List of Brooklyn Nine-Nine characters

Andy Samberg

Andy Samberg as Detective Jacob "Jake" Peralta, a talented but childish detective. Peralta shows "class clown" traits, constantly pulling pranks and making immature jokes at the expense of his colleagues, particularly his partner, Amy Santiago. He is fun-loving and sarcastic but is often motivated by his emotions more than his colleagues. Despite his goofy traits, Peralta is extremely smart, perceptive and quick thinking, and as such has the best arrest rate in the precinct. In the pilot, Terry Jeffords explains to Captain Holt that Peralta is his best detective, that he likes putting away bad guys, and that he loves puzzles, although "the only puzzle he hasn't solved is how to grow up." As of season seven, he is 38 years old and has been a detective with the 9-9 since 2005.[1]

His father left his family during his childhood and, as a result, he feels a strong tie to memories involving his father, such as his favorite Brooklyn pizza joint. He also initially refuses to celebrate Thanksgiving, since he associates the holiday with his father's absenteeism. He has a strong emotional tie to his muscle car, a 1967 Ford Mustang, which he bought outright on his first day as a cop and always carries a positive association for him (until he sold it to help pay for Terry's new child). He often quotes and makes references to his favorite movie trilogy, Die Hard. In "Boyle-Linetti Wedding" it is revealed that Jake is Jewish, having lost his childhood sweetheart Jenny Gildenhorn to Eddie Fung at his Bar Mitzvah.

Peralta's best friend is Charles Boyle, who works along with him at the precinct and admires Peralta and encourages his eventual romance with Santiago. Peralta and Gina Linetti are childhood friends, which resulted in him helping Gina get a job at the precinct. Diaz and Peralta were classmates at the police academy.

Jake began his career as a patrol officer with the 74th Precinct and was partnered with Stevie Schillens and the two nicknamed themselves the "Beatsie Boys"; in 2016, Jake was forced to arrest Stevie, now a detective with the neighboring 98th Precinct for planting evidence.[2]

While Jake doesn't initially approve of Captain Holt's strict management, he eventually matures under Holt's supervision and comes to see Holt as a father-figure; even calling him "Dad" on many occasions. In "The Oolong Slayer", Jake achieves his lifelong dream to catch a serial killer, the Oolong Slayer, but gives up the credit for the arrest to the Chief of Brooklyn Detectives in exchange for effecting Holt's transfer back to the 99th Precinct.[3]

At the end of season four, Jake and Rosa Diaz are framed by their idol Lt. Melanie Hawkins and are arrested. After months in prison at the beginning of season five, the two are freed thanks to the precinct exposing Hawkins' crimes. Although he is eager to return to work, his time in prison left him with post-traumatic stress and newfound empathy that affects his job performance.

In the season 5 episode "Two Turkeys", Jake's father Roger reveals that Jake has three half-sisters, along with an unknown number of half-brothers. He later meets one of his half-sisters, Kate, in the episode "DFW".

Peralta continuously pranks and teases his partner Amy Santiago, masking his secret romantic feelings for her. Peralta confesses his feelings to her in "Charges and Specs" before going undercover for a mafia operation. His romantic feelings for her develop further throughout season two and they share their first kiss in "Johnny and Dora".[4] Jake and Amy start dating in "New Captain" and decide to move in together in the "Greg and Larry", but don't make it official until season four's "The Fugitive". Jake proposes to Amy at the end of their annual Halloween heist in HalloVeen and the two are later married by Captain Holt in Jake & Amy, the finale of season five.[5] In season 7, Amy becomes pregnant with their child.[6] Their son McClane "Mac" Peralta (who was named after John McClane from Die Hard) is born in the season 7 finale.

The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Detective Peralta.

	American Flag Breast Bar
	NYPD Commendation or Commendation—Integrity[7]
	NYPD Excellent Police Duty[7]
	NYPD Award of Merit
	Unidentified Award.
	NYPD 150th Commemorative Breast Bar
	NYPD Firearms Proficiency Bar[7]

In "Stakeout", he received a commendation for his work on Rosa's drug task force.

Stephanie Beatriz

Stephanie Beatriz as Detective Rosalita "Rosa" Diaz, a smart, tough, aloof, and mysterious detective. She attended parochial school, later studied ballet, and was a classmate of Jake's in the police academy.[8] When she was younger, the pressure for her to succeed at ballet school eventually led her to commit several crimes before landing in juvenile detention. Her parents provided little support, leaving Rosa to turn her life around by herself.

