List of actors and characters of the television series "Dallas" (2012)

Main characters

John Ross Ewing III

Christopher Ewing

Christopher Ewing ( eng. Christopher Ewing ) is a fictional character in the American television series Dallas , a sequel to the 1978-1991 television series of the same name . The role of Christopher was played by actor Jesse Metcalfe from the pilot episode, released on June 13, 2012, to the final of the third season, shown on September 22, 2014 ^[9] . In the original series, the role of Christopher was played by Joshua Harris from 1985 to 1991, and previously various child actors, the most long-lasting Eric Farlow. Also, the character appears in the TV series " Quiet Marina " in 1982, and is involved in the 1996 television movie " Dallas: JR Returns " performed by Chris Demetral.

Development History

Christopher is the son of a drug addict, Christine Shepard ( Mary Crosby ), younger sister of Sue Elen Ewing , who gave birth to him on August 18, 1981 ^[10] . After the death of Christine, Christopher was adopted by the late Pamela Barnes Ewing and Bobby Ewing , who bought him for 25 thousand from her lover Jeff Faraday. In 1983, Pamela's mother, Rebecca Blake Wentworth ( Priscilla Pointer ), dies and leaves him a great legacy. Then Pam and Bobby divorce, and he remains with Pamela. In 1986 they reunite and return to the ranch where John Ross also lives. In 1987, he learns that he is a foster child.

In the 2012 series, Christopher actually becomes Bobby, as he is also a limp positive hero. The main place in the plot is given to his rivalry with John Ross, who, on the contrary, is the main anti-hero. In the pilot episode, he marries Rebecca Sutter, who is actually Pamela Rebecca Cooper Barnes , daughter of Cliff Barnes and Efton Cooper . Pamela had earlier upset his wedding with Elena Ramos , who, after beginning to meet with John Ross. Closer to the finals of the first season, he learns that Rebecca is not who she claims to be, and again gets close to Elena, as a result of which John Ross aims to destroy Christopher. Pamela, meanwhile, is pregnant and does not want to annul their marriage, as her goal is to share in Ewing Energies. In order to take revenge on Christopher, she begins to cooperate with John Ross. Closer to the finale of the second season, their children with Pamela die unborn, and she soon marries John Ross, with whom Christopher has now entered into a temporary truce. At the end of the season, Christopher breaks up with Elena because of her lies about Drew, who was involved in the explosion, which killed his children with Pamela.

In the third season, the character was pushed into the background and from the weighty plot lines had only a brief connection with the divorced Heather ( Anna-Lynn McCord ) working at the ranch. The character was killed in the third season finale, saving Helena. According to the statement of the producer of the series Cynthia Sidra, Josh Henderson , during the development of the series, de facto became his lead actor, and the character of Metcalfe, on the contrary, and she decided to remove him in favor of Henderson ^[11] . In fact, the character died in a car accident in which his adoptive mother, Pamela Barnes Ewing, was injured in 1987.

Reception of critics

Both the character and the acting of Jesse Metcalf were negatively accepted by critics ^[12] . The Digital Spy browser, Alex Fletcher, noted that Metcalf unnaturally replays, especially in the second season ^[13] .

Elena Ramos

Pamela Rebecca Barnes

Ann Ewing

Bobby Ewing

Sue Ellen Ewing

JR Ewing

Harris Ryland

Harris Ryland ( eng. Harris Ryland ) - a fictional character in the American television series " Dallas ", a continuation of the television series of the same name of 1978-1991 . The role of Harris is played by actor Mitch Pileggi since the fifth episode of the first season, released on July 4, 2012, through the series finale, aired on September 22, 2014 ^[14] .

Development History

Mitch Pileggi joined the first season on October 20, 2011, in a minor role for several episodes ^[15] . His character was described as " Alpha male ", who is the ex-husband of Ann Ewing ^[15] .

