Nip/Tuck: Encyclopedia II - Nip/Tuck - Characters and cast

Nip/Tuck - Characters and cast

For full character details and histories, see the Wiki entries for each character.

Nip/Tuck - Main Characters

• Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) - A plastic surgeon nearing middle age and trying to come to terms with the choices he has made in his life. Runs the McNamara/Troy plastic surgery practice with his best friend, Christian Troy. Married to his college sweetheart Julia McNamara for 17 years (currently divorced). Has two children - Matt McNamara and Annie McNamara.

• Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) - A womanizing plastic surgeon nearing middle age. Sean McNamara's best friend and business partner. Biological father of Matt McNamara. Kimber Henry is his on-again/off-again girlfriend.

• Julia McNamara (Joely Richardson) - Sean McNamara's wife of 17 years, mother to Matt McNamara and Annie McNamara. Dropped out of medical school to raise her son. Runs De La Mer, a day spa for surgery patients in recovery.

• Matt McNamara (John Hensley) - Sean and Julia's troubled teenage son. Christian is his biological father.

• Liz Cruz (Roma Maffia) - Head anesthesiologist for McNamara/Troy and De La Mer. Often portrays the 'voice of reason' of McNamara/Troy. She is 40-something, strong-willed, empathetic, atheist, and lesbian.

• Kimber Henry (Kelly Carlson) - Christian's on-again off-again, girlfriend who he met in the pilot episode. Has been a model, porn actress, and porn producer.

• Gina Russo (Jessalyn Gilsig) - A troubled, bitter sex addict in her mid-30's. HIV positive. Often plays the foil to Christian Troy's cavalier playboy. Runs the De La Mer surgical recovery spa with Julia.

Nip/Tuck - Primary Antagonists

• Escobar Gallardo (Robert LaSardo) - A smooth, violent, and somewhat Scarface-esque Druglord from South America. (Primarily appears in Season 1, with a few flashback sequences in Season 2)
• Ava Moore (Famke Janssen) - A conflicted life coach who uses twisted reason to get what she wants out of people. For a time, Matt's girlfriend. Step-mother to Adrian Moore. Has a close history with Dr. Barrett Moore. (Primarily appears in Season 2, with one flashback sequence in Season 3)
• The Carver - A masked serial rapist who disfigures his victims by cutting a deep slash on either side of their mouths, resembling a smile. (Seasons 2-3)
• Quentin Costa (Bruno Campos) - A complex, openly bisexual plastic surgeon originally from Atlanta. Briefly a limited partner at McNamara/Troy. He often has conflicts with both Christian and Sean. (Seasons 2-3)

Nip/Tuck - Recurring characters

• Ariel Alderman (Brittany Snow) - A racist girl from Matt's high school. Briefly romantically involved with Matt. (Season 3)
• Dr. Merril Bobolit (Joey Slotnick) - Former classmate and competitor of Sean and Christian. Bottom of his class in med school, shady, and jealous of Christian and Sean. (Seasons 1-2)
• Suzanne Epstein (Nancy Cassaro) - Julia's self-absorbed friend. Her daughter is Annie McNamara's friend. (Seasons 1-2)
• Cara Fitzgerald (Keri Lynn Pratt) - The girl Matt McNamara and Henry Shapiro hit with a car. She is later attacked and sexually assaulted by Henry. (Season 1-2)
• Mrs. Grubman (Ruth Williamson) - A client of McNamara/Troy with a plastic surgery addiction. Clever and manipulative. (Seasons 1-2)
• Sophia Lopez (Jonathan Del Arco) - A male-to-female transexual who developed a friendship with Liz. (Season 1)
• Kit McGraw (Rhona Mitra) - A British detective brought in to solve The Carver case. (Season 3)
• Annie McNamara (Kelsey Batelaan) - Julia and Sean's young daughter. (Seasons 1-3)
• Adrian Moore (Seth Gabel) - Adopted son of Ava Moore and biological son of Dr. Barrett Moore. (Season 2)
• Dr. Erica Noughton (Vanessa Redgrave) - Julia's controlling mother and a practicing doctor of clinical psychology. Believes Julia has wasted her potential by not becoming a medical doctor. (Seasons 2-3)
• Nurse Linda (Linda Klein) - Nurse at McNamara/Troy. (Seasons 1-3)
• Megan O'Hara (Julie Warner) - Woman who had a mastectomy and came to McNamara/Troy for breast reconstruction. Had a brief affair with Sean. Deceased. (Seasons 1-2)
• Cherry Peck (Willam Belli )- A transexual who Matt attacks after finding out she is pre-op. He later befriends her. (Season 3)
• Grace Santiago (Valerie Cruz) - Former staff psychiatrist at McNamara/Troy. (Season 1)
• Henry Shapiro (Andrew Leeds) - Matt's friend from high school. (Seasons 1-2)
• James Sutherland (Georg Stanford Brown) - Biological father of Wilbur, the baby Christian thought he had with Gina. (Season 2)
• Jude Watson (Phillip Rhys) - A college student who befriended Julia when she went back to medical school. Deceptive. Briefly an intern at McNamara/Troy. Prostitute for middle-aged women. (Seasons 1-3)

Nip/Tuck - Notable guest appearances

• Dr. Barrett Moore (Alec Baldwin) - A plastic surgeon famous for his transgender surgeries, had a close relationship with Ava Moore. (Episode 2.16 "Joan Rivers")
• Joan Rivers (Herself) - Has so far appeared twice in the series. (Episode 2.16 "Joan Rivers" and Episode 3.7 "Ben White")
• Nicole Morretti (Anne Heche) - A mob-wife turned FBI informant. Now in the witness protection program. Current whereabouts unknown. (Episodes 3.7-3.9)
• Gail Pollack (Kathy Baker) - the biological mother of Christian Troy, who was raped by Christian's biological father.

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