Though Diaz is a loyal and effective member of the squad, her anger management issues and lack of empathy terrify most of her coworkers. She is highly secretive about her personal life – should anyone discover a secret of hers, she normally threatens them with death should they disclose it. It is also made clear that she does not stay in her apartments for long periods of time, and her neighbors know her by both a different name and a completely different personality. As revealed in "Cop-Con", she and Amy are younger than most of the other precinct members as they are hurt by a device that emits a loud noise to those under 35, whereas Jake and Boyle only pretend to be affected by it. In "White Whale", she reveals to Amy that she's attended medical school, business school, and has a pilot's license. Rosa also briefly mentions in "Greg and Larry" that her name "Rosa Diaz" may be an alias to cover up her real name from the rest of the 9-9.

In season two, Rosa dates Captain Holt's nephew, Marcus, but breaks up with him in season three. Later in the season, she finds love with former undercover detective Adrian Pimento; the two get engaged in "Paranoia" while chasing a drug dealer through an alley, but their wedding is delayed when Pimento is targeted by Figgis and forced to leave the state. Once he returns, they try to have their wedding the next day but decide to go steady after realizing they were rushing their relationship.

At the end of season four, Rosa and Jake are framed by their idol Lt. Melanie Hawkins and are arrested. After months in prison at the beginning of season five, the two are freed thanks to the precinct exposing Hawkins' crimes. Following her months of isolation, she starts spending more time with her family and ends her relationship with Pimento. Later in the season, she comes out as bisexual to the precinct and her family, and has a brief relationship with an unseen woman that the squad never meet or learn the name of, nicknamed "Becky". She has a brief flirtation with one of Gina's friends, but this does not lead anywhere. On the day of Jake and Amy's wedding, she and Terry meet a cab driver named Alicia that she becomes interested in. The two begin a relationship off-screen. However, it's short-lived, as Rosa mentions in "The Tattler" that they broke up because Alicia was moving to London.

In season six, Rosa begins dating a cosmetologist named Jocelyn and begins to patch up her relationship with her mother, who was initially disapproving of her bisexuality. In season seven, Rosa and Jocelyn broke up prior to the season's Jimmy Jab Games. In the episode "Valloweaster," she becomes the first three-time Halloween Heist Champion.

The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Detective Diaz.

	American Flag Breast Bar
	NYPD Excellent Police Duty
	NYPD Firearms Proficiency Bar

In "Stakeout", she received a commendation for her work as the leader of a drug task force.

Terry Crews

Terry Crews portrays Lieutenant (previously Sergeant) Terrence "Terry" Vincent Jeffords, the supervisor of the 9-9's Detective Squad. An avid bodybuilder who stands at more than six feet tall, with a linebacker's build, Terry's intimidating size and appearance is contrasted by his gentle giant persona, being very caring and parental in nature. Jeffords is devoted to his wife and three young daughters Cagney, Lacey (named after the 1980s TV series), and Ava. He fears the danger of police work because of the possibility that he could leave his children fatherless. Following a panic attack prior to the show's beginning, Terry was removed from field work, but he has since cautiously returned. He is high-strung, prone to nervous excitement, loves yogurt, and has a tendency to refer to himself in the third person. He is an effective and caring leader to the detective squad, often having to play the mature adult in order to keep them in line.

A running gag throughout the series is for Terry to break things (examples include a Magic 8 Ball, a phone and Captain Holt's office) because of his incredible strength. He has been a detective since 1995 and used to be assigned to the 65th Precinct (as seen in "Terry Kitties"), where he was constantly mocked for a botched case which he and Jake later proved he was correct in. In S1.Ep.1. Holt mentions that he and Terry have worked together in the 18th Precinct years prior. In 2005, he was the senior detective at the 9-9 (the position Jake now holds since Terry's promotion). He was a linebacker at Syracuse University, where he graduated magna cum laude, as revealed in "The Swedes". He also studied abroad in Japan while in college and dated a Japanese student named Chiaki who broke his heart. He speaks Japanese infrequently throughout the show.

In season two, Terry nearly gets a vasectomy at his wife's request, but Jake convinces him not to when he finds out Terry secretly wants to have more kids. His wife becomes pregnant later in the season and gives birth to their third daughter, Ava, in season three. He entrusts Jake to be Ava's godfather.

While Terry was satisfied with his role as Sergeant, he aimed to become a Lieutenant during the first six seasons. As revealed in "The Honeypot", he brought a new pair of suspenders that he planned to put on after he passed the Lieutenant's Exam but kept them in the box when he ended up failing and held onto them as a reminder of his higher goals. In "Moo Moo", he attempted to apply to be a city council liaison to take on more responsibilities but was rejected after reporting that another cop racially profiled him. In season six, Terry revealed to the group that he passed the Lieutenant's Exam weeks before the annual Halloween Heist (which they hosted on Cinco de Mayo).