Harris Ryland is the head of the trucking company and first appears in the episode "Truth and Consequences" when the Yuigans need his services. Harris, meanwhile, wants to upset Ann’s marriage with Bobby by sending her a necklace, so that Bobby comes to his office to hit him. Harris says to Bobby and the police come for him. He then tries to get Sue Ellen Ewing to launder money for him through her electoral fund, but Ann ruins his plans by making a hidden record of their conversation, with which she blackmails him in the season finale.

Mitch Pileggi was upgraded to the main team starting from season two and getting more screen time ^[16] . In the second season, he brings his powerful mother Judith Brown Ryland and daughter Emma Judith Ryland Brown to Dallas, whom he and her mother hid from Ann in Europe for more than twenty years. Judith, meanwhile, has a strong influence on Harris, being the head of the family and the owner of his business, in Emma suffers from drug addiction. When Harris quarrels with Ann because of Emma, ​​Ann shoots him and he goes to the hospital. During the trial, Emma moves closer to her mother and leaves Harris, which doesn’t like Judith. Harris, meanwhile, conspires with Cliff Barnes , Ewing's longtime enemy, and adjusts the explosion at their site. Judith is not happy with him and wants to remove him from the management of the company, but during a quarrel he falls down the stairs and goes to the hospital, from where Harris sends her to a psychiatric hospital in order to save power. In the second season finale, Emma surrenders Harris to the authorities and he goes to jail.

Emma Brown

Emma Judith Ryland Brown ( eng. Emma Judith Ryland Brown ) is a fictional character in the American television series Dallas , a sequel to the 1978-1991 television series of the same name . The role of Emma plays the actress Emma Bell since the first episode of the second season, released on January 28, 2013, on the series finale, aired on September 22, 2014.

Development History

Emma Bell received the role of Emma on September 12, 2012 ^{[17] [18]} . The character was described as a classic beautiful girl who grew up with Europe with her grandmother ^[18] . It soon became known that the character would be the daughter of Anne Ewing , who lost it twenty years ago.

Emma arrives in Dallas with her domineering grandmother Judith Brown Ryland ( Judith Light ) and father Harris, who wants with her help to get Ann to give him dirt on him. This leads to the fact that Ann finally meets with her daughter, but Emma does not want to get close to her, because she believes that she left her. During the quarrel, Ann shoots Harris and as a result, there is a lawsuit in which Emma gets close to her mother. In the end, she runs away from home and comes to Ann at the ranch to ask to stay to live with her.

Emma, ​​involved in equestrian sports, meanwhile, is secretly addicted and loves adult men. Between the succession of partners, Emma briefly turns the affair with Drew Ramos, who because of this becomes a limp victim of Harris, and then decides to turn her attention to John Ross Ewing III . Emma, ​​meanwhile, decides to take revenge on her father for separating her from Ann and handing him over to the authorities. The second season finale ends with a scene in which John Ross cheats on Pamela Rebecca Barnes with Emma.

In the third season, the novel by Emma and John Ross is one of the key storylines ^[19] .

Drew Ramos

Andres "Drew" Ram ( born Andres "Drew" Ramos ) - a fictional character in the American television series " Dallas ", a continuation of the television series of the same 1978-191 . The role of Drew is played by actor Kuno Becker since the third episode of the second season, released on February 4, 2013.

Development History

Kuno Becker received the role of Drew on October 19, 2012, being an actor unknown to the American audience ^{[20] [21]} . His character was described as the problematic elder brother of Elena Ramos and son Carmen Ramos , who unexpectedly returned to the ranch at the beginning of the second season ^[20] .

Drew was involved in the main storyline with an explosion when Harris and Cliff teamed up to take revenge on Ewing, deceiving him to plant a bomb at a methane sales facility. This led him to a brief affair with Harris's daughter, Emma Brown, who in turn left him for John Ross . Closer to the finale of the second season that Drew planted a bomb, they recognized Ewingi and he decided to flee from Dallas. In the third season, Kuno Becker was downgraded from regular to periodic status.

