet him as a teenager living in Winden, Germany, and follow him as he starts time-traveling. His middle-aged self is referred to as "The Stranger," while his older self (whose face is heavily scarred) goes by "Adam."

Hannah Kahnwald, neé Krüger

Hannah's maiden name is Krüger. She's first introduced in "Dark" as Jonas' mother, living and working in Winden in 2019. But in flashbacks to 1986, we see more of the younger Hannah.

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Michael Kahnwald, also known as Mikkel Nielsen

Mikkel Nielsen, the son of Urlich and Katharina, goes missing in the first episode of "Dark." It turns out that he time-traveled to 1986, and got stuck there. He's adopted by Ines Kahnwald, and changes his name to Michael.He grew up, married Hannah, and eventually fathered Jonas.

Ines Kahnwald

Ines Kahnwald is the adopted mother of Mikkel, and Jonas' grandmother. We first meet her in 2019, when she's much older. Throughout the first season, we see Ines working at the Winden hospital in 1986, and as a young girl in 1953.

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Daniel Kahnwald

Daniel Kahnwald is Ines' father, and Jonas' great-grandfather. He first appears in season one, when we see Egon Tiedemann working with Daniel at the Winden police department in 1953.

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Ulrich Nielsen

Ulrich is Mikkel's father. We first meet him when he's middle-aged and having an affair with Hannah Kahnwald. In flashbacks to 1986, we see Ulrich as a teenager.

In the course of season one, Ulrich travels from 2019 back to 1953 and winds up imprisoned. Thanks to his time spent in jail and institutions, Urlich ages into an old man by 1986.

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Katharina Nielsen (neé Albers)

Katharina's maiden name is Albers, but she's known primarily as Urlich's wife, Katharina Nielsen. She dated Urlich in high school, as we saw in the 1986 flashbacks.

Katharina is Mikkel's mother, and also mother to two other teens: Martha and Magnus.

Martha Nielsen

Martha, the only daughter of Urlich and Katharina, goes to high school with Jonas. She and Jonas have had a tumultuous romantic relationship, soured by his realization in the first season that she's technically his aunt.

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Magnus Nielsen

Magnus is Martha and Mikkel's brother, and the third child of Katharina and Ulrich. We saw him as an adult for brief scenes in season two, though most of his storyline has taken place in 2019 with him as a teenager.

Jana Nielsen

Jana (her maiden name is unknown) is Ulrich's mother. We first saw her as an old woman living in 2019, but also got flashbacks to her life in 1986 when she was grieving her other son, Mads, after he vanished. She was also friends with young Ines Kahnwald in 1953.

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Tronte Nielsen

Tronte is Jana's husband and Urlich's father. He moved to Winden in 1953 as a young boy.

Though he eventually married Jana, Tronte has a long history with another woman: Claudia Tiedemann. The two of them were having an affair in 1986. In 2019, Tronte learned about time travel for the first time.

Agnes Nielsen

Agnes is Tronte's mother. She moved to Winden in 1953, and started renting a room with the Tiedemann family. Agnes had a romantic relationship with Doris Tiedemann (who we'll introduce in a bit).

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Noah, also known as Hanno Tauber

Noah is Agnes' brother. He often works as a priest at the St. Christopher's Church in Winden, and travels through time in his middle age, making him appear almost immortal as he pops up in 1953, 1986, and 2019.

Claudia Tiedemann

Claudia Tiedemann is the primary person, aside from Jonas/Adam, who is leading a faction of people attempting to control time travel. We first met Claudia in her middle age in 1986, and saw how she first befriended Tronte in 1953. As an old woman, Claudia time travels frequently.

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Gretchen the Poodle

Claudia's dog, Gretchen, is also a time traveler. She went missing in 1953 after running into the Winden caves, and emerged in 1986 to run into the arms of a much-older Claudia.

Regina Tiedemann

Regina is Claudia's daughter. Her father is unknown. We first met Regina in 2019, when she was middle-aged and running a local Winden hotel. In 1986, Regina was a shy and anxious teenager until she met Boris/Aleksander.

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Aleksander Tiedemann, also known as Boris Niewald

Aleksander first arrived in Winden in 1986, under mysterious circ*mstances. He quickly befriended Regina, and they eventually got married. Aleksander's real name is Boris Niewald, but as a teenager he stole the real Aleksander Kohler's identity, and eventually took Regina's last name when they were married.