The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Lieutenant Jeffords.

	American Flag Breast Bar
	World Trade Center Breast Bar
	NYPD Commendation or Commendation—Integrity
	NYPD Unit Citation
	NYPD Firearms Proficiency Bar

Melissa Fumero

Melissa Fumero portrays Sergeant (previously Detective) Amy Santiago, Jake's uptight, by-the-book, rule-following Cuban-American partner, and later wife.[8] A self-acknowledged type A personality and neurotic overachiever, she continually tried to ingratiate herself with Captain Holt, and any authority figure in arm's reach of her. In the pilot, Terry cites Amy's competitiveness to Holt as a result of her having seven brothers. Amy is a stickler for department protocol and is frequently exasperated by Jake's childishness, as well as the ease with which he succeeds as a detective. She is initially seen as Holt's teacher's pet, but over time is shown to command respect from others.

Amy was originally a patrol officer at the 64th precinct but requested a transfer to the 99th when her captain almost sexually assaulted her shortly after her promotion to detective. She didn't tell anyone for years out of fear for what it would do to her career until she revealed it to Jake when they were investigating a sexual assault case in "He Said, She Said".

In Charges and Specs, the season one finale, Jake confessed that he wishes something romantic could happen between them. She confessed to having feelings for Jake in "The Road Trip", which instigated issues in Amy and Teddy Wells' relationship and was shown to still have feelings for Jake in "Det. Dave Majors". The two shared their first kiss in Johnny and Dora[4] and began dating in New Captain, although their working relationship did not change at all. They decided to move in together in the season three finale Greg and Larry, but don't make it official until season four's The Fugitive. Jake proposed to Amy at the end of their annual Halloween heist in HalloVeen and the two eventually marry in Jake & Amy. In season 7, Amy became pregnant with Jake's child and gave birth to their son, McClane "Mac" Peralta in the season finale.

Near the end of season three, Amy went undercover as a pregnant inmate in a women's prison in Texas to obtain information from Maura Figgis. This was done to cover Melissa Fumero's actual pregnancy at the time without making her character pregnant. Amy's actual pregnancy in season seven occurred when Fumero was pregnant with her second child.

After some uncertainty in taking the Sergeant's Exam as depicted in "Chasing Amy", she passed the exam and began wearing her Sergeant's uniform as well as commanding her own uniformed officers in "NutriBoom".

In season six's "Casecation", she was revealed to be 36 years old. In "The Golden Child", it is revealed that Amy had a relatively strained relationship with her brother and fellow NYPD Lieutenant David Santiago, chiding her mother for glorifying David's accomplishments over Amy's. Amy enjoys solving crosswords and attending trivia sessions, to the expense of Jake, who often embarrasses himself when attempting to participate or becomes awkwardly excluded in conversation.

The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Sergeant Santiago.

	American Flag Breast Bar
	NYPD Excellent Police Duty
	Citation bar for delivering a baby
	Unidentified award

Joe Lo Truglio

Joe Lo Truglio portrays Detective Charles Boyle, a nervous and clumsy but honest and hard-working detective.[8] He is Jake's best friend, and almost completely idolizes him. He is divorced from his wife Eleanor, who had numerous affairs during their marriage, to the point where she has to pay alimony to him. He is also a huge, unapologetic foodie, maintaining a weekly Brooklyn pizza-ranking email and often relishing bizarre foreign cuisine that disgusts his coworkers.

For saving Detective Diaz's life during "Christmas" (during which he was shot in the buttocks), he was awarded the NYPD Medal for Valor in "The Bet", though he was overshadowed by a revered and heroic NYPD horse named Sergeant Peanut Butter. He continued to have a one-sided rivalry with Sergeant (later Lieutenant) Peanut Butter until he seeks his help in getting Jake to the precinct in the season 7 finale. In "The Swedes", it is revealed that Boyle is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College.

In the show's first season, Charles had a crush on Rosa, but he eventually got over her when he started dating Vivian Ludley, whom he met at Captain Holt's birthday party. They get engaged but break up after Charles refused to move to Canada with her. He and Gina start to see each other in season two, and their brief relationship resulted in his father and Gina's mother's marriage. In season three, he starts dating Genevieve Mirren-Carter after he and Jake clear her name from an art thief. They eventually move in together and adopt a son from Latvia named Nikolaj.

In season five, Charles started his own food truck business called "The One Thing", which specialized in meatball subs. The truck was burned down by one of Charles' ex-employees, but he's thankful it happened as running the food truck made him spend less time with his family and built up a large debt.