Nicholas Trevino

Nicholas Trevino ( born Nicolás Treviño ) is a fictional character in the American television series Dallas , a continuation of the television series of the same name of 1978-1991 . The role of Nicholas plays actor Juan Pablo Di Pace since the first episode of the third season, released on February 24, 2014, on the series finale, aired on September 22, 2014.

Development History

Argentine actor Juan Pablo Di Pace joined the TV series on October 29, 2013 in the regular role of Nicholas Trevino ^{[22] [23] [24]} .

Minor Composition

Carmen Ramos

Carmen Ramos ( born Carmen Ramos ) is the mother of Elena and Drew, working as an Ewing housekeeper since her husband, who worked at Ewing Oil, has died and she and her children have lost their home ^[25] . She is the sister of Theresa, the housekeeper of Ewingov of the original series. Although her children are already adults, she continues to take care of them, and is also practically a member of the family for Bobby, Ann and Christopher, and does not like Rebecca and Jay Ara. Actress Marlene Forte has played the role of Carmen since the pilot episode ^[26] . Forte was originally declared as a regular actor, but for inexplicable reasons her character was secondary. ^[26]

Cliff Barnes

Cliff Barnes is a longtime enemy of Jay Ara and Pamela Rebecca's father ^[27] . The role of Cliff was played by Ken Kercheval , who appeared in all seasons of the original series. Kerchev occasionally appears in the series of 2012 and is credited to the credits as “Specially invited star”. Cliff is okay with Bobby, but still despises Jay Ara. At the end of the first season, it turns out that Rebecca Sutter turns out to be his daughter, who infiltrated the family of Yinogov in order to completely destroy their business ^[28] . Cliff eventually continues his revenge on Ewingham and teams up with Harris. He is responsible for the explosion in which Rebecca suffered and her unborn children died.

Martha Del Sol

Martha Del Sol ( eng. Marta Del Sol ) is Veronica Martinez, the swindler who sleeps with John Ross and with him in deception takes away the ranch from Bobby ^[29] . Leonor Varela played the role of Martha in the first season. Martha suffers from bipolar disorder and pours drugs on John Ross to shoot their sex videos for later blackmail him. The character was well received by critics, who noted the brightness of the heroine ^{[30] [31] [32]} . The character dies at the hands of the people of Vincente Cano when he learns that she stole his money.

Judith Brown Ryland

Judith Brown Ryland ( born Judith Brown Ryland ) - the overbearing mother of Harris and the grandmother of Emma. Judith Light played the role of Judith ^{[33] [34] [35]} . She dislikes all the women of Harris and two decades ago destroyed his marriage to Ann. Judith secretly raised Emma in London, up to the point where Harris says that she is alive Ann in order to get a record from her that he admits to his blackmailing Sue Ellen. When Judith tells Harris she is not happy with him and wants to transfer power to her company in Emma, ​​a quarrel ensues between them and she falls down the stairs. Judith at the hospital is trying to talk to Emma, ​​but because of Harris, she does not believe her. Чтобы сохранить место главы в компании Харрис решает выставить Джудит психически нездоровой, и тайно отправляет её в лечебницу. Хотя персонаж был хорошо принят критиками, их недоумение вызвал кастинг на роль, так как Джудит Лайт старше Митч Пиледжи , сыгравшего её сына, всего на четыре года ^[36] .

Висенте Кано

Vicente Cano ( Eng. Vicente Cano ) is a Venezuelan businessman who collaborated with John Ross, Jay Har, and Martha to profit from the sale of oil. The role of Vincent was played by Carlos Bernard ^[37] . When Eving did not give him the money, he ordered his people to beat John Ross in prison, where he ended up for the murder of Martha, again by the people of Vincent. He was later convicted of murder, but released by agreement with the embassy. After he decides to take revenge on Ewing, he takes them hostage to get a patent for Christopher’s methane, but Drew was later shot dead.

Remaining characters

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