Bartosz Tiedemann

Bartosz is Regina and Aleksander's only child. He and Martha were also a couple, but that relationship got complicated in the course of the first season when Martha and Jonas reconnected.

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Egon Tiedemann

Egon is Claudia's father, and Regina's grandfather. He was a police officer in Winden, and oversaw important missing-persons cases in both 1953 and 2019.

Doris Tiedemann

Doris is Egon's wife (her maiden name is unknown) and Claudia's mother. Doris and Agnes Nielsen started a romantic affair in 1953.

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H.G. Tannhaus

Tannhaus is a clockmaker who owns a small shop in Winden in 1953, and later in 1986. He is the author of a book called "A Journey Through Time," and has helped Jonas and Claudia at various points with time travel.

Charlotte Doppler

Charlotte is Tannhaus' adopted granddaughter who was a teenager in 1986 and an adult working at the police station in 2019. At the end of season two, we learned that Charlotte is the daughter of Noah and Elisabeth — Charlotte's own daughter (a confusing paradox, we know).

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Elisabeth Doppler

Elisabeth is the daughter of Charlotte and Peter Doppler. She's a young girl in 2019, and we later see her alive and now-adult in 2052.

Elisabeth became romantically involved with Noah (presumably after Noah traveled to 2019 as a younger man), and they eventually had baby Charlotte. But baby Charlotte was taken back in time, and left in 1986. So Charlotte grew up and gave birth to Elisabeth, closing the loop.

Franziska Doppler

Franziska is Elisabeth's sister, and the second child of Charlotte and Peter. We first meet her in 2019, when she's a teenager and romantically involved with Magnus Nielsen. Later Franziska is shown as an adult, working with Adam alongside grown-up Magnus.

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Peter Doppler

Peter is Charlotte's husband, and works as a therapist in Winden. Peter is another one of the rare characters we've only seen at a single stage in his life (as an adult in 2019).

Helge Doppler

Helge is Peter's father. He was attacked by Urlich as a young boy, and has scarring on one side of his face and ear. Helge was a child in 1953, a grown man working for Claudia in 1986, and elderly in 2019.

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Bernd Doppler

Bernd is Helge's alleged father, and Peter's grandfather. He is the founder of the nuclear power plant in Winden, Germany, which is a central part of the time travel and devastation that has plagued Winden.

Greta Doppler

Greta is Helge's mother. In season one, we saw her confessing to Noah (her priest) that she worried Helge was not Bernd's son, but instead born after she was violently assaulted.

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Torben Wöller

Torben is another police officer working in Winden in 2019. He's the subordinate of both Urlich and Charlotte, and wears an eyepatch due to an unknown injury. He occasionally does covert work for Aleksander Tiedemann.

Bernadette Wöller

Bernadette is a transgender sex worker, and Torben's sister. She works at a truck stop just outside Winden.

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Jürgen Obendorf

Jürgen Obendorf is another adult living in Winden in 2019. He also does secretive work for Aleksander, who is running the nuclear power plant in 2019. His son, Erik, was one of the boys who went missing at the start of season one.

Erik Obendorf

Erik is missing at the start of "Dark" season one. He was kidnapped and taken into a bunker in the year 1986, where Noah tested a time machine on him. Erik was killed, and had his body transported to the year 1953.

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for season three of "Dark."

The following photos will reveal older and younger versions of characters, along with some new faces.

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Bartosz Tiedemann (as an adult)

As revealed in season three, Bartosz traveled back in time to 1888 when he was a teenager. He grew up in the past, which means the older man we watch young-Noah kill in season two was actually Bartosz as an adult.

Season three also revealed that Bartosz was Noah (or Hanno) and Agnes' father.

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Silja

Silja is Bartosz's wife, and also Hannah Kahnwald's daughter. In season three, we saw that Hannah had an affair with Egon Tiedemann, leading to the birth of Silja.

Martha, also known as Eva

Season three also revealed the existence of multiple worlds. In one of the new world's, a different version of Martha exists. She grows up to be Eva — the counterpart to Adam.

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The Unknowns

In season three, we see that Jonas and Martha (the Martha from world two) had a child together. That child was never given a name, and is referred to in the "Dark" credits as simply "The Unknown."

The Unknown time-travels under Eva's bidding in a trio: His own young, adult, and older self working together.

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