The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Detective Boyle.

	American Flag Breast Bar
	NYPD Medal for Valor
	Unidentified award
	Unidentified award
	NYPD 150th Commemorative Breast Bar

Chelsea Peretti

Chelsea Peretti portrays Regina "Gina" Linetti, the 99th Precinct's sardonic and egomaniacal civilian administrator and Captain Holt's assistant.[8] Despite maintaining a clueless and dimwitted disposition most of the time, she can be surprisingly observant and has demonstrated traits of being more intelligent than she likes to show. Gina is obsessed with social media and is constantly on her phone. It is a running gag to try to pry her from her phone, to the point where Captain Holt becomes involved. She is extremely narcissistic and constantly praises and exalts herself, such as claiming to be a better dancer than Britney Spears in the episode "Karen Peralta". As the only civilian in the precinct, Gina often uses her outsider's perspective to assist the other detectives. In the episode "The Party", to prevent the mostly working class detectives from embarrassing themselves in front of a crowd of academics, Rosa tricks Gina into talking to a group of psychology professors at Holt's birthday party, who then take copious notes about her narcissistic personality. They conclude that she has a complete overlap of ego and id, a condition previously thought to be purely theoretical.

She casually admits on myriad occasions that she doesn't value her colleagues – except for Jake – as people. She was also childhood friends with Jake, who got her the job at the precinct. Gina also ruined Jake's senior year of high school by framing him as "The Tattler", though she did it to avoid Jake getting involved with the wrong crowd. She transferred to the Public relations Division with Captain Holt in "Johnny and Dora", and returns to the 9-9 with him in "The Oolong Slayer".[4][3] In the episode "The Apartment", it is revealed that she has been engaged eight times, but never married. At the end of "The Fugitive Pt. 2", she gets hit by a bus after receiving a text from Charles. The penultimate episode of season four reveals she has become pregnant following a relationship with Charles' cousin, Milton (which coincided with Chelsea Peretti's actual pregnancy). She is absent for the first half of season five on maternity leave after giving birth to a girl she nicknames "Iggy" (short for Enigma).

In the episode "Halloween IV", Gina reveals that in the fourth grade at a classmate's birthday party, a bowling ball fell onto her face. This incident knocked out her two front teeth; she's been wearing false teeth since.

In season six, Jake helps Gina realize that her talents would be better spent elsewhere and she quits her job. She becomes an internet celebrity and hosts a web show called "The G-Hive," in which she gives her viewers life advice. Her work has made it too busy to spend time with her former coworkers, but she is aiming to improve after Jake confronts her for not talking to them for months.

Andre Braugher

Andre Braugher portrays Captain Raymond Jacob Holt, the 99th Precinct's strict Commanding Officer. Holt is known for his cold, calm and robotic manner of speaking, overly formal demeanor and lack of outwardly visible emotion, although his non-work friends frequently refer to him having a much more fun persona that is very rarely seen by either the Nine-Nine members or the viewer. He has sophisticated and cultured interests, enjoying classical music, opera and attending dinner parties with his husband's academic friends, amongst other things. The Nine-Nine is Holt's first command despite many years of outstanding service, and he attributes the delay to prejudice against both his race and homosexuality. He came out in 1987 and until recently led a group that supported LGBT African-American NYPD members, which he himself created.[8] He was a homicide detective in the 1980s, and spent twelve years in the Community Affairs Bureau immediately prior to commanding the Nine-Nine.

Holt is married to Kevin Cozner, the Chair of Columbia University's Classics Department,[9] and has a longstanding professional rivalry with Madeline Wuntch, with whom he came up through the ranks; while his career stalled, she kept advancing and is now his immediate superior. After he and Peralta successfully solved a major case in "The Chopper", Bureau Chief Wuntch nominated him for a promotion to head of the NYPD Public Affairs Division, a promotion he accepted lest Wuntch transfer his staff to horrible posts around New York City.[4] During the number of weeks he was in charge of Public Affairs, Holt was unable to accomplish anything significant thanks to Chief Wuntch's constant micromanaging. After helping Peralta solve a serial killer case, Holt found himself transferred back to command of the 9-9 by the Chief of Brooklyn Detectives.[3] He owned a burgundy Chevrolet Corvair named Gertie which was his prized possession until it was stolen in "The Fugitive". Doug Judy purchased him a new identical one and named it Sexarella.

At the end of season three, Holt is forced to go into witness protection in Florida with Jake when they are threatened by crime boss Jimmy "The Butcher" Figgis. He worked at a family entertainment center called the Fun Zone under the alias of Greg until he and Jake baited Figgis into coming to Florida and took the criminal down with the Nine-Nine. In season five, his life and career are put at risk when he makes a deal with mobster Seamus Murphy in exchange for information to clear Jake and Rosa's names from Lt. Hawkins.

During season five, Holt learns that the New York City Police Commissioner is retiring at the end of the year and that he is on the shortlist of candidates to replace him. He spends the rest of the season campaigning to win the Commissioner title but ends up losing to John Kelly.

In season six, Holt is encouraged by Jake and Amy to stand up to Kelly's regressive policies, leading the Commissioner to retaliate against the Nine-Nine. However, Peralta and Wuntch team up, without Holt's knowledge, to take Kelly down, resulting in Wuntch being named interim Commissioner. This detente becomes short-lived as Holt is demoted to a uniformed officer by Commissioner Wuntch after she realized he was promoted to detective too soon earlier in his career. Shortly after Wuntch's death, however, he is quickly promoted back to captain in the middle of the seventh season.

The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Captain Holt.

	American Flag Breast Bar
	World Trade Center Breast Bar
	NYPD Medal for Valor
	NYPD Meritorious Police Duty (with numeral "10")
	NYPD Excellent Police Duty
	NYPD Firearms Proficiency Bar

In "Stakeout", he received a commendation for his supervision of Det. Diaz's drug task force.

Dirk Blocker portrays Detective 3rd Grade Michael Hitchcock (season 2–present; recurring season 1), an enthusiastic but clueless detective who has been best friends and partners with Detective Scully for over 30 years. Despite their inept nature, Hitchcock and Scully have both shown on occasion to be competent and even good detectives, though their laziness tends to keep them from demonstrating this most of the time. As revealed in "Hitchcock and Scully", the two were excellent detectives in their youths and had well-built bodies, but their careers and their physiques went downhill after they tried the wings at their eventual favorite restaurant, Wing Slutz.

The majority of the precinct tends to be disgusted by Hitchcock's more perverted nature and attitude towards women. It's revealed in "The Last Ride" (Season 4) that Hitchcock held the all-time record for closed cases at the 99th Precinct, one more than Sgt. Jeffords as of that episode. This is mainly due to Hitchcock being at the 99th twenty years longer than Terry. To celebrate, Hitchcock got a tattoo of himself holding a gun and putting it in his mouth, oblivious to what it actually implies.

The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Detective Hitchcock.[10]

	American Flag Breast Bar
	Unidentified Award

Joel McKinnon Miller portrays Detective Norman "Norm" Scully (season 2–present; recurring season 1), a middle-aged, lazy desk worker who has been best friends and partners with Detective Hitchcock for over 30 years. Scully shows talent as a tenor opera singer, French speaker, having an understanding of Morse code and can "make great coffee", according to Sgt. Jeffords. He also displayed an uncanny ability to reassemble shredded documents in one episode. Scully routinely discloses disgusting medical issues like the entire bottom of his foot being a wart or having various strains of fungi. He claims to constantly have medical emergencies, and despite having a pacemaker fitted, he frequently suffers from heart attacks. He often embarrasses himself either unintentionally or willingly and admits to being indifferent to the judgment of others (most frequently, the fellow members of his squad.) In the early seasons, Scully is married and has a dog. The team are unsure which one of them is called Kelly, though it is later revealed in season 7 that both of them were named Kelly. After his wife leaves him, he begins dating a woman named Cindy Shatz, who is very similar to him in her attire and personality. He has a twin brother named Earl, also portrayed by Miller.

The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Detective Scully.[10]

	American Flag Breast Bar
	World Trade Center Breast Bar
	NYPD Excellent Police Duty
	Citation bar for delivering a baby

• Patton Oswalt as FDNY Fire Marshal Boone, the fire marshal of the local fire station. He leads the fire department in a rivalry against the detectives of the 99 but reaches a brief understanding with Jake when they discover that they both were abandoned at a young age by their fathers.

• Dean Winters as Detective Keith Pembroke, nicknamed "The Vulture", a detective in the Major Crimes Unit notorious for taking over cases that are nearly solved and receiving all of the credit for closing them. He frequently makes lewd comments toward the squad and has a greatly inflated sense of self. After the death of Seth Dozerman, Pembroke becomes the Commanding Officer of the 99th Precinct until Captain Holt returns. In "The Venue", the Vulture steals Jake and Amy's venue at the last second to host his wedding to a kind charity worker named Jean Munhroe. When the two discover that he is unfaithful to Jean and lying to her about his character, they decide to tell Jean at the cost of Vulture taking their venue on their wedding night. He is a recipient of the American Flag Breast Bar, World Trade Center Breast Bar, NYPD Medal of Honor, and Marine Corps Service Award.

• Kyle Bornheimer as Sergeant Teddy Ramos (né Wells), a detective at the 82nd Precinct. Teddy used to date Amy Santiago; they resume their relationship after meeting up at a training exercise. Later Amy breaks up with him again, because she dislikes his dull personality and is unable to show interest in his home pilsner-brewing hobby. In season four, Teddy evaluates the Nine-Nine when the crime rate drops and one precinct has to close. He claims to have changed but Jake and Amy agree that he is still "The most boring man in America". He also admits to Amy that he still loves her and proposes to her several times over the next few seasons. In season five, Teddy has joined the bomb squad to impress Amy and tries unsuccessfully to steal her away from Jake on the day of their wedding. By season 7, Teddy is now married and took his wife's name, Ramos. Despite the couple expecting a child, he is still romantically interested in Amy.

• Gabe Liedman as Oliver Cox, a lab technician who works as a DNA analyst and coroner at the 99th Precinct.

• Jason Mantzoukas as Adrian Pimento, an emotionally unstable and volatile former detective who returned to the 99th Precinct after spending 12 years undercover in the organization of Jimmy "The Butcher" Figgis. He began dating Rosa in "Cheddar", and the two got engaged in "Paranoia", promptly before Pimento and the 99 were forced to fake his death. Pimento returns from hiding when Jimmy "The Butcher" Figgis is caught, but is refused his old job at the NYPD and becomes a Private Investigator. His relationship continued with Rosa, but she later breaks up with him in season five. He spends the next couple of months in Alaska before returning to Brooklyn to return as an insurance agent in "Gray Star Mutual", but is fired in the episode and starts working at a hand lotion store. In "Pimemento", it is revealed that he has worked for celebrities before as a private investigator.

• James M. Connor as Deputy Commissioner Podolski, the NYPD's arrogant deputy police commissioner who uses his position for his own personal means such as keeping his rebellious son, Trevor, out of jail in "The Tagger".

• Michael G. Hagerty as Captain McGintley, the 99th Precinct's commanding officer before Raymond Holt, who was fired for his ineptitude and his permissive attitude toward the disruptive antics of Jake and his colleagues. McGintley later died in the episode "99" and the squad attended his funeral in Los Angeles.

• Kyra Sedgwick as Madeline Wuntch, a callous and unethical NYPD deputy police chief who shared a deep mutual hostility with Captain Holt. Wuntch and Holt were once partners and friends, but they fell out after Holt rejected her sexual advances and Wuntch gained promotions for which Holt was passed over, resulting in Wuntch eventually becoming Holt's direct superior. Wuntch constantly went out of her way to undermine the 99th Precinct, and appeared to take great pleasure in its and Holt's failures; Holt, in turn, gleefully insulted and belittled Wuntch every time their paths cross. In "The Chopper" and "Johnny and Dora", she culminated her victory over Holt when she makes him head of the NYPD Public Affairs Division, where she humiliated him by making him do menial jobs, although he is eventually transferred back to the 99 thanks to Jake. In "Suicide Squad", she helped Jake and the Nine-Nine expose Commissioner Kelly's illegal wiretapping activity and became the acting commissioner until a new one was decided on. Wuntch died in the episode "Ding Dong". At her memorial, Holt admits that he will genuinely miss her and their rivalry.[11]

• Perry L. Brown as Marcus Marinovich, a judge at the New York Court of Appeals who sometimes oversees cases for the 99. He serves as the judge when Peralta and Diaz are on trial in "Crime and Punishment".

• Will Hines as Carl Kurm, the Kings County District Attorney who sometimes works with the 99 during court cases.

• Ken Marino as Captain Jason "C.J." Stentley, the Nine-Nine's temporary, under-qualified captain. Not wanting his ineptitude to be evident, he gives everyone everything they ask for until Amy eventually requests he start being more firm. This backfires after he rejects their request to go to Florida and assist Jake and Holt and he assigns them to the night shift. He is eventually removed from the Captain position after he is awarded for taking down a major drug dealer (that Jake and Holt primarily took care of) and demonstrates his lack of professionalism in front of a group of reporters. It's revealed that Holt called the reporters in to help the crew return to the day shift.

• Allison Tolman as Captain Olivia Crawford, a candidate for the Commissioner position Holt is also seeking. She holds the belief that precincts should be eliminated, creating a rivalry with Holt. However, she and Holt realize that their competition will split the votes and cause John Kelly to win. She eventually withdraws her candidacy as he was the only reason she was in the running; he publicly called out the selection committee for only nominating a woman for PR purposes, despite having no intention of actually considering her for the role.

• Matt Walsh as Detective Lohank, a night-shift worker for the 99th precinct who shares Diaz's desk. Lohank is shown to have an unfortunate personal life; his wife is addicted to pain-killers, whilst he suffers from prostate cancer. He owns a summer cabin, dubbed "Stink Puddle Manor", which he lends to Jeffords, Peralta and Boyle in "Into the Woods".

• Vanessa Bayer as Debbie Fogle, Holt's partner when he gets demoted down to patrolman. She doesn't appear to have any friends and is very naive. It is later revealed that she was working for a notorious crime boss named Silvio Nucci and stole machine guns and cocaine from the evidence locker room. Jake and Rosa initially pretend to be dirty cops so they can get her to lead them to Nucci, but she defeats them both after ingesting some of the cocaine. After discovering most of Debbie's bad choices stemmed from her parents treating her poorly, Rosa empathizes with Debbie and convinces her to free them so they could defeat Nucci. Rosa later convinces the District Attorney to go easy on Debbie.

• Kevin Dorff as Hank, the bartender at Shaw's Bar, the squad's favorite bar.

• Marc Evan Jackson as Kevin M. Cozner, Holt's husband and the Chair of Columbia University's Classics Department. He dislikes the NYPD due to their treatment of Holt and his homosexuality during his earlier years on the force but thaws a little when Jake shows him how much the 99th respects and cares for Holt. Like his husband, Kevin is cold, sardonic, formal and unemotional, although he claims that Raymond is the "funny" one in their relationship, something that puzzles the detectives. Cozner develops a rapport with Holt's assistant Gina Linetti, referring to her by her first name (by contrast, he takes pains to always call Jake "Peralta"). He also learned a couple of self-defense techniques from his husband and used it to rescue Holt and Jake from Seamus Murphy. The two own a Pembroke Welsh Corgi named Cheddar.

• Craig Robinson as Doug Judy aka "The Pontiac Bandit", an intelligent, happy-go-lucky thief and forger who exclusively steals Pontiac vehicles. Judy is an outgoing man with a talent for staying one step ahead of Peralta, who considers him his nemesis. Initially contemptuous of Peralta, Judy gains respect for him and by season three considers him a friend. In the first three seasons, Judy would team up with Jake and one of his colleagues to capture another criminal associated with him and escaped before they could arrest him. In season four, Doug is given immunity for his past crimes after helping Jake and Holt capture his brother. In season five, he appears to have gone straight and has started selling cars to child celebrities. When a shady figure from his past shows up and threatens his mother, he gets Jake's help in taking him down, but escapes the cops and steals diamonds that nearly cost Jake his job (which he later returns). In season six, Doug now operates contract disc jockey for Bar Mitzvahs as his sister, Trudy, becomes the new Pontiac Bandit. In season 7, he reveals he will marry Catherine, and he asks Jake to be his best man.

• Eva Longoria as Sophia Perez, a defense attorney who dates Jake in season two. Jake and Sophia meet in "Jake and Sophia" and engage in a one-night stand before he discovers that she represents a criminal against whom he is testifying. Despite the initial hostility, they eventually reconcile and begin a relationship. In "The Defense Rests", Sophia ends the relationship due to their professional and personal incompatibility, which leaves Jake saddened.

• Jillian Davis as Jenny Gildenhorn, Jake's childhood sweetheart. Throughout the first 2 seasons, Jake is shown to have a minor obsession with her, hung up from losing her to Eddie Fung at his bar mitzvah. Jenny makes her only appearance in "The Boyle-Linetti Wedding" as a wedding guest. Jake initially saw it as an opportunity to finally make a move on her. However, Jake moves on from Jenny after seeing her make out with another wedding guest. She isn't seen or mentioned afterward. Jenny is possibly bisexual, as it's mentioned she had a relationship with a woman named Tanya Astor. Tiffany Martin portrays Jenny as a teenager.

• Stephen Root as Lynn Boyle, Charles's father who engages in a romantic encounter with Gina's mother, Darlene. He marries Darlene in "The Boyle-Linetti Wedding". He is a retired florist and is known to get overly eager and take big risks like his son. The two eventually divorce with encouragement from Gina.

• Sandra Bernhard as Darlene Linetti, Gina's mother, who engages in a romantic encounter with Charles's father, Lynn. She marries Lynn in "The Boyle-Linetti Wedding" She is a travel agent and shares her daughter's confidence and superstitions. Gina convinces her mother to divorce Lynn after discovering she's been cheating on him to avoid further hurting the Boyle family.

• Marilu Henner as Vivian Ludley, a food author who becomes romantically involved with Boyle. In "Full Boyle", she and Boyle become engaged, until she breaks it off in "Charges and Specs" when Boyle refuses to move to Canada with her.

• Bradley Whitford as Captain Roger Peralta, Jake's absentee father and commercial airline pilot. He left his family when Jake was at a young age and has cheated on his wife with multiple women. He eventually attempts to reconcile with Jake and Karen even when the latter knew about an affair with their neighbor. In "Two Turkeys" it's revealed that besides Jake he has three daughters with other women and an unknown amount of other sons.

• Katey Sagal as Karen Peralta, Jake's mother. She is a public school art teacher who worked hard to raise Jake as a single mother after Roger left the family. Despite their past, Karen eventually begins dating Roger again much to Jake's discomfort.

• Martin Mull as Admiral Walter Peralta, Jake's grandfather on his father's side. A retired United States Navy Admiral who has a strained relationship with his son.

• Nasim Pedrad as Katie Peralta, Jake's half-sister on his father's side as a result of Roger's affairs. She lives in Dallas, Texas and has a chaotic personality that Jake and Amy have a hard time handling.

• Merrin Dungey as Sharon Jeffords, Terry's wife. She is kind and supportive towards her husband and his profession, but can occasionally be stubborn and does not like being lied to. She is often seen taking care of their twin daughters Cagney and Lacey and eventually gives birth to their third daughter Ava in season three.

• Kelsey and Skyler Yates (seasons 3–4) and Dani and Dannah Lockett (season 7) as Cagney and Lacey Jeffords, Terry and Sharon's twin daughters.

• Jamal Duff as Zeke, Terry's brother-in-law. Zeke often taunts Terry for his shorter height, by calling him "Tiny Terry", and for his profession, leaving the latter to turn to Captain Holt for help.

• Jimmy Smits as Victor Santiago, Amy's father. He is a retired cop and is shown to be overly organized and competitive like his daughter. He initially does not approve of Amy's relationship with Jake, but changes his mind and respects his daughter's decision after the two solve one of Victor's older cases.

• Bertila Damas as Camila Santiago, Amy's mother. Like her daughter, she can occasionally be over-controlling and competitive.

• Lin-Manuel Miranda as David Santiago, Amy's older brother. He is an NYPD Lieutenant who often makes Amy jealous of his accomplishments and for being their parents' favorite child.

• Nick Cannon as Marcus, Holt's nephew, who begins a romantic relationship with Detective Rosa Diaz in season two. Rosa breaks up with him in season three due to him being too emotional for her and also because he wanted to get married which she was not ready for.

• Niecy Nash as Debbie, Holt's sister. Unlike her brother, she tends to be loud and overdramatic about her life, making it difficult for Holt to be around her.

• L. Scott Caldwell as Laverne Holt, Holt's mother and a federal judge. Holt refers to her as "Your Honor".

• Mary Lynn Rajskub as Genevieve Mirren-Carter, an art curator who was initially framed for stealing her own paintings for the insurance money. She was eventually vindicated by Charles and begins dating him over similar interests. Genevieve and Charles adopted a son, Nikolaj, on whom he dotes.

• Antonio Raul Corbo as Nikolaj Boyle, Charles and Genevieve's adopted Latvian son.

• Danny Trejo as Oscar Diaz, Rosa's father. He's intimidating and tough like his daughter, though Rosa mentioned in an earlier episode that he was a teacher. When Rosa comes out as bisexual, he doesn't take it well at first but manages to accept his daughter for who she is.

• Olga Merediz as Julia Diaz, Rosa's mother. Unlike her husband, she still has not fully accepted her daughter's bisexuality.

• Sarah Baker as Kylie, Amy's only friend outside of the precinct, who works for the Department of Records.

• Cameron Esposito as Jocelyn Pryce, Rosa's former girlfriend who works as a cosmetologist.

• Joel McKinnon Miller as Earl Scully, Norm's twin brother who looks and behaves identically to him. The two had a brief falling out when Norm's wife cheated on him with Earl.

• Winston Story as Bill Hummertrout, a prostitute whom Charles and Jake hire on the fifth Halloween heist due to his resemblance to Charles. He gets the two involved in a pyramid scheme called "Nutriboom". He appears in all the heists starting from the fourth. During the events of the seventh heist, he appears to have become homeless during the six months the heist took place.

• Tim Meadows as Caleb John Gosche, Jake's cellmate, a cannibal child murderer into woodworking. Despite his carnivorous tendencies, he befriends Jake and saves his life from Jeff Romero, resulting in his transfer to a New York prison. In "Sicko", Jake and Charles turn to him for advice when they start tracking down a serial killer.[12]